This is an incomplete list of people who served as Lord Lieutenant of Denbighshire in Wales . After 1733, all Lord Lieutenants were also Custos Rotulorum of Denbighshire . The office was abolished on 31 March 1974, being replaced by the Lord Lieutenant of Clwyd .

Lord Lieutenants of Denbighshire to 1974 [ edit ]

See Lord Lieutenant of Wales before 1694

1. Charles Talbot, 1st Duke of Shrewsbury , 31 May 1694 ? 10 March 1696
2. Charles Gerard, 2nd Earl of Macclesfield , 10 March 1696 ? 5 November 1701
3. William Stanley, 9th Earl of Derby , 18 June 1702 ? 5 November 1702
4. Hugh Cholmondeley, 1st Earl of Cholmondeley , 2 December 1702 ? 4 September 1713
5. Other Windsor, 2nd Earl of Plymouth , 4 September 1713 ? 21 October 1714
6. Hugh Cholmondeley, 1st Earl of Cholmondeley , 21 October 1714 ? 18 January 1725
7. George Cholmondeley, 2nd Earl of Cholmondeley , 7 April 1725 ? 7 May 1733
8. Sir Robert Salusbury Cotton, 3rd Baronet , 21 June 1733 ? 27 August 1748
9. Richard Myddelton , 20 August 1748 ? March 1795
10. Vacant, March 1795 - 4 April 1796
11. Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, 5th Baronet , 4 April 1796 ? 6 January 1840
12. Robert Myddelton Biddulph , 8 February 1840 ? 21 March 1872
13. William Cornwallis-West , 5 June 1872 ? 4 July 1917
14. Lloyd Tyrell-Kenyon, 4th Baron Kenyon , 24 January 1918 ? 30 November 1927
15. Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, 9th Baronet , 23 February 1928 ? 23 November 1951
16. John Charles Wynne-Finch , 21 November 1951 ? 15 September 1966
17. Sir Owen Watkin Williams-Wynn, 10th Baronet , 15 September 1966 ? 31 March 1974

Deputy lieutenants [ edit ]

A deputy lieutenant of Denbighshire is commissioned by the Lord Lieutenant of Denbighshire. 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 )

19th Century [ edit ]

• 1 February 1848: John Edward Madocks ^[1]
• 1 February 1848: John Price ^[1]
• 1 February 1848: Thomas Hughes of Ystrad ^[1]
• 31 July 1852: Captain Ebenezer Jones ^[2]
• 3 August 1852: Major Sir William Lloyd , Kt ^[2]
• 3 August 1852: Thomas Downward ^[2]
• 3 August 1852: James Maurice ^[2]
• 3 August 1852: Thomas Penson ^[2]

References [ edit ]

Sources [ edit ]

• 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.