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
Pembrokeshire
Pembrokeshire ( ; cy, Sir Benfro ) is a Local government in Wales#Principal areas, county in the South West Wales, south-west of Wales. It is bordered by Carmarthenshire to the east, Ceredigion to the northeast, and the rest by sea. The count ...
. After 1715, all Lord Lieutenants were also
Custos Rotulorum of Pembrokeshire This is a list of people who have served as Custos Rotulorum of Pembrokeshire.
* John Vaughan bef. 1544 – bef. 1558
* Thomas Cathern bef. 1558 – bef. 1562
* Sir John Perrot bef. 1562–1592
* Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex bef. ...
. The
county corporate
A county corporate or corporate county was a type of subnational division used for local government in England, Wales, and Ireland.
Counties corporate were created during the Middle Ages, and were effectively small self-governing county, county-e ...
of
Haverfordwest
Haverfordwest (, ; cy, Hwlffordd ) is the county town of Pembrokeshire, Wales, and the most populous urban area in Pembrokeshire with a population of 14,596 in 2011. It is also a community, being the second most populous community in the county, ...
was included in this lieutenancy, except for the period from 1761 to 1931, when there was a separate
Lord Lieutenant of Haverfordwest
This is a list of people who served as Lord Lieutenant of Haverfordwest. The county corporate of Haverfordwest was usually under the jurisdiction of the Lord Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire, but it had its own Lord Lieutenant and Custos Rotulorum fr ...
. On 31 March 1974, the post was replaced by that of
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 Pembrokeshire to 1974
*''see
Lord Lieutenant of Wales 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 – 7 October 1715
*
Sir Arthur Owen, 3rd Baronet
Sir Arthur Owen, 3rd Baronet (c. 1674–1753), of Orielton, Pembrokeshire, was a Welsh Whig politician who sat in the English and British House of Commons between 1695 and 1727.
Early life
Owen was the eldest surviving son Sir Hugh Owen, 2nd B ...
7 October 1715 – 6 June 1753
*
Sir William Owen, 4th Baronet
Sir William Owen, 4th Baronet (1697?–1781), of Orielton, Pembrokeshire, was a Welsh politician who sat in the House of Commons for 52 years from 1722 to 1774.
Owen was the eldest son of Sir Arthur Owen, 3rd Baronet, and his wife Emma Willi ...
2 August 1753 – 24 June 1775
*
Sir Hugh Owen, 5th Baronet
Sir Hugh Owen, 5th Baronet (?1731–86), of Orielton, Pembrokeshire, Wales was a Welsh politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1770 to 1786.
Owen was the eldest son of Sir William Owen, 4th Baronet and educated at Newcome's School ...
24 June 1775 – 16 January 1786
*
Richard Philipps, 1st Baron Milford 11 June 1786 – 28 November 1823
*
Sir John Owen, 1st Baronet
Sir John Owen, 1st Baronet (1776 – 6 February 1861), born John Lord, was a British Tory (later Conservative Party) politician from Wales. He sat as a Member of Parliament (MP) for over fifty years. His wealth came from coal mining but he lost ...
1 January 1824 – 6 February 1861
*
William Edwardes, 3rd Baron Kensington
William Edwardes, 3rd Baron Kensington (3 February 1801 – 1 January 1872), was a British peer and naval commander.
Kensington was the son of William Edwardes, 2nd Baron Kensington, and Dorothy Patricia Thomas. He succeeded his father as third B ...
26 April 1861 – 1 January 1872
*
William Edwardes, 4th Baron Kensington
William Edwardes, 4th Baron Kensington PC (11 May 1835 – 7 October 1896), also 1st Baron Kensington in the Peerage of the United Kingdom, styled The Honourable William Edwardes between 1852 and 1872, was a British landowner and Liberal politic ...
6 February 1872 – 7 October 1896
*
Frederick Campbell, 3rd Earl Cawdor 23 November 1896 – 8 February 1911
*
John Philipps, 1st Viscount St Davids
John Wynford Philipps, 1st Viscount St Davids , (30 May 1860 – 28 March 1938) was a British Liberal politician.
Background and education
Philipps was the eldest son of Reverend Sir James Erasmus Philipps, 12th Baronet, Vicar of Warminst ...
21 March 1911 – 21 December 1932
*
Sir Evan Davies Jones, 1st Baronet
Sir Evan Davies Jones, 1st Baronet (18 April 1859 – 20 April 1949) was a Welsh civil engineer and politician.
The son of a sea captain, he was brought up in Fishguard and studied at the University of Bristol. He qualified as a civil engineer a ...
21 December 1932 – 21 August 1944
*Col.
Laurence Hugh Higgon
Laurence is an English and French given name (usually female in French and usually male in English). The English masculine name is a variant of Lawrence and it originates from a French form of the Latin ''Laurentius'', a name meaning "man from L ...
21 August 1944 – 4 May 1954
*Air Cdre.
James Bevan Bowen 4 May 1954 – 18 April 1958?
*Maj. Hon.
Richard Hanning Philipps
Richard is a male given name. It originates, via Old French, from Old Frankish
Frankish ( reconstructed endonym: *), also known as Old Franconian or Old Frankish, was the West Germanic language spoken by the Franks from the 5th to 9th c ...
18 April 1958 – 31 March 1974 †
†Became
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 ...
, 1 April 1974.
Deputy lieutenants
A deputy lieutenant of Pembrokeshire is commissioned by the Lord Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire.
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
*Owen Owen, Esq.
References
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1587 establishments in Wales
1974 disestablishments in Wales
History of Pembrokeshire
Pembrokeshire
Pembrokeshire ( ; cy, Sir Benfro ) is a Local government in Wales#Principal areas, county in the South West Wales, south-west of Wales. It is bordered by Carmarthenshire to the east, Ceredigion to the northeast, and the rest by sea. The count ...