Lord Lieutenant of Kent
This is a list of people who have served as Lord-Lieutenant of Kent. Since 1746, all Lords Lieutenant have also been Custos Rotulorum of Kent.
Lords Lieutenant of Kent
- Sir Thomas Cheney 1551 – 1558
 - William Brooke, 10th Baron Cobham 3 July 1585 – 6 March 1597
 - Henry Brooke, 11th Baron Cobham 29 October 1597 – 24 March 1603
 - Edward Wotton, 1st Baron Wotton 28 January 1604 – 31 May 1620
 - George Villiers, 1st Marquess of Buckingham 31 May 1620 – 8 June 1620
 - Ludovic Stuart, 2nd Duke of Lennox 8 June 1620 – 16 February 1624
 - Philip Herbert, 4th Earl of Pembroke 20 March 1624 – 1642
 - Interregnum
 - Heneage Finch, 3rd Earl of Winchilsea 10 July 1660 – 16 January 1688 jointly with
 - Thomas Wriothesley, 4th Earl of Southampton 16 July 1662 – 16 May 1667 and
 - Charles Stewart, 3rd Duke of Richmond 13 May 1668 – 12 December 1672
 - Christopher Roper, 5th Baron Teynham 16 January 1688 – 25 October 1688
 - Louis de Duras, 2nd Earl of Feversham 25 October 1688 – 17 May 1689
 - Heneage Finch, 3rd Earl of Winchilsea 17 May 1689 – 3 October 1689
 - Henry Sydney, 1st Earl of Romney 3 October 1689 – 8 April 1704 jointly with
 - Vere Fane, 4th Earl of Westmorland 18 April 1692 – 29 December 1693
 - Charles Finch, 4th Earl of Winchilsea 2 May 1704 – 6 April 1705
 - Lewis Watson, 1st Earl of Rockingham 6 April 1705 – 19 March 1724
 - John Sidney, 6th Earl of Leicester 3 June 1724 – 27 September 1737
 - Lewis Watson, 2nd Earl of Rockingham 17 November 1737 – 4 November 1745
 - Thomas Watson, 3rd Earl of Rockingham January 1746 – 26 February 1746[1]
 - Lionel Sackville, 1st Duke of Dorset 8 July 1746 – 10 October 1765
 - Charles Sackville, 2nd Duke of Dorset 17 December 1765 – 5 January 1769
 - John Sackville, 3rd Duke of Dorset 27 January 1769 – 30 June 1797
 - Charles Marsham, 1st Earl of Romney 30 June 1797 – 9 June 1808
 - John Pratt, 1st Marquess Camden 9 June 1808 – 8 October 1840
 - Henry Tufton, 11th Earl of Thanet 16 November 1840 – 19 October 1846
 - George Cowper, 6th Earl Cowper 19 October 1846 – 15 April 1856
 - John Townshend, 1st Earl Sydney 10 June 1856 – 14 February 1890
 - Arthur Stanhope, 6th Earl Stanhope 18 March 1890 – 19 April 1905[2]
 - John Pratt, 4th Marquess Camden 5 June 1905 – 14 December 1943[3]
 - Wykeham Stanley Cornwallis, 2nd Baron Cornwallis 1 September 1944 – 1972
 - Gavin Astor, 2nd Baron Astor of Hever 2 August 1972 – 2 August 1982[4]
 - Robert Leigh-Pemberton, Baron Kingsdown 2 August 1982 – 23 January 2002[5]
 - Allan Willett 23 January 2002 – 24 August 2011[6]
 - Philip Sidney, 2nd Viscount De L'Isle 1 September 2011 – 21 April 2020[7]
 - Annabel Campbell, the Lady Colgrain 22 April 2020 – [8]
 
Deputy Lieutenants
- Sir Thomas Peyton, 2nd Baronet July 1660
 - Ivo Francis Walter Bligh, 8th Earl of Darnley March 1901 [9]
 - Sir John Furley March 1901 [9]
 - Bill Cockcroft
 - Kelvin Holford
 - Jools Holland
 - Sir Keith Speed
 - John Astor, 3rd Baron Astor of Hever 1996
 - Group Captain Patrick Tootal
 - Colonel Michael Howard Seys-Phillips, April 1971 [10]
 - Colonel Frederick Kenneth Theobald, April 1971 [10]
 - Brigadier John Charles Holman, April 1996[11]
 - Brigadier David John Ralls
 - Sir Ralph Oakden September 1852
 
Footnotes
- ^ "The London magazine, or, Gentleman's monthly intelligencer 1746". The London Magazine: 50. 1746.
 - ^ "No. 26034". The London Gazette. 18 March 1890. p. 1645.
 - ^ "No. 27801". The London Gazette. 6 June 1905. p. 4030.
 - ^ "No. 45748". The London Gazette. 10 August 1972. p. 9547.
 - ^ "No. 49074". The London Gazette. 5 August 1982. p. 10240.
 - ^ "No. 56464". The London Gazette. 28 January 2002. p. 10671.
 - ^ "No. 59900". The London Gazette. 7 September 2011. p. 17081.
 - ^ Crown Office
 - ^ a b "No. 27300". The London Gazette. 29 March 1901. p. 2200.
 - ^ a b "No. 45360". The London Gazette. 4 May 1971. p. 4540.
 - ^ "No. 54334". The London Gazette. 1 March 1996. p. 3180.
 
References
- J.C. Sainty (1970). "Lieutenancies of Counties, 1585–1642". Bulletin of the Institute of Historical Research (Special Supplement No. 8): 24–25.
 - J.C. Sainty (1979). List of Lieutenants of Counties of England and Wales 1660-1974. London: Swift Printers (Sales) Ltd.