Lord Lieutenant of Devon

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Lord-Lieutenancy ceremonial office

The Lord Lieutenant of Devon is the British monarch’s personal representative in the county of Devon, responsible for ceremonial duties, promoting civic life, and liaising between the Crown and local communities.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Lord Lieutenant of Devon canonical	8
Devon Lord-Lieutenant	1
Lord-Lieutenancy of Devon	1

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Lord-Lieutenancy ⓘ ceremonial office ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	Devon ⓘ ceremonial county of Devon ⓘ
appointedBy	British monarch ⓘ Charles Philip Arthur George ⓘ surface form: King Charles III
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
hasAlternativeName	Lord Lieutenant of Devon ⓘ surface form: Devon Lord-Lieutenant Lord Lieutenant of Devon ⓘ surface form: Lord-Lieutenancy of Devon
hasDuty	act as the British monarch’s personal representative in Devon ⓘ attend remembrance and military commemoration events in Devon ⓘ chair or support the Devon Lieutenancy ⓘ encourage business, education and community partnerships in Devon ⓘ encourage voluntary and charitable activity in Devon ⓘ foster community cohesion in Devon ⓘ liaise between the Crown and local communities ⓘ maintain links with faith and community leaders in Devon ⓘ organise and support royal visits to Devon ⓘ participate in ceremonial and civic events in Devon ⓘ present honours and awards on behalf of the monarch ⓘ promote awareness of the role of the monarchy in Devon ⓘ promote civic life in Devon ⓘ promote the Queen’s/King’s Award for Enterprise in Devon ⓘ promote the Queen’s/King’s Award for Voluntary Service in Devon ⓘ recommend individuals for honours and awards ⓘ represent the Crown at citizenship ceremonies in Devon ⓘ support local government on ceremonial occasions ⓘ support the armed forces and cadet forces in Devon ⓘ support the judiciary and emergency services at ceremonial events ⓘ support youth organisations in Devon ⓘ
hasPart	Deputy Lieutenants ⓘ surface form: Deputy Lieutenants of Devon
historicalFunction	led the county’s militia ⓘ oversaw local defence in Devon ⓘ
inception	16th century ⓘ
isNonPolitical	true ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity	Devon ⓘ
officeHolder	David Fursdon ⓘ
officeHolderStartTime	2015 ⓘ
partOf	Lieutenancies of England ⓘ
replaces	military leadership of the county previously exercised by sheriffs ⓘ
represents	British monarch ⓘ Crown ⓘ
residence	Devon ⓘ
subordinateTo	monarch of the United Kingdom ⓘ
termLength	serves until the age of 75 ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

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

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

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

John Carteret, 2nd Earl Granville → positionHeld → Lord Lieutenant of Devon ⓘ

Devon → hasCeremonialLordLieutenant → Lord Lieutenant of Devon ⓘ

1st Duke of Albemarle → positionHeld → Lord Lieutenant of Devon ⓘ

subject surface form: George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle

High Sheriff of Devon → notSubordinateTo → Lord Lieutenant of Devon ⓘ

High Sheriff of Devon → worksAlongside → Lord Lieutenant of Devon ⓘ

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

Lord Lieutenant of Devon → hasAlternativeName → Lord Lieutenant of Devon ⓘ

this entity surface form: Devon Lord-Lieutenant

Lord Lieutenant of Devon → hasAlternativeName → Lord Lieutenant of Devon ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lord-Lieutenancy of Devon