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 responsibilit ...

Merseyside Merseyside ( ) is a metropolitan and ceremonial county in North West England, with a population of 1.38 million. It encompasses both banks of the Mersey Estuary and comprises five metropolitan boroughs: Knowsley, St Helens, Sefton, Wir ...

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 Lancashire ( , ; abbreviated Lancs) is the name of a historic county, ceremonial county, and non-metropolitan county in North West England. The boundaries of thes ...

and

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. 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, MBE *Sir Michael J. Bibby, Bt *Michael P. Braham, Esq *Zia U. Chaudry, Esq *Andrew J. Cooke, Esq, QPM *Captain Hugh B. Daglish,

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, 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 *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 Nigel Weatherill *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, OStJ *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