This is a list of people who have served as

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 o ...

for

Berwickshire Berwickshire (; ) is a historic county, registration county and lieutenancy area in south-eastern Scotland, on the English border. The county takes its name from Berwick-upon-Tweed, its original county town, which was part of Scotland at the ...

List of officeholders

Alexander Home, 10th Earl of Home Alexander Ramey-Home, 10th Earl of Home (11 November 1769 – 21 October 1841), styled Lord Dunglass from 1781 to 1786, was a British politician and nobleman. He served as a List of Scottish representative peers, Scottish representative peer bet ...

17 March 1794 – 20 October 1841 * James Maitland, 9th Earl of Lauderdale 2 November 1841 – 22 August 1860 * David Robertson, 1st Baron Marjoribanks 10 December 1860 – 19 June 1873 *

James Innes-Ker, 6th Duke of Roxburghe James Henry Robert Innes-Ker, 6th Duke of Roxburghe, KT (12 July 1816 – 23 April 1879) was a Scottish peer. Early life Innes-Ker was the only surviving child of the 5th Duke of Roxburghe and the former Harriet Charlewood (–1855). Before ...

9 July 1873 – 23 April 1879 *

Charles Douglas-Home, 12th Earl of Home Charles Alexander Douglas-Home, 12th Earl of Home, (11 April 1834 – 30 April 1918), styled Lord Dunglass between 1841 and 1881, was a British politician and nobleman. He served as Lord Lieutenant of Berwickshire from 1879 to 1880 and Lord L ...

20 June 1879 – 1890 *

Frederick Maitland, 13th Earl of Lauderdale Earl of Lauderdale is a title in the Peerage of Scotland. The current holder of the title is Ian Maitland, 18th Earl of Lauderdale. History The title was created in 1624 for John Maitland, 2nd Lord Maitland of Thirlestane, Berwickshire. The se ...

4 March 1890 – 1901 * George Baillie-Hamilton, Lord Binning 5 January 1901 – 12 January 1917 *

Charles Balfour Captain Charles Barrington Balfour JP, DL, CB (20 February 1862 – 31 August 1921) was a British Army officer who became a Conservative Party politician. He sat in the House of Commons from 1900 to 1907. He was a first cousin of Arthur Balf ...

30 May 1917 – 31 August 1921 * Colonel Charles Hope 23 January 1922 – 25 August 1930 *

Charles Douglas-Home, 13th Earl of Home Charles Cospatrick Archibald Douglas-Home, 13th Earl of Home, (29 December 1873 – 11 July 1951), styled Lord Dunglass between 1881 and 1918, was a British peer and banker. He served as Lord Lieutenant of Berwickshire from 1930 to 1951. H ...

8 December 1930 – 11 July 1951 *

George Baillie-Hamilton, 12th Earl of Haddington George Baillie-Hamilton, 12th Earl of Haddington (18 September 1894 – 17 April 1986), was a Scottish peer from 1917 to 1986. Life Haddington was the son of Brigadier-General George Baillie-Hamilton, Lord Binning and Katherine Salting (d.19 ...

11 January 1952 – 1969 * Lieutenant-Colonel Sir William Bertram Swan 13 October 1969 – 1989 *

John Swinton of Kimmerghame Major-General Sir John Swinton of Kimmerghame, (21 April 1925 – 4 October 2018) was a British Army officer who served as Major-General commanding the Household Division and General Officer Commanding London District from 1976 until his retir ...

10 October 1989 – 2000 *

Alexander Richard Trotter Alexander () is a male name of Greek origin. The most prominent bearer of the name is Alexander the Great, the king of the Ancient Greek kingdom of Macedonia who created one of the largest empires in ancient history. Variants listed here are A ...

20 September 2000 – 20 February 2014 * Jeanna Swan 25 April 2014 – present

Deputy lieutenant of Berwickshire

A deputy lieutenant of Berwickshire is commissioned by the Lord Lieutenant of Berwickshire. Deputy lieutenants support the work of the lord-lieutenant. There can be several deputy lieutenants at any time, depending on the population of the county. Their appointment does not terminate with the changing of the lord-lieutenant, but they usually retire at age 75. *22 May 2006: Joy Dobie *22 May 2006: Susan Swan

References

* Lord lieutenancies of Scotland Berwickshire {{scotland-bio-stub