Lord Lieutenant of Kent
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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
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Kent
Kent is a county in southeast England, and is one of the home counties. It borders East Sussex, Surrey and Greater London and has a defined boundary with Essex in the middle of the Thames Estuary. The ceremonial county boundaries of Kent include the shire county of Kent and the unitary borough of...
. Since 1746, all Lords Lieutenant have also been Custos Rotulorum of Kent
Custos Rotulorum of Kent
This is a list of people who have served as Custos Rotulorum of Kent.* Sir John Baker bef. 1544–1558* Thomas Wotton bef. 1562–1587* Sir Henry Cobham 1587–1592* Sir Edward Hoby bef...
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Lords Lieutenant of Kent
- Sir Thomas CheneyThomas CheneySir Thomas Cheney KG was the Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports in South-East England, from 1536 until his death.-Early life:...
1551–? - William Brooke, 10th Baron CobhamWilliam Brooke, 10th Baron CobhamWilliam Brooke, 10th Baron Cobham was Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports, and a Member of Parliament for Hythe. Although he was viewed by some as a religious radical during the Somerset protectorate, he entertained Elizabeth at Cobham Hall in 1559, signalling his acceptance of the moderate regime.His...
3 July 1585 – 6 March 1597 - Henry Brooke, 11th Baron CobhamHenry Brooke, 11th Baron CobhamHenry Brooke, 11th Baron Cobham was an English peer who was implicated in the Main Plot against the rule of James I of England.- Life :...
29 October 1597 – 24 March 1603 - Edward Wotton, 1st Baron WottonEdward Wotton, 1st Baron WottonEdward Wotton, 1st Baron Wotton was an English diplomat and administrator.From 1612 to 1613, he served as a Lord of the Treasury...
28 January 1604 – 31 May 1620 - George Villiers, 1st Marquess of BuckinghamGeorge Villiers, 1st Duke of BuckinghamGeorge Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham KG was the favourite, claimed by some to be the lover, of King James I of England. Despite a very patchy political and military record, he remained at the height of royal favour for the first two years of the reign of Charles I, until he was assassinated...
31 May 1620 – 8 June 1620 - Ludovic Stuart, 2nd Duke of Lennox 8 June 1620 – 16 February 1624
- Philip Herbert, 4th Earl of PembrokePhilip Herbert, 4th Earl of PembrokePhilip Herbert, 4th Earl of Pembroke and 1st Earl of Montgomery KG was an English courtier and politician active during the reigns of James I and Charles I...
20 March 1624–1642 - Interregnum
- Heneage Finch, 3rd Earl of WinchilseaHeneage Finch, 3rd Earl of WinchilseaSir Heneage Finch, 3rd Earl of Winchilsea of Eastwell, Kent, was the 3rd Earl of Winchilsea.Finch was the son of Thomas Finch, 2nd Earl of Winchilsea, and the grandson of Elizabeth Finch, 1st Countess of Winchilsea. His first cousin was Heneage Finch, 1st Earl of Nottingham. He married four...
10 July 1660 – 16 January 1688 jointly with - Thomas Wriothesley, 4th Earl of SouthamptonThomas Wriothesley, 4th Earl of SouthamptonSir Thomas Wriothesley, 4th Earl of Southampton, KG , styled Lord Wriothesley before 1624, was a 17th century English statesman, a staunch supporter of Charles II who would rise to the position of Lord High Treasurer after the English Restoration...
16 July 1662 – 16 May 1667 and - Charles Stewart, 3rd Duke of RichmondCharles Stewart, 3rd Duke of RichmondCharles Stewart, 3rd Duke of Richmond, 6th Duke of Lennox KG was the only son of George Stewart, 9th Seigneur d'Aubigny and Katherine Howard, daughter of Theophilus Howard, 2nd Earl of Suffolk...
13 May 1668 – 12 December 1672 - Christopher Roper, 5th Baron Teynham 16 January 1688 – 25 October 1688
- Louis de Duras, 2nd Earl of FevershamLouis de Duras, 2nd Earl of FevershamLouis de Duras, 2nd Earl of Feversham KG was a French nobleman who became Earl of Feversham in Stuart England.Born in France, he was marquis de Blanquefort and sixth son of Guy Aldonce , Marquis of Duras and Count of Rozan, from the noble Durfort family...
25 October 1688 – 17 May 1689 - Heneage Finch, 3rd Earl of WinchilseaHeneage Finch, 3rd Earl of WinchilseaSir Heneage Finch, 3rd Earl of Winchilsea of Eastwell, Kent, was the 3rd Earl of Winchilsea.Finch was the son of Thomas Finch, 2nd Earl of Winchilsea, and the grandson of Elizabeth Finch, 1st Countess of Winchilsea. His first cousin was Heneage Finch, 1st Earl of Nottingham. He married four...
17 May 1689 – 3 October 1689 - Henry Sydney, 1st Earl of RomneyHenry Sydney, 1st Earl of RomneyHenry Sydney , 1st Earl of Romney was born in Paris, a son of Robert Sidney, 2nd Earl of Leicester, of Penshurst Place in Kent, England, by Lady Dorothy Percy, a daughter of Henry Percy, 9th Earl of Northumberland and sister of Algernon Percy, 10th Earl of Northumberland.Henry was a brother of...
3 October 1689 – 8 April 1704 jointly with - Vere Fane, 4th Earl of WestmorlandVere Fane, 4th Earl of WestmorlandVere Fane, 4th Earl of Westmorland KB , known as Sir Vere Fane from 1661 to 1691, was a British peer and Member of Parliament for Peterborough and Kent.He was Lord Lieutenant of Kent...
18 April 1692 – 29 December 1693 - Charles Finch, 4th Earl of WinchilseaCharles Finch, 4th Earl of WinchilseaCharles Finch, 4th Earl of Winchilsea PC was a British peer and Member of Parliament, styled Viscount Maidstone until 1689. He was the son of William Finch, Lord Maidstone and Elizabeth Wyndham....
2 May 1704 – 6 April 1705 - Lewis Watson, 1st Earl of RockinghamLewis Watson, 1st Earl of RockinghamLewis Watson, 1st Earl of Rockingham was an English peer and politician.Rockingham was the eldest son of Edward Watson, 2nd Baron Rockingham and his wife, the former Lady Anne Wentworth, daughter of Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford. In 1677, he married Lady Catherine Sondes, a daughter of...
6 April 1705 – 19 March 1724 - John Sidney, 6th Earl of LeicesterJohn Sidney, 6th Earl of LeicesterJohn Sidney, 6th Earl of Leicester, PC was a Privy Councillor during the Georgian era.He was born and died at his family home of Penshurst Place in Kent and is buried at Penshurst. He was one of the five sons of Robert Sidney, 4th Earl of Leicester...
3 June 1724 – 27 September 1737 - Lewis Watson, 2nd Earl of RockinghamLewis Watson, 2nd Earl of RockinghamLewis Watson, 2nd Earl of Rockingham was a British peer, styled Viscount Sondes from 1722 to 1724.He inherited the earldom from his grandfather, Lewis Watson, 1st Earl of Rockingham, in 1724. He was Lord Lieutenant of Kent from 1737. He died childless and was succeeded by his brother, Thomas....
17 November 1737 – 4 November 1745 - Lionel Sackville, 1st Duke of DorsetLionel Sackville, 1st Duke of DorsetLionel Cranfield Sackville, 1st Duke of Dorset, PC was an English political leader and Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. He was the son of the 6th Earl of Dorset and 1st Earl of Middlesex and the former Lady Mary Compton, younger daughter of the 3rd Earl of Northampton...
8 July 1746 – 10 October 1765 - Charles Sackville, 2nd Duke of DorsetCharles Sackville, 2nd Duke of DorsetCharles Sackville, 2nd Duke of Dorset PC was a British nobleman, politician, and cricketer. He was styled Lord Buckhurst from 1711 to 1720 and Earl of Middlesex from 1720 to 1765.-Early life:...
17 December 1765 – 5 January 1769 - John Sackville, 3rd Duke of DorsetJohn Sackville, 3rd Duke of DorsetJohn Frederick Sackville, 3rd Duke of Dorset was the only son of Lord John Philip Sackville, second son of Lionel Sackville, 1st Duke of Dorset. He succeeded to the dukedom in 1769 on the death of his uncle, Charles Sackville, 2nd Duke of Dorset...
27 January 1769 – 30 June 1797 - Charles Marsham, 1st Earl of RomneyCharles Marsham, 1st Earl of RomneyCharles Marsham, 1st Earl of Romney , known as The Lord Romney between 1793 and 1801, was a British politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1768 to 1790, inherited his peerage in 1793 and was created Earl of Romney in 1801.-Background:Romney was the son of Robert Marsham, 2nd Baron Romney,...
30 June 1797 – 9 June 1808 - John Pratt, 1st Marquess CamdenJohn Pratt, 1st Marquess CamdenJohn Jeffreys Pratt, 1st Marquess Camden KG, PC , styled Viscount Bayham from 1786 to 1794 and known as The Earl Camden from 1794 to 1812, was a British politician...
9 June 1808 – 8 October 1840 - Henry Tufton, 11th Earl of ThanetHenry Tufton, 11th Earl of ThanetHenry James Tufton, 11th Earl of Thanet was a peer in the peerage of England and a noted English cricketer of the 1790s.-Biography:...
16 November 1840 – 19 October 1846 - George Cowper, 6th Earl CowperGeorge Cowper, 6th Earl CowperGeorge Augustus Frederick Cowper, 6th Earl Cowper , styled Viscount Fordwich until 1837, was a British Whig politician...
19 October 1846 – 15 April 1856 - John Townshend, 1st Earl SydneyJohn Townshend, 1st Earl SydneyJohn Robert Townshend, 1st Earl Sydney GCB, PC , known as The Viscount Sydney between 1831 and 1874, was a British Liberal politician...
10 June 1856 – 14 February 1890 - Arthur Stanhope, 6th Earl Stanhope 18 March 1890 – 19 April 1905
- John Pratt, 4th Marquess CamdenJohn Pratt, 4th Marquess CamdenJohn Charles Pratt, 4th Marquess Camden GCVO, TD, DL, JP , briefly styled Earl of Brecknock in 1872, was a British peer.-Background and education:...
5 June 1905 – 14 December 1943 - Wykeham Stanley Cornwallis, 2nd Baron Cornwallis 1 September 1944–1972
- Gavin Astor, 2nd Baron Astor of HeverGavin Astor, 2nd Baron Astor of HeverGavin Astor, 2nd Baron Astor of Hever was a British soldier, publisher, and peer. His father was John Jacob Astor, 1st Baron Astor of Hever....
2 August 1972 – 2 August 1982 - Robert Leigh-Pemberton, Baron Kingsdown 2 August 1982 – 23 January 2002
- Allan WillettAllan WillettAllan Robert Willett, CVO, CMG, KStJ is an English former soldier and businessman. He is also a former Lord Lieutenant of Kent.-Early life:...
23 January 2002 – 24 August 2011 - Philip Sidney, 2nd Viscount De L’Isle 1 September 2011 -