The lieutenancy areas of Scotland are the areas used for the ceremonial lord-lieutenant, the monarch's representative in Scotland's Lieutenancy areas. The lords-lieutenant titles, chosen by the monarch and his legal advisers, are mainly based on placenames of the traditional counties of Scotland. In 1794, permanent lieutenancies were established by Royal Warrant. By the Militia Act 1797 (37 Geo.3, C.103), the lieutenants appointed "for the Counties, Stewartries, Cities, and Places" were given powers to raise and command County Militia Units.
While in their lieutenancies, lords-lieutenant are among the few individuals in Scotland officially permitted to fly a banner of the Royal Arms of Scotland, the "Lion Rampant" as it is more commonly known.
Lieutenancy areas are different from the current local government council areas and their committee areas. They also differ from other subdivisions of Scotland including sheriffdoms and former regions and districts.
The Lord Provosts of Aberdeen, Dundee, Edinburgh, and Glasgow also act as lord-lieutenants. This is a unique right in the United Kingdom: all other lord-lieutenants are appointed by the monarch, rather than being elected politicians.
List +Lieutenancy areas of Scotland Aberdeen Aberdeenshire Angus Argyll and Bute Ayrshire and Arran Banffshire Berwickshire Caithness Clackmannanshire Dumfries Dunbartonshire Dundee East Lothian Edinburgh Fife Glasgow Inverness Kincardineshire Lanarkshire Midlothian Moray Nairn Perth and Kinross Renfrewshire Ross and Cromarty Roxburgh, Ettrick and Lauderdale Stirling and Falkirk Sutherland Stewartry of Kirkcudbright Tweeddale West Lothian Western Isles Wigtown Not shown: Orkney Shetland
Definition of the areas Each Lord-Lieutenant of a county holding office immediately prior to the local government reorganisation of Scotland on 16 May 1975 was appointed to an area (usually the traditional county area or something very similar to it) within the regions and districts which were established on that date. The lieutenancy areas were not given names in the 1975 order transferring the lieutenancies. When local government was reorganised again on 1 April 1996, the lieutenancy areas remained essentially the same, with minor border adjustments in some based on new council area boundaries. The order transferring the lieutenancies in 1996 gave each lieutenancy a name, usually taken from the names of the pre-1975 counties which roughly correspond to the lieutenancy areas. Some lieutenancy names differ though, with the pre-1975 county of Peeblesshire now corresponding to a lieutenancy of Tweeddale.
Pre-1975 lieutenancy (County)Current Lieutenancy area Former region Definition Aberdeenshire Aberdeenshire Grampian The County of Aberdeen as existing before 16 May 1975, except that part in the City of Aberdeen Angus Angus Tayside District of Angus Argyll Argyll and Bute Strathclyde District of Argyll and Bute Ayr Ayrshire and Arran Strathclyde Districts of Cunninghame, Kilmarnock and Loudoun, Kyle and Carrick and Cumnock and Doon Valley Banffshire Banffshire Grampian The county of Banffshire as existing before 16 May 1975 Berwick Berwickshire Borders District of Berwickshire Caithness Caithness Highland District of Caithness Clackmannan Clackmannanshire Central District of Clackmannan Dumfries Dumfries Dumfries and Galloway Districts of Nithsdale and Annandale and Eskdale Dunbarton Dunbartonshire Strathclyde Districts of Dumbarton, Clydebank, Bearsden and Milngavie, Strathkelvin and Cumbernauld and Kilsyth East Lothian East Lothian Lothian District of East Lothian Fife Fife Fife Entire region Inverness Inverness Highland Districts of Lochaber, Inverness and Badenoch and Strathspey Kincardineshire Kincardineshire Grampian The county of Kincardineshire as existing before 16 May 1975, except that part in the City of Aberdeen Kinross (held jointly with Perth) Perth and Kinross Tayside District of Perth and Kinross Stewartry of Kirkcudbright Stewartry of Kirkcudbright Dumfries and Galloway District of Stewartry Lanark Lanarkshire Strathclyde Districts of Monklands, Motherwell, Hamilton, East Kilbride and Lanark Midlothian Midlothian Lothian District of Midlothian Moray Moray Grampian The county of Moray as existing before 16 May 1975, excluding the parts in Highland (being the pre-1975 burgh of Grantown-on-Spey and district of Cromdale) Nairn Nairn Highland District of Nairn Orkney Orkney Orkney Islands Area Entire area Peebles Tweeddale Borders District of Tweeddale Perth (held jointly with Kinross) Perth and Kinross Tayside District of Perth and Kinross Renfrew Renfrewshire Strathclyde Districts of Eastwood, Renfrew and Inverclyde Ross and Cromarty Ross and Cromarty Highland Districts of Ross and Cromarty and Skye and Lochalsh Roxburgh (held jointly with Selkirk) Roxburgh, Ettrick and Lauderdale Borders District of Roxburgh Selkirk (held jointly with Roxburgh) Roxburgh, Ettrick and Lauderdale Borders District of Ettrick and Lauderdale Stirling Stirling and Falkirk Central Districts of Stirling and Falkirk Sutherland Sutherland Highland District of Sutherland West Lothian West Lothian Lothian District of West Lothian Inverness (parts of it are held jointly with parts of Ross and Cromarty) Western Isles Western Isles Islands Area Entire area Wigtown Wigtown Dumfries and Galloway District of Wigtown Zetland Shetland Shetland Islands Area Entire area
See also Subdivisions of Scotland List of burghs in Scotland List of places in Scotland
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