House of Lords, London SW1A 0PW 8th April 1998 The Queen has been pleased by Letters Patent under the Great Seal, dated 8th April 1998, to appoint:   Mrs. Valerie Patricia Marie Strachan, C.B.,   Alexander William Russell, Esquire, C.B.,   David John Howard, Esquire,   Anthony Robert Rawsthorne, Esquire,   Philip Richard Hernaman Allen, Esquire,   Anthony Charles Sawyer, Esquire,   Martin Robert Brown, Esquire,   Raymond Noel McAfee, Esquire, and   Michael William Norgrove, Esquire, to be Her Majesty’s Commissioners of Customs and Excise. C. I. P. Denyer