Lord Lieutenant of Fife
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This is a list of people who have served as Lord Lieutenant
of Fife
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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...
of Fife
Fife
Fife is a council area and former county of Scotland. It is situated between the Firth of Tay and the Firth of Forth, with inland boundaries to Perth and Kinross and Clackmannanshire...
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- George Lindsay-Crawford, 22nd Earl of CrawfordGeorge Lindsay-Crawford, 22nd Earl of CrawfordMajor General George Lindsay-Crawford, 22nd Earl of Crawford , was a Scottish peer and soldier. He served in the British Army and was Lord Lieutenant of Fife....
17 March 1794 – 1807 - Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of ElginThomas Bruce, 7th Earl of ElginThomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin and 11th Earl of Kincardine was a Scottish nobleman and diplomat, known for the removal of marble sculptures from the Parthenon in Athens. Elgin was the second son of Charles Bruce, 5th Earl of Elgin and his wife Martha Whyte...
7 March 1807 – 1807 - George Lindsay-Crawford, 22nd Earl of CrawfordGeorge Lindsay-Crawford, 22nd Earl of CrawfordMajor General George Lindsay-Crawford, 22nd Earl of Crawford , was a Scottish peer and soldier. He served in the British Army and was Lord Lieutenant of Fife....
20 May 1807 – 30 June 1808 - George Douglas, 16th Earl of MortonGeorge Douglas, 16th Earl of MortonGeorge Douglas, 16th Earl of Morton, KT was the son of Sholto Douglas, 15th Earl of Morton.He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in February, 1785 and served as their vice-president from 1795-1819...
18 July 1808 – 1824 - Thomas Erskine, 9th Earl of KellieThomas Erskine, 9th Earl of KellieThomas Erskine, 9th Earl of Kellie was a Scottish merchant, landowner and politician who for many years lived in the Swedish port city of Gothenburg...
11 June 1824 – 6 February 1828 - James St Clair-Erskine, 2nd Earl of RosslynJames St Clair-Erskine, 2nd Earl of RosslynGeneral James St Clair-Erskine, 2nd Earl of Rosslyn GCB, PC , known as Sir James Erskine, Bt, between 1765 and 1789 and as Sir James St Clair-Erskine, Bt, between 1789 and 1805, was a Scottish soldier, politician, and Acting Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Scotland, on behalf of King George...
23 February 1828 – 18 January 1837 - Robert Ferguson 14 February 1837 – 3 December 1840
- Captain James Erskine WemyssJames Erskine WemyssJames Erskine Wemyss was a Scottish MP and Rear-Admiral.He was the son of William Wemyss by his wife Frances, daughter of Sir William Erskine, 1st Baronet. In 1820 he succeeded his father as Member of Parliament for Fife, sitting until 1831...
RN 17 December 1840 – 3 April 1854 - James Bruce, 8th Earl of ElginJames Bruce, 8th Earl of ElginSir James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin and 12th Earl of Kincardine, KT, GCB, PC , was a British colonial administrator and diplomat...
22 April 1854 – 20 November 1863 - James Hay Erskine WemyssJames Hay Erskine WemyssJames Hay Erskine Wemyss was a Scottish Member of Parliament, representing Fife from 1859 until his death....
30 January 1864 – 29 March 1864 - Sir Robert Anstruther, 5th BaronetSir Robert Anstruther, 5th BaronetSir Robert Anstruther, 5th Baronet was a Scottish Liberal Party politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1864 and 1886....
11 June 1864 – 21 April 1886 - Victor Alexander Bruce, 9th Earl of Elgin 5 August 1886 – 18 January 1917
- Sir William Robertson 21 May 1917 – 27 February 1923
- Sir Ralph Anstruther, 6th Baronet 29 March 1923 – 30 September 1934
- Edward James Bruce, 10th Earl of Elgin 5 January 1935 – 1965
- Sir John McWilliam 20 January 1965 – 7 August 1974
- William Anstruther-Gray, Baron KilmanyWilliam Anstruther-Gray, Baron KilmanyWilliam John St Clair Anstruther-Gray, Baron Kilmany, Bt MC PC .The only son of Col William Anstruther-Gray of Kilmany and Clayre Jessie Tennant, he was educated at Eton College and at Christ Church, Oxford, England...
1 January 1975 – 1980 - Sir John Gilmour, 3rd Baronet 28 February 1980 – 1987
- Andrew Bruce, 11th Earl of ElginAndrew Bruce, 11th Earl of ElginAndrew Douglas Alexander Thomas Bruce, 11th Earl of Elgin and 15th Earl of Kincardine, KT, CD, JP , styled Lord Bruce before 1968, is a Scottish peer.-Biography:...
11 December 1987 – 1999 - Margaret Dean 13 September 1999 – present