Crown Office

THE KING has been pleased by Letters Patent under the Great Seal of the Realm dated 18 November 2022 to confer the dignity of a Barony of the United Kingdom for life upon the following:

In the forenoon

Ruth Lauren Smeeth, by the name, style and title of BARONESS ANDERSON OF STOKE-ON-TRENT, of Stoke-on-Trent in the County of Staffordshire.

In the afternoon

David Prentis, by the name, style and title of BARON PRENTIS OF LEEDS, of Harehills in the City of Leeds.