Lord Lieutenant of Cheshire

List of people who have served as Lord Lieutenant of the County Palatine of Chester

This is a list of people who have served as Lord Lieutenant of the County Palatine of Chester. Since 1689, all Lords Lieutenant have also been Custos Rotulorum of Cheshire.

## Lord Lieutenants of Cheshire

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Lord Lieutenant | From | Until

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Edward, Earl of Derby | 1569 | 1572
Henry, Earl of Derby | 1572 | 25 September 1593
vacant
William, Earl of Derby
jointly with James, Earl of Derby | 21 December 1607
12 December 1626 | 1642
1642
William, Viscount Saye and Sele | 1642 (Parliamentarian)
Interregnum 1649–1660
Charles, Earl of Derby
jointly with William, Lord Brereton | 30 July 1660
19 July 1662 | 21 December 1672
April 1664
John, Earl of Bridgewater | 24 January 1673 | 1676
William, Earl of Derby | 11 May 1676 | 8 August 1687
William, Marquess of Powis | 28 February 1688 | 1688
William, Earl of Derby | 17 October 1688 | 23 December 1688
Henry, Earl of Warrington | 12 April 1689 | 2 January 1694
vacant 1694–1695
Richard, Earl Rivers | 11 May 1695 | 1703
Hugh, Earl of Cholmondeley | 16 June 1703 | April 1713
Other, Earl of Plymouth | 4 September 1713 | 1714
Hugh, Earl of Cholmondeley | 21 October 1714 | 18 January 1725
George, Earl of Cholmondeley | 7 April 1725 | 7 May 1733
George, Earl of Cholmondeley | 14 June 1733 | 10 June 1770
George, Earl of Cholmondeley | 19 July 1770 | May 1783
George, Earl of Stamford | 29 May 1783 | 23 May 1819
George, Earl of Stamford | 24 June 1819 | 26 April 1845
Richard, Marquess of Westminster | 20 May 1845 | 1867
William, Lord Egerton | 29 January 1868 | 21 February 1883
Hugh, Duke of Westminster | 31 March 1883 | 22 December 1899
Wilbraham, Earl Egerton | 19 March 1900[1] | 1905
Hugh, Duke of Westminster | 19 December 1905 | 1920
Sir William Bromley-Davenport | 15 April 1920 | 1949
Philip, Viscount Leverhulme | 6 September 1949 | 1990
William Arthur Bromley-Davenport | 2 August 1990[2] | 7 March 2010
Thomas David Briggs | 7 March 2010[3] | 25 August 2021
Alexis, Lady Redmond | 25 August 2021 | Present[4]

## Vice Lieutenants

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* Alan Egerton, 3rd Baron Egerton 11 January 1902[5]
* Sir George Dixon 15 December 1920[6]

## Deputy Lieutenants

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This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (October 2012)

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* Thomas, Lord Newton 23 February 1901[7]
* Colonel Sir Edward Cotton-Jodrell 23 February 1901[7]

## References

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* J.C. Sainty (1970). "Lieutenancies of Counties, 1585–1642". Bulletin of the Institute of Historical Research (Special Supplement No. 8): 13–14.
* J.C. Sainty (1979). List of Lieutenants of Counties of England and Wales 1660-1974. London: Swift Printers (Sales) Ltd.

1. ^ "No. 27175". The London Gazette. 20 March 1900. p. 1876.
2. ^ London Gazette, issue no.52237, 8 August 1990.
3. ^ Wilson, James (23 February 2010). "Mobberley man takes up role as Lord Lieutenant". The Knutsford Guardian. Retrieved 7 December 2023.
4. ^ "Her Majesty's Lord- Lieutenant of Cheshire". The Cheshire Lieutenancy. Retrieved 18 September 2021.
5. ^ "No. 27398". The London Gazette. 17 January 1902. p. 392.
6. ^ "No. 32166". The London Gazette. 17 December 1920. p. 12394.
7. ^ a b "No. 27290". The London Gazette. 1 March 1901. p. 1500.

## External links

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