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
Aiberdeen Aiberdeenshire Angus Argyll an Bute Ayrshire an Arran Banffshire Berwickshire Caithness Clackmannanshire Dumfries Dunbartonshire Dundee East Lowden Edinburgh Fife Glesgae Innerness Kincardineshire Lanrikshire	Midlothian Moray Nairn Perth an Kinross Renfrewshire Ross an Cromarty Roxburgh, Ettrick an Lauderdale Stirlin an Falkirk Sutherland The Stewartry o Kirkcudbright Tweeddale Wast Lowden Wastren Isles Wigtown No shown: Orkney Shetland

Definition o the areas

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

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

See an aa

• Subdiveesions of Scotland
• Leet o burghs in Scotland
• Leet o places in Scotland

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