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Ceri King
Deputy Clerk of the Privy Council
Head of Secretariat
Preceded byChristine Cook
Deputy Clerk of the Crown Office
Head of the Crown Office
Registrar of the Peerage
Registrar of the Baronetage
Clerk of the Chamber
Preceded byIan Denyer
Acting Clerk of the Crown in Chancery
In office
September 2020 – December 2020
MinisterRobert Buckland
Preceded bySir Richard Heaton
Succeeded byAntonia Romeo
Personal details
OccupationCivil servant

Ceri King is a senior British civil servant. She is currently Deputy Clerk of the Crown in Chancery[1] and Deputy Clerk of the Privy Council.[2]

Career

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Privy Council Office

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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] and was appointed Deputy Clerk in 2008.[7]. She has had varied responsibilities over the years, currently Privy Council meetings, royal and Constitutional matters, amongst others.[8]

She attended her first Privy Council meeting as Deputy Clerk in 2012.[9]

Ministry of Justice

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Ceri King succeeded Ian Denyer as Deputy Clerk of the Crown in Chancery in the Crown Office in 2016[10], 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]

In September 2020, before Antonia Romeo was appointed, Ceri King assumed the position of acting Clerk of the Crown in Chancery,[13] which she held until at least December 2020.[14]

King attended the appointment of Simon Burton as Clerk of the Parliaments in 2021, administering the oath.[15]

Personal life

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Ceri King is married.[9]

References

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  1. ^ "Letters Patent by HM [The] Queen (Freedom of Information Request)". WhatDoTheyKnow. Retrieved 22 March 2021.
  2. ^ "Organisation". Privy Council Office. Retrieved 22 March 2021.
  3. ^ "Organisational Chart of the Privy Council Office (PCO)" (PDF). 23 June 2004. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2004-06-25.
  4. ^ "Organisational Chart of the Privy Council Office (PCO)". 19 February 2006. Archived from the original on 2006-02-19.
  5. ^ "Organisational Chart of the Privy Council Office (PCO)". 15 August 2007. Archived from the original on 2007-08-15.
  6. ^ "Organisational Chart of the Privy Council Office (PCO)". 3 September 2007. Archived from the original on 2007-09-03.
  7. ^ "Organisational Chart of the Privy Council Office (PCO)". 1 June 2008. Archived from the original on 2008-06-01.
  8. ^ "Organisation of the Privy Council Office". Privy Council. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
  9. ^ a b "Court Circular: Buckingham Palace". The Royal Family. 8 February 2012. Mrs. Ceri King was in attendance as Deputy Clerk of the Council
  10. ^ "List of Registrars of the Baronetage (Freedom of Information Request)" (PDF). WhatDoTheyKnow. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
  11. ^ "[Crown Office] Department Information (Freedom of Information Request)" (PDF). WhatDoTheyKnow. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
  12. ^ "House of Lords Chamber". parliamentlive.tv. 27 April 2017. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
  13. ^ "Ecclesiastical Letters Patent (Freedom of Information Request)". WhatDoTheyKnow. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
  14. ^ "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.
  15. ^ "House of Lords Chamber". parliamentlive.tv. 13 April 2021. Retrieved 15 April 2021.