Lord Lieutenant of Orkney and Shetland
This is a list of people who served as Lord Lieutenant of Orkney and Shetland. The Lieutenancy was replaced by two Lieutenancies, the Lord Lieutenant of Orkney and the Lord Lieutenant of Shetland, in 1948.
- 1715 – ?[1]
- George Douglas, 13th Earl of Morton 1735 – 1738[1]
- The Lord Dundas 17 March 1794 – 14 June 1820[2][3]
- vacant[2]
- The Earl of Zetland 10 May 1831 – 19 February 1839[2]
- John Dundas 30 March 1839 – 14 February 1866[2]
- Frederick Dundas 7 March 1866 – 26 October 1872[2]
- John Dundas 18 December 1872 – 13 September 1892[2]
- 5 November 1892 – 10 December 1917
- vacant
- Sir William Cheyne, Bt 1919 – 1930
- 1930–1947
Vice Lieutenants[]
- Lieutenant-General Frederick William Traill-Burroughs, CB 17 January 1900[4]
References[]
- Sainty, J. C. "Lieutenants and Lord-Lieutenants of Counties (Scotland) 1794-". Retrieved 2018-02-10.
- ^ a b "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-06-27. Retrieved 2011-02-13.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ a b c d e f Joseph Haydn and Horace Ockerby, The Book of Dignities, London 1894, p. 511
- ^ "No. 13652". The London Gazette. 6 May 1794. p. 409.
- ^ "No. 27156". The London Gazette. 23 January 1900. p. 438.
Categories:
- Lord Lieutenancies of Scotland
- Orkney
- Shetland
- Politics of Orkney
- Politics of Shetland
- Lord Lieutenants of Orkney and Shetland