1 May 2008
The Queen has been pleased to re-appoint Mr Oliver Crosthwaite-Eyre to the post of Official Verderer of the New Forest for a further term of three years.
Biographical Details
Mr Crosthwaite-Eyre was a Barrister until 1990 and became Director of Eyre Holdings Ltd from 1990 until 1998. He has been a Trustee and Board Member of the New Forest Trust since 2002, and Chairman of the New Forest Committee of the National Trust from 1997 until 2005. Since 1991 he has been a member of the New Forest Association and is a life member of the Game Conservancy.
Notes for Editors
The post of Official Verderer is a statutory appointment made by Her Majesty. The Verderers of the New Forest derive their offices, powers and responsibilities from the various New Forest Acts. They consist of the Official Verderer who is Chairman, five elected Verderers who represent the commoners and four appointed Verderers (one each appointed by the Forestry Commission, DEFRA, the local authority and the Countryside Agency). They are mainly concerned with the welfare of the commoners’ animals and the regulation of the grazing in the open part of the Forest. The Verderers also have certain magisterial functions as a court in connection with offences against the Verderers’ byelaws.
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