List of lord-lieutenants in the United Kingdom
Lord-lieutenants are appointed in England and Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland.
Lord-lieutenants
[edit]| Lieutenancy area | Name | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Aberdeenshire | Sandy Manson | 20 March 2020 |
| Angus | Patricia Sawers | 25 August 2019 |
| Antrim | David McCorkell | 29 June 2019 |
| Argyll and Bute | Jane MacLeod | 14 July 2020[1] |
| Armagh | The Earl of Caledon | 15 May 1989 |
| Ayrshire and Arran | Iona McDonald | 26 October 2017 |
| Banffshire | Andrew Simpson | 4 August 2019 |
| Bedfordshire | Susan Lousanda | 6 September 2022 |
| Belfast | Dame Fionnuala Jay-O'Boyle | 6 July 2014 |
| Berkshire | Andrew Try | 24 October 2023 |
| Berwickshire | Jeanna Swan | 25 April 2014 |
| Bristol | Lois Golding | 24 April 2017 |
| Buckinghamshire | The Countess Howe[2] | 26 June 2020 |
| Caithness | The Viscount Thurso | 17 August 2017 |
| Cambridgeshire | Julie Spence | 4 April 2017 |
| Cheshire | Lady Redmond | 25 August 2021[3] |
| Clackmannanshire | Lieutenant Colonel Johnny Stewart | 5 June 2014 |
| Clwyd | Harry Fetherstonhaugh | 17 January 2013 |
| Cornwall | Colonel Sir Edward Bolitho | 19 September 2011 |
| Cumbria | Alexander Scott | 6 July 2023[4] |
| Derbyshire | Elizabeth Fothergill | July 2020 |
| Devon | David Fursdon | 17 April 2015[5] |
| Dorset | Michael Dooley | 5 September 2024[6] |
| Down | Gawn Rowan Hamilton | 26 September 2021 |
| Dumfries | Lady MacGregor | 10 February 2016 |
| Dunbartonshire | Jill Young | 12 August 2020 |
| Dundee[7] | Bill Campbell | 20 May 2022 |
| Durham | Susan Snowdon | 8 March 2013 |
| Dyfed | Sara Edwards | 7 February 2016 |
| East Lothian | Roderick Uruquhart | 15 March 2021[8] |
| East Riding of Yorkshire | James Dick | 25 June 2019 |
| East Sussex | Andrew Blackman | 18 August 2021 |
| Edinburgh[9] | Robert Aldridge | 26 May 2022 |
| Essex | Jennifer Tolhurst | 5 August 2017 |
| Fermanagh | The Viscount Brookeborough | 9 July 2012 |
| Fife | Robert Balfour | 22 January 2015 |
| Glasgow[10] | Jacqueline McLaren | 19 May 2022 |
| Gloucestershire | Edward Gillespie | 28 October 2018 |
| Greater London | Sir Ken Olisa | 29 May 2015 |
| Greater Manchester | Diane Hawkins | 4 July 2022 |
| Gwent | Brigadier Robert Aitken | 24 March 2016 |
| Gwynedd | Edmund Seymour Bailey | 16 April 2014 |
| Hampshire | Nigel Atkinson | 11 September 2014 |
| Herefordshire | Edward Harley | 15 April 2020 |
| Hertfordshire | Robert Voss | 4 August 2017 |
| Inverness | James Wotherspoon | 4 August 2021 |
| Isle of Wight | Susan Sheldon | 25 March 2019 |
| Kent | Lady Annabel Colgrain | 21 April 2020 |
| Kincardineshire | Alastair Macphie | 1 October 2020 |
| Kirkcudbright | Lord Sinclair | 29 July 2021 |
| Lanarkshire | Lady Haughey | 13 November 2017 |
| Lancashire | Amanda Parker[11] | 2 August 2023 |
| Leicestershire | Mike Kapur | 14 June 2018 |
| Lincolnshire | Toby Dennis | 23 February 2015 |
| City of London[12] | Sir Nicholas Lyons | 11 November 2022 |
| City of Londonderry | Ian Crowe | 12 January 2023 |
| County Londonderry | Alison Millar | 12 June 2018 |
| Merseyside | Mark Blundell | 13 September 2017 |
| Mid Glamorgan | Peter Vaughan | 17 April 2019 |
| Midlothian | Lieutenant Colonel Richard Callander | 3 April 2020 |
| Moray | Major General Seymour Monro | 29 January 2020 |
| Nairn | George Asher | 19 January 2018 |
| Norfolk | Lady Dannatt | 28 May 2019 |
| Northamptonshire | James Saunders Watson | 30 March 2020 |
| Northumberland | The Duchess of Northumberland | 12 May 2009 |
| North Yorkshire | Johanna Ropner | 6 November 2018 |
| Nottinghamshire[13] | Sir John Peace | 21 July 2012 |
| Orkney | Elaine Grieve | 29 January 2020 |
| Oxfordshire | Marjorie Glasgow | 1 October 2021 |
| Perth and Kinross | Gordon Leckie | 23 July 2019 |
| Powys | Tia Jones | 10 September 2018 |
| Renfrewshire | Colonel Peter McCarthy | 13 March 2019 |
| Ross and Cromarty | Joanie Whiteford | 29 May 2019 |
| Roxburgh, Ettrick and Lauderdale | The Duke of Buccleuch and Queensbury | 28 December 2016 |
| Rutland | Sarah Furness | 3 April 2018 |
| Shropshire | Anna Turner | 3 January 2019 |
| Shetland | Lindsay William Tulloch | 3 April 2024 |
| Somerset | Mohammed Saddiq | 29 October 2022 |
| South Glamorgan | Morfudd Meredith | 5 July 2016 |
| South Yorkshire | Dame Hilary Chapman | November 2021 |
| Staffordshire | Ian Dudson | 29 March 2012 |
| Stirling and Falkirk | Alan Simpson | 28 February 2017 |
| Suffolk | The Dowager Countess of Euston | 13 December 2014 |
| Surrey | Michael More-Molyneux | 23 August 2015[14] |
| Sutherland | Major General Patrick Marriott | 1 August 2022 |
| Tweeddale | Lady of Traquair | 20 May 2014 |
| Tyne and Wear | Lucy Winskell | 21 February 2022 |
| Tyrone | Robert Lowry Scott | 5 July 2009 |
| Warwickshire | Timothy Cox | 2 April 2013 |
| Western Isles | Iain Macaulay | 8 March 2022 |
| West Glamorgan | Roberta Fleet | 16 March 2020[15] |
| West Lothian | Moira Niven | 20 September 2017 |
| West Midlands | Dr Derrick Anderson | 6 August 2024[16] |
| West Sussex | Lady Emma Barnard | 23 May 2022 |
| West Yorkshire | Edmund Anderson | 3 September 2018 |
| Wigtown | Aileen Brewis | 20 February 2020 |
| Wiltshire | Sarah Troughton | February 2012 |
| Worcestershire | Beatrice Grant | 17 March 2023 |
See also
[edit]- Lord Lieutenant
- Deputy Lieutenant
- Ceremonial counties of England
- Lieutenancy areas of Scotland
- Preserved counties of Wales
- Lists of Lord Lieutenancies
- List of French prefects (in French)
Notes
[edit]- ^ "Lord-Lieutenant for Argyll and Bute: 14 July 2020". gov.uk. Retrieved 23 August 2020.
- ^ "Lord-Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire: 26 June 2020". gov.uk. Retrieved 23 August 2020.
- ^ "Her Majesty's Lord- Lieutenant of Cheshire". The Cheshire Lieutenancy. Retrieved 18 September 2021.
- ^ "No. 64111". The London Gazette. 11 July 2023. p. 13702.
- ^ "Lord-Lieutenant for Devon: David Fursdon". gov.uk.
- ^ "New Lord-Lieutenant of Dorset appointed". Bournemouth Echo. 17 September 2024. Retrieved 17 September 2024.
- ^ The Lord Provost of Dundee is the leader of the City of Dundee local authority in Scotland. They are elected by the city council and serve not only as the chair of that body, but as a figurehead and Lord Lieutenant for the city.
- ^ "Appointment of Her Majesty's Lord-Lieutenant for East Lothian: 1 February 2021". GOV.UK. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
- ^ The Lord Provost of Edinburgh is ex officio the Lord-Lieutenant of Edinburgh.
- ^ The Lord Provost of the City of Glasgow, by virtue of office, is Lord Lieutenant of the County of the City of Glasgow.
- ^ "Appointment of Lord-Lieutenant of Lancashire – GOV.UK". www.gov.uk. 4 April 2023.
- ^ The City of London is unique in that the post of Lord-Lieutenant is held in commission. The Lord Mayor of the City of London is the head of the Commission of Lieutenancy.
- ^ "Peace, John: Brief Biography". Reuters. Retrieved 30 October 2012.
- ^ "Lord-Lieutenant for Surrey: Michael More-Molyneux".
- ^ "H.M. Lord Lieutenant of West Glamorgan". H.M. Lord Lieutenant of West Glamorgan. Retrieved 12 September 2020.
- ^ "No. 64483". The London Gazette. 9 August 2024. p. 15390.