Lord Lieutenant of Fife

This is a list of people who have served as Lord Lieutenant of Fife.

• Colin Lindsay, 3rd Earl of Balcarres 1688 – ??^[1]
• George Lindsay-Crawford, 22nd Earl of Crawford 17 March 1794 – 1807
• Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin 7 March 1807 – 1807
• George Lindsay-Crawford, 22nd Earl of Crawford 20 May 1807 – 30 June 1808
• George Douglas, 16th Earl of Morton 18 July 1808 – 1824
• Thomas Erskine, 9th Earl of Kellie 11 June 1824 – 6 February 1828
• James St Clair-Erskine, 2nd Earl of Rosslyn 23 February 1828 – 18 January 1837
• Robert Ferguson 14 February 1837 – 3 December 1840
• Captain James Erskine Wemyss RN 17 December 1840 – 3 April 1854
• James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin 22 April 1854 – 20 November 1863
• James Hay Erskine Wemyss 30 January 1864 – 29 March 1864
• Sir Robert Anstruther, 5th Baronet 11 June 1864 – 21 April 1886
• Victor Alexander Bruce, 9th Earl of Elgin 5 August 1886 – 18 January 1917
• Sir William Robertson 21 May 1917 – 27 February 1923
• Sir Ralph Anstruther, 6th Baronet 29 March 1923 – 30 September 1934
• Edward James Bruce, 10th Earl of Elgin 5 January 1935 – 1965
• Sir John McWilliam 20 January 1965 – 7 August 1974
• William Anstruther-Gray, Baron Kilmany 1 January 1975 – 1980
• Sir John Gilmour, 3rd Baronet 28 February 1980 – 1987
• Andrew Bruce, 11th Earl of Elgin 11 December 1987 – 1999
• Margaret Dean 13 September 1999 – 2015
• Robert William Balfour 22 January 2015– present^[2]

References

• Sainty, J. C. "Lieutenants and Lord-Lieutenants of Counties (Scotland) 1794-". Retrieved 2008-12-06.

1.  Henderson, Thomas Finlayson (1893). "Lindsay, Colin". In Lee, Sidney. Dictionary of National Biography. 33. London: Smith, Elder & Co. pp. 286–288.
2. The Edinburgh Gazette: no. 27525. p. 277. 23 February 2015. Retrieved 29 November 2015.