This is a list of people who have served as
Lord Lieutenant
A lord-lieutenant ( ) is the British monarch's personal representative in each lieutenancy area of the United Kingdom. Historically, each lieutenant was responsible for organising the county's militia. In 1871, the lieutenant's responsibility ...
of
Dunbartonshire
Dunbartonshire ( gd, Siorrachd Dhùn Breatann) or the County of Dumbarton is a historic county, lieutenancy area and registration county in the west central Lowlands of Scotland lying to the north of the River Clyde. Dunbartonshire borders P ...
. Before the twentieth century, the county was spelled Dumbartonshire.
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John Elphinstone, 11th Lord Elphinstone (17 March 1794 – 19 August 1799)
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John Elphinstone, 12th Lord Elphinstone
John is a common English name and surname:
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John may also refer to:
New Testament
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* Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John
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(19 November 1799 – 20 May 1813)
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James Graham, 3rd Duke of Montrose
James is a common English language surname and given name:
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* King James (disambiguat ...
(10 July 1813 – 30 December 1836)
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Sir James Colquhoun, 4th Baronet, of Luss (14 January 1837 – 18 December 1873)
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Humphrey Ewing Crum-Ewing (23 February 1874 – 3 July 1887)
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Sir James Colquhoun, 5th Baronet
''Sir'' is a formal honorific
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(24 August 1887 – 13 March 1907)
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John White, 1st Baron Overtoun
John Campbell White, 1st Baron Overtoun, (21 November 1843 – 15 February 1908) was a Scottish chemical manufacturer, supporter of religious causes, philanthropist and Liberal politician. He was raised to the peerage by Gladstone in 1893, an ...
(13 April 1907 – 15 February 1908)
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James Burns, 3rd Baron Inverclyde
James Cleland Burns, 3rd Baron Inverclyde, (14 February 1864 – 16 August 1919) was the second son of John Burns, the first Lord Inverclyde, and grandson of Sir George Burns, 1st Baronet, the founder of the Cunard Line. James Burns succeeded to ...
(21 May 1908 – 16 August 1919)
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Sir Iain Colquhoun, 7th Baronet
Sir Iain Colquhoun, 7th Baronet, 29th Laird of Luss, KT, DSO & Bar, FRSE (20 June 1887 – 12 November 1948), was a Scottish landowner and British Army soldier during the First World War.
Military career
During the First World War, Colquho ...
(4 November 1919 – 12 November 1948)
*Maj. Gen.
Alexander Telfer-Smollett
Major-General Alexander Patrick Drummond Telfer-Smollett (12 August 1884 – 1954) was a British Army officer who became Lieutenant Governor of Guernsey.
Military career
Telfer-Smollett entered and later graduated from the Royal Military Co ...
(2 February 1949 – 9 October 1954)
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Admiral Sir Angus Cunninghame Graham (5 January 1955 – 14 February 1968)
*Robert Arbuthnott (14 May 1968 – 1975)
*James Cassels Robertson (1 December 1975 – 9 December 1978)
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Alastair Pearson
Brigadier Alastair "Jock" Stevenson Pearson, (1 June 1915 – 29 March 1996) was a baker, farmer and one of the most highly regarded soldiers of the Parachute Regiment and the British Army who served in the Second World War.
Early life
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(20 June 1979 – 1990)
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Donald Hardie (16 August 1990 – 2007)
*Donald Ross (6 March 2007 – 2008)
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Michael Gregory (October 2008–August 2020)
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Jill Williamina Young
Jill is an English feminine given name, a short form of the name Jillian ( Gillian), which in turn originates as a Middle English variant of Juliana, the feminine form of the name Julian.
People with the given name
*Jill Astbury, Australian re ...
(12 August 2020 – incumbent)
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Dunbartonshire
Dunbartonshire ( gd, Siorrachd Dhùn Breatann) or the County of Dumbarton is a historic county, lieutenancy area and registration county in the west central Lowlands of Scotland lying to the north of the River Clyde. Dunbartonshire borders P ...