Lord Lieutenant of Cornwall

This is a list of people who have served as Lord Lieutenant of Cornwall. Since 1742, all the Lords Lieutenant have also been Custos Rotulorum of Cornwall.

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• John Russell, 1st Earl of Bedford 1552–1554
• John Bourchier, 2nd Earl of Bath 1556–?
• Francis Russell, 2nd Earl of Bedford 1584 – 28 July 1585
• jointly held: 8 August 1586 – 7 December 1587
  • Sir Francis Godolphin
  • Sir William Mohun
  • Peter Edgcumbe
  • Richard Carew
• Sir Walter Raleigh 7 December 1587 – 24 March 1603
• William Herbert, 3rd Earl of Pembroke 21 May 1604 – 10 April 1630
• Philip Herbert, 4th Earl of Pembroke 17 August 1630 – 1642
• John Robartes, 1st Earl of Radnor 1642 (Parliamentarian)
• Interregnum
• John Granville, 1st Earl of Bath 1 October 1660 – April 1696 jointly with
  • Charles Granville, 2nd Baron Granville 6 May 1691 – March 1693
• Charles Robartes, 2nd Earl of Radnor 24 April 1696 – 1702
• John Granville, 1st Baron Granville 18 June 1702 – 1705
• Sidney Godolphin, 1st Earl of Godolphin 16 April 1705 – 1710
• Laurence Hyde, 1st Earl of Rochester 15 April 1710 – 2 May 1711
• Henry Hyde, 2nd Earl of Rochester 25 October 1711 – September 1714
• Charles Robartes, 2nd Earl of Radnor 13 November 1714 – 3 August 1723
• vacant
• Richard Edgcumbe, 1st Baron Edgcumbe 29 July 1742 – 22 November 1758
• Richard Edgcumbe, 2nd Baron Edgcumbe 5 March 1759 – 10 May 1761
• George Edgcumbe, 1st Earl of Mount Edgcumbe 22 June 1761 – 4 February 1795
• Richard Edgcumbe, 2nd Earl of Mount Edgcumbe 17 April 1795 – 26 September 1839
• Sir William Salusbury-Trelawny, 8th Baronet 30 December 1839 – 15 November 1856
• Charles Vivian, 2nd Baron Vivian 17 December 1856 – 1877
• William Edgcumbe, 4th Earl of Mount Edgcumbe 6 November 1877 – 25 September 1917
• John Charles Williams 24 January 1918 – 1936
• Sir Edward Hoblyn Warren Bolitho 17 February 1936 – 1962
• Sir John Gawen Carew Pole, 12th Baronet 29 August 1962 – 1977
• George Boscawen, 9th Viscount Falmouth 1977–1994
• Lady Mary Holborow 10 November 1994 – 19 September 2011 ^[1]
• Colonel Edward Bolitho 19 September 2011 – 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. 
• Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages
• thepeerage.com — Darryl Lundy

1. ↑ London Gazette, issue no.53849, 15 November 1994
2. ↑ http://www.number10.gov.uk/news/lord-lieutenant-for-cornwall/

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