Lord Lieutenant of Wiltshire
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This is a list of people who have served as Lord Lieutenant
of Wiltshire
. From 1750, all Lord Lieutenants have also been Custos Rotulorum of Wiltshire
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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 Wiltshire
Wiltshire
Wiltshire is a ceremonial county in South West England. It is landlocked and borders the counties of Dorset, Somerset, Hampshire, Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire. It contains the unitary authority of Swindon and covers...
. From 1750, all Lord Lieutenants have also been Custos Rotulorum of Wiltshire
Custos Rotulorum of Wiltshire
This is a list of people who have served as Custos Rotulorum of Wiltshire.* Sir Richard Lyster bef. 1544–1553* Sir John Thynne bef. 1558–1580* Henry Herbert, 2nd Earl of Pembroke bef. 1584–1601...
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Lord Lieutenants of Wiltshire
- William Herbert, 1st Earl of Pembroke 1551 – 17 March 1570
- Henry Herbert, 2nd Earl of PembrokeHenry Herbert, 2nd Earl of PembrokeHenry Herbert, 2nd Earl of Pembroke KG was an English peer of the Elizabethan era.-Life:He was the son of William Herbert, 1st Earl of Pembroke and Anne Parr. His aunt was queen consort Catherine Parr, last wife of King Henry VIII. Herbert was responsible for the costly restoration of Cardiff Castle...
1570 – 15 January 1601 - Edward Seymour, 1st Earl of HertfordEdward Seymour, 1st Earl of HertfordSir Edward Seymour, 1st Baron Beauchamp of Hache and 1st Earl of Hertford, KG was the son of Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset, by his second wife Anne Stanhope....
24 April 1601 – 6 April 1621 - William Herbert, 3rd Earl of PembrokeWilliam Herbert, 3rd Earl of PembrokeWilliam Herbert, 3rd Earl of Pembroke, KG, PC was the son of Henry Herbert, 2nd Earl of Pembroke and his third wife Mary Sidney. Chancellor of the University of Oxford, he founded Pembroke College, Oxford with King James. He was warden of the Forest of Dean, and constable of St Briavels from 1608...
14 April 1621 – 10 April 1630 - 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...
12 August 1630–1642 - Interregnum
- William Seymour, 1st Marquess of HertfordWilliam Seymour, 2nd Duke of SomersetSir William Seymour, 2nd Duke of Somerset, KG was an English nobleman and Royalist commander in the English Civil War....
10 July 1660 – 24 October 1660 - 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...
21 February 1661 – 16 May 1667 - Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of ClarendonEdward Hyde, 1st Earl of ClarendonEdward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon was an English historian and statesman, and grandfather of two English monarchs, Mary II and Queen Anne.-Early life:...
18 June 1667 – 2 April 1668 - 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:...
2 April 1668 – 22 August 1672 - John Seymour, 4th Duke of SomersetJohn Seymour, 4th Duke of SomersetJohn Seymour, 4th Duke of Somerset was an English peer and MP.He was the only surviving son of William Seymour, 2nd Duke of Somerset and Lady Frances Devereux and entered Grays Inn in 1666. He succeeded his nephew as the 4th Duke of Somerset in 1671. He married in 1656 Sarah, daughter and...
22 August 1672 – 29 April 1675 - Philip Herbert, 7th Earl of PembrokePhilip Herbert, 7th Earl of PembrokePhilip Herbert, 7th Earl of Pembroke, 4th Earl of Montgomery was an English nobleman who succeeded to the titles and estates of two earldoms on 8 July 1674 on the death of his brother William Herbert, 6th Earl of Pembroke...
20 May 1675 – 29 August 1683 - Thomas Herbert, 8th Earl of PembrokeThomas Herbert, 8th Earl of PembrokeThomas Herbert, 8th Earl of Pembroke, 5th Earl of Montgomery, KG, PC, FRS was a British politician during the reigns of William III and Anne....
11 October 1683 – 22 January 1733 jointly with - William Paston, 2nd Earl of YarmouthWilliam Paston, 2nd Earl of YarmouthWilliam Paston, 2nd Earl of Yarmouth was a British peer and politician.Born in 1654, he was the son of Robert Paston, 1st Earl of Yarmouth and his wife, Rebecca, née Clayton. In 1671, he married the widowed Charlotte Howard, née FitzRoy , the illegitimate daughter of Charles II and Elizabeth...
22 March 1688 – 16 May 1689 - Henry Herbert, 9th Earl of PembrokeHenry Herbert, 9th Earl of PembrokeLt.-Gen. Henry Herbert, 9th Earl of Pembroke, 6th Earl of Montgomery PC FRS was the heir and eldest son of Thomas Herbert and his first wife Margaret...
24 August 1733 – 9 January 1750 - Hon. Robert Sawyer Herbert 20 March 1750 – 3 April 1756
- Henry Herbert, 10th Earl of PembrokeHenry Herbert, 10th Earl of PembrokeHenry Herbert, 10th Earl of Pembroke, 7th Earl of Montgomery was the son of the ninth earl of Pembroke, and was named after his father.-Biography:...
3 April 1756 – 22 March 1780 - Thomas Brudenell-Bruce, 1st Earl of AilesburyThomas Brudenell-Bruce, 1st Earl of AilesburyThomas Brudenell-Bruce, 1st Earl of Ailesbury KT . The son of George Brudenell, 3rd Earl of Cardigan and Hon. Elizabeth Bruce, he succeeded his uncle as 2nd Baron Bruce of Tottenham on the latter's death on 10 February 1747. He changed his name Brudenell by Royal license to Brudenell-Bruce...
22 March 1780 – 8 April 1782 - Henry Herbert, 10th Earl of PembrokeHenry Herbert, 10th Earl of PembrokeHenry Herbert, 10th Earl of Pembroke, 7th Earl of Montgomery was the son of the ninth earl of Pembroke, and was named after his father.-Biography:...
8 April 1782 – 26 January 1794 - George Herbert, 11th Earl of PembrokeGeorge Herbert, 11th Earl of PembrokeGeneral George Augustus Herbert, 11th Earl of Pembroke and 8th Earl of Montgomery, KG, PC was a British peer, army officer and politician.-Early life:...
21 March 1794 – 26 October 1827 - Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 3rd Marquess of LansdowneHenry Petty-FitzMaurice, 3rd Marquess of LansdowneHenry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 3rd Marquess of Lansdowne KG, PC, FRS , known as Lord Henry Petty from 1784 to 1809 and then as The Earl of Kerry to 1818, was a British statesman...
23 November 1827 – 31 January 1863 - George Brudenell-Bruce, 2nd Marquess of AilesburyGeorge Brudenell-Bruce, 2nd Marquess of AilesburyGeorge William Frederick Brudenell-Bruce, 2nd Marquess of Ailesbury KG, PC, DL , styled Lord Bruce between 1814 and 1821 and Earl Bruce between 1821 and 1856, was a British peer, Liberal politician and courtier.-Background and education:Born in Lower Grosvenor Street, London, Bruce was the oldest...
25 March 1863 – 6 January 1878 - Jacob Pleydell-Bouverie, 4th Earl of RadnorJacob Pleydell-Bouverie, 4th Earl of RadnorJacob Pleydell-Bouverie, 4th Earl of Radnor , was the son of William Pleydell-Bouverie, 3rd Earl of Radnor and Judith Anne St John-Mildmay. He was styled Viscount Folkestone from 1828 until 1869....
18 March 1878 – 11 March 1889 - John Thynne, 4th Marquess of BathJohn Thynne, 4th Marquess of BathJohn Alexander Thynne, 4th Marquess of Bath , styled Viscount Weymouth between March and June 1837, was a British diplomat and a peer for almost sixty years.-Background and education:...
1 April 1889 – 20 April 1896 - Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 5th Marquess of LansdowneHenry Petty-FitzMaurice, 5th Marquess of LansdowneHenry Charles Keith Petty-Fitzmaurice, 5th Marquess of Lansdowne, KG, GCSI, GCMG, GCIE, PC was a British politician and Irish peer who served successively as the fifth Governor General of Canada, Viceroy of India, Secretary of State for War, and Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs...
1 June 1896 – 3 March 1920 - Walter Long, 1st Viscount Long 3 March 1920 – 26 September 1924
- Jacob Pleydell-Bouverie, 6th Earl of RadnorJacob Pleydell-Bouverie, 6th Earl of RadnorJacob Pleydell-Bouverie, 6th Earl of Radnor CIE, CBE was a British Conservative Party politician.-Early life:Pleydell-Bouverie was the son of William Pleydell-Bouverie, 5th Earl of Radnor and Helen Matilda Chaplin, and was styled Viscount Folkestone from 1889 to 1900...
22 December 1924 – 26 June 1930 - Sir Ernest Wills, 3rd BaronetSir Ernest Wills, 3rd BaronetSir Ernest Salter Wills, 3rd Baronet CStJ JP was Lord Lieutenant of Wiltshire from 1930 to 1942.-Life:The son of Sir Edward Payson Wills, 1st Baronet, KCB and of Lady Wills Sir Ernest Salter Wills, 3rd Baronet CStJ JP (30 November 1869 - 14 January 1958) was Lord Lieutenant of Wiltshire from 1930...
7 October 1930 – 4 May 1942 - Evelyn Seymour, 17th Duke of SomersetEvelyn Seymour, 17th Duke of SomersetEvelyn Francis Edward Seymour, 17th Duke of Somerset, etc. KStJ DSO OBE was a British Army officer, landowner, peer, and for eight years Lord Lieutenant of Wiltshire. He was also a baronet.-Early life:...
4 May 1942 – 26 April 1954 - Sidney Herbert, 16th Earl of PembrokeSidney Herbert, 16th Earl of PembrokeSidney Herbert, 16th Earl of Pembroke, 13th Earl of Montgomery was a British peer.Pembroke was educated at Eton and Pembroke College, Oxford. Served War of 1939–1945 in Royal Artillery and Comptroller and Private Secretary to the Duchess of Kent, 1942–1948, as well as Equerry to the Duke of Kent...
7 September 1954 – 16 March 1969 - John Morrison, 1st Baron MargadaleJohn Morrison, 1st Baron MargadaleMajor John Granville Morrison, 1st Baron Margadale, TD, DL was a British Conservative Party politician.He was appointed High Sheriff of Wiltshire for 1938 and was Member of Parliament for Salisbury from 1942 until 1965....
26 August 1969 – 17 December 1981 - Sir Hugh Trefusis BrasseyHugh Trefusis BrasseyColonel Sir Hugh Trefusis Brassey KCVO, OBE, MC, DL, JP was a British soldier and magistrate.-Background:He was the son of Lieutenant-Colonel Edgar Hugh Brassey, son of Henry Arthur Brassey, and his wife Margaret Harriet Trefusis, daughter of Hon. Walter Rodolph Trefusis...
17 December 1981 – 15 December 1989 - Field Marshal Sir Roland GibbsRoland GibbsField Marshal Sir Roland Christopher Gibbs GCB, CBE, DSO, MC, KStJ was Chief of the General Staff, the professional head of the British Army, from 1976 to 1979, and Lord Lieutenant of Wiltshire from 1989 to 1996....
15 December 1989 – 5 July 1996 - Lt-General Sir Maurice JohnstonMaurice Robert JohnstonLieutenant-General Sir Maurice Robert Johnston KCB CVO OBE is the former Deputy Chief of the Defence Staff, 1981–1982, and Lord Lieutenant of Wiltshire from 5 July 1996 to 10 November 2004.-Early life and army career:...
5 July 1996 – 10 November 2004 - John BushJohn Bush (Lord Lieutenant)John Barnard Bush OBE CStJ JP is the current Lord Lieutenant of the English county of Wiltshire, serving since 2004...
10 November 2004 – present
Vice Lord Lieutenants of Wiltshire
- Hugh Trefusis BrasseyHugh Trefusis BrasseyColonel Sir Hugh Trefusis Brassey KCVO, OBE, MC, DL, JP was a British soldier and magistrate.-Background:He was the son of Lieutenant-Colonel Edgar Hugh Brassey, son of Henry Arthur Brassey, and his wife Margaret Harriet Trefusis, daughter of Hon. Walter Rodolph Trefusis...
, 1969–1981 - Field Marshal Sir Roland GibbsRoland GibbsField Marshal Sir Roland Christopher Gibbs GCB, CBE, DSO, MC, KStJ was Chief of the General Staff, the professional head of the British Army, from 1976 to 1979, and Lord Lieutenant of Wiltshire from 1989 to 1996....
: 1982 - 1990 - Major-General John Myles (Robin) Brockbank: 1990 - 1996
- John Richard Arundell, 10th Baron Talbot of MalahideBaron Talbot of MalahideBaron Talbot of Malahide, in the County of Dublin, is a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created in 1831 for Margaret Talbot, widow of Richard Talbot, heir of the ancient Lords of Malahide. She was succeeded by their eldest son, the second Baron. In 1839 he was created Baron Furnival, of...
: 2004 - 2006 - Lieutenant ColonelLieutenant colonelLieutenant colonel is a rank of commissioned officer in the armies and most marine forces and some air forces of the world, typically ranking above a major and below a colonel. The rank of lieutenant colonel is often shortened to simply "colonel" in conversation and in unofficial correspondence...
James Rixon Arkell: 26 January 2006 – present
See also
- List of Deputy Lieutenants of Wiltshire
- High Sheriff of WiltshireHigh Sheriff of WiltshireThis is a list of High Sheriffs of Wiltshire.Until the 14th century the shrievalty was held ex officio by the castellans of Old Sarum.-To 1400:*1066: Edric*1067-1070: Philippe de Buckland*1085: Aiulphus the Sheriff*1070–1105: Edward of Salisbury...