House of Lords, London SW1A 0PW 10 July 2001 The Queen has been pleased by Letters Patent under the Great Seal of the Realm dated 10 July 2001 to confer the dignity of a Barony of the United Kingdom for life upon the Right Honourable Sir Jeremy John Durham Ashdown, KBE, by the name, style and title of Baron Ashdown of Norton-sub-Hamdon, of Norton-sub-Hamdon in the County of Somerset. C I P Denyer