John Parsons (accountant)

Sir John Christopher Parsons, KCVO (born 1946) is a British accountant and courtier.

Born in 1946, Parsons was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge.

[1] Parsons was appointed Assistant Treasurer to the Queen in 1985[2] and in 1988 was promoted to Deputy Treasurer to the Queen and Deputy Keeper of the Privy Purse,[3] serving in that office until 2002.

[1] For his service to the Queen, Parsons was appointed a Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order (LVO) in the 1992 New Year Honours[4] and promoted twice, six years later to Commander (CVO) [5] and then in 2002 to Knight Commander (KCVO).

[6] Parsons married Hon Anne Constance Manningham-Buller (born 13 August 1951), daughter of Reginald Manningham-Buller, 1st Viscount Dilhorne, on 20 February 1982.