Deputy Lieutenants of Aberdeen

Updated on Oct 27, 2023

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Deputy Lieutenants of Aberdeen are commissioned by the Lord Provost of Aberdeen who, since 1899 by virtue of office, is also Lord-Lieutenant of Aberdeen City.

The Lieutenancy Area of Aberdeen City was formerly known as the County of the City of Aberdeen - not to be confused with the County of Aberdeen, which is now known as Aberdeenshire.

19th Century

12 January 1900 Alexander George Pirie, Chairman of Stoneywood Paper Mill

12 January 1900 Alexander Milne Ogston

12 January 1900 Thomas Ogilvie

12 January 1900 James Murray

12 January 1900 Daniel Mearns

12 January 1900 Alexander Lyon Jnr

12 January 1900 Colonel Thomas Innes

12 January 1900 Robert Henderson

12 January 1900 Alexander Morison Gordon

12 January 1900 Alexander Ogston Gill

12 January 1900 John Fyfe

12 January 1900 Theodore Crombie

12 January 1900 Duncan Vernon Pirie OBE

12 January 1900 Sir David Stewart Kt

12 January 1900 Sir William Henderson Kt

12 January 1900 Sir Alexander Baird Bt

12 January 1900 Sir John Forbes Clark Bt

12 January 1900 James Bryce, 1st Viscount Bryce OM, GCVO, PC, FRS, FBA

12 January 1900 The Earl of Aberdeen

12 January 1900 The Marquis of Huntly

20th Century

11 October 1905: William Meff jun.

11 October 1905: Sir James Taggart KBE

10 September 1908: Sir John Fleming

10 September 1908: Colonel James Ogston

29 November 1910: Colonel Lachlan Mackinnon

27 October 1911: Major General Sir Alexander John Forsyth Reid KCB

26 April 1912: Alexander Wilson

28 July 1915: Rt. Hon. Norman Buchan, 18th Earl of Caithness

28 July 1915: Weetman Pearson, 1st Baron Cowdray

28 July 1915: Major General Sir James Ronald Leslie Macdonald

28 July 1915: Rt. Hon. Harold John Tennant

28 July 1915: John Turner

21 September 1917: Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Arthur Grant, 10th Baronet, DSO

21 September 1917: Colonel William Andrew Mellis

21 September 1917: Lieutenant-Colonel James Ochoncar Forbes

5 August 1918: George Bennett Mitchell, MBE

23 January 1920 Major William Yeats McDonald

10 September 1925 Commander Wilfrid Bayley Pirie

10 September 1925 Colonel Macbeth Moir Duncan CMG

10 September 1925 Colonel William Smith Gill

10 September 1925 Colonel Thomas Ogilvie

10 September 1925 Colonel John Scott Riddell CBE MVO

2 August 1926 Lieutenant Harry Alexander Holmes

11 February 1928 Robert Williams

28 May 1928 Colonel Frederick Richard Gerrard Forsyth

4 December 1929 Colonel Harry Jackson Kinghorn

4 December 1929 Sir Andrew Jopp Williams Lewis

5 April 1930 Colonel Frank Fleming

5 April 1930 Brevet Colonel Sir John Marnoch KCVO

16 February 1932 John Malcolm Fyfe

18 October 1932 Honorary Major John Reid Dean

15 February 1933 James Reid Rust

30 March 1935 The Most Honourable The Marquis of Aberdeen and Temair OBE

30 March 1935 Colonel Thomas Fraser CBE

19 November 1935 Captain James Hay

19 November 1935 Major Malcolm Vivian Hay

14 January 1936 Henry Alexander

15 December 1938 Lieutenant-Colonel Edward William Watt

15 December 1938 Major Alexander Lyon

15 December 1938 Honorary Colonel James Dawson

8 April 1952 Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel McDonald Final rank, Acting Brigadier-General CMG D.S.O + two bars Portuguese Order of Aviz Sheriff Substitute of Lanarkshire

8 April 1952 Duncan Fraser CBE

8 April 1952 Sir Alexander Greig Anderson KCVO

6 July 1953 William David Reid OBE

30 August 1956 Lieutenant Athol Benzie

30 August 1956 Reverend Professor John Macdonald Graham CBE

30 August 1956 Colonel Edward Birnie Reid OBE

12 May 1959 Honorary Colonel Roy Brown Strathdee OBE

12 May 1959 Honorary Colonel Alexander Milne OBE

12 May 1959 Lieutenant-Colonel and Brevet Colonel Lachlan Mackinnon CBE

17 April 1964 George Stephen CBE

17 April 1964 Lieutenant-Colonel James Shankley

17 April 1964 Lieutenant-Colonel and Brevet Colonel Thomas Patrick Edward Murray OBE

17 April 1964 Captain (Honorary Major) James Scott Gray Munro

17 April 1964 Honorary Colonel John Cecil King CBE

17 April 1964 Lieutenant-Colonel and Brevet Colonel Douglas Edmond OBE

17 April 1964 Sir Ian Robert Algernon Forbes-Leith of Fyvie Bt, MBE

27 September 1965 Reverend Professor John Macdonald Graham CBE

1 May 1967 Honorary Major James Campbell Williamson

1 May 1967 Colonel Alexander Logie Stalker

1 May 1967 William Ranald Stewart Mellis

1 May 1967 Lieutenant Richard Tunstall Ellis OBE

1 May 1967 Squadron Leader James Downie Campbell

1 May 1967 Dr Logie Samuel Bain

1 December 1970 Norman Hogg CBE

31 May 1978 Lieutenant James Fergus Watt

31 May 1978 Frank Ramsay

31 May 1978 Major David Maxwell Procter OBE

31 May 1978 Captain Kenneth Jamieson Peters CBE

31 May 1978 Lieutenant-Colonel Charles John Howell Mann OBE

31 May 1978 Lieutenant Joseph Robert Carry MBE

10 December 1992 Charles Leslie Robertson

20 December 1993 William Wyllie MBE (Appointed Vice Lord-Lieutenant 2004)

12 September 1995 James Alexander Lamond

12 September 1995 Audrey Anne Dawson OBE

12 September 1995 Alan John Codona

29 April 1999 Philip Kivuva Muinde OBE, DL, MA, MLitt, DBA

29 April 1999 Alison Skene (Appointed Vice Lord-Lieutenant on 4 January 2007)

21st Century

(17 April 2003) Andrew Lawtie (Appointed Vice Lord-Lieutenant on 3 September 2015)

(17 April 2003) Lavina Massie MBE

(3 March 2005) Michael C Hastie

(3 March 2005) Roy Hendry Thomson KStJ, DL, MA, MLitt

(3 March 2005) Jennifer A Shirreffs MBE, CStJ, DL, BSc, MUniv

(3 March 2005) Joseph Leiper OBE, DL, MA, DipEd

(4 January 2007) John L Langler

(17 January 2007) James Smith Milne CBE, DL, DBA, DHC

(7 December 2007) Forbes McCallum

(17 April 2008) Margurita Esson

(17 April 2008) Audrey Walker

(23 April 2010) Dennis Davidson

(16 March 2012) Beverley Graham

(5 December 2013) Sir Ian Diamond

(20 April 2015) Gregory Poon MBE

(17 November 2015) Lady Catto MBE

References

Deputy Lieutenants of Aberdeen Wikipedia

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Contents

19th Century

20th Century

21st Century

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