Lord Lieutenant of Inverness
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The Lord-Lieutenant of Inverness, is the British monarch
's personal representative in an area which has been defined since 1975 as consisting of the local government districts of Inverness, Badenoch and Strathspey, and Lochaber, in Scotland, and this definition was renewed by the Lord-Lieutenants (Scotland) Order 1996. The area of the lieutanancy was previously the county of Inverness, which was abolished as a local government area by Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973
. The districts were created, by the 1973 act, as districts of the two-tier Highland region
and abolished as local government areas under the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1994, which turned the Highland region into a unitary council area.
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's personal representative in an area which has been defined since 1975 as consisting of the local government districts of Inverness, Badenoch and Strathspey, and Lochaber, in Scotland, and this definition was renewed by the Lord-Lieutenants (Scotland) Order 1996. The area of the lieutanancy was previously the county of Inverness, which was abolished as a local government area by Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973
Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973
The Local Government Act 1973 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, that reformed local government in Scotland, on May 16, 1975....
. The districts were created, by the 1973 act, as districts of the two-tier Highland region
Regions and districts of Scotland
The local government areas of Scotland were redefined by the Local Government Act 1973 and redefined again by the Local Government etc Act 1994....
and abolished as local government areas under the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1994, which turned the Highland region into a unitary council area.
List of Lord-Lieutenants of Inverness
- Sir James Grant, 8th BaronetSir James Grant, 8th BaronetSir James Grant of Grant, 8th Baronet FRSE FSA , was a Scottish landowner and politician....
17 March 1794 – 1809 - Francis Ogilvy-Grant, 6th Earl of SeafieldFrancis Ogilvy-Grant, 6th Earl of SeafieldFrancis William Ogilvy-Grant, 6th Earl of Seafield , known as Francis William Ogilvy-Grant until 1840, was a Scottish nobleman and Member of Parliament....
2 September 1809 – 30 July 1853 - Thomas Alexander Fraser, 12th Lord Lovat 26 August 1853 – 1873
- Simon Fraser, 13th Lord LovatSimon Fraser, 13th Lord LovatSimon Fraser, 13th Lord Lovat and 2nd Baron Lovat , was a Scottish peer. While legally the 13th Lord, he was referred to as the 15th Lord Lovat....
18 April 1873 – 6 September 1887 - Donald Cameron, 24th LochielDonald Cameron, 24th LochielDonald Cameron of Lochiel DL was a Scottish Conservative politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1868 to 1885. He was chieftain, the 24th chief of Clan Cameron....
17 October 1887 – 30 November 1905 - Alfred Donald Mackintosh, The Mackintosh of Mackintosh, 28th Chief of the Clan ChattanClan MacKintoshClan Mackintosh is a Scottish clan from Inverness with strong Jacobite ties. The Mackintoshes were also chiefs of the Chattan Confederation.-Origins:...
11 December 1905 – 14 November 1938 - Colonel Sir Donald Cameron, 25th LochielDonald Cameron, 25th LochielColonel Sir Donald Walter Cameron of Lochiel, KT, CMG, DL was a Scottish chieftain, the 25th chief of Clan Cameron....
2 January 1939 – 11 October 1951 - Alexander Godfrey Macdonald, 7th Baron Macdonald 28 January 1952 – 29 November 1970
- Sir Donald Hamish Cameron, 26th Lochiel 31 January 1971 – 1985
- Lachlan Mackintosh of Mackintosh 25 October 1985 – 26 December 1995
- James Gray, Baron Gray of Contin 5 December 1996 – 2002
- Donald Angus Cameron, 27th Lochiel 19 November 2002–present