This is a list of people who 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 ...

Cardiganshire Ceredigion ( , , ) is a county in the west of Wales, corresponding to the historic county of Cardiganshire. During the second half of the first millennium Ceredigion was a minor kingdom. It has been administered as a county since 1282. Cere ...

. After 1780, all Lord Lieutenants were also

Custos Rotulorum of Cardiganshire This is a list of people who have served as Custos Rotulorum of Cardiganshire. * Walter Devereux, 1st Viscount Hereford 1543–1558 * John Price 1558 – aft. 1579 * George Devereux c. 1584 * Richard Price 1590 – 1592, 1594 – 1 ...

. The office was abolished on 31 March 1974, and replaced by the

Lord Lieutenant of Dyfed This is a list of the people who have served in the office of Lord Lieutenant of Dyfed, as created on 1 April 1974 in replacement of the former offices of Lord Lieutenant of Cardiganshire, Lord Lieutenant of Carmarthenshire, and Lord Lieutenant ...

Lord Lieutenants of Cardiganshire 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 ...

before 1694'' *

Thomas Herbert, 8th Earl of Pembroke Thomas Herbert, 8th Earl of Pembroke and 5th Earl of Montgomery, (c. 165622 January 1733), styled The Honourable Thomas Herbert until 1683, was an English and later British statesman during the reigns of William III and Anne. Background Herbe ...

11 May 1694 – 2 October 1715 *

John Vaughan, 1st Viscount Lisburne John Vaughan, 1st Viscount Lisburne (7 December 1667 – 20 March 1721), of Trawsgoed, Cardiganshire, was a Welsh nobleman. Biography The son of Edward Vaughan and grandson of Sir John Vaughan, he was created Baron Fethard and Viscount ...

2 October 1715 – 1721 *

John Vaughan, 2nd Viscount Lisburne John Vaughan, 2nd Viscount Lisburne (c.1695 – 15 January 1741) was a Welsh landowner and Whig politician who sat in the British House of Commons from 1727 to 1734. Apparently a heavy drinker, who kept several mistresses, he informally separated ...

26 July 1721 – 1741 *''vacant'' *

Wilmot Vaughan, 3rd Viscount Lisburne Wilmot Vaughan, 3rd Viscount Lisburne (died 19 January 1766), styled Hon. Wilmot Vaughan until 1762, was a Welsh landowner and Irish peer. He inherited his titles and the Trawsgoed estate in Cardiganshire from his elder brother in 1741, but the es ...

10 May 1744 – 27 July 1762 *

Wilmot Vaughan, 1st Earl of Lisburne Wilmot Vaughan, 1st Earl of Lisburne (1728 – 6 January 1800), of Trawsgoed, Cardiganshire, known as Viscount Lisburne from 1766 to 1776, was a WelshThe Vaughans of Trawsgoed peer and politician. Lisburne was the son of Wilmot Vaughan, 3rd ...

27 July 1762 – 1800 *

Thomas Johnes Thomas Johnes FRS (1 September 1748 – 23 April 1816) was a Member of Parliament, landscape architect, farmer, printer, writer and social benefactor. He is best known for his development of the Hafod Estate in Wales. Johnes was born in Lud ...

4 July 1800 – 25 April 1816 *

William Edward Powell William Edward Powell (16 February 1788 – 10 April 1854) was a Welsh Lord Lieutenant and Conservative Party politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Cardiganshire from 1816 until shortly before his death in 1854. Life He was ...

22 November 1817 – 10 April 1854 * Thomas Lloyd 16 September 1854 – 12 July 1857 *

Edward Pryse Colonel Edward Lewis Pryse (27 June 1817 – 29 May 1888) was a British Liberal politician. Pryse entered the military in 1836, before becoming captain of the Carabiniers (6th Dragoon Guards), and retiring in 1846. From 1857 to 1888, he was ...

14 September 1857 – 29 May 1888 *

Herbert Davies-Evans Herbert may refer to: People Individuals * Herbert (musician), a pseudonym of Matthew Herbert Name * Herbert (given name) * Herbert (surname) Places Antarctica * Herbert Mountains, Coats Land * Herbert Sound, Graham Land Australia * Herbert, ...

16 July 1888 – 28 December 1923 *

Ernest Vaughan, 7th Earl of Lisburne Ernest Edmund Henry Malet Vaughan, 7th Earl of Lisburne KStJ (8 February 1892 – 30 June 1965), of Trawsgoed, Cardiganshire, was a Welsh nobleman. Biography The son of George Henry Arthur Vaughan, 6th Earl of Lisburne, and grandson of Ernes ...

28 December 1923 – 9 May 1956 *

John Hext Lewes 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 ...

, O.B.E. 9 May 1956 – 31 March 1974

References

* * * The Lord-Lieutenants Order 1973 (1973/1754) {{Lord Lieutenancies 1974 disestablishments in Wales History of Ceredigion