- Lord Lieutenant of Somerset
This is an incomplete list of people who have served as
Lord Lieutenant ofSomerset . Since 1714, all Lord Lieutenants have also beenCustos Rotulorum of Somerset .Lord Lieutenants of Somerset
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John Russell, 1st Earl of Bedford 1552–1555
*William Herbert, 1st Earl of Pembroke12 May 1559 –17 March 1570
*"vacant"
*Henry Herbert, 2nd Earl of Pembroke 3 July 1585 –19 January 1601
*Edward Seymour, 1st Earl of Hertford 24 April 1601 –6 April 1621
*William Herbert, 3rd Earl of Pembroke 14 April 1621 –10 April 1630
*Philip Herbert, 4th Earl of Pembroke 12 August 1630 –30 July 1640 "jointly with"
*William Seymour, 1st Marquess of Hertford26 March 1639 – 1642 "jointly with"
*Philip Herbert, Lord Herbert30 July 1640 – 1642
*William Russell, 1st Duke of Bedford 25 March 1642 –23 August 1643 (Parliamentarian)
*"Interregnum"
*William Seymour, 2nd Duke of Somerset 13 August 1660 –24 October 1660
*James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormonde 22 December 1660 –22 August 1672
*John Seymour, 4th Duke of Somerset 22 August 1672 –29 April 1675
*Heneage Finch, 3rd Earl of Winchilsea 4 June 1675 –16 July 1683
*Charles Seymour, 6th Duke of Somerset 16 July 1683 –11 August 1687
*Henry Waldegrave, 1st Baron Waldegrave 11 August 1687 –24 January 1689
*Maurice Berkeley, 3rd Viscount Fitzhardinge 13 April 1689 –13 June 1690
*Thomas Osborne, 1st Marquess of Carmarthen24 June 1690 –3 February 1691 "jointly with"
*William Cavendish, 4th Earl of Devonshire24 June 1690 –3 February 1691 "and"
*Charles Sackville, 6th Earl of Dorset 24 June 1690 –3 February 1691
*James Butler, 2nd Duke of Ormonde 3 February 1691 –3 December 1714
*Charles Boyle, 4th Earl of Orrery 3 December 1714 –1 October 1715
*George Dodington 1 October 1715 –28 March 1720
*George Dodington, 1st Baron Melcombe 20 June 1720 –17 February 1744
*John Poulett, 2nd Earl Poulett 17 February 1744 –5 November 1764
*Percy Wyndham-O'Brien, 1st Earl of Thomond 27 November 1764 –16 March 1774
*Frederick North, 2nd Earl of Guilford16 March 1774 –5 August 1792
*John Poulett, 4th Earl Poulett 15 November 1792 –14 January 1819
*Thomas Thynne, 2nd Marquess of Bath 23 February 1819 –27 March 1837
*Henry Fox-Strangways, 3rd Earl of Ilchester 28 April 1837 –1 June 1839
*Edward Portman, 1st Viscount Portman 1 June 1839 –28 June 1864
*Richard Boyle, 9th Earl of Cork 28 June 1864 –22 June 1904
*Thomas Thynne, 5th Marquess of Bath 1904 –9 June 1946
*Sir James Somerville 1946 –19 March 1949
*William Jolliffe, 4th Baron Hylton 10 August 1949 –14 November 1967
*Cecil Townley Mitford-Slade 17 April 1968 – 1978
*Sir Walter Luttrell 3 May 1978 –10 November 1994 ["London Gazette", issue no.47525,5 May 1978 ]
*Sir John Wills, 4th Baronet 10 November 1994 –26 August 1998 ["London Gazette", issue no.53849,November 15 1994 ]
*Elizabeth Gass, Lady Gass 12 February 1999 – present ["London Gazette", issue no.55408,February 19 1999 ]References
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*cite book | author=J.C. Sainty | authorlink=John Sainty | title=List of Lieutenants of Counties of England and Wales 1660-1974 | publisher=Swift Printers (Sales) Ltd | location=London | year=1979
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