Lord Lieutenant of the Tower Hamlets

This is a list of people who have served as Lord Lieutenant of the Tower Hamlets.

The Lord Lieutenancy was created in 1660 at the Restoration. It was generally held by the Constable of the Tower of London. Lieutenants were appointed until 1889, when the lieutenancy's functions were absorbed by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of London.

Sir John Robinson, 1st Baronet 3 October 1660 – 1675
James Compton, 3rd Earl of Northampton 30 July 1675 – 1679
William Alington, 3rd Baron Alington 8 June 1679 – 1 February 1685
George Legge, 1st Baron Dartmouth 29 June 1685 – 1688
Robert Lucas, 3rd Baron Lucas of Shenfield 8 April 1689 – June 1702
Montagu Venables-Bertie, 2nd Earl of Abingdon 29 June 1702 – 1705
Algernon Capell, 2nd Earl of Essex 23 May 1706 – 1710
Richard Savage, 4th Earl Rivers 5 February 1710 – 18 August 1712
George Compton, 4th Earl of Northampton 10 May 1712 – 1715
Hatton Compton 26 July 1715 – 1717^[1]
Charles Howard, 3rd Earl of Carlisle 21 October 1717 – December 1722
Henry Clinton, 7th Earl of Lincoln 30 January 1723 – 1725
Charles Paulet, 3rd Duke of Bolton 19 June 1725 – 1726
Henry Lowther, 3rd Viscount Lonsdale 24 November 1726 – 1731
John Sidney, 6th Earl of Leicester 15 October 1731 – 27 September 1737
vacant
Charles Cornwallis, 1st Earl Cornwallis 30 May 1740 – 23 June 1762
John Berkeley, 5th Baron Berkeley of Stratton 26 July 1762 – 1770
Charles Cornwallis, 2nd Earl Cornwallis 4 January 1771 – 1784
Lord George Lennox 12 March 1784 – 1784
Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis 26 November 1784 – 5 October 1805
Francis Rawdon-Hastings, 1st Marquess of Hastings 24 February 1806 – 28 November 1826
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington 29 January 1827 – 14 September 1852
Stapleton Stapleton-Cotton, 1st Viscount Combermere 20 October 1852 – 21 February 1865
Sir John Fox Burgoyne, 1st Baronet 12 April 1865 – 7 October 1871
Sir George Pollock 20 November 1871 – 6 October 1872
Sir William Maynard Gomm 8 November 1872 – 15 March 1875
Sir Charles Yorke 9 April 1875 – 20 November 1880
Sir William Fenwick Williams, 1st Baronet 14 May 1881 – 1881
Sir Richard James Dacres 8 July 1881 – 6 December 1886
Robert Napier, 1st Baron Napier of Magdala 6 January 1887 – 1889

Deputy lieutenants

A deputy lieutenant of the Tower Hamlets is commissioned by the Lord Lieutenant of the Tower Hamlets. 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.

19th Century

28 June 1831: Charles Bradshaw Stutfield, Esq.^[2]
14 March 1846: Frederick Hodgson, Esq.^[3]

References

^ Hatton Compton (d.1741) of Grendon Hall (which he rebuilt), Northamptonshire, who married a daughter of Sir Edward Nicholas (1593-1669), Secretary of State. He was the son of Sir Charles Compton (d.1661) (second son of Spencer Compton, 2nd Earl of Northampton (1601-1643)) by his wife Mary Fermor, daughter of Sir Hatton Fermor of Easton-Neston in Northamptonshire, ancestor to the Earl of Pomfret. Hatton Compton was constituted Lieutenant of the Tower of London, on July 26, 1715, in which place he was continued by King George II. He died Jan. 22, 1740-1, at his house in Marlborough Street, aged upwards of 80, leaving by his wife (a daughter of Sir Edward Nicholas (1593-1669), Secretary of State), a daughter Penelope Compton, married to Dr. Mawson, Bishop of Ely ; also three sons, Charles Compton, Edward Compton, and James Compton; whereof Edward Compton, Esq; cashier of the half-pay officers, was in May 1741, appointed Pay-master of the troops then to go abroad, as likewise of the Dutch and Hessian forces in the pay of Great-Britain. (Source: Peerage of England: Containing a Genealogical and Historical Account of All ... By Arthur Collins, Vol II, 1756, p.219 [1])
^ "No. 18818". The London Gazette. 28 June 1831. p. 1285.
^ "No. 20585". The London Gazette. 20 March 1846. p. 1032.

J.C. Sainty (1979). List of Lieutenants of Counties of England and Wales 1660-1974. London: Swift Printers (Sales) Ltd.

[1] Hatton Compton (d.1741) of Grendon Hall (which he rebuilt), Northamptonshire, who married a daughter of Sir Edward Nicholas (1593-1669), Secretary of State. He was the son of Sir Charles Compton (d.1661) (second son of Spencer Compton, 2nd Earl of Northampton (1601-1643)) by his wife Mary Fermor, daughter of Sir Hatton Fermor of Easton-Neston in Northamptonshire, ancestor to the Earl of Pomfret. Hatton Compton was constituted Lieutenant of the Tower of London, on July 26, 1715, in which place he was continued by King George II. He died Jan. 22, 1740-1, at his house in Marlborough Street, aged upwards of 80, leaving by his wife (a daughter of Sir Edward Nicholas (1593-1669), Secretary of State), a daughter Penelope Compton, married to Dr. Mawson, Bishop of Ely ; also three sons, Charles Compton, Edward Compton, and James Compton; whereof Edward Compton, Esq; cashier of the half-pay officers, was in May 1741, appointed Pay-master of the troops then to go abroad, as likewise of the Dutch and Hessian forces in the pay of Great-Britain. (Source: Peerage of England: Containing a Genealogical and Historical Account of All ... By Arthur Collins, Vol II, 1756, p.219 [1])

[2] "No. 18818". The London Gazette. 28 June 1831. p. 1285.

[3] "No. 20585". The London Gazette. 20 March 1846. p. 1032.

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