List of Deputy Lieutenants of Wiltshire
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This is a list of Deputy Lieutenant
s of Wiltshire
.
Unlike the appointment of High Sheriff
, which is for one year, the term of office of a Deputy Lieutenant comes to an end only when the Lord Lieutenant
changes. However, in practice the title of Deputy Lieutenant is usually held for life, as new Lord Lieutenants rarely make changes.
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Deputy Lieutenant
In the United Kingdom, a Deputy Lieutenant is one of several deputies to the Lord Lieutenant of a lieutenancy area; an English ceremonial county, Welsh preserved county, Scottish lieutenancy area, or Northern Irish county borough or county....
s of Wiltshire
Wiltshire
Wiltshire is a ceremonial county in South West England. It is landlocked and borders the counties of Dorset, Somerset, Hampshire, Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire. It contains the unitary authority of Swindon and covers...
.
Unlike the appointment of High Sheriff
High Sheriff of Wiltshire
This is a list of High Sheriffs of Wiltshire.Until the 14th century the shrievalty was held ex officio by the castellans of Old Sarum.-To 1400:*1066: Edric*1067-1070: Philippe de Buckland*1085: Aiulphus the Sheriff*1070–1105: Edward of Salisbury...
, which is for one year, the term of office of a Deputy Lieutenant comes to an end only when the Lord Lieutenant
Lord Lieutenant
The title Lord Lieutenant is given to the British monarch's personal representatives in the United Kingdom, usually in a county or similar circumscription, with varying tasks throughout history. Usually a retired local notable, senior military officer, peer or business person is given the post...
changes. However, in practice the title of Deputy Lieutenant is usually held for life, as new Lord Lieutenants rarely make changes.
17th century appointments
- Sir Walter LongWalter Long (1565-1610)Sir Walter Long was an English knight and landowner, born in Wiltshire, the son of Sir Robert Long and his wife Barbara Carne.-Public Service:He was elected knight of the shire for Wiltshire in 1593....
(c. 1565 - 1610) - Thomas PenruddockeThomas PenruddockeThomas Penruddocke DL , of Compton Chamberlayne was a Wiltshire landowner and politician, briefly member of parliament for Wilton in 1679 and again in 1689 ....
(c. 1648-1695), commissioned 1683
19th century appointments
- Walter Long (1793 – 1867)
- Robert Parry NisbetRobert Parry NisbetRobert Parry Nisbet JP DL was a British public man. He was High Sheriff of Wiltshire in 1849, from 1852 a Deputy Lieutenant for the county, and Conservative Member of Parliament for Chippenham from a by-election in 1856 to the 1859 general election.After an early career in the Indian Civil Service...
(1793 – 1882) - Sir Alexander Malet, 2nd Baronet, KCB (1800 – 1886)
- George Brudenell-Bruce, 2nd Marquess of AilesburyGeorge Brudenell-Bruce, 2nd Marquess of AilesburyGeorge William Frederick Brudenell-Bruce, 2nd Marquess of Ailesbury KG, PC, DL , styled Lord Bruce between 1814 and 1821 and Earl Bruce between 1821 and 1856, was a British peer, Liberal politician and courtier.-Background and education:Born in Lower Grosvenor Street, London, Bruce was the oldest...
(1804 – 1878) - Lord Henry Frederick Thynne (1832 – 1904)
20th century appointments
- Lord Henry Arthur George Somerset (1851 – 1926)
- Walter Hume Long, 1st Viscount Long (1854 - 1924)
- Brigadier-General John Hartman Morgan (1876 – 1955)
- Richard Long, 3rd Viscount LongRichard Long, 3rd Viscount LongRichard Eric Onslow Long, 3rd Viscount Long DL TD was a British Conservative Party politician. He married Gwendoline Hague-Cook in 1916, and they had three sons, including Richard Long, and one daughter....
(1892 – 1967) - George Petty-Fitzmaurice, 8th Marquess of LansdowneGeorge Petty-Fitzmaurice, 8th Marquess of LansdowneGeorge John Charles Mercer Nairne Petty-Fitzmaurice, 8th Marquess of Lansdowne DL , known as George Petty-Fitzmaurice until 1944, was a British peer and Conservative politician.-Background:...
(1912 – 1997)
1968 appointments
- Mr Alfred Edward Batt, 251 Castle Road, SalisburySalisburySalisbury is a cathedral city in Wiltshire, England and the only city in the county. It is the second largest settlement in the county...
- Wing Commander Sir Henry Algernon Langton DSO DFCHenry CalleySir Henry Algernon Calley DSO DFC DL , known as Henry Algernon Langton until 1974, was an English pilot, owner and manager of a stud farm, and Conservative politician.-Life:The son of the Rev. A. C. M...
, Overtown House, WroughtonWroughtonWroughton is a large village in Wiltshire, England. It is part of the Borough of Swindon and is south of Swindon.-History:The earliest evidence of human presence in the area is from the Mesolithic period, although this is fairly limited...
(1914 – 1997) - Mr Arthur Guy Stratton, Alton Priors, Marlborough
- Arthur Frank Seton Sykes CVO, StocktonStockton, WiltshireStockton is a small village in the Wylye Valley in Wiltshire, England .-Location and extent:The village is close to Codford, south of the A36 road, between the town of Warminster and the city of Salisbury....
, WarminsterWarminsterWarminster is a town in western Wiltshire, England, by-passed by the A36, and near Frome and Westbury. It has a population of about 17,000. The River Were runs through the town and can be seen running through the middle of the town park. The Minster Church of St Denys sits on the River Were...
(1903 – 1980) - Group Captain Frank Andrew WillanFrank WillanGroup Captain Frank Andrew Willan CBE DFC DL , was an English pilot, Royal Air Force officer and Conservative politician...
, Bridges, Teffont, SalisburySalisburySalisbury is a cathedral city in Wiltshire, England and the only city in the county. It is the second largest settlement in the county...
(1915 – 1981) - BrigadierBrigadierBrigadier is a senior military rank, the meaning of which is somewhat different in different military services. The brigadier rank is generally superior to the rank of colonel, and subordinate to major general....
George Wort CBE, The Old Rectory, Hilcot, PewseyPewseyPewsey is a large village, often considered a small town, at the centre of the Vale of Pewsey in Wiltshire about west of London. It is well connected to London, the West Country and Wales being close to the M4 motorway and the A303. Also, the village is served by Pewsey railway station on the...
1983 appointments
- Mary Ethel SalisburyMary SalisburyMary Ethel Salisbury DL CBE JP , was an English Labour politician in Wiltshire.-Life:Born in 1917 in a mining village in County Durham, one of six children, in 1928 she won a scholarship to Bishop Auckland County School for Girls...
(1917 - 2008) - John Morrison, 1st Baron MargadaleJohn Morrison, 1st Baron MargadaleMajor John Granville Morrison, 1st Baron Margadale, TD, DL was a British Conservative Party politician.He was appointed High Sheriff of Wiltshire for 1938 and was Member of Parliament for Salisbury from 1942 until 1965....
(1906 – 1996)
1990 appointments
- Lieutenant-General Sir Robin MacDonald Carnegie KCBOrder of the BathThe Most Honourable Order of the Bath is a British order of chivalry founded by George I on 18 May 1725. The name derives from the elaborate mediæval ceremony for creating a knight, which involved bathing as one of its elements. The knights so created were known as Knights of the Bath...
OBEOrder of the British EmpireThe Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is an order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by George V of the United Kingdom. The Order comprises five classes in civil and military divisions...
, of ChilmarkChilmarkChilmark may be a reference to:*Chilmark, Massachusetts, United States, a town on the island of Martha's Vineyard*Chilmark, Wiltshire, a village in the English county of Wiltshire... - CaptainCaptain (British Army and Royal Marines)Captain is a junior officer rank of the British Army and Royal Marines. It ranks above Lieutenant and below Major and has a NATO ranking code of OF-2. The rank is equivalent to a Lieutenant in the Royal Navy and to a Flight Lieutenant in the Royal Air Force...
Beresford Norman Gibbs, of OakseyOakseyOaksey is a village and civil parish in Wiltshire, England, on the county boundary with Gloucestershire. The village is about northeast of the market town of Malmesbury and a similar distance south of the Gloucestershire market town of Cirencester....
, late Royal Horse GuardsRoyal Horse GuardsThe Royal Horse Guards was a cavalry regiment of the British Army, part of the Household Cavalry.Founded August 1650 in Newcastle Upon Tyne by Sir Arthur Haselrig on the orders of Oliver Cromwell as the Regiment of Cuirassiers, the regiment became the Earl of Oxford's Regiment during the reign of... - Lieutenant-General Sir Maurice Robert JohnstonMaurice Robert JohnstonLieutenant-General Sir Maurice Robert Johnston KCB CVO OBE is the former Deputy Chief of the Defence Staff, 1981–1982, and Lord Lieutenant of Wiltshire from 5 July 1996 to 10 November 2004.-Early life and army career:...
KCBOrder of the BathThe Most Honourable Order of the Bath is a British order of chivalry founded by George I on 18 May 1725. The name derives from the elaborate mediæval ceremony for creating a knight, which involved bathing as one of its elements. The knights so created were known as Knights of the Bath...
OBEOrder of the British EmpireThe Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is an order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by George V of the United Kingdom. The Order comprises five classes in civil and military divisions...
, of WortonWorton-People:*Harry Worton , Canadian politician*Michael Worton, Scottish academic based at UCL*William A. Worton , American police chief-Places:United Kingdom*Worton, North Yorkshire*Worton, Oxfordshire*Worton, WiltshireUnited States...
(born 1929) - Charles Petty-Fitzmaurice, 9th Marquess of LansdowneCharles Petty-FitzMaurice, 9th Marquess of LansdowneCharles Maurice Petty-FitzMaurice, 9th Marquess of Lansdowne LVO DL , styled Earl of Shelburne between 1944 and 1997, is a British peer.-Early life:...
(born 1941) - MajorMajorMajor is a rank of commissioned officer, with corresponding ranks existing in almost every military in the world.When used unhyphenated, in conjunction with no other indicator of rank, the term refers to the rank just senior to that of an Army captain and just below the rank of lieutenant colonel. ...
David Alwyne Carne Rasch, of Middle Woodford
1996 appointments
- Mr Richard David Stratton OBEOrder of the British EmpireThe Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is an order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by George V of the United Kingdom. The Order comprises five classes in civil and military divisions...
, Manor Farm, Kingston Deverill, Warminster - General Sir John Finlay Willasey WilseyJohn WilseyGeneral Sir John Finlay Willasey Wilsey GCB, CBE, DL is a former Commander-in-Chief, UK Land Forces.-Army career:Educated at Sherborne School, John Wilsey was commissioned into the Devonshire and Dorset Regiment in 1959. He served in Northern Ireland between 1976 and 1977 where he was mentioned in...
, GCBOrder of the BathThe Most Honourable Order of the Bath is a British order of chivalry founded by George I on 18 May 1725. The name derives from the elaborate mediæval ceremony for creating a knight, which involved bathing as one of its elements. The knights so created were known as Knights of the Bath...
CBEOrder of the British EmpireThe Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is an order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by George V of the United Kingdom. The Order comprises five classes in civil and military divisions...
ADCAide-de-campAn aide-de-camp is a personal assistant, secretary, or adjutant to a person of high rank, usually a senior military officer or a head of state...
, P. O. Box 56, Shaftesbury
1998 appointments
- Mr John Barnard BushJohn Bush (Lord Lieutenant)John Barnard Bush OBE CStJ JP is the current Lord Lieutenant of the English county of Wiltshire, serving since 2004...
(born 1937), Fullingbridge Farm, Heywood, Westbury - Mr Charles Giles Clarke, Holt Manor, Holt
- Mrs Anna Ruth Grange, Thornhill Farm, Malmesbury
- Mr Patrick John Wintour, Weavers House, Bromham, Chippenham
1999 appointments
- Brigadier Arthur Brian Sherlock Heywood GoochSir Arthur Gooch, 14th BaronetBrigadier Sir Arthur Brian Sherlock Heywood Gooch, 14th Baronet DL, is an English baronet and retired regular officer of the British Army...
(born 1937), Manor Farm, ChitterneChitterneChitterne is a village and parish in the County of Wiltshire, in the south west of England. The village lies in the middle of Salisbury Plain, to the south of the abandoned village of Imber... - Mrs Christine Anne Cooke, JPJustice of the PeaceA justice of the peace is a puisne judicial officer elected or appointed by means of a commission to keep the peace. Depending on the jurisdiction, they might dispense summary justice or merely deal with local administrative applications in common law jurisdictions...
, Church Hill House, Donhead St Mary - Mrs Susan Veronica Eliot-Cohen, Hilldrop Farm, Ramsbury
2000 appointments
- Brigadier Robert John BaddeleyRobert Baddeley (British Army officer)Robert John Baddeley DL is a British soldier and former Aide-de-camp to Queen Elizabeth II. In the British Army he was a regular officer, rising to the rank of Brigadier....
, Hazeldon House, Wardour, Tisbury - Mr Philip John Miles, Middle Farm, Stanley, Chippenham
2002 appointments
- Mr Robert Noyes Lawton CBE, North Farm, AldbourneAldbourneAldbourne is a village and civil parish about northeast of Marlborough in Wiltshire, England. It is in a valley in the south slope of the Lambourn Downs, part of the North Wessex Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty...
, Marlborough - Mr David Bedingfield Scott, Nursteed House, DevizesDevizesDevizes is a market town and civil parish in Wiltshire, England. The town is about southeast of Chippenham and about east of Trowbridge.Devizes serves as a centre for banks, solicitors and shops, with a large open market place where a market is held once a week...
2003 appointments
- Mrs Sara JonesSara Jones----Sara Beverley Jones is a British beauty pageant contestant, actress and model who was Miss Manchester 2009, being crowned at the Palace Hotel, Manchester...
CBE, Orchard, Manor Farm Lane, Great WishfordGreat WishfordGreat Wishford is a village in the Wylye Valley in Wiltshire, 3 miles north of Wilton, Wiltshire and approximately 5 miles northwest of Salisbury. It is situated at a curve in the Wylye river, and has a triangular street layout comprising South Street, West Street and Station Road.-History:The...
, Salisbury - Alastair John Morrison, 3rd Baron Margadale of IslayAlastair Morrison, 3rd Baron MargadaleAlastair John Morrison, 3rd Baron Margadale is the son of James Morrison, 2nd Baron Margadale and Clare Barclay.He married, firstly, Lady Sophia Cavendish, daughter of Andrew Cavendish, 11th Duke of Devonshire and The Honourable Deborah Mitford, on 19 July 1988...
, The Quadrangle, TisburyTisbury-Places:*Tisbury, Wiltshire, a town in England**Tisbury railway station*Tisbury, Massachusetts, United States, on the island of Martha's Vineyard. Named after Tisbury, Wiltshire....
, SalisburySalisburySalisbury is a cathedral city in Wiltshire, England and the only city in the county. It is the second largest settlement in the county... - Mr William Francis Wyldbore-Smith, Bremhill Manor, CalneCalneCalne is a town in Wiltshire, southwestern England. It is situated at the northwestern extremity of the North Wessex Downs hill range, a designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty....
2004 appointments
- Lieutenant-General Sir Roderick Alexander Cordy-SimpsonRoddy Cordy-SimpsonLieutenant General Sir Roderick Alexander Cordy-Simpson KBE CB DL is a retired British Army general.-Career:Educated at Radley College, Roddy Cordy-Simpson was commissioned into the 13th/18th Hussars in February 1966....
KBE CB, The Coach House, Mill Lane, BishopstrowBishopstrowBishopstrow is a village and civil parish in Wiltshire, England, on the River Wylye about two miles south-east of Warminster, at .According to the 2001 census it had a population of 109....
, Warminster - Mr David Kim Hempleman-AdamsDavid Hempleman-AdamsDavid Kim Hempleman-Adams, LVO, OBE, CStJ, DL is a British adventurer.He is the first person in history to reach the Geographic and Magnetic North and South Poles as well as climb the highest peaks in all seven continents; the Adventurers' Grand Slam...
OBE, Hatt House, BoxBox, WiltshireBox is a village located in Wiltshire, England, about east of Bath and west of Chippenham. It is quite a large parish with several settlements, apart from the village of Box, within its boundaries.... - Mr William John Fishlock, 41 Windsor Road, SwindonSwindonSwindon is a large town within the borough of Swindon and ceremonial county of Wiltshire, in South West England. It is midway between Bristol, west and Reading, east. London is east...
2006 appointments
- Mrs Nicky Morrison, Whisper Cottage, Compton BassettCompton BassettCompton Bassett is a village in Wiltshire between Calne and Cherhill with a population of approximately 250. It is a largely rural village with several farms, a church, a pub and a shop.-Midge Mather Incident:...
- The Very Reverend June OsborneJune OsborneThe Very Reverend June Osborne DL is Dean of Salisbury since 1 May 2004, the first woman to serve as a dean at Salisbury Cathedral and the first at any of England's medieval cathedrals. She had served as acting Dean since the retirement of her predecessor, Derek Watson...
, The Deanery, The Close, SalisburySalisburySalisbury is a cathedral city in Wiltshire, England and the only city in the county. It is the second largest settlement in the county... - Mr Tim Pap OBE, Mallards, Chirton, DevizesDevizesDevizes is a market town and civil parish in Wiltshire, England. The town is about southeast of Chippenham and about east of Trowbridge.Devizes serves as a centre for banks, solicitors and shops, with a large open market place where a market is held once a week...
- Mrs Sarah Troughton, Lynch House, Wanborough
- His Honour JudgeJudgeA judge is a person who presides over court proceedings, either alone or as part of a panel of judges. The powers, functions, method of appointment, discipline, and training of judges vary widely across different jurisdictions. The judge is supposed to conduct the trial impartially and in an open...
John McNaught, Swindon Combined Courts, SwindonSwindonSwindon is a large town within the borough of Swindon and ceremonial county of Wiltshire, in South West England. It is midway between Bristol, west and Reading, east. London is east...
2007 appointments
- Lord MacLaurin of KnebworthIan MacLaurin, Baron MacLaurin of KnebworthIan Charter MacLaurin, Baron MacLaurin of Knebworth DL, is a British businessman who has been Chairman of Vodafone and Chairman and Chief Executive of Tesco. He is a former Chairman of the England and Wales Cricket Board and a former Chancellor of the University of Hertfordshire.Ian MacLaurin was...
(born 1937), Rowley Grange, Farleigh HungerfordFarleigh HungerfordFarleigh Hungerford is a village within the civil parish of Norton St Philip in Somerset, England, 9 miles southeast of Bath, 3½ miles west of Trowbridge on A366, in the valley of the River Frome.... - General Sir Michael David JacksonMike JacksonGeneral Sir Michael David "Mike" Jackson, is a retired British Army officer and one of its most high-profile generals since the Second World War. Originally commissioned into the Intelligence Corps in 1963, he transferred to the Parachute Regiment, with whom he served two of his three tours of...
GCB CBE DSO (born 1944), Stocktree Cottage, Great BedwynGreat BedwynGreat Bedwyn is a village and civil parish in the east of the English county of Wiltshire.-Location:Great Bedwyn is on the River Dun about south-west of Hungerford and south-east of Marlborough, Wiltshire. The Kennet and Avon Canal and the West of England Main Line railway follow the Dun and pass...
2009 appointments
- Sir Michael Edward Pitt, Garden Cottage, Foxley, Malmesbury
- The Hon. Peter John Pleydell-Bouverie, Newcourt, Downton, Salisbury
- Mrs Margaret Madeline Wilks, Box Cottage, North Newnton, Pewsey