This is a list of people who have served as Lord Lieutenant of Midlothian (also known as Edinburghshire). *

Henry Scott, 3rd Duke of Buccleuch Henry Scott, 3rd Duke of Buccleuch and 5th Duke of Queensberry KG FRSE (2 September 174611 January 1812) was a Scottish nobleman and long-time friend of Sir Walter Scott. He is the paternal 3rd great-grandfather of Princess Alice, Duchess of G ...

17 March 1794 – 11 January 1812 * Charles Montagu-Scott, 4th Duke of Buccleuch 25 January 1812 – 20 April 1819 *

William Kerr, 6th Marquess of Lothian William Kerr, 6th Marquess of Lothian, (4 October 1763 – 27 April 1824), was a British soldier, landowner and politician. He was the son of William Kerr, 5th Marquess of Lothian. He served as a representative peer from 1817 to 1824. Life Ke ...

8 June 1819 – 27 April 1824 *

George Douglas, 16th Earl of Morton George Douglas, 16th Earl of Morton, KT, FRS, FRSE, FSA (3 April 1761 – 17 July 1827) was a British nobleman. Life He was the son of Sholto Douglas, 15th Earl of Morton, and Katherine Hamilton. He succeeded to the title Earl of Morton in 17 ...

2 June 1824 – 17 July 1827 *

Walter Montagu-Douglas-Scott, 5th Duke of Buccleuch Walter Francis Montagu Douglas Scott, 5th Duke of Buccleuch, 7th Duke of Queensberry, (born Walter Francis Montagu-Scott; 25 November 1806 – 16 April 1884), styled Lord Eskdail between 1808 and 1812 and Earl of Dalkeith between 1812 and 18 ...

3 January 1828 – 16 April 1884 *

Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery Archibald Philip Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery, 1st Earl of Midlothian, (7 May 1847 – 21 May 1929) was a British Liberal Party politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from March 1894 to June 1895. Between the death o ...

17 May 1884 – 21 May 1929 *

Harry Primrose, 6th Earl of Rosebery Albert Edward Harry Meyer Archibald Primrose, 6th Earl of Rosebery, 2nd Earl of Midlothian (8 January 1882 – 31 May 1974), styled Lord Dalmeny until 1929, was a British liberal politician who briefly served as Secretary of State for Scotland i ...

8 October 1929 – 1964 *

Sir Maxwell Inglis, 9th Baronet ''Sir'' is a formal honorific address in English for men, derived from Sire in the High Middle Ages. Both are derived from the old French "Sieur" (Lord), brought to England by the French-speaking Normans, and which now exist in French only as ...

4 June 1964 – 1972 * Sir John Dutton Clerk, 10th Baronet 11 July 1972 – 1992 *Capt. George Burnett† 31 January 1992 – 2003 * Patrick Prenter 23 August 2003 – 18 October 2013 * Sir Robert Maxwell Clerk, 11th Baronet 18 October 2013 – 3 April 2020 (Vice Lord-Lieutenant from 2011) *Lt. Col. Richard Callander 3 April 2020 † Known as Lord-Lieutenant in Lothian Region (Midlothian District) until 1996.

Deputy Lieutenants

*John Borthwick 1832 *Archibald Hope the Younger 1832 *Major Robert Dundas 23 February 1901 *Major Robert Gordon Gordon-Gilmour 23 February 1901 *Colonel Robert George Wardlaw Ramsay 23 February 1901 For the City of Edinburgh see List of Lord Provosts of Edinburgh

References

* {{Lord Lieutenancies Midlothian Midlothian