Lord Lieutenant of Norfolk
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This is an incomplete list of people who have served as Lord Lieutenant
of Norfolk
. Since 1689, all Lord Lieutenants have also been Custos Rotulorum of Norfolk
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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 Norfolk
Norfolk
Norfolk is a low-lying county in the East of England. It has borders with Lincolnshire to the west, Cambridgeshire to the west and southwest and Suffolk to the south. Its northern and eastern boundaries are the North Sea coast and to the north-west the county is bordered by The Wash. The county...
. Since 1689, all Lord Lieutenants have also been Custos Rotulorum of Norfolk
Custos Rotulorum of Norfolk
This is a list of people who have served as Custos Rotulorum of Norfolk.* Sir Richard Southwell bef. 1544 – aft. 1547* Sir James Boleyn bef. 1558–1561* Sir William Woodhouse bef. 1562–1564* Sir Christopher Heydon bef. 1573–1579...
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- Thomas Radclyffe, 3rd Earl of SussexThomas Radclyffe, 3rd Earl of SussexThomas Radclyffe 3rd Earl of Sussex was Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland during the Tudor period of English history, and a leading courtier during the reign of Elizabeth I.- Family:...
1557–1559 - Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of NorfolkThomas Howard, 4th Duke of NorfolkThomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk, KG, Earl Marshal was an English nobleman.Norfolk was the son of the poet Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey. He was taught as a child by John Foxe, the Protestant martyrologist, who remained a lifelong recipient of Norfolk's patronage...
1559–1572 - 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...
3 July 1585 – 23 July 1596 - Henry Howard, 1st Earl of NorthamptonHenry Howard, 1st Earl of NorthamptonHenry Howard, 1st Earl of Northampton was a significant English aristocrat and courtier. He was suspect as a crypto-Catholic throughout his life, and went through periods of royal disfavour, in which his reputation suffered greatly. He was distinguished for learning, artistic culture and his...
16 July 1605 – 16 June 1614 - Thomas Howard, 21st Earl of ArundelThomas Howard, 21st Earl of ArundelThomas Howard, 21st Earl of Arundel KG, was a prominent English courtier during the reigns of King James I and King Charles I, but he made his name as a Grand Tourist and art collector rather than as a politician. When he died he possessed 700 paintings, along with large collections of sculpture,...
18 April 1615 – 1642 jointly with - Henry Howard, Lord MaltraversHenry Howard, 22nd Earl of ArundelHenry Frederick Howard, 22nd Earl of Arundel, PC was an English noble and the second son of Thomas Howard, 21st Earl of Arundel and Lady Alethea Talbot, later 13th Baroness Furnivall...
28 February 1633 – 1642 - Interregnum
- 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...
24 September 1660 – 19 August 1661 - Horatio Townshend, 1st Viscount TownshendHoratio Townshend, 1st Viscount TownshendHoratio Townshend, 1st Baron Townsend and 1st Viscount Townshend , known as Sir Horatio Townshend, 3rd Baronet, of Raynham, from 1648 to 1661, was an English politician....
19 August 1661 – 6 March 1676 - Sir Robert Paston, 1st Earl of Yarmouth 6 March 1676 – 8 March 1683
- Henry Howard, 7th Duke of NorfolkHenry Howard, 7th Duke of NorfolkHenry Howard, 7th Duke of Norfolk, KG, PC, Earl Marshal was a politician and soldier. He was the son of Henry Howard, 6th Duke of Norfolk and Lady Anne Somerset, daughter of Edward Somerset, 2nd Marquess of Worcester and Elizabeth Dormer.He married Mary Mordaunt, the only daughter and heiress of...
5 April 1683 – 2 April 1701 - Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount TownshendCharles Townshend, 2nd Viscount TownshendCharles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend Bt, KG, PC was a British Whig statesman. He served for a decade as Secretary of State, directing British foreign policy...
26 May 1701 – 30 April 1713 - James Butler, 2nd Duke of OrmondeJames Butler, 2nd Duke of OrmondeJames Butler, 2nd Duke of Ormonde KG KT was an Irish statesman and soldier. He was the third of the Kilcash branch of the family to inherit the earldom of Ormonde...
30 April 1713 – 30 October 1714 - Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount TownshendCharles Townshend, 2nd Viscount TownshendCharles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend Bt, KG, PC was a British Whig statesman. He served for a decade as Secretary of State, directing British foreign policy...
30 October 1714 – 25 June 1730 - Charles Townshend, Lord LynnCharles Townshend, 3rd Viscount TownshendCharles Townshend, 3rd Viscount Townshend , known as Lord Lynn from 1723 to 1738, was a British politician....
25 June 1730 – 13 December 1739 - John Hobart, 1st Earl of BuckinghamshireJohn Hobart, 1st Earl of BuckinghamshireJohn Hobart, 1st Earl of Buckinghamshire, KB, PC was a British peer.Hobart was the son of Sir Henry Hobart, 4th Baronet and he inherited his father's title when the latter was killed in a duel in 1698...
13 December 1739 – 22 September 1756 - George Walpole, 3rd Earl of OrfordGeorge Walpole, 3rd Earl of OrfordGeorge Walpole, 3rd Earl of Orford was a British administrator and peer.-Life:Lord Orford was the only child of the 2nd Earl of Orford and his wife Margaret Rolle, Baroness Clinton in her own right. His parents separated shortly after his birth...
29 June 1757 – 5 December 1791 - George Townshend, 1st Marquess TownshendGeorge Townshend, 1st Marquess TownshendField Marshal George Townshend, 1st Marquess Townshend, PC , known as The Viscount Townshend from 1764 to 1787, was a British soldier who reached the rank of field marshal.-Early life:...
24 February 1792 – 14 September 1807 - William Assheton Harbord, 2nd Baron Suffield 11 March 1808 – 1 August 1821
- John Wodehouse, 2nd Baron WodehouseJohn Wodehouse, 2nd Baron WodehouseJohn Wodehouse, 2nd Baron Wodehouse , styled The Honourable John Wodehouse from 1797 to 1834, was a British peer and Member of Parliament....
1 November 1821 – 31 May 1846 - Thomas Coke, 2nd Earl of LeicesterThomas Coke, 2nd Earl of LeicesterThomas William Coke, 2nd Earl of Leicester KG , known as Viscount Coke from 1837 to 1842, was a British peer....
28 July 1846 – 3 September 1906 - Thomas Coke, 3rd Earl of LeicesterThomas Coke, 3rd Earl of LeicesterThomas William Coke, 3rd Earl of Leicester GCVO, CMG, TD , known as Viscount Coke until 1909, was a British peer and soldier....
3 September 1906 – 1 May 1929 - Russell James Colman 1 May 1929 – 14 March 1944
- Thomas Coke, 4th Earl of LeicesterThomas Coke, 4th Earl of LeicesterThomas William Coke, 4th Earl of Leicester was a British peer, styled Viscount Coke from 1909 to 1941....
14 March 1944 – 21 August 1949 - Sir Edmund Bacon, 13th Baronet 30 September 1949 – 1978
- Sir Timothy ColmanTimothy ColmanSir Timothy James Alan Colman KG is a British businessman and a previous Lord Lieutenant of Norfolk. He was appointed a Knight of the Order of the Garter in 1996. He is married to Lady Mary Colman , niece of HM Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, and lives in Bixley Manor near Norwich.Sir Timothy is...
30 March 1978 – 19 September 2004 - Richard Jewson 19 September 2004 – present