THE QUEEN has been pleased by Letters Patent under the Great Seal of the Realm dated 27 January 2021 to confer the dignity of a Barony of the United Kingdom for life upon the following:

In the forenoon

Sir Simon Gerard McDonald, K.C.M.G., K.C.V.O., by the name, style and title of BARON McDONALD OF SALFORD, of Pendleton in the City of Salford.

In the afternoon

Peter Andrew Cruddas, by the name, style and title of BARON CRUDDAS, of Shoreditch in the London Borough of Hackney.