§ Mr. William PowellTo ask the Prime Minister if he will list the lord lieutenants with the dates of their appointment and expected retirement.
§ The Prime MinisterA list of lord lieutenants, together with the dates of their appointment and expected retirement, is set out in the table.
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County Lord-Lieutenant Date of appointment Date of retirement Dorset The Lord Digby, JP September 1984 July 1999 Durham David Grant, Esq, CBE April 1988 January 1997 East Sussex Admiral Sir Lindsay Bryson, KCB November 1989 January 2000 Essex Admiral Sir Andrew Lewis, KCB JP August 1978 August 1992 Gloucestershire Colonel Martin Gibbs, CB DSO TD JP June 1978 February 1992 Greater London Field Marshall, The Lord Bramall, GCB OBE MC JP January 1986 December 1998 Greater Manchester Colonel J B Timmins, OBE TD JP December 1987 June 2007 Hampshire Sir James Scott, JP December 1982 October 1999 Hereford and Worcester Captain Thomas Dunne, JP July 1977 October 2008 Hertfordshire Simon Bowes Lyon, Esq, FCA January 1986 June 2007 Humberside Richard Bethell, Esq October 1983 March 1997 Isle of Wight The Lord Mottistone, CBE August 1985 December 1995 Kent The Right Hon. Robin Leigh-Pemberton August 1982 January 2002 Lancashire Dr. Simon Towneley March 1976 December 1996 Leicestershire Timothy Brooks, Esq, JP January 1989 March 2004 Lincolnshire Henry Nevile, Esq November 1975 March 1995 Merseyside Henry Cotton, Esq May 1989 July 2004 Norfolk Timothy Colman, Esq March 1978 September 2004 Northamptonshire John Lowther, Esq, CBE JP January 1984 November 1998 Northumberland The Viscount Ridley, TD January 1984 July 2000 North Yorkshire Sir Marcus Worsley, JP March 1987 April 2000 Nottinghamshire Sir Andrew Buchanan, Bt. February 1991 July 2012 Oxfordshire Sir Ashley Ponsonby, MC January 1980 February 1996 Shropshire John Dugdale, Esq February 1975 May 1998 Somerset Lt. Col. Geoffrey Luttrell, MC JP March 1978 October 1994 South Yorkshire Hugh Neill, Esq, CBE TD JP May 1985 March 1996 Staffordshire Sir Arthur Bryan July 1968 March 1998 Suffolk Sir Joshua Rowley, JP March 1978 December 1995 Surrey Richard Thornton, Esq, OBE JP May 1986 October 1997 Tyne and Wear Sir Ralph Carr-Ellison July 1984 December 2000 Warwickshire The Viscount Daventry February 1990 December 1996 West Midlands The Earl of Aylesford, JP April 1974 November 1993 West Sussex The Duke of Richmond and Gordon March 1990 September 2004 West Yorkshire The Lord Ingrow, OBE TD JP May 1985 August 1992 Wiltshire Field Marshal, Sir Roland Gibbs, GCB CBE DSO MC December 1989 June 1996 WALES Clwyd Sir William Gladstone, Bt. JP August 1985 October 2000 Dyfed David Mansel Lewis, Esq, JP February 1979 October 2002 Mid Glamorgan Murray McLaggan, Esq, JP January 1990 September 2004 South Glamorgan Captain Norman Lloyd-Edwards June 1990 June 2008 West Glamorgan Lt. Col. Sir Michael Llewellyn, Bt. December 1987 June 1996 Gwynedd Meuric Rees, Esq January 1990 March 1999 Gwent Richard Hanbury-Tenison, Esq, JP June 1979 January 2000 Powys Mervyn Bourdillon, Esq, JP July 1986 August 1999 SCOTLAND Highland region Caithness The Viscount Thurso April 1973 December 1997 Sutherland Major General David Houston, CBE November 1991 February 2004 Ross and Cromarty Captain Roderick Stirling, TD February 1988 June 2007 Inverness Lt. Cdr. Lachlan Mackintosh of Mackintosh, OBE RN (Retd.) September 1985 June 2003 Nairn The Earl of Leven and Melville July 1969 May 1999 Grampian region Moray Captain Sir lain Tennant January 1964 March 1994 Banff James McPherson, Esq, CBE August 1987 November 2002 Aberdeen County Captain Colin Farquharson, FRICS March 1987 August 1998 Kincardine The Viscount of Arhuthnott, CBE DSC January 1977 October 1999 Tayside region Angus The Right Hon. The Earl of Airlie, KT GCVO June 1989 May 2001 Perth and Kinross Major Sir David Butter, KCVO MC November 1971 March 1995 Fife region Fife The Earl of Elgin and Kincardine October 1987 February 1999 Lothian region West Lothian The Earl of Morton August 1985 March 2002 Midlothian Sir John Clerk of Penicuik, Bt CBE VRD FRSE JP June 1972 January 1992 East Lothian Sir Hew Hamilton Dalrymple, Bt KCVO November 1986 April 2001 Central region Clackmannan The Earl of Mar and Kellic September 1966 February 1996 Stirling Lt. Col. James Stirling, CBE TD FRICS December 1983 September 2005
County Lord-Lieutenant Date of appointment Date of retirement Borders region Peebles Lt. Col. Aidan Sprot, MC October 1980 June 1994 Roxburgh The Duke of Buccleuch and Queensberry January 1974 September 1998 Berwick Major General Sir John Swinton, KCVO OBE JP April 1989 April 2000 Strathclyde region Argyll The Most Hon. The Marquess of Bute, JP June 1990 February 2008 Dunbarton Brigadier Donald Hardie, TD JP June 1990 January 2011 Lanark The Lord Clydesmuir, CB MBE TD August 1963 May 1992 Renfrew Major David Crichton Maitland November 1980 September 2000 Ayrshire and Arran Major Richard Henderson, TD April 1991 July 2006 Dumfries and Galloway region Wigtown Major Edward Orr Ewing September 1989 September 2006 Stewartry Sir Michael Herries, OBE MC March 1989 February 1998 Dumfries Captain Ronald Cunningham-Jardine October 1991 September 2006 Island areas Orkney Brigadier Malcolm Dennison March 1990 March 1999 Shetland Magnus Shearer, Esq, JP October 1982 February 1999 Western Isles The Earl of Granville, MC March 1983 December 1993 NORTHERN IRELAND County Antrim Captain Richard Dobbs April 1975 April 1994 Armagh The Earl of Caledon March 1989 May 2030 County Borough of Belfast Colonel J Elliott Wilson, OBE JP March 1991 May 2000 Down Colonel William Brownlow January 1990 August 1996 Fermanagh The Earl of Erne May 1986 July 2012 Londonderry Colonel Michael McCorkell, OBE TD April 1975 February 2000 County Borough of Londonderry James Eaton, Esq, TD January 1986 August 2002 Tyrone The Duke of Abercorn December 1986 July 2019