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 responsibilit ...

Leicestershire Leicestershire ( ; postal abbreviation Leics.) is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in the East Midlands, England. The county borders Nottinghamshire to the north, Lincolnshire to the north-east, Rutland to the east, Northamptonshire ...

. Since 1703, all Lord Lieutenants have also been

Custos Rotulorum of Leicestershire This is a list of people who have served as Custos Rotulorum of Leicestershire. * John Beaumont bef. 1544–1558 * Francis Cave 1558 – aft. 1564 * Henry Hastings, 3rd Earl of Huntingdon bef. 1573–1595 * George Hastings, 4th Earl of Huntingdo ...

Lord Lieutenants

Henry Grey, 3rd Marquess of Dorset Henry Grey, 1st Duke of Suffolk, 3rd Marquess of Dorset (17 January 151723 February 1554), was an English courtier and nobleman of the Tudor period. He was the father of Lady Jane Grey, known as "the Nine Days' Queen". Origins He was born on ...

1549–1551 *

Francis Hastings, 2nd Earl of Huntingdon Francis Hastings, 2nd Earl of Huntingdon, KG (151420 June 1561) was the eldest son of George Hastings, 1st Earl of Huntingdon and Anne Stafford, Countess of Huntingdon, the ex-mistress of Henry VIII. His maternal first cousins included Hen ...

1551–1552 *

Henry Grey, 1st Duke of Suffolk Henry Grey, 1st Duke of Suffolk, 3rd Marquess of Dorset (17 January 151723 February 1554), was an English courtier and nobleman of the Tudor period. He was the father of Lady Jane Grey, known as "the Nine Days' Queen". Origins He was born on ...

1552–1554 *

1554 – 20 June 1561 ''jointly with'' * Henry Hastings, 3rd Earl of Huntingdon 1559 – 14 December 1595 *

George Hastings, 4th Earl of Huntingdon George Hastings, 4th Earl of Huntingdon (1540 – 30 December 1604) was an English nobleman. He was a son of Francis Hastings, 2nd Earl of Huntingdon and Catherine Pole, daughter of Henry Pole, 1st Baron Montagu and Jane Neville. He was a you ...

2 October 1596 – 30 December 1604 *''vacant'' *

Henry Hastings, 5th Earl of Huntingdon Henry Hastings, 5th Earl of Huntingdon (24 April 1586 – 14 November 1643), was a prominent English nobleman and literary patron in England during the first half of the seventeenth century. Life He was born at Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Leicester ...

16 May 1607 – 1642 ''jointly with'' *

Ferdinando Hastings, 6th Earl of Huntingdon Ferdinando Hastings, 6th Earl of Huntingdon (18 January 1609 – 13 February 1656), was the son of Henry Hastings, 5th Earl of Huntingdon, and Lady Elizabeth Stanley, the daughter of Ferdinando Stanley, 5th Earl of Derby, and Alice Spencer. He m ...

27 December 1638 – 1642 *

Henry Grey, 1st Earl of Stamford Henry Grey, 1st Earl of Stamford ( 1599 – 21 August 1673), known as the Lord Grey of Groby from 1614 to 1628, was an English nobleman and military leader. He was the eldest son of Sir John Grey and Elizabeth Nevill. His mother was probably a ...

1642–? (

Parliamentary A parliamentary system, or parliamentarian democracy, is a system of democratic governance of a state (or subordinate entity) where the executive derives its democratic legitimacy from its ability to command the support ("confidence") of the ...

) *''Interregnum'' *

Henry Hastings, 1st Baron Loughborough Henry Hastings, 1st Baron Loughborough, 28 September 1610 to 10 January 1667, was the younger son of Henry Hastings, 5th Earl of Huntingdon, one of the most powerful landowners in Leicestershire. He fought with the Royalist army in the Wars of t ...

14 January 1661 – 10 January 1667 *

John Manners, 8th Earl of Rutland John Manners, 8th Earl of Rutland (10 June 160429 September 1679), was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1640 until 1641 when he inherited the title Earl of Rutland on the death of his second cousin George Manners, 7t ...

14 February 1667 – 7 July 1677 * John Manners, 9th Earl of Rutland 7 July 1677 – 11 August 1687 *

Theophilus Hastings, 7th Earl of Huntingdon Theophilus Hastings, 7th Earl of Huntingdon (10 December 165030 May 1701) was a 17th-century English politician and Jacobite. One of the few non-Catholics to remain loyal to James II of England after November 1688, on the rare occasions he is m ...

11 August 1687 – 6 April 1689 * John Manners, 9th Earl of Rutland 6 April 1689 – 24 March 1703 *

Basil Feilding, 4th Earl of Denbigh Basil Feilding, 4th Earl of Denbigh, 3rd Earl of Desmond (1668 – 18 March 1717) was a British peer and member of the House of Lords, styled Viscount Feilding from 1675 to 1685. Peerage Fielding inherited the English Earldom of Denbigh and th ...

24 March 1703 – 1 July 1706 *

John Manners, 1st Duke of Rutland John Manners, 1st Duke of Rutland and 9th Earl of Rutland (29 May 163810 January 1711) was a British MP, and Whig politician. His divorce from his first wife caused much comment, partly because it was thought to have political implications. Lif ...

1 July 1706 – 10 January 1711 *

8 September 1711 – 3 December 1714 *

John Manners, 2nd Duke of Rutland John Manners, 2nd Duke of Rutland KG (18 September 1676 – 22 February 1721), styled Lord Roos from 1679 to 1703 and Marquess of Granby from 1703 to 1711, was a British Whig politician sat in the English and British House of Commons from 170 ...

3 December 1714 – 22 February 1721 *

John Manners, 3rd Duke of Rutland John Manners, 3rd Duke of Rutland KG PC (21 October 1696 – 29 May 1779) was an English nobleman, the eldest son of John Manners, 2nd Duke of Rutland and Catherine Russell. Styled Marquess of Granby from 1711, he succeeded to the title in 172 ...

26 April 1721 – 29 May 1779 *

Charles Manners, 4th Duke of Rutland Charles Manners, 4th Duke of Rutland, KG, PC (15 March 175424 October 1787) was a British politician and nobleman, the eldest legitimate son of John Manners, Marquess of Granby. He was styled Lord Roos from 1760 until 1770, and Marquess of Gr ...

16 July 1779 – 24 October 1787 * Henry Somerset, 5th Duke of Beaufort 14 December 1787 – 21 October 1799 *

John Manners, 5th Duke of Rutland John Henry Manners, 5th Duke of Rutland KG (4 January 177820 January 1857), styled Lord Roos from 1778 until 1779 and Marquess of Granby from 1779 until 1787, was a British landowner as well as an owner and breeder of Thoroughbred racehorses. ...

21 October 1799 – 20 January 1857 *

Charles Manners, 6th Duke of Rutland Charles Cecil John Manners, 6th Duke of Rutland KG (16 May 1815 – 3 March 1888, in Belvoir Castle), styled Marquess of Granby before 1857, was an English Conservative politician. Background and education Manners was the third but eldest sur ...

13 February 1857 – 3 March 1888 * Richard William Penn Curzon-Howe, 3rd Earl Howe 19 June 1888 – 25 September 1900 *

Henry Manners, 8th Duke of Rutland Henry John Brinsley Manners, 8th Duke of Rutland, (16 April 1852 – 8 May 1925), known as Henry Manners until 1888 and styled Marquess of Granby between 1888 and 1906, was a British peer and Conservative politician. Background Rutland was the ...

7 November 1900 – 8 May 1925 * Arthur Grey Hazlerigg, 1st Baron Hazlerigg 27 July 1925 – 25 May 1949 * Robert Godfrey Wolseley Bewicke-Copley, 5th Baron Cromwell 2 August 1949 – 21 October 1966 *Col. Sir Robert Andrew St George Martin, KCVO 5 April 1966 – 24 April 1989 *Sir Timothy Gerald Martin Brooks, KCVO 24 April 1989 – 24 February 2003 * Jennifer, Lady Gretton JP 24 February 2003 – 14 June 2018 * Mike Kapur 14 June 2018 – present

Deputy Lieutenants

Active List as of April 2016 * Ramanbahai C Barber Esq MBE DL June, 2013 * Gautam Govindlal Bodiwala Esq CBE JP DL 2001 * Richard L Brucciani Esq OBE DL 1999 * Professor Sir Robert Burgess DL 2010 * Baroness Hazel Byford DBE DL 2010 * Robert Bruce Collins Esq MVO DL 2006 * Colonel Raeburn Murray Longair Colville TD DL 1997 * Miss Rosemary Jean N Conley CBE DL 1999 * Gerrard Amaury A March Phillips de Lisle Esq DL 1997 * Richard Anthony Spencer Everard Esq OBE DL 1997 * Andrew James Granger Esq DL 2008 * Brigadier William James Hurrell CBE DL 2008 * Col Richard Sells Hurwood DL 2006 * Mrs Freda Hussain MBE DL 2006 * David John Knowles Esq DL 1999 * Sir Michael Latham DL * Dr Angela Isabel Agnes Lennox CBE DL 2001 * Mrs Elizabeth Jane Martin DL June, 2013 * Colonel Robert C J Martin OBE DL 2010 * Ian Malcolm McAlpine Esq OBE DL 2001 * Suleman Nagdi Esq MBE DL 2008 * Hugh Michael Pearson Esq DL 2008 * Professor Sir Nilesh J Samani DL 2010 * Resham Singh Sandhu Esq MBE DL 2006 * Wendi Kathleen Stevens DL 2008 * Bridget Ellen Towle CBE DL June, 2013 * Peter John Wheeler Esq JP DL 2001 * David William Wilson Esq CBE DL 2008 * David John Wyrko Esq QPM DL 2010 * Mr

Jonathan Agnew Jonathan Philip Agnew, (born 4 April 1960) is an English cricket broadcaster and a former professional cricketer. He was born in Macclesfield, Cheshire, and educated at Uppingham School. He is nicknamed "Aggers", and, less commonly, "Spiro" � ...

2015 * Mr Dave Andrews 2015 * Mrs Sally Bowie 2015 * Mr Mike Kapur Esq 2015 * Mr David Lindley QPM 2015 * Mr Riaz Ravat BEM 2015 * Mrs Elisabeth Turnbull 2015 * Professor David Wilson 2015 Added 2017: * Mr Richard Allan Halford BROOKS 2017 * Mr Richard Charles Griffin CLOWES 2017 * Ms Mehmooda DUKE 2017 * Mr Priyesh PATEL MBE 2017 * Professor Surinder Mohan SHARMA 2017 * Lieutenant Colonel David Richard James Young TD DL 2018

Previous Deputy Lieutenants

* Ernest Clive Atkins *

John Cridlan Barrett Colonel John Cridlan Barrett VC, TD (10 August 1897 − 7 March 1977) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth ...

* Edwyn Burnaby * Thomas Cave *

John Coke Sir John Coke (5 March 1563 – 8 September 1644) was an English civil servant and naval administrator, described by one commentator as "the Samuel Pepys of his day". He was MP for various constituencies in the House of Commons between 1621 and ...

* Edwin de Lisle * John de Lisle * Sir William Farrell-Skeffington * Washington Shirley, 8th Earl Ferrers * Washington Shirley, 9th Earl Ferrers * Charles Freer, 1862 *

John Frewen-Turner John Frewen-Turner (1 August 1755 – 1 February 1829), born John Frewen,J.M. Collinge, 'Frewen Turner, John (1755-1829), of Cold Overton, Leics. and Brickwall, Suss.', in R. Thorne (ed.), ''The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1790-18 ...

* John Gretton, 3rd Baron Gretton * John Dove Harris * Sir Thomas Kennedy * Sir Maurice Levy, 1st Baronet * Sir Edward Packe *

Eben William Robertson Eben William Robertson (17 September 1815 – 3 June 1874) was a British historian. Life Robertson was born near the Leicestershire- Derbyshire border at Netherseale, into a wealthy landowning family. He was a distant relative of 18th century S ...

George Murray Smith the Younger George Murray Smith DL JP (4 February 1859 – 18 April 1919) was a chairman of the Midland Railway from 1911 until his death. He was the son of George Murray Smith, the publisher. He was educated at Harrow School; and Jesus College, Cambridge ...

*Samuel Francis Stone, Esq. March 1901 *

Robert Tilney Brigadier Robert Adolphus George Tilney, (2 November 1903 – May 1981) was a British Army officer who served during the Second World War. Military career Robert Tilney was a Territorial Army officer, formerly of the Leicestershire Yeomanry. He ...

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