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Lord-Lieutenant of Merseyside

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The office of Lord-Lieutenant of Merseyside was created on 1 April 1974, taking over some duties from the Lord Lieutenant of Lancashire and Lord Lieutenant of Cheshire. As Merseyside (north of the River Mersey and parts of The Wirral) remains part of the Lancashire County Palatine, the Lord Lieutenant is appointed by the monarch in their capacity as Duke of Lancaster. The Lieutenancy area was created on the 1 April 1974, upon the creation of Merseyside itself.{{cite web|url=https://merseysidelieutenancy.weebly.com/history.html|title=History of the Lieutenancy|accessdate=15 March 2021}}

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align=center| 1Brigadier Sir Douglas Crawfordalign=center| 1 April 1974align=center|
align=center| 2Wing Cdr Sir Kenneth Stoddartalign=center| 1979align=center| 1989{{Cite newspaper The Times |url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/court_and_social/the_hitch/article1136115.ece |department=Court and Social |title=Birthdays |date=26 May 2007}}{{dead link|date=September 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}
align=center| 3Henry Egerton Cotton{{citation needed|date=October 2020}}align=center| 5 June 1989align=center| 1992{{London Gazette |issue=51757 |date=8 June 1989}}
align=center| 4Sir Alan William Waterworthalign=center| 22 November 1993align=center| 2006{{London Gazette |issue=53496 |date=26 November 1993}}
align=center| 5Dame Lorna Muirheadalign=center| 11 October 2006align=center| 2017
align=center| 5Mark Blundell[https://merseysidelieutenancy.weebly.com/the-lord-lieutenant.html - Lord-Lieutenant of Merseyside]. URL accessed 15 August 2018.align=center| 13 September 2017align=center| Present

Deputy Lieutenants

The county's current deputy lieutenants are:{{cite web|url=https://merseysidelieutenancy.weebly.com/deputy-lieutenants-a-g.html|title=Deputy Lieutenants A-G|accessdate=8 March 2021}}{{cite web|url=https://merseysidelieutenancy.weebly.com/deputy-lieutenants-h-p.html|title=Deputy Lieutenants H-P|accessdate=8 March 2021}}{{cite web|url=https://merseysidelieutenancy.weebly.com/deputy-lieutenants-r-z.html|title=Deputy Lieutenants R-Z|accessdate=8 March 2021}}

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  • Colonel Charles T. Hillock
  • Dr Ruth Hussey
  • Elaine Inglesbey-Burke
  • Dr Nicholas M. Jedynakiewicz
  • Nigel Lanceley
  • Stephen Maddox
  • Lesley Martin-Wright
  • Ian S. Meadows
  • Anne P. Morris
  • Professor Sir Jonathan M. Murphy
  • Professor Sir Howard J. Newby
  • Robert T.H. Owen
  • Dr Roger N. Phillips

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=Former=

Former Deputy Lieutenants have included:

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  • Brigadier Selwyn Lloyd{{London Gazette|issue=46330|supp=y|page=7136|date=18 June 1974|nolink=y}}
  • Lieutenant Colonel and Brevet Colonel Alan S. Eccles
  • Lieutenant Colonel Charles H. Elston
  • Major Henry B. Chrimes
  • Air Commodore Jack Broughton{{London Gazette|issue=54654|supp=y|page=675|date=17 January 1997|nolink=y}}
  • Richard A. Foster
  • William D. Fulton
  • Professor Philip N. Love
  • Harry Rimmer
  • Sir James Sharples
  • Anthony W. Shone
  • Colonel Martin G.C. Amlôt{{London Gazette|issue=56040|supp=y|page=13274|date=24 November 2000|nolink=y}}
  • Angela A. Jones{{London Gazette|issue=58004|supp=y|date=7 June 2006|nolink=y}}
  • Dr John E. Roberts
  • John N. Rushbrooke
  • Pauline L. Burrows{{London Gazette|issue=59945|supp=y|date=21 October 2011|nolink=y}}
  • Alan J. Chic
  • Sir David C. Clarke
  • Frank Field, Baron Field of Birkenhead
  • John R. Flamson
  • Stephen B. L. Yip
  • Wally Brown
  • Professor Michael Brown
  • James C.M. Davies
  • Professor Sir Ian Gilmore
  • Professor Sir Mark Hedley
  • Roger Morris
  • Edward Perry
  • Abila Pointing

References

External links

  • [http://www.merseysidelieutenancy.org.uk The Lord-Lieutenant of Merseyside]

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