Lord Warden of the Stannaries

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The Lord Warden of the Stannaries used to exercise judicial and military functions in Cornwall, England, in the United Kingdom, and is still the official who, upon the commission of the monarch or Duke of Cornwall for the time being, has the function of calling a Stannary Parliament of tinners. The last Stannary Parliament convened by a Lord Warden of the Stannaries sat in 1753.

The first Lord Warden of the Stannaries of Cornwall (and Devon) was William de Wrotham, who was appointed during the reign of Richard I on 20 November 1197. The current holder of the post is Nicholas Bacon.

List of the Lord Wardens of the Stannaries

1197–?: William de Wrotham

1215–1220 or 1222: Henry Fitz-Count, 1st Earl of Cornwall

1413–1422: John Wilcotes

1523–1538: Henry Courtenay, 1st Marquess of Exeter

1539–1554: John Russell, 1st Earl of Bedford

1553–1580: Francis Russell, 2nd Earl of Bedford

1585–1603: Sir Walter Raleigh

1604–1630: William Herbert, 3rd Earl of Pembroke

1630–1642: Philip Herbert, 4th Earl of Pembroke

Interregnum

1646–1648: Edward Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Chirbury (Parliamentary)

1660–1701: John Granville, 1st Earl of Bath

1701–1702: Charles Robartes, 2nd Earl of Radnor

1702–1705: John Granville, 1st Baron Granville

1705–1708: Francis Godolphin, Viscount Rialton

1708–1734: Hugh Boscawen, 1st Viscount Falmouth

1734–1737: Richard Edgcumbe, 1st Baron Edgcumbe

1737–1742: vacant

1742–1751: Thomas Pitt of Boconnoc, Esq.

1751–1762: James Waldegrave, 2nd Earl Waldegrave

1763–1783: Humphry Morice

1783–1798: Viscount Lewisham

1798–1800: Sir John Morshead, 1st Baronet

1800–1803: John Willett Payne

1803–1812: Sir Thomas Tyrwhitt

1812–1842: Francis Seymour-Conway, 3rd Marquess of Hertford

1842–1861: Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha

1862–1864: Henry Pelham-Clinton, 5th Duke of Newcastle-under-Lyne

1865–1888: Edward Portman, 1st Viscount Portman

1888–1908: Henry Reynolds-Moreton, 3rd Earl of Ducie

1908–1921: Alexander Bruce, 6th Lord Balfour of Burleigh

1921–1933: Charles Hepburn-Stuart-Forbes-Trefusis, 21st Baron Clinton

1933–1965: William Pleydell-Bouverie, 7th Earl of Radnor

1965–1976: Geoffrey Waldegrave, 12th Earl Waldegrave

1977–1983: Peter Kerr, 12th Marquess of Lothian

1985–1990: Sir Nicholas Henderson

1990–1994: John Baring, 7th Baron Ashburton

1994–2006: William Peel, 3rd Earl Peel

2006–present: Sir Nicholas Bacon, 14th Baronet

References

Lord Warden of the Stannaries Wikipedia

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