Governance

The sovereign, the consort and the heir are the three Royal Governors and the Archbishop of Canterbury is the Archiepiscopal Governor. The sixteen Governors are the charity trustees and the Assembly of Governors is a body first formulated by Thomas Sutton on 22 June 1611. It meets three times a year and is assisted by a number of committees.

The Governors are patrons of ten Church of England livings, which are mostly places where Thomas Sutton owned property: two are in the Diocese of Lincoln, one in Norwich, three in Ely and four in Chelmsford.

The staff of the hospital includes the Master, Preacher and Deputy Master, Bursar, Matron, Estate Bursar, Clerk to the Brothers, Financial Controller, Executive Chef and Manciple who meet as a management team once a month.

Visit in 2008 of HM The Queen and HRH The Duke of Edinburgh Royal Governors	HM The Queen with Brother Eric Griffiths
HRH Duke of Edinburgh, officially opens the Queen Elizabeth II Infirmary in 2005	HRH Prince Charles Royal Governor, meets some of the Brothers in 2007

Royal Governors
Her Majesty The Queen
His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh
His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales

Archiepiscopal Governor
The Most Reverend and Right Honourable Rowan Williams DD
Lord Archbishop of Canterbury

Governors (Charity Trustees)
Air Chief Marshal Sir Michael Graydon GCB CBE FRAeS Chairman
The Right Honourable The Lord Wakeham PC JP DL FCA
The Honourable Jonathan Hunt MA BM BCh
Donald Buttress LVO OBE DLitt MA FSA
General The Lord Guthrie GCB LVO OBE
Richard Jonas FRICS
Howard Rudebeck JP FCA
James Davis BA
Ian McIsaac FCA
The Right Reverend & Right Honourable Richard Chartres KCVO DD FSA
Paul Double LLM
Sir John Banham
Charles MacKinnon
Sir Miles-Hunt Davis KCVO CBE
The Marquess of Salisbury PC DL
Dr Clare Heath MA MBBS MRCGP