{{Short description|Ceremonial officer in Fife, Scotland}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}} This is a list of people who have served as '''Lord Lieutenant of Fife'''.
==Lord Lieutenants== *Colin Lindsay, 3rd Earl of Balcarres 1688 – ?<ref>{{cite DNB|wstitle=Lindsay, Colin|first=Thomas Finlayson|last=Henderson|authorlink=Thomas Finlayson Henderson|volume=33|pages=286–288}}</ref> *John Leslie, 10th Earl of Rothes 1746 – ?<ref>{{Cite ODNB|id=16497|title=Leslie, John, tenth earl of Rothes|last=Paton|first=Henry|last2=Spain|first2=Jonathan|date=23 September 2004}}</ref> *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 <ref>{{London Gazette|issue=19599|page=55|date=17 January 1975|city=e}}</ref> *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<ref>{{Edinburgh Gazette |issue=27525 |city=e |date=23 February 2015 |page=277 |nolink=yes }}</ref> <!-- if you are updating the current incumbent, please change Order of precedence in Scotland as well -->
==Deputy lieutenants== A '''deputy lieutenant of Fife''' is commissioned by the Lord Lieutenant of Fife. Deputy lieutenants support the work of the lord-lieutenant. There can be several deputy lieutenants at any time, depending on the population of the county. Their appointment does not terminate with the changing of the lord-lieutenant, but they usually retire at age 75.
{{Incomplete list |date=July 2022}}
===19th Century=== *5 March 1831: Lord William Robert Keith Douglas<ref name="5 March 1831">{{London Gazette |issue=18793|page=716|date=15 April 1831}}</ref> *5 March 1831: Lieutenant General Alexander Bethune<ref name="5 March 1831"/> *5 March 1831: Francis Balfour<ref name="5 March 1831"/> *5 March 1831: Onesiphorus Tyndal Bruce<ref name="5 March 1831"/> *5 March 1831: David Wemyss<ref name="5 March 1831"/> *5 March 1831: John Fergus<ref name="5 March 1831"/> *5 March 1831: Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas Webster<ref name="5 March 1831"/> *5 March 1831: Robert Douglas<ref name="5 March 1831"/> *5 March 1831: John Stuart<ref name="5 March 1831"/> *5 March 1831: Rear Admiral Sir Frederick Lewis Maitland<ref name="5 March 1831"/>
==References== *{{cite web|title=Lieutenants and Lord-Lieutenants of Counties (Scotland) 1794- |last=Sainty |first=J. C. |author-link=John Sainty (civil servant) |url=http://www.history.ac.uk/publications/office/lieutenants-scot |access-date=2018-02-10 }} {{Reflist}}
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