Valerie Pitt-Rivers

Valerie Lane-Fox Pitt-Rivers CVO (née Scott; born 23 January 1939) served as Lord Lieutenant of Dorset from 2006 until 2014.

She had a successful career working on advertising campaigns for companies such as Camay Soap.

In 1966, after his father's death, Anthony and Valerie moved to his ancestral country home in Dorset at Hinton St. Mary, near Sturminster Newton.

The Pitt-Rivers family estate at one time encompassed a large swath of Dorset, but a great deal was sold off after Anthony's father's death to the tenants as per the instructions of his will.

During her tenure, as Custos Rotolorum, she was chairperson of the Advisory Committees on Justices of the Peace and General Commissioners of Income Tax.