The

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 Nairn, is the British monarch's personal representative in an area which has been defined since 1975 as consisting of the

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district of

Nairn Nairn (; gd, Inbhir Narann) is a town and royal burgh in the Highland council area of Scotland. It is an ancient fishing port and market town around east of Inverness, at the point where the River Nairn enters the Moray Firth. It is the tradit ...

, in

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, and this definition was renewed by the Lord-Lieutenants (Scotland) Order 1996. Previously, the area of the lieutenancy was the county of Nairn, which was abolished as a local government area by the

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. The district was created, under the 1973 act, with the boundaries of the county, as a district of the two-tier

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and abolished as a local government area under the

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, which turned the Highland region into a unitary council area.

List of Lord Lieutenants of Nairn

* Hugh Rose, 15th of Kilravock, 1729– 23 January 1732 * James Brodie, 21st of Brodie 17 March 1794 – 17 January 1824 *William Brodie, 22nd of Brodie 9 February 1824 – 6 June 1873 *James Campbell John Brodie, 12th of Lethen 25 June 1873 – 25 February 1880 *

Hugh Fife Ashley Brodie Hugh may refer to: *Hugh (given name) Noblemen and clergy French * Hugh the Great (died 956), Duke of the Franks * Hugh Magnus of France (1007–1025), co-King of France under his father, Robert II * Hugh, Duke of Alsace (died 895), modern-day ...

, 23rd of Brodie 25 March 1880 – 20 September 1889 *

James Rose, 23rd of Kilravock Major James Rose, 23rd Baron of Kilravock (1820-1909) was a British Army officer serving in British India, the Lord Lieutenant of Nairn and the Chief of Clan Rose. The third surviving son of Hugh Rose, 20th of Kilravock by his second wife, Cat ...

22 November 1889 – 16 November 1903 *Ian Ashley Morton Brodie, 24th of Brodie 6 November 1903 – 1935 *

Archibald Leslie-Melville, 13th Earl of Leven Archibald Alexander Leslie-Melville, 13th Earl of Leven, 12th Earl of Melville KT DL (6 August 1890 – 15 January 1947) was a Scottish soldier, and peer. He was educated at Oxford and Royal Military College, Sandhurst. He played for the Oxford ...

8 July 1935 – 15 January 1947 *

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16 April 1947 – 21 September 1949 *Hon.

Ian Malcolm Campbell Ian or Iain is a name of Scottish Gaelic origin, derived from the Hebrew given name (Yohanan, ') and corresponding to the English name John. The spelling Ian is an Anglicization of the Scottish Gaelic forename ''Iain''. It is a popular name in Sc ...

5 December 1949 – 1958 *

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4 December 1958 – 20 December 1968 * Alexander Leslie-Melville, 14th Earl of Leven 22 July 1969 – 1999 *Ewen John Brodie CVO, 16th of Lethen 9 November 1999 – 16 December 2017 *George Russell Asher 19 January 2018 – present

References

* County of Nairn

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