Lord Lieutenant of Essex
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This is a list of people who have served as Lord Lieutenant
of Essex
. Since 1688, all the Lord Lieutenants have also been Custos Rotulorum of Essex
.
Lord Lieutenant
The title Lord Lieutenant is given to the British monarch's personal representatives in the United Kingdom, usually in a county or similar circumscription, with varying tasks throughout history. Usually a retired local notable, senior military officer, peer or business person is given the post...
of Essex
Essex
Essex is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in the East region of England, and one of the home counties. It is located to the northeast of Greater London. It borders with Cambridgeshire and Suffolk to the north, Hertfordshire to the west, Kent to the South and London to the south west...
. Since 1688, all the Lord Lieutenants have also been Custos Rotulorum of Essex
Custos Rotulorum of Essex
This is a list of people who have served as custos rotulorum of Essex.* Sir William Petre bef. 1544–1572* Sir Anthony Cooke c. 1573–1576* Sir Thomas Mildmay c. 1577–1608* Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Suffolk bef...
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- John Petre, 1st Baron PetreJohn Petre, 1st Baron PetreJohn Petre, 1st Baron Petre was an English peer.-Biography:John was the only surviving son of the statesman Sir William Petre by his second wife Anne, daughter of William Browne...
- John de Vere, 16th Earl of OxfordJohn de Vere, 16th Earl of OxfordJohn de Vere, 16th Earl of Oxford was born to John de Vere, 15th Earl of Oxford and Elizabeth Trussel, daughter of Edward Trussel...
1558–? - Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of LeicesterRobert Dudley, 1st Earl of LeicesterRobert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester, KG was an English nobleman and the favourite and close friend of Elizabeth I from her first year on the throne until his death...
3 July 1585 – 4 September 1588 - William Cecil, 1st Baron BurghleyWilliam Cecil, 1st Baron BurghleyWilliam Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley , KG was an English statesman, the chief advisor of Queen Elizabeth I for most of her reign, twice Secretary of State and Lord High Treasurer from 1572...
31 December 1588 – 4 August 1598 - vacant
- Robert Radclyffe, 5th Earl of SussexRobert Radclyffe, 5th Earl of SussexRobert Radclyffe, 5th Earl of Sussex, KG was an English peer.-Life:He was the only son of Henry Radclyffe, 4th Earl of Sussex and his wife Honora Pounde, and was known as Viscount Fitzwalter from 1583 until he succeeded his father as Earl on 4 December 1593...
26 August 1603 – 5 February 1629 jointly with - Robert Rich, 2nd Earl of WarwickRobert Rich, 2nd Earl of WarwickRobert Rich, 2nd Earl of Warwick was an English colonial administrator, admiral, and puritan.Rich was the eldest son of Robert Rich, 1st Earl of Warwick and his wife Penelope Devereux, Lady Rich, and succeeded to his father's title in 1619...
8 September 1625 – 1642 jointly with - Richard Weston, 1st Earl of PortlandRichard Weston, 1st Earl of PortlandRichard Weston, 1st Earl of Portland, KG , was Chancellor of the Exchequer and later Lord Treasurer of England under James I and Charles I, being one of the most influential figures in the early years of Charles I's Personal Rule and the architect of many of the policies that enabled him to rule...
5 February 1629 – 31 March 1635 and - William Maynard, 1st Baron MaynardWilliam Maynard, 1st Baron MaynardWilliam Maynard, 1st Baron Maynard was an English politician. He was Lord Lieutenant of Essex 6 August 1635 – 17 December 1640, Lord Lieutenant of Cambridgeshire 17 June 1640 – 17 December 1640 and Custos Rotulorum of Essex in 1640...
6 August 1635 – 17 December 1640 and - James Hay, 2nd Earl of CarlisleJames Hay, 2nd Earl of CarlisleJames Hay, 2nd Earl of Carlisle was the Earl of Carlisle , succeeding James Hay, 1st Earl of Carlisle. Hay was the second son of the 1st Earl, a Scottish nobleman, and his wife Honoria, heir to Edward Denny, 1st Earl of Norwich.James Hay was Colonel of a Regiment of Foot in Germany, and was...
8 January 1641 – 1642 - Interregnum
- Aubrey de Vere, 20th Earl of OxfordAubrey de Vere, 20th Earl of OxfordAubrey de Vere, 20th Earl of Oxford KG PC was the son of Robert de Vere, 19th Earl of Oxford and his wife Beatrix van Hemmend....
13 August 1660 – 1687 jointly with - Christopher Monck, 2nd Duke of AlbemarleChristopher Monck, 2nd Duke of AlbemarleChristopher Monck, 2nd Duke of Albemarle, KG, PC was an English statesman and failed soldier.He was the son of George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle....
30 November 1675 – 1687 - Thomas Petre, 6th Baron PetreThomas Petre, 6th Baron PetreThomas Petre, 6th Baron Petre was an English Catholic peer, the third son of Robert Petre, 3rd Baron Petre and Mary Brown. Inheriting the title from his elder brother, Petre held the title for 21 years....
18 February 1688 – 1688 - Aubrey de Vere, 20th Earl of OxfordAubrey de Vere, 20th Earl of OxfordAubrey de Vere, 20th Earl of Oxford KG PC was the son of Robert de Vere, 19th Earl of Oxford and his wife Beatrix van Hemmend....
25 October 1688 – 12 March 1703 - Francis North, 2nd Baron GuilfordFrancis North, 2nd Baron GuilfordFrancis North, 2nd Baron Guilford PC was a British peer and member of the House of Lords.-Life:In 1685, he succeeded his father as Baron Guilford. From 1703 to 1705, Guilford was Lord Lieutenant of Essex. In 1712, he was appointed to the Privy Council, and was First Lord of Trade from 1713 to...
23 March 1703 – 1705 - Richard Savage, 4th Earl RiversRichard Savage, 4th Earl RiversRichard Savage, 4th Earl Rivers PC was the second son of Thomas, 3rd Earl; and after the death about 1680 of his elder brother Thomas, styled Viscount Colchester, he was designated by that title until he succeeded to the peerage....
16 April 1705 – 18 August 1712 - Henry St John, 1st Viscount BolingbrokeHenry St John, 1st Viscount BolingbrokeHenry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke was an English politician, government official and political philosopher. He was a leader of the Tories, and supported the Church of England politically despite his atheism. In 1715 he supported the Jacobite rebellion of 1715 which sought to overthrow the...
24 October 1712 – 1714 - Henry Howard, 6th Earl of SuffolkHenry Howard, 6th Earl of SuffolkHenry Howard, 6th Earl of Suffolk, 1st Earl of Bindon PC was an English nobleman, styled Lord Walden from 1691 to 1706....
7 January 1715 – 19 September 1718 - Charles Howard, 7th Earl of SuffolkCharles Howard, 7th Earl of SuffolkCharles William Howard, 7th Earl of Suffolk, 2nd Earl of Bindon was a British peer, styled Lord Chesterford from 1706 to 1709 and Lord Walden from 1709 to 1718. He was educated at Magdalene College, Cambridge...
10 December 1718 – 9 February 1722 - Henry O'Brien, 8th Earl of ThomondHenry O'Brien, 8th Earl of ThomondHenry O'Brien, Lord Ibrackan or Lord O'Brien , styled Hon. Henry O'Brien until 1657, was an Irish nobleman and politician. He was the son of Henry O'Brien, 7th Earl of Thomond and Anne O'Brien....
2 April 1722 – 20 April 1741 - Benjamin Mildmay, 1st Earl FitzwalterBenjamin Mildmay, 1st Earl FitzWalterBenjamin Mildmay, 1st Earl FitzWalter PC , styled The Honourable Benjamin Mildmay until 1728 and known as The Lord FitzWalter between 1728 and 1730, was a British politician...
7 May 1741 – 29 February 1756 - William Nassau de Zuylestein, 4th Earl of RochfordWilliam Nassau de Zuylestein, 4th Earl of RochfordWilliam Henry Nassau, 4th Earl of Rochford, PC, KG was a British courtier, diplomat and statesman of Anglo-Dutch descent. He occupied senior ambassadorial posts at Madrid and Paris, and served as Secretary of State in both the Northern and Southern Departments...
3 April 1756 – 28 September 1781 - John Waldegrave, 3rd Earl WaldegraveJohn Waldegrave, 3rd Earl WaldegraveJohn Waldegrave, 3rd Earl Waldegrave was a British politician and soldier.Waldegrave was the youngest son of the 1st Earl Waldegrave. He joined the 1st Regiment of Foot in 1735, rising to the rank of Captain in 1739...
7 November 1781 – 22 October 1784 - John Whitwell, 4th Baron Howard de Walden 17 November 1784 – 25 May 1797
- Richard Griffin, 2nd Baron Braybrooke 27 January 1798 – 28 February 1825
- Henry Maynard, 3rd Viscount Maynard 19 April 1825 – 19 May 1865
- Thomas Crosbie William Trevor, 22nd Baron Dacre 5 October 1865 – 1869
- Sir Thomas Burch Western, 1st Baronet 11 May 1869 – 30 May 1873
- Chichester Parkinson-Fortescue, 1st Baron CarlingfordChichester Parkinson-Fortescue, 1st Baron CarlingfordChichester Samuel Parkinson-Fortescue, 2nd Baron Clermont and 1st Baron Carlingford KP, PC , known as Chichester Fortescue until 1863 and as Chichester Parkinson-Fortescue between 1863 and 1874, Lord Carlingford from 1874 to 1887 and Lord Clermont after 1887, was a British statesman and Liberal...
4 September 1873 – 1892 - John Strutt, 3rd Baron RayleighJohn Strutt, 3rd Baron RayleighJohn William Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh, OM was an English physicist who, with William Ramsay, discovered the element argon, an achievement for which he earned the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1904...
2 February 1892 – 1901 - Francis Greville, 5th Earl of WarwickFrancis Greville, 5th Earl of WarwickFrancis Richard Charles Greville, 5th Earl of Warwick , styled Lord Brooke until 1893, was a British Conservative politician....
23 July 1901 – 1919 - Amelius Lockwood, 1st Baron LambourneAmelius Lockwood, 1st Baron LambourneLieutenant-Colonel Amelius Richard Mark Lockwood, 1st Baron Lambourne PC, GCVO, JP, DL was a British soldier and politician.-Background and education:...
11 February 1919 – 26 December 1928 - Sir Richard Beale Colvin 31 January 1929 – 1936
- Sir Francis Henry Douglas Charlton Whitmore, 1st BaronetFrancis WhitmoreColonel Sir Francis Henry Douglas Charlton Whitmore, 1st Baronet, KCB, CMG, DSO, TD, JP was a British military officer and landowner, the son of Thomas Whitmore, an officer in the Royal Horse Guards. Thomas had inherited Orsett Hall as a result of a gambling debt incurred by the previous owner,...
16 April 1936 – 1958 - Sir John Ruggles-Brise 6 September 1958 – 1978
- Sir Andrew LewisAndrew Lewis (Royal Navy officer)Admiral Sir Andrew Mackenzie Lewis KCB JP was Commander-in-Chief Naval Home Command.-Naval career:Lewis joined the Royal Navy and fought in World War II being mentioned in despatches for his service in HMS Ashanti....
1978–1992 - Robin Neville, 10th Baron Braybrooke 1 August 1992 – 2002
- John Petre, 18th Baron PetreJohn Petre, 18th Baron PetreJohn Patrick Lionel Petre, 18th Baron Petre of Ingatestone, Essex, England, is the currently appointed Lord Lieutenant of Essex and took up his duties upon the retirement of Robin Henry Charles Neville, 10th Baron Braybrooke in October 2002. He is also the 18th Baron of the Catholic Petre...
2002–present