Lord Lieutenant of Montgomeryshire

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The following is a list of people that have held the title of Lord Lieutenant of Montgomeryshire. The office was abolished in 1974 and replaced by the Lord Lieutenant of Powys, with Deputy Lieutenants for Montgomeryshire.

• Henry Herbert, 2nd Earl of Pembroke 1587–1601
• Edward la Zouche, 11th Baron Zouche 1602–1607
• Ralph Eure, 3rd Baron Eure 1607–1617
• Thomas Gerard, 1st Baron Gerard 1617
• William Compton, 1st Earl of Northampton 1617–1630
• John Egerton, 1st Earl of Bridgewater 1631–1642
• Interregnum
• ?
• Charles Gerard, 1st Earl of Macclesfield 1689–1694
• Charles Talbot, 1st Duke of Shrewsbury 1694–1696
• Charles Gerard, 2nd Earl of Macclesfield 1696–1701
• William Stanley, 9th Earl of Derby 1702
• Hugh Cholmondeley, 1st Earl of Cholmondeley 1702–1713
• 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 1737–1761
• Henry Herbert, 1st Earl of Powis 1761–1772
• ?
• Francis Seymour-Conway, 1st Marquess of Hertford 1775–1776
• ?George Herbert, 2nd Earl of Powis 1776–1801 (?)
• ?
• Edward Clive, 1st Earl of Powis 1804–1830
• Edward Herbert, 2nd Earl of Powis 1830–1848
• Charles Hanbury-Tracy, 1st Baron Sudeley 1848–1858
• Thomas Hanbury-Tracy, 2nd Baron Sudeley 1858–1863
• Sudeley Hanbury-Tracy, 3rd Baron Sudeley 1863–1877
• Edward James Herbert, 3rd Earl of Powis 1877–1891
• ?
• Col. John Lyon Corbett-Winder, O.B.E., M.C.† –March 31, 1974

† Became the first Lord Lieutenant of Powys on April 1, 1974.

[edit] References

• J.C. Sainty (1970). "Lieutenancies of Counties, 1585–1642". Bulletin of the Institute of Historical Research (Special Supplement No. 8). 
• The Lord-Lieutenants Order 1973 (1973/1754)
• This page incorporates information from Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page.