Lord Lieutenant of Kent
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This is a list of people who have served as Lord-Lieutenant of Kent. Since 1746, all Lord Lieutenants have also been Custos Rotulorum of Kent.
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- William Brooke, 10th Baron Cobham 1585–1597
- Henry Brooke, 11th Baron Cobham 1597–1603
- Edward Wotton, 1st Baron Wotton 1604–1620
- George Villiers, 1st Marquess of Buckingham 1620
- Ludovic Stuart, 2nd Duke of Lennox 1620–1624
- Philip Herbert, 4th Earl of Pembroke 1624–1642
- Interregnum
- Charles Stewart, 3rd Duke of Richmond 1668–1672
- Heneage Finch, 3rd Earl of Winchilsea 1672–1687
- Christopher Roper, 5th Baron Teynham 1687–1689
- Heneage Finch, 3rd Earl of Winchilsea 1689
- Henry Sidney, 1st Earl of Romney 1689–1692
- Vere Fane, 4th Earl of Westmorland 1692–1694
- Henry Sidney, 1st Earl of Romney 1694–1704
- Charles Finch, 4th Earl of Winchilsea 1704–1705
- Lewis Watson, 1st Earl of Rockingham 1705–1724
- John Sydney, 6th Earl of Leicester 1724–1737
- Lewis Watson, 2nd Earl of Rockingham 1737–1745
- Lionel Sackville, 1st Duke of Dorset 1746–1765
- Charles Sackville, 2nd Duke of Dorset 1765–1769
- John Sackville, 3rd Duke of Dorset 1769–1797
- Charles Marsham, 1st Earl of Romney 1797–1808
- John Pratt, 1st Marquess Camden 1808–1840?
- Henry Tufton, 11th Earl of Thanet 1841–1846
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- John Townshend, 1st Earl Sydney 1856–1890
- Arthur Philip Stanhope, 6th Earl Stanhope 1890–1905
- John Pratt, 4th Marquess Camden 1905–1943
- Wykeham Cornwallis, 2nd Baron Cornwallis 1944–1972
- Gavin Astor, 2nd Baron Astor of Hever 1972–1982
- Robert Leigh-Pemberton, Baron Kingsdown 1982–2002
- Allan Willett CMG 2002–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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