Lord Lieutenant of Suffolk
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This is a list of people who have served as Lord-Lieutenant of Suffolk
. Since 1642, all Lord Lieutenants have also been Custos Rotulorum of Suffolk
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Suffolk
Suffolk is a non-metropolitan county of historic origin in East Anglia, England. It has borders with Norfolk to the north, Cambridgeshire to the west and Essex to the south. The North Sea lies to the east...
. Since 1642, all Lord Lieutenants have also been Custos Rotulorum of Suffolk
Custos Rotulorum of Suffolk
This is a list of people who have served as Custos Rotulorum of Suffolk.* Sir Humphrey Wingfield bef. 1544–1545* John Gosnold bef. 1547–1554* Sir William Cordell bef. 1558 – bef. 1562* Sir Clement Heigham bef. 1562–1571...
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Lord Lieutenants of Suffolk
- Sir Anthony WingfieldAnthony WingfieldSir Anthony Wingfield MP KG PC of Letheringham, Suffolk, was an English soldier, politician, courtier and member of parliament...
1551–1552 jointly with - ? 1551–?
- Thomas Radclyffe, 3rd Earl of SussexThomas Radclyffe, 3rd Earl of SussexThomas Radclyffe 3rd Earl of Sussex was Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland during the Tudor period of English history, and a leading courtier during the reign of Elizabeth I.- Family:...
1557–1583 - Henry Carey, 1st Baron HunsdonHenry Carey, 1st Baron HunsdonHenry Carey, 1st Baron Hunsdon, of Hunsdon was an English nobleman.He was the son of Mary Boleyn, the sister of Anne Boleyn and also the mistress to King Henry VIII of England...
3 July 1585 – 23 July 1596 - vacant
- Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of SuffolkThomas Howard, 1st Earl of SuffolkAdmiral Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Suffolk, KG, PC was a son of Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk by his second wife Margaret Audley, Duchess of Norfolk, the daughter and heiress of the 1st Baron Audley of Walden....
3 July 1605– 28 May 1626 - Theophilus Howard, 2nd Earl of SuffolkTheophilus Howard, 2nd Earl of SuffolkTheophilus Howard, 2nd Earl of Suffolk, KG was an English nobleman and politician.Born at the family estate of Saffron Walden, he was the son of Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Suffolk, by his second wife Catherine Knyvet of Charlton, and succeeded his father in 1626.Sir Theophilus Howard was named in...
15 June 1626 – 3 June 1640 - James Howard, 3rd Earl of SuffolkJames Howard, 3rd Earl of SuffolkJames Howard, 3rd Earl of Suffolk, Earl Marshal , was grandson of Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Suffolk, and was himself 3rd Earl of Suffolk and 3rd Baron Howard de Walden.-Family:...
16 June 1640 – 1642 jointly with - Sir Thomas Jermyn 16 June 1640 – 1642
- Interregnum
- James Howard, 3rd Earl of SuffolkJames Howard, 3rd Earl of SuffolkJames Howard, 3rd Earl of Suffolk, Earl Marshal , was grandson of Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Suffolk, and was himself 3rd Earl of Suffolk and 3rd Baron Howard de Walden.-Family:...
25 July 1660 – 12 March 1681 - Henry Bennet, 1st Earl of ArlingtonHenry Bennet, 1st Earl of ArlingtonHenry Bennet, 1st Earl of Arlington KG, PC was an English statesman.- Background and early life :He was the son of Sir John Bennet of Dawley, Middlesex, and of Dorothy Crofts. He was the younger brother of John Bennet, 1st Baron Ossulston; his sister was Elizabeth Bennet who married Robert Kerr,...
12 March 1681 – 6 May 1685 - Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of GraftonHenry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of GraftonHenry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Grafton KG was the illegitimate son of King Charles II by Barbara Villiers, Countess of Castlemaine....
6 May 1685 – 28 March 1689 - Charles Cornwallis, 3rd Baron CornwallisCharles Cornwallis, 3rd Baron CornwallisCharles Cornwallis, 3rd Baron Cornwallis PC was a British politician who served as First Lord of the Admiralty. He succeeded his father as Baron Cornwallis in 1673...
28 March 1689 – 29 April 1698 - Charles Cornwallis, 4th Baron CornwallisCharles Cornwallis, 4th Baron CornwallisCharles Cornwallis, 4th Baron Cornwallis PC was a British politician. He was the son of Charles Cornwallis, 3rd Baron Cornwallis and Elizabeth Fox . On 29 April 1693 he succeeded his father as Baron Cornwallis. He married Lady Charlotte Butler, daughter of Richard Butler, 1st Earl of Arran, on 6...
14 June 1698 – 16 June 1703 - Lionel Tollemache, 3rd Earl of DysartLionel Tollemache, 3rd Earl of DysartLionel Tollemache, 3rd Earl of Dysart , styled Lord Huntingtower from 1651 to 1698, was a British Tory Member of Parliament and nobleman....
16 June 1703 – 25 April 1705 - Charles FitzRoy, 2nd Duke of GraftonCharles FitzRoy, 2nd Duke of GraftonCharles FitzRoy, 2nd Duke of Grafton KG PC was an Irish and English politician.He was born the only child of Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Grafton and Isabella Bennet, 2nd Countess of Arlington...
25 April 1705 – 6 May 1757 - Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of GraftonAugustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of GraftonAugustus Henry FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton, KG, PC , styled Earl of Euston between 1747 and 1757, was a British Whig statesman of the Georgian era...
4 December 1757 – 10 February 1763 - Charles Maynard, 1st Viscount Maynard 10 February 1763 – 1 June 1769
- Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of GraftonAugustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of GraftonAugustus Henry FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton, KG, PC , styled Earl of Euston between 1747 and 1757, was a British Whig statesman of the Georgian era...
1 June 1769 – 3 July 1790 - George FitzRoy, 4th Duke of GraftonGeorge FitzRoy, 4th Duke of GraftonGeorge Henry FitzRoy, 4th Duke of Grafton, KG was a British peer and Whig politician, known as Earl of Euston from birth until 1811....
3 July 1790 – 19 January 1844 - John Rous, 2nd Earl of StradbrokeJohn Rous, 2nd Earl of StradbrokeJohn Edward Cornwallis Rous, 2nd Earl of Stradbroke was a British nobleman.He married Augusta Musgrave, by whom he had six children:* Lady Augusta Fanny Rous...
19 January 1844 – 27 January 1886 - Frederick Hervey, 3rd Marquess of BristolFrederick Hervey, 3rd Marquess of BristolFrederick William John Hervey, 3rd Marquess of Bristol was a British peer and Member of Parliament ....
17 February 1886 – 7 August 1907 - Sir William Brampton GurdonWilliam Brampton GurdonSir William Brampton Gurdon KCMG, CB, JP was a British civil servant who became a Liberal Party politician.- Early life :...
21 October 1907 – 1910 - Sir Courtenay Warner, 1st BaronetSir Courtenay Warner, 1st BaronetSir Thomas Courtenay Theydon Warner, 1st Baronet CB was a politician in the United Kingdom, who served as Member of Parliament for North Somerset from 1892 to 1895, and for Lichfield from 1896 to 1923....
8 July 1910 – 15 December 1934 - George Rous, 3rd Earl of StradbrokeGeorge Rous, 3rd Earl of StradbrokeGeorge Edward John Mowbray Rous, 3rd Earl of Stradbroke KCMG CB CVO CBE VD TD was a British noble and the 15th Governor of Victoria, Australia....
4 February 1935 – 20 December 1947 - John Rous, 4th Earl of StradbrokeJohn Rous, 4th Earl of StradbrokeJohn Anthony Alexander Rous, 4th Earl of Stradbroke , was a British nobleman, the son of George Rous, 3rd Earl of Stradbroke. He was styled Viscount Dunwich from birth until acceding to the earldom in 1947....
2 April 1948 – 24 April 1978 - Sir Joshua Rowley, 7th Baronet 24 April 1978 – 11 February 1994
- John Ganzoni, 2nd Baron BelsteadJohn Ganzoni, 2nd Baron BelsteadJohn Julian Ganzoni, 2nd Baron Belstead PC was a British Conservative politician and peer who served as Leader of the House of Lords under Margaret Thatcher from 1988 to 1990.-Background and education:...
11 February 1994 – 30 June 2003 - Timothy Tollemache, 5th Baron TollemacheTimothy Tollemache, 5th Baron TollemacheTimothy John Edward Tollemache, 5th Baron Tollemache is the standing owner of the principal ancestral seat of Helmingham Hall and the 5th Baron Tollemache....
30 June 2003 – present