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This is a list of people who have served as Lord Lieutenant of Wiltshire. From 1750, all Lord Lieutenants have also been Custos Rotulorum of Wiltshire.

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Lord Lieutenants of Wiltshire

  • William Herbert, 1st Earl of Pembroke 1551 – 17 March 1570
  • Henry Herbert, 2nd Earl of Pembroke 1570 – 15 January 1601
  • Edward Seymour, 1st Earl of Hertford 24 April 1601 – 6 April 1621
  • William Herbert, 3rd Earl of Pembroke 14 April 1621 – 10 April 1630
  • Philip Herbert, 4th Earl of Pembroke 12 August 1630 – 1642
  • Interregnum
  • William Seymour, 1st Marquess of Hertford 10 July 1660 – 24 October 1660
  • Thomas Wriothesley, 4th Earl of Southampton 21 February 1661 – 16 May 1667
  • Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon 18 June 1667 – 2 April 1668
  • Arthur Capell, 1st Earl of Essex 2 April 1668 – 22 August 1672
  • John Seymour, 4th Duke of Somerset 22 August 1672 – 29 April 1675
  • Philip Herbert, 7th Earl of Pembroke 20 May 1675 – 29 August 1683
  • Thomas Herbert, 8th Earl of Pembroke 11 October 1683 – 22 January 1733 jointly with
  • William Paston, 2nd Earl of Yarmouth 22 March 1688 – 16 May 1689
  • Henry Herbert, 9th Earl of Pembroke 24 August 1733 – 9 January 1750
  • Hon. Robert Sawyer Herbert 20 March 1750 – 3 April 1756
  • Henry Herbert, 10th Earl of Pembroke 3 April 1756 – 22 March 1780
  • Thomas Brudenell-Bruce, 1st Earl of Ailesbury 22 March 1780 – 8 April 1782
  • Henry Herbert, 10th Earl of Pembroke 8 April 1782 – 26 January 1794
  • George Herbert, 11th Earl of Pembroke 21 March 1794 – 26 October 1827
  • Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 3rd Marquess of Lansdowne 23 November 1827 – 31 January 1863
  • George Brudenell-Bruce, 2nd Marquess of Ailesbury 25 March 1863 – 6 January 1878
  • Jacob Pleydell-Bouverie, 4th Earl of Radnor 18 March 1878 – 11 March 1889
  • John Thynne, 4th Marquess of Bath 1 April 1889 – 20 April 1896
  • Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 5th Marquess of Lansdowne 1 June 1896 – 3 March 1920
  • Walter Long, 1st Viscount Long 3 March 1920 – 26 September 1924
  • Jacob Pleydell-Bouverie, 6th Earl of Radnor 22 December 1924 – 26 June 1930
  • Sir Ernest Wills, 3rd Baronet 7 October 1930 – 4 May 1942
  • Evelyn Seymour, 17th Duke of Somerset 4 May 1942 – 26 April 1954
  • Sidney Herbert, 16th Earl of Pembroke 7 September 1954 – 16 March 1969
  • John Morrison, 1st Baron Margadale 26 August 1969 – 17 December 1981
  • Sir Hugh Trefusis Brassey 17 December 1981 – 15 December 1989
  • Field Marshal Sir Roland Gibbs 15 December 1989 – 5 July 1996
  • Lt-General Sir Maurice Johnston 5 July 1996 – 10 November 2004
  • John Barnard Bush 10 November 2004 – February 2012
  • Sarah Rose Troughton February 2012 – present

    • Vice Lord Lieutenants of Wiltshire

  • Hugh Trefusis Brassey, 1969–1981
  • Field Marshal Sir Roland Gibbs: 1982 - 1990
  • Major-General John Myles (Robin) Brockbank: 1990 - 1996
  • John Richard Arundell, 10th Baron Talbot of Malahide: 2004 - 2006
  • Lieutenant Colonel James Rixon Arkell: 26 January 2006 – 2012]
  • Charles Petty-FitzMaurice, 9th Marquess of Lansdowne: 2012–

    • References

    Lord Lieutenant of Wiltshire Wikipedia
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