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Resignation Peerages 2016 Resignation Peerages 2016 The Queen has been graciously pleased to signify Her intention of conferring the following Peerages of the United Kingdom for Life. The Queen has been graciously pleased to signify Her intention of conferring Peerages of the United Kingdom for Life upon the undermentioned: Nominations from the former Leader of the Conservative Party 1. Gabrielle Bertin – lately Director of External Relations at Number 10 2. Olivia Bloomfield – lately Partner at Atlantic Superconnection Corporation and Chairman of the Pump House Project 3. Jonathan Caine – lately Special Adviser to Theresa Villiers 4. Camilla Cavendish – lately Head of the Number 10 Policy Unit 5. Andrew Fraser – Treasurer of the Conservative Party 6. Jitesh Gadhia – lately Senior Managing Director at Blackstone and currently Board Member of UK Financial Investments and UK Government Investments 7. Timothy Kirkhope – MEP for Yorkshire and Humber and former Member of Parliament for Leeds North East 8. Rt Hon Ed Llewellyn OBE – lately Chief of Staff to the Prime Minister 9. Mark McInnes CBE – Conservative Councillor for the Meadows/Morningside Ward in Edinburgh and Director of the Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party 10. Philippa Roe – Leader of Westminster City Council 11. Liz Sugg CBE – lately Head of Operations at Number 10 12. Charlotte Vere – Executive Director of the Girls' Schools Association and former Executive Director at Conservatives In 13. Laura Wyld – lately Head of the Prime Minister’s Appointments Unit Nominations from the Leader of the Labour Party 14. Shami Chakrabarti – Chancellor of the University of Essex and former Director of Liberty Nominations for Crossbench Peerages 15. Sir Nicholas Macpherson – lately Permanent Secretary to Her Majesty’s Treasury (2005-2016) 16. Sir Peter Ricketts – lately Her Majesty’s Ambassador to France (2012-16), National Security Adviser (2010-12) and Permanent Under Secretary FCO and Head of the Diplomatic Service (2006-10) Notes to editors Laura Wyld will not take up her House of Lords appointment until the beginning of the next Parliamentary session in May 2017. .
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