Lord Lieutenant of Worcestershire
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This is a list of people who have served as Lord-Lieutenant of Worcestershire. Since 1751, all Lord Lieutenants have also been Custos Rotulorum of Worcestershire.
[edit] Lord Lieutenants of Worcestershire until 1974
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- Henry Herbert, 2nd Earl of Pembroke 1587–1601
- Edward la Zouche, 11th Baron Zouche 1602–1607
- Ralph Eure, 3rd Baron Eure 1607–1617
- Thomas Gerard, 1st Baron Gerard 1617
- William Compton, 1st Earl of Northampton 1617–1630
- John Egerton, 1st Earl of Bridgewater 1631–1642
- Interregnum
- Thomas Hickman-Windsor, 1st Earl of Plymouth 1660–1661
- ?
- Thomas Hickman-Windsor, 1st Earl of Plymouth 1685–1687
- Charles Talbot, 1st Duke of Shrewsbury 1689–1718
- William Coventry, 5th Earl of Coventry 1719–1751
- George William Coventry, 6th Earl of Coventry 1751–1808
- George William Coventry, 7th Earl of Coventry 1808–1831
- Thomas Foley, 3rd Baron Foley 1831–1833
- William Henry Lyttelton, 3rd Baron Lyttelton 1833–1837
- Thomas Henry Foley, 4th Baron Foley 1837–1839
- George William Lyttelton, 4th Baron Lyttelton 1839–1876
- Frederick Lygon, 6th Earl Beauchamp 1876–1891
- George William Coventry, 9th Earl of Coventry 1891–1923
- John Cavendish Lyttelton, 9th Viscount Cobham 1923–1949
- Adm. Sir William Tennant 1950–1963
- Charles John Lyttelton, 10th Viscount Cobham 1963–1974
In 1974 Worcestershire merged with Herefordshire to form the new administrative county of Hereford and Worcester, which also became a new lieutenancy area (see Lord Lieutenant of Hereford and Worcester). After the abolition of Hereford and Worcester in 1998 after only 24 years, the two counties again became two separate administrative counties as well as two separate lieutenancy areas.
[edit] Lord Lieutenants of Worcestershire 1998–present
- Sir Thomas Dunne 1998–2001
- Michael Brinton 2001–present
[edit] References
- J.C. Sainty (1970). "Lieutenancies of Counties, 1585–1642". Bulletin of the Institute of Historical Research (Special Supplement No. 8).
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