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


==Lord Lieutenants of Kent==
==Lords Lieutenant of Kent==
*[[Thomas Cheney|Sir Thomas Cheney]] 1551–?
*[[Thomas Cheney|Sir Thomas Cheney]] 1551 – 1558
*[[William Brooke, 10th Baron Cobham]] [[3 July]] [[1585]] – [[6 March]] [[1597]]
*[[William Brooke, 10th Baron Cobham]] 3 July 1585 – 6 March 1597
*[[Henry Brooke, 11th Baron Cobham]] [[29 October]] [[1597]] – [[24 March]] [[1603]]
*[[Henry Brooke, 11th Baron Cobham]] 29 October 1597 – 24 March 1603
*[[Edward Wotton, 1st Baron Wotton]] [[28 January]] [[1604]] – [[31 May]] [[1620]]
*[[Edward Wotton, 1st Baron Wotton]] 28 January 1604 – 31 May 1620
*[[George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham|George Villiers, 1st Marquess of Buckingham]] [[31 May]] [[1620]] – [[8 June]] [[1620]]
*[[George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham|George Villiers, 1st Marquess of Buckingham]] 31 May 1620 – 8 June 1620
*[[Ludovic Stuart, 2nd Duke of Lennox]] [[8 June]] [[1620]] – [[16 February]] [[1624]]
*[[Ludovic Stuart, 2nd Duke of Lennox]] 8 June 1620 – 16 February 1624
*[[Philip Herbert, 4th Earl of Pembroke]] [[20 March]] [[1624]] – 1642
*[[Philip Herbert, 4th Earl of Pembroke]] 20 March 1624 – 1642
*''Interregnum''
*''Interregnum''
*[[Heneage Finch, 3rd Earl of Winchilsea]] [[10 July]] [[1660]] – [[16 January]] [[1688]] ''jointly with''
*[[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''
*[[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]]
*[[Charles Stewart, 3rd Duke of Richmond]] 13 May 1668 – 12 December 1672
*[[Christopher Roper, 5th Baron Teynham]] [[16 January]] [[1688]] – [[25 October]] [[1688]]
*[[Christopher Roper, 5th Baron Teynham]] 16 January 1688 – 25 October 1688
*[[Louis de Duras, 2nd Earl of Feversham]] [[25 October]] [[1688]] – [[17 May]] [[1689]]
*[[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]]
*[[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''
*[[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]]
*[[Vere Fane, 4th Earl of Westmorland]] 18 April 1692 – 29 December 1693
*[[Charles Finch, 4th Earl of Winchilsea]] [[2 May]] [[1704]] – [[6 April]] [[1705]]
*[[Charles Finch, 4th Earl of Winchilsea]] 2 May 1704 – 6 April 1705
*[[Lewis Watson, 1st Earl of Rockingham]] [[6 April]] [[1705]] – [[19 March]] [[1724]]
*[[Lewis Watson, 1st Earl of Rockingham]] 6 April 1705 – 19 March 1724
*[[John Sidney, 6th Earl of Leicester]] [[3 June]] [[1724]] – [[27 September]] [[1737]]
*[[John Sidney, 6th Earl of Leicester]] 3 June 1724 – 27 September 1737
*[[Lewis Watson, 2nd Earl of Rockingham]] [[17 November]] [[1737]] – [[4 November]] [[1745]]
*[[Lewis Watson, 2nd Earl of Rockingham]] 17 November 1737 – 4 November 1745
*[[Thomas Watson, 3rd Earl of Rockingham]] January 1746 – 26 February 1746<ref>{{cite journal | journal=The London Magazine |year=1746 |page=50 |url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015021278463;view=1up;seq=62|title=The London magazine, or, Gentleman's monthly intelligencer 1746 }}</ref>
*[[Lionel Sackville, 1st Duke of Dorset]] [[8 July]] [[1746]] – [[10 October]] [[1765]]
*[[Charles Sackville, 2nd Duke of Dorset]] [[17 December]] [[1765]] – [[5 January]] [[1769]]
*[[Lionel Sackville, 1st Duke of Dorset]] 8 July 1746 – 10 October 1765
*[[John Sackville, 3rd Duke of Dorset]] [[27 January]] [[1769]] – [[30 June]] [[1797]]
*[[Charles Sackville, 2nd Duke of Dorset]] 17 December 1765 – 5 January 1769
*[[Charles Marsham, 1st Earl of Romney]] [[30 June]] [[1797]] – [[9 June]] [[1808]]
*[[John Sackville, 3rd Duke of Dorset]] 27 January 1769 – 30 June 1797
*[[John Pratt, 1st Marquess Camden]] [[9 June]] [[1808]] – [[8 October]] [[1840]]
*[[Charles Marsham, 1st Earl of Romney]] 30 June 1797 – 9 June 1808
*[[Henry Tufton, 11th Earl of Thanet]] [[16 November]] [[1840]] – [[19 October]] [[1846]]
*[[John Pratt, 1st Marquess Camden]] 9 June 1808 – 8 October 1840
*[[George Cowper, 6th Earl Cowper]] [[19 October]] [[1846]] – [[15 April]] [[1856]]
*[[Henry Tufton, 11th Earl of Thanet]] 16 November 1840 – 19 October 1846
*[[John Townshend, 1st Earl Sydney]] [[10 June]] [[1856]] – [[14 February]] [[1890]]
*[[George Cowper, 6th Earl Cowper]] 19 October 1846 – 15 April 1856
*[[Arthur Stanhope, 6th Earl Stanhope]] [[18 March]] [[1890]] – [[19 April]] [[1905]]
*[[John Townshend, 1st Earl Sydney]] 10 June 1856 – 14 February 1890
*[[Arthur Stanhope, 6th Earl Stanhope]] 18 March 1890 – 19 April 1905<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=26034 |date=18 March 1890 |page=1645 |nolink=yes }}</ref>
*[[John Pratt, 4th Marquess Camden]] [[5 June]] [[1905]] – [[14 December]] [[1943]]
*[[John Pratt, 4th Marquess Camden]] 5 June 1905 – 14 December 1943<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=27801 |date=6 June 1905 |page=4030 |nolink=yes }}</ref>
*[[Wykeham Stanley Cornwallis, 2nd Baron Cornwallis]] [[1 September]] [[1944]] – [[1972]]
*[[Gavin Astor, 2nd Baron Astor of Hever]] [[2 August]] [[1972]] – [[2 August]] [[1982]]
*[[Wykeham Stanley Cornwallis, 2nd Baron Cornwallis]] 1 September 1944 – 1972
*[[Robert Leigh-Pemberton, Baron Kingsdown]] [[2 August]] [[1982]] – [[23 January]] [[2002]]<ref>''London Gazette'', issue no.49074, [[5 August]] [[1982]]</ref>
*[[Gavin Astor, 2nd Baron Astor of Hever]] 2 August 1972 – 2 August 1982<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=45748 |date=10 August 1972 |page=9547 |nolink=yes }}</ref>
*[[Allan Willett]] CMG [[23 January]] [[2002]] – present<ref>''London Gazette'', issue no.56465, [[28 January]] [[2002]]</ref>
*[[Robert Leigh-Pemberton, Baron Kingsdown]] 2 August 1982 – 23 January 2002<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=49074 |date=5 August 1982 |page=10240 |nolink=yes }}</ref>
*[[Allan Willett]] 23 January 2002 – 24 August 2011<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=56464 |date=28 January 2002 |page=10671 |nolink=yes }}</ref>
*[[Philip Sidney, 2nd Viscount De L’Isle]] 1 September 2011 – 21 April 2020<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=59900 |date=7 September 2011 |page=17081 |nolink=yes }}</ref>
*[[Annabel Warrender|Annabel Campbell, the Lady Colgrain]] 22 April 2020 – <ref>[https://www.thegazette.co.uk/notice/3554597 Crown Office]</ref>
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===Deputy Lieutenants===
{{Incomplete list|date=October 2012}}
* [[Sir Thomas Peyton, 2nd Baronet]] July 1660
* [[Ivo Francis Walter Bligh, 8th Earl of Darnley]] March 1901 <ref name=Darnley>{{London Gazette |issue=27300 |date=29 March 1901 |page=2200}}</ref>
* [[Sir]] [[John Furley]] March 1901 <ref name=Darnley/>
* [[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 <ref name="Theobald">{{London Gazette |issue=45360 |date=4 May 1971 |page=4540}}</ref>
* Colonel Frederick Kenneth Theobald, April 1971 <ref name=Theobald/>
* Brigadier [[John Holman (British Army officer)|John Charles Holman]], April 1996<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=54334|date=1 March 1996|page=3180}}</ref>
* Brigadier David John Ralls
* Sir Ralph Oakden September 1852

==Footnotes==
{{reflist}}


==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=24–25}}
*{{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}}
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Latest revision as of 04:50, 22 February 2024

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]

Deputy Lieutenants[edit]

Footnotes[edit]

  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
  9. ^ a b "No. 27300". The London Gazette. 29 March 1901. p. 2200.
  10. ^ a b "No. 45360". The London Gazette. 4 May 1971. p. 4540.
  11. ^ "No. 54334". The London Gazette. 1 March 1996. p. 3180.

References[edit]

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