Jock Spurgeon-Price

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Sir Jock Spurgeon-Price
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Governor of Cambria
Assumed office
31 January 2020
MonarchAlbert II
Prime MinisterNadia Burnett
LieutenantKenneth Street
Preceded byWilliam Barber
Private Secretary to the Sovereign
In office
2005–2019
MonarchAlbert II
Preceded byBaron Keitling
Succeeded bySir Harry Beresford
Personal details
Born (1963-08-03) 3 August 1963 (age 61)
Comnock & Holmhead, Cambria
NationalityGallambrian
Spouse
Julie Auchter (m. 1993)
Children3
Alma mater

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 styleHis Excellency
Spoken styleYour Excellency