The Lord Lieutenant of Ross and Cromarty, is the

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's personal representative in an area which has been defined since 1975 as consisting of the

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districts of Ross and Cromarty and

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, and this definition was renewed by the Lord-Lieutenants (Scotland) Order 1996. Previously, the area of the lieutenancy was the

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, which was abolished as a local government area by the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973. The districts were created, under the 1973 act as districts of the two-tier

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and abolished as local government areas under the

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, which turned the Highland region into a unitary

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. Prior to 1891 there had been a separate Lord Lieutenant of Ross and a

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, but these were merged by the

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List of Lord-Lieutenants of Ross and Cromarty

* ''Mackenzie had been Lord Lieutenant of Ross-shire'' * Sir Kenneth Mackenzie, 6th Baronet 15 May 1891 – 1899 * Sir Hector Munro, 11th Baronet 7 July 1899 – 15 December 1935 * Sir Hector Mackenzie, 8th Baronet 24 April 1936 – 1955 * Sir Richard O'Connor 3 November 1955 – 1964 *

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29 August 1964 – 1968 *

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9 October 1968 – 20 August 1976 * Sir John Hayes 1 February 1977 – 1988 * Sir Roderick Stirling 29 June 1988 – 2007 *

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2 June 2007 – July 2019 *Joanie Whiteford July 2019 – present

Vice Lieutenants

*Colonel

James Alexander Stewart-Mackenzie James Alexander Stewart-Mackenzie (23 September 1784 – 24 September 1843) was a Scottish politician and British colonial administrator. Early life He was born James Alexander Stewart on 23 September 1784. James was the son of the former Geor ...

22 March 1900

References and external links

Website of the Lord-Lieutenant of Ross and Cromarty
* {{Lord Lieutenancies Ross and Cromarty Lord-Lieutenants of Ross and Cromarty 1891 establishments in Scotland