Lord Lieutenant of Hampshire
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This is a list of people who have served as Lord Lieutenant of Hampshire. Since 1688, all the Lord Lieutenants have also been Custos Rotulorum of Hampshire.
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- William Paulet, 1st Marquess of Winchester 1551–?
- William Paulet, 3rd Marquess of Winchester bef. 1585 – 24 November 1598 jointly with
- Henry Radclyffe, 4th Earl of Sussex 3 July 1585 – 14 December 1593
- Charles Blount, 1st Earl of Devonshire 4 August 1595 – 3 April 1606 jointly with
- George Carey, 2nd Baron Hunsdon 29 October 1597 – 8 September 1603 and
- Henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton 10 April 1604 – 10 November 1624
- Edward Conway, 1st Viscount Conway 9 May 1625 – 3 January 1631
- Richard Weston, 1st Earl of Portland 8 February 1631 – 13 March 1635
- James Stewart, 1st Duke of Richmond 29 May 1635 – 1642 jointly with
- Jerome Weston, 2nd Earl of Portland 29 May 1635 – 1642 and
- Thomas Wriothesley, 4th Earl of Southampton 3 June 1641 – 1642
- Interregnum
- Thomas Wriothesley, 4th Earl of Southampton 24 September 1660 – 16 May 1667
- Charles Paulet, Earl of Wiltshire 20 December 1667 – 1675
- Edward Noel, 1st Earl of Gainsborough 20 March 1676 – 24 December 1687 jointly with
- Wriothesley Noel, Viscount Campden 9 April 1684 – 24 December 1687
- James FitzJames, 1st Duke of Berwick 24 December 1687 – 4 April 1689
- Charles Paulet, 1st Duke of Bolton 4 April 1689 – 27 February 1699
- Charles Paulet, 2nd Duke of Bolton 11 June 1699 – 15 September 1710
- Henry Somerset, 2nd Duke of Beaufort 15 September 1710 – 24 May 1714
- Charles Paulet, 2nd Duke of Bolton 5 August 1714 – 21 January 1722
- Charles Paulet, 3rd Duke of Bolton 8 February 1722 – 3 September 1733
- John Wallop, 1st Earl of Portsmouth 3 September 1733 – 19 July 1742
- Charles Powlett, 3rd Duke of Bolton 19 July 1742 – 26 August 1754
- Harry Powlett, 4th Duke of Bolton 13 November 1754 – 25 October 1758
- Charles Powlett, 5th Duke of Bolton 25 October 1758 – 15 June 1763
- James Brydges, Marquess of Carnarvon 15 June 1763 – 20 August 1764
- Robert Henley, 1st Earl of Northington 20 August 1764 – 6 February 1771
- James Brydges, 3rd Duke of Chandos 6 February 1771 – 10 May 1780
- George Pitt, 1st Baron Rivers 10 May 1780 – 15 April 1782
- Harry Powlett, 6th Duke of Bolton 15 April 1782 – 5 April 1793
- In commission: 1793–1798
- George Paulet, 12th Marquess of Winchester
- Sir William Heathcote, 3rd Baronet
- William John Chute
- Charles Paulet, 13th Marquess of Winchester 3 March 1798 – 1 March 1800
- Thomas Orde-Powlett, 1st Baron Bolton 1 March 1800 – 30 July 1807
- James Harris, 1st Earl of Malmesbury 22 August 1807 – 21 November 1820
- Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington 27 December 1820 – 1 September 1852
- John Paulet, 14th Marquess of Winchester 27 October 1852 – 4 July 1887
- Henry Herbert, 4th Earl of Carnarvon 6 August 1887 – 29 June 1890
- Thomas Baring, 1st Earl of Northbrook 7 November 1890 – 15 November 1904
- Henry Paulet, 16th Marquess of Winchester 21 December 1904 – 24 January 1918
- John Edward Bernard Seely, 1st Baron Mottistone 24 January 1918 – 7 November 1947
- Wyndham Portal, 1st Viscount Portal 12 December 1947 – 6 May 1949
- Gerald Wellesley, 7th Duke of Wellington 9 September 1949 – 19 September 1960
- Alexander Francis St Vincent Baring, 6th Baron Ashburton 19 September 1960 – 1973
- William James Harris, 6th Earl of Malmesbury 16 April 1973 – 1982
- Lt. Col. Sir James Walter Scott, 2nd Baronet 17 December 1982 – 2 November 1993[1]
- Florence Mary Fagan 28 March 1994 – present[2]
[edit] References
- J.C. Sainty (1970). "Lieutenancies of Counties, 1585–1642". Bulletin of the Institute of Historical Research (Special Supplement No. 8).
- J.C. Sainty (1979). List of Lieutenants of Counties of England and Wales 1660-1974. London: Swift Printers (Sales) Ltd.
- White, William (1878). History, gazetteer, and directory of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight, 29. Retrieved on 2007-10-04.
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page

