The ancient position of Lord-Lieutenant of Rutland was abolished on 31 March 1974. Between 1 April 1974 and its reestablishment on 8 April 1997

Rutland Rutland () is a ceremonial county and unitary authority in the East Midlands, England. The county is bounded to the west and north by Leicestershire, to the northeast by Lincolnshire and the southeast by Northamptonshire. Its greatest len ...

came under the

Lord Lieutenant of Leicestershire This is a list of people who have served as Lord Lieutenant of Leicestershire. Since 1703, all Lord Lieutenants have also been Custos Rotulorum of Leicestershire. Lord Lieutenants *Henry Grey, 3rd Marquess of Dorset 1549–1551 *Francis Hastings ...

. Since 1690, all

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 ...

s have also been Custos Rotulorum of Rutland.

Lord-lieutenants of Rutland until 1974

Henry Manners, 2nd Earl of Rutland Henry Manners, 2nd Earl of Rutland, 13th Baron de Ros of Helmsley, KG (23 September 152617 September 1563) was an English nobleman. Origins He was the son and heir of Thomas Manners, 1st Earl of Rutland and his wife Eleanor Paston. Career Li ...

1559–1563 *

Henry Hastings, 3rd Earl of Huntingdon Henry Hastings, 3rd Earl of Huntingdon, KG, KB (c. 153514 December 1595) was an English Puritan nobleman. Educated alongside the future Edward VI, he was briefly imprisoned by Mary I, and later considered by some as a potential successor to E ...

? – 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 youn ...

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

John Harington, 1st Baron Harington of Exton John Harington, 1st Baron Harington (1539/40 – 23 August 1613) of Exton in Rutland, was an English courtier and politician. Family He was the eldest son and heir of Sir James Harington (c. 1511–1592) of Exton, by his wife Lucy Sidney (c. 1 ...

16 May 1607 – 23 August 1613 * John Harington, 2nd Baron Harington of Exton 8 October 1613 – 27 February 1614 *

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, Leicesters ...

1614–1642 ''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 *

David Cecil, 3rd Earl of Exeter David Cecil, 3rd Earl of Exeter (c. 1600–1643) was an English peer and member of the House of Lords. Life David Cecil was the son of Sir Richard Cecil of Wakerley, Northamptonshire. He was educated at Clare College, Cambridge, and admitted at ...

5 March 1642 - 1643 *''

Interregnum An interregnum (plural interregna or interregnums) is a period of discontinuity or "gap" in a government, organization, or social order. Archetypally, it was the period of time between the reign of one monarch and the next (coming from Latin '' ...

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Baptist Noel, 3rd Viscount Campden Baptist Noel, 3rd Viscount Campden (1611 – 29 October 1682) was an English politician. He was Lord Lieutenant of Rutland, Custos Rotulorum of Rutland and the Member of Parliament for Rutland. Early life Baptist Noel was born at Exton Hall, R ...

9 August 1660 – 29 October 1682 *

Edward Noel, 1st Earl of Gainsborough Edward Noel, 1st Earl of Gainsborough, 4th Viscount Campden (1641 – January 1689) was a British peer, styled Hon. Edward Noel from 1660 to 1681. Origins Edward Noel was born in 1641, the son and heir of Baptist Noel, 3rd Viscount Campden. Car ...

17 November 1682 – 23 January 1688 ''jointly with'' * Wriothesley Noel, Viscount Campden 24 March 1685 – 23 January 1688 *

Henry Mordaunt, 2nd Earl of Peterborough Henry Mordaunt, 2nd Earl of Peterborough (15 November 1621 – 19 June 1697) was an English soldier, peer and courtier. Early life Styled Lord Mordaunt from 1628, he was the eldest son of John Mordaunt, 1st Earl of Peterborough. He was educa ...

23 January 1688 – 28 August 1690 *

Bennet Sherard, 2nd Baron Sherard Bennet Sherard, 2nd Baron Sherard DL (''baptised'' 30 November 1621 – 15 January 1700) was a British politician and Irish peer. An influential landowner in Leicestershire and Rutland, he was returned to Parliament by the former county from 16 ...

28 August 1690 – 15 January 1700 * Bennet Sherard, 3rd Baron Sherard 11 March 1700 – 14 November 1712 *

John Cecil, 6th Earl of Exeter John Cecil, 6th Earl of Exeter (15 May 1674 – 24 December 1721), known as Lord Burleigh from 1678 to 1700, was a British peer and Member of Parliament. He was the son of John Cecil, 5th Earl of Exeter, and Anne Cavendish. He sat as Member o ...

14 November 1712 – 12 September 1715 *

Bennet Sherard, 1st Earl of Harborough Bennet Sherard, 1st Earl of Harborough (9 October 1677 – 16 October 1732) (created Viscount Sherard in 1718, and Earl of Harborough in 1719) was a British peer and Member of Parliament. Early life Born on 9 October 1677, he was the second, bu ...

12 September 1715 – 16 October 1732 *

Philip Sherard, 2nd Earl of Harborough Philip Sherard, 2nd Earl of Harborough ( – 20 July 1750), of Whissendine, Rutland, was a British landowner and Whig politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1708 to 1710 and later succeeded to the peerage as Earl of Harborough. Early ...

17 July 1733 – 20 July 1750 *

Brownlow Cecil, 9th Earl of Exeter Brownlow Cecil, 9th Earl of Exeter (21 September 1725 – 26 December 1793), known as Lord Burghley from 1725 to 1754, was a British peer and Member of Parliament. Life Exeter was the eldest son of Brownlow Cecil, 8th Earl of Exeter, and Hannah So ...

6 June 1751 – 12 April 1779 *

George Finch, 9th Earl of Winchilsea George Finch, 9th Earl of Winchilsea (4 November 1752 – 2 August 1826), was an important figure in the history of cricket. His main contributions to the game were patronage and organisation but Winchilsea, an amateur, was also a very keen pla ...

12 April 1779 – 2 August 1826 *

Brownlow Cecil, 2nd Marquess of Exeter Brownlow Cecil, 2nd Marquess of Exeter (2 July 1795 – 16 January 1867), styled Lord Burghley until 1804, was a British peer, courtier, and Tory politician. He held office under the Earl of Derby as Lord Chamberlain of the Household in 1852 a ...

7 October 1826 – 16 January 1867 * Charles Noel, 2nd Earl of Gainsborough 22 February 1867 – 13 August 1881 *

William Tollemache, 9th Earl of Dysart William John Manners Tollemache, 9th Earl of Dysart DL (3 March 1859 – 22 November 1935) in the Peerage of Scotland, was also a Baronet (cr.1793) in the Baronetage of Great Britain, Lord Lieutenant of Rutland (1881–1906), and Justice of the ...

3 November 1881 – 29 March 1906 *

John Brocklehurst, 1st Baron Ranksborough John Fielden Brocklehurst, 1st Baron Ranksborough (13 May 1852 – 28 February 1921), was a British soldier, courtier and Liberal politician. Background and education Brocklehurst was the son of Henry Brocklehurst, of Foden Bank, Macclesfield, ...

29 March 1906 – 28 February 1921 *

Gilbert Heathcote-Drummond-Willoughby, 2nd Earl of Ancaster Gilbert Heathcote-Drummond-Willoughby, 2nd Earl of Ancaster (29 July 1867 – 19 September 1951), known as Lord Willoughby de Eresby from 1892 to 1910, was a British Conservative politician. Early life Ancaster was born in London on 29 July 18 ...

6 January 1921 – 29 September 1951 * William Melville Codrington 5 February 1951 – 29 April 1963 * Thomas Charles Stanley Haywood 12 August 1963 – 31 March 1974 (subsequently

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Lord-lieutenants of Rutland since 1997

* Sir Thomas Lawrie (Jock) Kennedy 1 April 1997 – 14 July 2003 * Sir Lawrence Howard 14 July 2003 – 29 March 2018 * Dr Sarah Furness 3 April 2018 – present

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