The Lord Lieutenant of Angus, is the British monarch's personal representative in an area which was defined by the Lord-Lieutenants (Scotland) Order 1996 as consisting of the unitary

Angus council area Angus ( sco, Angus; gd, Aonghas) is one of the 32 local government council areas of Scotland, a registration county and a lieutenancy area. The council area borders Aberdeenshire, Dundee City and Perth and Kinross. Main industries include agri ...

, in

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. The lieutenancy area was previously defined by the Lord-Lieutenants (Scotland) Order 1975 as consisting of the Angus district, which was one of three districts of the two-tier

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created by the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 and abolished by the

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, which divided the region between the Angus,

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, and Perth and Kinross council areas. Prior to the 1975 order the lieutenancy area was the

county of Angus Angus ( sco, Angus; gd, Aonghas) is one of the 32 local government council areas of Scotland, a registration county and a lieutenancy area. The council area borders Aberdeenshire, Dundee City and Perth and Kinross. Main industries include ag ...

, which was officially the county of Forfar until 1928. The office was founded in 1794, and has had the following titles: *His or Her Majesty's Lieutenant in the County of Forfar until 1928 *His or Her Majesty's Lieutenant in the County of Angus 1928 to 1975 *Lord-Lieutenant of Tayside Region, District of Angus 1975 to 1996 *Lord-Lieutenant of Angus since 1996

List of Lord-Lieutenants of Angus

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17 March 1794 – 26 December 1827 *

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3 August 1874 – 16 February 1904 *

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28 July 1904 – 1936 *

David Ogilvy, 12th Earl of Airlie Colonel David Lyulph Gore Wolseley Ogilvy, 12th and 7th Earl of Airlie (18 July 189328 December 1968) was a Scottish peer, soldier, and courtier. He was the eldest son of David Ogilvy, 11th Earl of Airlie, and his wife, the former Lady Mabel ...

15 June 1936 – 1967 *

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12 June 1967 – 1989 *

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6 November 1989 – 2001 * Georgiana Osborne 24 July 2001 – 24 August 2019 *

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Deputy lieutenants

A deputy lieutenant of Angus is commissioned by the Lord Lieutenant of Angus. Deputy lieutenants support the work of the lord-lieutenant. There can be several deputy lieutenants at any time, depending on the population of the county. Their appointment does not terminate with the changing of the lord-lieutenant, but they usually retire at age 75.

19th Century

*10 March 1846: Sir Thomas Monro, *10 March 1846: David Laird, Esq. *10 March 1846: Lieutenant General

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*10 March 1846: David William Balfour Ogilvy, Esq. *10 March 1846: David Rankine, Esq.

Notes and references

Angus Angus may refer to: Media * ''Angus'' (film), a 1995 film * ''Angus Og'' (comics), in the ''Daily Record'' Places Australia * Angus, New South Wales Canada * Angus, Ontario, a community in Essa, Ontario * East Angus, Quebec Scotland * An ...

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