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# New Deputy Lieutenants for Staffordshire are appointed
- URL: https://lichfieldlive.co.uk/new-deputy-lieutenants-for-staffordshire-are-appointed/
- Published: 2023-05-04T05:58:00.000Z
- Updated: 2023-05-03T08:20:56.000Z
- Description: Twelve new Deputy Lieutenants for Staffordshire have been appointed.
- Author: Lichfield Live
- Tags: #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-07-22 19:07, News

Twelve new Deputy Lieutenants for Staffordshire have been appointed.

They took up their roles yesterday (3rd May) after a formal commissioning ceremony.

The new Deputy Lieutenants are:

- Hannah Ault
- Lee Bates BEM
- Simon Davies RRC VR
- Karen Dobson OBE
- Lt Col Toby Gaddum
- Ian Greaves
- Reena McCourt
- Julian Mitchell
- Josie Morris MBE
- Judy Scott-Moncrieff
- Will Simkin
- Alison Wedgwood

His Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant of Staffordshire, Ian James Dudson CBE KStJ, said:

> “It is a great pleasure to welcome Staffordshire’s new Deputy Lieutenants. They have all been selected because of their roles within their communities and I am sure they will do an excellent job.”  
>  
> Ian James Dudson CBE KStJ

His Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant is the King’s representative in the county and represents the monarch at a variety of occasions which merit royal support.