Lord Lieutenant of Caithness

Lord Lieutenant of Caithness

The Lord Lieutenant of Caithness, is the British monarch's personal representative in an area which has been defined since 1975 as consisting of the local government district of Caithness, in Scotland, and this definition was renewed by the Lord-Lieutenants (Scotland) Order 1996. [ [http://www.hmso.gov.uk/si/si1996/Uksi_19960731_en_1.htm "The Lord-Lieutenants (Scotland) Order 1996", OPSI website, accessed 18 April 2008] ] Previously, the area of the lieutanancy was the county of Caithness, which was abolished as a local government area by the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973. The district was created, under the 1973 act as a district of the two-tier Highland region and abolished as a local government area under the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1994, which turned the Highland region into a unitary council area.

List of Lord-Lieutenants of Caithness

*William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland
*James Sinclair, 12th Earl of Caithness 1794–1823
*Alexander Campbell Sinclair, 13th Earl of Caithness 1823–1855
*James Sinclair, 14th Earl of Caithness 1856–1881
*George Philips Alexander Sinclair, 15th Earl of Caithness 1881–1889
*William Cavendish-Bentinck, 6th Duke of Portland 1889–1919
*Archibald Henry Macdonald Sinclair, 1st Viscount Thurso 1919–1964
* Brigadier Sir George David Keith Murray 1964–1965 ["Edinburgh Gazette", issue 18277, published 4 September 1964]
*John Sinclair 1965–1973 ["Edinburgh Gazette", issue 18413, published 21 December 1965]
*Robin Macdonald Sinclair, 2nd Viscount Thurso 1973–1995 ["Edinburgh Gazette", issue 19240, published 11 May 1973]
*Major Graham Dunnett 1996–2004
*Margaret Annie Geddes Dunnett 2004–present

List of Deputy Lieutenants of Caithness

The following people have held the position of Deputy Lieutenant of Caithness:
*David Sinclair-Wemyss of Southdun (1813-1877)
*Sir Ralph Hugo Anstruther, 7th Baronet (1965-1997)

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