Jock Spurgeon-Price
Sir Jock Spurgeon-Price | |
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Governor of Cambria | |
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 | Comnock & Holmhead, Cambria | 3 August 1963
Nationality | Gallambrian |
Spouse | Julie Auchter (m. 1993) |
Children | 3 |
Alma mater | |
Military service | |
Allegiance | Gallambria |
Branch/service | Gallambrian Army Reserve |
Years of service | 1981-1989 |
Rank | Captain |
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 2019.
Titles, styles and honours
Viceregal styles of Jock Spurgeon-Price | |
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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 – 2020: Sir Jock Spurgeon-Price GCGO, KSO, CTM, PC
- 2020 – Present: Sir Jock Spurgeon-Price GCGO, KSO, CTM, KStJ, 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.
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2019 | ||
Knight Commander of the Royal Georgian Order | 2015 | |
Commander of the Royal Georgian Order | 2000 | |
2019 | ||
Companion of the Order of St Thomas & St Michael | 1997 | |
Knight of Justice of the Order of St Joseph | 2020 | |
King Albert I Golden Jubilee Medal | 2008 | |
King Albert II Coronation Medal | 2013 | |
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1984 |
Honorary Appointments
- Gallambrian Army 31 January 2020: Regimental Colonel of the Royal Cambrian Regiment
- Order of St John 31 January 2020: Deputy Prior of the Order of St John
- Royal Gallambrian Air Force 31 January 2020: Honorary Air Commodore of the Air Training Corps
Court offices | ||
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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 2005-2019 |
Incumbent |