Lord Lieutenant of Cromarty

This is a list of Lord Lieutenants of Cromartyshire, Scotland.

Robert Bruce Aeneas Macleod 5 May 1794 – 1833
Roderick Macleod 6 May 1833 – 13 March 1853
George Granville William Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, 3rd Duke of Sutherland 2 April 1853 – 26 August 1889

The office was replaced by the Lord Lieutenant of Ross and Cromarty in 1889 through the operation of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1889.{{cite book |title=Local Government (Scotland) Act 1889 (52 & 53 Vict. c. 50) Section 39 |date=1889 |page=228 |publisher=Incorporated Council of Law Reporting for England and Wales |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-D0wAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA228 |access-date=10 September 2024}}

Deputy lieutenants

A deputy lieutenant of Cromarty is commissioned by the Lord Lieutenant of Cromarty. Deputy lieutenants support the work of the lord-lieutenant. There can be several deputy lieutenants at any time, depending on the population of the county. Their appointment does not terminate with the changing of the lord-lieutenant, but they usually retire at age 75.

=19th Century=

20 April 1846: John Andrew Shaw Mackenzie{{London Gazette |issue=20614|page=2214|date=16 June 1846}}
20 April 1846: Roderick Mackenzie
20 April 1846: Sir Alexander Matheson, 1st Baronet
20 April 1846: Henry Mackenzie Fowler
20 April 1846: Colin Lyon Mackenzie

References

{{cite web | title=Lieutenants and Lord-Lieutenants of Counties (Scotland) 1794- | last=Sainty | first=J. C. | author-link=John Sainty (civil servant) | url=http://www.history.ac.uk/publications/office/lieutenants-scot#S10 | access-date=2014-04-22}}

Category:Ross and Cromarty

Cromarty