Lord Lieutenant of Somerset
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This is an incomplete list of people who have served as Lord Lieutenant of Somerset. Since 1721, all Lord Lieutenants have also been Custos Rotulorum of Somerset.
- John Russell, 1st Earl of Bedford 1552–1555
- William Herbert, 1st Earl of Pembroke 1559–1570
- Henry Herbert, 2nd Earl of Pembroke ?–1601
- Edward Seymour, 1st Earl of Hertford 1601–1621
- William Herbert, 3rd Earl of Pembroke 1621–1630
- Philip Herbert, 4th Earl of Pembroke 1630–1639
- William Seymour, 1st Marquess of Hertford 1639–1642 jointly with
- Philip Herbert, Lord Herbert 1640–1642
- William Russell, 1st Duke of Bedford 1642
- Interregnum
- Heneage Finch, 3rd Earl of Winchilsea 1675–1682
- Charles Seymour, 6th Duke of Somerset 1682–1687
- Henry Waldegrave, 1st Baron Waldegrave 1687–1688
- James Butler, 2nd Duke of Ormonde 1691–1714
- Charles Boyle, 4th Earl of Orrery 1714–1721
- George Dodington, 1st Baron Melcombe 1721–1744
- John Poulett, 2nd Earl Poulett 1744–1764
- Percy Wyndham-O'Brien, 1st Earl of Thomond 1764–1773
- John Poulett, 4th Earl Poulett 1792–1819
- Thomas Thynne, 2nd Marquess of Bath 1819–1837
- Henry Stephen Fox-Strangways, 3rd Earl of Ilchester 1837–1839
- Edward Portman, 1st Viscount Portman 1839–1864
- Richard Edmund St Lawrence Boyle, 9th Earl of Cork and Orrery 1864–1904
- Thomas Thynne, 5th Marquess of Bath 1904–1946
- James Somerville 1946–1949
- William Jolliffe, 4th Baron Hylton 1949–1967
- Cecil Townley Mitford-Slade 1968
- Walter Luttrell 1978–1994
- Sir John Vernon Wills, 4th Baronet 1994–1998 (appointed November 10, 1994)[1]
- Elizabeth Gass, Lady Gass 2000–present
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[edit] References
- J.C. Sainty (1970). "Lieutenancies of Counties, 1585–1642". Bulletin of the Institute of Historical Research (Special Supplement No. 8).
- ^ London Gazette, issue no.53849, November 15, 1994
