THE KING has been pleased by Letters Patent under the Great Seal of the Realm dated 7 January 2026 to confer the dignity of a Barony of the United Kingdom for life upon the following:

In the forenoon

Peter Charles John, O.B.E., by the name, style and title of BARON JOHN OF SOUTHWARK, of Pattiswick in the County of Essex.

In the afternoon

Brenda Vanessa Dacres, O.B.E., by the name, style and title of BARONESS DACRES OF LEWISHAM, of Deptford in the London Borough of Lewisham.