Lord Lieutenant of Wigtown
This is a list of people who have served as
Title
The current title of the Lord Lieutenant is His Majesty's Lord-Lieutenant for Wigtown,
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
- John Stewart, 7th Earl of Galloway 17 March 1794 – 13 November 1806
- George Stewart, 8th Earl of Galloway 24 March 1807 – 1828
- Randolph Stewart, 9th Earl of Galloway 9 July 1828 – 1851
- John Dalrymple, 10th Earl of Stair 16 May 1851 – 3 December 1903
- Sir Herbert Maxwell, 7th Baronet 26 December 1903 – 1935
- John James Dalrymple, 12th Earl of Stair 17 April 1935 – 4 November 1961[3]
- John Aymer Dalrymple, 13th Earl of Stair 8 January 1962 – 1981[4]
- Maj. Henry John Brewis 18 September 1981 – 25 May 1989[5]
- Maj. Edward Stuart Orr-Ewing 1 November 1989 – 2006
- Marion Teresa Brewis 14 August 2006 – 31 December 2014[6][7]
- John Alexander Ross 25 Sep 2015 – 19 Feb 2020[8]
- Aileen Brewis 20 Feb 2020 to present[9]
References
- . Retrieved 10 February 2018.
- ^ National Archives (UK)
- ^ "Princess Anne visits Terally RDA - The Galloway Gazette". www.gallowaygazette.co.uk. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
- ^ "No. 15166". The Edinburgh Gazette. 19 April 1935. p. 351.
- ^ Edinburgh Gazette, issue 17999, 16 January 1962
- ^ London Gazette, issue 48760, published 9 October 1981
- ^ "No. 58085". The London Gazette. 1 September 2006. p. 11949.
- ^ BREWIS
- ^ Lord Lieutenant for Wigtown
- ^ Lord-Lieutenant for Wigtown