Appointments

Admiral Sir Jock Slater, to be Vice-Chief of the Defence Staff.

Air Chief Marshal Sir Michael Graydon, to be Chief of the Air Staff.

Admiral Sir Benjamin Bathurst, to be Chief of Naval Staff and First Sea Lord.

Mr Bernard Weatherill, to be Vice-Chancellor of the Order of St John.

Mr Hutchison Burt Sneddon, to be Lord-Lieutenant in Strathclyde Region (Districts of Monklands, Motherwell, Hamilton, East Kilbride and Clyesdale).

Mrs Catherine Jeanette Tribe, to be Chairman of Industrial Tribunals, Bury St Edmunds Region.

Mrs Sandra Dorothy Macdonald and Mr John Stuart Pinder, to be Chairmen of Social Security Appeal Tribunals and Disability Appeal Tribunals, Mrs Macdonald in the North East Region, Mr Pinder in the North Western Region.

Mrs Ann Ramsay and Ms Jessica Martha Burns, to be Chairmen of Social Security Appeal Tribunals, Medical Appeal Tribunals and Disability Appeal Tribunals, Mrs Ramsay in the Midlands Region, Ms Burns in Scotland.

Mr Anthony Gordon Rumble, to be Chairman of Social Security Tribunals, Medical Appeal Tribunals and Disability Appeal Tribunals in the Midlands Region.

Capt DC Hebron, to be Comptroller, Rochester Cathedral.