Service Description: The Lord-Lieutenant of the Isle of Wight is Major General Martin White CB CBE JP. The Lord-Lieutenant is an honorary office appointed by Her Majesty The Queen on the advice of the Prime Minister. He is the permanent representative of the Crown on the Isle of Wight. The post is non-political and unpaid.
Answer: The Island's Vice Lieutenant is Lt Col Sir Guy Acland Bt LVO DL. The Lord-Lieutenant submits the nomination for Vice Lord-Lieutenant to the Prime Minister who seeks the approval of Her Majesty. The Lord-Lieutenant then issues a commission for the appointment of the Vice Lord-Lieutenant. The Vice Lord-Lieutenant stands in the place of the Lord-Lieutenant when absent or sick or otherwise unable to act.