The Lord-Lieutenant is supported by:
All the office-holders detailed below were entitled in earlier times, when the system had settled down, to hold office for life, subject to prior retirement or dismissal, but more recently an age limit of 75 has been introduced. However, Deputy Lieutenants on attaining the age of 75 or after 10 years service, whichever is the later, go on to a supernumerary list, not counting against the establishment, but with permission to continue using the post nominal letters and to wear the uniform on appropriate occasions.
Nowadays all the above offices can be held by women. In order to avoid repetitious and irritating expressions such as he/she and his/her in the text, where the masculine is stated, the feminine is also intended. Modern style of titles has been used throughout except where the point of the text clearly required the use of an older form.
Vice Lord-Lieutenant
Since 1882, the Lord-Lieutenant has been able to appoint a Lieutenant or a Deputy Lieutenant of the County to act for him as Vice Lord-Lieutenant during his absence from the County or in the event of sickness or any other inability, except that the Vice Lord-Lieutenant may not act for him as Custos Rotulorum or as President or Vice-President of a Territorial and Army Volunteer Reserve Association.
The Vice Lord-Lieutenant’s appointment must be positively approved by the Sovereign via the Prime Minister. His commission comes from the Lord-Lieutenant and automatically lapses when the Lord-Lieutenant who appointed him ceases to be Lord-Lieutenant. He then reverts to his former status as Lieutenant or Deputy Lieutenant.
Following the custom of the Lord-Lieutenant, from 1st April 1974, the Vice Lord-Lieutenant is so styled, whereas formerly he was the Vice Lieutenant. There are no recognised post-nominal letters, but when he is also a Deputy Lieutenant he continues the use of the letters “DL.”
Colonel T S Richmond MBE TD DL
Tim Richmond was appointed Vice Lord-Lieutenant of Nottinghamshire in July 2008, having been a Deputy Lieutenant since 1990. He served as High Sheriff of Nottinghamshire in 2002/2003.
A Chartered Accountant, he spent over 30 years in the accounting profession serving as both the National Managing Partner and International Chairman of a major international accounting firm. He was awarded an Honorary Doctorate in Business Administration (Hon DBA) by Nottingham Trent University for services to International Accounting in 1998.
He is now an adviser in strategic business direction and is non executive chairman or director of a number of private businesses in the area.
In the public sector he is Chairman of Connexions Nottinghamshire Limited and a Governor of New College, Nottingham and was formerly Deputy Chairman of Nottingham Trent University and non executive Director of Nottingham Health Authority.
A long serving member of the Territorial Army he is Chairman of the East Midlands Reserve Forces and Cadets Association and Vice Chairman of the National Council of Reserve Forces and Cadets Association.
He commanded the South Nottinghamshire Hussars Yeomanry and the East Midlands Universities Officers’ Training Corps and is currently Honorary Colonel of both units.
He was TA Colonel for the East Midlands and Deputy Commander of 49 (East) Brigade and Commandant of the Nottinghamshire Army Cadet Force.
He is married to Susan and they have four children.
Deputy Lieutenant
The Office of Deputy Lieutenant is almost as old as that of the Lieutenancy and in the early years of absentee Lord-Lieutenants they performed all his military duties, becoming so powerful that they had to be snubbed frequently by the Privy Council who appointed them. However, the Crown continued to use them and, although their appointments officially lapsed with that of the Lord-Lieutenant, their duties continued. Later the power of appointing them was gradually transferred to the Lord-Lieutenant. Unlike the Lord-Lieutenant whose commission could cover more than one County, Deputy Lieutenants were always appointed to act only within one County.
Deputy Lieutenants are appointed by the Lord-Lieutenant at his discretion, subject only to Her Majesty not disapproving of the granting of the commission. Under the terms of the Lieutenancies Act 1997 a person may be appointed a Deputy Lieutenant if:
- he/she is shown to have rendered appropriate service: such service includes service as a member of, or in a civil capacity in connection with, the Armed Forces, and other suitable public service; and
- he/she has a place of residence in, or within seven miles from the boundary of, the relevant county or area.
In choosing Deputy Lieutenants, Lord-Lieutenant should be ready to interpret widely “other suitable public service” which can be taken into account. The aim is that within each county or area the Deputy Lieutenants should be widely representative of its life in social range, gender, ethnic mix and service to the community.
The appointment is not terminated when the Lord-Lieutenant who made the appointment ceases to be Lord-Lieutenant, but lapses if the residence qualification ceases to be fulfilled. The post nominal letters are “DL”.
View a list of deputy lieutenants in Nottinghamshire.
