The Berkshire Lieutenancy
I hope that you will use it to find out more about the role of the Lord-Lieutenant, the Vice Lord-Lieutenant and the Deputy Lieutenants. Berkshire has seen many changes during the course of its history, but has always been a place where enterprise has flourished, whether in the thriving woollen industry of mediaeval times, the agricultural improvements of the eighteenth century, the industrial and commercial developments of the nineteenth or the high-technology industries of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.
It is a diverse county stretching from the edge of London in the east to the rolling hills in the rural west and embracing both historic towns and major new towns and developments. It is a great privilege to represent His Majesty The King in Berkshire and to support the many diverse communities throughout this Royal County. I look forward to meeting many of you in the course of my work, and have the greatest admiration for the varied contributions made by so many of you in so many walks of life in Berkshire.
The Lord-Lieutenant welcomed a senior delegation from the Galician Government and the Provincial Council of A Coruña to Reading this week for the unveiling of a new granite milestone marker on the St James’ Way.
Four Berkshire groups have been awarded the Kings Award for Voluntary Service 2025.
The Lord-Lieutenant and his Deputies have attended a number of remembrance events across the Royal County.
Brigadier Stephen Matthews DL attended on behalf of the Lord-Lieutenant as the Corps of Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers returned to Wokingham to exercise the Freedom of the Town.
The Lord-Lieutenant for the Royal County of Berkshire, Mr Andrew Try, has appointed two new Deputy Lieutenants who will assist him in representing The King in Berkshire.
The Lord-Lieutenant attended the Freedom of the Town Ceremony in Hungerford to recognise those who have made an exceptional contribution to the life of the town.