Lord Lieutenant of Kent

Lord Lieutenant of Kent

This is a list of people who have served as Lord-Lieutenant of Kent. Since 1746, all Lord Lieutenants have also been Custos Rotulorum of Kent.

Lord Lieutenants of Kent

*Sir Thomas Cheney 1551–?
*William Brooke, 10th Baron Cobham 3 July 1585 – 6 March 1597
*Henry Brooke, 11th Baron Cobham 29 October 1597 – 24 March 1603
*Edward Wotton, 1st Baron Wotton 28 January 1604 – 31 May 1620
*George Villiers, 1st Marquess of Buckingham 31 May 1620 – 8 June 1620
*Ludovic Stuart, 2nd Duke of Lennox 8 June 1620 – 16 February 1624
*Philip Herbert, 4th Earl of Pembroke 20 March 1624 – 1642
*"Interregnum"
*Heneage Finch, 3rd Earl of Winchilsea 10 July 1660 – 16 January 1688 "jointly with"
*Thomas Wriothesley, 4th Earl of Southampton 16 July 1662 – 16 May 1667 "and"
*Charles Stewart, 3rd Duke of Richmond 13 May 1668 – 12 December 1672
*Christopher Roper, 5th Baron Teynham 16 January 1688 – 25 October 1688
*Louis de Duras, 2nd Earl of Feversham 25 October 1688 – 17 May 1689
*Heneage Finch, 3rd Earl of Winchilsea 17 May 1689 – 3 October 1689
*Henry Sydney, 1st Earl of Romney 3 October 1689 – 8 April 1704 "jointly with"
*Vere Fane, 4th Earl of Westmorland 18 April 1692 – 29 December 1693
*Charles Finch, 4th Earl of Winchilsea 2 May 1704 – 6 April 1705
*Lewis Watson, 1st Earl of Rockingham 6 April 1705 – 19 March 1724
*John Sidney, 6th Earl of Leicester 3 June 1724 – 27 September 1737
*Lewis Watson, 2nd Earl of Rockingham 17 November 1737 – 4 November 1745
*Lionel Sackville, 1st Duke of Dorset 8 July 1746 – 10 October 1765
*Charles Sackville, 2nd Duke of Dorset 17 December 1765 – 5 January 1769
*John Sackville, 3rd Duke of Dorset 27 January 1769 – 30 June 1797
*Charles Marsham, 1st Earl of Romney 30 June 1797 – 9 June 1808
*John Pratt, 1st Marquess Camden 9 June 1808 – 8 October 1840
*Henry Tufton, 11th Earl of Thanet 16 November 1840 – 19 October 1846
*George Cowper, 6th Earl Cowper 19 October 1846 – 15 April 1856
*John Townshend, 1st Earl Sydney 10 June 1856 – 14 February 1890
*Arthur Stanhope, 6th Earl Stanhope 18 March 1890 – 19 April 1905 [ [http://www.londongazette.co.uk/ViewPDF.aspx?pdf=26034&geotype=London&gpn=1645&type=ArchivedIssuePage&all=&exact=&atleast=&similar= London Gazette, issue no.26034, 18 March 1890] ]
*John Pratt, 4th Marquess Camden 5 June 1905 – 14 December 1943
*Wykeham Stanley Cornwallis, 2nd Baron Cornwallis 1 September 1944 – 1972
*Gavin Astor, 2nd Baron Astor of Hever 2 August 1972 – 2 August 1982
*Robert Leigh-Pemberton, Baron Kingsdown 2 August 1982 – 23 January 2002 ["London Gazette", issue no.49074, 5 August 1982]
*Allan Willett CMG 23 January 2002 – present ["London Gazette", issue no.56465, 28 January 2002]

Footnotes

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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