Lord Lieutenant of Shropshire

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The Lord Lieutenant of Shropshire is Her Majesty's representative in the ceremonial county of Shropshire (which includes the borough of Telford and Wrekin). Since 1708, all Lords Lieutenant have also been Custos Rotulorum of Shropshire.

This is alist of people who have served as Lord Lieutenant of Shropshire.

• 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
• Francis Newport, 1st Earl of Bradford 1660–1687
• George Jeffreys, 1st Baron Jeffreys 1687–1689
• Francis Newport, 1st Earl of Bradford 1689–1704
• Richard Newport, 2nd Earl of Bradford 1704–1712
• Charles Talbot, 1st Duke of Shrewsbury 1712–1714
• Richard Newport, 2nd Earl of Bradford 1714–1723
• Henry Newport, 3rd Earl of Bradford 1724–1734
• William Pulteney, 1st Earl of Bath 1761–1764
• Henry Herbert, 1st Earl of Powis 1764–1772
• Edward Clive, 1st Baron Clive 1775–1798
• George Herbert, 2nd Earl of Powis 1798–1801
• Edward Clive, 1st Earl of Powis 1804
• George Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, 2nd Duke of Sutherland 1831–1845
• Rowland Hill, 2nd Viscount Hill 1845–1875
• Orlando Bridgeman, 3rd Earl of Bradford 1875–1896
• George Herbert, 4th Earl of Powis 1896–1951
• Robert Bridgeman, 2nd Viscount Bridgeman 1951–1969
• Lieutenant-Colonel Arthur Heywood-Lonsdale March 20, 1970–1975?
• John Robert Stratford Dugdale March 3, 1975–1994
• Gustavus Hamilton-Russell, 10th Viscount Boyne June 19, 1994–1995^[1]
• Algernon Eustace Heber-Percy March 11, 1996–present^[2]

[edit] References

• J.C. Sainty (1970). "Lieutenancies of Counties, 1585–1642". Bulletin of the Institute of Historical Research (Special Supplement No. 8).

1. ^ London Gazette, issue no.53797, September 22, 1994
2. ^ London Gazette, issue no.54346, March 15, 1996