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Between 1794 and 1975, the official title of the office was His or Her
Majesty's Lieutenant in the County of Wigtown. From 1975, the title became Lord-Lieutenant in Dumfries and Galloway Region (District of Wigtown), altering in 1996 to its present form described above.
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The current title of the Lord
Lieutenant is His Majesty's Lord-Lieutenant for Wigtown, or the Lord Lieutenant for the Area of Wigtown. The
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plus the two parishes of
Kirkmabreck and Minnigaff from the historic county of Kirkcudbrightshire.
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of
Wigtown established in 1975 and abolished in 1996. The district was named after the town of
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181:"Lieutenants and Lord-Lieutenants of Counties (Scotland) 1794-"
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Randolph
Stewart, 9th Earl of Galloway 9 July 1828 – 1851
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16:This is a list of people who have served as
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314:Lord Lieutenant for Wigtown
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93:List of office-holders
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689:Isle of Ely
618:West Sussex
563:Oxfordshire
463:East Sussex
284:"No. 58085"
238:"No. 15166"
186:10 February
47:Kirkmabreck
1388:Categories
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1129:Perthshire
1058:Sutherland
1008:Midlothian
933:Banffshire
839:Flintshire
674:Humberside
664:Cumberland
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171:References
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51:Minnigaff
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35:Scotland
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79:Wigtown
23:Wigtown
1264:Galway
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1222:former
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