§ Mr. Jim MurphyTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, pursuant to his answer of 17 July 1998,Official Report, column 336, if he will list the name of each of Scotland's Lord-Lieutenant and the dates each was appointed. [52011]
§ Mr. McLeishThe names of Scotland's Lord-Lieutenants and the dates each was appointed are as follows. Lord-Lieutenants may serve until their 75th birthday.
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Lieutenancy area Lord-Lieutenant Date appointed Nairn The Earl of Leven and Melville 22 July 1969 Orkney George R. Marwick Esq. 1 April 1997 Perth and Kinross Sir B. H. David Montgomery Bt 3 March 1995 Renfrewshire Cameron H. Parker Esq. OBE 25 May 1998 Ross and Cromarty Captain Roderick W. K. Stirling of Fairbairn TD 16 May 1988 Roxburgh, Ettrick and Lauderdale His Grace The Duke of Buccleuch and Queensberry KT VRD 110 June 1974 and 216 March 1975 Shetland John H. Scott Esq. 28 February 1994 Stirling and Falkirk Lieutenant Colonel James Stirling of Garden CBE TD FRICS 15 December 1983 Sutherland Major General David Houston CBE 24 November 1991 The Stewartry of Kirkcudbright Lieutenant-General Sir J. Norman S. Arthur KCB 22 January 1996 Tweeddale Captain J. David B. Younger 18 June 1994 West Lothian The Rt. Hon. The Earl of Morton 31 July 1985 Western Isles The Viscount Dunrossil CMG 7 December 1993 Wigtown Major Edward S. Orr Ewing 12 October 1989 1Appointed as Lord-Lieutenant for Roxburgh 2Appointed as Lord-Lieutenant for Selkirk (Subsumed as lieutenancy of Roxburgh, Ettrick and Lauderdale at local government reorganisation in May 1975) In addition, the Lord Provosts of Aberdeen, Dundee, Edinburgh and Glasgow are by virtue of their office Lord-Lieutenants for those cities. The relevant details are:
City Lord-Lieutenant Date appointed Aberdeen City Mrs. Margaret B. Farquhar 1 April 1996 Dundee City Mervyn J. Rolf Esq. FRSA FSAScot 1 April 1996 City of Edinburgh Eric Milligan Esq. 1 April 1996 Glasgow City Pat Lally Esq. HRGI FRSA 1 April 1996