Lord Lieutenant of Leicestershire

This is a list of people who have served as Lord Lieutenant of Leicestershire. Since 1703, all Lord Lieutenants have also been Custos Rotulorum of Leicestershire.

• Henry Grey, 3rd Marquess of Dorset 1549–1551
• Francis Hastings, 2nd Earl of Huntingdon 1551–1552
• Henry Grey, 1st Duke of Suffolk 1552–1554
• Francis Hastings, 2nd Earl of Huntingdon 1554 – 20 June 1561 jointly with
• Henry Hastings, 3rd Earl of Huntingdon 1559 – 14 December 1595
• George Hastings, 4th Earl of Huntingdon 2 October 1596 – 30 December 1604
• vacant
• Henry Hastings, 5th Earl of Huntingdon 16 May 1607 – 1642 jointly with
• Ferdinando Hastings, 6th Earl of Huntingdon 27 December 1638 – 1642
• Henry Grey, 1st Earl of Stamford 1642–? (Parliamentary)
• Interregnum
• Henry Hastings, 1st Baron Loughborough 14 January 1661 – 10 January 1667
• John Manners, 8th Earl of Rutland 14 February 1667 – 7 July 1677
• John Manners, 9th Earl of Rutland 7 July 1677 – 11 August 1687
• Theophilus Hastings, 7th Earl of Huntingdon 11 August 1687 – 6 April 1689
• John Manners, 9th Earl of Rutland 6 April 1689 – 24 March 1703
• Basil Feilding, 4th Earl of Denbigh 24 March 1703 – 1 July 1706
• John Manners, 1st Duke of Rutland 1 July 1706 – 10 January 1711
• Basil Feilding, 4th Earl of Denbigh 8 September 1711 – 3 December 1714
• John Manners, 2nd Duke of Rutland 3 December 1714 – 22 February 1721
• John Manners, 3rd Duke of Rutland 26 April 1721 – 29 May 1779
• Charles Manners, 4th Duke of Rutland 16 July 1779 – 24 October 1787
• Henry Somerset, 5th Duke of Beaufort 14 December 1787 – 21 October 1799
• John Manners, 5th Duke of Rutland 21 October 1799 – 20 January 1857
• Charles Manners, 6th Duke of Rutland 13 February 1857 – 3 March 1888
• Richard William Penn Curzon-Howe, 3rd Earl Howe 19 June 1888 – 25 September 1900
• Henry Manners, 8th Duke of Rutland 7 November 1900 – 8 May 1925
• Arthur Grey Hazlerigg, 1st Baron Hazlerigg 27 July 1925 – 25 May 1949
• Robert Godfrey Wolseley Bewicke-Copley, 5th Baron Cromwell 2 August 1949 – 21 October 1966
• Col. Sir Robert Andrew St George Martin, KCVO 5 April 1966 – 24 April 1989
• Sir Timothy Gerald Martin Brooks, KCVO 24 April 1989 – 24 February 2003^[1]
• Jennifer, Lady Gretton JP 24 February 2003 – present^[2]

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. 

1. ^ London Gazette, issue no.51716, 27 April 1989
2. ^ London Gazette, issue no.56860, 28 February 2003

External links

• History of the Office of the Lord-Lieutenant