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Lord Lieutenant Of Lanarkshire
This is a list of people who served as Lord Lieutenant of Lanarkshire. * George Douglas-Hamilton, 1st Earl of Orkney 1714 - 29 January 1737 * Douglas Douglas-Hamilton, 8th Duke of Hamilton 17 March 1794 – 2 August 1799 * Archibald Douglas-Hamilton, 9th Duke of Hamilton 30 November 1799 – 1802 *Alexander Douglas-Hamilton, 10th Duke of Hamilton 1 November 1802 – 18 August 1852 *William Douglas-Hamilton, 11th Duke of Hamilton 1 October 1852 – 15 July 1863 * Robert Hamilton, 8th Lord Belhaven and Stenton 6 August 1863 – 22 December 1868 * Sir Thomas Colebrooke, 4th Baronet 27 January 1869 – 11 January 1890 * Charles Douglas-Home, 12th Earl of Home 1 February 1890 – 1915 * James Hozier, 2nd Baron Newlands 14 October 1915 – 1921 * Sir Robert King Stewart 18 April 1921 – 20 December 1930 * Sir James Knox 21 March 1931 – 8 May 1938 *Gavin Hamilton, 2nd Baron Hamilton of Dalzell 6 July 1938 – 23 June 1952 * John Colville, 1s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
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 over the local militia was removed. However, it was not until 1921 that they formally lost the right to call upon able-bodied men to fight when needed. Lord-lieutenant is now an honorary titular position usually awarded to a notable person in the county, and despite the name, may be either male or female, peer or not. Origins England and Wales Lieutenants were first appointed to a number of Historic counties of England, English counties by King Henry VIII in the 1540s, when the military functions of the sheriffs were handed over to them. Each lieutenant raised and was responsible for the efficiency of the local militia units of his county, and afterwards of the yeomanry and volunteers. He was commander of these forces, whose officers he a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
