Lord Lieutenant

Responsibilities

The Lord Lieutenant is the Head of the Community and serves as the Constitutional Founder and Custodian of United Hampshire. The role combines ceremonial representation with defined constitutional and strategic responsibilities.

As Lord Lieutenant, he:

• upholds the constitutional integrity, continuity, and long-term stability of United Hampshire

• exercises custodial responsibility for the Community’s assets, systems, and institutional framework

• provides strategic oversight of the government, ensuring it operates in accordance with the Community’s constitutional principles

• appoints the Chief Minister and, where necessary, other senior office-holders in accordance with constitutional arrangements

• may dismiss the Chief Minister where it is determined that the Ministerial Code or constitutional obligations have been breached

• authorises intervention by the Lieutenancy in circumstances of governmental vacancy, failure, or crisis

• retains limited emergency powers to act immediately to protect the Community in situations of urgent threat, including risks to safety, security, or system integrity

• ensures that all exercises of constitutional or emergency authority are subject to post-action accountability, review, and transparency

• represents the Community in a ceremonial capacity, including acting on behalf of the Crown where appropriate