Lord Lieutenant of Leicestershire explained

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.

Lord Lieutenants

• 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 – 20 June 1561 jointly with
• Henry Hastings, 3rd Earl of Huntingdon 1559 – 14 December 1595
• George Hastings, 4th Earl of Huntingdon 2 October 1596 – 30 December 1604
• vacant
• Henry Hastings, 5th Earl of Huntingdon 16 May 1607 – 1642 jointly with
• Ferdinando Hastings, 6th Earl of Huntingdon 27 December 1638 – 1642
• Henry Grey, 1st Earl of Stamford 1642–? (Parliamentary)
• Interregnum
• Henry Hastings, 1st Baron Loughborough 14 January 1661 – 10 January 1667
• John Manners, 8th Earl of Rutland 14 February 1667 – 7 July 1677
• John Manners, 9th Earl of Rutland 7 July 1677 – 11 August 1687
• Theophilus Hastings, 7th Earl of Huntingdon 11 August 1687 – 6 April 1689
• John Manners, 9th Earl of Rutland 6 April 1689 – 24 March 1703
• Basil Feilding, 4th Earl of Denbigh 24 March 1703 – 1 July 1706
• John Manners, 1st Duke of Rutland 1 July 1706 – 10 January 1711
• Basil Feilding, 4th Earl of Denbigh 8 September 1711 – 3 December 1714
• John Manners, 2nd Duke of Rutland 3 December 1714 – 22 February 1721
• John Manners, 3rd Duke of Rutland 26 April 1721 – 29 May 1779
• Charles Manners, 4th Duke of Rutland 16 July 1779 – 24 October 1787
• Henry Somerset, 5th Duke of Beaufort 14 December 1787 – 21 October 1799
• John Manners, 5th Duke of Rutland 21 October 1799 – 20 January 1857
• Charles Manners, 6th Duke of Rutland 13 February 1857 – 3 March 1888
• Richard William Penn Curzon-Howe, 3rd Earl Howe 19 June 1888 – 25 September 1900
• Henry Manners, 8th Duke of Rutland 7 November 1900 – 8 May 1925
• Arthur Grey Hazlerigg, 1st Baron Hazlerigg 27 July 1925 – 25 May 1949
• Robert Godfrey Wolseley Bewicke-Copley, 5th Baron Cromwell 2 August 1949 – 21 October 1966
• Col. Sir Robert Andrew St George Martin 5 April 1966 – 24 April 1989
• Sir Timothy Gerald Martin Brooks 24 April 1989 – 24 February 2003^[1]
• Jennifer Gretton, Baroness Gretton 24 February 2003 – 14 June 2018^[2]
• Mike Kapur 14 June 2018 – present^[3]

Deputy Lieutenants

Active List as of April 2016 ^[4]

• Ramanbahai C BarberJune, 2013
• Gautam Govindlal Bodiwala 2001
• Richard L Brucciani 1999
• Professor Sir Robert Burgess 2010
• Hazel Byford, Baroness Byford 2010
• Robert Bruce Collins 2006
• Colonel Raeburn Murray Longair Colville 1997
• Rosemary Jean N Conley 1999
• Gerrard Amaury A March Phillips de Lisle 1997
• Richard Anthony Spencer Everard 1997
• Andrew James Granger 2008
• Brigadier William James Hurrell 2008
• Col Richard Sells Hurwood 2006
• Freda Hussain 2006
• David John Knowles 1999
• Sir Michael Latham
• Dr Angela Isabel Agnes Lennox 2001
• Elizabeth Jane Martin June, 2013
• Colonel Robert C J Martin 2010
• Ian Malcolm McAlpine 2001
• Suleman Nagdi 2008
• Hugh Michael Pearson 2008
• Professor Sir Nilesh J Samani 2010
• Resham Singh Sandhu 2006
• Wendi Kathleen Stevens 2008
• Bridget Ellen Towle June, 2013
• Peter John Wheeler 2001
• David William Wilson 2008
• David John Wyrko Esq 2010
• Jonathan Agnew 2015
• Dave Andrews 2015
• Sally Bowie 2015
• Mike Kapur 2015
• David Lindley 2015
• Riaz Ravat 2015
• Elisabeth Turnbull 2015
• Professor David Wilson 2015

Added 2017:^[5]

• Richard Allan Halford Brooks 2017
• Richard Charles Griffin Clowes 2017
• Mehmooda Duke 2017
• Priyesh Patel 2017
• Professor Surinder Mohan Sharma 2017
• Lieutenant Colonel David Richard James Young 2018

Previous Deputy Lieutenants

• Ernest Clive Atkins
• John Cridlan Barrett
• Edwyn Burnaby
• Thomas Cave
• John Coke
• Edwin de Lisle
• John de Lisle
• Sir William Farrell-Skeffington
• Washington Shirley, 8th Earl Ferrers
• Washington Shirley, 9th Earl Ferrers
• Charles Freer, 1862
• John Frewen-Turner
• John Gretton, 3rd Baron Gretton
• John Dove Harris
• Sir Thomas Kennedy
• Sir Maurice Levy, 1st Baronet
• Sir Edward Packe
• Eben William Robertson
• George Murray Smith the Younger
• Samuel Francis Stone, Esq. March 1901
• Robert Tilney

References

• J.C. Sainty . John Sainty (civil servant) . Lieutenancies of Counties, 1585 - 1642 . Bulletin of the Institute of Historical Research . 1970 . Special Supplement No. 8 . 25–26.
• Book: J.C. Sainty . John Sainty (civil servant) . List of Lieutenants of Counties of England and Wales 1660-1974 . Swift Printers (Sales) Ltd . London . 1979.

External links

• History of the Office of the Lord-Lieutenant

Notes and References

1. London Gazette, issue no.51716, 27 April 1989
2. Web site: Lady Gretton to stand down as Lord Lieutenant of Leicestershire after 15 years in the role.
3. Web site: Queen picks her new personal representative for Leics. 11 May 2018.
4. Web site: Leicestershire County Council | Serving the people of Leicestershire.
5. News: Deputy Lietenant Commissions. London Gazette. 27 April 2019.