Lord Lieutenant of Devon

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

• John Russell, 1st Earl of Bedford 1552–1555
• John Bourchier, 2nd Earl of Bath 1556–1561
• Francis Russell, 2nd Earl of Bedford 1584–1585
• William Bourchier, 3rd Earl of Bath 1586–1623
• Francis Russell, 4th Earl of Bedford 1623–1641 jointly with
• William Russell, 1st Duke of Bedford 1637–1642
• Interregnum
• George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle 1660–1670
• Christopher Monck, 2nd Duke of Albemarle 1675–1685
• John Granville, 1st Earl of Bath 1689–1696
• Thomas Grey, 2nd Earl of Stamford 1696–1702
• John Poulett, 1st Earl Poulett 1702
• ?
• John Poulett, 1st Earl Poulett 1711–1714
• Sir William Courtenay, 2nd Baronet 1715–?
• Robert Walpole, 2nd Earl of Orford 1733–1751
• John Russell, 4th Duke of Bedford 1751–1771
• Vere Poulett, 3rd Earl Poulett 1771–1788
• Hugh Fortescue, 1st Earl Fortescue 1788–1839
• Hugh Fortescue, 2nd Earl Fortescue 1839 –1861
• Edward Seymour, 12th Duke of Somerset 1861–1885
• Stafford Henry Northcote, 1st Earl of Iddesleigh 1886–1887
• Charles Henry Rolle Trefusis, 20th Baron Clinton 1887–1904
• Hugh Fortescue, 4th Earl Fortescue 1904–1928
• Francis Bingham Mildmay, 1st Baron Mildmay of Flete 1928–1936
• Hugh William Fortescue, 5th Earl Fortescue 1936–1958
• Massey Lopes, 2nd Baron Roborough 1958–1978
• John St Aubyn Parker, 6th Earl of Morley 1982–1998
• Eric Dancer CBE JP 1998–present

[edit] References

• J.C. Sainty (1970). "Lieutenancies of Counties, 1585–1642". Bulletin of the Institute of Historical Research (Special Supplement No. 8). 

[edit] External link

• http://www.devon.gov.uk/index/your_council/inside/historic/lord_lieutenant/duties.htm