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 II
Preceded by	Baron Keitling
Succeeded by	Sir Harry Beresford
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

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 2019.

Titles, styles and honours

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 – 1989: Captain Jock Spurgeon-Price
• 1989 – 1997: Jock Spurgeon-Price
• 1997 – 2000: Jock Spurgeon-Price CTM
• 2000 – 2005: Jock Spurgeon-Price CGO, CTM
• 2005 – 2015: Jock Spurgeon-Price CGO, CTM, PC
• 2015 – 2019: Sir Jock Spurgeon-Price KCGO, CTM, PC
• 2019 – Present: Sir Jock Spurgeon-Price GCGO, KSO, CTM, 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, Knight of Grace of the Order of St John, Privy Counsel, Governor of the State of Cambria in the Kingdom of Gallambria.