Iona McDonald

Iona Sara Macintyre McDonald OBE[1] (b 18 November 1954) has been Lord Lieutenant of Ayrshire and Arran since 2017.[2]

McDonald was educated at Cumnock Academy and graduated from Glasgow University with a Master of Arts in 1976 and a Law degree in 1978.[3] She is a Solicitor, and previously worked for the Ayr firm Mathie-Morton, Black and Buchanan, where she became partner in 1982. She was appointed as a temporary Sheriff in 1994, was the Sheriff of North Strathclyde from 2000 to 2007; and Senior Sheriff of Kilmarnock since then.[4][5] She was has been appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for services to law and order in the Queen's Birthday Honours' List 2019.

References
  1. "OBE for Sheriff McDonald: 21 June 2019". Scottish Court Service.
  2. "Lord-Lieutenant for Ayrshire and Arran: 26 October 2017". GOV.UK.
  3. "McDonald, Bill". Who's Who. ukwhoswho.com. 2018 (February 2018 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 13 February 2018. (subscription or UK public library membership required)
  4. "Kilmarnock Sheriff appointed Lord Lieutenant". Ardrossan and Saltcoats Herald.
  5. "News - Appointment of Lord-Lieutenant – Thursday 26th October 2017 - Reactec". www.lordlieutenantayrshireandarran.org.uk.
Honorary titles
Preceded by
John Lawrence Duncan		 Lord Lieutenant of Ayrshire and Arran
2017–present		 Incumbent
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