HC Deb 06 May 1941 vol 371 cc718-9W
Sir W. Jenkins

asked the Secretary for War, what are the necessary qualifications for the office of county deputy lieutenant; and why in recent appointments in Glamorgan the honour is confined to one political party?

Captain Margesson

Under the Deputy Lieutenants Act, 1918, a person appointed to be a deputy lieutenant must have the following qualifications:—

  1. (a) He must have a place of residence in the county or within seven miles thereof.
  2. (b) He must be shown to the satisfaction of a Secretary of State to have rendered worthy service as a member 719 of, or in a civil capacity in connection with, His Majesty' naval, military or air forces.

The nomination of candidates is left entirely to the discretion of the Lord Lieutenant.