This is a list of people who have served as
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 ...
of
Worcestershire
Worcestershire ( , ; written abbreviation: Worcs) is a county in the West Midlands of England. The area that is now Worcestershire was absorbed into the unified Kingdom of England in 927, at which time it was constituted as a county (see His ...
. Since 1719, all Lord Lieutenants have also been
Custos Rotulorum of Worcestershire
This is a list of people who have served as Custos Rotulorum of Worcestershire.
* Sir John Pakington 1544–1551
* William Sheldon bef. 1558–1570
* Sir Thomas Russell bef. 1573–1574
* Sir John Lyttelton bef. 1577–1590
* ...
.
Lord Lieutenants of Worcestershire to 1974
*''see
Lord Lieutenant of Wales
The Lord Lieutenant of Wales was an office associated with the Lord President of the Council of Wales and the Marches until the abolition of that body in 1689. The Lord Presidents of Wales were also Lord Lieutenants of Wales, except for the years 1 ...
for pre-Restoration lieutenants''
*''Interregnum''
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Thomas Hickman-Windsor, 7th Baron Windsor 18 July 1660 – 17 July 1662
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Thomas Wriothesley, 4th Earl of Southampton
Thomas Wriothesley, 4th Earl of Southampton, KG ( ; 10 March 1607 – 16 May 1667), styled Lord Wriothesley before 1624, was an English statesman, a staunch supporter of King Charles II who after the Restoration of the Monarchy in 1660 ...
17 July 1662 – 9 March 1663
*
Thomas Hickman-Windsor, 1st Earl of Plymouth
Thomas Hickman-Windsor, 1st Earl of Plymouth, PC (c. 1627 – 3 November 1687), was the son of Dixie Hickman and his wife Elizabeth Windsor, sister and heiress of Thomas Windsor, 6th Baron Windsor. He assumed the additional surname of Windsor an ...
9 March 1663 – 3 November 1687
*
Francis Smith, 2nd Viscount Carrington
Francis Smith, 2nd Viscount Carrington (c. 1621 – 7 April 1701), was an English peer.
Biography
Smith was the son of Charles Smyth, 1st Viscount Carrington, by his wife Elizabeth Caryll, daughter of Sir John Caryll, of South Harting, Sussex. He ...
19 November 1687 – 16 April 1689
*
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 Rev ...
16 April 1689 – 1 February 1718
*''vacant''
*
William Coventry, 5th Earl of Coventry
William Coventry, 5th Earl of Coventry (c.1676 – 18 March 1751), of London and later Croome Court, Worcestershire, was a British Whig politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1708 to 1719.
Early life
Coventry was the son of Walter Coven ...
16 December 1719 – 18 March 1751
*
George Coventry, 6th Earl of Coventry
George William Coventry, 6th Earl of Coventry (26 April 1722 – 3 September 1809), styled Viscount Deerhurst from 1744 to 1751, was a British peer and Tory politician.
Early life
Coventry was the second but eldest surviving son of William Cov ...
7 May 1751 – 23 November 1808
*
George Coventry, 7th Earl of Coventry
George William Coventry, 7th Earl of Coventry (25 April 1758 – 26 March 1831), styled Viscount Deerhurst until 1809, was a British peer and Member of Parliament.
Life
On 7 May 1776, Coventry was commissioned an ensign in the 64th Regiment of F ...
23 November 1808 – 26 March 1831
*
Thomas Foley, 3rd Baron Foley
Thomas Foley, 3rd Baron Foley PC, DL (22 December 1780 – 16 April 1833), was a British peer and Whig politician. He served as Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen Pensioners under Lord Grey between 1830 and 1833.
Background
Foley ...
23 April 1831 – 16 April 1833
*
William Lyttelton, 3rd Baron Lyttelton
William Henry Lyttelton, 3rd Baron Lyttelton MP (3 April 1782 – 30 April 1837) was an English Whig politician from the Lyttelton family.
Early life and education
Born on 3 April 1782, William Lyttelton was the son of William Henry Lyttelt ...
10 May 1833 – 30 April 1837
*
Thomas Foley, 4th Baron Foley
Thomas Henry Foley, 4th Baron Foley of Kidderminster DL (11 December 1808 – 20 November 1869), was a British peer and Liberal politician. He held office in every Whig/ Liberal government between 1833 and 1869.
Family and estate
Foley was th ...
19 May 1837 – 7 November 1839
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George Lyttelton, 4th Baron Lyttelton
George William Lyttelton, 4th Baron Lyttelton, 4th Baron Westcote, (31 March 1817 – 19 April 1876) was an English aristocrat and Conservative politician from the Lyttelton family. He was chairman of the Canterbury Association, which encourag ...
7 November 1839 – 19 April 1876
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Frederick Lygon, 6th Earl Beauchamp
Frederick Lygon, 6th Earl Beauchamp PC DL (10 November 1830 – 19 February 1891), styled The Honourable Frederick Lygon between 1853 and 1866, was a British Conservative politician.
Background and education
Beauchamp was the third son of Hen ...
17 May 1876 – 19 February 1891
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George Coventry, 9th Earl of Coventry
George William Coventry, 9th Earl of Coventry, (9 May 1838 – 13 March 1930), styled Viscount Deerhurst from November 1838 until 1843, was a British Conservative politician. He was Captain of the Gentlemen-at-Arms between 1877 and 1880 and again ...
19 March 1891 – 18 July 1923
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John Lyttelton, 9th Viscount Cobham
John Cavendish Lyttelton, 9th Viscount Cobham, (23 October 1881 – 31 July 1949), was a British peer, soldier, and Conservative politician from the Lyttelton family.
Biography
Cobham was the eldest son of Charles Lyttelton, 8th Viscount Cobha ...
18 July 1923 – 31 July 1949
*Adm.
Sir William Tennant 11 April 1950 – 26 July 1963
*
Charles Lyttelton, 10th Viscount Cobham
Charles John Lyttelton, 10th Viscount Cobham, (8 August 1909 – 20 March 1977) was the ninth Governor-General of New Zealand and an English cricketer from the Lyttelton family.
Background and education
Lyttelton was born in Kensington, London, ...
11 December 1963 – 31 March 1974
On 31 March 1974
Worcestershire
Worcestershire ( , ; written abbreviation: Worcs) is a county in the West Midlands of England. The area that is now Worcestershire was absorbed into the unified Kingdom of England in 927, at which time it was constituted as a county (see His ...
merged with
Herefordshire
Herefordshire () is a county in the West Midlands of England, governed by Herefordshire Council. It is bordered by Shropshire to the north, Worcestershire to the east, Gloucestershire to the south-east, and the Welsh counties of Monmouthshire ...
to form the new administrative county of
Hereford and Worcester
Hereford and Worcester was an English non-metropolitan county created on 1 April 1974 by the Local Government Act 1972 from the areas of the former administrative county of Herefordshire, most of Worcestershire (except Halesowen, Stourbridge ...
, which also became a new lieutenancy area (see
Lord Lieutenant of Hereford and Worcester
Lord is an appellation for a person or deity who has authority, control, or power over others, acting as a master, chief, or ruler. The appellation can also denote certain persons who hold a title of the peerage in the United Kingdom, or are ...
). After the abolition of
Hereford and Worcester
Hereford and Worcester was an English non-metropolitan county created on 1 April 1974 by the Local Government Act 1972 from the areas of the former administrative county of Herefordshire, most of Worcestershire (except Halesowen, Stourbridge ...
in 1998 after only 24 years, the two counties again became two separate administrative counties as well as two separate lieutenancy areas.
Lord Lieutenants of Worcestershire from 1998
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Sir Thomas Dunne 1 April 1998 – 27 September 2001
*
Michael Brinton
Michael Ashley Cecil Brinton, (1942 – 23 April 2012) was the son of Esme Tatton Cecil Brinton (1919–1985) and Mary Elizabeth Fahnestock (1914–1960), and was the Lord Lieutenant of Worcestershire
This is a list of people who have served as ...
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Science and technology
* Cascades Volcano Observatory, Vancouver, Washington, US
* Chief veterinary officer, the head of a veterinary authority
* Circumventricular organs, positioned around the ventricular system of the brain
* Co ...
27 September 2001 – 23 April 2012
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Lt Col Patrick Holcroft 28 December 2012 – present,
Deputy lieutenants
A deputy lieutenant of Worcestershire is commissioned by the Lord Lieutenant of Worcestershire.
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
*22 October 1824: Richard Frances, Esq.
*29 February 1848:
Osman Ricardo
Osman Ricardo (25 May 1795 – 2 January 1881) was a British Liberal and Whig politician.
Ricardo was first elected Whig MP for Worcester at the 1847 general election, and, becoming a Liberal in 1859, he held the seat until 1865, when he stoo ...
, Esq.
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Worcestershire
Worcestershire ( , ; written abbreviation: Worcs) is a county in the West Midlands of England. The area that is now Worcestershire was absorbed into the unified Kingdom of England in 927, at which time it was constituted as a county (see His ...
Local government in Worcestershire
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