New Vice Lord-Lieutenant

The Lord-Lieutenant has had the approval of Her Majesty The Queen to appoint Colonel Alastair Campbell DL as Vice Lord-Lieutenant for Stirling and Falkirk.

We would like to express our sincere thanks to Mrs Patricia Greenhill OBE DL who now finishes her term as Vice Lord-Lieutenant having fulfilled the role for a full term of three years.

Colonel Alastair was born in Aberdeenshire in 1952, and educated mainly in England. After school he joined the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders and served from 1972-1995.

On leaving the Army he briefly went unto the hotel trade, but then joined the MOD Civil Service. He was Regimental Secretary of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders in Stirling Castle, and Curator of the Museum from 2000 – 2006. He then became the first Regimental Secretary of The Royal Regiment of Scotland, based in Edinburgh Castle, when it formed in 2006, serving until 2017. He has been involved with the Army Cadet Force, as Commandant of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders Battalion from 2003 – 2009 and Director of the Army Cadet Force Pipes and Drums 2009 – 2012.

He is a Member of the Royal Company of Archers (Queen’s Bodyguard for Scotland). He lives in Buchlyvie with his wife, Rosie, and they have three sons.