Lord provost
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A lord provost (
Provost of Perth
.
A lord provost has a higher status than a
ex officio the lord-lieutenant for that city, in accordance with section 1 of the Lieutenancies Act 1997
, which allows the city council to choose its own representative for the monarch.
The lord provosts of
Glasgow enjoy the style of "The Right Honourable
" before their office, but not their names.
Permission to use the title is granted to a city by the monarch, under the royal prerogative, acting on the advice of government ministers.
See also
- Provost (civil)
- List of provosts of Aberdeen
- List of provosts of Dundee
- List of provosts of Edinburgh
- List of provosts of Glasgow