The Lieutenancy of Orkney

In the earliest days the Lieutenancy of Orkney was combined with Shetland. The Lord-Lieutenants of the combined charge were as follows.

1715

Sir John Gordon, 16th Earl of Sutherland

1725

George Douglas, 13th Earl of Morton

1738

James Douglas, 14th Earl of Morton

1794  

Sir Thomas Dundas, 1st Baron Dundas

1820  

Office vacant

1831 

Lawrence Dundas, 2nd Baron Dundas (later Earl of Zetland, from 1838)

1839  

Hon. John Charles Dundas

1866  

Frederick Dundas of Papdale

1872 

John Charles Dundas

1892  

Malcolm Alfred Laing of Crook, Rendall

1917  

Office vacant

1919  

Sir William Watson Cheyne of Fetlar

1930  

Alfred Baikie of Tankerness

Lord-Lieutenants of Orkney

1948  

Patrick Neale Sutherland Graeme of Graemeshall

1959  

Robert Scarth of Binscarth

1966  

Henry William Scarth of Breckness

1972  

Robert Andrew Alexander Scarth Macrae of Grindelay

1990  

Malcolm Gray Dennison of Roeberry

1997  

George Robert Marwick of Swanney

2007  

Anthony Robert Trickett of Longhope

2014 

James William Spence of Kirkwall

2020  

Elizabeth Elaine Grieve of Firth

All have served Queen Elizabeth II during the years of her reign from 1952 until her death in 2022. Elaine is the only one to have served Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and her successor, King Charles III.



Elaine Grieve