Lieutenancy areas o Scotland

The lieutenancy areas o Scotland () is the areas uised fur the ceremonial lord-lieutenants, the monarch's representatives, in Scotland.  They are different frae the local government council areas, the committee areas, the sheriffdoms, the registration counties, the umwhile regions an districts, the umwhile counties o Scotland, an the sindry ither subdivisions of Scotland.

The Lord Provosts o Aiberdeen, Dundee, Edinburgh, an Glesgae forby act ex officio as lord-lieutenants. This is a unique richt in the Unitit Kinrick: aw ither lord-lieutenants is appyntit bi the monarch, rather than bein eleckit politeecians.

<tr><td colspan="3" align="center" bgcolor="#BFD7FF">Lieutenancy areas o Scotland
Aiberdeen
Aiberdeenshire
Angus
Argyll an Bute
Ayrshire an Arran
Banffshire
Berwickshire
Caithness
Clackmannanshire
Dumfries
Dunbartonshire
Dundee
East Lowden
Edinburgh
Fife
Glesgae
Innerness
Kincardineshire
Lanrikshire
<li>Midlothian
<li>Moray
<li>Nairn
<li>Perth an Kinross
<li>Renfrewshire
<li>Ross an Cromarty
<li>Roxburgh, Ettrick an Lauderdale
<li>Stirlin an Falkirk
<li>Sutherland
<li>The Stewartry o Kirkcudbright
<li>Tweeddale
<li>Wast Lowden
<li>Wastren Isles
<li>Wigtown
No shown:
 Orkney
 Shetland
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Definition o the areas
Ilka Lord-Lieutenant o a coonty hauldin office immediately prior tae 16 Mey 1975 wis appointit tae a region or pairt o a region as follaes:

  Coonty Umwhile Region Title Pairt o Region  Aiberdeen Grampian Aiberdeenshire The Coonty o Aiberdeen as existin afore 16 Mey 1975, except that pairt in the Ceety o Aiberdeen Angus Tayside Angus Destrict o Angus Argyll Strathclyde Argyll an Bute Destrict o Argyll an Bute Ayr Strathclyde Ayrshire an Arran  Destricts o Cunninghame, Kilmarnock an Loudoun, Kyle an Carrick an Cumnock an Doon Valley Banff Grampian Banffshire the coonty o Banff as existin afore 16 May 1975 Berwick Borders Berwickshire Destrict o Berwickshire Caithness Hieland Caithness Destrict o Caithness Clackmannan Central Clackmannan Destrict o Clackmannan Dumfries Dumfries an Galloway Dumfries Destricts o Nithsdale an Annandale an Eskdale Dunbarton Strathclyde Dunbartonshire Destricts o Dumbarton, Clydebank, Bearsden an Milngavie, Strathkelvin an Cumbernauld an Kilsyth East Lothian Lothian East Lothian Destrict o East Lothian Fife Fife Fife Entire Region Inverness Hieland Inverness Destricts o Lochaber, Inverness and Badenoch and Strathspey Kincardine Grampian Kincardineshire The coonty o Kincardine as existin afore 16 Mey 1975, except that pairt in the Ceety o Aiberdeen Kinross (held jointly with Perth) Tayside Perth an Kinross Destrict o Perth an Kinross Stewartry o Kirkcudbright Dumfries an Galloway The Stewartry o Kirkcudbright Destrict o Stewartry Lanark Strathclyde Lanarkshire Destricts o Monklands, Mitherwell, Hamilton, East Kilbride an Lanark Midlothian Lothian Midlothian Destrict o Midlothian Moray Grampian Morayshire Such pairt o the coonty o Moray as existin afore 16 Mey 1975 as lies athin the Region Nairn Hieland Nairn Destrict o Nairn Orkney Orkney Islands area Orkney Entire area Peebles Borders Tweeddale Destrict o Tweeddale Perth (held jointly wi Kinross) Tayside Perth an Kinross Destrict o Perth an Kinross Renfrew Strathclyde Renfrewshire Destricts o Eastwood, Renfrew an Inverclyde Ross an Cromarty Hieland Ross an Cromarty Destricts o Ross an Cromarty an Skye an Lochalsh Roxburgh (held jointly wi Selkirk) Borders Roxburgh (held wi Ettrick an Lauderdale) Destrict o Roxburgh Selkirk (held jointly wi Roxburgh) Borders Ettrick an Lauderdale (held wi Roxburgh) Destrict o Ettrick an Lauderdale Stirling Central Stirling an Falkirk Destricts o Stirling an Falkirk Sutherland Hieland Sutherland Destrict o Sutherland Wast Lothian Lothian Wast Lothian Destrict o Wast Lothian - Wastren Isles Islands area Wastren Isles Entire area Wigtoun Dumfries an Galloway Wigtown Destrict o Wigtoun Zetland Shetland Islands area Shetland Entire area

References
 The Lord-Lieutenants Order 1975 1975 No. 428
 The Lord-Lieutenants (Scotland) Order 1996, Statutory Instrument 1996 No. 731 (S.83).

See an aa
Subdiveesions of Scotland 
Leet o burghs in Scotland
Leet o places in Scotland


Lieutenancy areas o Scotland