Lord Lieutenant of Merionethshire

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This is an incomplete list of people who served as Lord Lieutenant of Merioneth. The office was abolished on March 31, 1974, and the area is now covered by the Lord Lieutenant of Gwynedd and Lord Lieutenant of Clwyd.

• Henry Herbert, 2nd Earl of Pembroke 1587–1601
• Edward la Zouche, 11th Baron Zouche 1602–1607
• Ralph Eure, 3rd Baron Eure 1607–1617
• Thomas Gerard, 1st Baron Gerard 1617
• William Compton, 1st Earl of Northampton 1617–1630
• John Egerton, 1st Earl of Bridgewater 1631–1642
• Interregnum
• Charles Gerard, 1st Earl of Macclesfield 1689–1694
  • ?Sir William Williams, 1st Baronet 1689–1690
• Charles Talbot, 1st Duke of Shrewsbury 1694–1696
• Charles Gerard, 2nd Earl of Macclesfield 1696–1701
• William Stanley, 9th Earl of Derby 1702
• Hugh Cholmondeley, 1st Earl of Cholmondeley 1702–1713
• Other Windsor, 2nd Earl of Plymouth 1713–1714
• Hugh Cholmondeley, 1st Earl of Cholmondeley 1714–1725
• George Cholmondeley, 2nd Earl of Cholmondeley 1725–1733
• William Vaughan 1762–1775
• Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, 4th Baronet 1775–1789
• Watkin Williams 1789–1793
• Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, 5th Baronet 1793–1830
• Edward Mostyn Lloyd-Mostyn, 2nd Baron Mostyn 1840–1884
• Robert Davies Pryce 1884–??
• "Wynne of Peniarth" ?–1909
• Sir Arthur Williams, 1st Baronet 1909–1927
• George Ralph Charles Ormsby-Gore, 3rd Baron Harlech 1927–1938
• William George Arthur Ormsby-Gore, 4th Baron Harlech 1938–1957
• Col. John Francis Williams-Wynne, C.B.E., D.S.O. – March 31, 1974

[edit] References

• J.C. Sainty (1970). "Lieutenancies of Counties, 1585–1642". Bulletin of the Institute of Historical Research (Special Supplement No. 8).
• The Lord-Lieutenants Order 1973 (1973/1754)