David Rankin-Hunt

Major David Rankin-Hunt CVO MBE TD is a British member of the Royal Household at St James's Palace in London.

In 1999 Rankin-Hunt was appointed Secretary of a Working Group set up by the Royal Household, and chaired by the Earl Marshal to organise and plan for future ceremonial events.

over the next 15 years, he designed and instituted honours systems and individual orders, decorations and medals for Antigua and Barbuda, Grenada, St Lucia, Tonga, Tuvalu, Solomon Islands, Barbados and Albania.

As a herald[3] Rankin-Hunt regularly participates in ceremonial events such as the State Opening of Parliament and the Garter Service at Windsor Castle.

[4] During the Golden and Diamond Jubilees, he and the other heralds led the Royal processions through the nave of St Paul's Cathedral for the National Thanksgiving Service.