This is a list of people who have served as Lord Lieutenant of Wigtown, part of the Dumfries and Galloway council area of south-west Scotland. Prior to 1975 the lieutenancy area corresponded to the historic county of Wigtownshire. Since 1975 the lieutenancy area has been the slightly larger Wigtown Area, covering the historic county plus the two parishes of Kirkmabreck and Minnigaff from Kirkcudbrightshire.

Title

The current title of the Lord Lieutenant is His Majesty's Lord-Lieutenant for Wigtown,[1] or the Lord Lieutenant for the Area of Wigtown. The area of Wigtown, the name of the relevant lieutenancy area of the Lord Lieutenant, corresponds to the local government district of Wigtown established in 1975 and abolished in 1996. The district was named after the town of Wigtown, and covered the historic county of Wigtownshire plus the two parishes of Kirkmabreck and Minnigaff from the historic county of Kirkcudbrightshire.[2]

Between 1794 and 1975, the official title of the office was His or Her Majesty's Lieutenant in the County of Wigtown. From 1975, the title became Lord-Lieutenant in Dumfries and Galloway Region (District of Wigtown), altering in 1996 to its present form described above.

List of office-holders

References

  1. ^ National Archives (UK)
  2. ^ "Princess Anne visits Terally RDA - The Galloway Gazette". www.gallowaygazette.co.uk. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
  3. ^ "No. 15166". The Edinburgh Gazette. 19 April 1935. p. 351.
  4. ^ Edinburgh Gazette, issue 17999, 16 January 1962
  5. ^ London Gazette, issue 48760, published 9 October 1981
  6. ^ "No. 58085". The London Gazette. 1 September 2006. p. 11949.
  7. ^ BREWIS
  8. ^ Lord Lieutenant for Wigtown
  9. ^ Lord-Lieutenant for Wigtown
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