Lord Lieutenant of Cheshire

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This is a list of people who have served as Lord Lieutenant of Cheshire. Since 1689, all Lords Lieutenant have also been Custos Rotulorum of Cheshire.

• Edward Stanley, 3rd Earl of Derby 1569–1572
• Henry Stanley, 4th Earl of Derby 1572–1593
• vacant
• William Stanley, 6th Earl of Derby 1607–1642 jointly with
• James Stanley, 7th Earl of Derby 1626–1642
• William Fiennes, 1st Viscount Saye and Sele 1642 (Parliamentary)
• Interregnum
• Charles Stanley, 8th Earl of Derby c. 1665–1670
• John Egerton, 2nd Earl of Bridgwater 1670–1676
• William Stanley, 9th Earl of Derby 1676–1687
• Henry Booth, 1st Earl of Warrington 1689–1694
• George Booth, 2nd Earl of Warrington 1694–1695
• Richard Savage, 4th Earl Rivers 1695–?
• Hugh Cholmondeley, 1st Earl of Cholmondeley 1704–1713
• Other Windsor, 2nd Earl of Plymouth 1713–1714
• Hugh Cholmondeley, 1st Earl of Cholmondeley 1714–1725
• George Cholmondeley, 2nd Earl of Cholmondeley 1725–1733
• George Cholmondeley, 3rd Earl of Cholmondeley 1733–1770
• George Cholmondeley, 4th Earl of Cholmondeley 1770–1783
• George Harry Grey, 5th Earl of Stamford 1783–1819
• George Harry Grey, 6th Earl of Stamford 1819–1845
• Richard Grosvenor, 2nd Marquess of Westminster 1845–1867
• William Tatton Egerton, 1st Baron Egerton of Tatton 1868–1883
• Hugh Lupus Grosvenor, 1st Duke of Westminster 1883–1899
• Wilbraham Egerton, 1st Earl Egerton of Tatton 1900–1905
• Hugh Richard Arthur Grosvenor, 2nd Duke of Westminster 1905–1920
• Sir William Bromley-Davenport 1920–1949
• Philip Lever, 3rd Viscount Leverhulme 1949–1990
• William Arthur Bromley-Davenport August 2, 1990–present^[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.
• thepeerage.com — Darryl Lundy

1. ^ London Gazette, issue no.52237, August 8, 1990

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