THE EXECUTIVE
The NHB Provincial Executive
Provincial Prior
Right Eminent Knight Stephen John Churchill was Installed as a Knight of the Order in Kingsbury Preceptory No. 557 in October 1991 and served as Eminent Preceptor 2000. Malta degree in United Priors Priory 240 in 1992. A founder of Hugh De Payens Preceptory No. 681 in March 2010 as Founding Marshal.
He joined Peter George Preceptory of Past Preceptors in 2012, serving as Marshal from 2014 to 2018. Appointed to P.Gt.A.deC. in 2011. Promoted to P.Gt.Her in May 2018. Promoted to Past Great Registrar in 2023
Appointed to the RE Provincial Prior’s Bodyguard in 1994, he served as a member until 2000, when he received his first Provincial Appointment to Provincial Standard Bearer (VB) in 2001, then becoming Past Provincial 1st Constable in 2006 followed by Provincial Dep Marshal in 2012, Provincial Marshal in 2014, Sub-Prior in April 2018. He was appointed as Provincial Prior in July 2025.
Provincial Sub-Prior
Eminent Knight Russell Laxton was Installed as a Knight of the Order in the Norman Wright Preceptory No. 513 in February 1998, with his Malta degree in in June 1998. He served as Eminent Preceptor in 2005.
He joined Peter George Preceptory of Past Preceptors in 2005 and served as Eminent Preceptor in 2014. Appointed to P.Gt.A.-de- C. in 2017, he was promoted to P.Dep.Gt.Swd.B. in May 2018 and promoted again to Past Great Herald in 2023.
Appointed Treasurer of Norman Wright Preceptory in August 2012 and received his first Provincial Appointment to Provincial Standard Bearer (B) in 2007. Became Provincial 2nd. Constable in 2011, Provincial Registrar in 2016, Provincial Vice-Chancellor in 2017 and Provincial Sub-Prior in 2025.
Vice-Chancellor
Eminent Knight Stephen Wood details tbc
Provincial Marshal
Eminent Knight Nigel Dickens was Installed into the Victory Preceptory No. 207 in Jan 2014 – becoming it’s Eminent Preceptor in 2022.
Soon after joining the Order he became a member of the Provincial Prior’s Bodyguard, becoming its Deputy Commander in 2016 and then Commander in 2018. He was Installed as the Eminent Preceptor of the George North Preceptory, the Bodyguard Preceptory, in 2017 and received his first appointment to Provincial Rank, as Past 1st Herald, in 2018. He is also a member of the Peter George Preceptory – where he is the Marshal.
In 2020 he was appointed as the Provincial Deputy Marshal and then became the Provincial Marshal in April 2023, when he was promoted to Past Provincial 2nd Constable. Appointed to P.Gt.A.deC. in 2024. He is a founder member of the Preceptory of Barthélemy de Quincy No. 647, a Warwickshire Preceptory, reponed in 2022 – which is the Preceptory for present and past Great and Provincial Marshalls.