Lord Lieutenant of Gloucestershire

This is a list of people who have served as Lord Lieutenant of Gloucestershire. Since 1694, all the Lord Lieutenants have also been Custos Rotulorum of Gloucestershire.

*Edmund Brydges, 2nd Baron Chandos 1559–?
*Giles Brydges, 3rd Baron Chandson 17 November 1586 – 1 February 1594
*William Brydges, 4th Baron Chandos 9 September 1595 – 18 November 1602
*Henry Berkeley, 7th Baron Berkeley 13 August 1603 – 20 November 1613
*Grey Brydges, 5th Baron Chandos 23 December 1613 – 10 August 1621
*William Compton, 1st Earl of Northampton 16 March 1622 – 24 June 1630
*Spencer Compton, 2nd Earl of Northampton 17 July 1630 – 1642 "jointly with"
*George Brydges, 6th Baron Chandos 3 August 1641 – 1642
*William Fiennes, 1st Viscount Saye and Sele 1642 (Parliamentary)
*"Interregnum"
*Henry Somerset, 1st Duke of Beaufort 30 July 1660 – 1689
*Charles Gerard, 1st Earl of Macclesfield 22 March 1689 – 7 January 1694
*Charles Berkeley, 2nd Earl of Berkeley 25 May 1694 – 24 September 1710
*James Berkeley, 3rd Earl of Berkeley 30 November 1710 – 1712
*Henry Somerset, 2nd Duke of Beaufort 6 March 1712 – 24 May 1714
*James Berkeley, 3rd Earl of Berkeley 21 October 1714 – 17 August 1736
*Augustus Berkeley, 4th Earl of Berkeley 21 April 1737 – 9 January 1755
*Matthew Ducie Moreton, 2nd Baron Ducie 19 February 1755 – 1758 [The London Gazette, issue 9450, 11 February 1755]
*John Thynne Howe, 2nd Baron Chedworth 13 November 1758 – 9 May 1762 [The London Gazette, issue 9843, 11 November 1758]
*Norborne Berkeley, 4th Baron Botetourt 4 June 1762 – 1766
*Frederick Berkeley, 5th Earl of Berkeley 5 July 1766 – 8 August 1810
*Henry Somerset, 6th Duke of Beaufort 15 September 1810 – 2 December 1835
*William FitzHardinge Berkeley, 1st Earl FitzHardinge 18 December 1835 – 10 October 1857
*Henry John Reynolds Moreton, 3rd Earl of Ducie 13 November 1857 – 1911†
*William Lygon, 7th Earl Beauchamp 17 July 1911 – 1931†
*Henry Somerset, 10th Duke of Beaufort 6 November 1931 – 5 February 1984†
*Martin Gibbs 1984–1992
*Henry William George Elwes February 17, 1992 – present [London Gazette, issue no.52841, February 20, 1992]

† Lord Lieutenant of the County of Gloucester, and of the City and County of the City of Gloucester, and of the City and County of the City of Bristol.

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
*Rayment

External links

* [http://www.gloucestershire.gov.uk/index.cfm?articleid=3312 Lord Lieutenant of Gloucestershire]