Lord Lieutenant of Nairn

The Lord Lieutenant of Nairn, is the British monarch's personal representative in the Nairn lieutenancy area in Scotland.

History

Prior to 1975 the lieutenant was appointed to the county of Nairn, also known as Nairnshire. The county was abolished as an administrative area in 1975 and replaced by a local government district called Nairn covering the same area as the pre-1975 county. Nairn district formed part of the Highland Region. The lieutenancy area was redefined in 1975 to match the district.[1]

The district was abolished in 1996, but the lieutenancy area continues to be defined as being the area of the district as it was prior to its abolition in 1996.[2] The lieutenancy area is named 'Nairn' in the 1996 statutory instrument which most recently confirmed the area's definition, although the term 'Nairnshire' is also sometimes used in official announcements about it.[3]

List of Lord Lieutenants of Nairn

References

  • Sainty, J. C. (September 2005). "Lieutenants and Lord-Lieutenants of Counties (Scotland) 1794-". Retrieved 18 April 2017.
  1. ^ "The Lord-Lieutenants Order 1975", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 1975/428, retrieved 25 November 2022
  2. ^ "The Lord-Lieutenants (Scotland) Order 1996", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 1996/731, retrieved 25 November 2022
  3. ^ a b "Appointment of a new Lord-Lieutenant for Nairnshire" (Press release). Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street. 20 December 2017. Retrieved 14 October 2018.
  4. ^ D. Hayton; E. Cruickshanks; S. Handley, eds. (2002). "The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1690-1715". Parliament Press.
  5. ^ "No. 27990". The Edinburgh Gazette. 19 February 2018. p. 314.


Stub icon

This Scotland-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.