Lord Lieutenant of Rutland
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This is a list of people who have served as Lord-Lieutenant of Rutland. The post was abolished in 1974, with the area coming under the Lord Lieutenant of Leicestershire, but revived in 1997. Since 1690, all Lords Lieutenant have also been Custos Rotulorum of Rutland.
[edit] Until 1974
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- Henry Manners, 2nd Earl of Rutland 1559–1563
- Henry Hastings, 3rd Earl of Huntingdon ?–1595
- George Hastings, 4th Earl of Huntingdon 1596–1604
- John Harington, 1st Baron Harington of Exton 1607–1613
- John Harington, 2nd Baron Harington of Exton 1613–1614
- Henry Hastings, 5th Earl of Huntingdon 1614–1642 jointly with
- Ferdinando Hastings, Lord Hastings 1638–1642
- Interregnum
- Edward Noel, 3rd Viscount Campden 1660–1682
- Edward Noel, 1st Earl of Gainsborough 1682–1688
- Henry Mordaunt, 2nd Earl of Peterborough 1688
- ?
- Bennet Sherard, 2nd Baron Sherard 1690–1700
- Bennet Sherard, 1st Viscount Sherard 1700–1712
- John Cecil, 6th Earl of Exeter 1712–1715
- Bennet Sherard, 1st Earl of Harborough 1715–1732
- Philip Sherard, 2nd Earl of Harborough 1733–1750
- Brownlow Cecil, 9th Earl of Exeter 1751–?
- George Finch, 9th Earl of Winchilsea 1779–1826
- Brownlow Cecil, 2nd Marquess of Exeter 1826–1867?
- Charles Noel, 2nd Earl of Gainsborough 1867–1881
- William Tollemache, 9th Earl of Dysart 1881–?
- John Brocklehurst, 1st Baron Ranksborough 1906–1921
- Gilbert Heathcote-Drummond-Willoughby, 2nd Earl of Ancaster 1921–1951
- William Melville Cornington 1951–1963
- Thomas Charles Stanley Haywood 1963–1974 (subsequently Lord Lieutenant of Leicestershire)
[edit] After 1997
- Air Chief Marshal Sir Thomas Lawrie (Jock) Kennedy 1997–2003[1]
- Dr. Laurence Howard 2003–present
[edit] References
- J.C. Sainty (1970). "Lieutenancies of Counties, 1585–1642". Bulletin of the Institute of Historical Research (Special Supplement No. 8).
- ^ London Gazette, issue no. 54728, April 8, 1997
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