Lieutenancy areas of Scotland

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The lieutenancy areas of Scotland are the areas used for the ceremonial lord-lieutenants, the monarch's representatives, in Scotland. The lord-lieutenants' titles chosen by the monarch and his legal advisers are mainly based on placenames of the traditional counties of Scotland. In 1794, permanent lieutenancies were established by Royal Warrant. By the Militia Act 1797 (37 Geo.3, C.103), the lieutenants appointed "for the Counties, Stewartries, Cities, and Places" were given powers to raise and command County Militia Units.

While in their lieutenancies, lord lieutenants are among the few individuals in Scotland officially permitted to fly a banner of the Royal Arms of Scotland, the "Lion Rampant" as it is more commonly known.

Lieutenancy areas are different from the current local government council areas and their committee areas. They also differ from other subdivisions of Scotland including sheriffdoms and former regions and districts.

The Lord Provosts of Aberdeen, Dundee, Edinburgh, and Glasgow also act {{lang|la|ex officio}} as lord-lieutenants. This is a unique right in the United Kingdom: all other lord-lieutenants are appointed by the monarch, rather than being elected politicians.

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Definition of the areas

Each Lord-Lieutenant of a county holding office immediately prior to the local government reorganisation of Scotland on 16 May 1975 was appointed to an area (usually the traditional county area or something very similar to it) within the regions and districts which were established on that date. The lieutenancy areas were not given names in the 1975 order transferring the lieutenancies.{{cite legislation UK|type=si|si=The Lord-Lieutenants Order 1975|year=1975|number=428|accessdate=25 November 2022}} When local government was reorganised again on 1 April 1996, the lieutenancy areas remained essentially the same, with minor border adjustments in some based on new council area boundaries. The order transferring the lieutenancies in 1996 gave each lieutenancy a name, usually taken from the names of the pre-1975 counties which roughly correspond to the lieutenancy areas. Some lieutenancy names differ though, with the pre-1975 county of Peeblesshire now corresponding to a lieutenancy of Tweeddale.{{cite legislation UK|type=si|si=The Lord-Lieutenants (Scotland) Order 1996|year=1996|number=731|accessdate=25 November 2022}}

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! Pre-1975 lieutenancy (County)

! style="width:20em;"|Current Lieutenancy area

! Former region

! Definition

Aberdeenshire

| Aberdeenshire

| Grampian

| The County of Aberdeen as existing before 16 May 1975, except that part in the City of Aberdeen

Angus

| Angus

| Tayside

| District of Angus

Argyll

| Argyll and Bute

| Strathclyde

| District of Argyll and Bute

Ayr

| Ayrshire and Arran

| Strathclyde

| Districts of Cunninghame, Kilmarnock and Loudoun, Kyle and Carrick and Cumnock and Doon Valley

Banffshire

| Banffshire

| Grampian

| The county of Banffshire as existing before 16 May 1975

Berwick

| Berwickshire

| Borders

| District of Berwickshire

Caithness

| Caithness

| Highland

| District of Caithness

Clackmannan

| Clackmannanshire

| Central

| District of Clackmannan

Dumfries

| Dumfries

| Dumfries and Galloway

| Districts of Nithsdale and Annandale and Eskdale

Dunbarton

| Dunbartonshire{{efn|The county and lieutenancy area is spelt with "N" (Dunbartonshire) and the town with "M" (Dumbarton).}}

| Strathclyde

| Districts of Dumbarton, Clydebank, Bearsden and Milngavie, Strathkelvin and Cumbernauld and Kilsyth

East Lothian

| East Lothian

| Lothian

| District of East Lothian

Fife

| Fife

| Entire region

Inverness

| Inverness

| Highland

| Districts of Lochaber, Inverness and Badenoch and Strathspey

Kincardineshire

| Kincardineshire

| Grampian

| The county of Kincardineshireas existing before 16 May 1975, except that part in the City of Aberdeen

Kinross (held jointly with Perth)

| Perth and Kinross

| Tayside

| District of Perth and Kinross

Stewartry of Kirkcudbright

| Stewartry of Kirkcudbright

| Dumfries and Galloway

| District of Stewartry

Lanark

| Lanarkshire

| Strathclyde

| Districts of Monklands, Motherwell, Hamilton, East Kilbride and Lanark

Midlothian

| Midlothian

| Lothian

| District of Midlothian

Moray

| Moray

| Grampian

| The county of Moray as existing before 16 May 1975, excluding the parts in Highland (being the pre-1975 burgh of Grantown-on-Spey and district of Cromdale)

Nairn

| Nairn

| Highland

| District of Nairn

Orkney

| Orkney

| Orkney Islands Area

| Entire area

Peebles

| Tweeddale

| Borders

| District of Tweeddale