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Lord Lieutenant Of Inverness
The Lord-Lieutenant of Inverness is the British monarch's personal representative in an area which has been defined since 1975 as consisting of the local government districts of Inverness, Badenoch and Strathspey, and Lochaber, in Scotland, and this definition was renewed by the Lord-Lieutenants (Scotland) Order 1996. The area of the lieutenancy used to be the county of Inverness, which was abolished as a local government area by Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973. The districts were created, by the 1973 act, as districts of the two-tier Highland region and abolished as local government areas under the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994, which turned the Highland region into a unitary council area. List of Lord-Lieutenants of Inverness *Sir James Grant, 8th Baronet 17 March 1794 – 1809 *Francis Ogilvy-Grant, 6th Earl of Seafield 2 September 1809 – 30 July 1853 * Thomas Alexander Fraser, 12th Lord Lovat 26 August 1853 – 1873 *Simon Fraser, 13th Lord Lovat 18 April 1873 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lord-lieutenant
A lord-lieutenant ( ) is the British monarch's personal representative in each lieutenancy area of the United Kingdom. Historically, each lieutenant was responsible for organising the county's militia. In 1871, the lieutenant's responsibility over the local militia was removed. However, it was not until 1921 that they formally lost the right to call upon able-bodied men to fight when needed. Lord-lieutenant is now an honorary titular position usually awarded to a notable person in the county, and despite the name, may be either male or female, peer or not. Origins England and Wales Lieutenants were first appointed to a number of English counties by King Henry VIII in the 1540s, when the military functions of the sheriffs were handed over to them. Each lieutenant raised and was responsible for the efficiency of the local militia units of his county, and afterwards of the yeomanry and volunteers. He was commander of these forces, whose officers he appointed. These commissions ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir James Grant, 8th Baronet
Sir James Grant of Grant, 8th Baronet, (19 May 1738, Moray – 18 February 1811, Castle Grant) was a Scottish landowner, politician and Chief of Clan Grant. He was often referred to as the ''Good Sir James''. Life Grant was the son of Sir Ludovick Grant, 7th Baronet, and Lady Margaret Ogilvy, daughter of James Ogilvy, 2nd Earl of Seafield. Born at Cullen House, Moray, Scotland, he was educated at Westminster School and Christ's College, Cambridge. Grant succeeded his father as Member of Parliament for Elginshire in 1761, a seat he held until 1768. In 1773 Grant succeeded his father as eighth Baronet of Colquhoun. In 1783 he was a co-founder of the Royal Society of Edinburgh and served as its first Physical President. From 1790 to 1795 he was MP for Banffshire. He also served as Lord Lieutenant of Inverness-shire. He was colonel of a fencible regiment, the Grant Fencible Regiment raised in 1793. He died at the family seat of Castle Grant in February 1811, aged 72, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lord Lieutenancies Of Scotland
Lord is an appellation for a person or deity who has authority, control, or power over others, acting as a master, chief, or ruler. The appellation can also denote certain persons who hold a title of the peerage in the United Kingdom, or are entitled to courtesy titles. The collective "Lords" can refer to a group or body of peers. Etymology According to the ''Oxford Dictionary of English'', the etymology of the word can be traced back to the Old English word ''hlāford'' which originated from ''hlāfweard'' meaning "loaf-ward" or "bread-keeper", reflecting the Germanic tribal custom of a chieftain providing food for his followers. The appellation "lord" is primarily applied to men, while for women the appellation "lady" is used. This is no longer universal: the Lord of Mann, a title previously held by the Queen of the United Kingdom, and female Lords Mayor are examples of women who are styled as "Lord". Historical usage Feudalism Under the feudal system, "lord" had a wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Order Of Precedence In Scotland
The order of precedence in Scotland was fixed by Royal Warrant in 1905. Amendments were made by further Warrants in 1912, 1952, 1958, 1999 (to coincide with the establishment of the Scottish Parliament and Scottish Government) and most recently in 2012. The relative precedence of peers of Scotland is determined by the Act of Union 1707. Gentlemen Royalty, high officials, et al. Royal family Precedence is accorded to spouses, children and grandchildren of the reigning sovereign, as well as children and grandchildren of former sovereigns. High Officers of State, et al. Nobility, et al. Dukes, et al. Marquesses, et al. Earls, et al. Judiciary, et al. # Lord Justice General (Paul Cullen, Lord Pentland) #Lord Clerk Register ''(office held by a woman)'' # Lord Advocate ''(office held by a woman)'' # Advocate General for Scotland ''(office held by a woman)'' # Lord Justice Clerk ( John Beckett, Lord Beckett) # Viscounts #Eldest sons of earls # Lord Frederick Windsor (only ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Donald Angus Cameron Of Lochiel
Donald Angus Cameron of Lochiel, (2 August 1946 – 20 October 2023) was the 27th Chief of Clan Cameron. He served as Lord Lieutenant of Inverness from 2002 to 2021. Early life He was the eldest son of four children born to Col. Sir Donald Hamish Cameron of Lochiel, 26th Chief, , and his wife, Margaret Gathorne-Hardy, only daughter of Lt.-Col. the Hon. Nigel Gathorne-Hardy, himself son of the 2nd Earl of Cranbrook. He was educated at Harrow and went on to read history at Christ Church, Oxford where he graduated as MA. Career Donald Cameron, younger of Lochiel, as he was then known, was commissioned as a Lieutenant in the Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders (TA) in 1966. He resigned that commission in 1968. He then trained as a chartered accountant (FCA, 1971). In 1983, Prince Naruhito (the present Emperor of Japan) stayed at Achnacarry Castle during an expedition to climb Ben Nevis, hosted by Lochiel. Upon the death of his father in 2004, he assumed the chiefship of C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Gray, Baron Gray Of Contin
James Hector Northey "Hamish" Gray, Baron Gray of Contin, (28 June 1927 – 14 March 2006) was a Scottish Conservative politician and life peer. Gray was born in Inverness and educated at the Inverness Royal Academy. His father owned an Inverness roofing firm. He was commissioned into the Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders in 1945 and served in India, during partition. He married Judith Waite Brydon in 1953 and they had two sons and a daughter. He was elected as an Independent member of Inverness Council in 1965 and at the 1970 general election he was elected to Parliament as the Conservative and Unionist Party Member of Parliament (MP) for Ross and Cromarty. He was appointed to the Whips' Office in 1971, and he served as a front bench Energy spokesman (1975–1979). Upon the Conservatives' return to government in 1979, he was appointed as the Minister of State for Energy under David Howell, where he remained until the 1983 general election, when he was defeated in the new Ro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Donald Hamish Cameron Of Lochiel
Colonel (United Kingdom), Colonel Sir Donald Hamish Cameron of Lochiel, (12 September 1910 – 26 May 2004) was a British Army officer, landowner and the Chiefs of Clan Cameron, 26th Chief of Clan Cameron. He served as commanding officer of the Lovat Scouts throughout the World War II, Second World War. He succeeded his father as Scottish clan chief, Chief of the Camerons in 1951 and later served as Lord Lieutenant of Inverness-shire. Early life Born at Buchanan Castle near Drymen, Cameron was the eldest son of Col. Sir Donald Walter Cameron of Lochiel, and his wife, Lady Hermione Graham (1882–1978), daughter of Douglas Graham, 5th Duke of Montrose. After attending Harrow School, Harrow, the 19-year-old Cameron was commissioned as an officer in the Lovat Scouts before going to Balliol College, Oxford where he graduated as Bachelor of Arts, BA in 1933. Second World War At the outbreak of the World War II, Second World War in 1939, Lochiel joined Lovat Scouts, his regimen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Godfrey Macdonald, 7th Baron Macdonald
Alexander Godfrey Macdonald, 7th Baron Macdonald, MBE (27 June 1909 – 1970) was a grandson of Ronald Bosville-Macdonald, 6th Baron Macdonald. Born Alexander Godfrey Bosville-Macdonald, he changed his surname to Macdonald on becoming Chief of the Name and Arms of Macdonald. On 14 June 1945, he married Anne Whitaker and they had three children: *Janet Ann Macdonald (born 2 November 1946) * Godfrey James Macdonald, 8th Baron Macdonald (born 28 November 1947) *Alexander Donald Archibald Macdonald (born 3 September 1953) References * Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th Edition, edited by Charles Mosley, Wilmington, Delaware, 2003, vol II, pp. 2474–2475, 1909 births 1970 deaths Nobility from Highland (council area) Alumni of Magdalene College, Cambridge Lord-lieutenants of Inverness-shire Members of the Order of the British Empire 7 Alexander Alexander () is a male name of Greek origin. The most prominent bearer of the name is Alexande ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Donald Walter Cameron Of Lochiel
Colonel Sir Donald Walter Cameron of Lochiel, (4 November 1876 – 11 October 1951) was a British Army officer of the Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders and the 25th Chief of Clan Cameron. Early life Lochiel was born at Dalkeith Palace on 4 November 1876, the eldest son of Donald Cameron of Lochiel, 24th Chief, and his wife, Lady Margaret Montagu Douglas Scott, daughter of Walter Montagu Douglas Scott, 5th Duke of Buccleuch. He had three brothers: Ewen, Allan and Archibald; two of whom would be killed during the First World War. He was educated at Harrow and attended Royal Military Academy Sandhurst. Following his father's death in 1905, he succeeded as the 25th Chief ("Lochiel") of Clan Cameron and laird of Achnacarry Castle; which came with some 100,000 acres that included Ben Nevis. Career Cameron was commissioned as an officer in the Grenadier Guards on 5 September 1896, and promoted to lieutenant on 8 September 1898. He served in South Africa 1899-1900 during the Sec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Donald Cameron Of Lochiel (1835–1905)
Donald Cameron of Lochiel, (5 April 1835 – 30 November 1905) was a Scottish landowner, Conservative Member of Parliament and diplomat. He was the 24th Chief of Clan Cameron. Early life Lochiel was the eldest son of Donald Cameron, 23rd Lochiel and Lady Vere Catherine Louisa Hobart (1803–1888), of Hampden House, Buckinghamshire. His mother, a sister of the 5th Earl of Buckinghamshire, was the daughter of the Hon. George Vere Hobart by his second wife Janet Maclean, a scion of the Macleans of Coll and Camerons of Glendessary. Lochaber joyously celebrated the birth of Lochiel's heir during the spring of 1835, with commemorative dinners held by Camerons 'from Ballachulish Ferry to the Marches of Knoydart', as well as the lighting of bonfires on Ben Nevis. He was educated at Harrow, and shortly thereafter entered into the Diplomatic service. Career Diplomacy Entering the Foreign Office in 1852, Cameron was to be employed in diplomatic service in Europe and the F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simon Fraser, 13th Lord Lovat
Simon Fraser, 13th Lord Lovat and 2nd Baron Lovat, (21 December 1828 – 6 September 1887) was a Scottish nobleman, landowner, and soldier. He was the 22nd Chief of Clan Fraser of Lovat in the Scottish Highlands, and responsible for overseeing the reconstruction of Beaufort Castle. Early life Lovat was the eldest of four sons and three daughters born to Thomas Alexander Fraser, 12th Lord Lovat and Hon. Charlotte Georgina Stafford-Jerningham, daughter of George William Stafford-Jerningham, 8th Baron Stafford. Among his siblings was Amelia Charlotte Fraser (wife of Charles Scott-Murray of Danesfield), Frances Giorgiana Fraser (wife of Sir Pyers Mostyn, 8th Baronet), Charlotte Henrietta Fraser (wife of Sir Matthew Sausse, the Chief Justice of Bombay), Alexander Edward Fraser (a Lt.-Col. in the Scots Guards who fought in the Crimean War and married Georgiana Mary Heneage, only daughter of George Fieschi Heneage of Hainton Hall) George Edward Stafford Fraser (who died u ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Alexander Fraser, 12th Lord Lovat
Thomas Alexander Fraser, 12th Lord Lovat and 1st Baron Lovat, (17 June 1802 – 28 June 1875) was a Scottish nobleman. He was the 21st Chief ''MacShimidh'' of Clan Fraser of Lovat, succeeding to the title of his distant cousin, the 11th Lord Lovat, who had been attainted and executed as a Jacobite in 1747. Early life Born on 17 June 1802, he was the son of Amelia (née Leslie) Fraser and Alexander Fraser, 9th of Strichen, a Captain of the 1st Dragoon Guards who died on 28 October 1803, shortly after his birth. His paternal grandparents were Alexander Fraser, 8th of Strichen and Jean (née Menzies) Fraser (a daughter of William Menzies and niece of James Menzies of Culdares). His maternal grandparents were John Leslie, 22nd Baron of Balquhain and the former Violet Dalzell. In 1821, Fraser commissioned Aberdeen architect John Smith to design a town house known as Strichen Town House. Career In 1815, upon the death of Archibald Campbell Fraser (who outlived all of his childr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
