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The office of '''[[Lord-Lieutenant]] of [[Merseyside]]''' was created on 1 April 1974, taking over some duties from the [[Lord Lieutenant of Lancashire]] and [[Lord Lieutenant of Cheshire]]. As Merseyside (north of the River Mersey and parts of The Wirral) remains part of the Lancashire County Palatine, the Lord Lieutenant is appointed by the monarch in their capacity as Duke of Lancaster. The Lieutenancy area was created on the 1 April 1974, upon the creation of Merseyside itself.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://merseysidelieutenancy.weebly.com/history.html|title=History of the Lieutenancy|accessdate=15 March 2021}}</ref>

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|align=center| 1 || [[Brigadier]] [[Sir]] Douglas Crawford  || align=center| 1 April 1974 || align=center| <!---date until--->
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|align=center| 2 || [[Wing Commander (rank)|Wing Cdr]] [[Sir]] [[Kenneth Stoddart]]  || align=center| 1979 || align=center| 1989<ref>{{Cite newspaper The Times |url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/court_and_social/the_hitch/article1136115.ece |department=Court and Social |title=Birthdays |date=26 May 2007}}{{dead link|date=September 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>
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|align=center| 3 || [[Henry Egerton Cotton]]{{citation needed|date=October 2020}} || align=center| 5 June 1989 || align=center| 1992<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=51757 |date=8 June 1989}}</ref>
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|align=center| 4 || [[Sir]] [[Alan William Waterworth]]  || align=center| 22 November 1993 || align=center| 2006<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=53496 |date=26 November 1993}}</ref>
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|align=center| 5 || [[Dame (title)|Dame]] [[Lorna Muirhead]]  || align=center| 11 October 2006 || align=center| 2017 
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|align=center| 5 ||  Mark Blundell<ref>[https://merseysidelieutenancy.weebly.com/the-lord-lieutenant.html  - Lord-Lieutenant of Merseyside]. URL accessed 15 August 2018.</ref> || align=center| 13 September 2017 || align=center| Present
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==Deputy Lieutenants==
The county's current deputy lieutenants are:<ref>{{cite web|url=https://merseysidelieutenancy.weebly.com/deputy-lieutenants-a-g.html|title=Deputy Lieutenants A-G|accessdate=8 March 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://merseysidelieutenancy.weebly.com/deputy-lieutenants-h-p.html|title=Deputy Lieutenants H-P|accessdate=8 March 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://merseysidelieutenancy.weebly.com/deputy-lieutenants-r-z.html|title=Deputy Lieutenants R-Z|accessdate=8 March 2021}}</ref>
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*Professor [[Denise Barrett-Baxendale]]
*Sir Michael J. Bibby
*Michael P. Braham
*Zia U. Chaudry
*Andrew J. Cooke
*Captain Hugh B. Daglish
*Lady Marina Dalglish, 
*[[Edward Stanley, 19th Earl of Derby]]
* Claire F. Dove
* Paige Earlam
*Canon Ruth Fabby
* John Flamson
* Judith L. Greensmith

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*Colonel Charles T. Hillock
*[[Ruth Hussey (doctor)|Dr Ruth Hussey]]
*Elaine Inglesbey-Burke
*Dr Nicholas M. Jedynakiewicz
*Nigel Lanceley
*Stephen Maddox
* Lesley Martin-Wright
*Ian S. Meadows
* Anne P. Morris
*Professor [[Jon Murphy (police officer)|Sir Jonathan M. Murphy]]
*Professor [[Howard Newby|Sir Howard J. Newby]]
*Robert T.H. Owen
*Dr Roger N. Phillips

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*Professor [[Gerald Pillay|Gerald M. Pillay]]
*John Roberts
* Rebecca Ross-Williams 
*David Steer
* Max Steinberg
*Professor [[Ian Tracey (organist)|Ian G. Tracey]]
*Colonel [[Mark Underhill|Mark C.H. Underhill]]
*Nicholas A. Wainwright
*Professor [[Nigel Weatherill]]
* Allan D. Williams
*Brian Wong,
*Peter D. Woods
* Stephen Yip
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===Former===
Former Deputy Lieutenants have included:
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*Brigadier [[Selwyn Lloyd]]<ref name="18 June 1974">{{London Gazette|issue=46330|supp=y|page=7136|date=18 June 1974|nolink=y}}</ref>
*Lieutenant Colonel and Brevet Colonel Alan S. Eccles<ref name="18 June 1974"/>
*Lieutenant Colonel Charles H. Elston<ref name="18 June 1974"/>
*Major Henry B. Chrimes<ref name="18 June 1974"/>
*Air Commodore [[Jack Broughton (RAF officer)|Jack Broughton]]<ref name="17 January 1997">{{London Gazette|issue=54654|supp=y|page=675|date=17 January 1997|nolink=y}}</ref>
*Richard A. Foster<ref name="17 January 1997"/>
*William D. Fulton<ref name="17 January 1997"/>
*Professor Philip N. Love<ref name="17 January 1997"/>
* Harry Rimmer<ref name="17 January 1997"/>
*Sir James Sharples<ref name="17 January 1997"/>
*Anthony W. Shone<ref name="17 January 1997"/>
*Colonel [[Martin Amlôt|Martin G.C. Amlôt]]<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=56040|supp=y|page=13274|date=24 November 2000|nolink=y}}</ref>
* Angela A. Jones<ref name="7 June 2006">{{London Gazette|issue=58004|supp=y|date=7 June 2006|nolink=y}}</ref>
*Dr John E. Roberts<ref name="7 June 2006"/>
* John N. Rushbrooke<ref name="7 June 2006"/>
* Pauline L. Burrows<ref name="21 October 2011">{{London Gazette|issue=59945|supp=y|date=21 October 2011|nolink=y}}</ref>
* Alan J. Chic<ref name="21 October 2011"/>
*Sir David C. Clarke<ref name="21 October 2011"/>
*[[Frank Field, Baron Field of Birkenhead]]<ref name="21 October 2011"/>
*John R. Flamson<ref name="21 October 2011"/>
*Stephen B. L. Yip<ref name="21 October 2011"/>
*Wally Brown
*Professor [[Michael Brown (physicist)|Michael Brown]]
*James C.M. Davies
*Professor [[Ian Gilmore|Sir Ian Gilmore]]
*Professor [[Mark Hedley|Sir Mark Hedley]]
*Roger Morris
*Edward Perry
* Abila Pointing

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.merseysidelieutenancy.org.uk The Lord-Lieutenant of Merseyside]

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