(in the UK) the deputy of the Lord Lieutenant of a county.
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Despite his wealth, he has remained close to his roots in Derbyshire where he held the honorary position of deputy lieutenant of the country in 1999.
A deputy lieutenant says she was ‘mortified’ when a wheelchair provided didn't fit down the aisle and staff had to lift her over the heads of other passengers to reach her seat.
He was deputy lieutenant of Greater Manchester in 1994.
He was deputy lieutenant of Durham and magistrate in three counties, acquiring estates and houses which became centres of high society.
The representative deputy lieutenant for Greenwich conducted the ceremony at the Town Hall.