Lord Lieutenant of Rutland
Appearance
The ancient position of Lord-Lieutenant of Rutland was abolished on 31 March 1974.
Between 1 April 1974 and its reestablishment on 8 April 1997 Rutland came under the Lord Lieutenant of Leicestershire. Since 1690, all lord-lieutenants have also been Custos Rotulorum of Rutland.
Lord-lieutenants of Rutland until 1974
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- Henry Manners, 2nd Earl of Rutland 1559–1563
- Henry Hastings, 3rd Earl of Huntingdon ? – 14 December 1595
- George Hastings, 4th Earl of Huntingdon 2 October 1596 – 30 December 1604
- vacant
- John Harington, 1st Baron Harington of Exton 16 May 1607 – 23 August 1613
- John Harington, 2nd Baron Harington of Exton 8 October 1613 – 27 February 1614
- Henry Hastings, 5th Earl of Huntingdon 1614–1642 jointly with
- Ferdinando Hastings, 6th Earl of Huntingdon 27 December 1638 – 1642
- David Cecil, 3rd Earl of Exeter 5 March 1642 - 1643[1]
- Interregnum
- Baptist Noel, 3rd Viscount Campden 9 August 1660 – 29 October 1682
- Edward Noel, 1st Earl of Gainsborough 17 November 1682 – 23 January 1688 jointly with
- Wriothesley Noel, Viscount Campden 24 March 1685 – 23 January 1688
- Henry Mordaunt, 2nd Earl of Peterborough 23 January 1688 – 28 August 1690
- Bennet Sherard, 2nd Baron Sherard 28 August 1690 – 15 January 1700
- Bennet Sherard, 3rd Baron Sherard 11 March 1700 – 14 November 1712
- John Cecil, 6th Earl of Exeter 14 November 1712 – 12 September 1715
- Bennet Sherard, 1st Earl of Harborough 12 September 1715 – 16 October 1732
- Philip Sherard, 2nd Earl of Harborough 17 July 1733 – 20 July 1750[2]
- Brownlow Cecil, 9th Earl of Exeter 6 June 1751 – 12 April 1779
- George Finch, 9th Earl of Winchilsea 12 April 1779 – 2 August 1826
- Brownlow Cecil, 2nd Marquess of Exeter 7 October 1826 – 16 January 1867
- Charles Noel, 2nd Earl of Gainsborough 22 February 1867 – 13 August 1881
- William Tollemache, 9th Earl of Dysart 3 November 1881 – 29 March 1906
- John Brocklehurst, 1st Baron Ranksborough 29 March 1906 – 28 February 1921
- Gilbert Heathcote-Drummond-Willoughby, 2nd Earl of Ancaster 6 January 1921 – 29 September 1951
- William Melville Codrington 5 February 1951 – 29 April 1963
- Thomas Charles Stanley Haywood 12 August 1963 – 31 March 1974 (subsequently Lord Lieutenant of Leicestershire)
Lord-lieutenants of Rutland since 1997
- Sir Thomas Lawrie (Jock) Kennedy 1 April 1997 – 14 July 2003[3]
- Sir Lawrence Howard 14 July 2003 – 29 March 2018[4][5]
- Dr Sarah Furness 3 April 2018 – present[6]
References
- J.C. Sainty (1970). "Lieutenancies of Counties, 1585–1642". Bulletin of the Institute of Historical Research (Special Supplement No. 8).
- J.C. Sainty (1979). List of Lieutenants of Counties of England and Wales 1660-1974. London: Swift Printers (Sales) Ltd.
- ^ House of Lords Journal, Vol. 4 p625
- ^ Doyle, James William Edmund (1885). The Official Baronage of England. London: Longmans, Green. p. 109. Retrieved 19 October 2007.
- ^ "No. 54728". The London Gazette. 8 April 1997. p. 4181.
- ^ London Gazette, issue no.57004, 18 July 2003
- ^ "Appointment of a new Lord-Lieutenant for Rutland". gov.uk (Press release). Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street. 14 February 2018. Retrieved 14 October 2018.
- ^ "No. 62248". The London Gazette. 6 April 2018. p. 6154.