The office of Lord-Lieutenant of Merseyside was created on 1 April 1974, taking over some duties from the Lord Lieutenant of Lancashire and Lord Lieutenant of Cheshire. As Merseyside (north of the River Mersey and parts of The Wirral) remains part of the Lancashire County Palatine, the Lord Lieutenant is appointed by the monarch in their capacity as Duke of Lancaster. The Lieutenancy area was created on the 1 April 1974, upon the creation of Merseyside itself.
No. Lord-Lieutenant From Until 1 Brigadier Sir Douglas Crawford 1 April 1974 2 Wing Cdr Sir Kenneth Stoddart 1979 1989 3 Henry Egerton Cotton 5 June 1989 1992 4 Sir Alan William Waterworth 22 November 1993 2006 5 Dame Lorna Muirhead 11 October 2006 2017 6 Mark Blundell - Lord-Lieutenant of Merseyside. URL accessed 15 August 2018. 13 September 2017 15 December 2025 7 Peter Oliver- Appointment of Lord-Lieutenant of Merseyside. URL accessed 5 November 2025 16 December 2025
Current Deputy Lieutenants The county's current deputy lieutenants are:
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Colonel Charles T. Hillock Ruth Hussey Elaine Inglesbey-Burke Nicholas Jedynakiewicz Nigel Lanceley Stephen Maddox Lesley Martin-Wright Ian S. Meadows Anne P. Morris Professor Sir Jonathan Murphy Professor Sir Howard Newby Peter Oliver Robert T.H. Owen Dr Roger N. Phillips
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Professor Gerald Pillay John Roberts Rebecca Ross-Williams David Steer Max Steinberg Professor Ian Tracey Colonel Mark Underhill Nicholas A. Wainwright Professor Nigel Weatherill Allan Williams Brian Wong Peter Woods Stephen Yip
Former Former Deputy Lieutenants have included:
Brigadier Selwyn Lloyd Lieutenant Colonel and Brevet Colonel Alan S. Eccles Lieutenant Colonel Charles H. Elston Major Henry B. Chrimes Air Commodore Jack Broughton Richard A. Foster William D. Fulton Professor Philip N. Love Harry Rimmer Sir James Sharples Anthony W. Shone Colonel Martin G.C. Amlôt Angela A. Jones Dr John E. Roberts John N. Rushbrooke Pauline L. Burrows Alan J. Chic Sir David C. Clarke Frank Field, Baron Field of Birkenhead John R. Flamson Stephen B. L. Yip Wally Brown Professor Michael Brown James C.M. Davies Professor Sir Ian Gilmore Professor Sir Mark Hedley Roger Morris Edward Perry Abila Pointing
References
External links The Lord-Lieutenant of Merseyside