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3 unusual facts about Lord Lieutenant


Earl of Lisburne

The titles of Baron Fethard, of Feathered in the County of Tipperary, and Viscount Lisburne, were created in the Peerage of Ireland in 1695 for John Vaughan, Member of Parliament for Cardiganshire and also Lord Lieutenant of that county.

Ernest George Horlock

During the ceremony a tribute was given by the General Secretary, Lieutenant Colonel MG Felton, and the memorial was unveiled by Dame Mary Fagan, Lord Lieutenant of Hampshire.

Robert Ferguson of Raith

Robert Ferguson (1767 – 3 December 1840) of Raith, was at various times a Whig Member of Parliament for Fifeshire, Haddingtonshire and Kirkcaldy Burghs, and at the time of his death he was Lord Lieutenant of the county of Fife.


Charles Blount, 8th Baron Mountjoy

Charles Blount (pronounced blunt), 8th Baron Mountjoy and 1st Earl of Devonshire (1563 – 3 April 1606) was an English nobleman and soldier who served as Lord Deputy of Ireland under Queen Elizabeth I, then as Lord Lieutenant under King James I.

Crown Steward and Bailiff of the three Chiltern Hundreds of Stoke, Desborough and Burnham

By the end of the 16th century such positions had been depreciated by changes in local and Crown representations and roles - the government of Elizabeth I had established royal representatives (Justices of the Peace, Sheriffs, and Lords Lieutenant) in every county of England and Wales; they ensured that Royal commands and laws were obeyed.

George Chesworth

He was Lord Lieutenant of Moray, Scotland between 21 April 1994 and 20 August 2005, when he was replaced by Lieutenant Colonel Grenville Johnston.

Henry Berkeley, 7th Baron Berkeley

He was Lord Lieutenant of Gloucestershire from 1603 until his death.

He was Lord Lieutenant and Vice-Admiral of Gloucestershire.

Rathcannon, County Tipperary

William Grace, Thomas Keogh, Michael Treacy, Thomas Maher, Michael Luby and James Daniel who had changed their pleas to guilty were also sentenced to death but an express messenger arrived from the Marquis of Anglesea, the Lord Lieutenant, with an order to commuting their execution to transportation.

Richard Ottley

At about the same time, Francis Lord Newport of High Ercall was appointed Lord Lieutenant of Shropshire and in July he made Ottley his Deputy Lieutenant.

Robert Worcester

He and his wife Margaret live at the 13th century Allington Castle, on the River Medway in Kent, where Worcester is also one of Her Majesty's Deputy Lieutenants.

Worshipful Company of Security Professionals

The first meeting with 62 founder members took place on 27 March 2000, with Sir Neil Macfarlane being elected Founder Master and with Sir David Brewer, CMG, LL, and Deputy Philip Willoughby as Sponsors.


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Alexander Baird

Sir Alexander Baird, 1st Baronet (1849–1920), Lord-Lieutenant of Kincardineshire and philanthropist in Egypt

Angus Durie Miller Farquharson

He was awarded the honour of OBE in 1995 for services to forestry and the community in Aberdeenshire and upon his retirement as Lord-Lieutenant in 2010, was made a Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order.

Baron Fairhaven

He is a Justice of the Peace and Vice Lord-Lieutenant of Cambridgeshire, a Major in the Blues and Royals (Royal Horse Guards and 1st Dragoons) and Senior Steward of the Jockey Club.

Charles Bingham

Charles Bingham, 4th Earl of Lucan (1830–1914), British MP for Mayo and Lord Lieutenant of Mayo

Charles Compton

Charles Compton, 1st Marquess of Northampton (1760–1828), British MP for Northampton 1784–1796, Lord Lieutenant of Northamptonshire

Eric Dancer

Dancer was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 1991 for services to business and training and Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (KCVO) in the 2013 Birthday Honours for his work as Lord-Lieutenant.

Francis Bernard

Francis Bernard, 3rd Earl of Bandon (1810–1877), Irish MP for Bandon, Lord Lieutenant of Cork

Gilbert Mabbot

He was the brother-in-law of Sir William Clarke, Secretary to the Army, and kept in touch with him as a news source; he also regularly corresponded with Henry Cromwell, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.

Gustavus Hamilton

Gustavus Hamilton-Russell, 10th Viscount Boyne (1931–1995), Irish peer and Lord Lieutenant of Shropshire

Henry Bellingham

Sir Henry Bellingham, 4th Baronet (1846–1921), British MP for County Louth, Lord Lieutenant of Louth

Henry Bentinck

Lord Henry Cavendish-Bentinck (1863–1931), British MP for Norfolk North-West and Nottingham South, Lord Lieutenant of Westmorland

Henry Crichton

Henry Crichton, 6th Earl Erne (born 1937), Irish peer and Lord Lieutenant of Fermanagh

Ingrid Roscoe

Her father died during Ingrid's childhood, her mother subsequently marrying Brigadier Kenneth Hargreaves who would become Lord-Lieutenant between 1970 and 1978.

James Bernard

James Bernard, 4th Earl of Bandon (1850–1924), Irish representative peer and Lord Lieutenant of Cork

James Leslie

James Graham Leslie (1869–1949), Northern Irish politician, Lord Lieutenant of Antrim

John Ashburnham

John Ashburnham, 2nd Earl of Ashburnham (1724–1812), his son, Lord Lieutenant of Sussex

John Balfe

Shortly after marriage, Balfe emigrated to Tasmania bringing letters of introduction from the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland to Governor William Denison.

John Scourfield

He was High Sheriff of Pembrokeshire in 1833 and Lord-Lieutenant and Gustos Rotulorum of the borough of Haverfordwest.

John Stanley

John I Stanley of the Isle of Man (1350–1414), Lord Lieutenant of Ireland and King of Mann

John Verney

John Verney, 20th Baron Willoughby de Broke (1896–1986), British officer, Lord Lieutenant of Warwickshire

Little Ratra

Its first resident was Lord Randolph Churchill who was appointed his Private Secretary by the then Lord Lieutenant, his father John Winston Spencer-Churchill, 7th Duke of Marlborough.

Lord Elibank

He sat as Member of Parliament for Glasgow St Rollox and served as Lord Lieutenant of Peeblesshire.

Lord Lieutenant of Wigtown

The area of Wigtown, the name of the relevant lieutenancy area of the Lord Lieutenant, encompasses not only the town of Wigtown, but of Wigtownshire.

Lord Lisle

Philip Sidney, 3rd Earl of Leicester, played a major role in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms including time as Lord Lieutenant and Commander-in-Chief of Ireland from 1646 to 1647 under the courtesy title Lord Lisle

Neil Campbell

Niall Campbell, 10th Duke of Argyll (1872–1949), British Lord Lieutenant of Argyllshire

Peregrine Osborne

Peregrine Osborne, 2nd Duke of Leeds (1659–1729), English MP for Berwick-upon-Tweed, Corfe Castle and York, Lord Lieutenant and Custos Rotulorum of the East Riding of Yorkshire

Richard Handcock

Richard Handcock, 4th Baron Castlemaine (1826–1892), his son, Irish representative peer, Lord Lieutenant of Westmeath

Richard Molyneux, 1st Viscount Molyneux

Molyneux's brother, Sir Vivian Molyneux, was a scholar, traveller and Royalist agent in the 1640s, and an uncle of Robert Earl of Caernarvon, Lord Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire.

Richard Onslow

Richard Onslow, 3rd Baron Onslow (1715–1776), Member of Parliament for Guildford and Lord Lieutenant of Surrey

Richard Sackville

Richard Sackville, 3rd Earl of Dorset (1589–1624), Lord Lieutenant of Sussex, first husband of Lady Anne Clifford

Richard Sackville, 5th Earl of Dorset (1622–1677), English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Middlesex, and Sussex

Royal Irish Rifle Volunteers

On 12 May 1859 the Secretary of State for War, Jonathan Peel had issued a circular letter to lieutenants of counties in England, Wales and Scotland, authorising the formation of volunteer rifle corps (VRC, a.k.a. corps of rifle volunteers and rifle volunteer corps), and of artillery corps in defended coastal towns.

Westmoreland Lock Hospital

The new hospital was founded in 1792, when Westmoreland was Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, and was located at the corner of present-day Townsend St. and Luke St.