Lieutenancy areas of Scotland

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The Lieutenancy areas of Scotland are the areas used for the ceremonial lords-lieutenant, the monarch's representatives, in Scotland. They are different from the local government council areas, the committee areas, the sheriffdoms, the registration counties, the former regions and districts, the former counties of Scotland, and the various other subdivisions of Scotland.

The Lords Provost of Aberdeen, Dundee, Edinburgh, and Glasgow also act as lords-lieutenant. This is a unique right in the UK: all other lords-lieutenant are appointed by the monarch, rather than being elected politicians.

Lieutenancy Areas of Scotland

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[edit] Definition of the areas

Each Lord-Lieutenant of a county holding office immediately prior to May 16, 1975 was appointed to a region or part of a region as follows:

County	Region	Title	Part of Region
Aberdeen	Grampian	Aberdeenshire	The County of Aberdeen as existing before 16th May 1975, except that part in the City of Aberdeen
Angus	Tayside	Angus	District of Angus
Argyll	Strathclyde	Argyll and Bute	District of Argyll and Bute
Ayr	Strathclyde	Ayrshire and Arran	Districts of Cunninghame, Kilmarnock and Loudoun, Kyle and Carrick and Cumnock and Doon Valley
Banff	Grampian	Banffshire	the county of Banff as existing before 16th May 1975
Berwick	Borders	Berwickshire	District of Berwickshire
Caithness	Highland	Caithness	District of Caithness
Clackmannan	Central	Clackmannan	District of Clackmannan
Dumfries	Dumfries and Galloway	Dumfries	Districts of Nithsdale and Annandale and Eskdale
Dunbarton	Strathclyde	Dumbartonshire	Districts of Dumbarton, Clydebank, Bearsden and Milngavie, Strathkelvin and Cumbernauld and Kilsyth
East Lothian	Lothian	East Lothian	District of East Lothian
Fife	Fife	Fife	Entire Region
Inverness	Highland	Inverness	Districts of Lochaber, Inverness and Badenoch and Strathspey
Kincardine	Grampian	Kincardineshire	The county of Kincardine as existing before 16th May 1975, except that part in the City of Aberdeen
Kinross (held jointly with Perth)	Tayside	Perth and Kinross	District of Perth and Kinross
Stewartry of Kirkcudbright	Dumfries and Galloway	The Stewartry of Kirkcudbright	District of Stewartry
Lanark	Strathclyde	Lanarkshire	Districts of Monklands, Motherwell, Hamilton, East Kilbride and Lanark
Midlothian	Lothian	Midlothian	District of Midlothian
Moray	Grampian	Morayshire	Such part of the county of Moray as existing before 16th May 1975 as lies within the Region
Nairn	Highland	Nairn	District of Nairn
Orkney	Orkney Islands Area	Orkney	Entire area
Peebles	Borders	Tweeddale	District of Tweeddale
Perth (held jointly with Kinross)	Tayside	Perth and Kinross	District of Perth and Kinross
Renfrew	Strathclyde	Renfrewshire	Districts of Eastwood, Renfrew and Inverclyde
Ross and Cromarty	Highland	Ross and Cromarty	Districts of Ross and Cromarty and Skye and Lochalsh
Roxburgh (held jointly with Selkirk)	Borders	Roxburgh (held with Ettrick and Lauderdale)	District of Roxburgh
Selkirk (held jointly with Roxburgh)	Borders	Ettrick and Lauderdale (held with Roxburgh)	District of Ettrick and Lauderdale
Stirling	Central	Stirling and Falkirk	Districts of Stirling and Falkirk
Sutherland	Highland]	Sutherland	District of Sutherland
West Lothian	Lothian	West Lothian	District of West Lothian
-	Western Isles Islands Area	Western Isles	Entire area
Wigtown	Dumfries and Galloway	Wigtown	District of Wigtown
Zetland	Shetland Islands Area	Shetland	Entire area