Lord Lieutenant of Rutland explained
This is a list of people who have served as Lord-Lieutenant of Rutland.
In 1974 Rutland became part of Leicestershire under the Local Government Act 1972, the Lieutenancy was abolished, with Rutland's Lord-Lieutenant becoming Lord-Lieutenant of Leicestershire.
When Rutland was restored as a unitary authority in 1997, so was its Lord Lieutenant.
The Lord-Lieutenant is supported in their duties by their Lord-Lieutenant's Cadets, chosen from local cadet units.
Since 1690, all lord-lieutenants have also been Custos Rotulorum of Rutland.
Lord-lieutenants of Rutland
| Lord Lieutenant | From | Until |
|---|
| Henry Manners, 2nd Earl of Rutland[1] | 1559 | 1563 |
| Henry Hastings, 3rd Earl of Huntingdon | ? | 14 December 1595 |
| George Hastings, 4th Earl of Huntingdon | 2 October 1596 | 30 December 1604 |
| Vacant |
| John Harington, 1st Baron Harington of Exton | 16 May 1607 | 23 August 1613 |
| John Harington, 2nd Baron Harington of Exton | 8 October 1613 | 27 February 1614 |
Henry Hastings, 5th Earl of Huntingdon jointly with
Ferdinando Hastings, 6th Earl of Huntingdon | 1614
27 December 1638 | 1642
1642 |
| David Cecil, 3rd Earl of Exeter | 5 March 1642 | 1643 |
| Interregnum 1643 - 1660 |
| Baptist Noel, 3rd Viscount Campden | 9 August 1660 | 29 October 1682 |
Edward Noel, 1st Earl of Gainsborough jointly with
Wriothesley Noel, Viscount Campden | 17 November 1682
24 March 1685 | 23 January 1688
23 January 1688 |
| Henry Mordaunt, 2nd Earl of Peterborough | 23 January 1688 | 28 August 1690 |
| Bennet Sherard, 2nd Baron Sherard | 28 August 1690 | 15 January 1700 |
| Bennet Sherard, 3rd Baron Sherard | 11 March 1700 | 14 November 1712 |
| John Cecil, 6th Earl of Exeter | 14 November 1712 | 12 September 1715 |
| Bennet Sherard, 1st Earl of Harborough | 12 September 1715 | 16 October 1732 |
| Philip Sherard, 2nd Earl of Harborough | 17 July 1733 | 20 July 1750 |
| Brownlow Cecil, 9th Earl of Exeter | 6 June 1751 | 12 April 1779 |
| George Finch, 9th Earl of Winchilsea | 12 April 1779 | 2 August 1826 |
| Brownlow Cecil, 2nd Marquess of Exeter | 7 October 1826 | 16 January 1867 |
| Charles Noel, 2nd Earl of Gainsborough | 22 February 1867 | 13 August 1881 |
| William Tollemache, 9th Earl of Dysart | 3 November 1881 | 29 March 1906 |
| John Brocklehurst, 1st Baron Ranksborough | 29 March 1906 | 28 February 1921 |
| Gilbert Heathcote-Drummond-Willoughby, 2nd Earl of Ancaster | 6 January 1921 | 29 September 1951 |
| William Melville Codrington | 5 February 1951 | 29 April 1963 |
| Thomas Haywood (subsequently Lord-Lieutenant of Leicestershire) | 12 August 1963 | 31 March 1974 |
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| Sir Thomas Lawrie (Jock) Kennedy[2] | 1 April 1997 | 14 July 2003 |
| Sir Laurence Howard[3] | 14 July 2003 | 29 March 2018 |
| Dr Sarah Furness[4] [5] | 3 April 2018 | Present | |
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 . 30.
- 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.
- Web site: Previous Lord-Lieutenants of Rutland – The Lord-Lieutenant of Rutland . 2023-09-25 . en-GB.
- Web site: Page 4181 Issue 54728, 8 April 1997 London Gazette The Gazette . 2023-09-25 . www.thegazette.co.uk.
- Web site: Crown Office The Gazette . 2023-09-25 . www.thegazette.co.uk.
- Web site: 2018-02-16 . Dr Sarah Furness will take over as Lord Lieutenant of Rutland . 2023-09-25 . Stamford Mercury . en.
- Web site: Page 6154 Issue 62248, 6 April 2018 London Gazette The Gazette . 2023-09-25 . www.thegazette.co.uk.
