Iona McDonald

Iona Sara Macintyre McDonald OBE[1] (born 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 appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for services to law and order in the Queen's Birthday Honours' List 2019.[citation needed]

  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. Vol. 2018 (February 2018 online ed.). A & C Black. 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.