Lord Lieutenant of Somerset
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This is an incomplete list of people who have served as Lord Lieutenant
of Somerset
. Since 1714, all Lord Lieutenants have also been Custos Rotulorum of Somerset
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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 Somerset
Somerset
The ceremonial and non-metropolitan county of Somerset in South West England borders Bristol and Gloucestershire to the north, Wiltshire to the east, Dorset to the south-east, and Devon to the south-west. It is partly bounded to the north and west by the Bristol Channel and the estuary of the...
. Since 1714, all Lord Lieutenants have also been Custos Rotulorum of Somerset
Custos Rotulorum of Somerset
This is a list of people who have served as Custos Rotulorum of Somerset.* Sir William Portman bef. 1554–1557* Sir Hugh Paulet bef. 1558–1573* Sir Amias Paulet bef. 1577–1588* Sir John Popham bef. 1594–1607...
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Lord Lieutenants of Somerset
- John Russell, 1st Earl of BedfordJohn Russell, 1st Earl of BedfordJohn Russell, 1st Earl of Bedford, KG, PC, JP was an English royal minister in the Tudor era. He served variously as Lord High Admiral and Lord Privy Seal....
1552–1555 - William Herbert, 1st Earl of Pembroke 12 May 1559 – 17 March 1570
- vacant
- Henry Herbert, 2nd Earl of PembrokeHenry Herbert, 2nd Earl of PembrokeHenry Herbert, 2nd Earl of Pembroke KG was an English peer of the Elizabethan era.-Life:He was the son of William Herbert, 1st Earl of Pembroke and Anne Parr. His aunt was queen consort Catherine Parr, last wife of King Henry VIII. Herbert was responsible for the costly restoration of Cardiff Castle...
3 July 1585 – 19 January 1601 - Edward Seymour, 1st Earl of HertfordEdward Seymour, 1st Earl of HertfordSir Edward Seymour, 1st Baron Beauchamp of Hache and 1st Earl of Hertford, KG was the son of Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset, by his second wife Anne Stanhope....
24 April 1601 – 6 April 1621 - William Herbert, 3rd Earl of PembrokeWilliam Herbert, 3rd Earl of PembrokeWilliam Herbert, 3rd Earl of Pembroke, KG, PC was the son of Henry Herbert, 2nd Earl of Pembroke and his third wife Mary Sidney. Chancellor of the University of Oxford, he founded Pembroke College, Oxford with King James. He was warden of the Forest of Dean, and constable of St Briavels from 1608...
14 April 1621 – 10 April 1630 - Philip Herbert, 4th Earl of PembrokePhilip Herbert, 4th Earl of PembrokePhilip Herbert, 4th Earl of Pembroke and 1st Earl of Montgomery KG was an English courtier and politician active during the reigns of James I and Charles I...
12 August 1630 – 30 July 1640 jointly with - William Seymour, 1st Marquess of HertfordWilliam Seymour, 2nd Duke of SomersetSir William Seymour, 2nd Duke of Somerset, KG was an English nobleman and Royalist commander in the English Civil War....
26 March 1639 – 1642 jointly with - Philip Herbert, Lord HerbertPhilip Herbert, 5th Earl of PembrokePhilip Herbert, 5th Earl of Pembroke, 2nd Earl of Montgomery , succeeded to the titles in 1649 on the death of his father, also called Philip Herbert....
30 July 1640 – 1642 - William Russell, 1st Duke of BedfordWilliam Russell, 1st Duke of BedfordWilliam Russell, 1st Duke of Bedford KG PC was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1640 until 1641 when he inherited his Peerage and sat in the House of Lords...
25 March 1642 – 23 August 1643 (Parliamentarian) - Interregnum
- William Seymour, 2nd Duke of SomersetWilliam Seymour, 2nd Duke of SomersetSir William Seymour, 2nd Duke of Somerset, KG was an English nobleman and Royalist commander in the English Civil War....
13 August 1660 – 24 October 1660 - James Butler, 1st Duke of OrmondeJames Butler, 1st Duke of OrmondeJames Butler, 1st Duke of Ormonde PC was an Irish statesman and soldier. He was the second of the Kilcash branch of the family to inherit the earldom. He was the friend of Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford, who appointeed him commander of the Cavalier forces in Ireland. From 1641 to 1647, he...
22 December 1660 – 22 August 1672 - John Seymour, 4th Duke of SomersetJohn Seymour, 4th Duke of SomersetJohn Seymour, 4th Duke of Somerset was an English peer and MP.He was the only surviving son of William Seymour, 2nd Duke of Somerset and Lady Frances Devereux and entered Grays Inn in 1666. He succeeded his nephew as the 4th Duke of Somerset in 1671. He married in 1656 Sarah, daughter and...
22 August 1672 – 29 April 1675 - Heneage Finch, 3rd Earl of WinchilseaHeneage Finch, 3rd Earl of WinchilseaSir Heneage Finch, 3rd Earl of Winchilsea of Eastwell, Kent, was the 3rd Earl of Winchilsea.Finch was the son of Thomas Finch, 2nd Earl of Winchilsea, and the grandson of Elizabeth Finch, 1st Countess of Winchilsea. His first cousin was Heneage Finch, 1st Earl of Nottingham. He married four...
4 June 1675 – 16 July 1683 - Charles Seymour, 6th Duke of SomersetCharles Seymour, 6th Duke of SomersetCharles Seymour, 6th Duke of Somerset , sometimes referred to as the "Proud Duke". The son of Charles Seymour, 2nd Baron Seymour of Trowbridge, and Elizabeth Alington , he succeeded his brother Francis Seymour, 5th Duke of Somerset, to the dukedom when the latter was shot in 1678...
16 July 1683 – 11 August 1687 - Henry Waldegrave, 1st Baron WaldegraveHenry Waldegrave, 1st Baron WaldegraveHenry Waldegrave, 1st Baron Waldegrave was an English peer and Jacobite supporter.The son of Sir Charles Waldegrave, 3rd Baronet, Waldegrave inherited his father's title in about 1684. A year earlier, on 29th November, he had married Henrietta FitzJames, an illegitimate daughter of King James II...
11 August 1687 – 6 November 1688 - Ralph Stawell, 1st Baron StawellRalph Stawell, 1st Baron StawellRalph Stawell, 1st Baron Stawell was an English landowner, soldier, Member of Parliament and peer.Stawell married firstly Ann, a daughter of John Ryves, Esquire, and by her had one son, John...
6 November 1688 - 1689 - Maurice Berkeley, 3rd Viscount Fitzhardinge 13 April 1689 – 13 June 1690
- Thomas Osborne, 1st Marquess of CarmarthenThomas Osborne, 1st Duke of LeedsThomas Osborne, 1st Duke of Leeds, KG , English statesman , served in a variety of offices under Kings Charles II and William III of England.-Early life, 1632–1674:The son of Sir Edward Osborne, Bart., of Kiveton, Yorkshire, Thomas Osborne...
24 June 1690 – 3 February 1691 jointly with - William Cavendish, 4th Earl of DevonshireWilliam Cavendish, 1st Duke of DevonshireWilliam Cavendish, 1st Duke of Devonshire KG PC was a soldier and Whig statesman, the son of William Cavendish, 3rd Earl of Devonshire and Lady Elizabeth Cecil.-Life:...
24 June 1690 – 3 February 1691 and - Charles Sackville, 6th Earl of DorsetCharles Sackville, 6th Earl of DorsetCharles Sackville, 6th Earl of Dorset and 1st Earl of Middlesex was an English poet and courtier.-Early Life:He was son of Richard Sackville, 5th Earl of Dorset...
24 June 1690 – 3 February 1691 - James Butler, 2nd Duke of OrmondeJames Butler, 2nd Duke of OrmondeJames Butler, 2nd Duke of Ormonde KG KT was an Irish statesman and soldier. He was the third of the Kilcash branch of the family to inherit the earldom of Ormonde...
3 February 1691 – 3 December 1714 - Charles Boyle, 4th Earl of OrreryCharles Boyle, 4th Earl of OrreryCharles Boyle, 4th Earl of Orrery KT PC FRS was an English nobleman, statesman and patron of the sciences....
3 December 1714 – 1 October 1715 - George DodingtonGeorge DodingtonGeorge Dodington was a Whig politician under the patronage of Edward Russell, 1st Earl of Orford.Dodington represented Charlemont in the Irish House of Commons from 1707 to 1713. He served as Secretary to the Treasurer of the Navy during the reign of William III, and in 1707-1708 was Secretary to...
1 October 1715 – 28 March 1720 - George Dodington, 1st Baron MelcombeGeorge Dodington, 1st Baron MelcombeGeorge Bubb Dodington, 1st Baron Melcombe PC was an English politician and nobleman.Christened simply George Bubb, he acquired the surname Dodington around the time his uncle George Dodington died in 1720 and left him his estate...
20 June 1720 – 17 February 1744 - John Poulett, 2nd Earl PoulettJohn Poulett, 2nd Earl PoulettJohn Poulett, 2nd Earl Poulett was an English peer, known as Viscount Hinton from birth until 1743....
17 February 1744 – 5 November 1764 - Percy Wyndham-O'Brien, 1st Earl of ThomondPercy Wyndham-O'Brien, 1st Earl of ThomondPercy Wyndham-O'Brien, 1st Earl of Thomond was a British Member of Parliament, Irish peer and the younger son of Tory statesman Sir William Wyndham and brother to Sir Charles Wyndham, 2nd Earl of Egremont....
27 November 1764 – 16 March 1774 - Frederick North, 2nd Earl of GuilfordFrederick North, Lord NorthFrederick North, 2nd Earl of Guilford, KG, PC , more often known by his courtesy title, Lord North, which he used from 1752 until 1790, was Prime Minister of Great Britain from 1770 to 1782. He led Great Britain through most of the American War of Independence...
16 March 1774 – 5 August 1792 - John Poulett, 4th Earl Poulett 15 November 1792 – 14 January 1819
- Thomas Thynne, 2nd Marquess of BathThomas Thynne, 2nd Marquess of BathThomas Thynne, 2nd Marquess of Bath KG , styled Viscount Weymouth from 1789 until 1796, was a British peer.-Background and education:...
23 February 1819 – 27 March 1837 - Henry Fox-Strangways, 3rd Earl of IlchesterHenry Fox-Strangways, 3rd Earl of IlchesterHenry Stephen Fox-Strangways, 3rd Earl of Ilchester PC , styled Lord Stavordale from birth until 1802, was a British peer and Whig politician...
28 April 1837 – 1 June 1839 - Edward Portman, 1st Viscount PortmanEdward Portman, 1st Viscount PortmanEdward Berkeley Portman, 1st Viscount Portman , was a British Liberal politician.Portman was the son of Edward Portman, of Bryanston and Orchard in Dorset, and his wife Lucy, daughter of Reverend Thomas Whitby. He was a descendant of Sir William Portman, Lord Chief Justice of England between 1555...
1 June 1839 – 28 June 1864 - Richard Boyle, 9th Earl of CorkRichard Boyle, 9th Earl of CorkRichard Edmund St Lawrence Boyle, 9th Earl of Cork KP, PC , styled Viscount Dungarvan between 1834 and 1856, was a British courtier and Liberal politician...
28 June 1864 – 22 June 1904 - Thomas Thynne, 5th Marquess of BathThomas Thynne, 5th Marquess of BathThomas Henry Thynne, 5th Marquess of Bath KG, CB, PC, JP , styled Viscount Weymouth until 1896, was a British landowner and Conservative politician. He held ministerial office as Under-Secretary of State for India in 1905 and Master of the Horse between 1922 and 1924...
1904 – 9 June 1946 - Sir James Somerville 1946 – 19 March 1949
- William Jolliffe, 4th Baron HyltonWilliam Jolliffe, 4th Baron HyltonWilliam George Hervey Jolliffe, 4th Baron Hylton , was a British peer and soldier.Hylton was the son of Hylton Jolliffe, 3rd Baron Hylton, and Lady Alice Adeliza Hervey. He achieved the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in the Coldstream Guards and also served as Lord Lieutenant of Somerset from 1949 to...
10 August 1949 – 14 November 1967 - Cecil Townley Mitford-Slade 17 April 1968 – 1978
- Sir Walter Luttrell 3 May 1978 – 10 November 1994
- Sir John Wills, 4th Baronet 10 November 1994 – 26 August 1998
- Elizabeth Gass, Lady Gass 12 February 1999 – present