Lord-Lieutenant of Merseyside

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The office of Lord-Lieutenant of Merseyside was created on 1 April 1974, taking over some duties from the Lord Lieutenant of Lancashire and Lord Lieutenant of Cheshire. As Merseyside (north of the River Mersey and parts of The Wirral) remains part of the Lancashire County Palatine, the Lord Lieutenant is appointed by the monarch in their capacity as Duke of Lancaster. The Lieutenancy area was created on the 1 April 1974, upon the creation of Merseyside itself. [1]

Contents

No.Lord-LieutenantFromUntil
1 Brigadier Sir Douglas Crawford1 April 1974
2 Wing Cdr Sir Kenneth Stoddart 19791989 [2]
3 Henry Egerton Cotton [ citation needed ]5 June 19891992 [3]
4 Sir Alan William Waterworth 22 November 19932006 [4]
5 Dame Lorna Muirhead 11 October 20062017
5Mark Blundell [5] 13 September 2017Present

Current Deputy Lieutenants

The county's current deputy lieutenants are: [6] [7] [8]

Former

Former Deputy Lieutenants have included:

References

  1. "History of the Lieutenancy" . Retrieved 15 March 2021.
  2. "Birthdays" . Court and Social. The Times. London. 26 May 2007.[ dead link ]
  3. "No. 51757". The London Gazette . 8 June 1989.
  4. "No. 53496". The London Gazette . 26 November 1993.
  5. - Lord-Lieutenant of Merseyside. URL accessed 15 August 2018.
  6. "Deputy Lieutenants A-G" . Retrieved 8 March 2021.
  7. "Deputy Lieutenants H-P" . Retrieved 8 March 2021.
  8. "Deputy Lieutenants R-Z" . Retrieved 8 March 2021.
  9. 1 2 3 4 "No. 46330". The London Gazette (Supplement). 18 June 1974. p. 7136.
  10. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "No. 54654". The London Gazette (Supplement). 17 January 1997. p. 675.
  11. "No. 56040". The London Gazette (Supplement). 24 November 2000. p. 13274.
  12. 1 2 3 "No. 58004". The London Gazette (Supplement). 7 June 2006.
  13. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "No. 59945". The London Gazette (Supplement). 21 October 2011.