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Deputy Lieutenants are appointed by the Lord-Lieutenant to assist him with any duty that may be required of him. In Banffshire there are currently six serving Deputy Lieutenants of whom two are women. Deputy Lieutenants correctly use DL after their name. Current Deputy Lieutenants are :-

Name

Location

Mr John K Fowlie

Buckie

Mr Alan McIntosh

Buckie

Mrs Nigel Seligman

Aberchirder

Mr Peter Laing

Keith

Mrs Alex Gordon-Duff

Keith

Mr James Walker

Aberlour

Deputy Lieutenants serve a minimum of 10 years or until their 75th birthday whichever comes later, their appointment does not terminate with the changing of the Lord-Lieutenant.

One of the serving Deputy Lieutenants is appointed as Vice Lord-Lieutenant and under most circumstances will stand in for the Lord-Lieutenant when she cannot be present. The appointment as Vice Lord- Lieutenant does however end when the Lord-Lieutenant who made the appointment leaves his post. The current Vice Lord-Lieutenant is John K Fowlie DL.