Lord Lieutenant of Kent

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.

• William Brooke, 10th Baron Cobham 1585–1597
• Henry Brooke, 11th Baron Cobham 1597–1603
• Edward Wotton, 1st Baron Wotton 1604–1620
• George Villiers, 1st Marquess of Buckingham 1620
• Ludovic Stuart, 2nd Duke of Lennox 1620–1624
• Philip Herbert, 4th Earl of Pembroke 1624–1642
• Interregnum
• Charles Stewart, 3rd Duke of Richmond 1668–1672
• Heneage Finch, 3rd Earl of Winchilsea 1672–1687
• Christopher Roper, 5th Baron Teynham 1687–1689
• Heneage Finch, 3rd Earl of Winchilsea 1689
• Henry Sidney, 1st Earl of Romney 1689–1692
• Vere Fane, 4th Earl of Westmorland 1692–1694
• Henry Sidney, 1st Earl of Romney 1694–1704
• Charles Finch, 4th Earl of Winchilsea 1704–1705
• Lewis Watson, 1st Earl of Rockingham 1705–1724
• John Sydney, 6th Earl of Leicester 1724–1737
• Lewis Watson, 2nd Earl of Rockingham 1737–1745
• Lionel Sackville, 1st Duke of Dorset 1746–1765
• Charles Sackville, 2nd Duke of Dorset 1765–1769
• John Sackville, 3rd Duke of Dorset 1769–1797
• Charles Marsham, 1st Earl of Romney 1797–1808
• John Pratt, 1st Marquess Camden 1808–1840?
• Henry Tufton, 11th Earl of Thanet 1841–1846
• ...
• John Townshend, 1st Earl Sydney 1856–1890
• Arthur Philip Stanhope, 6th Earl Stanhope 1890–1905
• John Pratt, 4th Marquess Camden 1905–1943
• Wykeham Cornwallis, 2nd Baron Cornwallis 1944–1972
• Gavin Astor, 2nd Baron Astor of Hever 1972–1982
• Robert Leigh-Pemberton, Baron Kingsdown 1982–2002
• Allan Willett CMG 2002–present

References

• J.C. Sainty (1970). "Lieutenancies of Counties, 1585–1642". Bulletin of the Institute of Historical Research (Special Supplement No. 8).

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