THE QUEEN has been pleased by Letters Patent under the Great Seal of the Realm dated 2 October 2015 to confer the dignity of a Barony of the United Kingdom for life upon the following:

In the forenoon

Stuart Polak, Esquire, C.B.E., by the name, style and title of BARON POLAK, of Hertsmere in the County of Hertfordshire.

In the afternoon

Shaista Ahmad Sheehan, by the name, style and title of BARONESS SHEEHAN, of Wimbledon in the London Borough of Merton and of Tooting in the London Borough of Wandsworth.

(C.I.P. Denyer)