Top honour for county’s retiring Lord-Lieutenant
working as a forensic scientist with the Metropolitan Police. She then spent 11 years serving with the Royal Air Force.
In 1992 she began a career in the National Health Service serving as chairman of a number of NHS trusts including the Western Sussex NHS Primary Care Trust and the Royal West Sussex NHS Trust.
She has also held positions with the Environment Agency and the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons.
In 2006 Mrs Pyper was appointed a Deputy Lieutenant and she is also a Dame in the Order of St John.
She is actively involved with a number of organisations of which she is patron, president or vice-president.
The Lord-Lieutenant is the personal representative of Her Majesty The Queen in their respective counties and is appointed by the Queen on the recommendation of the Prime Minister.
Mrs Pyper’s role is to represent the Crown and uphold its dignity within the county by supporting activities that enhance the lives of its residents.
West Sussex is a diverse and vibrant county, and its villages, towns and cities are full of talented, dedicated and creative people and organisations covering a wide range of human experience and activity. The Lord-Lieutenant is keen to promote, encourage and celebrate all that the county has to offer.
Lady Emma Barnard will succeed Mrs Pyper as the Lord-Lieutenant of West Sussex on August 1.
Lady Emma Barnard, DL was High Sheriff of West Sussex in 2017-18. She lives at Parham House, near Pulborough, an Elizabethan house with award-winning gardens owned by a charitable trust, and is chairman of Parham Park Ltd, which maintains Parham and opens it to the public.