Appointment of Lord-Lieutenant for County Down: 12 May 2021
12 May 2021 The Queen is pleased to appoint Mr Gawn William Rowan Hamilton DL as Her Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant for County Down to succeed Mr David Lindsay, who is due to retire on 25th September. Background Gawn Rowan Hamilton was educated at Eton College and Cambridge. An accountant by training, he has worked for Ernst & Young and Schroders plc and was CFO and Co-founder of Mergermarket Ltd until 2009. He has been an investor in 15 start-up companies ranging from expert networks to technology-led bio-engineering businesses. He was Co-founder and CFO with Taskmaestro Ltd and is currently a ...