THE KING has been pleased by Letters Patent under the Great Seal of the Realm dated 17 July 2024 to confer the dignity of a Barony of the United Kingdom for life upon the following:

In the forenoon

Sir Patrick John Thompson Vallance, K.C.B., by the name, style and title of BARON VALLANCE OF BALHAM, of Balham in the London Borough of Wandsworth.

In the afternoon

The Right Honourable Jacqueline Jill Smith, by the name, style and title of BARONESS SMITH OF MALVERN, of Malvern in the County of Worcestershire.