This is a list of people who served as Lord Lieutenant of Ayrshire , Scotland. The post was abolished in 1975, being replaced by the Lord Lieutenant of Ayrshire and Arran.
Archibald William Montgomerie, 13th Earl of Eglinton, 1st Earl of Winton, KT, PC, styled Lord Montgomerie from 1814 to 1819, was a British Conservative politician. He was Lord Lieutenant of Ireland in 1852 and again from 1858 to 1859.
Marquess of Ailsa, of the Isle of Ailsa in the County of Ayr, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 10 September 1831 for Archibald Kennedy, 12th Earl of Cassilis. The title Earl of Cassilis had been created in 1509 for the 3rd Lord Kennedy. This title had been created in the Peerage of Scotland in 1457. The 1st Marquess had been created Baron Ailsa in the Peerage of the United Kingdom on 12 November 1806.
Marquess of Linlithgow, in the County of Linlithgow or West Lothian, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 23 October 1902 for John Hope, 7th Earl of Hopetoun. The current holder of the title is Adrian Hope.
Earl of Eglinton is a title in the Peerage of Scotland. It was created by James IV of Scotland in 1507 for Hugh Montgomerie, 3rd Lord Montgomerie.
Clan Kennedy is a Scottish clan of the Scottish Lowlands.
This is a list of people who have served as Lord Lieutenant of Midlothian.
Colonel Hugh Montgomerie, 12th Earl of Eglinton, KT was a Scottish peer, politician, soldier and composer.
Archibald Kennedy, 1st Marquess of Ailsa, KT, FRS, styled Lord Kennedy between 1792 and 1794 and known as the Earl of Cassilis between 1794 and 1831, was a Scottish peer.
Sir Charles Fergusson, 7th Baronet, was a British Army officer and the third Governor-General of New Zealand, in office from 1924 to 1930.
Alexander Seton Montgomerie, 9th Earl of Eglinton was a Scottish peer, lord of the Eglinton Estate.
Below is a list of people who have served as Lord Lieutenant of Northamptonshire. Since 1735, all Lords Lieutenant have also been Custos Rotulorum of Northamptonshire. The lieutenancy included the Soke of Peterborough until 1965, when the Lord Lieutenant of Huntingdonshire became Lord Lieutenant of Huntingdon and Peterborough. This merged with the lieutenancy of Cambridgeshire and Isle of Ely in 1974, forming the jurisdiction of the present Lord Lieutenant of Cambridgeshire.
Archibald Montgomerie, 11th Earl of Eglinton was a Scottish General and member of parliament (MP) in the British Parliament. He was also the Clan Chief of the Clan Montgomery. Montgomerie fought in the Seven Years' War, where he served with George Washington. He also was the patron of the poet Robert Burns.
Archibald Kennedy, 4th Marquess of Ailsa, DL, JP, FSRGS, styled Earl of Cassilis until 1938, was a Scottish peer, barrister and soldier.
Archibald Kennedy, 3rd Marquess of Ailsa was a Scottish peer.
Archibald Kennedy, 2nd Marquess of Ailsa, KT was a Scottish peer and soldier.
Archibald Kennedy IV, Earl of Cassilis,, was styled Lord Kennedy until 1831, and Earl of Cassilis thereafter until his death.
The Highland Society of London is a charity registered in England and Wales, with "the view of establishing and supporting schools in the Highlands and in the Northern parts of Great Britain, for relieving distressed Highlanders at a distance from their native homes, for preserving the antiquities and rescuing from oblivion the valuable remains of Celtic literature, and for promoting the improvement and general welfare of the Northern parts of Great Britain".
Emma Andalusia Frere Portman, Viscountess Portman (née Kennedy, formerly Dawson-Damer, Countess of Portarlington;, styledViscountess Carlow from 1881 until 1892, was an English aristocrat known for her marriages to two different peers.