LORD LIEUTENANT OF LEICESTERSHIRE

This is a list of people who have served as 'Lord Lieutenant of Leicestershire'. Since 1703, all Lord Lieutenants have also been Custos Rotulorum of Leicestershire.

★ Henry Grey, 3rd Marquess of Dorset 1549–1551

★ Francis Hastings, 2nd Earl of Huntingdon 1551–1552

★ Henry Grey, 1st Duke of Suffolk 1552–1554

★ Francis Hastings, 2nd Earl of Huntingdon 1554–1561 ''jointly with''

★ Henry Hastings, 3rd Earl of Huntingdon 1559–1595

★ George Hastings, 4th Earl of Huntingdon 1596–1604

★ Henry Hastings, 5th Earl of Huntingdon 1607–1642

★ Ferdinando Hastings, 6th Earl of Huntingdon 1638–1642

★ Henry Grey, 1st Earl of Stamford 1642–? (Parliamentary)

★ ''Interregnum''

★ Henry Hastings, 1st Baron Loughborough 1661–1666

★ John Manners, 8th Earl of Rutland 1667–1677

★ John Manners, 9th Earl of Rutland 1677–1687

★ Theophilus Hastings, 7th Earl of Huntingdon 1687–1688

★ John Manners, 9th Earl of Rutland 1689–1703

★ Basil Feilding, 4th Earl of Denbigh 1703–1706

★ John Manners, 1st Duke of Rutland 1706–1711

★ Basil Feilding, 4th Earl of Denbigh 1711–1714

★ John Manners, 2nd Duke of Rutland 1714–1721

★ John Manners, 3rd Duke of Rutland 1721–1779

★ Charles Manners, 4th Duke of Rutland 1779–1787

★ Henry Somerset, 5th Duke of Beaufort 1787–1799

★ John Henry Manners, 5th Duke of Rutland 1799–1857

★ Charles Cecil John Manners, 6th Duke of Rutland 1857–1888

★ Richard William Penn Curzon-Howe, 3rd Earl Howe 1888–1900

★ Henry John Brinsley Manners, 8th Duke of Rutland 1900–1925

★ Arthur Grey Hazlerigg, 1st Baron Hazlerigg 1925–1949

★ Robert Godfrey Wolseley Bewicke-Copley, 5th Baron Cromwell 1949–1966

★ Col. Sir Andrew Martin, KCVO 1966–1989

★ Sir Timothy Gerald Martin Brooks, KCVO 1989–2003 (appointed April 24, 1989)^[1]

★ Jennifer Gretton, Lady Gretton 2003–present

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References

★ Lieutenancies of Counties, 1585–1642, J.C. Sainty, , , Bulletin of the Institute of Historical Research, 1970
1. London Gazette, issue no.51716, April 27, 1989

External links

★ History of the Office of the Lord-Lieutenant