This is a list of people who have served as Lord Lieutenant of

Worcestershire Worcestershire ( , ; written abbreviation: Worcs) is a county in the West Midlands of England. The area that is now Worcestershire was absorbed into the unified Kingdom of England in 927, at which time it was constituted as a county (see H ...

. Since 1719, all Lord Lieutenants have also been

Custos Rotulorum of Worcestershire This is a list of people who have served as Custos Rotulorum of Worcestershire. * Sir John Pakington 1544–1551 * William Sheldon bef. 1558–1570 * Sir Thomas Russell bef. 1573–1574 * Sir John Lyttelton bef. 1577–1590 * ...

Lord Lieutenants of Worcestershire to 1974

*''see Lord Lieutenant of Wales for pre-Restoration lieutenants'' *''Interregnum'' * Thomas Hickman-Windsor, 7th Baron Windsor 18 July 1660 – 17 July 1662 *

Thomas Wriothesley, 4th Earl of Southampton Thomas Wriothesley, 4th Earl of Southampton, KG ( ; 10 March 1607 – 16 May 1667), styled Lord Wriothesley before 1624, was an English statesman, a staunch supporter of King Charles II who after the Restoration of the Monarchy in 1660 r ...

17 July 1662 – 9 March 1663 *

Thomas Hickman-Windsor, 1st Earl of Plymouth Thomas Hickman-Windsor, 1st Earl of Plymouth, PC (c. 1627 – 3 November 1687), was the son of Dixie Hickman and his wife Elizabeth Windsor, sister and heiress of Thomas Windsor, 6th Baron Windsor. He assumed the additional surname of Windsor a ...

9 March 1663 – 3 November 1687 *

Francis Smith, 2nd Viscount Carrington Francis Smith, 2nd Viscount Carrington (c. 1621 – 7 April 1701), was an English peer. Biography Smith was the son of Charles Smyth, 1st Viscount Carrington, by his wife Elizabeth Caryll, daughter of Sir John Caryll, of South Harting, Sussex. He ...

19 November 1687 – 16 April 1689 *

Charles Talbot, 1st Duke of Shrewsbury Charles Talbot, Duke of Shrewsbury, KG, PC (15 July 16601 February 1718) was an English politician who was part of the Immortal Seven group that invited Prince William III of Orange to depose King James II of England during the Glorious R ...

16 April 1689 – 1 February 1718 *''vacant'' *

William Coventry, 5th Earl of Coventry William Coventry, 5th Earl of Coventry (c.1676 – 18 March 1751), of London and later Croome Court, Worcestershire, was a British Whig politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1708 to 1719. Early life Coventry was the son of Walter Coven ...

16 December 1719 – 18 March 1751 * George Coventry, 6th Earl of Coventry 7 May 1751 – 23 November 1808 * George Coventry, 7th Earl of Coventry 23 November 1808 – 26 March 1831 * Thomas Foley, 3rd Baron Foley 23 April 1831 – 16 April 1833 * William Lyttelton, 3rd Baron Lyttelton 10 May 1833 – 30 April 1837 *

Thomas Foley, 4th Baron Foley Thomas Henry Foley, 4th Baron Foley of Kidderminster DL (11 December 1808 – 20 November 1869), was a British peer and Liberal politician. He held office in every Whig/ Liberal government between 1833 and 1869. Family and estate Foley was th ...

19 May 1837 – 7 November 1839 *

George Lyttelton, 4th Baron Lyttelton George William Lyttelton, 4th Baron Lyttelton, 4th Baron Westcote, (31 March 1817 – 19 April 1876) was an English aristocrat and Conservative politician from the Lyttelton family. He was chairman of the Canterbury Association, which encourag ...

7 November 1839 – 19 April 1876 *

Frederick Lygon, 6th Earl Beauchamp Frederick Lygon, 6th Earl Beauchamp PC DL (10 November 1830 – 19 February 1891), styled The Honourable Frederick Lygon between 1853 and 1866, was a British Conservative politician. Background and education Beauchamp was the third son of Hen ...

17 May 1876 – 19 February 1891 * George Coventry, 9th Earl of Coventry 19 March 1891 – 18 July 1923 * John Lyttelton, 9th Viscount Cobham 18 July 1923 – 31 July 1949 *Adm. Sir William Tennant 11 April 1950 – 26 July 1963 * Charles Lyttelton, 10th Viscount Cobham 11 December 1963 – 31 March 1974 On 31 March 1974

merged with

Herefordshire Herefordshire () is a county in the West Midlands of England, governed by Herefordshire Council. It is bordered by Shropshire to the north, Worcestershire to the east, Gloucestershire to the south-east, and the Welsh counties of Monmouthsh ...

to form the new administrative county of

Hereford and Worcester Hereford and Worcester was an English non-metropolitan county created on 1 April 1974 by the Local Government Act 1972 from the areas of the former administrative county of Herefordshire, most of Worcestershire (except Halesowen, Stourbridge ...

, which also became a new lieutenancy area (see Lord Lieutenant of Hereford and Worcester). After the abolition of

in 1998 after only 24 years, the two counties again became two separate administrative counties as well as two separate lieutenancy areas.

Lord Lieutenants of Worcestershire from 1998

* Sir Thomas Dunne 1 April 1998 – 27 September 2001 * Michael Brinton, CVO 27 September 2001 – 23 April 2012 * Lt Col Patrick Holcroft 28 December 2012 – present,

Deputy lieutenants

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

*22 October 1824: Richard Frances, Esq. *29 February 1848: Osman Ricardo, Esq.

References

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