Lieutenancy areas o Scotland

The lieutenancy areas o Scotland (Inglis: Lieutenancy areas of Scotland) is the areas uised fur the ceremonial lord-lieutenants, the monarch's representatives, in Scotland. They are different frae the local government council areas, the committee areas, the sheriffdoms, the registration counties, the umwhile regions an districts, the umwhile counties o Scotland, an the sindry ither subdivisions of Scotland.

The Lord Provosts o Aiberdeen, Dundee, Edinburgh, an Glesgae forby act ex officio as lord-lieutenants. This is a unique richt in the Unitit Kinrick: aw ither lord-lieutenants is appyntit bi the monarch, rather than bein eleckit politeecians.

Lieutenancy areas o Scotland

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Definition o the areas[eedit | eedit soorce]

Ilka Lord-Lieutenant o a coonty hauldin office immediately prior tae 16 Mey 1975 wis appointit tae a region or pairt o a region as follaes:

Coonty	Umwhile Region	Title	Pairt o Region
Aiberdeen	Grampian	Aiberdeenshire	The Coonty o Aiberdeen as existin afore 16 Mey 1975, except that pairt in the Ceety o Aiberdeen
Angus	Tayside	Angus	Destrict o Angus
Argyll	Strathclyde	Argyll an Bute	Destrict o Argyll an Bute
Ayr	Strathclyde	Ayrshire an Arran	Destricts o Cunninghame, Kilmarnock an Loudoun, Kyle an Carrick an Cumnock an Doon Valley
Banff	Grampian	Banffshire	the coonty o Banff as existin afore 16 May 1975
Berwick	Borders	Berwickshire	Destrict o Berwickshire
Caithness	Hieland	Caithness	Destrict o Caithness
Clackmannan	Central	Clackmannan	Destrict o Clackmannan
Dumfries	Dumfries an Galloway	Dumfries	Destricts o Nithsdale an Annandale an Eskdale
Dunbarton	Strathclyde	Dunbartonshire	Destricts o Dumbarton, Clydebank, Bearsden an Milngavie, Strathkelvin an Cumbernauld an Kilsyth
East Lothian	Lothian	East Lothian	Destrict o East Lothian
Fife	Fife	Fife	Entire Region
Inverness	Hieland	Inverness	Destricts o Lochaber, Inverness and Badenoch and Strathspey
Kincardine	Grampian	Kincardineshire	The coonty o Kincardine as existin afore 16 Mey 1975, except that pairt in the Ceety o Aiberdeen
Kinross (held jointly with Perth)	Tayside	Perth an Kinross	Destrict o Perth an Kinross
Stewartry o Kirkcudbright	Dumfries an Galloway	The Stewartry o Kirkcudbright	Destrict o Stewartry
Lanark	Strathclyde	Lanarkshire	Destricts o Monklands, Mitherwell, Hamilton, East Kilbride an Lanark
Midlothian	Lothian	Midlothian	Destrict o Midlothian
Moray	Grampian	Morayshire	Such pairt o the coonty o Moray as existin afore 16 Mey 1975 as lies athin the Region
Nairn	Hieland	Nairn	Destrict o Nairn
Orkney	Orkney Islands area	Orkney	Entire area
Peebles	Borders	Tweeddale	Destrict o Tweeddale
Perth (held jointly wi Kinross)	Tayside	Perth an Kinross	Destrict o Perth an Kinross
Renfrew	Strathclyde	Renfrewshire	Destricts o Eastwood, Renfrew an Inverclyde
Ross an Cromarty	Hieland	Ross an Cromarty	Destricts o Ross an Cromarty an Skye an Lochalsh
Roxburgh (held jointly wi Selkirk)	Borders	Roxburgh (held wi Ettrick an Lauderdale)	Destrict o Roxburgh
Selkirk (held jointly wi Roxburgh)	Borders	Ettrick an Lauderdale (held wi Roxburgh)	Destrict o Ettrick an Lauderdale
Stirling	Central	Stirling an Falkirk	Destricts o Stirling an Falkirk
Sutherland	Hieland	Sutherland	Destrict o Sutherland
Wast Lothian	Lothian	Wast Lothian	Destrict o Wast Lothian
-	Wastren Isles Islands area	Wastren Isles	Entire area
Wigtoun	Dumfries an Galloway	Wigtown	Destrict o Wigtoun
Zetland	Shetland Islands area	Shetland	Entire area

References[eedit | eedit soorce]

The Lord-Lieutenants Order 1975 1975 No. 428
The Lord-Lieutenants (Scotland) Order 1996, Statutory Instrument 1996 No. 731 (S.83).

See an aa[eedit | eedit soorce]

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