Diary of Events

The Lord - Lieutenant or his representative will be attending the following events in 2020. 

January 2020 February 2020 March 2020 April 2020 May 2020 June 2020 July 2020 August 2020 September 2020 October 2020 November 2020 December 2020

January 2020

8 January - Citizenship Ceremony - Burton 
Attendee: Colonel David Leigh DL

13 January - 16 January Signal Regiment - Medals Presentation Ceremony
Attendee: Lord-Lieutenant

14 January - High Sheriff Court Opening
Attendee: Lord-Lieutenant

16 January - Aspire Housing Visit with Sinead Butters, Group CXO of Aspire Housing
Attendee: Lord-Lieutenant

23 January - Keele University Winter 2020 Graduation Ceremonies
Attendee: Lord-Lieutenant

ABF - The Soldiers Charity Committee Meeting /Dinner
Attendee: Lord-Lieutenant

St Giles Hospice RHS Show
Attendee: Jeremy Cotton DL

24 January - Official Opening of the Denise Coates Foundation Building, Keele University
Attendee: Lord-Lieutenant  

Lichfield Cathedral School Foundation Day Service
Attendee: Jeremy Cotton DL

25 January - Stoke Sings Festival
Attendee: Lord-Lieutenant

26 January - Service of Peace and Reconciliation for Holocaust Memorial Day, St Mary's Church, Stafford
Attendee: Commander Charles Bagot-Jewitt DL

27 January - Holocaust Memorial Day - Remembering Srebrenica, Staffordshire University
Attendee: Colonel David Leigh DL

30 January - Citizenship Ceremony
Attendee: Brigadier Barry Smith DL

PDS Dickens Medal Exhibition Private View
Attendee: Major General Andrew Farquhar DL

February 2020

4 February - New Vic Theatre Performance - TWO
Attendee: Mrs Jane Dudson

5 February - Citizenship Ceremony (Burton Library)
Attendee: Lord-Lieutenant

7 February - Big City 20:20 Vision Breakfast at Ruff and Ruby
Attendee: Lord-Lieutenant

12 February - BBC Kendall & Wall Event
Attendee: Lord -Lieutenant

14 February - Queen's Award for Enterprise - Allett
Attendee: Lord-Lieutenant

20 February - Citizenship Ceremony (Stafford)
Attendee: Vice Lord-Lieutenant

21 February - Chairman's Afternoon Tea for Queen's Award for Voluntary Services Nominated Groups 2020
Attendee: Lord-Lieutenant

26 February - Stafford Railway Building Society Annual Society Dinner
Attendee: Lord-Lieutenant

March 2020

1 March - Newcastle-under-Lyme Annual Mass
Attendee: Lord-Lieutenant

4 March - Citizenship Ceremony (Burton)
Attendee: Dame Asha Khemka DL

5 March - Retirement and Promotion of Watchman V and VI
Attendee: Lord-Lieutenant

6 March - New Vic Theatre Performance - The 39 Steps
Attendee: Julie Arkle DL

9 March - Fly the Commonwealth Flag - Staffordshire Moorlands District Council
Attendee: Lord-Lieutenant

10 March - Staffordshire Police Long Service Awards
Attendee: Lord-Lieutenant

April 2020

26 April - St George's Day Video Message on behalf of the Scouts Association (via Zoom)
Attendee: Lord-Lieutenant

29 April - Lord-Lieutenants Association Regional Chairs Meeting
Attendee: Lord-Lieutenant

May 2020

8 May - VE Day Virtual Service
Attendee: Lord-Lieutenant

June 2020

5 June - Virtual Regional Lord-Lieutenants Meeting
Attendee: Lord-Lieutenant

16 June - Meeting with SCVYS (via Zoom)
Attendee: Lord-Lieutenant

17 June - Queens Award for Enterprise West Midlands Seminar
Attendee: Lord-Lieutenant

18 June - VAST Meeting
Attendee: Lord-Lieutenant

26 June - Tarnside Charities Fundraising Webinar
Attendee: Lord-Lieutenant

Virtual NSCG Arts Exhibition Launch
Attendee: Sarah Elsom DL

July 2020

2 July - Tarnside Charities Fundraising Webinar
Attendee: Lord-Lieutenant

13 July - Ministry at Work Meeting (via Zoom)
Attendee: Lord-Lieutenant

17 July - Queens Award for Enterprise Office Regional Networking Virtual Meeting
Attendee: Lord-Lieutenant

27 July - Lord-Lieutenants Cadets Ceremony Virtual Rehearsal 
Attendee: Lord-Lieutenant

28 July - Lord-Lieutenants Cadet Virtual Ceremony
Attendee: Lord-Lieutenant

August 2020

4 August – High Sheriff Cycle Ride
Attendee: Lord-Lieutenant

6 August – West Midlands Ambulance Service Staffordshire County Priory Group Meeting
Attendee: Lord-Lieutenant

12 August – West Midlands Lord-Lieutenants Zoom Meeting
Attendee: Lord-Lieutenant

14 August – 101 Birthday WW2 Veterans Meeting
Attendee: Lord-Lieutenant

15 August – Royal Visit - HRH Prince Charles and The Duchess of Cornwall, including Prime Minister Boris Johnson at the NMA for Victory in Japan Day.
Attendee: Lord-Lieutenant

RBL Stafford Branch Victory in Japan Day Wreath Laying Ceremony
Attendee: Col Adrian Walton DL

September 2020

3 September – Photo Call for Tri-Services & Veterans Support Centre
Attendee: Lord-Lieutenant

10 September – New Bishop of Stafford Meeting via Zoom
Attendee: Lord-Lieutenant

21 September – Tri-Services Cycle Ride
Attendee: Lord-Lieutenant

23 September – Deputy Lieutenant Briefing Session
Attendee: Lord-Lieutenant Vice Lord-Lieutenant

October 2020

5 October – High Sheriff Court Opening Service
Attendee: Lord-Lieutenant

8 October – Armed Forces Memorial Dedication of Names Service at the NMA
Attendee: Lord-Lieutenant

10 October – Guides Annual Review Meeting  
Attendee: Lord-Lieutenant

21 October – Rockspur Visit
Attendee: Lord-Lieutenant

22 October – WMRFCA AGM
Attendee: Lord-Lieutenant

23 October – Staffs Wildlife Trust Meeting
Attendee: Lord-Lieutenant

30 October – National Memorial Arboretum Field of Remembrance - Virtual Briefing Meeting
Attendee: Lord-Lieutenant

November 2020

2 November – NMA Field of Remembrance Opening 2020 at the NMA
Attendee: Lord-Lieutenant

RBL Cross Laying Ceremony at St Mary’s Church, Stafford
Attendee: Brigadier Simon Bell DL

3 November – Wreath Laying at Stafford Memorials
Attendee: Lord-Lieutenant

4 November – Lichfield Wreath Laying Ceremony
Attendee: Colonel Christopher Comport DL  

6 November – Staffordshire County Federation of Young Farmers Clubs AGM
Attendee: Lord-Lieutenant

8 November – Cannock RBL Remembrance Service
Attendee: Commander Charles Bagot-Jewitt DL

Stoke City Remembrance Service
Attendee: Vice Lord-Lieutenant  

Newcastle Borough Council Remembrance Service
Attendee: Pritpal Nagi DL

Burton-upon-Trent Remembrance Service
Attendee: Humphrey Scott-Moncrieff DL

Stone Town Hall Remembrance Service
Attendee: Brigadier Simon Bell DL

Lichfield Science & Engineer Society, 31^st Erasmus Darwin Memorial Lecture
Attendee: Lord-Lieutenant

11 November – Royal Visit - TRH The Earl & Countess of Wessex  
Armistice Day at the National Memorial Arboretum

Attendee: Vice Lord-Lieutenant

University Hospital of North Midlands Two Minute Silence
Attendee: Graham Morley DL

County Hospital Two Minute Silence
Attendee: Humphrey Scott-Moncrieff DL

13 November – WM Reserve Forces & Cadets Association, Regional Employer Recognition Scheme Silver Awards Celebratory Event
Attendee: Lord-Lieutenant

17 November - Lord-Lieutenants Association Seminar
Attendee: Lord-Lieutenant

18 November – Lord-Lieutenants Virtual Regional Chair's Meeting
Attendee: Lord-Lieutenant

19 November - SCVYS Virtual Annual General Meeting
Attendee: Lord-Lieutenant

25 November - County Priory Group Virtual Meeting
Attendee: Lord-Lieutenant

December 2020

1 December - Lord-Lieutenants Association with Sir E Young
Attendee: Lord-Lieutenant

2 December - Breaking the Mould Awards 2020 - Keele University
Attendee: Lord-Lieutenant

3 December - St John Ambulance Virtual Presentation
Attendee: Lord-Lieutenant

4 December - ITV Interview at Lichfield Cathedral with Mr Sebbie Hall
Attendee: Lord-Lieutenant

Staffordshire University Virtual Christmas Carol Concert
Attendee: Graham Morley DL

7 December - Staffordshire Wildlife Trust AGM
Attendee: Lord-Lieutenant

11 December - Girlguiding Staffordshire Virtual Annual Review Meeting
Attendee: Lord-Lieutenant

13 December - St John County Carol Service Reading at St Paul's Church, Stafford
Attendee: Lord-Lieutenant

15 December - College of Fellows Vice Chancellor Update
Attendee: Lord-Lieutenant

16 December - Entrust Lichfield Christmas Virtual Festival
Attendee: Lord-Lieutenant

17 December - BBC Radio for Herefordshire and Worcestershire Interview
Attendee: Lord-Lieutenant