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Lord Lieutenant Of Suffolk
This is a list of people who have served as Lord-Lieutenant of Suffolk. Since 1642, all Lord Lieutenants have also been Custos Rotulorum of Suffolk. Lord Lieutenants of Suffolk * Sir Anthony Wingfield 1551–1552 ''jointly with'' *? 1551–? *Thomas Radclyffe, 3rd Earl of Sussex 1557–1583 *Thomas Wentworth, 2nd Baron Wentworth 1561 *Henry Carey, 1st Baron Hunsdon 3 July 1585 – 23 July 1596 *''vacant'' *Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Suffolk 3 July 1605– 28 May 1626 *Theophilus Howard, 2nd Earl of Suffolk 15 June 1626 – 3 June 1640 *James Howard, 3rd Earl of Suffolk 16 June 1640 – 1642 ''jointly with'' * Sir Thomas Jermyn 16 June 1640 – 1642 *''Interregnum'' *James Howard, 3rd Earl of Suffolk 25 July 1660 – 12 March 1681 *Henry Bennet, 1st Earl of Arlington 12 March 1681 – 6 May 1685 *Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Grafton 6 May 1685 – 28 March 1689 *Charles Cornwallis, 3rd Baron Cornwallis 28 March 1689 – 29 April 1698 *Charles Cornwallis, 4th Baron Cornwallis 14 Ju ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lord-Lieutenant
A lord-lieutenant ( ) is the British monarch's personal representative in each lieutenancy area of the United Kingdom. Historically, each lieutenant was responsible for organising the county's militia. In 1871, the lieutenant's responsibility over the local militia was removed. However, it was not until 1921 that they formally lost the right to call upon able-bodied men to fight when needed. Lord-lieutenant is now an honorary titular position usually awarded to a retired notable person in the county. Origins England and Wales Lieutenants were first appointed to a number of Historic counties of England, English counties by King Henry VIII in the 1540s, when the military functions of the sheriffs were handed over to them. Each lieutenant raised and was responsible for the efficiency of the local militia units of his county, and afterwards of the yeomanry and volunteers. He was commander of these forces, whose officers he appointed. These commissions were originally of tempora ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Lord Lieutenants Of The United Kingdom
Lord-lieutenants are appointed in England and Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland. Lord-lieutenants See also *Lord Lieutenant * Deputy Lieutenant *Ceremonial counties of England *Lieutenancy areas of Scotland *Preserved counties of Wales *Lists of Lord Lieutenancies A lord-lieutenant is the British monarch's personal representative in each lieutenancy area of the United Kingdom. Historically, each lieutenant was responsible for organising the county's militia. Lord-lieutenant is now an honorary titular posit ... * List of French prefects Notes External linksList of Lord Lieutenants provided by the Ministry of Justice response to a Freedom of Information Act request {{DEFAULTSORT:List Of Lord Lieutenants Of The United Kingdom *01 Lord Lieutenants * * * * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clare FitzRoy, Countess Of Euston
Clare Amabel Margaret FitzRoy, Dowager Countess of Euston (née Kerr; born 15 April 1951) is the current Lord Lieutenant of Suffolk. She is also President of the Suffolk Agricultural Association with a particular interest in local breeds the Suffolk Punch horse and the Red Poll cow. Born in Jedburgh as Lady Clare Kerr, Lady Euston is the fourth child of Peter Kerr, 12th Marquess of Lothian Peter Francis Walter Kerr, 12th Marquess of Lothian, (8 September 1922 – 11 October 2004) was a British peer, politician and landowner. He was the son of Captain Andrew William Kerr by his wife, Marie Kerr. Both of his parents were male- ..., and his wife Antonella (née Newland). Clare married James FitzRoy, Earl of Euston, son and heir apparent to the 11th Duke of Grafton, on 16 September 1972. He predeceased his father in 2009. Lord and Lady Euston had five children: * Lady Louise Helen Mary FitzRoy (born 11 June 1973) * Lady Emily Clare FitzRoy (born 6 December 1974) * Henr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Timothy Tollemache, 5th Baron Tollemache
Timothy John Edward Tollemache, 5th Baron Tollemache (born 13 December 1939) is an English peer and landowner. He is the present owner of Helmingham Hall, the Tollemache principal ancestral seat; he succeeded as 5th Baron Tollemache in 1975. He was born in 1939, the son of Major John Edward Hamilton Tollemache, 4th Baron Tollemache (1910–1975) by his wife Dinah (''née'' Jamieson). Education and career Educated at Eton College, he served as Lord Lieutenant of Suffolk from 2003 to 2014. He served previously as Vice-Lieutenant of Suffolk since 1994 and was Deputy Lieutenant before that, since 1984. He is patron or president of several organizations and societies. Tollemache was appointed Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (KCVO) in the 2015 New Year Honours. Marriage and family Lord Tollemache married Alexandra Dorothy Jean Meynell (or Maynell) in 1970. Lady Tollemache is a garden designer, working under the name Xa Tollemache. She supervises the gardens at He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Ganzoni, 2nd Baron Belstead
John Julian Ganzoni, 2nd Baron Belstead, Baron Ganzoni, (30 September 1932 – 3 December 2005) was a British Conservative politician and peer who served as Leader of the House of Lords under Margaret Thatcher from 1988 to 1990. Background and education Ganzoni was the only son of Sir John Ganzoni, a barrister and Conservative MP for Ipswich who was created Baron Belstead in 1938, and his wife Gwendolen Gertrude Turner, daughter of Arthur Turner, of Ipswich. He went to Eton before reading History at Christ Church, Oxford. Political career Belstead showed little interest in politics at first, and waited six years after succeeding to the peerage on his father's death in 1958 before making his maiden speech. In 1970, Edward Heath appointed him to become Parliamentary Under-Secretary to Margaret Thatcher at the Department of Education and Science; he was moved in the same rank to the Northern Ireland Office three years later. When Margaret Thatcher led the Tories back to po ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir Joshua Rowley, 7th Baronet
Joshua Francis Rowley, M.A., JP, DCL (31 December 1920 – 21 February 1997), was a soldier and landowner, and Lord Lieutenant of Suffolk from 1978 to 1994. Personal life He was the son of Colonel Sir Charles Rowley, 6th Baronet. He was educated at Eton College and Trinity College, Cambridge. He served in the Grenadier Guards from 1940 to 1946. In 1959 he married The Hon. Celia Ella Vere Monckton (1925-1997), 2nd daughter of the 8th Viscount Galway: they had one daughter, Susan Emily (who married the art expert Robert Holden ) and two grandchildren. Lady Rowley served as a magistrate and a lady in waiting to Princess Alexandra. On 19 January 1962 he inherited the baronetcy from his father. He died in 1997 and is buried in the churchyard of St Mary in Stoke-by-Nayland, Suffolk. Public service Rowley was Deputy Secretary of the National Trust from 1950 to 1955. He served as Chairman of West Suffolk County Council from 1971 to 1974; and of Suffolk County Council from 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Rous, 4th Earl Of Stradbroke
John Anthony Alexander Rous, 4th Earl of Stradbroke, KStJ (1 April 1903 – 14 July 1983), was a British nobleman, the son of George Rous, 3rd Earl of Stradbroke. He was styled Viscount Dunwich from birth until acceding to the earldom in 1947.'STRADBROKE', Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2016; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014 ; online edn, April 201accessed 8 Sept 2016/ref> He was educated at the Royal Naval College, Osborne, and the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth then served from 1917 to 1928 and again, through World War II, between 1939 and 1945. He was Secretary to the Governor of Victoria from 1946 to 1947. He was a member of East Suffolk County Council from 1931 to 1945; and an Alderman from 1953 to 1964. In 1978 he was awarded the Scout Association's prestigious Silver Wolf Award. He was succeeded by his brother William Rous, 5th Earl of Stradbroke. References {{Reflist {{S-start {{s-court {{succession box , title= ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Rous, 3rd Earl Of Stradbroke
George Edward John Mowbray Rous, 3rd Earl of Stradbroke, (19 November 1862 – 20 December 1947) was a British nobleman from Suffolk who served as a Territorial Army officer, as a junior government minister, and as the 15th Governor of Victoria, Australia.Death of the 3rd Earl of Stradbroke nla.gov.au; accessed 27 March 2014.''Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage,'' 100th Edn, London, 1953. Early years He was born on 19 November 1862, the only son and heir of . Under the |
Sir Courtenay Warner, 1st Baronet
Colonel Sir Thomas Courtenay Theydon Warner, 1st Baronet (19 July 1857 – 15 December 1934) was a British politician, who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for North Somerset from 1892 to 1895, and for Lichfield from 1896 to 1923. Warner was an officer in the 3rd (Militia) Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, where he became major on 13 January 1902. He received the honorary rank of lieutenant-colonel on 2 August 1902, and later served as lieutenant-colonel in command and honorary colonel of the battalion. He received the CB on 25 June 1909, and was made a baronet on 9 July 1910, of Brettenham Park, Suffolk. Initially a member of the Liberal Party, he stood at the 1918 general election as a Coalition Liberal, and at the 1922 general election as National Liberal. He was also the first mayor of the Municipal Borough of Walthamstow after its incorporation in 1929. Sir Courtenay Warner lived in the former Manor House of Highams, which was sol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Brampton Gurdon
Sir William Brampton Gurdon (5 September 1840 – 31 May 1910)Obituary ''London Evening Standard''] was a British who became a politician. Early life Gurdon was the youngest son of Brampton Gurdon (MP for West Norfolk) of[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frederick Hervey, 3rd Marquess Of Bristol
Frederick William John Hervey, 3rd Marquess of Bristol (28 June 1834 – 7 August 1907) was a British peer and Member of Parliament (MP). Hervey was born in 1834 at Bristol House, Putney Heath, the son of Frederick Hervey, Lord Jermyn (later the 2nd Marquess of Bristol). He was educated at Eton and graduated from Trinity College, Cambridge in 1856. From 1859 until 1864, he was styled Lord Jermyn. On 4 March 1862, he married Geraldine Anson, a daughter of Maj.-Gen. Hon. George Anson, and they had two daughters. Lord Bristol was a Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) for the Western division of Suffolk from 1859 until 1864, when he succeeded to his father's titles. From 1886 to 1907 he was Lord Lieutenant of Suffolk. He created the famous Pompeian Room at Ickworth, whose designs are based on Roman wall paintings uncovered in 1777 at the Villa Negroni on the Esquiline Hill in Rome , established_title = Founded , established_date = 753 BC , founder ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
