Lord Lieutenant of Fife

This is a list of people who have served as Lord Lieutenant of Fife.

• Colin Lindsay, 3rd Earl of Balcarres 1688 – ?^[1]
• John Leslie, 10th Earl of Rothes 1746 – ?^[2]
• George Lindsay-Crawford, 22nd Earl of Crawford 17 March 1794 – 1807
• Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin 7 March 1807 – 1807
• George Lindsay-Crawford, 22nd Earl of Crawford 20 May 1807 – 30 June 1808
• George Douglas, 16th Earl of Morton 18 July 1808 – 1824
• Thomas Erskine, 9th Earl of Kellie 11 June 1824 – 6 February 1828
• James St Clair-Erskine, 2nd Earl of Rosslyn 23 February 1828 – 18 January 1837
• Robert Ferguson 14 February 1837 – 3 December 1840
• Captain James Erskine Wemyss RN 17 December 1840 – 3 April 1854
• James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin 22 April 1854 – 20 November 1863
• James Hay Erskine Wemyss 30 January 1864 – 29 March 1864
• Sir Robert Anstruther, 5th Baronet 11 June 1864 – 21 April 1886
• Victor Alexander Bruce, 9th Earl of Elgin 5 August 1886 – 18 January 1917
• Sir William Robertson 21 May 1917 – 27 February 1923
• Sir Ralph Anstruther, 6th Baronet 29 March 1923 – 30 September 1934
• Edward James Bruce, 10th Earl of Elgin 5 January 1935 – 1965
• Sir John McWilliam 20 January 1965 – 7 August 1974
• William Anstruther-Gray, Baron Kilmany 1 January 1975 – 1980 ^[3]
• Sir John Gilmour, 3rd Baronet 28 February 1980 – 1987
• Andrew Bruce, 11th Earl of Elgin 11 December 1987 – 1999
• Margaret Dean 13 September 1999 – 2015
• Robert William Balfour 22 January 2015– present^[4]

Deputy lieutenants

A deputy lieutenant of Fife is commissioned by the Lord Lieutenant of Fife. Deputy lieutenants support the work of the lord-lieutenant. There can be several deputy lieutenants at any time, depending on the population of the county. Their appointment does not terminate with the changing of the lord-lieutenant, but they usually retire at age 75.

19th Century

• 5 March 1831: Lord William Robert Keith Douglas^[5]
• 5 March 1831: Lieutenant General Alexander Bethune^[5]
• 5 March 1831: Francis Balfour^[5]
• 5 March 1831: Onesiphorus Tyndal Bruce^[5]
• 5 March 1831: David Wemyss^[5]
• 5 March 1831: John Fergus^[5]
• 5 March 1831: Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas Webster^[5]
• 5 March 1831: Robert Douglas^[5]
• 5 March 1831: John Stuart^[5]
• 5 March 1831: Rear Admiral Sir Frederick Lewis Maitland^[5]

References

• Sainty, J. C. "Lieutenants and Lord-Lieutenants of Counties (Scotland) 1794-". Retrieved 10 February 2018.

1. Henderson, Thomas Finlayson (1893). "Lindsay, Colin" . In Lee, Sidney (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 33. London: Smith, Elder & Co. pp. 286–288.
2. Paton, Henry; Spain, Jonathan (23 September 2004). "Leslie, John, tenth earl of Rothes". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/16497. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
3. "No. 19599". The Edinburgh Gazette. 17 January 1975. p. 55.
4. "No. 27525". The Edinburgh Gazette. 23 February 2015. p. 277.
5. "No. 18793". The London Gazette. 15 April 1831. p. 716.