Lord Lieutenant of Staffordshire
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This is a list of people who have served as Lord Lieutenant for Staffordshire. Since 1849, all Lord Lieutenants have also been Custos Rotulorum of Staffordshire.
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- Henry Stafford, 1st Baron Stafford 1559
- George Talbot, 6th Earl of Shrewsbury 1585–1590
- Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex 1612–1627
- Robert Carey, 1st Earl of Monmouth 1627–1629
- Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex 1629–1642
- Interregnum
- Robert Brooke
- James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth 1677–1679
- Robert Spencer, 2nd Earl of Sunderland 1679–1681
- Charles Talbot, 1st Duke of Shrewsbury 1681–1687
- William Paget, 6th Baron Paget 1689–1713
- Henry Paget, 1st Earl of Uxbridge 1713–1715
- Washington Shirley, 1st Earl Ferrers 1725–1729
- vacant?
- John Leveson-Gower, 1st Earl Gower 1742–1754
- Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Marquess of Stafford 1755–1800
- George Leveson-Gower, Earl Gower 1800–1801
- Henry Bayly Paget, 1st Earl of Uxbridge 1801–1812
- Charles Chetwynd-Talbot, 2nd Earl Talbot 1812–1849
- Henry William Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey 1849–1854
- Edward Littleton, 1st Baron Hatherton 1854–1863
- Thomas Anson, 2nd Earl of Lichfield 1863–1871
- Arthur Wrottesley, 3rd Baron Wrottesley 1871–1887
- William Legge, 5th Earl of Dartmouth 1887–1891
- William Legge, 6th Earl of Dartmouth 1891–1927
- John Ryder, 5th Earl of Harrowby 1927–1948
- H. Wallace-Copeland in 1951
- Sir Arthur Bryan 1968–?
- James Appleton Hawley 1993–present (appointed September 6, 1993)[1]
[edit] References
- J.C. Sainty (1970). "Lieutenancies of Counties, 1585–1642". Bulletin of the Institute of Historical Research (Special Supplement No. 8).
- This page incorporates information from Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page.
- ^ London Gazette, issue no.53428, September 15, 1993
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