Posted by JohnAF
on 17/9/2009, 13:55:23, in reply to "Re: Lord Ivar Mountbatten"
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They also perform duties in their respective counties, ie. visit schools, present awards, open things etc. Many years ago a distant relative of my grandfather was Lord Lieutenant of Leicestershire & I remember him coming to my school to present the prizes one year.
--Previous Message--
: The main public job of the Lord Lieutenant
: (and deputy) is to be the official greeter
: when a royal comes along to perform an
: official duty. They are listed in the Court
: Circular, x royal did/went to such and such
: and was welcomed by the Lord Lieutenant for
: Devon (etc)
:
: --Previous Message--
: Thanks for explaining! I stand corrected, I
: always thought that the Lord Lieutenant was
: the homologue of a Dutch Queen's
: Commissionary but the latter is more
: political (president of the Provincial State
: council), I think. But I think that
: upholding the dignity of the Crown is a
: different task from that a Dutch Commissaris
: van de Koning(in).
:
: In practice: how does one uphold the Crown's
: dignity on a daily working basis? Example?
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