Stuart Shilson

Stuart James Shilson LVO GCStJ DL (born 1966) is a British management consultant and courtier, who serves since 2022 as Prior of St John in England.

Career

After attending St Paul's School in London, Shilson went up to Balliol College, Oxford, graduating with a first class degree in Mathematics and Philosophy (MA). He then pursued further studies, receiving an MSc degree in Computer Science from the University of Oxford and an MPhil degree in Law and Criminal Justice from the University of Cambridge.

Called to the Bar at Middle Temple in 1992,^[1] he practised commercial law for five years and then joined McKinsey, being seconded for one year to the Cabinet Office from 1999. Shilson is now a director of McKinsey in London.^[2]

In 2019, he was commissioned as a Deputy Lieutenant (DL) for Greater London.^[3] Master of the Drapers' Company for 2022–23,^[4] Shilson served as Sub-Prior of the Most Venerable Order of Saint John from 2013 to 2016 becoming Prior of England and the Islands in March 2022.^[5]

A son of David Shilson, he married in 1989 Sarah Coleman.

"Votes and Proceedings" (PDF). Canberra: Parliament of the Commonwealth of Australia. 12 August 2003. p. 2. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 March 2011. Retrieved 12 February 2010.
www.stjohninternational.org

Court offices
Preceded by Sir Tim Hitchens	Assistant Private Secretary to the Sovereign 2001–2004	Succeeded by Christopher, Baron Geidt
Other offices
Preceded by Surgeon Rear Admiral Lionel Jarvis	Prior of the Order of Saint John 2022 – present	Succeeded by in office