Lord Lieutenant of Westmorland
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This is a list of people who have served as Lord-Lieutenant of Westmorland
. The office was abolished on 31 March 1974 and replaced by the Lord Lieutenant of Cumbria
. From 1751 to 1974, all Lord Lieutenants were also Custos Rotulorum of Westmorland
.
Westmorland
Westmorland is an area of North West England and one of the 39 historic counties of England. It formed an administrative county from 1889 to 1974, after which the entirety of the county was absorbed into the new county of Cumbria.-Early history:...
. The office was abolished on 31 March 1974 and replaced by the Lord Lieutenant of Cumbria
Lord Lieutenant of Cumbria
This is a list of those who have held the position of Lord Lieutenant of Cumbria:Cumbria was formed on 1 March 1974 by combining Cumberland and Westmorland and some other areas....
. From 1751 to 1974, all Lord Lieutenants were also Custos Rotulorum of Westmorland
Custos Rotulorum of Westmorland
This is a list of people who have served as Custos Rotulorum of Westmorland.* Ambrose Middleton bef. 1544 – aft. 1547* Alan Bellingham bef. 1558–1578* Sir Thomas Boynton bef...
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- Henry Clifford, 2nd Earl of CumberlandHenry Clifford, 2nd Earl of CumberlandHenry Clifford, 2nd Earl of Cumberland was a member of the Clifford family which held the seat of Skipton from 1310 to 1676. He was married to Lady Eleanor Brandon, a niece of Henry VIII of England.-Family:...
1553–1559 - 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:...
20 August 1586 – 14 December 1595 - vacant?
- George Clifford, 3rd Earl of CumberlandGeorge Clifford, 3rd Earl of CumberlandSir George Clifford, 3rd Earl of Cumberland, KG was an English peer, as well as a naval commander and courtier in the court of Queen Elizabeth I.-Background:...
1603–1605 - vacant?
- Francis Clifford, 4th Earl of CumberlandFrancis Clifford, 4th Earl of CumberlandFrancis Clifford, 4th Earl of Cumberland was a member of the Clifford family which held the seat of Skipton from 1310 to 1676....
27 October 1607 – 4 January 1641 jointly with - George Home, 1st Earl of DunbarGeorge Home, 1st Earl of DunbarGeorge Home, 1st Earl of Dunbar, KG, PC was, in the last decade of his life, the most prominent and most influential Scotsman in England. His work lay in the King's Household and in the control of the State Affairs of Scotland and he was the King's chief Scottish advisor...
27 October 1607 – 20 January 1611 and - 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...
27 October 1607 – 31 August 1639 and - Henry Clifford, 1st Baron CliffordHenry Clifford, 5th Earl of CumberlandHenry Clifford, 5th Earl of Cumberland was a member of the Clifford family which held the seat of Skipton from 1310 to 1676. He was the son of Francis Clifford, 4th Earl of Cumberland and Grisold Hughes. He married Frances Cecil , daughter of Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury and Elizabeth Brooke...
27 October 1607 – 1642 and - Algernon Percy, 10th Earl of NorthumberlandAlgernon Percy, 10th Earl of NorthumberlandAlgernon Percy, 10th Earl of Northumberland, 4th Baron Percy, KG was an English military leader and a prominent supporter of constitutional monarchy.-Family background:...
13 November 1626 – 31 August 1639 and - Thomas Howard, 21st Earl of ArundelThomas Howard, 21st Earl of ArundelThomas Howard, 21st Earl of Arundel KG, was a prominent English courtier during the reigns of King James I and King Charles I, but he made his name as a Grand Tourist and art collector rather than as a politician. When he died he possessed 700 paintings, along with large collections of sculpture,...
23 July 1632 – 31 August 1639 and - Henry Howard, Lord MaltraversHenry Howard, 22nd Earl of ArundelHenry Frederick Howard, 22nd Earl of Arundel, PC was an English noble and the second son of Thomas Howard, 21st Earl of Arundel and Lady Alethea Talbot, later 13th Baroness Furnivall...
23 July 1632 – 31 August 1639 - Interregnum
- Charles Howard, 1st Earl of CarlisleCharles Howard, 1st Earl of CarlisleCharles Howard, 1st Earl of Carlisle was an English politician and military leader.The first in the Howard line of earls, he was the son and heir of Sir William Howard, of Naworth in Cumberland, by Mary, daughter of William, Lord Eure, and great-grandson of Lord William Howard, "Belted Will" , the...
1 October 1660 – 24 February 1685 - Thomas Tufton, 6th Earl of ThanetThomas Tufton, 6th Earl of ThanetThomas Tufton, 6th Earl of Thanet, 18th Baron de Clifford PC was an English nobleman and politician.He was the fourth son of John Tufton, 2nd Earl of Thanet and his wife Margaret Sackville, Baroness Clifford and inherited the title on the death in 1684 of his elder brother Richard Tufton, 5th Earl...
3 March 1685 – 1687 - Richard Graham, 1st Viscount PrestonRichard Graham, 1st Viscount PrestonRichard Graham, 1st Viscount Preston PC was an English politician and diplomat. He became a Jacobite conspirator, but his reputation in the Jacobite community suffered when he gave evidence against his co-conspirators in exchange for a pardon.-Origins and education:Graham was born at Netherby,...
29 August 1687 – 1688 - Sir John Lowther, 2nd BaronetJohn Lowther, 1st Viscount LonsdaleJohn Lowther, 1st Viscount Lonsdale, PC, FRS , known as Sir John Lowther, 2nd Baronet, from 1675 to 1696, was an English politician....
8 April 1689 – 1694 - Charles Howard, 3rd Earl of CarlisleCharles Howard, 3rd Earl of CarlisleCharles Howard, 3rd Earl of Carlisle, PC was a British statesman and member of the peerage of England.Charles Howard was the eldest son of Edward Howard and inherited his title on the death of his father in 1692. He married in 1683 Lady Anne de Vere Capell, daughter of Arthur Capell, 1st Earl of...
28 June 1694 – 1 May 1738 - Henry Lowther, 3rd Viscount LonsdaleHenry Lowther, 3rd Viscount LonsdaleHenry Lowther, 3rd Viscount Lonsdale PC FRS was an English courtier and landowner.He succeeded to the Viscountcy in 1713, upon the death of his elder brother, Richard Lowther, 2nd Viscount Lonsdale...
1 June 1738 – 7 March 1751 - vacant
- Sir William Lowther, 3rd BaronetSir William Lowther, 3rd BaronetSir William Lowther, 3rd Baronet was an English landowner, of Marske Hall, Yorkshire and Holker Hall. He was the eldest son of Sir Thomas Lowther, 2nd Baronet and Lady Elizabeth Cavendish....
6 February 1753 – 15 April 1756 - Sir John Pennington, 3rd Baronet 29 April 1756 – 1758
- James Lowther, 1st Earl of LonsdaleJames Lowther, 1st Earl of LonsdaleSir James Lowther, 1st Earl of Lonsdale was the son of Robert Lowther and Catherine Pennington.He married Mary Crichton-Stuart, daughter of John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute and Mary Wortley-Montagu, 1st Baroness Mount Stuart on 7 September 1761.On 9 June 1792 he fought a duel with a Captain Cuthbert...
13 December 1759 – 24 May 1802 - William Lowther, 1st Earl of LonsdaleWilliam Lowther, 1st Earl of LonsdaleWilliam Lowther, 1st Earl of Lonsdale of the second creation KG was a British Tory politician and nobleman.-Life:...
26 June 1802 – 19 March 1844 - William Lowther, 2nd Earl of LonsdaleWilliam Lowther, 2nd Earl of LonsdaleWilliam Lowther, 2nd Earl of Lonsdale PC, FRS , styled Viscount Lowther between 1807 and 1844, was a British Tory politician.-Background:...
3 May 1844 – 1868 - Henry Lowther, 3rd Earl of LonsdaleHenry Lowther, 3rd Earl of LonsdaleHenry Lowther, 3rd Earl of Lonsdale was a British nobleman and Conservative politician, the eldest son of Henry Cecil Lowther and Lady Lucy Sherard.He married Emily Susan Caulfeild on 31 July 1852. They had six children:...
14 December 1868 – 15 August 1876 - Sir Richard Musgrave, 11th BaronetSir Richard Musgrave, 11th BaronetSir Richard Courtenay Musgrave, 11th Baronet was an English Conservative politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1880 to 1881....
3 October 1876 – 13 February 1881 - Henry Tufton, 1st Baron HothfieldHenry Tufton, 1st Baron HothfieldHenry James Tufton, 1st Baron Hothfield , known as Sir Henry James Tufton, 2nd Baronet, from 1871 to 1881, was a British peer, Liberal politician and owner and breeder of racehorses....
15 March 1881 – 29 October 1926 - Lord Henry Cavendish-BentinckLord Henry Cavendish-BentinckLord Henry Cavendish-Bentinck , known as Henry Cavendish-Bentinck until 1880, was a British Conservative politician....
8 December 1926 – 6 October 1931 - Stanley Hughes le Fleming 7 December 1931 – 1939
- Anthony Lowther, Viscount LowtherAnthony Lowther, Viscount LowtherAnthony Edward Lowther, Viscount Lowther, DL, JP , English courtier and soldier, was the eldest son of Lancelot Lowther, 6th Earl of Lonsdale by his first wife, Gwendoline....
1 December 1939 – 1945 - James Winstanley Cropper 26 April 1945 – 10 November 1956
- Henry Hornyold-Strickland 6 May 1957 – 1965
- Lieutenant-Commander Paul Norman Wilson 12 November 1965 – 31 March 1974