Lord Lieutenant of Shropshire explained

This is a list of people who have served as Lord Lieutenant of Shropshire. Before the English Civil War, the lieutenancy of Shropshire was always held by the Lord Lieutenant of Wales, but after the Restoration, its lieutenants were appointed separately. Since 1708, all the Lord Lieutenants have also been Custos Rotulorum of Shropshire.

Lord Lieutenants of Shropshire

see Lord Lieutenant of Wales for pre-English Civil War lieutenants
Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex (appointed by Parliament) 1642 - 14 September 1646
Francis Newport, 1st Earl of Bradford 26 July 1660 – 11 August 1687
George Jeffreys, 1st Baron Jeffreys 11 August 1687 – 18 April 1689
Francis Newport, 1st Earl of Bradford 11 June 1689 – 29 November 1704
Richard Newport, 2nd Earl of Bradford 29 November 1704 – 10 May 1712
Charles Talbot, 1st Duke of Shrewsbury 10 May 1712 – 12 November 1714
Richard Newport, 2nd Earl of Bradford 12 November 1714 – 14 June 1723
Henry Newport, 3rd Earl of Bradford 20 May 1724 – 23 December 1734
Henry Herbert, 1st Earl of Powis 22 May 1735 – 13 March 1761
William Pulteney, 1st Earl of Bath 13 March 1761 – 7 July 1764
Henry Herbert, 1st Earl of Powis 16 August 1764 – 10 September 1772
Robert Clive, 1st Baron Clive 4 November 1772 – 22 November 1774
Edward Clive, 2nd Baron Clive 12 April 1775 – 30 March 1798
George Herbert, 2nd Earl of Powis 30 March 1798 – 16 January 1801
vacant
Edward Clive, 1st Earl of Powis 18 May 1804 – 16 May 1839
George Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, 2nd Duke of Sutherland 13 July 1839 – 14 November 1845
Rowland Hill, 2nd Viscount Hill 14 November 1845 – 3 January 1875
Orlando Bridgeman, 3rd Earl of Bradford 30 January 1875 – 25 July 1896
George Herbert, 4th Earl of Powis 25 July 1896 – 3 August 1951
Robert Bridgeman, 2nd Viscount Bridgeman 3 August 1951 – 20 March 1970
Lt.-Col. Arthur Heywood-Lonsdale 20 March 1970 – 3 March 1975
Sir John Dugdale 3 March 1975 – 1994^[1]
Gustavus Hamilton-Russell, 10th Viscount Boyne 19 June 1994 – 14 December 1995^[2]
Sir Algernon Heber-Percy 11 March 1996 – 2 January 2019^[3]
Anna Turner 3 January 2019 – Present

Deputy lieutenants

A deputy lieutenant of Shropshire is commissioned by the Lord Lieutenant of Shropshire. Deputy lieutenants support the work of the lord-lieutenant. There can be several deputy lieutenants at any time, depending on the population of the county. Their appointment does not terminate with the changing of the lord-lieutenant, but they usually retire at age 75.

19th Century

2 April 1839: George Austin Moultri
10 March 1846: Henry Pinson Tozer Aubrey
10 March 1846: John Charles Burton Borough
10 March 1846: Peter Broughton
10 March 1846: George Brooke
10 March 1846: Robert Burton
10 March 1846: Robert Henry Cliency
10 March 1846: Saint John Chiverton Charlton
10 March 1846: Edward Corbett
10 March 1846: Edward Herbert, 3rd Earl of Powis
10 March 1846: John Whitehall Dod
10 March 1846: Thomas Campbell Eyton
10 March 1846: Granville Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Granville,
10 March 1846: William Ormsby-Gore, 2nd Baron Harlech
10 March 1846: Robert Gardner
10 March 1846: Richard Frederick Hill
10 March 1846: The Hon. Gustavus Frederick Hamilton
10 March 1846: Richard Henry Kinchant
10 March 1846: Sir Baldwin Leighton, 7th Baronet,
10 March 1846: Ralph Merrick Leeke
10 March 1846: Joseph Venables Lovett
10 March 1846: Thomas Lovett
10 March 1846: Charles Kynaston Mainwaring
10 March 1846: Edward William Smythe Owen
10 March 1846: John Owen
10 March 1846: William Oakeley
10 March 1846: William Halsted Poole
10 March 1846: John Rocke
10 March 1846: Robert Aglionby Slaney
10 March 1846: Henry Cavendish Taylor
10 March 1846: Thomas Twemlow

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 . 37–38.
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.

London Gazette, issue no.46510, 6 March 1975
London Gazette, issue no.53797, 22 September 1994
London Gazette, issue no.54346, 15 March 1996