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Lists of lord lieutenancies

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England

  • Avon (from 1974 until 1996)
  • Bedfordshire
  • Berkshire
  • Berwick-upon-Tweed (until 1974) - held jointly with Northumberland 1882 - 1974
  • Bristol (until 1974 and from 1996) - held jointly with Gloucestershire 1882 - 1974
  • Buckinghamshire
  • Cambridgeshire
  • Canterbury (until 1974) - held jointly with Kent 1872 - 1974
  • Cheshire
  • Chester (until 1974) - held jointly with Cheshire 1882 - 1974
  • Cinque Ports (until 1889)
  • City of London - held in Commission, headed by the Lord Mayor
  • Cleveland (from 1974 until 1996)
  • Cornwall
  • Cumberland (until 1974)
  • Cumbria (from 1974)
  • Derbyshire
  • Devon
  • Dorset
  • Durham
  • East Riding of Yorkshire (Restoration until 1974 and from 1996)
  • East Sussex (from 1974)
  • Essex
  • Exeter (until 1974) - held jointly with Devon 1882 - 1974
  • Gloucestershire
  • Gloucester (until 1974) - held jointly with Gloucestershire 1882 - 1974
  • Greater London (from 1965)
  • Greater Manchester (from 1974)
  • Hampshire
  • Herefordshire (until 1974 and from 1998)
  • Hereford and Worcester (from 1974 until 1998)
  • Hertfordshire (Lord Lieutenant of Hertfordshire Website)
  • Humberside (from 1974 until 1996)
  • Huntingdon and Peterborough (from 1965 until 1974)
  • Huntingdonshire (until 1965)
  • Isle of Ely (until c. 16th)
  • Isle of Wight (from 1974)
  • Kent
  • Kingston-upon-Hull (until 1974) - held jointly with East Riding of Yorkshire 1882 - 1974
  • Lancashire
  • Leicestershire
  • Lichfield (until 1974) - held jointly with Staffordshire 1882 - 1974
  • Lincolnshire
  • Lincoln (until 1974) - held jointly with Lincolnshire 1882 - 1974
  • County of London (from 1889 until 1965)
  • Merseyside (from 1974)
  • Middlesex (until 1965)
  • Newcastle-upon-Tyne (until 1974) - held jointly with Northumberland 1882 - 1974
  • Norfolk
  • Norwich (until 1974) - held jointly with Norfolk 1882 - 1974
  • Northamptonshire
  • Northumberland
  • Nottinghamshire
  • Nottingham (until 1974) - held jointly with Nottinghamshire 1882 - 1974
  • North Riding of Yorkshire (Restoration until 1974)
  • North Yorkshire (from 1974)
  • Oxfordshire
  • Poole (until 1974) - held jointly with Dorset 1882 - 1974
  • Rutland (until 1974 and from 1997)
  • Shropshire
  • Somerset
  • Southampton (until 1974) - held jointly with Hampshire 1882 - 1974
  • South Yorkshire (from 1974)
  • Staffordshire
  • Suffolk
  • Surrey
  • Sussex (until 1974)
  • Tower Hamlets (until 1889)
  • Tyne and Wear (from 1974)
  • Warwickshire
  • Westmorland (until 1974)
  • West Midlands (from 1974)
  • West Riding of Yorkshire (Restoration until 1974)
  • West Sussex (from 1974)
  • West Yorkshire (from 1974)
  • Wiltshire
  • Worcestershire (until 1974 and from 1998)
  • Worcester (until 1974) - held jointly with Worcestershire 1882 - 1974
  • Yorkshire (until Restoration)
  • York (until 1974) - held jointly with West Riding of Yorkshire 1882 - 1974
  • Scotland

  • Aberdeen (from 1900)
  • Aberdeenshire
  • Angus
  • Argyll and Bute (from 1975)
  • Argyllshire (until 1975)
  • Ayrshire (until 1975)
  • Ayrshire and Arran (from 1975)
  • Banffshire
  • Berwickshire
  • Buteshire (until 1975)
  • Caithness
  • Clackmannanshire
  • Cromarty (until 1890)
  • Dumfries
  • Dunbartonshire
  • Dundee (from 1894)
  • East Lothian (from 1921)
  • Edinburgh (known as the "Lord Lieutenant of the City and County of the City of Edinburgh, and the Liberties thereof" until 1975)
  • Edinburghshire - renamed Midlothian 1921
  • Elginshire - renamed Moray 1928
  • Fife
  • Forfarshire - renamed Angus 1928
  • Glasgow (from 1893)
  • Haddingtonshire - renamed East Lothian 1921
  • Inverness
  • Kincardineshire
  • Kinross-shire (until 1975)
  • Kirkcudbright
  • Lanarkshire
  • Linlithgowshire - renamed West Lothian 1921
  • Midlothian
  • Moray (known as Elgin or Elginshire until 1928)
  • Nairn
  • Orkney (from 1975)
  • Orkney and Shetland (until 1975)
  • Peeblesshire (until 1975)
  • Perth and Kinross (from 1975)
  • Perthshire (until 1975)
  • Renfrewshire
  • Ross and Cromarty (since 1890)
  • Ross-shire (until 1890)
  • Roxburgh, Ettrick and Lauderdale (since 1975)
  • Roxburghshire (until 1975)
  • Selkirkshire (until 1975)
  • Shetland (from 1975)
  • Stirling and Falkirk (from 1975)
  • Stirlingshire (until 1975)
  • Sutherland
  • Tweeddale (from 1975)
  • West Lothian (from 1921)
  • Western Isles (from 1975)
  • Wigtown
  • Wales

  • Anglesey (until 1974)
  • Brecknockshire (until 1974)
  • Caernarvonshire (until 1974)
  • Cardiganshire (until 1974)
  • Carmarthenshire (until 1974)
  • Carmarthen (until 1974) - held jointly with Carmarthenshire 1882 - 1974
  • Clwyd (from 1974)
  • Denbighshire (until 1974)
  • Dyfed (from 1974)
  • Flintshire (until 1974)
  • Glamorgan (until 1974)
  • Gwent (from 1974)
  • Gwynedd (from 1974)
  • Haverfordwest (until 1974)
  • Merionethshire (until 1974)
  • Mid Glamorgan (from 1974)
  • Monmouthshire (until 1974)
  • Montgomeryshire (until 1974)
  • Pembrokeshire (until 1974)
  • Powys (from 1974)
  • Radnorshire (until 1974)
  • South Glamorgan (from 1974)
  • West Glamorgan (from 1974)
  • Ireland

  • Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (until 1922)
  • Northern Ireland

  • Antrim
  • Armagh
  • Belfast (from 1899)
  • Down
  • Fermanagh
  • Londonderry (County)
  • Londonderry (County Borough) Held jointly with County Londonderry 1882 - 1899
  • Tyrone
  • rest of Ireland

  • Carlow (until 1922)
  • Cavan (until 1922)
  • Clare (until 1922)
  • Cork (until 1922)
  • Cork (County of the City) - usually held with County Cork (until 1922)
  • Donegal (until 1922)
  • Drogheda (County of the Town) (until 1899) - held jointly with County Louth 1882 - 1899
  • Dublin (until 1922)
  • Dublin (County of the City) (until 1922)
  • Galway (until 1922)
  • Galway (County of the Town) (until 1899) - held jointly with County Galway 1882 - 1899
  • Kerry (until 1922)
  • Kildare (until 1922)
  • Kilkenny (until 1922)
  • Kilkenny (County of the City) (until 1899) - jointly with County Kilkenny 1882 - 1899
  • King's County (until 1922)
  • Leitrim (until 1922)
  • Limerick (until 1922)
  • Limerick (County of the City) (until 1922) usually held jointly with County Limerick
  • Longford (until 1922)
  • Louth (until 1922)
  • Mayo (until 1922)
  • Meath (until 1922)
  • Monaghan (until 1922)
  • Queen's County (until 1922)
  • Roscommon (until 1922)
  • Sligo (until 1922)
  • Tipperary (until 1922)
  • Waterford (until 1922)
  • Waterford (County of the City) (until 1922) - held jointly with County Waterford 1882 - 1922
  • Westmeath (until 1922)
  • Wexford (until 1922)
  • Wicklow (until 1922)
  • References

    Lists of lord lieutenancies Wikipedia