The Lord Lieutenant of the County of Avon from the creation of the county on 1 April 1974 to its abolition in 1996 was Colonel Sir John Vernon Wills, 4th Baronet. He subsequently became Lord Lieutenant of Somerset.
References
edit- Sainty, J. C. "Lord-Lieutenants of Counties (England & Wales) 1974-2005". Archived from the original on 7 September 2012. Retrieved 7 June 2008.