Lord Lieutenant of Kent

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Lord-Lieutenancy ceremonial county office

The Lord Lieutenant of Kent is the British monarch’s personal representative in the county of Kent, responsible for ceremonial duties, civic engagement, and the coordination of royal visits.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Lord Lieutenant of Kent canonical	8
Lord-Lieutenant of Kent	3
His Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant of Kent	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Lord-Lieutenancy ⓘ ceremonial county office ⓘ
appointedBy	British monarch ⓘ surface form: monarch of the United Kingdom
associatedWith	Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment ⓘ surface form: British Army units linked to Kent Kent County Council ⓘ Royal Air Force units linked to Kent ⓘ Royal Navy shore establishments ⓘ surface form: Royal Navy units linked to Kent armed forces in Kent ⓘ charitable organisations in Kent ⓘ local authorities in Kent ⓘ voluntary sector in Kent ⓘ
ceremonialRole	attendance at services of remembrance in Kent ⓘ leading royal and civic processions in Kent ⓘ representation at local military parades ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
duty	coordinating royal visits within Kent ⓘ liaising with local armed forces units ⓘ organising royal visits to Kent ⓘ participating in remembrance and military ceremonies ⓘ presentation of honours and awards on behalf of the monarch ⓘ promoting civic engagement ⓘ representing the Crown at local ceremonies ⓘ supporting the judiciary and civic institutions ⓘ supporting voluntary and charitable organisations ⓘ
existsSince	Tudor England ⓘ surface form: Tudor period
historicalContinuity	part of the system of English lord-lieutenants ⓘ
honoraryTitle	Lord Lieutenant of Kent self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: His Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant of Kent
jurisdiction	Kent ⓘ ceremonial county of Kent ⓘ
locatedIn	England ⓘ
mayHaveDeputies	Deputy Lieutenants ⓘ
modernFunction	primarily ceremonial and civic ⓘ
notableOfficeHolder	Allan Willett ⓘ Michael Dixon Creed ⓘ Philip Sidney, 2nd Viscount De L’Isle ⓘ
officeType	non-political ⓘ unpaid ⓘ
oversees	nominations for the Queen’s (King’s) Award for Enterprise in Kent ⓘ nominations for the Queen’s (King’s) Award for Voluntary Service in Kent ⓘ recommendations for honours at local level ⓘ
predecessorFunction	military leadership of the county militia (historically) ⓘ
rank	senior representative of the Crown in Kent ⓘ
represents	British monarch ⓘ
role	monarch’s personal representative in Kent ⓘ
style	Lord Lieutenant of Kent self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Lord-Lieutenant of Kent
subordinateOffice	Deputy Lieutenant ⓘ surface form: Deputy Lieutenant of Kent
termLength	serves until retirement age set by law ⓘ

Referenced by (12)

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

Sir Thomas Osborne → positionHeld → Lord Lieutenant of Kent ⓘ

subject surface form: Thomas Osborne, 1st Duke of Leeds

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

Lord George Sackville → positionHeld → Lord Lieutenant of Kent ⓘ

John Jacob Astor, 1st Baron Astor of Hever → positionHeld → Lord Lieutenant of Kent ⓘ

George FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Northumberland → officeHeld → Lord Lieutenant of Kent ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lord-Lieutenant of Kent

Kent, England → ceremonialLordLieutenant → Lord Lieutenant of Kent ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lord-Lieutenant of Kent

Thomas Osborne, 1st Duke of Leeds → positionHeld → Lord Lieutenant of Kent ⓘ

Lord Lieutenant of Kent → honoraryTitle → Lord Lieutenant of Kent self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: His Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant of Kent

Lord Lieutenant of Kent → style → Lord Lieutenant of Kent self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lord-Lieutenant of Kent

Henry Sidney → positionHeld → Lord Lieutenant of Kent ⓘ

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

Lionel Sackville, 1st Duke of Dorset → positionHeld → Lord Lieutenant of Kent ⓘ