Deputy Lieutenants

Deputy Lieutenants

Deputy Lieutenants are appointed by the Lord-Lieutenant to assist him with any duty that may be required of him. In Moray there are currently 12 serving Deputy Lieutenants of whom 4 are women. Deputy Lieutenants correctly use DL after their name. Current Deputy Lieutenants are :-

Name	Location
Mrs J Kirsteen Mitcalfe	Milton Brodie
Mr David Brown	Fochabers
Mrs Mary Byatt	Kellas
Group Capt J Phillip Dacre	Kellas
Mr Duncan Dunbar-Nasmith	Rothes
Mr Alastair N G Laing OBE	Dunphail
Capt Hamish J Lochore	Burgie
Mrs Hilda Mackessack-Leitch	Alves
Mr John R Maclean	Spynie
Mr William G Robertson	Elgin
Mr James F Royan OBE	Pluscarden
Mrs Marion Yool	Pluscarden

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 he 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 Kirsteen Mitcalfe DL.