Lord Lieutenant of Lanarkshire
Encyclopedia
This is a list of people who served as Lord Lieutenant
of Lanarkshire
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Lord Lieutenant
The title Lord Lieutenant is given to the British monarch's personal representatives in the United Kingdom, usually in a county or similar circumscription, with varying tasks throughout history. Usually a retired local notable, senior military officer, peer or business person is given the post...
of Lanarkshire
Lanarkshire
Lanarkshire or the County of Lanark ) is a Lieutenancy area, registration county and former local government county in the central Lowlands of Scotland...
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- George Douglas-Hamilton, 1st Earl of Orkney 1714 - 29th January 1737
- Douglas Douglas-Hamilton, 8th Duke of Hamilton 17 March 1794 – 2 August 1799
- Archibald Douglas-Hamilton, 9th Duke of Hamilton 30 November 1799 – 1802
- Alexander Douglas-Hamilton, 10th Duke of Hamilton 1 November 1802 – 18 August 1852
- William Douglas-Hamilton, 11th Duke of Hamilton 1 October 1852 – 15 July 1863
- Robert Hamilton, 8th Lord Belhaven and Stenton 6 August 1863 – 22 December 1868
- Sir Thomas Colebrooke, 4th BaronetSir Thomas Colebrooke, 4th BaronetSir Thomas Edward Colebrooke, 4th Baronet was a British politician.He was the son of Henry Thomas Colebrooke and Elizabeth Colebrooke...
27 January 1869 – 11 January 1890 - Charles Douglas-Home, 12th Earl of HomeCharles Douglas-Home, 12th Earl of HomeCharles Alexander Douglas-Home, 12th Earl of Home KT was a Scottish peer.He was born 1834 at the family home of The Hirsel near Coldstream, the son of the Cospatrick Douglas-Home, 11th Earl of Home, and known as Lord Dunglass until his father's death.He was Lord Lieutenant of Berwickshire 1879-80,...
1 February 1890 – 1915 - James Hozier, 2nd Baron NewlandsJames Hozier, 2nd Baron NewlandsJames Henry Cecil Hozier, 2nd Baron Newlands was a Scottish civil servant, diplomat and politician.-Biography:Hozier was the son of William Hozier, 1st Baron Newlands....
14 October 1915 – 1921 - Sir Robert King Stewart 18 April 1921 – 20 December 1930
- Sir James Knox 21 March 1931 – 8 May 1938
- Gavin Hamilton, 2nd Baron Hamilton of DalzellGavin Hamilton, 2nd Baron Hamilton of DalzellGavin George Hamilton, 2nd Baron Hamilton of Dalzell KT, CVO, MC , was a Scottish Liberal politician.Hamilton was the eldest surviving son of John Hamilton, 1st Baron Hamilton of Dalzell, and his wife Lady Emily Eleanor, daughter of Alexander Leslie-Melville, 10th Earl of Leven...
6 July 1938 – 23 June 1952 - John Colville, 1st Baron ClydesmuirJohn Colville, 1st Baron ClydesmuirDavid John Colville, 1st Baron Clydesmuir PC GCIE was a Scottish Unionist politician, and industrialist...
26 August 1952 – 31 October 1954 - Sir Alexander Stephen 28 January 1955 – 1959
- John Christie Stewart 16 June 1959 – 1963
- Roland Colville, 2nd Baron Clydesmuir 21 August 1963 – 1992
- Hutchison Burt Sneddon 17 August 1992 – 1999
- vacant
- Gilbert Kirkwood Cox 1 February 2001 – 2010
- Mushtaq Ahmad OBE 11 November 2010 – present