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 ...

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: , style="text-align:left; width:33%; vertical-align:top;", *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 The Royal Victorian Order (french: Ordre royal de Victoria) is a dynastic order of knighthood established in 1896 by Queen Victoria. It recognises distinguished personal service to the British monarch, Canadian monarch, Australian monarch, or ...

, 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 , style="text-align:left; width:33%; vertical-align:top;", *Colonel Charles T. Hillock, RD * Dr Ruth Hussey, CB, OBE *Elaine Inglesbey-Burke,

CBE The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding contributions to the arts and sciences, work with charitable and welfare organisations, 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 , style="text-align:left; width:33%; vertical-align:top;", *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

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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

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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,

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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 *

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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
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Merseyside Lord-Lieutenants of Merseyside 1974 establishments in England