The office of
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
Merseyside
Merseyside ( ) is a metropolitan county, metropolitan and ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in North West England, with a population of List of ceremonial counties of England, 1.38 million. It encompasses both banks of the Merse ...
was created on 1 April 1974, taking over some duties from the
Lord Lieutenant of Lancashire
This is a list of people who have served as Lord Lieutenant of Lancashire. The Lord Lieutenant is the King's personal representative in each county of the United Kingdom. Historically the Lord Lieutenant was responsible for organising the county's ...
and
Lord Lieutenant of Cheshire
This is a list of people who have served as Lord Lieutenant of the County Palatine of Chester. Since 1689, all Lords Lieutenant have also been Custos Rotulorum of Cheshire.
Lord Lieutenants of Cheshire
Vice Lieutenants
* Honourable Alan de Tat ...
. As Merseyside (north of the River Mersey) remains part of the Lancashire County Palatine, the Lord Lieutenant is appointed by the monarch in their capacity as Duke of Lancaster. The Lieutenancy area was created on the 1 April 1974, upon the creation of Merseyside itself.
Deputy Lieutenants
The county's current deputy lieutenants are:
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*Professor
Denise Barrett-Baxendale,
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*Sir Michael J. Bibby,
Bt
*Michael P. Braham,
Esq
*Zia U. Chaudry, Esq
*Andrew J. Cooke, Esq,
QPM
*Captain Hugh B. Daglish,
LVO
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,
JP
*Lady Marina Dalglish, MBE
*The Rt Hon
The Earl of Derby
*Ms Claire F. Dove,
OBE
*Mrs Paige Earlam
*Canon Ruth Fabby, MBE
*Mr John Flamson, OBE
*Mrs Judith L. Greensmith, CBE
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*Colonel Charles T. Hillock,
RD
*
Dr Ruth Hussey,
CB, OBE
*Elaine Inglesbey-Burke,
CBE
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and public service outside the civil service. It was established o ...
*Dr Nicholas M. Jedynakiewicz
*Nigel Lanceley
*Stephen Maddox, OBE
*Ms Lesley Martin-Wright, JP
*Ian S. Meadows, Esq, OBE
*Miss Anne P. Morris
*Professor
Sir Jonathan M. Murphy, QPM
*Professor
Sir Howard J. Newby, CBE
*Robert T.H. Owen, Esq, JP
*Dr Roger N. Phillips
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*Professor
Gerald M. Pillay, FRSA
*His Honour John Roberts
*Mrs Rebecca Ross-Williams
*David Steer, Esq,
QC
*Mr Max Steinberg, CBE
*Professor
Ian G. Tracey
*Colonel
Mark C.H. Underhill, OBE
*Nicholas A. Wainwright, MBE
*Professor
Nigel Weatherill
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*Mr Allan D. Williams,
MVO
*Brian Wong, Esq, JP
*Peter D. Woods, Esq
*Mr Stephen Yip, MBE
Former
Former Deputy Lieutenants have included:
*Brigadier
The Lord Selwyn-Lloyd, CH, CBE, TD, QC
*Lieutenant-Colonel and Brevet Colonel Alan S. Eccles, MBE, TD, JP
*Lieutenant-Colonel Charles H. Elston, TD
*Major Henry B. Chrimes
*Air Commodore
Jack Broughton
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, OBE
*Richard A. Foster
*William D. Fulton, Esq., JP
*Professor Philip N. Love, CBE
*Mr Harry Rimmer, CBE
*Sir James Sharples, QPM
*Anthony W. Shone, Esq.
*Colonel
Martin G.C. Amlôt, OBE,
OStJ
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*Mrs Angela A. Jones, OBE
*Dr John E. Roberts, CBE, QC
*Mr John N. Rushbrooke, JP
*Miss Pauline L. Burrows
*Mr Alan J. Chick, Esq., JP
*Sir David C. Clarke
*
Frank Field, Baron Field of Birkenhead
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*John R. Flamson
*Stephen B. L. Yip, MBE
*Wally Brown, Esq., CBE
*Professor
Michael Brown, CBE]
*James C.M. Davies, Esq, OBE
*Professor
Ian Gilmore, Sir Ian Gilmore
*Professor
Sir Mark Hedley
*Roger Morris, Esq, OBE
*Edward Perry, Esq
*Mrs Abila Pointing, MBE
References
External links
The Lord Lieutenant of Merseyside
{{Lord Lieutenancies
Merseyside
Merseyside ( ) is a metropolitan county, metropolitan and ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in North West England, with a population of List of ceremonial counties of England, 1.38 million. It encompasses both banks of the Merse ...
Merseyside
Lord-Lieutenants of Merseyside
1974 establishments in England