Jennifer Tolhurst: Lord-Lieutenant of Essex of Lord-Lieutenants
Jennifer Tolhurst is Lord-Lieutenant of Essex (Lord-Lieutenants, United Kingdom), according to GOV.UK.
Posts held
- Lord-Lieutenant of Essex, Lord-Lieutenants, United Kingdom, retires on 2 December 2026; Nicholas Charrington DL is appointed to succeed her. Part of level 4: County councils, combined authorities and metro mayors.
Source: Appointment of Lord-Lieutenant of the County of Essex: 17 July 2026 - GOV.UK, read 4 November 2026 (saved copy). The page says: “The King has been pleased to appoint Mr Nicholas Charrington, DL, as His Majesty's Lord-Lieutenant of the County of Essex on the retirement of Mrs Jennifer Tolhurst, CVO, on 2nd December 2026”
Where Jennifer Tolhurst sits in the ladder of power
As Lord-Lieutenant of Essex of Lord-Lieutenants, Jennifer Tolhurst works at level 4: County councils, combined authorities and metro mayors, below the national government of United Kingdom. The full ladder of power over Lord-Lieutenants is on its page.
Above that, United Kingdom is a member of:
- NATO level 8
- G7 level 10
- G20 level 10
- United Nations (General Assembly and Security Council) level 8
- International Monetary Fund level 9
- World Bank Group level 9
Who else holds power in United Kingdom
- King Charles III King, United Kingdom
- Andrew Burnham Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
- Ed Miliband Foreign Secretary of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
Where these facts come from
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