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Lord Lieutenant of Staffordshire

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This is a list of people who have served as Lord Lieutenant for Staffordshire. Since 1828, all Lord Lieutenants have also been Custos Rotulorum of Staffordshire.

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Lord Lieutenants of Staffordshire

  • Henry Stafford, 1st Baron Stafford 1559
  • George Talbot, 6th Earl of Shrewsbury 3 July 1585 – 18 November 1590
  • vacant
  • Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex 29 February 1612 – 17 July 1627
  • Robert Carey, 1st Earl of Monmouth 17 July 1627 – 3 February 1629
  • Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex 3 February 1629 – 1642
  • Interregnum
  • Robert Greville, 4th Baron Brooke 13 August 1660 – 17 February 1677
  • James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth 24 March 1677 – 12 December 1679
  • Robert Spencer, 2nd Earl of Sunderland 12 December 1679 – 2 September 1681
  • Charles Talbot, 12th Earl of Shrewsbury 2 September 1681 – 2 September 1687
  • Robert Shirley, 1st Earl Ferrers 2 September 1687 – 19 November 1687
  • Walter Aston, 3rd Lord Aston of Forfar 19 November 1687 – 21 March 1689
  • William Paget, 6th Baron Paget 21 March 1689 – 26 February 1713
  • Henry Paget, 1st Earl of Uxbridge March 1713 – 28 October 1715
  • Henry Newport, 3rd Earl of Bradford 28 October 1715 – 27 April 1725
  • Washington Shirley, 2nd Earl Ferrers 27 April 1725 – 14 April 1729
  • vacant
  • Henry Shirley, 3rd Earl Ferrers May 1731 – 16 July 1742
  • John Leveson-Gower, 1st Earl Gower 23 July 1742 – 25 December 1754
  • Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Marquess of Stafford 22 January 1755 – 21 October 1799
  • George Leveson-Gower, Earl Gower 21 October 1799 – 6 June 1801
  • Henry Bayly Paget, 1st Earl of Uxbridge 6 June 1801 – 13 March 1812
  • Charles Chetwynd-Talbot, 2nd Earl Talbot 13 April 1812 – 13 January 1849
  • Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey 3 February 1849 – 29 April 1854
  • Edward Littleton, 1st Baron Hatherton 18 May 1854 – 4 May 1863
  • Thomas Anson, 2nd Earl of Lichfield 19 June 1863 – 14 July 1871
  • Arthur Wrottesley, 3rd Baron Wrottesley 14 July 1871 – 18 March 1887
  • William Legge, 5th Earl of Dartmouth 18 March 1887 – 4 August 1891
  • William Legge, 6th Earl of Dartmouth 19 October 1891 – 6 May 1927
  • John Ryder, 5th Earl of Harrowby 6 May 1927 – 18 January 1948
  • Harold Wallace-Copeland 18 January 1948 – 16 August 1968
  • Sir Arthur Bryan 16 August 1968 – 6 September 1993
  • Sir James Appleton Hawley 6 September 1993 – 29 March 2012
  • Ian Dudson 29 March 2012 – present

    • Deputy Lieutenants

  • Captain the Honourable Sir George Augustus Anson 1 January 1901

    • References

    Lord Lieutenant of Staffordshire Wikipedia
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