Lord Lieutenant of Hertfordshire
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This is an incomplete list of people who have served as Lord Lieutenant
of Hertfordshire
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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 Hertfordshire
Hertfordshire
Hertfordshire is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in the East region of England. The county town is Hertford.The county is one of the Home Counties and lies inland, bordered by Greater London , Buckinghamshire , Bedfordshire , Cambridgeshire and...
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- Sir Ralph Sadleir 1570–?
- Henry Carey, 1st Baron HunsdonHenry Carey, 1st Baron HunsdonHenry Carey, 1st Baron Hunsdon, of Hunsdon was an English nobleman.He was the son of Mary Boleyn, the sister of Anne Boleyn and also the mistress to King Henry VIII of England...
1583–1585 - 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 Cecil, 1st Earl of SalisburyRobert Cecil, 1st Earl of SalisburyRobert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury, KG, PC was an English administrator and politician.-Life:He was the son of William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley and Mildred Cooke...
5 August 1605 – 24 May 1612 - William Cecil, 2nd Earl of SalisburyWilliam Cecil, 2nd Earl of SalisburyWilliam Cecil, 2nd Earl of Salisbury, KG , known as Viscount Cranborne from 1605 to 1612, was an English peer and politician.-Early years, 1591-1612:...
10 July 1612 – 1642 jointly with - Charles Cecil, Viscount CranborneCharles Cecil, Viscount CranborneCharles Cecil, Viscount Cranborne was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1640 to 1648.Cranbourne was the son of William Cecil, 2nd Earl of Salisbury and his wife Lady Catherine Howard, a daughter of the 1st Earl of Suffolk. He bore the courtesy title Viscount Cranbourne...
31 March 1640 – 1642 - Interregnum
- Arthur Capell, 1st Earl of EssexArthur Capell, 1st Earl of EssexArthur Capell, 1st Earl of Essex PC , whose surname is sometimes spelled Capel, was an English statesman.-Early life:...
26 July 1660 – 1681 - John Egerton, 2nd Earl of BridgewaterJohn Egerton, 2nd Earl of BridgewaterJohn Egerton, 2nd Earl of Bridgewater PC was an English nobleman.He was a son of John Egerton, 1st Earl of Bridgewater and his wife Lady Frances Stanley...
10 February 1681 – 26 October 1686 - Laurence Hyde, 1st Earl of RochesterLaurence Hyde, 1st Earl of RochesterLaurence Hyde, 1st Earl of Rochester KG PC was an English statesman and writer. He was originally a supporter of James II but later supported the Glorious Revolution in 1688.-Early life:...
18 November 1686 – 1688 - Charles Talbot, 1st Duke of ShrewsburyCharles Talbot, 1st Duke of ShrewsburyCharles Talbot, 1st Duke of Shrewsbury, KG, PC was an English statesman. Born to Roman Catholic parents, he remained in that faith until 1679 when—during the time of the Popish Plot and following the advice of the divine John Tillotson—he converted to the Church of England...
4 April 1689 – 1691 - Algernon Capell, 2nd Earl of EssexAlgernon Capell, 2nd Earl of EssexAlgernon Capell, 2nd Earl of Essex PC was an English nobleman, a soldier and courtier. He was the son of Arthur Capell, 1st Earl of Essex and Elizabeth Percy. After his father's suicide in 1683, Capell became the 2nd Earl of Essex...
3 February 1692 – 10 January 1710 - William Cowper, 1st Earl CowperWilliam Cowper, 1st Earl CowperWilliam Cowper, 1st Earl Cowper PC KC FRS was an English politician who became the first Lord Chancellor of Great Britain. Cowper was the son of Sir William Cowper, 2nd Baronet, of Ratling Court, Kent, a Whig member of parliament of some mark in the two last Stuart reigns...
26 August 1710 – 1712 - James Cecil, 5th Earl of SalisburyJames Cecil, 5th Earl of SalisburyJames Cecil, 5th Earl of Salisbury , known as Viscount Cranborne from 1691 to 1694, was a British peer.Salisbury was the son of James Cecil, 4th Earl of Salisbury, and Frances Bennett, and succeeded his father in the earldom in 1694...
26 June 1712 – 1714 - William Cowper, 1st Earl CowperWilliam Cowper, 1st Earl CowperWilliam Cowper, 1st Earl Cowper PC KC FRS was an English politician who became the first Lord Chancellor of Great Britain. Cowper was the son of Sir William Cowper, 2nd Baronet, of Ratling Court, Kent, a Whig member of parliament of some mark in the two last Stuart reigns...
5 March 1715 – 1722 - William Capell, 3rd Earl of EssexWilliam Capell, 3rd Earl of EssexWilliam Capell, 3rd Earl of Essex, KG, PC was the son of the 2nd Earl of Essex.Capell was one of the founding governors of the charity, the Foundling Hospital, created in October 1739 to care for abandoned children....
11 October 1722 – 8 January 1743 - vacant
- William Clavering-Cowper, 2nd Earl CowperWilliam Clavering-Cowper, 2nd Earl CowperWilliam Clavering-Cowper, 2nd Earl Cowper , styled Viscount Fordwich between 1718 and 1723, was a British peer and courtier....
8 March 1744 – 18 September 1764 - William Capell, 4th Earl of Essex 12 November 1764 – 1771
- James Cecil, 1st Marquess of SalisburyJames Cecil, 1st Marquess of SalisburyJames Cecil, 1st Marquess of Salisbury, KG, PC , styled Viscount Cranborne until 1780 and known as 7th Earl of Salisbury between 1780 and 1789, was a British politician.-Background:...
13 March 1771 – 13 June 1823 - James Grimston, 1st Earl of VerulamJames Grimston, 1st Earl of VerulamJames Walter Grimston, 1st Earl of Verulam , styled Lord Dunboyne from 1775 until 1808 and known as Viscount Grimston from 1808 to 1815, was a British peer and Member of Parliament....
5 July 1823 – 17 November 1845 - James Grimston, 2nd Earl of VerulamJames Grimston, 2nd Earl of VerulamJames Walter Grimston, 2nd Earl of Verulam , known as Viscount Grimston from 1815 to 1845, was a British peer and Conservative politician. He was the eldest son of James Walter Grimston, 1st Earl of Verulam, and Lady Charlotte Jenkinson...
17 January 1846 – 1892 - Edward Villiers, 5th Earl of ClarendonEdward Villiers, 5th Earl of ClarendonEdward Hyde Villiers, 5th Earl of Clarendon PC , styled Lord Hyde between 1846 and 1870, was a British Liberal Unionist politician...
23 August 1892 – 2 October 1914 - Thomas Brand, 3rd Viscount HampdenThomas Brand, 3rd Viscount HampdenThomas Walter Brand, 3rd Viscount Hampden GCVO KCB CMG was a British peer, the son of the 2nd Viscount Hampden....
9 February 1915 – 1952 - Sir David Bowes-LyonDavid Bowes-LyonSir David Bowes-Lyon KCVO was the sixth son of Claude Bowes-Lyon, 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne, and Cecilia Nina Cavendish-Bentinck...
1 July 1952 – 13 September 1961 - Sir George Burns 8 December 1961 – 12 February 1986
- Sir Simon Bowes-LyonSimon Alexander Bowes-LyonSir Simon Alexander Bowes-Lyon KCVO is a first cousin of Queen Elizabeth II and was Lord Lieutenant of Hertfordshire from 1986 to 2007. He was created a Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order in The Queen's Birthday Honours List 2005....
12 February 1986 – 27 July 2007 - Dione Grimston, Countess of VerulamJohn Grimston, 7th Earl of VerulamJohn Duncan Grimston, 7th Earl of Verulam , known as the Honourable John Grimston until 1973, is a British peer.He succeeded to the title of Earl of Verulam in 1973 on the death of his father....
27 July 2007 – present