Michael Bruce Forsyth, Baron Forsyth of Drumlean, is a British financier and Conservative politician, who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Stirling from 1983 to 1997 and served in the cabinet of John Major as Secretary of State for Scotland from 1995 to 1997.
Nicholas James Christopher Lowther, 2nd Viscount Ullswater, is a British hereditary peer and former member of the House of Lords who sat as a Conservative. He succeeded his great-grandfather in the viscountcy of Ullswater in 1949, being one of very few peers to have succeeded a great-grandfather in a title.
Ian Charter MacLaurin, Baron MacLaurin of Knebworth is a British businessman, who has been chairman of Vodafone and chairman and chief executive of Tesco. He is a former chairman of the England and Wales Cricket Board, a former president of the Marylebone Cricket Club and a former Chancellor of the University of Hertfordshire.
Charles Henry John Benedict Crofton Chetwynd Chetwynd-Talbot, 22nd Earl of Shrewsbury, 22nd Earl of Waterford, 7th Earl Talbot,, styled Viscount Ingestre until 1980, is an English nobleman and the Lord High Steward of Ireland. He is the premier earl in the Peerage of England as the Earl of Shrewsbury, and in the Peerage of Ireland as the Earl of Waterford (1446). He also holds the titles of Earl Talbot and Baron Talbot.
Kleinwort Benson was a leading investment bank that offered a wide range of financial services from offices throughout the United Kingdom and Channel Islands. Two families, the Kleinworts and the Bensons, founded two different merchant banks in London. They merged in 1961 to create Kleinwort Benson Lonsdale, later Kleinwort Benson. Following its acquisition by Société Générale in June 2016, it was merged with SG Hambros, already a subsidiary of Société Générale, to form Kleinwort Hambros in November 2016.
Sir David Cecil Clementi is a British business executive. He is a former deputy governor of the Bank of England, a former chairman of Prudential plc, and a former chairman of the BBC.
Ian St John Lawson Johnston, 2nd Baron Luke, KCVO, TD, DL, JP, was a British Peer, businessman and philanthropist.
Benjamin Lloyd Stormont Mancroft, 3rd Baron Mancroft, is a British peer, businessman and Conservative Party politician.
John Dawson Eccles, 2nd Viscount Eccles,, is a British Conservative peer and businessman. He is one of the ninety-two hereditary peers elected to remain in the House of Lords after the passing of the House of Lords Act 1999.
Diana Catherine Eccles, Viscountess Eccles DL is a British Conservative peer and businesswoman.
Colonel John Douglas Slim, 2nd Viscount Slim,, was a British peer, soldier and businessman. He was one of the 92 elected hereditary peers in the House of Lords, elected to remain after the passing of the House of Lords Act 1999. In 1970, he succeeded to his father's title. He sat as a crossbencher.
William Lloyd George, 3rd Viscount Tenby, JP, was a British peer and army officer. A grandson of the Prime Minister David Lloyd George, he was among the 90 hereditary peers elected to remain in the House of Lords after the passing of the House of Lords Act 1999.
Charles James Dugdale, 2nd Baron Crathorne,, was Lord Lieutenant of North Yorkshire from 1999 until 2014. He is also one of the ninety hereditary peers elected to remain in the House of Lords after the passing of the House of Lords Act 1999, sitting as a Conservative. In 1977, he succeeded to his father's title.
John Duncan Grimston, 7th Earl of Verulam, styled Viscount Grimston between 1960 and 1973, is a British peer.
Thomas Trenchard, 2nd Viscount Trenchard, MC, was a British hereditary peer and junior minister in Margaret Thatcher's Conservative government from 1979 to 1983.
Lawrence McAllister Urquhart is a Scottish businessman and formerly the chairman of Burmah Castrol, Scottish Widows, British airports operator BAA Limited, and a director of Lloyds TSB, Imerys and Kleinwort Benson.
John Frederick Nelson was formerly the Chairman of Lloyd's of London.
Sir Merrick Richard Cockell is a Conservative politician in the United Kingdom, former Leader of the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea and former chairman of the Local Government Association. He was made a Knight Bachelor in 2010.
Alan Charles Lovell is a British businessman, formerly chief executive of the British construction company Costain, and currently chairman of the Environment Agency.
As part of the British honours system, Special Honours are issued at the Monarch's pleasure at any given time. The Special Honours refer to the awards made within royal prerogative, operational honours and other honours awarded outside the New Years Honours and Birthday Honours
