Jock Spurgeon-Price

His Excellency The Honourable Sir Jock Spurgeon-Price GCGO, KSO, CTM, PC
Governor of Cambria
Incumbent
Assumed office 31 January 2020
Monarch	Albert II
Prime Minister	Nadia Burnett
Lieutenant	Kenneth Street
Preceded by	William Barber
Private Secretary to the Sovereign
In office 2005–2019
Monarch	Albert I
Preceded by	Baron Keitling
Succeeded by	Sir Harry Beresford
Monarch	Albert II
Personal details
Born	(1963-08-03) 3 August 1963 Comnock & Holmhead, Cambria
Nationality	Gallambrian
Spouse	Julie Auchter (m. 1993)
Children	3
Alma mater	University of Tamworth (Gallambria) Bromwich School of Government & International Studies
Military service
Allegiance	Gallambria
Branch/service	Gallambrian Army Reserve
Years of service	1981-1996
Rank	Major
Unit	Royal Cambrian Regiment

Jock Edward Christopher Spurgeon-Price, GCGO, KSO, CTM, PC (born 3 August 1963), is the 16th and current Governor of Cambria. He was appointed as Governor on 31 January 2020, after the death of Sir William Barber in the terror attacks in Tamworth. He was previously the Private Secretary to King Albert II from 2005 to 2009.

Early Life

Spurgeon-Price was born in Comnock & Holmhead, Cambria, one of four children to Alec and Hazel Spurgeon-Price; his father served as an Infantry Officer with the 4th Battalion, Royal Highland Regiment. He grew up in the hamlet of Comnock & Holmhead, and was educated at Hopetoun College. Spurgeon-Price graduated from the University of Tamworth in 1985 with a Bachelor of Arts (Political Sciences) with honours, and he graduated from the Bromwich School of Government & International Studies with a Masters in International Studies in 1987.

Career

After completing his Masters, Spurgeon-Price joined the Foreign Services Graduate Scheme, after which he took a number of diplomatic postings around the globe. In 2005, he left the Foreign Service and was appointed as Private Secretary to King Albert I and subsequently King Albert II, until he retired from court in 2019. Following the death of Sir William Barber during the 2020 Tamworth Terror Attacks, he was appointed as Governor of the State of Cambria.

Titles, styles and honours

Titles

Viceregal styles of Jock Spurgeon-Price
Reference style	His Excellency
Spoken style	Your Excellency

• 3 August 1963 – 1981: Jock Spurgeon-Price
• 1981 – 1983: Second Lieutenant Jock Spurgeon-Price
• 1983 – 1987: Lieutenant Jock Spurgeon-Price
• 1987 – 1991: Captain Jock Spurgeon-Price
• 1991 – 1996: Captain Jock Spurgeon-Price MC
• 1996 – 2000: Jock Spurgeon-Price CTM, MC, ED
• 2000 – 2005: Jock Spurgeon-Price LGO, CTM, MC, ED
• 2005 – 2015: The Right Honourable Jock Spurgeon-Price CTM, CGO, MC, ED, PC
• 2015 – 2019: The Right Honourable Jock Spurgeon-Price KCGO, CTM, MC, ED, PC
• 2019 – 2020: The Right Honourable Sir Jock Spurgeon-Price GCGO, CTM, KSO, MC, ED, PC
• 2020 – Present: The Right Honourable Sir Jock Spurgeon-Price GCGO, CTM, KSO, MC, GCStJ, ED, PC

Spurgeon-Price's style and title as Governor in full is: His Excellency The Honourable Jock Spurgeon-Price, Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Georgian Order, Companion of the King's Service Order, Companion of the Order of St Thomas and St Michael, Military Cross, Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St John, Efficiency Decoration, Privy Counsel, Governor of the State of Cambria in the Kingdom of Gallambria.

Honours and awards

Ribbon	Name	Notes
		2019
	Knight Commander of the Royal Georgian Order	2015
	Commander of the Royal Georgian Order	2005
	Lieutenant of the Royal Georgian Order	2000
		2019
	Companion of the Order of St Thomas & St Michael	1997
		2020
	King Albert I Golden Jubilee Medal	2008
	King Albert II Coronation Medal	2013
[[File:|60px]]		1984

Honorary Appointments

• Gallambrian Army 31 January 2020: Regimental Colonel of the Royal Cambrian Regiment
• Order of St John 31 January 2020: Lord Prior of the Order of St John
• Royal Gallambrian Air Force 31 January 2020: Honorary Air Commodore of the Air Training Corps

Court offices
Preceded by Baron Keitling	Private Secretary to the King 2005-2019	Succeeded by Sir Harry Beresford
Government offices
Preceded by Sir William Barber	Governor of Cambria 2020-present	Incumbent
Honorary titles
Preceded by Sir William Barber	Lord Prior of the Order of St John 2020-present	Incumbent
Masonic offices
Preceded by Alfred Wells	Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Gallambria 2012-2015	Succeeded by Glen Campbell