The Lord-Lieutenants of Orkney Across the Years
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
