Lord Lieutenant of Warwickshire
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This is an incomplete list of people who have served as Lord Lieutenant of Warwickshire. Since 1749, all Lord Lieutenants have also been Custos Rotulorum of Warwickshire.
- Ambrose Dudley, 3rd Earl of Warwick 1569–1570
- ?
- Ambrose Dudley, 3rd Earl of Warwick 1587–1589
- vacant
- William Compton, 1st Earl of Northampton 1603–1630
- Spencer Compton, 2nd Earl of Northampton 1630–1643
- Robert Greville, 2nd Baron Brooke 1642 (Parliamentarian)
- Basil Feilding, 2nd Earl of Denbigh 1643 (Parliamentarian)
- Interregnum
- James Compton, 3rd Earl of Northampton 1660–1681?
- Edward Conway, 1st Earl of Conway 1681–1683?
- Robert Spencer, 2nd Earl of Sunderland 1683–1686
- George Compton, 4th Earl of Northampton 1686–1687
- Robert Spencer, 2nd Earl of Sunderland 1687–1689
- George Compton, 4th Earl of Northampton 1689–1727??
- Francis Greville, 1st Earl Brooke 1749–1757
- George Greville, 2nd Earl of Warwick 1794–1816
- Francis, 2nd Marquess of Hertford 1816–1822
- Henry Greville, 3rd Earl of Warwick 1822–1853
- William Craven, 2nd Earl of Craven 1853–1856
- William Henry, 2nd Baron Leigh 1856–1905
- Hugh de Grey, 6th Marquess of Hertford 1905–1912
- William George Spencer Scott, 5th Marquess of Northampton 1912–1913
- William George Robert, 4th Earl of Craven 1913–1921
- Francis Dudley, 3rd Baron Leigh 1921–1938
- Henry Charles Seymour 1938–1939
- John Verney, 20th Baron Willoughby de Broke 1939–1967
- Charles Smith-Ryland 1968–1989
- Francis Humphrey Maurice FitzRoy-Newdegate, 3rd Viscount Daventry March 19, 1990–1996[1]
- Martin Dunne January 17, 1997–present[2]
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[edit] References
- J.C. Sainty (1970). "Lieutenancies of Counties, 1585–1642". Bulletin of the Institute of Historical Research (Special Supplement No. 8).
- ^ London Gazette, issue no.52083, March 22, 1990
- ^ London Gazette, issue no. 54659, January 23, 1997
This page incorporates information from Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page.