Lord-Lieutenancies of Scotland
Aberdeen (Obar Dheathain)
Lord-Provosts
1999 - 2003 Margaret Elizabeth Smith
2003 - 2007 John Michael Reynold
2007 - 2012 Peter James Stephen
2012 - 2017 George Adam
2017 - 2022 James Crockett
2022 - Dr. David Cameron
Aberdeenshire (Siorrachd Obar Dheathain)
Lord-Lieutenants
17 Mar 1794 - 1808 Alexander Gordon, Duke of Gordon ......... 1743-1827
12 Apr 1808 - 28 May 1836 Gen. George Duncan Gordon,
Duke of Gordon .......................... 1770-1836
06 Jun 1836 - 19 Apr 1846 William George Hay, Earl of Erroll ....... 1801-1846
21 Apr 1846 - 14 Dec 1860 George-Hamilton-Gordon,
Earl of Aberdeen ........................ 1784-1860
13 Feb 1861 - 18 Sep 1863 Charles Gordon,
Marquess of Huntly ...................... 1792-1863
28 Dec 1863 - 18 Jul 1880 Francis Keith-Falconer,
Earl of Kintore
17 Sep 1880 - 07 Mar 1934 John Campbell Hamilton-Gordon,
Marquis of Aberdeen and Temair .......... 1847-1934
11 May 1934 - 1959 George Gordon, Marquess of Aberdeen
of Aberdeen and Tamair .................. 1879-1965
29 Jan 1959 - 17 Mar 1973 Sir Ian Forbes-Leith, 2nd Baronet
18 Jun 1973 - 13 Sep 1974 Maj. David George Ian Alexander Gordon,
Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair ......... 1908-1974
11 Feb 1975 - 1987 Sir Maitland Mackie ...................... 1912-1996
13 May 1987 - 1998 Capt. Colin Farquharson
19 Oct 1998 - 2010 Sir Angus Farquharson of Finzean ......... 1935-
13 Jul 2010 - 20 Mar 2020 James Ingleby ............................ 1945-
02 Apr 2020 - Alexander Philip Manson
Angus (Aonghas)
Lord-Lieutenants
17 Mar 1794 - 26 Dec 1827 Archibald James Edward Douglas,
Baron Douglas ........................... 1748-1827
05 Feb 1828 - 1849 David Ogilvy, Earl of Airlie ............. 1785-1849
13 Jun 1849 - 06 Jul 1874 Fox Maule-Ramsay, Earl of Dalhousie ...... 1801-1874
04 Aug 1874 - 16 Feb 1904 Claude Bowes-Lyon,
Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne ........ 1824-1904
28 Jul 1904 - 1936 Claude George Bowes-Lyon,
Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne ........ 1855-1944
15 Jun 1936 - 1967 Col. David Lyulph Gore Wolseley Ogilvy,
Earl of Airlie .......................... 1893-1968
12 Jun 1967 - 1989 Simon Ramsay, Earl of Dalhousie .......... 1914-1999
06 Nov 1989 - 2001 David George Coke Patrick Ogilvy,
Earl of Airlie .......................... 1926-2023
24 Jul 2001 - 24 Aug 2019 Georgiana Osborne
24 Aug 2019 - Patricia Anne Sawer
Argyll and Bute
Lord-Lieutenants of Argyll and Bute
1975 - 08 Feb 1990 Charles Hector Fitzroy Maclean,
Baron Maclean, Clan Chief of Clan Maclean
of Duart ................................ 1916-1990
1990 - 22 Jul 1993 John Crichton-Stuart Marquess of Bute .... 1933-1993
1994 - 21 Apr 2001 Ian Campbell, Earl of Argyll ............. 1927-2001
25 Mar 2002 - 2011 Kenneth MacKinnon ........................ 1933-2021
15 Apr 2011 - 14 Jul 2020 Patrick Loudon Mclain Stewart
25 Jul 2020 - Jane Margaret MacLeod
Ayrshire and Arran
Lord-Lieutenants of Ayrshire and Arran
05 Mar 1974 - 1991 Sir Bryce Muir Fox
1991 - 2006 Maj. Sir Richard Yates Henderson
2006 - 15 Oct 2017 John Duncan
26 Oct 2017 - Iona Sara Macintyre Macdonald ............ 1954-
Banffshire (Siorrachd Bhanbh)
Lord-Lieutenants
17 Mar 1794 - 24 Jan 1809 James Duff, 2nd Earl of Fife ................. 1729-1809
08 Jun 1813 - 1856 James Duff, 4th Earl of Fife ................. 1776-1857
17 Mar 1856 - 07 Aug 1879 James Duff, 5th Earl of Fife ................. 1814-1879
22 Aug 1879 - 27 Sep 1903 Charles Henry Gordon-Lennox,
Duke of Richmond, Duke of Lennox,
Duke of Gordon ............................. 1818-1903
16 Nov 1903 - 18 Jan 1928 Charles Henry Gordon-Lennox,
Duke of Richmond, Duke of Lennox,
Duke of Gordon ............................. 1845-1928
11 Apr 1928 - 13 Apr 1930 Sir John Ritchie Findley, Baron of Aberlour .. 1866-1930
19 Jul 1930 - 08 Sep 1946 James Archibald
21 Dec 1946 - 09 Sep 1964 Sir George William Abercromby of Birkenbog,
Baron of Nova Scotia ........................ 1886-1964
15 Jan 1965 - 1987 Col. Thomas Robert Gordon-Duff
11 Dec 1987 - 2002 James Alexander Strachan McPherson
19 Feb 2003 - 04 Aug 2019 Clare Nancy Russell,
Laird of Ballindalloch Castle ............... 1944-
04 Aug 2019 - Christopher Andrew Crawford Simpson
Berwickshire (Siorrachd Bhearaig)
Lord-Lieutenants
17 Mar 1794 - 20 Oct 1841 Alexander Ramsey-Home, Earl of Home
02 Nov 1841 - 22 Aug 1860 James Maitland, Earl of Lauderdale ........... 1784-1860
10 Dec 1860 - 19 Jun 1873 David Robertson, Baron Marjoribanks .......... 1797-1873
09 Jul 1873 - 23 Apr 1879 James Henry Roberts Innes-Ker,
Duke of Roxburghe ........................... 1816-1879
20 Jun 1879 - 1890 Charles Alexander Douglas-Home, Earl of Home . 1834-1918
04 Mar 1890 - 1900 Frederick Maitland, Earl of Lauderdale
05 Jan 1901 - 12 Jan 1917 Lt-Col. George Baillie Hamilton, Lord Binning 1856-1917
30 May 1917 - 31 Aug 1921 Capt. Charles Barrington Balfour ............. 1862-1921
23 Jan 1922 - 25 Aug 1930 Col. Charles Hope
08 Dec 1930 - 11 Jul 1951 Charles Cospatrick Archibald Douglas-Home .... 1873-1951
11 Jan 1952 - 1969 George Baillie-Hamilton, Earl of Haddington .. 1894-1986
13 Oct 1969 - 1989 Lt-Col. William Bertram Swan
10 Oct 1989 - 2000 Maj-Gen. Sir John Swinton .................... 1925-2018
20 Sep 2000 - 20 Feb 2014 Maj. Alexander Richard Trotter
25 Apr 2014 - Jeanna Swan
Caithness (Gallaibh)
Lord-Lieutenants
17 May 1794 - 16 Jul 1823 James Sinclair,
12th Earl of Caithness
19 Aug 1823 - 24 Dec 1855 Alexander Campbell Sinclair,
13th Earl of Caithness
29 Feb 1856 - 28 Mar 1881 James Sinclair,
14th Earl of Caithness ...................... 1821-1881
07 May 1881 - 28 May 1889 George Philips Alexander Sinclair,
15th Earl of Caithness ...................... 1858-1889
26 Jul 1889 - 1919 William John Arthur Charles Cavendish-Bentinck,
Duke of Portland ............................ 1857-1943
04 Nov 1919 - 1964 Archibald Henry MacDonald Sinclair,
Viscount Thurso ............................. 1890-1970
12 Aug 1964 - 1965 Sir George David Keith Murray
10 Dec 1965 - 1973 John Sinclair ................................ 1898-1979
01 May 1973 - 29 Apr 1995 Robin Macdonald Sinclair, Viscount Thurso
16 Feb 1996 - 2004 Maj. Graham Dunnett
12 May 2004 - 25 Jun 2017 Margaret Anne Geddes Dunnett
17 Aug 2017 - John Archibald Sinclair, Viscount Thurso ..... 1953-
Clackmannanshire (Siorrachd Chlach Mhanann)
Lord-Lieutenants
1713 - 1715 David Erskine, Earl of Buchan
17 Mar 1794 - 1798 Gen. William Schaw Cathcart, Earl Cathcart ... 1755-1843
(1st Time)
13 Aug 1798 - 28 Mar 1801 Sir Ralph Abercromby ......................... 1734-1801
18 Dec 1801 - 1803 Gen. William Schaw Cathcart, Earl Cathcart
(2nd Time)
18 Mar 1803 - 18 Feb 1840 David William Murray, Earl of Mansfield ...... 1777-1840
20 Apr 1840 - 25 Jun 1852 Lt-Gen. George Ralph Campbell Abercrombie,
Baron Abercrombie ........................... 1800-1852
30 Jul 1852 - 02 Aug 1898 William David Murray, Earl of Mansfield ...... 1806-1898
14 Oct 1898 - 03 Jun 1955 Walter John Francis Erskine, Earl of Mar,
Earl of Kellie .............................. 1865-1955
15 Aug 1955 - 1966 Capt. James Paton Younger
30 Sep 1966 - 22 Dec 1993 John Francis Hervey Erskine, 13th Earl of Mar
16 Jan 1995 - 2001 Lt-Col. Robert Christie Stewart
27 Jan 2001 - 23 May 2011 Sheena Carlin Cruickshank
23 May 2011 - 04 Jun 2014 Sir George Newlands Reid ..................... 1939-
05 Jun 2014 - Lt-Col. John Cochrane Stewart
Dumfries (Dhun Phris)
Lord-Lieutenants
17 Mar 1794 - 1797 William Douglas, Duke of Queensberry ......... 1724-1810
17 Nov 1797 - 20 Apr 1819 Charles William Henry Montagu-Scott,
Duke of Buccleuch, Duke of Queensberry ...... 1772-1819
08 Jun 1819 - 03 Dec 1837 Charles Douglas, Marquess of Queensberry ..... 1777-1837
08 Dec 1837 - 1850 John Douglas, Marquess of Queensberry ........ 1779-1856
31 Aug 1850 - 1858 Archibald William Douglas,
Marquess of Queensberry ..................... 1818-1858
18 Mar 1858 - 05 Nov 1914 William Henry Walter Montagu-Scott,
Duke of Buccleuch Duke of Queensberry ....... 1831-1914
04 Jan 1915 - 19 Oct 1935 John Charles Montagu Douglas Scot,
Duke of Buccleuch, Duke of Queensberry ...... 1864-1935
29 Jan 1936 - 22 May 1945 Lt-Col. Francis John Carruthers .............. 1868-1945
14 Jan 1946 - 05 Apr 1949 Sir Hugh S. Gladstone of Capenoch ............ 1877-1949
22 Jul 1949 - 01 Nov 1961 Col. Sir John Gordon Crabbe .................. 1902-1961
27 Mar 1962 - 1967 Maj-Gen. James Scott-Elliot .................. 1902-1996
27 Nov 1967 - 1970 Sir Arthur D. Duncan ......................... 1909-1984
14 Jan 1970 - 1972 Kenneth Murray McCall
07 Jan 1973 - 1982 Sir William Turner
05 May 1982 - 10 Feb 1988 Arthur James Jardine Patterson ............... 1918-
16 Aug 1988 - 1991 Capt. John Gavin Milne Home .................. 1916-2000
16 Dec 1991 - 2006 Capt. Ronald Charles Cunningham-Jardine
19 Aug 2006 - 16 Jan 2016 Jean Douglas Tulloch ......................... 1941-
10 Feb 2016 - Liona Armstrong, Lady MacGregor .............. 1956-
Dunbartonshire (Dhun Bhreatainn)
Lord-Lieutenants
10 Jul 1813 - 30 Dec 1836 James Graham, Duke of Montrose
14 Jan 1837 - 18 Dec 1873 Sir James Colquhoun, 3rd Baronet
23 Feb 1874 - 03 Jul 1887 Humphrey Ewing Crum-Ewing .................... 1892-1887
24 Aug 1887 - 13 Mar 1907 Sir James Colquhoun, 5th Baronet
13 Apr 1907 - 15 Feb 1908 John Campbell White, 1st Baron Overtoun ...... 1843-1908
21 May 1908 - 16 Aug 1919 James Cleland Burns,
3rd Baron Inverclyde ........................ 1864-1919
04 Nov 1919 - 12 Nov 1948 Sir Iain Colquhoun, 7th Baronet of Luss ...... 1887-1948
02 Feb 1949 - 09 Oct 1954 Maj-Gen. Alexander Patrick Drummond
Telfer-Smollett ............................. 1884-1954
05 Jan 1955 - 14 Feb 1968 Adm. Sir Angus Edward Malise Bontine Cunningham,
of Gartmore and Ardoch ...................... 1893-1981
14 May 1968 - 1975 Rober Arbuthnolt
01 Dec 1975 - 09 Dec 1978 James Cassels Robertson
20 Jun 1979 - 1990 Brig. Alastair Stevenson Pearson ............. 1915-1995
16 Aug 1990 - 2007 Brig. Donald David Graem Hardie .............. 1936-
06 Mar 2007 - 2008 Donald Ross
Oct 2008 - Aug 2020 Rear-Adm. Alexander Michael Gregory .......... 1945-
12 Aug 2020 - Jill Williamina Young
Dundee (Dun Deagh)
Lord Provosts
1890 - 1893 Alexander Mathewson
1893 - 1896 Sir James Low
1896 - 1899 Henry McGrady
1899 - 1902 William Hunter
1902 - 1905 Charles Barrie
1905 - 1908 William Longair
1908 - 1914 Sir James Urquhart
1914 - 1920 Sir William Don
1920 - 1923 Sir Alexander Spence
1923 - 1929 Sir William High
1929 - 1932 George Anderson Johnston
1932 - 1935 William Huntley Buist
1935 - 1940 Sir John Phin
1940 - 1946 Garnet Wilson ............................... 1885-1975
1946 - 1949 Archibald Powrie
1949 John Campsie Adamson
1949 - 1952 Richard Fenton
1952 - 1954 William Black
1954 - 1960 William Hughes .............................. 1911-1999
1960 - 1967 Maurice McManus
1967 - 1970 Alexander MacKenzie
1970 - 1973 William K. Fitzgerald
1973 - 1975 Thomas W. Moore
1975 - 1977 Charles D.P. Farquhar
1977 - 1980 Henry W.C. Vaughan
1980 - 1984 James P. McGowan
1984 - 1992 Thomas Mitchell
1992 - 1995 Thomas M. McDonald
1995 - 1996 Norman A. McGowan
1996 - 1999 Mervyn J. Rolfe
1999 - 2001 Helen Wright
2001 - 2012 John Ross Letford ........................... 1935-
2012 - 2017 Robert Duncan
22 May 2017 - 05 May 2022 Ian Borthwick
05 May 2022 - William Campbell
East Lothian (Lodainn an Ear), (Haddingtonshire)
Lord-Lieutenants
1716 - 28 Nov 1735 Thomas Hamilton, Earl of Haddington .......... 1680-1735
17 May 1794 - 09 Aug 1804 George Hay, Marquess of Tweeddale ............ 1753-1804
18 Sep 1804 - 1823 Charles Hamilton,
8th Earl of Haddington ...................... 1753-1828
10 Feb 1823 - 10 Oct 1876 FM. George Hay, Marquess of Tweeddale ........ 1787-1876
14 Nov 1876 - 11 Jun 1917 George Baillie-Hamilton-Arden,
Earl of Hamilton ............................ 1827-1917
25 Jan 1918 - 12 Jul 1937 Hugo Richard Charteris,
Earl of Wemyss, Earl of March ............... 1857-1937
17 Sep 1937 - 1944 Walter George Hepburne-Scott,
9th Earl Polwarth ........................... 1864-1944
17 Aug 1944 - 30 Mar 1967 William Hay, Marquess of Tweeddale ........... 1826-1911
21 Jun 1967 - 1987 Francis David Charteris,
Earl of Wemyss, Earl of March ............... 1912-2008
26 Jan 1987 - 2001 Sir Hew Hamilton-Dalrymple,
10th Baronet of Bargeny ..................... 1926-2018
30 Jul 2001 - 24 May 2013 Sir William Garth Morrison ................... 1943-2013
21 Feb 2014 - 15 Mar 2021 Maj. Michael Ingouville Williams ............. 1946-
15 Mar 2021 - Roderick Urquhart
Edinburgh (Dun Eideann)
Lord-Provosts
1947 - 1951 Sir Andrew Hunter Arbuthnot Murray
1951 - 1954 Sir James Miller
1954 - 1957 John Garnett Banks
1957 - 1960 Sir Ian Anderson Johnston-Gilbert
1960 - 1963 Sir John Greig Dunbar
1963 - 1966 Sir Duncan Mackay
1966 - 1969 Sir Herbert Archbold Brechin
1969 - 1972 Sir James Wilson McKay ....................... 1912-1992
1972 - 1975 Jack Kane
1975 - 1977 John Miller
1977 - 1980 Kenneth Borthwick
1980 - 1984 Thomas Morgan L
1984 - 1988 Eleanor McLaughlin L
1988 - 1992 Dr Norman Irons SNP
1992 - 1996
1996 - 05 May 2003 Eric Milligan................................ 1951- L
05 May 2003 - 16 May 2007 Lesley Hinds L
16 May 2007 - 17 May 2012 George D.W.Grubb LD
17 May 2012 - Donald Wilson L
Fife (Fiobha)
Lord-Lieutenants
17 Mar 1794 - 1807 Maj-Gen. George Lindsay-Crawford,
Earl of Crawford (1st Time) ................. 1758-1808
07 Mar - 20 May 1807 Thomas Bruce, Earl of Elgin,
Earl of Kincardine .......................... 1766-1841
20 May 1807 - 30 Jun 1808 Maj-Gen. George Lindsay-Crawford,
Earl of Crawford (2nd Time)
18 Jul 1808 - 1824 George Douglas, Earl of Morton ............... 1761-1827
11 Jun 1824 - 06 Feb 1828 Thomas Erskine, Earl of Kellie ............... 1746-1828
23 Feb 1828 - 18 Jan 1837 Gen. James St Clair-Erskine, Earl of Rosslyn . 1762-1837
14 Feb 1837 - 03 Dec 1840 Robert Ferguson .............................. 1767-1840
17 Dec 1840 - 03 Apr 1854 James Erskine Wemyss ......................... 1789-1854
22 Apr 1854 - 20 Nov 1863 James Bruce, Earl of Elgin,
Earl of Kincardine .......................... 1811-1863
30 Jan - 29 Mar 1864 James Hay Erskine Wemyss ..................... 1829-1864
11 Jun 1864 - 21 Apr 1886 Sir Robert Anstruther, 5th Baronet of Wrae,
Linlithgowshire, Balcaskie, Fife, Braemore
and Caithness
05 Aug 1886 - 18 Jan 1917 Victor Alexander Bruce, Earl of Elgin,
Earl of Kincardine .......................... 1849-1917
21 May 1917 - 27 Feb 1923 Sir William Robertson
29 Mar 1923 - 30 Sep 1934 Sir Ralph Anstruther, 6th Baronet
05 Jan 1935 - 1965 Edward James Bruce, Earl of Elgin,
Earl of Kincardine
20 Feb 1965 - 07 Aug 1974 Sir John McWilliam
01 Jan 1975 - 1980 William John St Clair Anstruther-Gray,
Baron Kilmany ............................... 1905-1985
28 Feb 1980 - 1987 Col. Sir John Edward Gilmour,
3rd Baronet of Lundin ....................... 1912-2007
11 Dec 1987 - 1999 Andrew Douglas Alexander Thomas Bruce,
Earl of Elgin, Earl of Kincardine ........... 1924-
13 Sep 1999 - 2015 Margaret Dean ................................ 1940-
22 Jan 2015 - Robert William Balfour
Glasgow (Glaschu)
Lord-Provosts
1945 - 1949 Sir Hector McNeil L
1949 - 1952 Sir Victor Warren L
1952 - 1955 Thomas Kerr L
1955 - 1958 Andrew Hood L
1958 - 1960 Baron Myer Galpern ........................... 1903-1993 L
1960 - 1963 Sir Peter Meldrum L
1963 - 1965 Dame Jean Roberts L
1965 - 1969 John JohnstonL
1969 - 1972 Sir Donald Liddle L
1972 John Mains L
1972 - 1975 Sir William Gray L
1975 - 1977 Peter T. McCann L
1977 - 1980 David Hodge .................................. 1909-1991 L
1980 - 1984 Michael Kelly L
1984 - 1988 Robert Gray L
1988 - 1992 Susan Baird L
1992 - 1994 Robert Innes L
1994 - 1995 James ShieldsL
1995 - 1996 Thomas Dingwall L
1996 - 1999 Patrick Lally L
1999 - 2003 Alexander Mosson L
2003 - 2007 Elizabeth Cameron L
17 May 2007 - 17 May 2012 Robert Winter ................................ 1937- L
17 May 2012 - 17 May 2017 Sadie Docherty ............................... 1956- L
18 May 2017 - 30 Oct 2019 Eva Bolander
24 Jan 2020 - 19 May 2022 Bailie Philip Braat .......................... 1976- SNP
20 May 2022 - Jacqueline McLaren
Inverness-shire (Siorrachd Inbhir Nis)
Lord-Lieutenants
17 Mar 1794 - 1809 Sir James Grant of Grant "Good Sir James",
8th Baronet Colquhoun, Chief of Clan Grant . 1738-1811
02 Sep 1809 - 30 Jul 1853 Col. Francis William Ogilvie-Grant,
6th Earl of Seafield, Chief of Clan Grant .. 1778-1853
26 Aug 1853 - 1873 Thomas Alexander Fraser, 12 Lord Lovat,
1st Baron Lovat ............................ 1802-1875
18 Apr 1873 - 06 Sep 1887 Simon Fraser, 13th Lord Lovat,
2nd Baron Lovat, Chief of Clan Fraser ...... 1828-1887
17 Oct 1887 - 30 Nov 1905 Donald Cameron of Lochiel,
Chief of Clan Cameron ...................... 1835-1905
14 Nov 1905 - 14 Nov 1938 Alfred Donald Mackintosh
02 Jan 1939 - 11 Oct 1951 Col. Sir Donald Walter Cameron of Lochiel,
Lochiel of Clan Cameron .................... 1876-1951
28 Jan 1952 - 29 Nov 1970 Alexander Godfrey Macdonald, Baron Macdonald 1909-1970
31 Jan 1971 - 1985 Col. Sir Donald Hamish Cameron of Lochiel,
Lochiel of Clan Cameron .................... 1910-2004
25 Oct 1985 - 26 Dec 1995 Lachlan Mackintosh
05 Dec 1996 - 2002 James Hector Northey Gray,
Baron Gray of Contin ....................... 1927-2006
19 Nov 2002 - 03 Aug 2021 Donald Angus Cameron of Lochiel,
Lochiel of Clan Cameron .................... 1946-2023
04 Aug 2021 - James Robert Edwards Wotherspoon
Kincardineshire (A' Mhaoirne)
Lord-Lieutenants
1746 - 30 Apr 1765 Sir James Carnegie of Pittarrow,
3rd Baronet ................................ 1716-1765
17 Mar 1794 - 30 Aug 1804 Anthony Adrian Keith-Falconer, Earl of Kintore,
Lord Keith of Inverurie and Keith Hall ..... 1742-1804
05 Oct 1804 - 1847 John Arbuthnott, 8th Viscount Arbuthnott .... 1778-1860
22 Apr 1847 - 16 Feb 1849 Sir Thomas Burnett, 8th Baronet
30 Mar 1849 - 1856 James Carnegie, 9th Earl Southesk ........... 1827-1905
28 May 1856 - 1863 Francis Alexander Keith-Falconer,
8th Earl of Kintore
30 Dec 1863 - 17 Feb 1876 Sir James Burnett, 10th Baronet
07 Oct 1876 - 20 Mar 1889 Sir Thomas Gladstone,
2nd Baronet of Fasque ...................... 1804-1889
24 Dec 1889 - 1918 Sir Alexander Baird of Urie,
1st Baronet of Stonehaven .................. 1849-1920
25 Jan 1918 - 1926 Sir Thomas Burnett, 12th Baronet
20 Jan - 25 Jun 1926 Sir John Robert Gladstone, 3rd Fasque ....... 1852-1926
22 Jul 1926 - 17 Oct 1960 John Arbuthnott, 14th Viscount Arbuthnott ... 1882-1960
20 Oct 1960 - 14 Dec 1966 Maj-Gen. Robert Keith Arbuthnott,
15th Viscount Arbuthnott ................... 1897-1966
22 Mar 1967 - 1977 George Anderson Murray Saunders
08 Feb 1977 - 1999 John Campbell Arbuthnott,
16th Viscount Arbuthnott ................... 1924-2012
24 Jan 2000 - 2007 John Dalziel Beveridge Smart
11 Sep 2007 - 30 Sep 2020 Carol Elizabeth Margaret Kinghorn
01 Oct 2020 - Alastair C.S Macphie
Kirkcudbrightshire (Chill Chuithbreirt)
Lord-Lieutenants
05 Nov 1794 - 1803 Adml. George Stewart, 8th Earl of Galloway .. 1768-1834
(1st Time)
28 Jun 1803 - 13 Nov 1806 John Stewart, 7th Earl of Galloway .......... 1736-1806
24 Mar 1807 - 08 Apr 1820 Thomas Douglas, 5th Earl of Selkirk ......... 1771-1820
10 Jun 1820 - 1828 Adml. George Stewart, 8th Earl of Galloway .. 1768-1834
(2nd Time)
09 Jul 1828 - 1845 Randolph Algernon Ronald Stewart,
9th Earl of Galloway ....................... 1800-1873
29 May 1845 - 11 Apr 1885 Dunbar James Douglas, 6th Earl of Selkirk ... 1809-1885
26 May 1885 - 06 Oct 1908 Marmaduke Constable-Maxwell,
11th Lord Herries of Terregles ............. 1837-1908
09 Nov 1908 - 04 Oct 1932 Lt Col. Robert Francis Dudgeon .............. 1851-1932
17 Nov 1932 - 1975 Randolph Algernon Ronald Stewart,
12th Earl of Galloway ...................... 1892-1978
07 Sep 1975 - 16 Nov 1976 Col. Gordon Guthrie Malcolm Bachelor
01 Feb 1977 - 29 Jul 1982 Walter John Macdonald Ross .................. 1914-1982
24 Nov 1982 - 1989 Maj. Charles Murray Kennedy St Clair,
17th Lord Sinclair ......................... 1914-2004
26 Jul 1989 - 06 May 1996 Sir Michael Alexander John Young-Herries .... 1923-1995
16 Feb 1996 - 2006 Lt Gen. Sir John Norman Stewart Arthur ...... 1931-2023
02 May 2006 - 27 Oct 2018 Lt Col. Sir Walter Hugh Malcolm Ross ........ 1943-2019
05 Nov 2018 - 2021 Elizabeth Patricia Gilroy
29 Jul 2021 - Matthew Murray Kennedy St Clair,
18th Lord Sinclair
Lannarkshire (Siorrachd Lannraig)
Lord-Lieutenants
1714 - 29 Jan 1737 FM. George Hamilton, 1st Earl of Orkney ..... 1666-1737
17 Mar 1794 - 02 Aug 1799 Douglas Douglas-Hamilton, Duke of Hamilton,
Duke of Brandon, Baron Hamilton of Hameldon 1756-1799
30 Nov 1799 - 1802 Archibald Hamilton, Duke of Hamilton,
Duke of Brandon, Baron Dutton .............. 1740-1819
01 Nov 1802 - 18 Aug 1852 Alexander Hamilton, Duke of Hamilton,
Duke of Brandon, Baron Dutton .............. 1767-1852
01 Nov 1852 - 08 Jul 1863 William Alexander Archibald Hamilton,
Duke of Hamilton, Duke of Brandon, ......... 1811-1863
06 Aug 1863 - 22 Dec 1868 Robert Montgomery Hamilton,
Lord Belhaven and Stenton .................. 1793-1868
27 Jan 1869 - 11 Jan 1890 Sir Thomas Edward Colebrooke,
4th Baronet of Fairwarp .................... 1813-1890
01 Feb 1890 - 1915 Charles Alexander Douglas-Home,
12th Earl Home ............................. 1834-1918
14 Oct 1915 - 1921 James Henry Cecil Hozier, Baron Newlands .... 1851-1929
18 Apr 1921 - 20 Dec 1930 Sir Robert King Stewart
21 Mar 1931 - 08 May 1938 Sir James Knox
06 Jul 1938 - 23 Jun 1952 Gavin George Hamilton,
Baron Hamilton of Dalzell .................. 1872-1952
26 Aug 1952 - 31 Oct 1954 David John Colville, Baron Clydsmuir ........ 1894-1954
28 Jan 1955 - 1959 Sir Alexander Murray Stephen ................ 1892-1974
16 Jun 1959 - 1963 John Christie Stewart
21 Aug 1963 - 1992 Ronald John Bilsland Colville,
2nd Baron Clydesmuir ....................... 1917-1996
17 Aug 1992 - 1999 Hutchinson Burt Sneddon ..................... 1929-2009
01 Feb 2001 - 2010 Gilbert Kirkwood Cox
11 Nov 2010 - 12 Nov 2017 Mushtaq Ahmad ............................... 1942-
13 Nov 2017 - Susan, Baroness Haughey
Midlothian (Meadhan Lodainn)
1794 - 1947 Edinburghshire
Lord-Lieutenants
17 Mar 1794 - 11 Jan 1812 Henry Scott, Duke of Buccleuch,
Duke of Queensbury ......................... 1746-1812
25 Jan 1812 - 20 Apr 1819 Charles William Henry Montagu-Scott,
Duke of Buccleuch, Duke of Queensbury ...... 1772-1819
08 Jun 1819 - 27 Apr 1824 William Kerr, 6th Marquess of Lothian ....... 1763-1824
02 Jun 1824 - 17 Jul 1827 George Douglas, 16th Earl of Morton ......... 1761-1827
03 Jul 1828 - 16 Apr 1884 Walter Francis Montagu Douglas Scott,
Duke of Buccleuch, Duke of Queensbury ...... 1806-1884
17 Apr 1884 - 21 May 1929 Archibald William Primrose,
5th Earl of Rosebery, 1st Earl of Lothian .. 1847-1929
08 Jul 1929 - 1964 Albert Edward Henry Meyer Archibald Primrose,
6th Earl of Rosebery, 2nd Earl of Lothian .. 1882-1974
04 Jun 1964 - 1972 Sir Maxwell Inglis, 9th Baronet
11 Jul 1972 - 1992 Sir John Dutton Clerk, 10th Baronet
31 Jan 1992 - 2003 Capt. George Bennett
23 Aug 2003 - 18 Oct 2013 Patrick Prenter
18 Oct 2013 - 03 Apr 2020 Sir Robert Maxwell Clerk, 11th Baronet
03 Apr 2020 - Lt Col. Richard Callander
Moray (Moireabh)
1794 - 1919 Elginshire
1919 Renamed Moray
Lord-Lieutenants
17 Mar 1794 - 28 Aug 1810 Francis Stuart, 9th Earl of Moray
06 Sep 1810 - 12 Jan 1848 Francis Stuart, 10th Earl of Moray .......... 1771-1848
14 Feb 1848 - 21 Mar 1851 Gen. Alexander Duff ......................... 1777-1851
21 May 1851 - 1856 James Duff, 5th Earl of Fife ................ 1814-1879
09 Apr 1856 - 1871 George Skene Duff ........................... 1816-1889
01 Jan 1872 - 1902 Alexander William George Duff,
1st Duke of Fife ........................... 1849-1912
27 Aug 1902 - 18 Jan 1928 Charles Henry Gordon-Lennox, ................ 1845-1928
Duke of Lennox, Duke Richmond,
Duke of Gordon
14 Mar 1928 - 07 May 1935 Charles Henry Gordon-Lennox, ................ 1870-1935
Duke of Lennox, Duke Richmond,
Duke of Gordon
02 Aug 1935 - 09 Jul 1943 Francis Douglas Stuart, 18th Earl of Moray
28 Sep 1943 - 09 Oct 1963 Brig. Sir Henry Walter Houldsworth .......... 1896-1963
16 Jan 1964 - 1994 Sir Ian Mark Tennant ........................ 1919-2006
21 Apr 1994 - 2005 AVM. George Arthur Chesworth ................ 1930-2017
20 Aug 2005 - 28 Jan 2020 Lt-Col. Grenville Shaw Johnston ............. 1945-
29 Jan 2020 - Maj-Gen. Seymour Hector Russell Hale Monro .. 1950-
Nairn (Narann)
Lord-Lieutenants
1729 - 23 Jan 1732 Hugh Rose, 15th Baron of Kilravock,
Chief of Clan Rose ......................... 1663-1732
17 Mar 1794 - 17 Jan 1824 James Brodie, 21st Thane of Brodie .......... 1744-1824
09 Feb 1824 - 06 Jun 1873 William Brodie, 22nd Thane of Brodie
25 Jun 1873 - 25 Feb 1880 James Campbell John Brodie,
12th Thane of Lethen
25 Mar 1880 - 20 Sep 1889 Hugh Fife Ashley Brodie,
23rd Thane of Brodie
22 Nov 1889 - 06 Nov 1903 Maj. James Rose, 23rd Baron of Kilravock .... 1820-1909
16 Nov 1903 - 1935 Ian Ashley Morton Brodie,
23rd Thane of Brodie
08 Jul 1935 - 15 Jan 1947 Archibald Alexander Leslie-Melville,
13th Earl of Leven, Earl of Melville ....... 1890-1947
16 Apr 1947 - 21 Sep 1949 John Grahame Buchanan Allardyce
05 Dec 1949 - 1958 Ian Malcolm Campbell
04 Dec 1958 - 20 Dec 1968 James Erskine Stirling
22 Jul 1969 - 1999 Alexander Robert Leslie-Melville,
14th Earl Leven ............................ 1924-2012
09 Nov 1999 - 16 Dec 2017 Ewen John Brodie,
16th Thane of Lethen
19 Jan 2018 - George Russell Asher
Orkney: See here
Perth and Kinross (Peairth agus Ceann Rois)
Lord-lieutenants
1975 - 1995 Sir David Butter
11 Apr 1995 - 2006 Sir David Montgomery, 9th Baronet
14 Aug 2006 - 2019 Brig. Melville Stewart Jameson
23 Jul 2019 - Gordon Kenneth Stephen Leckie
Renfrewshire (Siorrachd Rinn Friu)
Lord-Lieutenants
17 Mar 1794 - 03 Apr 1810 William McDowall ............................ 1749-1810
11 Apr 1810 - 1820 George Boyle, 4th Earl of Glasgow ........... 1766-1843
05 Feb 1820 - 1822 Maj Gen. Robert Walter Stuart,
11th Lord Blantyre ......................... 1777-1830
10 Dec 1822 - 25 Aug 1825 Sir Michael Shaw-Stewart,
5th Baronet of Greenock and Blackhall ...... 1766-1825
11 Oct 1825 - 13 Jun 1838 Archibald Campbell of Blythswood ............ 1763-1838
08 Jul 1838 - 05 Oct 1844 Alexander Speirs
19 Oct 1844 - 11 Mar 1869 Capt.James Carr-Boyle, 5th Earl of Glasgow .. 1792-1869
20 Apr 1869 - 10 Dec 1903 Col. Sir Michael Robert Shaw-Stewart,
7th Baronet of Blackhall
06 Feb 1904 - 08 Jul 1908 Lt-Col. Archibald Campbell, Baron Blythwood . 1835-1908
23 Jul 1908 - 12 Jul 1922 Sir Thomas Glen Glen-Coats,
1st Baronet of Ferguslie ................... 1846-1922
25 Nov 1922 - 29 Jun 1942 Sir Hugh Shaw-Stewart,
8th Baronet of Greenock and Blackhall ...... 1854-1942
30 Mar 1943 - 1950 Alexander Archibald Hagart-Speirs
27 Nov 1950 - 1967 Sir Walter Guy Shaw Stewart ................. 1892-1976
12 Dec 1967 - 1980 John Scott Maclay, Viscount Muirshiel ....... 1905-1992
13 Nov 1980 - 1994 John David Makgill-Crichton-Maitland
28 Oct 1994 - 27 Jul 1997 James Duncan Goold, Baron Goold ............. 1923-1997
24 Jun 1998 - 2007 Cameron Holdsworth Parker ................... 1932-
02 Jun 2007 - 28 Mar 2019 Guy Clark
28 Mar 2019 - Col. Peter McCarthy
Ross and Cromarty (Ros agus Cromba)
1889 Ross-shire and Cromarty-shire united as Ross and Cromarty
Lord-Lieutenants
15 May 1891 - 1899 Sir Kenneth Smith MacKenzie,
6th Baronet of Gairoch ..................... 1832-1900
07 Jul 1899 - 15 Dec 1935 Col. Baron Sir Hector Munro ................. 1848-1935
24 Apr 1936 - 1955 Sir Hector MacKenzie, 8th Baronet Gairloch
03 Nov 1955 - 1964 Gen. Sir Richard Nugent O'Connor ............ 1889-1981
29 Aug 1964 - 1968 Sir John Stirling ........................... 1893-1975
09 Oct 1968 - 20 Aug 1976 Alexander Francis Matheson
01 Feb 1977 - 1988 V.Adrml. Sir John Osler Chattock-Hayes ...... 1913-1998
1988 - 2007 Sir Roderick Stirling
02 Jun 2007 - 2019 Janet Bowen
2019 - Joanie Whiteford
Roxburgh, Ettrick and Lauderdale (Rosbrog, Eadaraig agus Srath Labhdair)
Lord-Lieutenants
1975 - 1998 Walter Francis John Montagu Douglas Scott,
Duke of Buccleuch .......................... 1923-2007
07 Dec 1998 - 2007 June Paterson-Brown ......................... 1932-2009
28 Mar 2007 - 28 Dec 2016 Capt. Gerald Edward Ian Maitland-Carew ...... 1941-
28 Dec 2016 - Richard Walter John Montagu Douglas Scott,
Duke of Buccleuch, Duke of Queensbury ...... 1954-
Shetland: See here
Stirling and Falkirk (Sruighlea An Eaglais Bhreac)
Lord-Lieutenants
1975 - 1979 Edward George Younger,
3rd Viscount Younger Leckie ................. 1906-1979
26 Sep 1979 - 1983 Maj-Gen. Frederick Clarence Campbell Graham .. 1908-1988
30 Nov 1983 - 2005 Lt Col. Sir James Stirling Garden ............ 1930-
28 Nov 2005 - 15 Feb 2017 Marjory Jane McLachlan
28 Feb 2017 - Alan Gordon Simpson
Sutherland (Cataibh)
Lord-Lieutenants
17 Mar 1794 - 1830 George Granville Leveson-Gower,
Duke of Sutherland .......................... 1758-1833
31 Jul 1830 - 28 Feb 1861 George Granville Sutherland-Leveson-Gower,
Duke of Sutherland .......................... 1786-1861
28 Feb 1861 - 22 Sep 1892 George William Granville Sutherland-Leveson-Gower,
Duke of Sutherland .......................... 1828-1892
05 Nov 1892 - 27 Jun 1913 Cromartie Sutherland-Leveson-Gower,
Duke of Sutherland .......................... 1851-1913
09 Sep 1913 - 29 Nov 1944 George Granville Sutherland-Leveson-Gower,
Duke of Sutherland 1888-1963
06 Mar 1945 - 15 Aug 1950 Brig-Gen Sir George Camborne Beauclerk Paynter 1880-1950
17 Nov 1950 - 15 Jul 1962 Brig. George Streynsham Rawstorne ............ 1895-1962
22 Nov 1962 - 1972 James Thompson, Lord Migdale
08 Oct 1972 - 1991 Sir Allan MacDonald Gilmour
27 Jan 1992 - 2005 Maj-Gen. David Houston
20 Aug 2005 - 2022 Dr Monica Main
01 Aug 2022 - Maj-Gen. Patrick Claude Marriot .............. 1958-
Tweeddale (Tuaidhdail)
1304 - 1975 Peeblesshire
Lord-Lieutenants
09 Oct 1968 - 1980 Sir Robert Heatlie Scott ..................... 1905-1982
08 Oct 1980 - 1994 Lt-Col. Aidan Mark Sprot ..................... 1919-2021
28 Jun 1994 - 20 May 2014 Capt. Sir John David Bingham Younger ......... 1939-2024
20 May 2014 - Sir Hew Francis Anthony Strachan ............. 1949-
West Lothian (Lodainn an lar)
1794 - 1921 Called Linlithgowshire
Lord-Lieutenants
17 Mar 1794 - 29 May 1816 James Hope-Johnstone, Earl of Hopetoun ....... 1741-1816
25 Jun 1816 - 27 Aug 1823 Lt-Col. John Hope, Earl of Hopetoun .......... 1765-1823
23 Nov 1824 - 08 Apr 1843 John Hope, Earl of Hopetoun .................. 1803-1843
20 Apr 1843 - 1863 Archibald John Primrose, Earl of Rosebery .... 1783-1868
01 Oct 1863 - 02 Apr 1873 John Alexander Hope, Earl of Hopetoun ........ 1831-1873
05 Jun 1873 - 21 May 1929 Archibald Philip Primrose,
Earl of Rosebery, Earl of Midlothian ........ 1847-1929
08 Oct 1929 - 05 Jan 1952 Victor Alexander John Hope,
Marquess of Linlithgow ...................... 1887-1952
28 May 1952 - 1964 Henry Moubray Cadell
14 Oct 1964 - 1985 Charles William Frederick Hope,
Marquess of Linlithgow ...................... 1912-1987
27 Jun 1985 - 2002 John Charles Sholto Douglas, Earl of Morton .. 1927-
11 Jun 2002 - 20 Sep 2017 Isobel Gunning Brydie
20 Sep 2017 - Moira Niven
Wigtownshire (Siorrachd Bhaile na h-Uige)
1975 To Dumfries and Galloway, retained as a lieutenancy area
Lord-lieutenants
17 Mar 1794 - 13 Nov 1806 John Stewart, Earl of Galloway ............... 1736-1806
24 Mar 1807 - 1828 Adm. George Stewart Earl of Galloway ......... 1768-1834
09 Jul 1828 - 1851 Randolph Steward, Earl of Galloway
16 May 1851 - 03 Dec 1903 John Hamilton Dalrymple, 10th Earl of Stair .. 1819-1903
26 Dec 1903 - 1935 Sir Herbert Eustace Maxwell,
7th of Baronet of Monreith .................. 1845-1937
17 Apr 1935 - 04 Nov 1961 John James Hamilton Dalrymple,
12th Earl of Stair .......................... 1879-1961
08 Jan 1962 - 1981 John Aymer Dalrymple, 13th Earl of Stair ..... 1906-1996
18 Sep 1981 - 25 May 1989 Maj. Henry John Beverley Brewis .............. 1920-1989
01 Nov 1989 - 2006 Maj. Edward Stuart Orr-Ewing
14 Aug 2006 - 31 Dec 2014 Marion Teresa Brewis
25 Sep 2015 - 19 Feb 2020 John Alexander Ross
19 Feb 2020 - Aileen Brewis
Western Isles: See here
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