Lord Lieutenant of Kent

This is a list of people who have served as Lord-Lieutenant of Kent . Since 1746, all Lords Lieutenant have also been Custos Rotulorum of Kent .

Lords Lieutenant of Kent [ edit ]

Sir Thomas Cheney 1551 ? 1558
William Brooke, 10th Baron Cobham 3 July 1585 ? 6 March 1597
Henry Brooke, 11th Baron Cobham 29 October 1597 ? 24 March 1603
Edward Wotton, 1st Baron Wotton 28 January 1604 ? 31 May 1620
George Villiers, 1st Marquess of Buckingham 31 May 1620 ? 8 June 1620
Ludovic Stuart, 2nd Duke of Lennox 8 June 1620 ? 16 February 1624
Philip Herbert, 4th Earl of Pembroke 20 March 1624 ? 1642
Interregnum
Heneage Finch, 3rd Earl of Winchilsea 10 July 1660 ? 16 January 1688 jointly with
Thomas Wriothesley, 4th Earl of Southampton 16 July 1662 ? 16 May 1667 and
Charles Stewart, 3rd Duke of Richmond 13 May 1668 ? 12 December 1672
Christopher Roper, 5th Baron Teynham 16 January 1688 ? 25 October 1688
Louis de Duras, 2nd Earl of Feversham 25 October 1688 ? 17 May 1689
Heneage Finch, 3rd Earl of Winchilsea 17 May 1689 ? 3 October 1689
Henry Sydney, 1st Earl of Romney 3 October 1689 ? 8 April 1704 jointly with
Vere Fane, 4th Earl of Westmorland 18 April 1692 ? 29 December 1693
Charles Finch, 4th Earl of Winchilsea 2 May 1704 ? 6 April 1705
Lewis Watson, 1st Earl of Rockingham 6 April 1705 ? 19 March 1724
John Sidney, 6th Earl of Leicester 3 June 1724 ? 27 September 1737
Lewis Watson, 2nd Earl of Rockingham 17 November 1737 ? 4 November 1745
Thomas Watson, 3rd Earl of Rockingham January 1746 ? 26 February 1746 ^[1]
Lionel Sackville, 1st Duke of Dorset 8 July 1746 ? 10 October 1765
Charles Sackville, 2nd Duke of Dorset 17 December 1765 ? 5 January 1769
John Sackville, 3rd Duke of Dorset 27 January 1769 ? 30 June 1797
Charles Marsham, 1st Earl of Romney 30 June 1797 ? 9 June 1808
John Pratt, 1st Marquess Camden 9 June 1808 ? 8 October 1840
Henry Tufton, 11th Earl of Thanet 16 November 1840 ? 19 October 1846
George Cowper, 6th Earl Cowper 19 October 1846 ? 15 April 1856
John Townshend, 1st Earl Sydney 10 June 1856 ? 14 February 1890
Arthur Stanhope, 6th Earl Stanhope 18 March 1890 ? 19 April 1905 ^[2]
John Pratt, 4th Marquess Camden 5 June 1905 ? 14 December 1943 ^[3]
Wykeham Stanley Cornwallis, 2nd Baron Cornwallis 1 September 1944 ? 1972
Gavin Astor, 2nd Baron Astor of Hever 2 August 1972 ? 2 August 1982 ^[4]
Robert Leigh-Pemberton, Baron Kingsdown 2 August 1982 ? 23 January 2002 ^[5]
Allan Willett 23 January 2002 ? 24 August 2011 ^[6]
Philip Sidney, 2nd Viscount De L’Isle 1 September 2011 ? 21 April 2020 ^[7]
Annabel Campbell, the Lady Colgrain 22 April 2020 ? ^[8]

Deputy Lieutenants [ edit ]

Sir Thomas Peyton, 2nd Baronet July 1660
Ivo Francis Walter Bligh, 8th Earl of Darnley March 1901 ^[9]
Sir John Furley March 1901 ^[9]
Bill Cockcroft
Kelvin Holford
Jools Holland
Sir Keith Speed
John Astor, 3rd Baron Astor of Hever 1996
Group Captain Patrick Tootal
Colonel Michael Howard Seys-Phillips, April 1971 ^[10]
Colonel Frederick Kenneth Theobald, April 1971 ^[10]
Brigadier John Charles Holman , April 1996 ^[11]
Brigadier David John Ralls
Sir Ralph Oakden September 1852

Footnotes [ edit ]

^ "The London magazine, or, Gentleman's monthly intelligencer 1746" . The London Magazine : 50. 1746.
^ "No. 26034" . The London Gazette . 18 March 1890. p. 1645.
^ "No. 27801" . The London Gazette . 6 June 1905. p. 4030.
^ "No. 45748" . The London Gazette . 10 August 1972. p. 9547.
^ "No. 49074" . The London Gazette . 5 August 1982. p. 10240.
^ "No. 56464" . The London Gazette . 28 January 2002. p. 10671.
^ "No. 59900" . The London Gazette . 7 September 2011. p. 17081.
^ Crown Office
^ ^a ^b "No. 27300" . The London Gazette . 29 March 1901. p. 2200.
^ ^a ^b "No. 45360" . The London Gazette . 4 May 1971. p. 4540.
^ "No. 54334" . The London Gazette . 1 March 1996. p. 3180.

References [ edit ]

J.C. Sainty (1970). "Lieutenancies of Counties, 1585–1642". Bulletin of the Institute of Historical Research (Special Supplement No. 8): 24?25.
J.C. Sainty (1979). List of Lieutenants of Counties of England and Wales 1660-1974 . London: Swift Printers (Sales) Ltd.

[1] "The London magazine, or, Gentleman's monthly intelligencer 1746" . The London Magazine : 50. 1746.

[2] "No. 26034" . The London Gazette . 18 March 1890. p. 1645.

[3] "No. 27801" . The London Gazette . 6 June 1905. p. 4030.

[4] "No. 45748" . The London Gazette . 10 August 1972. p. 9547.

[5] "No. 49074" . The London Gazette . 5 August 1982. p. 10240.

[6] "No. 56464" . The London Gazette . 28 January 2002. p. 10671.

[7] "No. 59900" . The London Gazette . 7 September 2011. p. 17081.

[8] Crown Office

[Darnley-9] "No. 27300" . The London Gazette . 29 March 1901. p. 2200.

[Theobald-10] "No. 45360" . The London Gazette . 4 May 1971. p. 4540.

[11] "No. 54334" . The London Gazette . 1 March 1996. p. 3180.

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