page_title: Lord-lieutenant
section_title: Present day
hierarchical_section_title: Lord-lieutenant / Present day
caption_attribution_description: English: Lord Crathorne in Lord Lieutenant's Uniform. This is the preferred uniformed photograph of Lord Crathorne.
context_page_description: 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 retired notable person in the county.
context_section_description: In 1996 Scottish regions and districts were abolished on further local government reorganisation, and since that date lord-lieutenants have been appointed to "lieutenancy areas", in most places roughly equivalent to the historic Scottish counties.
  Partial reform of local government in England since 1995 has led to the creation of so-called "ceremonial counties" to which lord-lieutenants are now appointed. The Lieutenancies Act 1997 is the most recent piece of primary legislation dealing with lieutenancies in England and includes the definitive list of the current areas used. Ceremonial counties may comprise combinations of county council areas and unitary authority areas, or even parts of them.
  Since the local government re-organisation of 1996 in Wales, lord-lieutenants are now appointed to "preserved counties", i.e. the counties used for administrative purposes from 1974 to 1996.
  The City of London was unaffected by changes introduced since 1882. It has a Commission of Lieutenancy rather than a single lord-lieutenant. The head of the commission is the Lord Mayor of the City of London.
caption: The uniform of an English lord-lieutenant includes a rose-and-crown badge on the cap and epaulettes
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