The office of Lord Lieutenant of Gwent was created on 1 April 1974 as the Monarch's representative covering the newly formed

administrative county An administrative county was a first-level administrative division in England and Wales from 1888 to 1974, and in Ireland from 1899 until either 1973 (in Northern Ireland) or 2002 (in the Republic of Ireland). They are now abolished, although mos ...

of Gwent. By virtue of S.I 1973/1754, the existing

Lord Lieutenant of Monmouthshire This is a list of people who served as Lord Lieutenant of Monmouthshire. Before the English Civil War, the lieutenancy of Monmouthshire was held by the Lord Lieutenant of Wales, except for the period from 1602 to 1629, when it formed a separate lie ...

became the first Lord Lieutenant of Gwent. Following the abolition of Gwent in 1996 by the

Local Government (Wales) Act 1994 The Local Government (Wales) Act 1994 (c. 19) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which amended the Local Government Act 1972 to create the current local government structure in Wales of 22 unitary authority areas, referred to as ...

, the area was redefined as a

preserved county The preserved counties of Wales are the eight current areas used in Wales for the ceremonial purposes of lieutenancy and shrievalty. They are based on the counties created by the Local Government Act 1972 and used for local government and othe ...

. This was subsequently modified to its present area b
S.I 2003/974

Lord Lieutenants of Gwent

*''Before 1974 – see

'' *Col. Edward Roderick Hill1 April 1974 – * Sir Richard Hanbury-Tenison, of Clytha Park 25 June 1979 – 22 October 2001 * Sir Simon Boyle 22 October 2001 – 23 March 2016 *Brigadier Robert Aitken 24 March 2016

References

{{Lord Lieutenancies Gwent (county) Caerphilly County Borough Gwent Lord-Lieutenants of Gwent 1974 establishments in Wales