Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey

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This is a list of people who served as Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey. Since 1761, all Lord Lieutenants have also been Custos Rotulorum of Anglesey. The office was abolished on March 31, 1974.

[edit] Lord Lieutenants of Anglesey to 1974

• see Lord Lieutenant of Wales before 1694
• Charles Talbot, 1st Duke of Shrewsbury 31 May 1694 – 10 March 1696
• Charles Gerard, 2nd Earl of Macclesfield 10 March 1696 – 5 November 1701
• William Stanley, 9th Earl of Derby 18 June 1702 – 5 November 1702
• Hugh Cholmondeley, 1st Earl of Cholmondeley 2 December 1702 – 4 September 1713
• Other Windsor, 2nd Earl of Plymouth 4 September 1713 – 21 October 1714
• Hugh Cholmondeley, 1st Earl of Cholmondeley 21 October 1714 – 18 January 1725
• George Cholmondeley, 2nd Earl of Cholmondeley 7 April 1725 – 7 May 1733
• George Cholmondeley, 3rd Earl of Cholmondeley 14 June 1733 – 25 October 1760
• Sir Nicholas Bayly, 2nd Baronet 25 November 1761 – 1 August 1782
• Henry Bayly Paget, 1st Earl of Uxbridge 1 August 1782 – 13 March 1812
• Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey 28 April 1812 – 29 April 1854
• Henry Paget, 2nd Marquess of Anglesey 18 May 1854 – 7 February 1869
• William Owen Stanley 2 March 1869 – 24 February 1884
• Richard Davies 1 April 1884 – 27 October 1896
• Sir Richard Henry Williams-Bulkeley, 12th Baronet 30 November 1896 – 7 July 1942
• Charles Paget, 6th Marquess of Anglesey 24 August 1942 – 21 February 1947
• Sir Richard Harry David Williams-Bulkeley, 13th Baronet 5 August 1947 – 31 March 1974†

† Became the first Lord Lieutenant of Gwynedd 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). 
• J.C. Sainty (1979). List of Lieutenants of Counties of England and Wales 1660-1974. London: Swift Printers (Sales) Ltd. 
• The Lord-Lieutenants Order 1973 (1973/1754)