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This is a list of people who have served as '''[[Lord Lieutenant]] of [[Cheshire]]'''. Since 1689, all Lords Lieutenant have also been [[Custos Rotulorum of Cheshire]].
{{Short description|List of people who have served as Lord Lieutenant of the County Palatine of Chester}}
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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==
==Lord Lieutenants of Cheshire==
{| class="wikitable"
*[[Edward Stanley, 3rd Earl of Derby]] [[1569]]–[[1572]]
! Lord Lieutenant !! From !! Until
*[[Henry Stanley, 4th Earl of Derby]] [[1572]] – [[25 September]] [[1593]]
|-
*''vacant''
*[[William Stanley, 6th Earl of Derby]] [[21 December]] [[1607]]–[[1642]] ''jointly with''
| [[Edward Stanley, 3rd Earl of Derby|Edward, Earl of Derby]] ||align=center| 1569 ||align=center| 1572
|-
*[[James Stanley, 7th Earl of Derby]] [[12 December]] [[1626]]–[[1642]]
| [[Henry Stanley, 4th Earl of Derby|Henry, Earl of Derby]] ||align=center| 1572 ||align=center| 25 September 1593
*[[William Fiennes, 1st Viscount Saye and Sele]] [[1642]] ([[Parliamentary]])
|-
*''Interregnum''
| colspan="3" align=center| ''vacant''
*[[Charles Stanley, 8th Earl of Derby]] [[30 July]] [[1660]] – [[21 December]] [[1672]] ''jointly with''
|-
*[[William Brereton, 2nd Baron Brereton]] [[19 July]] [[1662]] – April 1664
| [[William Stanley, 6th Earl of Derby|William, Earl of Derby]] <br />''jointly with'' [[James Stanley, 7th Earl of Derby|James, Earl of Derby]] ||align=center| 21 December 1607<br />12 December 1626 ||align=center| 1642<br />1642
*[[John Egerton, 2nd Earl of Bridgewater]] [[24 January]] [[1673]] – 1676
|-
*[[William Stanley, 9th Earl of Derby]] [[11 May]] [[1676]] – [[8 August]] [[1687]]
| [[William Fiennes, 1st Viscount Saye and Sele|William, Viscount Saye and Sele]] || colspan="2" align=center| 1642 ([[Roundhead|Parliamentarian]])
*[[William Herbert, 1st Marquess of Powis]] [[28 February]] [[1688]] – 1688
|-
*[[William Stanley, 9th Earl of Derby]] [[17 October]] [[1688]] – [[23 December]] [[1688]]
| colspan="3" align=center| ''[[English Interregnum|Interregnum]] 1649&ndash;1660''
*[[Henry Booth, 1st Earl of Warrington]] [[12 April]] [[1689]] – [[2 January]] [[1694]]
|-
*''vacant''
| [[Charles Stanley, 8th Earl of Derby|Charles, Earl of Derby]] <br />''jointly with'' [[William Brereton, 2nd Baron Brereton|William, Lord Brereton]] ||align=center| 30 July 1660<br />19 July 1662 ||align=center| 21 December 1672<br />April 1664
*[[Richard Savage, 4th Earl Rivers]] [[11 May]] [[1695]] – 1703
|-
*[[Hugh Cholmondeley, 1st Earl of Cholmondeley]] [[16 June]] [[1703]] – April 1713
| [[John Egerton, 2nd Earl of Bridgewater|John, Earl of Bridgewater]] ||align=center| 24 January 1673 ||align=center| 1676
*[[Other Windsor, 2nd Earl of Plymouth]] [[4 September]] [[1713]] – 1714
|-
*[[Hugh Cholmondeley, 1st Earl of Cholmondeley]] [[21 October]] [[1714]] – [[18 January]] [[1725]]
| [[William Stanley, 9th Earl of Derby|William, Earl of Derby]] ||align=center| 11 May 1676 ||align=center| 8 August 1687
*[[George Cholmondeley, 2nd Earl of Cholmondeley]] [[7 April]] [[1725]] – [[7 May]] [[1733]]
|-
*[[George Cholmondeley, 3rd Earl of Cholmondeley]] [[14 June]] [[1733]] – [[10 June]] [[1770]]
*[[George Cholmondeley, 1st Marquess of Cholmondeley|George Cholmondeley, 4th Earl of Cholmondeley]] [[19 July]] [[1770]] – May 1783
| [[William Herbert, 1st Marquess of Powis|William, Marquess of Powis]] ||align=center| 28 February 1688 ||align=center| 1688
|-
*[[George Harry Grey, 5th Earl of Stamford]] [[29 May]] [[1783]] – [[23 May]] [[1819]]
| [[William Stanley, 9th Earl of Derby|William, Earl of Derby]] ||align=center| 17 October 1688 ||align=center| 23 December 1688
*[[George Harry Grey, 6th Earl of Stamford]] [[24 June]] [[1819]] – [[26 April]] [[1845]]
|-
*[[Richard Grosvenor, 2nd Marquess of Westminster]] [[20 May]] [[1845]] – 1867
| [[Henry Booth, 1st Earl of Warrington|Henry, Earl of Warrington]] ||align=center| 12 April 1689 ||align=center| 2 January 1694
*[[William Egerton, 1st Baron Egerton]] [[29 January]] [[1868]] – [[21 February]] [[1883]]
|-
*[[Hugh Grosvenor, 1st Duke of Westminster]] [[31 March]] [[1883]] – [[22 December]] [[1899]]
| colspan="3" align=center| ''vacant 1694&ndash;1695''
*[[Wilbraham Egerton, 1st Earl Egerton]] [[21 March]] [[1900]] – 1905
|-
*[[Hugh Grosvenor, 2nd Duke of Westminster]] [[19 December]] [[1905]] – 1920
| [[Richard Savage, 4th Earl Rivers|Richard, Earl Rivers]] ||align=center| 11 May 1695 ||align=center| 1703
*[[William Bromley-Davenport|Sir William Bromley-Davenport]] [[15 April]] [[1920]] – 1949
|-
*[[Philip Lever, 3rd Viscount Leverhulme]] [[6 September]] [[1949]] – 1990
| [[Hugh Cholmondeley, 1st Earl of Cholmondeley|Hugh, Earl of Cholmondeley]] ||align=center| 16 June 1703 ||align=center| April 1713
*[[William Arthur Bromley-Davenport]] [[August 2]], [[1990]] – present<ref>London Gazette, issue no.52237, August 8, 1990</ref>
|-
| [[Other Windsor, 2nd Earl of Plymouth|Other, Earl of Plymouth]] ||align=center| 4 September 1713 ||align=center| 1714
|-
| [[Hugh Cholmondeley, 1st Earl of Cholmondeley|Hugh, Earl of Cholmondeley]] ||align=center| 21 October 1714 ||align=center| 18 January 1725
|-
| [[George Cholmondeley, 2nd Earl of Cholmondeley|George, Earl of Cholmondeley]] ||align=center| 7 April 1725 ||align=center| 7 May 1733
|-
| [[George Cholmondeley, 3rd Earl of Cholmondeley|George, Earl of Cholmondeley]] ||align=center| 14 June 1733 ||align=center| 10 June 1770
|-
| [[George Cholmondeley, 1st Marquess of Cholmondeley|George, Earl of Cholmondeley]] ||align=center| 19 July 1770 ||align=center| May 1783
|-
| [[George Harry Grey, 5th Earl of Stamford|George, Earl of Stamford]] ||align=center| 29 May 1783 ||align=center| 23 May 1819
|-
| [[George Harry Grey, 6th Earl of Stamford|George, Earl of Stamford]] ||align=center| 24 June 1819 ||align=center| 26 April 1845
|-
| [[Richard Grosvenor, 2nd Marquess of Westminster|Richard, Marquess of Westminster]] ||align=center| 20 May 1845 ||align=center| 1867
|-
| [[William Egerton, 1st Baron Egerton|William, Lord Egerton]] ||align=center| 29 January 1868 ||align=center| 21 February 1883
|-
| [[Hugh Grosvenor, 1st Duke of Westminster|Hugh, Duke of Westminster]] ||align=center| 31 March 1883 ||align=center| 22 December 1899
|-
| [[Wilbraham Egerton, 1st Earl Egerton|Wilbraham, Earl Egerton]] ||align=center| 19 March 1900<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=27175 |date=20 March 1900 |page=1876}}</ref> ||align=center| 1905
|-
| [[Hugh Grosvenor, 2nd Duke of Westminster|Hugh, Duke of Westminster]] ||align=center| 19 December 1905 ||align=center| 1920
|-
| [[William Bromley-Davenport (1862-1949)|Sir William Bromley-Davenport]] ||align=center| 15 April 1920 ||align=center| 1949
|-
| [[Philip Lever, 3rd Viscount Leverhulme|Philip, Viscount Leverhulme]] ||align=center| 6 September 1949 ||align=center| 1990
|-
| [[William Arthur Bromley-Davenport]] ||align=center| 2 August 1990<ref>London Gazette, issue no.52237, 8 August 1990.</ref> ||align=center| 7 March 2010
|-
| [[David Briggs (Lord Lieutenant)|Thomas David Briggs]] ||align=center| 7 March 2010<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.knutsfordguardian.co.uk/news/5013086.mobberley-man-takes-up-role-as-lord-lieutenant/ |title=Mobberley man takes up role as Lord Lieutenant |last=Wilson |first=James |date=23 February 2010 |newspaper=The Knutsford Guardian |access-date=7 December 2023}}</ref> ||align=center| 25 August 2021
|-
| Alexis, Lady Redmond ||align=center| 25 August 2021 ||align=center| Present<ref>{{cite web |title=Her Majesty's Lord- Lieutenant of Cheshire |url=http://cheshirelieutenancy.org.uk/the-lord-lieutenant-of-cheshire/ |website=The Cheshire Lieutenancy |access-date=18 September 2021}}</ref>
|}
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==Vice Lieutenants==
*[[Alan Egerton, 3rd Baron Egerton]] 11 January 1902<ref>{{London Gazette | issue=27398 | date=17 January 1902 |page=392}}</ref>
*Sir George Dixon 15 December 1920<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=32166 |date=17 December 1920 |page=12394}}</ref>

==Deputy Lieutenants==
{{Incomplete list|date=October 2012}}
*[[Thomas Legh, 2nd Baron Newton|Thomas, Lord Newton]] 23 February 1901<ref name ="Newton">{{London Gazette |issue=27290 |date=1 March 1901 |page=1500 }}</ref>
*[[Edward Cotton-Jodrell|Colonel Sir Edward Cotton-Jodrell]] 23 February 1901<ref name ="Newton"/>


==References==
==References==
* {{cite journal | author=J.C. Sainty | authorlink=John Sainty | title=Lieutenancies of Counties, 1585&ndash;1642 | journal=Bulletin of the Institute of Historical Research | year=1970 | volume= | issue=Special Supplement No. 8 | pages= | url= }}
* {{cite journal | author=J.C. Sainty | author-link=John Sainty (civil servant) | title=Lieutenancies of Counties, 1585&ndash;1642 | journal=Bulletin of the Institute of Historical Research | year=1970 | issue=Special Supplement No. 8 |pages=13–14}}
*{{cite book | author=J.C. Sainty | authorlink=John Sainty | title=List of Lieutenants of Counties of England and Wales 1660-1974 | publisher=Swift Printers (Sales) Ltd | location=London | year=1979}}
*{{cite book | author=J.C. Sainty | author-link=John Sainty (civil servant) | title=List of Lieutenants of Counties of England and Wales 1660-1974 | publisher=Swift Printers (Sales) Ltd | location=London | year=1979}}
*[http://www.thepeerage.com/index_local.htm thepeerage.com &mdash; Darryl Lundy]
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==External links==
==External links==
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*[http://www.cheshirelieutenancy.org.uk/ Lord Lieutenant of Cheshire]


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Latest revision as of 21:05, 18 August 2024

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
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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Deputy Lieutenants

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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.
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