Lord Lieutenant of Essex

This is a list of people who have served as Lord Lieutenant of Essex. Since 1688, all the Lord Lieutenants have also been Custos Rotulorum of Essex.

* John Petre, 1st Baron Petre
* John de Vere, 16th Earl of Oxford 1558–?
* Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester 3 July 1585 – 4 September 1588
* William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley 31 December 1588 – 4 August 1598
* vacant
* Robert Radclyffe, 5th Earl of Sussex 26 August 1603 – 5 February 1629 jointly with
* Robert Rich, 2nd Earl of Warwick 8 September 1625 – 1642 jointly with
* Richard Weston, 1st Earl of Portland 5 February 1629 – 31 March 1635 and
* William Maynard, 1st Baron Maynard 6 August 1635 – 17 December 1640 and
* James Hay, 2nd Earl of Carlisle 8 January 1641 – 1642
* Interregnum
* Aubrey de Vere, 20th Earl of Oxford 13 August 1660 – 1687 jointly with
* Christopher Monck, 2nd Duke of Albemarle 30 November 1675 – 1687
* Thomas Petre, 6th Baron Petre 18 February 1688 – 1688
* Aubrey de Vere, 20th Earl of Oxford 25 October 1688 – 12 March 1703
* Francis North, 2nd Baron Guilford 23 March 1703 – 1705
* Richard Savage, 4th Earl Rivers 16 April 1705 – 18 August 1712
* Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke 24 October 1712 – 1714
* Henry Howard, 6th Earl of Suffolk 7 January 1715 – 19 September 1718
* Charles Howard, 7th Earl of Suffolk 10 December 1718 – 9 February 1722
* Henry O'Brien, 8th Earl of Thomond 2 April 1722 – 20 April 1741
* Benjamin Mildmay, 1st Earl Fitzwalter 7 May 1741 – 29 February 1756
* William Nassau de Zuylestein, 4th Earl of Rochford 3 April 1756 – 28 September 1781
* John Waldegrave, 3rd Earl Waldegrave 7 November 1781 – 22 October 1784
* John Griffin, 4th Baron Howard de Walden 17 November 1784 – 25 May 1797
* Richard Griffin, 2nd Baron Braybrooke 27 January 1798 – 28 February 1825
* Henry Maynard, 3rd Viscount Maynard 19 April 1825 – 19 May 1865
* Thomas Crosbie William Trevor, 22nd Baron Dacre 5 October 1865 – 1869
* Sir Thomas Burch Western, 1st Baronet 11 May 1869 – 30 May 1873
* Chichester Parkinson-Fortescue, 1st Baron Carlingford 4 September 1873 – 1892
* John Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh 2 February 1892 – 1 August 1901[1]
* Francis Greville, 5th Earl of Warwick 1 August 1901[1] – 1919
* Amelius Lockwood, 1st Baron Lambourne 11 February 1919 – 26 December 1928
* Sir Richard Beale Colvin 31 January 1929 – 1936
* Sir Francis Henry Douglas Charlton Whitmore, 1st Baronet 16 April 1936 – 1958
* Sir John Ruggles-Brise, 2nd Baronet 6 September 1958 – 1978
* Sir Andrew Lewis 1978–1992
* Robin Neville, 10th Baron Braybrooke 3 August 1992 – October 2002[2]
* John Petre, 18th Baron Petre 16 December 2002 – 4 August 2017[3][4]
* Jennifer Tolhurst 5 August 2017 – present[5]

## Deputy lieutenants[edit]

A deputy lieutenant of Essex is commissioned by the Lord Lieutenant of Essex. Deputy lieutenants support the work of the lord-lieutenant. There can be several deputy lieutenants at any time, depending on the population of the county. Their appointment does not terminate with the changing of the lord-lieutenant, but they usually retire at age 75.

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (July 2022)

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### 18th Century[edit]

* 15 February 1793: Thomas Gardiner Bramston[6]
* 15 February 1793: George Davis Carr[6]
* 23 March 1797: William Manley[7]
* 23 March 1797: Jackson Barwis[7]
* 9 July 1803: George Lee[8]
* 9 July 1803: John Crosse Godsalve Crosse[8]
* 9 July 1803: John Wallinger Arnold Wallinger[8]
* 9 July 1803: John Hopkins Dare[8]

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b "No. 27340". The London Gazette. 2 August 1901. p. 5125.
2. ^ "No. 53011". The London Gazette. 6 August 1992. p. 13297.
3. ^ "No. 56787". The London Gazette. 19 December 2002. p. 15392.
4. ^ "Lord-Lieutenant of Essex: Jennifer Tolhurst". gov.uk (Press release). Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street. 22 June 2017. Retrieved 14 October 2018.
5. ^ "No. 62022". The London Gazette. 14 August 2017. p. 15318.
6. ^ a b "No. 13507". The London Gazette. 2 March 1793. p. 182.
7. ^ a b "No. 13997". The London Gazette. 28 March 1797. p. 298.
8. ^ a b c d "No. 15605". The London Gazette. 26 July 1803. p. 924.

## External links[edit]

* Official Website

## Sources[edit]

* J.C. Sainty (1970). "Lieutenancies of Counties, 1585-1642". Bulletin of the Institute of Historical Research (Special Supplement No. 8). ISBN 978-0-90117-915-9.
* J.C. Sainty (1979). List of Lieutenants of Counties of England and Wales 1660-1974. London: Swift Printers (Sales) Ltd.

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