Sarah Troughton

Dame Sarah Rose Troughton (née Colman; born 3 May 1953) is the Lord Lieutenant of Wiltshire, appointed with effect from February 2012. She is the first woman to hold the position since it was created in the 16th century. A second cousin of King Charles III, for ten years she was lady-in-waiting to Katharine, Duchess of Kent. In 2022, she became one of the six women appointed Queen's companions to Queen Camilla.

Early life

Troughton was born in Paddington in 1953. She is the eldest of the five children of Sir Timothy Colman, a past Lord Lieutenant of Norfolk, and Lady Mary Cecilia Bowes-Lyon, a granddaughter of Claude Bowes-Lyon, 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne. Her maternal grandfather Michael Bowes-Lyon, who died two days before her birth, was a brother of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, so that she is a second cousin once removed of the present Earl of Strathmore and a first cousin once removed of Queen Elizabeth II.

Living at Wanborough, near Swindon, She became a Deputy Lieutenant of Wiltshire in 2006. In December 2011, with effect from February 2012, she was promoted to the Lord Lieutenancy. In 2011, she was chairman of the Chelsea Physic Garden, and advanced to Dame of Grace of the order in 2021.

In 2022, she was one of the first six women appointed as "Queen's companions" (replacing the traditional ladies-in-waiting) to Queen Camilla. A BBC News article described Troughton as one of Camilla's longstanding personal friends.

Personal life In 1977 she married Peter Troughton (born 1948), a member of HM Diplomatic Service, and the eldest son of Sir Charles Troughton, chairman of W H Smith. They have a son and two daughters. Her grandson, Nicholas Barclay, son of her daughter Rose, was a page of honour at the coronation of King Charles III. Her husband was later a director of the Lowland Investment Company PLC in the City of London, a trustee of the Royal Collection and Pro-Chancellor of the University of Bath. He is now a trustee of the Rothschild Foundation and a member of the Salisbury Diocesan Board of Finance. International 15 January 2013 Commander of the Order of St John

CStJ Advanced to DStJ in 2021 United Kingdom 6 February 2022 Queen Elizabeth II Platinum Jubilee Medal

International 22 April 2021 Dame of Grace of the Order of St John

DStJ United Kingdom 6 May 2023 King Charles III Coronation Medal

International Service Medal of the Order of St John

United Kingdom 1 January 2025 Dame Commander of the Royal Victorian Order

DCVO