This is an incomplete list of people who served as Lord Lieutenant of

Denbighshire Denbighshire ( ; cy, Sir Ddinbych; ) is a county in the north-east of Wales. Its borders differ from the historic county of the same name. This part of Wales contains the country's oldest known evidence of habitation – Pontnewydd (Bontnewy ...

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. After 1733, all Lord Lieutenants were also Custos Rotulorum of Denbighshire. The office was abolished on 31 March 1974, being replaced by the

Lord Lieutenant of Clwyd This is a list of people who have served as Lord Lieutenant for Clwyd. The office was created on 1 April 1974. *Brigadier Hugh Salusbury Kynaston Mainwaring, C.B., C.B.E., D.S.O., T.D. 1 April 1974 – 23 November 1976 (formerly Lord Lieutenant ...

Lord Lieutenants of Denbighshire to 1974

''See Lord Lieutenant of Wales'' before 1694'' #

Charles Talbot, 1st Duke of Shrewsbury Charles Talbot, Duke of Shrewsbury, KG, PC (15 July 16601 February 1718) was an English politician who was part of the Immortal Seven group that invited Prince William III of Orange to depose King James II of England during the Glorious R ...

, 31 May 1694 – 10 March 1696 #

Charles Gerard, 2nd Earl of Macclesfield Charles Gerard, 2nd Earl of Macclesfield (c. 16595 November 1701) was an English peer, soldier and MP. Biography He was born in France, the eldest son of Charles Gerard, Baron Brandon (later 1st Earl of Macclesfield), and Jeanne, the daughter of ...

, 10 March 1696 – 5 November 1701 #

William Stanley, 9th Earl of Derby William Richard George Stanley, 9th Earl of Derby (c. 1655 – 5 November 1702), styled Lord Strange from 1655 to 1672, was an English peer and politician. Derby was the eldest son of Charles Stanley, 8th Earl of Derby, and Dorotha Helena Kirk ...

, 18 June 1702 – 5 November 1702 #

Hugh Cholmondeley, 1st Earl of Cholmondeley Hugh Cholmondeley, 1st Earl of Cholmondeley, PC (1662 – 18 January 1725), styled The Honourable from birth until 1681 and then known as Viscount Cholmondeley to 1706, was an English peer and politician. Cholmondeley was the eldest son of Rob ...

, 2 December 1702 – 4 September 1713 #

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, 4 September 1713 – 21 October 1714 #

, 21 October 1714 – 18 January 1725 #

George Cholmondeley, 2nd Earl of Cholmondeley George Cholmondeley, 2nd Earl of Cholmondeley, PC, FRS (1666 – 7 May 1733), styled The Honourable from birth until 1715 and then known as Lord Newborough to 1725, was an English soldier. Cholmondeley was the second son of Robert Cholmondele ...

, 7 April 1725 – 7 May 1733 #

Sir Robert Salusbury Cotton, 3rd Baronet Sir Robert Salusbury Cotton, 3rd Baronet (2 January 1695 – 27 August 1748) was a politician in Great Britain. He was Member of Parliament (MP) for Cheshire from 1727 to 1734 and for Lostwithiel Lostwithiel (; kw, Lostwydhyel) is a civil p ...

, 21 June 1733 – 27 August 1748 # Richard Myddelton, 20 August 1748 – March 1795 #Vacant, March 1795 - 4 April 1796 #

Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, 5th Baronet Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, 5th Baronet (25 October 1772 – 6 January 1840) was a Welsh landowner and Tory politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1794 to 1840. Biography Williams-Wynn was the son of Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, 4th Baronet ...

, 4 April 1796 – 6 January 1840 # Robert Myddelton Biddulph, 8 February 1840 – 21 March 1872 #

William Cornwallis-West William Cornwallis Cornwallis-West VD JP (20 March 1835 – 4 July 1917), was a British landowner, politician for seven years from 1885 and raised the 6th (Ruthin) Denbighshire Rifle Volunteer Corps followed by further ceremonial duties in th ...

, 5 June 1872 – 4 July 1917 # Lloyd Tyrell-Kenyon, 4th Baron Kenyon, 24 January 1918 – 30 November 1927 #

Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, 9th Baronet Colonel Sir Robert William Herbert Watkin Williams-Wynn, 9th Baronet, KCB, DSO (3 June 1862 – 23 November 1951) was a Welsh soldier and landowner. He was Master of the Flint and Denbigh Foxhounds for 58 years and also Lord Lieutenant o ...

, 23 February 1928 – 23 November 1951 #

John Charles Wynne-Finch John is a common English name and surname: * John (given name) * John (surname) John may also refer to: New Testament Works * Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John * First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John * Second ...

, 21 November 1951 – 15 September 1966 # Sir Owen Watkin Williams-Wynn, 10th Baronet, 15 September 1966 – 31 March 1974

Deputy lieutenants

A deputy lieutenant of Denbighshire is commissioned by the Lord Lieutenant of Denbighshire. Deputy lieutenants support the work of the lord-lieutenant. There can be several deputy lieutenants at any time, depending on the population of the county. Their appointment does not terminate with the changing of the lord-lieutenant, but they usually retire at age 75.

19th Century

*1 February 1848: John Edward Madocks, Esq. *1 February 1848: John Price, Esq. *1 February 1848: Thomas Hughes of Ystrad, Esq. *31 July 1852: Captain Ebenezer Jones *3 August 1852: Major Sir William Lloyd, *3 August 1852: Thomas Downward, Esq. *3 August 1852: James Maurice, Esq. *3 August 1852:

Thomas Penson Thomas Penson, or Thomas Penson the younger (c. 1790 – 1859) was the county surveyor of Denbighshire and Montgomeryshire. An innovative architect and designer of a number of masonry arch bridges over the River Severn and elsewhere. He was th ...

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