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 ...

Cornwall Cornwall (; kw, Kernow ) is a Historic counties of England, historic county and Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in South West England. It is recognised as one of the Celtic nations, and is the homeland of the Cornish people ...

. Since 1742, all the Lords Lieutenant have also been Custos Rotulorum of Cornwall. * John Russell, 1st Earl of Bedford 1552–1554 * John Bourchier, 2nd Earl of Bath 1556–? * Francis Russell, 2nd Earl of Bedford 1584 – 28 July 1585 *''jointly held:'' 8 August 1586 – 7 December 1587 ** Sir Francis Godolphin ** Sir William Mohun **

Peter Edgcumbe Peter (or Piers) Edgcumbe (1536 – 4 January 1608) of Mount Edgcumbe and of Cotehele in the parish of Calstock, both in Cornwall, was an English Member of Parliament. Origins Piers was a traditional first name in his family. He was the eldest ...

** Richard Carew * Sir Walter Raleigh 7 December 1587 – 24 March 1603 * William Herbert, 3rd Earl of Pembroke 21 May 1604 – 10 April 1630 *

Philip Herbert, 4th Earl of Pembroke Philip Herbert, 4th Earl of Pembroke and 1st Earl of Montgomery, (10 October 158423 January 1650) was an English courtier, nobleman, and politician active during the reigns of James I and Charles I. Philip and his older brother William we ...

17 August 1630 – 1642 *

John Robartes, 1st Earl of Radnor John Robartes, 1st Earl of Radnor and Viscount Bodmin (160617 July 1685), known as The Lord Robartes (or John, Lord Roberts) between 1634 and 1679, was a Cornish politician, who fought for the Parliamentary cause during the English Civil War ...

1642 (Parliamentarian) *''Interregnum'' *

John Granville, 1st Earl of Bath John Granville, 1st Earl of Bath PC, 29 August 1628 – 22 August 1701, was an English landowner who served in the Royalist army during the First English Civil War and was rewarded for his services after the 1660 Stuart Restoration with a titl ...

1 October 1660 – April 1696 ''jointly with'' ** Charles Granville, 2nd Baron Granville 6 May 1691 – March 1693 * Charles Robartes, 2nd Earl of Radnor 24 April 1696 – 1702 * John Granville, 1st Baron Granville 18 June 1702 – 1705 *

Sidney Godolphin, 1st Earl of Godolphin Sidney Godolphin, 1st Earl of Godolphin, (15 June 1645 – 15 September 1712) was a leading British politician of the late 17th and the early 18th centuries. He was a Privy Councillor and Secretary of State for the Northern Department be ...

16 April 1705 – 1710 * Laurence Hyde, 1st Earl of Rochester 15 April 1710 – 2 May 1711 *

Henry Hyde, 2nd Earl of Rochester Henry Hyde, 4th Earl of Clarendon and 2nd Earl of Rochester, PC (June 1672 – 10 December 1753), styled Lord Hyde from 1682 to 1711, was an English Army officer and Tory politician who sat in the English and British House of Commons from 1692 u ...

25 October 1711 – September 1714 * Charles Robartes, 2nd Earl of Radnor 13 November 1714 – 3 August 1723 *''vacant'' * Richard Edgcumbe, 1st Baron Edgcumbe 29 July 1742 – 22 November 1758 * Richard Edgcumbe, 2nd Baron Edgcumbe 5 March 1759 – 10 May 1761 * George Edgcumbe, 1st Earl of Mount Edgcumbe 22 June 1761 – 4 February 1795 * Richard Edgcumbe, 2nd Earl of Mount Edgcumbe 17 April 1795 – 26 September 1839 * Sir William Salusbury-Trelawny, 8th Baronet 30 December 1839 – 15 November 1856 *

Charles Vivian, 2nd Baron Vivian Charles Crespigny Vivian, 2nd Baron Vivian (24 December 1808 – 24 April 1886), was a British peer and Whig politician from the Vivian family. Background Vivian was the eldest legitimate son of Hussey Vivian, 1st Baron Vivian, and Eliza, ...

17 December 1856 – 1877 * William Edgcumbe, 4th Earl of Mount Edgcumbe 6 November 1877 – 25 September 1917 * John Charles Williams 24 January 1918 – 1936 * Sir Edward Hoblyn Warren Bolitho 17 February 1936 – 1962 * Sir John Gawen Carew Pole, 12th Baronet 29 August 1962 – 1977 * George Boscawen, 9th Viscount Falmouth 1977–1994 * Lady Mary Holborow 10 November 1994 – 19 September 2011 *Colonel Edward Bolitho 19 September 2011 – present

Deputy lieutenants

A deputy lieutenant of Cornwall is commissioned by the Lord Lieutenant of Cornwall. 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.

18th Century

*11 December 1792: John Thomas, Esq. *11 December 1792: John Lemon, Esq. *11 December 1792: David Howell, Esq. *11 December 1792: George Bickford, Esq. *11 December 1792: Walter Raleigh Gilbert, Esq. *11 December 1792: Edward Archer, Esq. *11 December 1792: John Penhallow Peters, Esq. *11 December 1792: William Clode, Esq. *15 February 1793: John Trevenen, Esq. *15 February 1793: Thomas Bennett, Esq. *15 February 1793: Arthur Kempe, Esq.

19th Century

*29 March 1848: Edward Archer, Esq.

References

* * * Politics of Cornwall History of Cornwall

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