Henry, Prince Royal

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Commander The Right Honourable
The Viscount Middleton
VC KP PC
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Viscount Middleton in 2022
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
Assumed office
26 December 2022
Ministerial offices
First Secretary of State
In office
12 October 2022 – 11 December 2022
Prime MinisterMatthew Somerset
Preceded by
  • August Stuart-Windsor
Succeeded by
  • Sirch Somerset
Home Secretary
In office
12 October 2022 – 11 December 2022
Prime MinisterMatthew Somerset
Preceded by
  • Albus Stuart-Windsor
Succeeded by
  • Joshua Sherwood
Foreign Secretary
In office
12 October 2022 – 17 October 2022
Prime MinisterMatthew Somerset
Preceded by
  • Matthew Somerset
Succeeded by
  • Cameron Romefeller
Parliamentary offices
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
Life peerage
7 October 2022 – 3 December 2022
Speaker of the House of Commons
In office
13 January 2021 – 25 January 2021
Member of Parliament
for Brighton Pavillion
In office
12 January 2021 – 19 February 2021
Member of Parliament
for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
In office
8 December 2022 – 26 December 2022
Other offices
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court
In office
16 October 2020 – 22 November 2020
First Sea Lord & Chief of the Naval Staff
In office
1 January 2021 – 12 March 2021
Preceded by
  • Arthur Pendragon
Succeeded by
  • Horatio Nelson
Downing Street Chief of Staff
In office
10 October 2022 – 12 October 2022
Leader of the British Royalist Party
In office
3 December 2022 – 17 December 2022
Preceded byMatthew Somerset
Succeeded byElio Somerset
Personal details
Born
Henry Stephen Spencer Alexander Somerset
Political partyBritish Royalist Party
Spouse
Miann Bowes-Lyon (m. 2022)

Henry Stephen Spencer Alexander Bowes-Lyon, Viscount Middleton, VC, KP, PC, often known as Henry Bowes-Lyon, is a British politician and peer who has served as First Secretary of State since November 2022 and as Home Secretary since October 2022. He also serves as Lord Temporal in the House of Lords. A member of the British Royalist Party, he identifies with socially liberal and fiscally conservative views.

Early Life and Education

Parliamentary Career

Early Parliamentary Career

Foreign Secretary

First Secretary of State & Home Secretary

Peerage

Other Work

Personal Life

Titles, styles, honours and arms

  • 13 January 2021 – 11 October 2022: The Right Honourable Henry Bowes-Lyon
  • 11 October 2022 – 3 December 2022: His Lordship The Baron of Brabourne
  • 3 December 2022 - present: His Lordship The Viscount Middleton

Following the departure of Angus Stewart from Great Britain, Henry succeeded to the Barony of Brabourne, becoming the second Baron Brabourne. On 3 December 2022, he was created Viscount Middleton and knighted as a Companion of the Order of Saint Patrick.