Deputy lieutenant

Deputy lieutenants receive their commission of appointment via the appropriate government minister by command of the British monarch.

Deputy lieutenants tend to be people who either have served the local community, or have a history of public service in other fields.

[4] Deputy lieutenants represent the lord-lieutenant in his or her absence, including at local ceremonies and official events, from opening exhibitions to inductions of vicars (as requested by the Church of England).

[5] Their appointments do not terminate with any change of lord-lieutenant,[6] but they are legally required to retire at age 75.

Generally, the vice lord-lieutenant would then revert to being a regular deputy lieutenant.

Harry Verelst in the uniform of a deputy lieutenant for the West Riding of Yorkshire in the early 20th century
Colonel John S. Wilson, OBE, DL, Vice Lord-Lieutenant of Derbyshire , wearing his uniform in 2020