Lord Lieutenant of Hereford and Worcester
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The office of Lord-Lieutenant of Hereford and Worcester was created when the county of Hereford and Worcester
was formed in 1974 through the merger of the former counties
(and lieutenancy areas) of Herefordshire
and Worcestershire
. It was abolished in 1998 when Herefordshire
and Worcestershire
reverted into two separate ceremonial counties.
Hereford and Worcester
Hereford and Worcester was an English county created on 1 April 1974, by the Local Government Act 1972 from the area of the former administrative county of Herefordshire, most of Worcestershire and the county borough of Worcester.It bordered Shropshire, Staffordshire and the West Midlands to the...
was formed in 1974 through the merger of the former counties
Historic counties of England
The historic counties of England are subdivisions of England established for administration by the Normans and in most cases based on earlier Anglo-Saxon kingdoms and shires...
(and lieutenancy areas) of Herefordshire
Lord Lieutenant of Herefordshire
This is a list of people who have served as Lord Lieutenant of Herefordshire. Before the English Civil War, the lieutenancy of Herefordshire was always held by the Lord Lieutenant of Wales, but after the Restoration, its lieutenants were appointed separately...
and Worcestershire
Lord Lieutenant of Worcestershire
This is a list of people who have served as Lord Lieutenant of Worcestershire. Since 1719, all Lord Lieutenants have also been Custos Rotulorum of Worcestershire.-Lord Lieutenants of Worcestershire to 1974:...
. It was abolished in 1998 when Herefordshire
Lord Lieutenant of Herefordshire
This is a list of people who have served as Lord Lieutenant of Herefordshire. Before the English Civil War, the lieutenancy of Herefordshire was always held by the Lord Lieutenant of Wales, but after the Restoration, its lieutenants were appointed separately...
and Worcestershire
Lord Lieutenant of Worcestershire
This is a list of people who have served as Lord Lieutenant of Worcestershire. Since 1719, all Lord Lieutenants have also been Custos Rotulorum of Worcestershire.-Lord Lieutenants of Worcestershire to 1974:...
reverted into two separate ceremonial counties.
Lord Lieutenants of Hereford and Worcester 1974-1998
- Col. John Francis Maclean 1 April 1974 – 12 July 1977 (formerly Lord Lieutenant of HerefordshireLord Lieutenant of HerefordshireThis is a list of people who have served as Lord Lieutenant of Herefordshire. Before the English Civil War, the lieutenancy of Herefordshire was always held by the Lord Lieutenant of Wales, but after the Restoration, its lieutenants were appointed separately...
) - Sir Thomas DunneThomas Dunne (courtier)Sir Thomas Raymond Dunne, KG, KCVO, JP was the Lord Lieutenant of Hereford and Worcester from 1977, then from 1998 the Lord Lieutenant of Worcestershire until 2001 and the Lord Lieutenant of Herefordshire until 2008.Dunne was born in 1933, the son of the soldier and politician Philip Russell...
12 July 1977 – 31 March 1998