Lord-Lieutenant of Merseyside


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 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.
No.Lord-LieutenantFromUntil
1Brigadier Sir Douglas Crawford1 April 1974
2Wing Cdr Sir Kenneth Stoddart19791989
3Henry Egerton Cotton5 June 19891992
4Sir Alan William Waterworth22 November 19932006
5Dame Lorna Muirhead11 October 20062017
6Mark Blundell CVO13 September 201715 December 2025
7Peter Daniel Oliver OBE16 December 2025

Current Deputy Lieutenants

The county's current deputy lieutenants are:
  • 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
  • Colonel Charles T. Hillock
  • Dr Ruth Hussey
  • Elaine Inglesbey-Burke
  • Dr Nicholas M. Jedynakiewicz
  • Nigel Lanceley
  • Stephen Maddox
  • Lesley Martin-Wright
  • Ian S. Meadows
  • Anne P. Morris
  • Professor Sir Jonathan M. Murphy
  • Professor Sir Howard J. Newby
  • Peter Oliver OBE
  • Robert T.H. Owen
  • Dr Roger N. Phillips
  • Professor Gerald M. Pillay
  • John Roberts
  • Rebecca Ross-Williams
  • David Steer
  • Max Steinberg
  • Professor Ian G. Tracey
  • Colonel Mark C.H. Underhill
  • Nicholas A. Wainwright
  • Professor Nigel Weatherill
  • Allan D. Williams
  • Brian Wong
  • Peter D. Woods
  • Stephen Yip

    Former

Former Deputy Lieutenants have included:
  • Brigadier Selwyn Lloyd
  • Lieutenant Colonel and Brevet Colonel Alan S. Eccles
  • Lieutenant Colonel Charles H. Elston
  • Major Henry B. Chrimes
  • Air Commodore Jack Broughton
  • Richard A. Foster
  • William D. Fulton
  • Professor Philip N. Love
  • Harry Rimmer
  • Sir James Sharples
  • Anthony W. Shone
  • Colonel Martin G.C. Amlôt
  • Angela A. Jones
  • Dr John E. Roberts
  • John N. Rushbrooke
  • Pauline L. Burrows
  • Alan J. Chic
  • Sir David C. Clarke
  • Frank Field, Baron Field of Birkenhead
  • John R. Flamson
  • Stephen B. L. Yip
  • Wally Brown
  • Professor Michael Brown
  • James C.M. Davies
  • Professor Sir Ian Gilmore
  • Professor Sir Mark Hedley
  • Roger Morris
  • Edward Perry
  • Abila Pointing