Lord Lieutenant of Cornwall

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This is a list of people who have served as Lord Lieutenant of Cornwall.

• John Russell, 1st Earl of Bedford 1552–1554
• John Bourchier, 2nd Earl of Bath 1556–?
• Francis Russell, 2nd Earl of Bedford 1584–1585
• jointly held: 1586–1587
  • Sir Francis Godolphin
  • Sir William Mohun
  • Peter Edgcumbe
  • Richard Carew
• Sir Walter Raleigh 1587–1603
• William Herbert, 3rd Earl of Pembroke 1604–1630
• Philip Herbert, 4th Earl of Pembroke 1630–1642
• John Robartes, 1st Earl of Radnor 1642 (Parliamentarian)
• John Granville, 1st Earl of Bath 1660–1685?
• John Granville, 1st Earl of Bath 1689–1696
  • Charles Granville, 2nd Earl of Bath 1691–1693 (joint with his father)
• Charles Robartes, 2nd Earl of Radnor 1696–1705
• Sidney Godolphin, 1st Earl of Godolphin 1705–1710
• Laurence Hyde, 1st Earl of Rochester 1710–1711
• Henry Hyde, 4th Earl of Clarendon 1711–1714
• Charles Robartes, 2nd Earl of Radnor 1714–1723
• Henry Robartes, 3rd Earl of Radnor 1723–1740
• Richard Edgcumbe, 1st Baron Edgcumbe 1742–1758
• ?Richard Edgcumbe, 2nd Baron Edgcumbe 1758–1761
• George Edgcumbe, 1st Earl of Mount Edgcumbe 1761–1795
• Richard Edgcumbe, 2nd Earl of Mount Edgcumbe 1795–1839
• Sir William Lewis Salusbury-Trelawny, 8th Baronet 1840–1856
• Charles Crespigny Vivian, 2nd Baron Vivian 1856–1877
• William Henry Edgcumbe, 4th Earl of Mount Edgcumbe 1877–1917
• John Charles Williams 1918–1936
• Sir Edward Hoblyn Warren Bolitho 1936–1962
• Sir John Gawen Carew Pole, 12th Baronet 1962–1977
• George Hugh Boscawen, 9th Viscount Falmouth 1977–1994
• Lady Mary Holborow 1994–present (appointed November 10, 1994)^[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.53849, November 15, 1994