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of Sutherland 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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district of

Sutherland Sutherland ( gd, Cataibh) is a historic county, registration county and lieutenancy area in the Highlands of Scotland. Its county town is Dornoch. Sutherland borders Caithness and Moray Firth to the east, Ross-shire and Cromartyshire (later ...

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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 Sutherland Sutherland ( gd, Cataibh) is a historic county, registration county and lieutenancy area in the Highlands of Scotland. Its county town is Dornoch. Sutherland borders Caithness and Moray Firth to the east, Ross-shire and Cromartyshire (later ...

, which was abolished as a local government area by the

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. The district was created, under the 1973 act 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

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List of Lords Lieutenant of Sutherland

* George Leveson-Gower, 2nd Marquess of Stafford 17 March 1794 – 1830 *

George Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, 2nd Duke of Sutherland George Granville Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, 2nd Duke of Sutherland, KG (8 August 178627 February 1861), styled Viscount Trentham until 1803, Earl Gower between 1803 and 1833 and Marquess of Stafford in 1833, was a British Whig MP and peer fro ...

31 July 1830 – 28 February 1861 *

George Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, 3rd Duke of Sutherland George Granville William Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, 3rd Duke of Sutherland KG FRS (19 December 1828 – 22 September 1892), styled Viscount Trentham until 1833, Earl Gower in 1833 and Marquess of Stafford between 1833 and 1861, was a British po ...

30 April 1861 – 22 September 1892 *

Cromartie Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, 4th Duke of Sutherland Cromartie Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, 4th Duke of Sutherland, (20 July 1851– 27 June 1913), styled Lord Cromartie Sutherland-Leveson-Gower until 1858, Earl Gower between 1858 and 1861 and Marquess of Stafford between 1861 and 1892, was a Britis ...

5 November 1892 – 27 June 1913 *

George Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, 5th Duke of Sutherland George Granville Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, 5th Duke of Sutherland, KT, PC (29 August 1888 – 1 February 1963), styled Earl Gower until 1892 and Marquess of Stafford between 1892 and 1913, was a British courtier, patron of the film industr ...

9 September 1913 – 29 November 1944 * Brig-Gen. George Camborne Beauclerk Paynter 6 March 1945 – 15 August 1950 * Brig. George Streynsham Rawstorne 17 November 1950 – 15 July 1962 * James Thompson, Lord Migdale 22 November 1962 – 1972 * Sir Allan Macdonald Gilmour 8 October 1972 – 1991 * Major-General David Houston 27 January 1992 – 2005 * Dr. Monica Main 20 August 2005 – 2022 * Major General Patrick Marriott 1 August 2022 – to date

Deputy lieutenant of Sutherland

A deputy lieutenant of Sutherland is commissioned by the Lord Lieutenant of Sutherland. Deputy lieutenants support the work of the lord-lieutenant. There can be several deputy lieutenants at any time, depending on the population of the county. Their appointment does not terminate with the changing of the lord-lieutenant, but they usually retire at age 75.

20th Century

*12 January 1900: Eric Chaplin, Esq. *12 January 1900: William Ewing Gilmour, Esq. *12 January 1900: Major Duncan Matheson

References

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