Jennifer Tolhurst

Jennifer Mary Tolhurst (born 1951) is the current Lord-Lieutenant of Essex.[1][2] She has been in the position since 5 August 2017.

Jennifer Tolhurst
Tolhurst (left) with Charles III in March 2022
Lord Lieutenant of Essex
Assumed office
5 August 2017
MonarchsElizabeth II
Charles III
Preceded byJohn Petre, 18th Baron Petre
High Sheriff of Essex
In office
2005–2006
MonarchElizabeth II
Personal details
Born
Jennifer Mary Tolhurst

1951 (age 71–72)
Northern Ireland
Spouse
Philip Tolhurst
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(m. 1972)​
Children3

Biography

Tolhurst started the Danbury and Little Baddow branch of the NSPCC and chaired the Prince's Youth Business Trust in Essex. She was a magistrate and vice chairman of the governors of New Hall School. She remains vice-president of the Essex Community Foundation, serves on Essex University Court, is an assessor for the Queen's Award for Voluntary Service and is vice-chairman of the Lord Chancellor's Advisory Committee. She was High Sheriff of Essex in 2005.[3]

Tolhurst lives in Danbury with her husband, Philip. They have three grown-up children and seven grandchildren.

She succeeded Lord Petre, 18th Baron of the Petre family, whose ancestral family home is at Ingatestone Hall, who had been the lord-lieutenant of Essex for the previous fifteen years but stood down after turning 75 – the customary age of retirement for the Sovereign's representatives.

References
  1. Prime Minister's Office (22 June 2017). "Lord-Lieutenant of Essex: Jennifer Tolhurst". UK Government Digital Service. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
  2. Martino, Matthew. "Jennifer Tolhurst DL appointed as Lord-Lieutenant of Essex". Essex-TV. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
  3. "Appointment of Sheriffs". The London Gazette. 29 March 2005. Retrieved 19 May 2019.

This article contains OGL licensed text This article incorporates text published under the British Open Government Licence v3.0: Prime Minister's Office (22 June 2017). "Lord-Lieutenant of Essex: Jennifer Tolhurst". UK Government Digital Service. Retrieved 13 January 2019.


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