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 ...

Bedfordshire Bedfordshire (; abbreviated Beds) is a ceremonial county in the East of England. The county has been administered by three unitary authorities, Borough of Bedford, Central Bedfordshire and Borough of Luton, since Bedfordshire County Council wa ...

. Since 1711, all Lords Lieutenant have also been Custos Rotulorum of Bedfordshire. *

William Parr, 1st Marquess of Northampton William Parr, 1st Marquess of Northampton, Earl of Essex, 1st Baron Parr, 1st Baron Hart (14 August 151328 October 1571), was the only brother of Queen Catherine Parr, the sixth and final wife of King Henry VIII. He was a "sincere, plain, di ...

1549–1551 *

Oliver St John, 1st Baron St John of Bletso Oliver St John of Bletsoe, 1st Baron St John of Bletso (c. 1522 – 21 April 1582) was an English peer. Personal life He was the son of Sir John St John (Bedfordshire MP) (born 1498) of Bletsoe (Bedfordshire) and Spelsbury (Oxfordshire) a ...

1560–1569 *

Henry Grey, 6th Earl of Kent Henry Grey, 6th Earl of Kent (1541 – 31 January 1615) was an English peer. He was a son of Henry Grey (1520–1545) and Margaret St. John and grandson of Henry Grey, 4th Earl of Kent. He was a younger brother of Reginald Grey, 5th Earl of Ken ...

12 September 1586– 31 January 1615 *

Charles Grey, 7th Earl of Kent Charles Grey (1540s – 26 September 1623) was Earl of Kent from 1615 to his death. Personal life Grey was a son of Henry Grey (1520–1545) and Margaret St. John. His paternal grandparents were Henry Grey, 4th Earl of Kent and Anne Blennerhasset ...

25 February 1615– 26 September 1623 ''jointly with'' *

Henry Grey, 8th Earl of Kent Henry Grey, 8th Earl of Kent (c. 1583 – 21 November 1639) of Wrest Park, Bedfordshire was Earl of Kent from 1623 to his death. He was born the only son of Charles Grey, 7th Earl of Kent and his wife Susan Cotton and educated at Trinity Colleg ...

27 July 1621 – 31 October 1627 ''jointly with'' *

Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Cleveland Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Cleveland (159125 March 1667), was an English landowner and Royalist general during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms, described by one historian as a "much under-rated field commander". A distant relative of Thomas We ...

9 May 1625 – 25 March 1667 ''jointly with'' *

29 January 1629 – 29 November 1639 *

Oliver St John, 1st Earl of Bolingbroke Oliver St John, 1st Earl of Bolingbroke, KB (1580? – June/July 1646), known from 1618 until 1624 as 4th Baron St John of Bletso, was an English nobleman and politician. Life St John was son and heir of Oliver St John, 3rd Baron St John o ...

1639–1646 (Parliamentary) * Robert Bruce, Lord Bruce of Whorlton 1646 (Parliamentary; nominated by House of Lords) *

Henry Grey, 10th Earl of Kent Henry Grey, 10th Earl of Kent (24 November 1594 – 28 May 1651), known as Lord Ruthin from 1639 to 1643, was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1640 and succeeded to the title Earl of Kent in 1643. Doyle's ''The Official Bar ...

1646 (Parliamentary; nominated by House of Commons) *''Interregnum'' *

Robert Bruce, 1st Earl of Ailesbury Robert Bruce, 1st Earl of Ailesbury (later styled Aylesbury) and 2nd Earl of Elgin, PC, FRS (ca. March 1626 – 20 October 1685), was a Scottish politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1660 to 1663, when he inherited his father's ti ...

26 July 1660 – 20 October 1685 *

Thomas Bruce, 2nd Earl of Ailesbury Thomas Bruce, 2nd Earl of Ailesbury (later styled Aylesbury) and 3rd Earl of Elgin (1656 – 16 December 1741), styled Lord Bruce between 1663 and 1685, was an English politician and memoirist. He was the son of Robert Bruce, 2nd Earl of Elgin, ...

26 November 1685 – 10 May 1689 *

William Russell, 1st Duke of Bedford William Russell, 1st Duke of Bedford KG PC (August 1616 – 7 September 1700) was an English nobleman and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1640 until 1641 when he inherited his Peerage as 5th Earl of Bedford and removed to the ...

10 May 1689 – 7 September 1700 *

Lord Edward Russell Admiral Lord Edward Russell, (24 April 1805 – 21 May 1887) was a British naval officer and Whig politician. Early life He was the son of John Russell, 6th Duke of Bedford, and his second wife Lady Georgina Gordon, and was the younger half ...

22 November 1700 – 27 November 1701 *

Wriothesley Russell, 2nd Duke of Bedford Wriothesley Russell, 2nd Duke of Bedford KG (1 November 1680 – 26 May 1711) was an English nobleman and politician. He was the son of William Russell, Lord Russell, and his wife Lady Rachel Wriothesley. From 1683 until 1694, he was styled Lo ...

27 November 1701 – 26 May 1711 *

Henry Grey, 1st Duke of Kent Henry Grey, 1st Duke of Kent, KG, PC (16715 June 1740) was a British politician and courtier. None of his sons outlived him, so his new title became extinct on his death. Though the house he built at Wrest Park in Bedfordshire has gone, parts ...

14 September 1711 – 5 June 1740 *''vacant'' *

John Russell, 4th Duke of Bedford John Russell, 4th Duke of Bedford, (30 September 17105 January 1771) was an 18th-century British statesman.G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peer ...

21 May 1745 – 5 January 1771 *

John FitzPatrick, 2nd Earl of Upper Ossory John FitzPatrick, 2nd Earl of Upper Ossory FRS DL (2 May 1745 – 13 February 1818), styled 'Lord Gowran' from 1751 to 1758, was an Irish peer and member of parliament. Biography John FitzPatrick was born on 2 May 1745, the son of John Fitz ...

6 February 1771 – 13 February 1818 *

Thomas de Grey, 2nd Earl de Grey Thomas Philip de Grey, 2nd Earl de Grey, 3rd Baron Grantham, 6th Baron Lucas, KG, PC, FRS (born Robinson, later Weddell; 8 December 178114 November 1859), styled as The Hon. Thomas Robinson until 1786 and as Lord Grantham from 1786 to 1833, of ...

17 March 1818 – 14 November 1859 *

Francis Russell, 7th Duke of Bedford Francis may refer to: People *Pope Francis, the head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State and Bishop of Rome * Francis (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters *Francis (surname) Places * Rural ...

7 December 1859 – 14 May 1861 *

Francis Cowper, 7th Earl Cowper Francis Thomas de Grey Cowper, 7th Earl Cowper (11 June 1834 – 18 July 1905), known as Viscount Fordwich from 1837 to 1856, was a British Liberal politician. He was Lord Lieutenant of Ireland from 1880 to 1882. Overwhelmingly by inheri ...

7 June 1861 – 18 July 1905 *

Beauchamp Mowbray St John, 17th Baron St John of Bletso Beauchamp Moubray St John, 17th Baron St John of Bletso (4 December 1844 – 10 May 1912) was an English peer. St John was born at Melchbourne, the second son of St Andrew St John, 15th Baron St John of Bletso and his wife Eleanor Hussey. He serv ...

30 October 1905 – 10 May 1912 *

Samuel Howard Whitbread Samuel Howard Whitbread (8 January 1858 – 29 July 1944) was a British Member of Parliament and a member of the Whitbread brewing family. Career He was the son of Samuel Whitbread. He served as the Member of Parliament for the constituencies ...

16 July 1912 – 8 January 1936 *

George Lawson Johnston, 1st Baron Luke George Lawson Johnston, 1st Baron Luke, KBE (9 September 1873 – 23 February 1943), was a British businessman. Early life and education Luke was the second son of John Lawson Johnston, a butcher who became a beef stock manufacturer and the fou ...

8 January 1936 – 23 February 1943 * Sir Dealtry Charles Part 15 May 1943 – 7 June 1957 *

Simon Whitbread Simon may refer to: People * Simon (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters with the given name Simon * Simon (surname), including a list of people with the surname Simon * Eugène Simon, French naturalist and the genus ...

7 June 1957 – 26 April 1978 * Hanmer Cecil Hanbury 26 April 1978 – 5 January 1991 * Sir Samuel Whitbread KCVO 28 February 1991 – 22 February 2012 * Helen Nellis 22 February 2012 – 2022''London Gazette''
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