Lord Lieutenant of Somerset

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Lord-Lieutenancy ceremonial county office

The Lord Lieutenant of Somerset is the British monarch’s personal representative in the county of Somerset, responsible for arranging royal visits and promoting civic, voluntary, and ceremonial activities.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Lord Lieutenant of Somerset canonical	10
County Lieutenant of Somerset	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Lord-Lieutenancy ⓘ ceremonial county office ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	Somerset ⓘ
appointedBy	British monarch ⓘ the Crown ⓘ
appointmentType	royal appointment ⓘ
associatedWith	Somerset Council area ⓘ surface form: Somerset County Council Somerset civic institutions ⓘ armed forces units linked to Somerset ⓘ voluntary sector in Somerset ⓘ
ceremonialRole	attending services of thanksgiving and commemoration ⓘ leading royal visits in Somerset ⓘ participating in Remembrance services in Somerset ⓘ representing the monarch at local events ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
hasDuty	arranging royal visits to Somerset ⓘ encouraging nominations for the Honours system ⓘ encouraging nominations for the King’s Award for Voluntary Service ⓘ liaising with local authorities in Somerset ⓘ participating in civic ceremonies in Somerset ⓘ presenting honours and awards on behalf of the monarch ⓘ promoting ceremonial activities in Somerset ⓘ promoting civic activities in Somerset ⓘ promoting voluntary activities in Somerset ⓘ supporting cadet forces in Somerset ⓘ supporting emergency services in Somerset ⓘ supporting the armed forces in Somerset ⓘ
hasSubordinateOffice	Deputy Lieutenant ⓘ surface form: Deputy Lieutenant of Somerset Vice Lord Lieutenant ⓘ surface form: Vice Lord Lieutenant of Somerset
historicalPrecursor	Lord Lieutenant of Somerset self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: County Lieutenant of Somerset
honoraryNature	unpaid office ⓘ
jurisdiction	ceremonial county of Somerset ⓘ
legalBasis	letters patent issued by the monarch ⓘ
nonPartisan	true ⓘ
officeHeldBy	His Majesty’s personal representative in Somerset ⓘ
officeLocation	Somerset ⓘ
partOf	Lieutenancies of England ⓘ
rank	senior representative of the Crown in Somerset ⓘ
represents	British monarch ⓘ Crown ⓘ
residenceRequirement	normally resident in or near Somerset ⓘ
retirementAge	75 ⓘ
scope	ceremonial and non-political ⓘ
subdivisionOf	Lieutenancies of England ⓘ surface form: Lieutenancy of England
supports	charitable organisations in Somerset ⓘ community cohesion in Somerset ⓘ voluntary organisations in Somerset ⓘ
termLength	serves until retirement age or resignation ⓘ

Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ceremonial county of Somerset → hasLieutenancy → Lord Lieutenant of Somerset ⓘ

Somerset → hasCeremonialLordLieutenant → Lord Lieutenant of Somerset ⓘ

William Cavendish, 2nd Duke of Devonshire → positionHeld → Lord Lieutenant of Somerset ⓘ

John Russell, 6th Duke of Bedford → positionHeld → Lord Lieutenant of Somerset ⓘ

North Somerset → ceremonialLordLieutenant → Lord Lieutenant of Somerset ⓘ

High Sheriff of Somerset → isRankedAfter → Lord Lieutenant of Somerset ⓘ

High Sheriff of Somerset → isRelatedTo → Lord Lieutenant of Somerset ⓘ

Lord Lieutenant of Somerset → historicalPrecursor → Lord Lieutenant of Somerset self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: County Lieutenant of Somerset

Wriothesley Russell, 2nd Duke of Bedford → positionHeld → Lord Lieutenant of Somerset ⓘ

Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Suffolk → positionHeld → Lord Lieutenant of Somerset ⓘ

Henry Somerset, 2nd Duke of Beaufort → positionHeld → Lord Lieutenant of Somerset ⓘ