Lord Lieutenant of Kirkcudbright
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This is a list of people who have served as Lord-Lieutenant of Kirkcudbright
, now the Lord-Lieutenant for Dumfries and Galloway Region (District of Stewartry).
Kirkcudbright
Kirkcudbright, is a town in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland.The town lies south of Castle Douglas and Dalbeattie, in the part of Dumfries and Galloway known as the Stewartry, at the mouth of the River Dee, some six miles from the sea...
, now the Lord-Lieutenant for Dumfries and Galloway Region (District of Stewartry).
- George Stewart, 8th Earl of GallowayGeorge Stewart, 8th Earl of GallowayAdmiral George Stewart, 8th Earl of Galloway KT , styled Lord Garlies between 1773 and 1806, was a British naval commander and politician.-Background:...
5 November 1794 – 1803 - John Stewart, 7th Earl of GallowayJohn Stewart, 7th Earl of GallowayJohn Stewart, 7th Earl of Galloway KT was a Scottish peer, styled Viscount Garlies from 1747 until 1773. He succeeded his father Alexander in 1773. He was elected one of the representative peers, representing the Peerage of Scotland in the House of Lords, in 1774 and sat there until the 1790s...
28 June 1803 – 13 November 1806 - Thomas Douglas, 5th Earl of SelkirkThomas Douglas, 5th Earl of SelkirkThomas Douglas, 5th Earl of Selkirk was a Scottish peer. He was born at Saint Mary's Isle, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland. He was noteworthy as a Scottish philanthropist who sponsored immigrant settlements in Canada at the Red River Colony.- Early background :Douglas was the seventh son of Dunbar...
24 March 1807 – 8 April 1820 - George Stewart, 8th Earl of GallowayGeorge Stewart, 8th Earl of GallowayAdmiral George Stewart, 8th Earl of Galloway KT , styled Lord Garlies between 1773 and 1806, was a British naval commander and politician.-Background:...
10 June 1820 – 1828 - Randolph Stewart, 9th Earl of Galloway 9 July 1828 – 1845
- Dunbar James Douglas, 6th Earl of SelkirkDunbar James Douglas, 6th Earl of SelkirkDunbar James Douglas, 6th Earl of Selkirk FRS was a Scottish peer.-Biography:The son of Thomas Douglas, 5th Earl of Selkirk and Joan Wedderburn-Colville, he was born in London....
29 May 1845 – 11 April 1885 - Marmaduke Constable-Maxwell, 11th Lord Herries of Terregles 26 May 1885 – 6 October 1908
- Lt Col Robert Francis Dudgeon 9 November 1908 – 4 October 1932
- Randolph Algernon Ronald Stewart, 12th Earl of Galloway 17 November 1932 – 1975
- Col Gordon Guthrie Malcolm Bachelor 7 September 1975 – 16 November 1976
- Walter John Macdonald Ross 1 February 1977 – 29 July 1982
- Charles St Clair, 17th Lord SinclairCharles St Clair, 17th Lord SinclairMajor Charles Murray Kennedy St Clair, 17th Lord Sinclair, CVO was a Scottish peer who spent his entire life in the service of the Crown; as a soldier, an officer of arms, an equerry in the Queen Mother's Household, a representative peer and as a Lord Lieutenant.-Early and personal life:Charles St...
24 November 1982 – 1989 - Sir Michael HerriesMichael HerriesSir Michael Alexander Robert Young-Herries MC was the Chairman and Managing Director of Jardine Matheson & Co...
26 July 1989 – 6 May 1995 - Sir Norman ArthurNorman ArthurLieutenant General Sir John Norman Stewart Arthur KCB CVO was General Officer Commanding in Scotland.-Military career:Educated at Eton College and the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst, Arthur was commissioned into the Royal Scots Greys in 1951...
16 February 1996 – 2006 - Sir Malcolm Ross 2 March 2006 – present