Lord Lieutenant
Hertfordshire
The office of Vice Lord Lieutenant of Hertfordshire
The Vice Lord Lieutenant is appointed by the Lord Lieutenant from one of the deputies. The Vice Lord Lieutenant stands in for the Lord Lieutenant when she is away from the County. The Vice Lord Lieutenant stands down when the Lord Lieutenant, who made the appointment, relinquishes the post or retires, and a new one is appointed. This provides opportunity for change. A subsequent change of appointment may also be made at the discretion of the Lord Lieutenant.
The current Vice Lord Lieutenant
The new Vice Lord Lieutenant is Richard Beazley who took up the appointment on 1 August 2010.
Richard was born in Broxbourne, and is one of five generations to have lived in Hertfordshire. He spent many years working in the international oil industry, living in Norway, Indonesia, Canada and the USA, and conducting business in many other parts of the world. He was appointed Chairman of the East and North Herts NHS Trust in 2002 and as a Deputy Lieutenant of Hertfordshire in 2004. He is a Trustee of the Florence Nightingale Foundation. His wife has recently retired from work as a NHS dentist. They live in Standon and have two sons.