Dame Fionnuala Mary Jay-O'Boyle, DBE DStJ (born 22 March 1960) is a British lobbyist, charity trustee, and public official. She is the Lord-Lieutenant for the County Borough of Belfast since 2014,[1] and a member of the House of Lords Appointments Commission since 2019.[2]
Jay-O'Boyle, who was born in Derry in 1960 and is married to Richard Jay, trained as a singer and has worked in marketing and communications.[3][4] She was a trustee of The Prince's Regeneration Trust from 2003 and of The Prince's Foundation for Building Community from 2016 until they were both merged into The Prince's Foundation in 2018.[4][5] She founded the Belfast Buildings Trust in 1996, of which she remains patron.[6] She was a deputy lieutenant for Belfast from 2009 until her elevation in 2014.[7]
She was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in 2000, Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2008 Birthday Honours[8] and Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) in the 2022 Birthday Honours for services to the community in Northern Ireland.[9][10]
Jay-O'Boyle was also appointed a Dame of the Order of Saint John (DstJ) on 22 April 2021.[11]
On 12 December 2022, Jay-O'Boyle was presented an Honorary Doctorate of Laws for Distinction in Public Service at Queen's University Belfast.[12]
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- ^ "No. 63714". The London Gazette (Supplement). 1 June 2022. p. B9.
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