Lord Lieutenant of Glamorgan

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ceremonial county office lord-lieutenancy

The Lord Lieutenant of Glamorgan was the British monarch’s chief representative in the historic Welsh county of Glamorgan, responsible for local militia, ceremonial duties, and civic leadership.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Lord Lieutenant of Glamorgan canonical	1
Lord Lieutenant of Glamorganshire	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ceremonial county office ⓘ lord-lieutenancy ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	Glamorgan ⓘ historic county of Glamorgan ⓘ
appointedBy	British monarch ⓘ Crown ⓘ
associatedWith	Glamorgan county administration ⓘ Glamorgan militia ⓘ
ceremonialFunction	participation in civic ceremonies ⓘ representation of the Crown at local events ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
dissolutionReason	local government reorganization in Wales ⓘ
dissolved	1974 ⓘ
follows	Custos Rotulorum of Glamorgan in some periods ⓘ
governingBody	none (individual Crown office) ⓘ
hasAuthorityOver	Deputy Lieutenants ⓘ surface form: Deputy Lieutenants of Glamorgan
hasDuty	ceremonial duties ⓘ civic leadership ⓘ command of local militia ⓘ liaison between Crown and local authorities ⓘ organization of royal visits ⓘ presentation of honours and awards locally ⓘ
hasRole	monarch’s personal representative in Glamorgan ⓘ
historicalCounty	Glamorgan ⓘ
inception	16th century ⓘ
legalStatus	office under the Crown ⓘ
location	Wales ⓘ
officeHolderMayAlsoHold	Custos Rotulorum of Glamorgan ⓘ
officeScopeChanged	military responsibilities declined over time ⓘ
officeType	Crown appointment ⓘ
partOf	Lieutenancy areas of Wales ⓘ surface form: Lieutenancies of Wales Lieutenancy areas of Wales ⓘ surface form: Lieutenancies of the United Kingdom
rank	senior lay representative of the Crown in Glamorgan ⓘ
replacedBy	Lord Lieutenant of Mid Glamorgan ⓘ Lord Lieutenant of South Glamorgan ⓘ Lord-Lieutenant of West Glamorgan ⓘ surface form: Lord Lieutenant of West Glamorgan
residenceRequired	within the county of Glamorgan ⓘ
scope	ceremonial ⓘ civic ⓘ military (historically) ⓘ
selectionCriteria	loyalty to the Crown ⓘ prominent local figure ⓘ service to the community ⓘ
subordinateOffice	Deputy Lieutenant of Glamorgan ⓘ
successorJurisdiction	Mid Glamorgan ⓘ South Glamorgan ⓘ West Glamorgan ⓘ
timePeriod	early modern period to 20th century ⓘ
usedFor	coordination of county militia ⓘ local defence organization in earlier periods ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

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

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

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

this entity surface form: Lord Lieutenant of Glamorganshire