Lord Lieutenant of Wiltshire

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This is a list of people who have served as Lord Lieutenant of Wiltshire. From 1752, all Lord Lieutenants have also been Custos Rotulorum of Wiltshire.

• William Herbert, 1st Earl of Pembroke 1559–1570
• Henry Herbert, 2nd Earl of Pembroke 1570–1601
• Edward Seymour, 1st Earl of Hertford 1601–1621
• William Herbert, 3rd Earl of Pembroke 1621–1630
• Philip Herbert, 4th Earl of Pembroke 1630–1650
• Interregnum
• Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon 1667–1668?
• Arthur Capell, 1st Earl of Essex 1668–1675
  • John Seymour, 4th Duke of Somerset 1672–1675
• Philip Herbert, 7th Earl of Pembroke 1675–1683
• Thomas Herbert, 8th Earl of Pembroke 1683–1687
• ?
• Thomas Herbert, 8th Earl of Pembroke 1689–1733
• Henry Herbert, 9th Earl of Pembroke 1733–1750
• Hon. Robert Sawyer Herbert 1750–1752
• Edward Seymour, 8th Duke of Somerset 1752–1757
• Henry Herbert, 10th Earl of Pembroke 1756–1780
• Thomas Brudenell-Bruce, 1st Earl of Ailesbury 1780–1782
• Henry Herbert, 10th Earl of Pembroke 1782–1794
• George Augustus Herbert, 11th Earl of Pembroke 1794–1827
• Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 3rd Marquess of Lansdowne 1827–1863
• George Brudenell-Bruce, 2nd Marquess of Ailesbury 1863–1878
• Jacob Pleydell-Bouverie, 4th Earl of Radnor 1878–1889
• John Alexander Thynne, 4th Marquess of Bath 1889–1896
• Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 5th Marquess of Lansdowne 1896–1920
• ?
• Jacob Pleydell-Bouverie, 6th Earl of Radnor 1925–1930
• Ernest Wills, 3rd Baronet 1930–1942
• Evelyn Seymour, 17th Duke of Somerset 1942–1954
• Sidney Herbert, 16th Earl of Pembroke 1954–1969
• John Morrison, 1st Baron Margadale 1969–1981?
• Hugh Trefusis Brassey 1981–1989
• Field-Marshall Sir Roland Christopher Gibbs December 15, 1989–1996^[1]
• Lieutenant-General Sir Maurice Robert Johnston July 5, 1996–2004^[2]
• John Bush 2004–present

[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.
• 1. ^ London Gazette, issue no. 51973, December 21, 1989

• ^ London Gazette, issue no. 54463, July 11, 1996