Lieutenancy areas of Scotland

Subdivisions in Scotland used by the British monarch's representatives

The lieutenancy areas of Scotland are the areas used for the ceremonial lord-lieutenants, the monarch's representatives, in Scotland. The lord-lieutenants' titles chosen by the monarch and his legal advisers are mainly based on placenames of the traditional counties of Scotland. In 1794, permanent lieutenancies were established by Royal Warrant. By the Militia Act 1797 (37 Geo.3, C.103), the lieutenants appointed "for the Counties, Stewartries, Cities, and Places" were given powers to raise and command County Militia Units.

While in their lieutenancies, lord lieutenants are among the few individuals in Scotland officially permitted to fly a banner of the Royal Arms of Scotland, the "Lion Rampant" as it is more commonly known.

Lieutenancy areas are different from the current local government council areas and their committee areas. They also differ from other subdivisions of Scotland including sheriffdoms and former regions and districts.

The Lord Provosts of Aberdeen, Dundee, Edinburgh, and Glasgow also act ex officio as lord-lieutenants. This is a unique right in the United Kingdom: all other lord-lieutenants are appointed by the monarch, rather than being elected politicians.

## List

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Lieutenancy areas of Scotland

1. Aberdeen
2. Aberdeenshire
3. Angus
4. Argyll and Bute
5. Ayrshire and Arran
6. Banffshire
7. Berwickshire
8. Caithness
9. Clackmannanshire
10. Dumfries
11. Dunbartonshire
12. Dundee
13. East Lothian
14. Edinburgh
15. Fife
16. Glasgow
17. Inverness
18. Kincardineshire
19. Lanarkshire
20. Midlothian
21. Moray
22. Nairn
23. Perth and Kinross
24. Renfrewshire
25. Ross and Cromarty
26. Roxburgh, Ettrick and Lauderdale
27. Stirling and Falkirk
28. Sutherland
29. Stewartry of Kirkcudbright
30. Tweeddale
31. West Lothian
32. Western Isles
33. Wigtown

Not shown:

* Orkney
* Shetland

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## Definition of the areas

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Each Lord-Lieutenant of a county holding office immediately prior to the local government reorganisation of Scotland on 16 May 1975 was appointed to an area (usually the traditional county area or something very similar to it) within the regions and districts which were established on that date. The lieutenancy areas were not given names in the 1975 order transferring the lieutenancies.[1] When local government was reorganised again on 1 April 1996, the lieutenancy areas remained essentially the same, with minor border adjustments in some based on new council area boundaries. The order transferring the lieutenancies in 1996 gave each lieutenancy a name, usually taken from the names of the pre-1975 counties which roughly correspond to the lieutenancy areas. Some lieutenancy names differ though, with the pre-1975 county of Peeblesshire now corresponding to a lieutenancy of Tweeddale.[2]

Pre-1975 lieutenancy (County)  | Current Lieutenancy area  | Former region  | Definition

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Aberdeenshire | Aberdeenshire | Grampian | The County of Aberdeen as existing before 16 May 1975, except that part in the City of Aberdeen
Angus | Angus  | Tayside | District of Angus
Argyll | Argyll and Bute  | Strathclyde | District of Argyll and Bute
Ayr | Ayrshire and Arran  | Strathclyde | Districts of Cunninghame, Kilmarnock and Loudoun, Kyle and Carrick and Cumnock and Doon Valley
Banffshire | Banffshire | Grampian | The county of Banffshire as existing before 16 May 1975
Berwick | Berwickshire | Borders | District of Berwickshire
Caithness | Caithness  | Highland | District of Caithness
Clackmannan | Clackmannanshire  | Central | District of Clackmannan
Dumfries | Dumfries  | Dumfries and Galloway | Districts of Nithsdale and Annandale and Eskdale
Dunbarton | Dunbartonshire[a] | Strathclyde | Districts of Dumbarton, Clydebank, Bearsden and Milngavie, Strathkelvin and Cumbernauld and Kilsyth
East Lothian | East Lothian  | Lothian | District of East Lothian
Fife | Fife  | Fife  | Entire region
Inverness | Inverness  | Highland | Districts of Lochaber, Inverness and Badenoch and Strathspey
Kincardineshire | Kincardineshire | Grampian | The county of Kincardineshireas existing before 16 May 1975, except that part in the City of Aberdeen
Kinross (held jointly with Perth)  | Perth and Kinross  | Tayside | District of Perth and Kinross
Stewartry of Kirkcudbright | Stewartry of Kirkcudbright  | Dumfries and Galloway | District of Stewartry
Lanark | Lanarkshire  | Strathclyde | Districts of Monklands, Motherwell, Hamilton, East Kilbride and Lanark
Midlothian | Midlothian  | Lothian | District of Midlothian
Moray | Moray | Grampian | The county of Moray as existing before 16 May 1975, excluding the parts in Highland (being the pre-1975 burgh of Grantown-on-Spey and district of Cromdale)
Nairn | Nairn  | Highland | District of Nairn
Orkney | Orkney  | Orkney Islands Area  | Entire area
Peebles | Tweeddale | Borders | District of Tweeddale
Perth (held jointly with Kinross)  | Perth and Kinross  | Tayside | District of Perth and Kinross
Renfrew | Renfrewshire | Strathclyde | Districts of Eastwood, Renfrew and Inverclyde
Ross and Cromarty | Ross and Cromarty  | Highland | Districts of Ross and Cromarty and Skye and Lochalsh
Roxburgh (held jointly with Selkirk)  | Roxburgh, Ettrick and Lauderdale  | Borders | District of Roxburgh
Selkirk (held jointly with Roxburgh)  | Roxburgh, Ettrick and Lauderdale  | Borders | District of Ettrick and Lauderdale
Stirling | Stirling and Falkirk  | Central | Districts of Stirling and Falkirk
Sutherland | Sutherland  | Highland | District of Sutherland
West Lothian | West Lothian  | Lothian | District of West Lothian
–  | Western Isles  | Western Isles Islands Area  | Entire area
Wigtown | Wigtown  | Dumfries and Galloway | District of Wigtown
Zetland | Shetland  | Shetland Islands Area  | Entire area

## See also

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* Subdivisions of Scotland
* List of burghs in Scotland
* List of places in Scotland

## References

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1. ^ The county and lieutenancy area is spelt with "N" (Dunbartonshire) and the town with "M" (Dumbarton).

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

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* Media related to Maps of traditional counties of Scotland at Wikimedia Commons

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