Lord Lieutenant of Staffordshire
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This is a list of people who have served as Lord Lieutenant
for Staffordshire
. Since 1828, all Lord Lieutenants have also been Custos Rotulorum of Staffordshire
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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...
for Staffordshire
Staffordshire
Staffordshire is a landlocked county in the West Midlands region of England. For Eurostat purposes, the county is a NUTS 3 region and is one of four counties or unitary districts that comprise the "Shropshire and Staffordshire" NUTS 2 region. Part of the National Forest lies within its borders...
. Since 1828, all Lord Lieutenants have also been Custos Rotulorum of Staffordshire
Custos Rotulorum of Staffordshire
This is a list of people who have served as Custos Rotulorum of Staffordshire.* William Whorwood bef. 1544–1545* William Paget, 1st Baron Paget bef. 1547–1563* Walter Devereux, 1st Earl of Essex bef. 1573–1576...
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Lord Lieutenants of Staffordshire
- Henry Stafford, 1st Baron StaffordHenry Stafford, 1st Baron StaffordHenry Stafford, 1st Baron Stafford was born in Penshurst, Kent, England the eldest son of Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham and Eleanor Percy, Duchess of Buckingham. Eleanor was the daughter of Henry Percy, 4th Earl of Northumberland and Maud Herbert, Countess of Northumberland...
1559 - George Talbot, 6th Earl of ShrewsburyGeorge Talbot, 6th Earl of ShrewsburyGeorge Talbot, 6th Earl of Shrewsbury, 6th Earl of Waterford, 12th Baron Talbot, KG, Earl Marshal was a 16th century English statesman.-Life:...
3 July 1585 – 18 November 1590 - vacant
- Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of EssexRobert Devereux, 3rd Earl of EssexRobert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex was an English Parliamentarian and soldier during the first half of the seventeenth century. With the start of the English Civil War in 1642 he became the first Captain-General and Chief Commander of the Parliamentarian army, also known as the Roundheads...
29 February 1612 – 17 July 1627 - Robert Carey, 1st Earl of MonmouthRobert Carey, 1st Earl of MonmouthRobert Carey, 1st Earl of Monmouth was an English nobleman and courtier. He was the youngest son of Henry Carey, 1st Baron Hunsdon and Anne Morgan, daughter of Sir Thomas Morgan and Anne Whitney.As a young man he accompanied several diplomatic missions abroad and took part in military expeditions...
17 July 1627 – 3 February 1629 - Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of EssexRobert Devereux, 3rd Earl of EssexRobert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex was an English Parliamentarian and soldier during the first half of the seventeenth century. With the start of the English Civil War in 1642 he became the first Captain-General and Chief Commander of the Parliamentarian army, also known as the Roundheads...
3 February 1629 – 1642 - Interregnum
- Robert Greville, 4th Baron Brooke 13 August 1660 – 17 February 1677
- James Scott, 1st Duke of MonmouthJames Scott, 1st Duke of MonmouthJames Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth, 1st Duke of Buccleuch, KG, PC , was an English nobleman. Originally called James Crofts or James Fitzroy, he was born in Rotterdam in the Netherlands, the eldest illegitimate son of Charles II and his mistress, Lucy Walter...
24 March 1677 – 12 December 1679 - Robert Spencer, 2nd Earl of SunderlandRobert Spencer, 2nd Earl of SunderlandRobert Spencer, 2nd Earl of Sunderland KG, PC was an English statesman and nobleman.-Life:Born in Paris, son of Henry Spencer, 1st Earl of Sunderland, Spencer inherited his father's peerage dignities at the age of three, becoming Baron Spencer of Wormleighton and Earl of Sunderland...
12 December 1679 – 2 September 1681 - Charles Talbot, 12th Earl 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...
2 September 1681 – 2 September 1687 - Robert Shirley, 1st Earl FerrersRobert Shirley, 1st Earl FerrersSir Robert Shirley, 7th Baronet, of Staunton Harold, 13th Baron Ferrers of Chartley, created 1st Earl Ferrers was an English peer and courtier....
2 September 1687 – 19 November 1687 - Walter Aston, 3rd Lord Aston of ForfarWalter Aston, 3rd Lord Aston of ForfarWalter Aston, 3rd Lord Aston of Forfar was a son of Walter Aston, 2nd Lord Aston of Forfar, and Lady Mary Weston.He succeeded his father as Lord Aston of Forfar in the peerage of Scotland in 1678....
19 November 1687 – 21 March 1689 - William Paget, 6th Baron PagetWilliam Paget, 6th Baron PagetWilliam Paget, 6th Baron Paget was an English peer and Ambassador.Paget was English ambassador to Vienna between 1689 and 1692 and Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire in Constantinople between 1692 and 1702, during which time he was central to the negotiation of the Treaty of Carlowitz between the...
21 March 1689 – 26 February 1713 - Henry Paget, 1st Earl of Uxbridge March 1713 – 28 October 1715
- Henry Newport, 3rd Earl of BradfordHenry Newport, 3rd Earl of BradfordHenry Newport, 3rd Earl of Bradford was an English peer and Whig politician.The oldest son of the 2nd Earl of Bradford and Mary Wilbraham was educated at Christ Church, Oxford...
28 October 1715 – 27 April 1725 - Washington Shirley, 2nd Earl Ferrers 27 April 1725 – 14 April 1729
- vacant
- Henry Shirley, 3rd Earl Ferrers May 1731 – 23 July 1742
- John Leveson-Gower, 1st Earl GowerJohn Leveson-Gower, 1st Earl GowerJohn Leveson-Gower, 1st Earl Gower PC , known as The Baron Gower from 1709 to 1754, was a British Tory politician, one of the first Tories to enter government in the 18th century.- Background :...
23 July 1742 – 25 December 1754 - Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Marquess of StaffordGranville Leveson-Gower, 1st Marquess of StaffordGranville Leveson-Gower, 1st Marquess of Stafford PC , known as Viscount Trentham from 1746 to 1754 and as The Earl Gower from 1754 to 1786, was a British politician.-Background:...
22 January 1755 – 21 October 1799 - George Leveson-Gower, Earl GowerGeorge Leveson-Gower, 1st Duke of SutherlandGeorge Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Duke of Sutherland KG, PC , known as Viscount Trentham from 1758 to 1786, as Earl Gower from 1786 to 1803 and as The Marquess of Stafford from 1803 to 1833, was a British politician, diplomat, landowner and patron of the arts. He is estimated to have been the...
21 October 1799 – 6 June 1801 - Henry Bayly Paget, 1st Earl of UxbridgeHenry Bayly Paget, 1st Earl of UxbridgeHenry Paget, 1st Earl of Uxbridge , known as Sir Henry Bayly, 3rd Baronet, of Plas Newydd, until 1769 and as The Lord Paget between 1769 and 1784, was a British peer.-Background:...
6 June 1801 – 13 March 1812 - Charles Chetwynd-Talbot, 2nd Earl TalbotCharles Chetwynd-Talbot, 2nd Earl TalbotCharles Chetwynd Chetwynd-Talbot, 2nd Earl Talbot KG, PC, FRS , styled Viscount Ingestre between 1784 and 1793, was a British politician. He served as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland between 1817 and 1821....
13 April 1812 – 13 January 1849 - Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of AngleseyHenry Paget, 1st Marquess of AngleseyField Marshal Henry William Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey, KG, GCB, GCH, PC , styled Lord Paget between 1784 and 1812 and known as The Earl of Uxbridge between 1812 and 1815, was a British military leader and politician, now chiefly remembered for leading the charge of the heavy cavalry against...
3 February 1849 – 29 April 1854 - Edward Littleton, 1st Baron HathertonEdward Littleton, 1st Baron HathertonEdward John Littleton, 1st Baron Hatherton PC, FRS , was a British politician, of first the Canningite Tories and later the Whigs. He had a long political career, active in each of the Houses of Parliament in turn over a period of forty years...
18 May 1854 – 4 May 1863 - Thomas Anson, 2nd Earl of LichfieldThomas Anson, 2nd Earl of LichfieldThomas George Anson, 2nd Earl of Lichfield , known as Viscount Anson from 1831 to 1854, was a British politician....
19 June 1863 – 14 July 1871 - Arthur Wrottesley, 3rd Baron WrottesleyArthur Wrottesley, 3rd Baron WrottesleyArthur Wrottesley, 3rd Baron Wrottesley , was a British peer and Liberal politician.-Biography:Wrottesley was the son of John Wrottesley, 2nd Baron Wrottesley, President of the Royal Society, and his wife Sophia Elizabeth Giffard, daughter of Thomas Giffard...
14 July 1871 – 18 March 1887 - William Legge, 5th Earl of DartmouthWilliam Legge, 5th Earl of DartmouthWilliam Walter Legge, 5th Earl of Dartmouth was a British peer and Conservative politician, known before 1853 as Viscount Lewisham....
18 March 1887 – 4 August 1891 - William Legge, 6th Earl of DartmouthWilliam Legge, 6th Earl of DartmouthWilliam Heneage Legge, 6th Earl of Dartmouth GCVO, KCB, PC, VD, TD, JP , styled Viscount Lewisham between 1853 and 1891, was a British peer and Conservative politician...
19 October 1891 – 6 May 1927 - John Ryder, 5th Earl of HarrowbyJohn Ryder, 5th Earl of HarrowbyJohn Herbert Dudley Ryder, 5th Earl of Harrowby , briefly known as Viscount Sandon from March to December 1900, was a British peer and Conservative Member of Parliament....
6 May 1927 – 18 January 1948 - Harold Wallace-Copeland 18 January 1948 – 16 August 1968
- Sir Arthur BryanArthur BryanSir Arthur Bryan is former managing director of the Wedgwood pottery firm . He became the first non-Wedgwood family member to hold the post when he succeeded Josiah Wedgwood V in 1967. He was knighted in 1976 for services to export.-External links:*...
16 August 1968 – 6 September 1993 - Sir James Appleton Hawley 6 September 1993 – present