This is a list of Lord-Lieutenants of the County and City of

Bristol Bristol () is a city, ceremonial county and unitary authority in England. Situated on the River Avon, it is bordered by the ceremonial counties of Gloucestershire to the north and Somerset to the south. Bristol is the most populous city in ...

. The position of Lord-Lieutenant of

was created on 1 April 1996, when the

county of Avon Avon () was a non-metropolitan and ceremonial county in the west of England that existed between 1974 and 1996. The county was named after the River Avon, which flows through the area. It was formed from the county boroughs of Bristol and Bat ...

was abolished. Before then, the city was part of the Avon lieutenancy between 1974 and 1996, and before that it was part of the Gloucestershire lieutenancy, with the exception of a period from 1660 to 1672, when it was part of the Somerset lieutenancy.

Lord-Lieutenants of Bristol to 1974

*''see

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 Chando ...

before the English Restoration'' * Henry Somerset, Lord Herbert 30 July 1660 – 22 December 1660 * James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormonde 22 December 1660 – 22 August 1672 *

Henry Somerset, 1st Duke of Beaufort Henry Somerset, 1st Duke of Beaufort, KG, PC (162921 January 1700) was a Welsh politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1654 and 1667, when he succeeded his father as 3rd Marquess of Worcester. He was styled Lord H ...

22 August 1672 – 22 March 1689 *''see

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 Chandos ...

to 1974

Lord-Lieutenants of Bristol from 1996

* Sir James Napier Tidmarsh 1 April 1996 – 2007 *

Mary Prior Alice Mary Prior (born 22 April 1942) served as Lord Lieutenant of Bristol from 2007 to 2017. She is currently the Pro-chancellor of University of Bristol and a trustee of the environmental fund Viridor Credits. Until her retirement in 1997 s ...

17 September 2007 – 2017 *

Peaches Golding Lois Patricia Golding , commonly known as Peaches Golding (born 1953), is an American-British business executive, administrator, and former academic who is Lord-Lieutenant of the County and City of Bristol. On her 2010 appointment as High Sher ...

24 April 2017 to present.''London Gazette'', issue no.61914, 27 April 2017

References

External links

Appointment of Lois Patricia (Peaches) Golding, O.B.E. to be Lord-Lieutenant of and in the County and City of Bristol
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Lord-Lieutenants of Bristol History of Bristol Lord-Lieutenant