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- noun UK An
official appointed to aceremonial county by the reigning British monarch to be responsible for the organisation of all official Royal visits to theircounty .
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Examples
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The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh will arrive at the Memorial at 12 noon and will be received by the Lord-Lieutenant of Greater London.
Archive 2009-02-01 Thatsnews 2009
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The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh will arrive at the Memorial at 12 noon and will be received by the Lord-Lieutenant of Greater London.
The Unveiling of the Memorial to Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother by The Queen on Tuesday 24th February 2009 Thatsnews 2009
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Mr. Gladstone was a very dangerous man who went about rousing people up, lashing them into fury so that they voted against the Conservatives and turned my grandfather out of his place as Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland.
MY EARLY LIFE WINSTON CHURCHILL 2003
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When he was Lord-Lieutenant he had to spend all his money on giving entertainments to the Irish in Dublin ; and my grandmother had also got up a great subscription called ‘The Famine Fund.’
MY EARLY LIFE WINSTON CHURCHILL 2003
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My father had gone to Ireland as secretary to his father, the Duke of Marlborough, appointed Lord-Lieutenant by Mr. Disraeli in 1876.
MY EARLY LIFE WINSTON CHURCHILL 2003
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When he was Lord-Lieutenant he had to spend all his money on giving entertainments to the Irish in Dublin ; and my grandmother had also got up a great subscription called ‘The Famine Fund.’
MY EARLY LIFE WINSTON CHURCHILL 2003
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My father had gone to Ireland as secretary to his father, the Duke of Marlborough, appointed Lord-Lieutenant by Mr. Disraeli in 1876.
MY EARLY LIFE WINSTON CHURCHILL 2003
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Mr. Gladstone was a very dangerous man who went about rousing people up, lashing them into fury so that they voted against the Conservatives and turned my grandfather out of his place as Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland.
MY EARLY LIFE WINSTON CHURCHILL 2003
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Mr. Gladstone was a very dangerous man who went about rousing people up, lashing them into fury so that they voted against the Conservatives and turned my grandfather out of his place as Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland.
MY EARLY LIFE WINSTON CHURCHILL 2003
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My father had gone to Ireland as secretary to his father, the Duke of Marlborough, appointed Lord-Lieutenant by Mr. Disraeli in 1876.
MY EARLY LIFE WINSTON CHURCHILL 2003
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