User:MaximusWikipedian/Ceri King
Ceri King | |
|---|---|
| Deputy Clerk of the Privy Council Head of Secretariat | |
| Assumed office 2008 | |
| Prime Minister | David Cameron Theresa May Boris Johnson |
| Lord Chancellor | Nick Clegg Chris Grayling David Lidington Andrea Leadsom Mel Stride Jacob Rees-Mogg Mark Spencer |
| Preceded by | Christine Cook |
| Deputy Clerk of the Crown Office Head of the Crown Office Registrar of the Peerage Registrar of the Baronetage Clerk of the Chamber | |
| Assumed office 2016 | |
| Preceded by | Ian Denyer |
| Acting Clerk of the Crown in Chancery | |
| In office September 2020 – December 2020 | |
| Prime Minister | Boris Johnson |
| Minister | Robert Buckland |
| Preceded by | Sir Richard Heaton |
| Succeeded by | Antonia Romeo |
| Personal details | |
| Nationality | British |
| Occupation | Civil servant |
Ceri King is a senior British civil servant. She is currently serving as the Deputy Clerk of the Crown in Chancery[1] and Deputy Clerk of the Privy Council.[2]
Career
[edit]Privy Council Office
[edit]King is known to have served as Deputy Director of Corporate Services in the Privy Council Office in 2004,[3] until she succeeded Graham Donald (who was also Deputy Clerk) as Director of Corporate Services in 2006, a role she held until 2008.[4]
In late 2007, she succeeded Christine Cook[5] as Head of Secretariat and Senior Clerk[6] under Judith Caroline Simpson, who had recently been appointed Clerk of the Privy Council. At this time she was not listed as a Deputy Clerk; only Meriel McCullagh held the disctintion during that time. She was appointed as Deputy Clerk in 2008,[7] though as her recent predecessors she retained the title of Head of Secretariat.
Her responsibilities, at the start of her clerkship, included statutory health care regulation, medical and financial institutions, royal colleges, the environment and ecclesiastical matters. Currently, they include Privy Council meetings, royal and Constitutional matters, amongst others.[8]
She attended her first Privy Council meeting as Deputy Clerk in 2012.[9] In recent times, she's attended regularly, either by herself or accompanying the Clerk of the Privy Council.
Ministry of Justice
[edit]Ceri King succeeded Ian Denyer as Deputy Clerk of the Crown in Chancery in the Crown Office in 2016[10], having also succeeded him as Head of the Crown Office, Clerk of the Chamber, and Registrar of the Peerage and Baronetage.[11] She was first seen in that role at the prorogation of Parliament in 2017,[12] reading the short titles of the bills granted royal assent. She was later seen delivering the Book of Returns to the Clerk Assistant of the House of Commons at that chamber's first sitting in 2019.[13]
During her tenure (specifically starting from 2019), she has signed documents as Deputy Clerk of the Crown in Chancery, Head of the Crown Office and Registrar of the Peerage, but does not use Clerk of the Chamber as part of her official roles.[14] In other documents, such as those signifying royal assent, she usually omits all except for Deputy Clerk of the Crown in Chancery.[15]
In September 2020, before the current Clerk, Antonia Romeo was appointed, Ceri King assumed the full position of Clerk of the Crown in Chancery in an acting capacity,[16] which she held until at least December 2020.[17]
King attended the appointment of Simon Burton as Clerk of the Parliaments in 2021, administering the oath to the said person.[18]
Personal life
[edit]Ceri King is married.[9]
References
[edit]- ^ "Letters Patent by HM [The] Queen (Freedom of Information Request)". WhatDoTheyKnow. Retrieved 22 March 2021.
- ^ "Organisation". Privy Council Office. Retrieved 22 March 2021.
- ^ "Organisational Chart of the Privy Council Office (PCO)" (PDF). 23 June 2004. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2004-06-25.
- ^ "Organisational Chart of the Privy Council Office (PCO)". 19 February 2006. Archived from the original on 2006-02-19.
- ^ "Organisational Chart of the Privy Council Office (PCO)". 15 August 2007. Archived from the original on 2007-08-15.
- ^ "Organisational Chart of the Privy Council Office (PCO)". 3 September 2007. Archived from the original on 2007-09-03.
- ^ "Organisational Chart of the Privy Council Office (PCO)". 1 June 2008. Archived from the original on 2008-06-01.
- ^ "Organisation of the Privy Council Office". Privy Council. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
- ^ a b "Court Circular: Buckingham Palace". The Royal Family. 8 February 2012.
Mrs. Ceri King was in attendance as Deputy Clerk of the Council
- ^ "List of Registrars of the Baronetage (Freedom of Information Request)" (PDF). WhatDoTheyKnow. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
- ^ "[Crown Office] Department Information (Freedom of Information Request)" (PDF). WhatDoTheyKnow. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
- ^ "House of Lords Chamber". parliamentlive.tv. 27 April 2017. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
- ^ "HC Deb". 626. 13 June 2017.
Ceri King, Deputy Clerk of the Crown in Chancery in Great Britain, delivered to [...] John Benger [Clerk Assistant] a book containing a list of the Members returned to serve in this Parliament.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ "Letters Patent by HM [The] Queen (Freedom of Information Request)". WhatDoTheyKnow. Retrieved 20 March 2021.
- ^ Cooper, Yvette (8 April 2019). "Tweet by Yvette Cooper". Twitter. Retrieved 15 April 2021.
- ^ "Ecclesiastical Letters Patent (Freedom of Information Request)". WhatDoTheyKnow. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
- ^ "List of English Barons who are still a life and their Office and Rules in today Society (Freedom of Information Request)". WhatDoTheyKnow. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
- ^ "House of Lords Chamber". parliamentlive.tv. 13 April 2021. Retrieved 15 April 2021.