Lord Lieutenant of Leicestershire

This is a list of people who have served as Lord Lieutenant of Leicestershire. Since 1703, all Lord Lieutenants have also been Custos Rotulorum of Leicestershire.

## Lord Lieutenants

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* Henry Grey, 3rd Marquess of Dorset 1549–1551
* Francis Hastings, 2nd Earl of Huntingdon 1551–1552
* Henry Grey, 1st Duke of Suffolk 1552–1554
* Francis Hastings, 2nd Earl of Huntingdon 1554 – 20 June 1561 jointly with
* Henry Hastings, 3rd Earl of Huntingdon 1559 – 14 December 1595
* George Hastings, 4th Earl of Huntingdon 2 October 1596 – 30 December 1604
* vacant
* Henry Hastings, 5th Earl of Huntingdon 16 May 1607 – 1642 jointly with
* Ferdinando Hastings, 6th Earl of Huntingdon 27 December 1638 – 1642
* Henry Grey, 1st Earl of Stamford 1642–? (Parliamentary)
* Interregnum
* Henry Hastings, 1st Baron Loughborough 14 January 1661 – 10 January 1667
* John Manners, 8th Earl of Rutland 14 February 1667 – 7 July 1677
* John Manners, 9th Earl of Rutland 7 July 1677 – 11 August 1687
* Theophilus Hastings, 7th Earl of Huntingdon 11 August 1687 – 6 April 1689
* John Manners, 9th Earl of Rutland 6 April 1689 – 24 March 1703
* Basil Feilding, 4th Earl of Denbigh 24 March 1703 – 1 July 1706
* John Manners, 1st Duke of Rutland 1 July 1706 – 10 January 1711
* Basil Feilding, 4th Earl of Denbigh 8 September 1711 – 3 December 1714
* John Manners, 2nd Duke of Rutland 3 December 1714 – 22 February 1721
* John Manners, 3rd Duke of Rutland 26 April 1721 – 29 May 1779
* Charles Manners, 4th Duke of Rutland 16 July 1779 – 24 October 1787
* Henry Somerset, 5th Duke of Beaufort 14 December 1787 – 21 October 1799
* John Manners, 5th Duke of Rutland 21 October 1799 – 20 January 1857
* Charles Manners, 6th Duke of Rutland 13 February 1857 – 3 March 1888
* Richard William Penn Curzon-Howe, 3rd Earl Howe 19 June 1888 – 25 September 1900
* Henry Manners, 8th Duke of Rutland 7 November 1900 – 8 May 1925[1]
* Arthur Grey Hazlerigg, 1st Baron Hazlerigg 27 July 1925 – 25 May 1949
* Robert Godfrey Wolseley Bewicke-Copley, 5th Baron Cromwell 2 August 1949 – 21 October 1966
* Col. Sir Robert Andrew St George Martin 5 April 1966 – 24 April 1989
* Sir Timothy Gerald Martin Brooks 24 April 1989 – 24 February 2003[2]
* Jennifer Gretton, Baroness Gretton 24 February 2003 – 14 June 2018[3]
* Mike Kapur 14 June 2018 – present[4]

## Deputy Lieutenants

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Active List as of April 2016 [5]

* Ramanbahai C BarberJune, 2013
* Gautam Govindlal Bodiwala 2001
* Richard L Brucciani 1999
* Professor Sir Robert Burgess 2010
* Hazel Byford, Baroness Byford 2010
* Robert Bruce Collins 2006
* Colonel Raeburn Murray Longair Colville 1997
* Rosemary Jean N Conley 1999
* Gerrard Amaury A March Phillips de Lisle 1997
* Richard Anthony Spencer Everard 1997
* Andrew James Granger 2008
* Brigadier William James Hurrell 2008
* Col Richard Sells Hurwood 2006
* Freda Hussain 2006
* David John Knowles 1999
* Sir Michael Latham
* Dr Angela Isabel Agnes Lennox 2001
* Elizabeth Jane Martin June, 2013
* Colonel Robert C J Martin 2010
* Ian Malcolm McAlpine 2001
* Suleman Nagdi 2008
* Hugh Michael Pearson 2008
* Professor Sir Nilesh J Samani 2010
* Resham Singh Sandhu 2006
* Wendi Kathleen Stevens 2008
* Bridget Ellen Towle June, 2013
* Peter John Wheeler 2001
* David William Wilson 2008
* David John Wyrko Esq 2010
* Jonathan Agnew 2015
* Dave Andrews 2015
* Sally Bowie 2015
* Mike Kapur 2015
* David Lindley 2015
* Riaz Ravat 2015
* Elisabeth Turnbull 2015
* Professor David Wilson 2015

Added 2017:[6]

* Richard Allan Halford Brooks 2017
* Richard Charles Griffin Clowes 2017
* Mehmooda Duke 2017
* Priyesh Patel 2017
* Professor Surinder Mohan Sharma 2017
* Lieutenant Colonel David Richard James Young 2018

## Previous Deputy Lieutenants

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* Ernest Clive Atkins
* John Cridlan Barrett
* Edwyn Burnaby
* Thomas Cave
* John Coke
* Edwin de Lisle
* John de Lisle
* Sir William Farrell-Skeffington
* Washington Shirley, 8th Earl Ferrers
* Washington Shirley, 9th Earl Ferrers
* Charles Freer, 1862[7]
* John Frewen-Turner
* John Gretton, 3rd Baron Gretton
* John Dove Harris
* Sir Thomas Kennedy
* Sir Maurice Levy, 1st Baronet
* Sir Edward Packe
* Eben William Robertson
* George Murray Smith the Younger
* Samuel Francis Stone, Esq. March 1901 [8]
* Robert Tilney

## 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): 25–26.25-26&rft.date=1970&rft.au=J.C.+Sainty&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Lord+Lieutenant+of+Leicestershire" class="Z3988">
* J.C. Sainty (1979). List of Lieutenants of Counties of England and Wales 1660-1974. London: Swift Printers (Sales) Ltd.

1. ^ "No. 27245". The London Gazette. 9 November 1900. p. 6854.
2. ^ London Gazette, issue no.51716, 27 April 1989
3. ^ "Lady Gretton to stand down as Lord Lieutenant of Leicestershire after 15 years in the role".
4. ^ "Queen picks her new personal representative for Leics". 11 May 2018.
5. ^ "Leicestershire County Council | Serving the people of Leicestershire".
6. ^ "Deputy Lieutenant Commissions". London Gazette. Retrieved 27 April 2019.
7. ^ "No. 22590". The London Gazette. 17 January 1862. p. 276.
8. ^ "No. 27299". The London Gazette. 26 March 1901. p. 2122.

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