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Sir Richard Yates Henderson, KCVO, TD (born 1931) is a retired British solicitor and Army officer who served as Lord-Lieutenant of Ayrshire and Arran from 1991 to 2006. Henderson studied at

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, before completing a law degree at the

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. He was a

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in the

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from 1950 to 1952, and subsequently served in the Territorial Army, retiring in 1969 with the rank of

. He was a partner at Mitchells Roberton from 1958 until 1990, during some of which time he also held directorships with other businesses."Henderson, Sir Richard (Yates)"
''Who's Who'' (online ed., Oxford University Press, December 2018). Retrieved 7 June 2019. In 1970, Henderson was appointed a deputy lieutenant for

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. Between 1991 and 2006, he was Lord Lieutenant of Ayrshire and Arran. He was appointed a Knight Commander of the

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in the

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.
The London Gazette
', 17 June 2006 (supplement 58014), p. 3.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Henderson, Richard Living people 1931 births British solicitors Knights Commander of the Royal Victorian Order Lord-lieutenants of Ayrshire and Arran