Lord Lieutenant of Leicestershire
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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
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Lord Lieutenant
The title Lord Lieutenant is given to the British monarch's personal representatives in the United Kingdom, usually in a county or similar circumscription, with varying tasks throughout history. Usually a retired local notable, senior military officer, peer or business person is given the post...
of Leicestershire
Leicestershire
Leicestershire is a landlocked county in the English Midlands. It takes its name from the heavily populated City of Leicester, traditionally its administrative centre, although the City of Leicester unitary authority is today administered separately from the rest of Leicestershire...
. Since 1703, all Lord Lieutenants have also been Custos Rotulorum of Leicestershire
Custos Rotulorum of Leicestershire
This is a list of people who have served as Custos Rotulorum of Leicestershire.* John Beaumont bef. 1544–1558* Francis Cave 1558 – aft. 1564* Henry Hastings, 3rd Earl of Huntingdon bef. 1573–1595...
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- Henry Grey, 3rd Marquess of DorsetHenry Grey, 1st Duke of SuffolkHenry Grey, 1st Duke of Suffolk, 3rd Marquess of Dorset, KG was an English nobleman of the Tudor period and the father of Lady Jane Grey.-Henry VIII's reign:...
1549–1551 - Francis Hastings, 2nd Earl of HuntingdonFrancis Hastings, 2nd Earl of HuntingdonFrancis Hastings, 2nd Earl of Huntingdon, KG was the eldest son of George Hastings, 1st Earl of Huntingdon and Anne Stafford, Countess of Huntingdon, the ex-mistress of Henry VIII....
1551–1552 - Henry Grey, 1st Duke of SuffolkHenry Grey, 1st Duke of SuffolkHenry Grey, 1st Duke of Suffolk, 3rd Marquess of Dorset, KG was an English nobleman of the Tudor period and the father of Lady Jane Grey.-Henry VIII's reign:...
1552–1554 - Francis Hastings, 2nd Earl of HuntingdonFrancis Hastings, 2nd Earl of HuntingdonFrancis Hastings, 2nd Earl of Huntingdon, KG was the eldest son of George Hastings, 1st Earl of Huntingdon and Anne Stafford, Countess of Huntingdon, the ex-mistress of Henry VIII....
1554 – 20 June 1561 jointly with - Henry Hastings, 3rd Earl of HuntingdonHenry Hastings, 3rd Earl of HuntingdonSir Henry Hastings, 3rd Earl of Huntingdon, KG KB was the eldest son of Francis Hastings, 2nd Earl of Huntingdon and Catherine Pole.-Ancestry:...
1559 – 14 December 1595 - George Hastings, 4th Earl of HuntingdonGeorge Hastings, 4th Earl of HuntingdonSir George Hastings, 4th Earl of Huntingdon was an English nobleman.He was a son of Francis Hastings, 2nd Earl of Huntingdon and Catherine Pole. He was a younger brother of Henry Hastings, 3rd Earl of Huntingdon and older brother of Francis Hastings...
2 October 1596 – 30 December 1604 - vacant
- Henry Hastings, 5th Earl of HuntingdonHenry Hastings, 5th Earl of HuntingdonHenry Hastings, 5th Earl of Huntingdon was a prominent English nobleman and literary patron in England during the first half of the seventeenth century.-Life:...
16 May 1607 – 1642 jointly with - Ferdinando Hastings, 6th Earl of HuntingdonFerdinando Hastings, 6th Earl of HuntingdonFerdinando Hastings, 6th Earl of Huntingdon was the son of Henry Hastings, 5th Earl of Huntingdon and Lady Elizabeth Stanley, the daughter of Ferdinando Stanley, 5th Earl of Derby and Alice Spencer...
27 December 1638 – 1642 - Henry Grey, 1st Earl of StamfordHenry Grey, 1st Earl of StamfordHenry Grey, 1st Earl of Stamford , known as the Lord Grey of Groby from 1614 to 1628, was an English nobleman and military leader. He was the eldest son of Sir John Grey and Elizabeth Nevill...
1642–? (Parliamentary) - Interregnum
- Henry Hastings, 1st Baron LoughboroughHenry Hastings, 1st Baron LoughboroughHenry Hastings, 1st Baron Loughborough was an English Royalist army commander in the Midlands during the English Civil War.-Life:...
14 January 1661 – 10 January 1667 - John Manners, 8th Earl of RutlandJohn Manners, 8th Earl of RutlandJohn Manners, 8th Earl of Rutland was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1640 until 1641 when he inherited the peerage....
14 February 1667 – 7 July 1677 - John Manners, 9th Earl of RutlandJohn Manners, 1st Duke of RutlandJohn Manners, 1st Duke of Rutland and 9th Earl of Rutland was the son of John Manners, 8th Earl of Rutland and Frances Montagu. His maternal grandparents were Sir Edward Montagu, 1st Baron Montagu of Boughton and his wife Elizabeth Jeffries...
7 July 1677 – 11 August 1687 - Theophilus Hastings, 7th Earl of HuntingdonTheophilus Hastings, 7th Earl of HuntingdonTheophilus Hastings, 7th Earl of Huntingdon PC was an English politician. He was the son of Ferdinando Hastings, 6th Earl of Huntingdon, born in the 27th year of his parents' marriage, and became Earl of Huntingdon on 13 February 1656 on his father's death...
11 August 1687 – 6 April 1689 - John Manners, 9th Earl of RutlandJohn Manners, 1st Duke of RutlandJohn Manners, 1st Duke of Rutland and 9th Earl of Rutland was the son of John Manners, 8th Earl of Rutland and Frances Montagu. His maternal grandparents were Sir Edward Montagu, 1st Baron Montagu of Boughton and his wife Elizabeth Jeffries...
6 April 1689 – 24 March 1703 - Basil Feilding, 4th Earl of DenbighBasil Feilding, 4th Earl of DenbighBasil Feilding, 4th Earl of Denbigh, 3rd Earl of Desmond was a British peer and member of the House of Lords, styled Viscount Feilding from 1675 to 1685....
24 March 1703 – 1 July 1706 - John Manners, 1st Duke of RutlandJohn Manners, 1st Duke of RutlandJohn Manners, 1st Duke of Rutland and 9th Earl of Rutland was the son of John Manners, 8th Earl of Rutland and Frances Montagu. His maternal grandparents were Sir Edward Montagu, 1st Baron Montagu of Boughton and his wife Elizabeth Jeffries...
1 July 1706 – 10 January 1711 - Basil Feilding, 4th Earl of DenbighBasil Feilding, 4th Earl of DenbighBasil Feilding, 4th Earl of Denbigh, 3rd Earl of Desmond was a British peer and member of the House of Lords, styled Viscount Feilding from 1675 to 1685....
8 September 1711 – 3 December 1714 - John Manners, 2nd Duke of RutlandJohn Manners, 2nd Duke of RutlandJohn Manners, 2nd Duke of Rutland KG was the son of John Manners, 1st Duke of Rutland and his third wife Catherine Wriothesley Noel, daughter of Baptist Noel, 3rd Viscount Campden...
3 December 1714 – 22 February 1721 - John Manners, 3rd Duke of RutlandJohn Manners, 3rd Duke of RutlandJohn Manners, 3rd Duke of Rutland KG PC was an English nobleman, the eldest son of John Manners, 2nd Duke of Rutland and Catherine Russell...
26 April 1721 – 29 May 1779 - Charles Manners, 4th Duke of RutlandCharles Manners, 4th Duke of RutlandCharles Manners, 4th Duke of Rutland KG, PC was a British politician and nobleman, the eldest legitimate son of John Manners, Marquess of Granby...
16 July 1779 – 24 October 1787 - Henry Somerset, 5th Duke of BeaufortHenry Somerset, 5th Duke of BeaufortHenry Somerset, 5th Duke of Beaufort KG was the only son of Charles Noel Somerset, 4th Duke of Beaufort and his wife, Elizabeth Berkeley. Styled Marquess of Worcester from 1746, on his father's death on 28 October 1756, he succeeded him as Duke of Beaufort.He succeeded to the title of 13th Lord...
14 December 1787 – 21 October 1799 - John Manners, 5th Duke of RutlandJohn Manners, 5th Duke of RutlandJohn Henry Manners, 5th Duke of Rutland, KG , styled Lord Roos from 1778 until 1779 and Marquess of Granby from 1779 until 1787, was a British peer....
21 October 1799 – 20 January 1857 - Charles Manners, 6th Duke of RutlandCharles Manners, 6th Duke of RutlandCharles Manners, 6th Duke of Rutland KG , styled Marquess of Granby before 1857, was an English Conservative politician.-Background and education:...
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 RutlandHenry Manners, 8th Duke of RutlandHenry John Brinsley Manners, 8th Duke of Rutland KG TD , known as Henry Manners until 1888 and styled Marquess of Granby between 1888 and 1906, was a British peer and Conservative politician.-Background:...
7 November 1900 – 8 May 1925 - Arthur Grey Hazlerigg, 1st Baron HazleriggArthur Grey Hazlerigg, 1st Baron HazleriggArthur Grey Hazlerigg, 1st Baron Hazlerigg , known as Sir Arthur Grey Hazlerigg, 13th Baronet, from 1890 to 1945, was a British peer....
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
- Jennifer, Lady Gretton JPJennifer Gretton, Baroness GrettonJennifer Ann Gretton, Baroness Gretton, JP is the current Lord Lieutenant of Leicestershire.She was born in St Ives, Cornwall, and married the 3rd Lord Gretton. Since her husband's death in 1989, Lady Gretton has run the family's Stapleford Park Estate, in Stapleford, Leicestershire.Jennifer, Lady...
24 February 2003 – present