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.[1]
| No. | Lord Lieutenant | From | Until |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brigadier Sir Douglas Crawford | 1 April 1974 | |
| 2 | Wing Cdr Sir Kenneth Stoddart | 1979 | 1989[2] |
| 3 | Henry Egerton Cotton[citation needed] | 5 June 1989 | 1992[3] |
| 4 | Sir Alan William Waterworth | 22 November 1993 | 2006[4] |
| 5 | Dame Lorna Muirhead | 11 October 2006 | 2017 |
| 5 | Mark Blundell[5] | 13 September 2017 | Present |
- ^ "History of the Lieutenancy". Retrieved 15 March 2021.
- ^ "Birthdays". Court and Social. The Times. London. 26 May 2007.
- ^ "No. 51757". The London Gazette. 8 June 1989.
- ^ "No. 53496". The London Gazette. 26 November 1993.
- ^ - Lord Lieutenant of Merseyside. URL accessed 15 August 2018.
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