This is a list of people who served as Lord Lieutenant of

Ayrshire Ayrshire ( gd, Siorrachd Inbhir Àir, ) is a historic county and registration county in south-west Scotland, located on the shores of the Firth of Clyde. Its principal towns include Ayr, Kilmarnock and Irvine and it borders the counties of Re ...

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Lord Lieutenant of Ayrshire and Arran This is a list of people who served as Lord Lieutenant of Ayrshire and Arran, Scotland. The first Lord Lieutenant, Sir Bryce Knox, had previously been Lord Lieutenant of Ayrshire. By virtue of the Lord Lieutenants Order 1975 he became Lord Lieute ...

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Archibald Montgomerie, 11th Earl of Eglinton Archibald Montgomerie, 11th Earl of Eglinton (18 May 172630 October 1796) was a Scottish General and Member of Parliament (MP) in the British Parliament. He was also the Clan Chief of the Clan Montgomery. Montgomerie fought in the Seven Years' W ...

17 March 1794 – 30 October 1796 *

Hugh Montgomerie, 12th Earl of Eglinton Colonel Hugh Montgomerie, 12th Earl of Eglinton KT (5 November 1739 – 14 December 1819) was a Scottish peer, politician, soldier and composer. Biography Montgomerie was styled Lord Montgomerie from 1769. He sat as a Member of Parliament ...

23 November 1796 – 14 December 1819 *

George Boyle, 4th Earl of Glasgow George Boyle, 4th Earl of Glasgow, Royal Guelphic Order, GCH Fellow of the Royal Society, FRS (26 March 1766 – 6 July 1843), styled Lord Boyle until 1775, was a British Peerage, peer. He was the son of John Boyle, 3rd Earl of Glasgow, and his wi ...

7 January 1820 – 15 August 1842 *

Archibald Montgomerie, 13th Earl of Eglinton Archibald William Montgomerie, 13th Earl of Eglinton, 1st Earl of Winton, KT, PC (29 September 18124 October 1861), styled Lord Montgomerie from 1814 to 1819, was a British Conservative politician. He was Lord Lieutenant of Ireland in 1852 and ...

15 August 1842 – 4 October 1861 *

Archibald Kennedy, 2nd Marquess of Ailsa Archibald Kennedy, 2nd Marquess of Ailsa, KT (25 August 1816 – 20 March 1870) was a Scottish peer and soldier. Life Born at Dunottar, he was the eldest son of Archibald Kennedy, Earl of Cassilis, himself the oldest son of Archibald Kenned ...

4 December 1861 – 20 March 1870 *

John Dalrymple, 10th Earl of Stair John Hamilton Dalrymple, 10th Earl of Stair, Order of the Thistle, KT (1 April 1819 – 3 December 1903), styled Viscount Dalrymple from 1853 until 1864, was a Scotland, Scottish peer and politician, who served as Governor of the Bank of Scotlan ...

15 June 1870 – 1897 *

George Arnulph Montgomerie, 15th Earl of Eglinton George Arnulph Montgomerie, 15th Earl of Eglinton, 3rd Earl of Winton (23 February 1848 – 10 August 1919) was the third and youngest son of Archibald Montgomerie, 13th Earl of Eglinton Archibald William Montgomerie, 13th Earl of Eglinton, ...

1897 – 10 August 1919 *

Archibald Kennedy, 3rd Marquess of Ailsa Archibald Kennedy, 3rd Marquess of Ailsa (1 September 1847 – 9 April 1938) was a Scottish peer. Early life Archibald was born on 1 September 1847, the eldest of three sons born to Julia (née Jephson), Marchioness of Ailsa, and Archibald Kenne ...

16 November 1919 – 1937 *

Sir Charles Fergusson, 7th Baronet Sir Charles Fergusson, 7th Baronet, (17 January 1865 – 20 February 1951), was a British Army officer and the third Governor-General of New Zealand. Early life and military career Fergusson was the son of Sir James Fergusson, 6th Baronet, th ...

18 February 1937 – 1950 * Sir Geoffrey Hughes-Onslow 17 July 1950 – 1969 *

Sir James Fergusson, 8th Baronet Sir James Fergusson, 8th Baronet of Kilkerran, (1904–1973) was a Scottish aristocrat, broadcaster, journalist and historian. Life Fergusson was born in Dailly in Ayrshire on 18 September 1904 the son of Sir Charles Fergusson, 7th Baronet of ...

7 April 1969 – 25 October 1973 *Col.

Bryce Muir Knox Bryce may refer to: People *Bryce (given name) *Bryce (surname) Places *Bryce Canyon National Park *Mount Bryce *Bryce, Utah *Bryce, Arizona Other *Bryce (software) *Bryce Hospital Bryce Hospital opened in 1861 in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, United ...

5 March 1974 – 1975

Deputy Lieutenants

* James Baird Thorneycroft 12 April 1901 * James Archibald Campbell 12 April 1901

Notes and references

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