Lord Lieutenant of Rutland
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This is a list of people who have served as Lord-Lieutenant of Rutland
Rutland
Rutland is a landlocked county in central England, bounded on the west and north by Leicestershire, northeast by Lincolnshire and southeast by Peterborough and Northamptonshire....

. The post was abolished on 31 March 1974, with the area coming under the Lord Lieutenant of Leicestershire
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...

, but revived in 1997. Since 1690, all Lord Lieutenants have also been Custos Rotulorum of Rutland
Custos Rotulorum of Rutland
This is a list of people who have served as Custos Rotulorum of Rutland.* Sir Edward Montagu bef. 1544–1557* Kenelm Digby bef. 1558–1590* Thomas Cecil, 1st Earl of Exeter bef...

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Lord Lieutenants of Rutland until 1974

  • Henry Manners, 2nd Earl of Rutland
    Henry Manners, 2nd Earl of Rutland
    Henry Manners, 2nd Earl of Rutland, 14th Baron de Ros of Helmsley, KG was the son of Thomas Manners, 1st Earl of Rutland. He also held the title of 14th Baron de Ros of Hamlake, a title to which he acceded in 1543....

     1559–1563
  • Henry Hastings, 3rd Earl of Huntingdon
    Henry Hastings, 3rd Earl of Huntingdon
    Sir Henry Hastings, 3rd Earl of Huntingdon, KG KB was the eldest son of Francis Hastings, 2nd Earl of Huntingdon and Catherine Pole.-Ancestry:...

     ? – 14 December 1595
  • George Hastings, 4th Earl of Huntingdon
    George Hastings, 4th Earl of Huntingdon
    Sir 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
  • John Harington, 1st Baron Harington of Exton
    John Harington, 1st Baron Harington of Exton
    John Harington was an English courtier and politician.-Life:He was the son of James Harington and was knighted in 1584...

     16 May 1607 – 23 August 1613
  • John Harington, 2nd Baron Harington of Exton
    John Harington, 2nd Baron Harington of Exton
    John Harington, 2nd Baron Harington of Exton was an English peer and politician. He was the Lord Lieutenant of Rutland and Baron Harington of Exton....

     8 October 1613 – 27 February 1614
  • Henry Hastings, 5th Earl of Huntingdon
    Henry Hastings, 5th Earl of Huntingdon
    Henry Hastings, 5th Earl of Huntingdon was a prominent English nobleman and literary patron in England during the first half of the seventeenth century.-Life:...

     1614–1642 jointly with
  • Ferdinando Hastings, 6th Earl of Huntingdon
    Ferdinando Hastings, 6th Earl of Huntingdon
    Ferdinando 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
  • Interregnum
  • Baptist Noel, 3rd Viscount Campden
    Baptist Noel, 3rd Viscount Campden
    Sir Baptist Noel, 3rd Viscount Campden was an English politician. He was Lord Lieutenant of Rutland, Custos Rotulorum of Rutland and the Member of Parliament for Rutland....

     9 August 1660 – 29 October 1682
  • Edward Noel, 1st Earl of Gainsborough
    Edward Noel, 1st Earl of Gainsborough
    Edward Noel, 1st Earl of Gainsborough was a British peer and member of the House of Lords, styled Hon. Edward Noel from 1660 to 1681....

     17 November 1682 – 23 January 1688 jointly with
  • Wriothesley Noel, Viscount Campden
    Wriothesley Noel, 2nd Earl of Gainsborough
    Wriothesley Baptist Noel, 2nd Earl of Gainsborough was an English peer and Member of Parliament, styled Viscount Campden from 1683 to 1689....

     24 March 1685 – 23 January 1688
  • Henry Mordaunt, 2nd Earl of Peterborough
    Henry Mordaunt, 2nd Earl of Peterborough
    Henry Mordaunt, 2nd Earl of Peterborough, KG, PC, FRS was an English soldier, peer and courtier.-Early life:Styled Lord Mordaunt from 1628, he was the eldest son of John Mordaunt, 1st Earl of Peterborough...

     23 January 1688 – 28 August 1690
  • Bennet Sherard, 2nd Baron Sherard 28 August 1690 – 15 January 1700
  • Bennet Sherard, 3rd Baron Sherard
    Bennet Sherard, 1st Earl of Harborough
    Bennet Sherard, 1st Earl of Harborough was a British peer and Member of Parliament....

     11 March 1700 – 14 November 1712
  • John Cecil, 6th Earl of Exeter
    John Cecil, 6th Earl of Exeter
    John Cecil, 6th Earl of Exeter , known as Lord Burghley from 1678 to 1700, was a British peer and Member of Parliament.- Biography :...

     14 November 1712 – 12 September 1715
  • Bennet Sherard, 1st Earl of Harborough
    Bennet Sherard, 1st Earl of Harborough
    Bennet Sherard, 1st Earl of Harborough was a British peer and Member of Parliament....

     12 September 1715 – 16 October 1732
  • Philip Sherard, 2nd Earl of Harborough
    Philip Sherard, 2nd Earl of Harborough
    Philip Sherard, 2nd Earl of Harborough was a British peer.He was appointed a Gentleman of the Privy Chamber to Queen Anne in 1705. In 1708, he was returned as Member of Parliament for Rutland, holding the seat until 1710. In 1714, his appointment as Gentleman of the Privy Chamber was renewed by...

     17 July 1733 – 20 July 1750
  • Brownlow Cecil, 9th Earl of Exeter
    Brownlow Cecil, 9th Earl of Exeter
    Brownlow Cecil, 9th Earl of Exeter , known as Lord Burghley from 1725 to 1754, was a British peer and Member of Parliament.-Life:...

     6 June 1751 – 12 April 1779
  • George Finch, 9th Earl of Winchilsea
    George Finch, 9th Earl of Winchilsea
    George Finch, 9th Earl of Winchilsea KG PC FRS was an important figure in the history of cricket. His main contributions to the game were patronage and organisation but Winchilsea, an amateur, was also a very keen player....

     12 April 1779 – 2 August 1826
  • Brownlow Cecil, 2nd Marquess of Exeter
    Brownlow Cecil, 2nd Marquess of Exeter
    Brownlow Cecil, 2nd Marquess of Exeter KG, PC , styled Lord Burghley until 1804, was a British peer, courtier and Tory politician...

     7 October 1826 – 16 January 1867
  • Charles Noel, 2nd Earl of Gainsborough
    Charles Noel, 2nd Earl of Gainsborough
    Charles George Noel, 2nd Earl of Gainsborough , styled Viscount Campden between 1841 and 1866, was a British peer and Whig politician.-Background:...

     22 February 1867 – 13 August 1881
  • William Tollemache, 9th Earl of Dysart
    William Tollemache, 9th Earl of Dysart
    William John Manners Tollemache, 9th Earl of Dysart in the Peerage of Scotland, was also a Baronet in the Baronetage of Great Britain, Lord Lieutenant of Rutland , and Justice of the Peace for Leicestershire and Lincolnshire.He was a grandson of the 8th Earl, and the son of William Tollemache,...

     3 November 1881 – 29 March 1906
  • John Brocklehurst, 1st Baron Ranksborough
    John Brocklehurst, 1st Baron Ranksborough
    Major-General John Fielden Brocklehurst, 1st Baron Ranksborough CB, CVO , was a British soldier, courtier and Liberal politician.-Background and education:...

     29 March 1906 – 28 February 1921
  • Gilbert Heathcote-Drummond-Willoughby, 2nd Earl of Ancaster
    Gilbert Heathcote-Drummond-Willoughby, 2nd Earl of Ancaster
    Sir Gilbert Heathcote-Drummond-Willoughby, 7th Baronet, 2nd Earl of Ancaster, 3rd Baron Aveland, 26th Baron Willoughby de Eresby , known as Lord Willoughby de Eresby from 1892 to 1910, was a British Conservative politician....

     6 January 1921 – 29 September 1951
  • William Melville Codrington 5 February 1951 – 29 April 1963
  • Thomas Charles Stanley Haywood 12 August 1963 – 31 March 1974 (subsequently Lord Lieutenant of Leicestershire
    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...

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Lord Lieutenants of Rutland since 1997

  • Sir Thomas Lawrie (Jock) Kennedy
    Thomas Kennedy (RAF officer)
    Air Chief Marshal Sir Thomas Lawrie Kennedy GCB AFC DL is a former Royal Air Force officer who became Deputy Commander of RAF Strike Command.-RAF career:...

     1 April 1997 – 14 July 2003
  • Laurence Howard
    Laurence Howard
    Laurence Howard, OBE, JP, is the Lord Lieutenant of Rutland. He was appointed in 2003 in succession to Air Chief Marshal Sir Jock Kennedy, having served as a Deputy Lieutenant since 1997...

    14 July 2003 – present
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