This is a list of people who have served as Lord Lieutenant of Leicestershire. Since 1703, all Lord Lieutenants have also been Custos Rotulorum of Leicestershire.

Lord Lieutenants

  • Henry Grey, 3rd Marquess of Dorset 1549–1551
  • Francis Hastings, 2nd Earl of Huntingdon 1551–1552
  • Henry Grey, 1st Duke of Suffolk 1552–1554
  • Francis Hastings, 2nd Earl of Huntingdon 1554 – 20 June 1561 jointly with
  • Henry Hastings, 3rd Earl of Huntingdon 1559 – 14 December 1595
  • George Hastings, 4th Earl of Huntingdon 2 October 1596 – 30 December 1604
  • vacant
  • Henry Hastings, 5th Earl of Huntingdon 16 May 1607 – 1642 jointly with
  • Ferdinando Hastings, 6th Earl of Huntingdon 27 December 1638 – 1642
  • Henry Grey, 1st Earl of Stamford 1642–? (Parliamentary)
  • Interregnum
  • Henry Hastings, 1st Baron Loughborough 14 January 1661 – 10 January 1667
  • John Manners, 8th Earl of Rutland 14 February 1667 – 7 July 1677
  • John Manners, 9th Earl of Rutland 7 July 1677 – 11 August 1687
  • Theophilus Hastings, 7th Earl of Huntingdon 11 August 1687 – 6 April 1689
  • John Manners, 9th Earl of Rutland 6 April 1689 – 24 March 1703
  • Basil Feilding, 4th Earl of Denbigh 24 March 1703 – 1 July 1706
  • John Manners, 1st Duke of Rutland 1 July 1706 – 10 January 1711
  • Basil Feilding, 4th Earl of Denbigh 8 September 1711 – 3 December 1714
  • John Manners, 2nd Duke of Rutland 3 December 1714 – 22 February 1721
  • John Manners, 3rd Duke of Rutland 26 April 1721 – 29 May 1779
  • Charles Manners, 4th Duke of Rutland 16 July 1779 – 24 October 1787
  • Henry Somerset, 5th Duke of Beaufort 14 December 1787 – 21 October 1799
  • John Manners, 5th Duke of Rutland 21 October 1799 – 20 January 1857
  • Charles Manners, 6th Duke of Rutland 13 February 1857 – 3 March 1888
  • Richard William Penn Curzon-Howe, 3rd Earl Howe 19 June 1888 – 25 September 1900
  • Henry Manners, 8th Duke of Rutland 7 November 1900 – 8 May 1925
  • Arthur Grey Hazlerigg, 1st Baron Hazlerigg 27 July 1925 – 25 May 1949
  • Robert Godfrey Wolseley Bewicke-Copley, 5th Baron Cromwell 2 August 1949 – 21 October 1966
  • Col. Sir Robert Andrew St George Martin 5 April 1966 – 24 April 1989
  • Sir Timothy Gerald Martin Brooks 24 April 1989 – 24 February 2003
  • Jennifer Gretton, Baroness Gretton 24 February 2003 – 14 June 2018
  • Mike Kapur 14 June 2018 – present

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Deputy Lieutenants

Active List as of April 2016

  • Ramanbahai C Barber - June, 2013
  • Gautam Govindlal Bodiwala 2001
  • Richard L Brucciani 1999
  • Professor Sir Robert Burgess 2010
  • Hazel Byford, Baroness Byford 2010
  • Robert Bruce Collins 2006
  • Colonel Raeburn Murray Longair Colville 1997
  • Rosemary Jean N Conley 1999
  • Gerrard Amaury A March Phillips de Lisle 1997
  • Richard Anthony Spencer Everard 1997
  • Andrew James Granger 2008
  • Brigadier William James Hurrell 2008
  • Col Richard Sells Hurwood 2006
  • Freda Hussain 2006
  • David John Knowles 1999
  • Sir Michael Latham
  • Dr Angela Isabel Agnes Lennox 2001
  • Elizabeth Jane Martin - June, 2013
  • Colonel Robert C J Martin 2010
  • Ian Malcolm McAlpine 2001
  • Suleman Nagdi 2008
  • Hugh Michael Pearson 2008
  • Professor Sir Nilesh J Samani 2010
  • Resham Singh Sandhu 2006
  • Wendi Kathleen Stevens 2008
  • Bridget Ellen Towle - June, 2013
  • Peter John Wheeler 2001
  • David William Wilson 2008
  • David John Wyrko Esq 2010
  • Jonathan Agnew 2015
  • Dave Andrews 2015
  • Sally Bowie 2015
  • Mike Kapur 2015
  • David Lindley 2015
  • Riaz Ravat 2015
  • Elisabeth Turnbull 2015
  • Professor David Wilson 2015

Added 2017:

  • Richard Allan Halford Brooks 2017
  • Richard Charles Griffin Clowes 2017
  • Mehmooda Duke 2017
  • Priyesh Patel 2017
  • Professor Surinder Mohan Sharma 2017
  • Lieutenant Colonel David Richard James Young 2018

Previous Deputy Lieutenants

  • Ernest Clive Atkins
  • John Cridlan Barrett
  • Edwyn Burnaby
  • Thomas Cave
  • John Coke
  • Edwin de Lisle
  • John de Lisle
  • Sir William Farrell-Skeffington
  • Washington Shirley, 8th Earl Ferrers
  • Washington Shirley, 9th Earl Ferrers
  • Charles Freer, 1862
  • John Frewen-Turner
  • John Gretton, 3rd Baron Gretton
  • John Dove Harris
  • Sir Thomas Kennedy
  • Sir Maurice Levy, 1st Baronet
  • Sir Edward Packe
  • Eben William Robertson
  • George Murray Smith the Younger
  • Samuel Francis Stone, March 1901
  • Robert Tilney

References

  • History of the Office of the Lord-Lieutenant