Sheriffs of Leicestershire
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11th century
- c.1066: Hugh de Grandmesnil
- 1098: Ivo de Grandmesnil
12th century
- 1158 – 1566 The role of Sheriff of Leicester was united with that of the Sheriff of Warwickshire
- 1158: Bertram de Bulmer and Ralph Basset
- 1159: Ralph Basset
- 1160: William Basset
- 1161: Robert fitz Geoffrey and William Basset
- 1162: William Basset
- 1163: Ranulf de Glanvill and William Basset
- 1164–1168: William Basset of Sapcote
- 1169–1178: Bertram de Verdon
- 1179: Ranulf de Glanvill and Bertram de Verdon
- 1180–1186: Ranulf de Glanvill
- 1187–1189: Michael Belet
- 1190: Hugh Nonant, Bishop of Coventry
- 1191: Hugh Bardulf and Hugh Clarke [1]
- 1192: Hugh Nonant, Gilbert de Segrave of Segrave and Reginald Basset (jointly)
- 1193: Reginald Basset
- 1194: Reginald Basset and Gilbert de Segrave
- 1195: Reginald Basset, Gilbert de Segrave and William d'Aubigni
- 1196: Reginald Basset
- 1197: Reginald Basset, Gilbert de Segrave and William d'Aubigni
- 1198: Robert Harecourt
- 1199: Reginald Basset
- 1200: Robert Harecourt
13th century
- 1201: Robert Harecourt and Godfrey de Liege
- 1202: William de Cantelupe and Robert Poyer
- 1203: Robert Poyer
- 1204–1207: Hugh Chaucomber
- 1208–1209: Robert Roppest
- 1210: William de Cantelupo and Robert Poyer
- 1212–1215: Robert of Ropsley
- 1217: William de Cantelupo and Philip Kniton
- 1218–1219: Philip Kniton
- 1220: William de Cantelupo and William de Luditon
- 1221–1222: William de Luditon
- 1223: John Russell and John Winterborne
- 1224–1226: Robert Lupus
- 1227: William Stutevill and William Ascellis
- 1228: William Ascellis
- 1229: Stephen de Segrave and William Edmonds [2]
- 1230–1231: William Edmonds
- 1232: Stephen de Segrave and John de Riparis
- 1233: Ralph Bray
- 1234: Ralph fitz Nicholas and Ralph Brewedon
- 1235: Ralph and William Erleg.
- 1236–1237: William de Lucy
- 1238: Hugh Pollier and Philip Ascett
- 1239–1246: Hugh Pollier
- 1247–1248: Baldwin Paunton
- 1249–1251: Philip Marmion
- 1252–1255: William Maunsel
- 1256: Alan Swinford
- 1257–1258: Anketil Mativaus
- 1259–1270: William Bagot
- 1271: William Bagot and William Morteyn
- 1272–1274: William Mortimer
- 1275–1277: William Hamelin [3]
- 1278: Robert de Verdon and Thomas de Hasele
- 1279–1283: Robert de Verdon and Osbert Bereford [4]
- 1284–1285: Robert de Verdon and Osbert Bereford and Thomas Farendon
- 1286: Thomas Farendon and Fulk de Lacy
- 1287: Fulk de Lucy [4]
- 1288–1289: William Bonvill
- 1290–1291: Stephen Baber
- 1292: Stephen Baber and William de Castello
- 1293–1297: William de Castello [4]
- 1298–1299: John Broughton
14th century
- 1300–1301: Philip de Gayton [4]
- 1302–1304: John le Dene and Richard Herehus [4]
- 1305–1306: Richard Whitnere
- 1307: John le Dene and Geoffrey Segrave
- 1308–1309: Richard Herthull
- 1310–1311: John le Dene
- 1312–1313: John Olney
- 1314–1315: William Trussell
- 1316: Walter de Beauchamp [4]
- 1317: Walter de Beauchamp and William Newill
- 1318: Ralph Beler of Kettleby
- 1319: William Nevill
- 1320–1321: Thomas le Rous
- 1322:
- 1323–1325: Henry Nottingham, Robert Morin and Oliver Waleys
- 1327: Roger Aylesbury
- 1328: Thomas Blancfront
- 1329: Robert Burdet
- 1330: Robert Burdet and Roger la Zouch
- 1331–1332: Roger Aylesbury
- 1333: Henry Hockley and Roger la Zouch
- 1334–1340: Roger la Zouch
- 1341: William Pieto
- 1342: Robert Bereford
- 1343–1344: John Waleys (son of Oliver, HS 1323)
- 1345–1369: Thomas de Beauchamp, 11th Earl of Warwick
- 1370: John Peach
- 1371: William Catesby
- 1372: Robert Harthull
- 1373: Roger Hillary
- 1374: John Boyvill
- 1375: John Burdet of Huncote, Leics
- 1376: William Breton
- 1377: Richard Harthull
- 1377: Roger Perewych
- 1378: John de Bermingham
- 1379: Sir William Flamville of Aston Flamville, Leics
- 1380: Thomas Ralegh
- 1381: Thomas de Bermingham
- 1382–1383: William Bagot of Bagington, Warks
- 1384: John de Bermingham
- 1385: Sir John Calveleigh of Stapleford, Leics. and Teigh
- 1386: John Parker
- 1387: Richard Ashby
- 1388: Sir William Flamville of Aston Flamville, Leics
- 1389: Adomar de Lichfield
- 1390: Sir Robert de Harington of Glooston, Leics
- 1391: John Malloery of Swinford
- 1392: Thomas de Woodford of Sproxton
- 1393: Thomas Oudeby of Stoke Dry, Rutland and Hathern, Leics
- 1394: Robert Veer of Thrapston, Leics
- 1395: Sir Henry Neville of Prestwold, Leics
- 1396: Robert Goushul
- 1397: John Eynesford
- 1398: Adomar de Lichfield
- 1399: Sir John Berkeley, Kt of Coston and Wymondham, Leics
- 1400: Sir Henry Neville, Kt of Prestwold, leics
15th century
- 1400: Sir Henry Neville, Kt of Prestwold, Leics [5]
- 1402: Sir Alfred Trussell, Kt of Nuthurst, Warks
- 1403: John Blaket [6]
- 1404: Sir William Brokesby
- 1405: Sir John Berkeley, Kt
- 1406: Sir Thomas Lucy, Kt of Charlecote Park, Warks.[ citation needed ]
- 1407: John Parr
- 1408: Sir Henry Neville, Kt of Prestwold, Leics
- 1409: Sir William Brokesby of Shoby, Leics.
- 1410: Robert Castell of Withinbroke, Warks.
- 1411: Bartholemew Brokesby [7]
- 1413: Thomas Crewe of Moor Hall in Wixford, Warws.
- 1414: Sir Richard Hastings, Kt
- 1415: Sir Thomas Burdet, Kt of Arrow
- 1416: John Mallory of Newbold Revel, Warks.
- 1417: William Bishopton
- 1418: John Salveyn
- 1419: Bartholemew Brokesby [7]
- 1420–1421: Thomas Erdington of Erdington, Warks. and Thomas Maureward
- 1422: Sir Richard Hastings, Kt
- 1423: Humphrey Stafford
- 1424: John Mallory of Newbold Revel, Warks.
- 1425: Richard Cloddale
- 1426: Sir Richard Hastings, Kt
- 1427: Thomas Stanley
- 1428: William Peyto of Chesterton, Warks.
- 1429: Nicholas Rugeley of Dunton, Warwickshire
- 1430: Humphrey Stafford
- 1431: Sir William Mountfort, Kt of Coleshill-in-Arden, Warks
- 1432: Sir Richard Hastings, Kt
- 1433: Thomas Foulshurst
- 1434: Thomas Ardington
- 1435: William Lucy
- 1436: Sir William Peyto, Kt of Chesterton, Warks.
- 1437: Robert Ardern
- 1438: Sir Humphrey Stafford, Kt
- 1439: Sir Laurence Berkeley of Wymondham, Leics. [8]
- 1440: Thomas Ashby of Lowesford
- 1441: Sir William Mountfort, Kt of Coleshill-in-Arden
- 1442: William Bermingham and Lawrence Sherrard of Stapleford, Leics.
- 1443: Lawrence Sherrard [9]
- 1444: Robert Harcourt of Bosworth, Leics.
- 1445: Sir Thomas Erdington, Kt of Barrow, Leics
- 1446: Thomas Everingham
- 1447: Thomas Porter and William Purefoy
- 1448: William Purefoy
- 1449: William Lucy
- 1450: Sir William Mountfort, Kt of Coleshill-in-Arden
- 1451: Sir Robert Motun, Kt
- 1452: Sir William Bermingham, Kt
- 1453: Sir Edward or Leonard Hastings
- 1454: Thomas Berkeley of Wymondham [8]
- 1455: William Hastings
- 1456: Thomas Walsh of Wanlip, Leics
- 1457: Thomas Maston
- 1458: Henry Filongley of Fillongley, Warks
- 1459: Sir Edmund Mountford, Kt
- 1460:
- 1461: Thomas Ferrers
- 1462–1463: John Grevill
- 1464: Sir William Harcourt, Kt
- 1465: John Huggford
- 1466: Thomas Thockmorton of Coughton Court, Warks.[ citation needed ]
- 1467: Ralph Woodford of Knipton, Leics.
- 1468: Sir Edward Raleigh, Kt
- 1469: Sir Thomas Ferrers, Kt
- 1470: Sir John Grevill, Kt
- 1471: Sir Simon Mountford, Kt
- 1472: William Motun
- 1473: John Huggford
- 1474: Sir John Grevill, Kt
- 1475: William Lucy
- 1476: Sir William Trussell, Kt
- 1477: John Branfitz
- 1478: Sir John Grevill, Kt
- 1479: Sir Thomas Pulteney of Misterton Hall, Leics [10]
- 1480: Richard Boughton of Lauford, Warks.
- 1481: Thomas Colesey or Cocksey
- 1482: Sir Everard (or Edward) Fielding [11]
- 1483: Thomas Entwysel
- 1483: Humphrey Beaufort of Guys Cliff, Warks.
- 1484: Richard Broughton and Robert Throgmorton
- 1485: John Digby
- 1486: Henry Lisle
- 1487: Robert Throgmorton
- 1488: Sir William Lucy, Kt
- 1489: Thomas Brereton
- 1490: Sir John Villiers Kt of Brokesby, Leics [12]
- 1491: Robert Throgmorton
- 1492: Sir Thomas Pulteney, Kt of Misterton Hall, Leics [10]
- 1493: Sir Ralph Shirley
- 1494: Sir John Villiers, Kt of Brooksby, Leics [12]
- 1496: Sir Edward Raleigh, Kt
- 1496: William Brookesby
- 1497: Thomas Neville
- 1498: Sir Richard Pudsey, Kt
- 1499: Sir John Villiers, Kt of Brooksby, Leics [12]
- 1500: Thomas Hasilrigg
16th century
- 1501: Edward Belknap
- 1502: Nicholas Mallory
- 1503: Henry Lisle
- 1504: Nicholas Brome
- 1505: Sir Henry Willoughby
- 1506: Sir Edward Raleigh
- 1507: Thomas Trussel
- 1508: William Skeffington of Skeffington, Leics.
- 1509: Simon Digby
- 1510: Sir John Aston, Kt
- 1511: Sir Maurice Berkeley
- 1512: William Turpin
- 1513: Sir Edward Ferrers, Kt
- 1514: Sir John Digby, Kt
- 1515: Sir William Skeffington of Skeffington, Leics.
- 1516: Sir Maurice Berkeley [13] [ unreliable source ]
- 1517: Simon Digby
- 1518: Sir Edward Digby, Kt [9]
- 1518: Sir Edward Ferrers, Kt [14]
- 1519: Sir Henry Willoughby, Kt
- 1520: Everard Digby of Tilton, Leics. and Stoke Dry, Rutland [9]
- 1521: Sir William Skeffington of Skeffington, Leics.
- 1522: William Browne
- 1523: Edward Conway
- 1524: Sir Thomas Lucy, Kt
- 1525: Sir Henry Willoughby, Kt
- 1526: Sir George Throckmorton, Kt [ citation needed ]
- 1527: Sir Thomas Poulteney, Kt
- 1528: Roger Ratcliffe
- 1529: Richard Verney
- 1530: Christopher Villiers of Burstal [12]
- 1531: Sir John Villers of Brooksby Hall [12]
- 1532: Sir John Harington of Exton, Rutland
- 1533: John Audley
- 1534: Reginald Digby
- 1535: William Broughton [9]
- 1536: Walter Smith
- 1537: Sir John Villers of Brooksby Hall [12]
- 1538: Thomas Nevill
- 1539: John Digby of Ab Kettleby, Leics.
- 1540: Richard Catesby of Lapworth, Warks
- 1541: Roger Wigston of Wolston, Warks
- 1542: Sir Fulke Greville[ citation needed ]
- 1543: Sir George Throgmorton, Kt [9]
- 1544: Reginald Digby
- 1545: Sir Richard Catesby, Kt of Lapworth, Warks
- 1546: Francis Poulteney and William Leigh
- 1547: Sir Fulke Greville [15]
- 1548: Sir Ambrose Cave of Kingsbury Hall, Kingsbury, Warwickshire
- 1549: Sir Richard Manners of Garendon Park, Leics. [16]
- 1550: Sir Edward Hastings of Loughborough of Loughborough, Leics.
- 1550: Sir Edward Greville [9]
- 1551: William Wigston of Wolston, Warks.
- 1552: Sir Thomas Neville
- 1553: Sir Robert Throckmorton of Coughton Court, Warwickshire[ citation needed ]
- 1554: Sir Thomas Hastings
- 1555: Sir Edward Greville
- 1556: Francis Shirley of Staunton Harold Hall and Ettington, Leics [17]
- 1557: Sir William Wigston of Wolston, Warks.
- 1558: Henry Poole of Withcote, died and replaced by Brian Cave of Ingarsby, Leics. [18]
- 1559: Thomas Lucy
- 1560: William Skeffington of Skeffington, Leics.
- 1561: Sir Thomas Neville, Kt
- 1562: Sir Richard Verney, Kt
- 1563: John Fisher
- 1564: Sir William Devereux of Merevale, Warks.
- 1565: Sir George Turpin, Kt of Knaptoft, Leics.
- 1566: Francis Smith of Ashby Folville, Leics.
- From 1567 the Sheriff of Leicestershire and Warwickshire became two separate roles once more
- 1567: George Sherard of Stapleford Park [19]
- 1568: Henry Poole of Withcote [19]
- 1569: Brian Cave of Ingarsby [18]
- 1570: Sir James Harrington, Kt [19]
- 1571: Sir George Hastings [19]
- 1572: Sir Francis Hastings [19]
- 1573: Edward Legh of Shawell [19]
- 1574: Sir George Turpin, Kt of Knaptoft [19]
- 1575: Roger Villiers [19]
- 1576: Thomas Skeffington of Belgrave [19]
- 1577: Nicholas Beaumont of Coleorton [19]
- 1578: Thomas Ashby [19]
- 1579: Thomas Cave of Baggrave [19]
- 1580: Sir Francis Hastings [19]
- 1581: George Purefoy [19]
- 1582: Brian Cave of Ingarsby [18]
- 1583: Andrew Noel of Dalby, Leics. and Brooke [19]
- 1584: Henry Turville [19]
- 1585: William Turpin of Knaptoft [19]
- 1586: Andrew Faunt [19]
- 1587: William Cave [19]
- 1588: Thomas Skeffington of Belgrave [19]
- 1589: Edward Turville [19]
- 1590: George Purefoy [19]
- 1591: Sir George Villiers of Brooksby. [12]
- 1592: Thomas Cave of Baggrave [19]
- 1593: William Turpin of Knaptoft [19]
- 1594: Sir Henry Beaumont of Coleorton Hall [19]
- 1595: William Cave [19]
- 1596: Henry Cave [19]
- 1597: William Skipwith of Cotes [19]
- 1598: William Digby [19]
- 1599: Thomas Skeffington of Belgrave [19]
17th century
- 1600: Roger Smith [20]
- 1601: George Ashby of Quenby Hall [20]
- 1602: Thomas Humphrey of Swepstone [20]
- 1603: Sir William Faunt [20]
- 1604: William Noel [20]
- 1605: Sir Basil Brooke of Lubenham [20]
- 1606: Sir Thomas Neville [20]
- 1607: Sir Henry Hastings, Kt of Long Clawson [20]
- 1608: Sir William Villiers, 1st Baronet of Brokesby [12]
- 1609: John Plumbe [20]
- 1610: Sir Thomas Beaumont Kt of Coleorton Hall [20]
- 1611: Sir Brian Cave, Kt [20]
- 1612: Sir Thomas Hesilrige of Noseley Hall [21]
- 1613: Thomas Staveley [20]
- 1614: Sir Wolstan Dixie of Bosworth Hall
- 1615: Sir William Faunt [20]
- 1616: Sir William Halford, Kt [20]
- 1617: Edward Hartopp later Sir Edward Hartopp, 1st Baronet of Freathby [22]
- 1618: William Jervis and Sir William Roberts [20]
- 1619: John Cave [20]
- 1619: Sir Henry Hastings Kt of Leicester Abbey
- 1620: Sir Alexander Cave [20]
- 1621: Richard Halford of Wistow [20]
- 1622: George Bennet [20]
- 1623: Sir John Bale, Kt of Carlton Curlieu Hall [20]
- 1624: Sir Henry Shirley, bt [20]
- 1625: Sir Thomas Hartopp of Burton Lazars [20]
- 1626: Nathaniel Lacy [20]
- 1627: George Ashby of Quenby Hall [20]
- 1628: Sir Erasmus de la Fontaine [20]
- 1629: William Woollaston of Shenton Hall [23]
- 1630: John Bainbrigge of Lockington Hall [20]
- 1631: Gregory Brokesby of Shoby [20]
- 1632: John St John [20]
- 1633: Sir Thomas Burton, 1st Baronet of Stockerston Hall [20]
- 1634: Francis Saunders [20]
- 1635: John Poulteney [20]
- 1636: Sir Henry Skipwith, 2nd Baronet [20]
- 1637: Sir Richard Roberts, Kt [20]
- 1638: John Whatton [20]
- 1639: William Halford [20]
- 1640: John Pate [20]
- 1641: Archdale Palmer [20]
- 1642: Hon. Henry Hastings of Loughborough appointed by King, but Peter Palmer appointed by Parliament. [20]
- 1643: Sir John Pate, 1st Baronet appointed by King, but Arthur Staveley appointed by Parliament. [20]
- 1644: John Stafford [20]
- 1645: William Hewitt of Dunton Bassett [20]
- 1646: George Perkins [20]
- 1647: George Pochin [24]
- 1648: William Bainbridge [20]
- 1649: Arthur Staveley [20]
- 1650: William Noel [20]
- 1651: Sir Thomas Cave, Kt [20]
- 1652: Mark Hyland, discharged and replaced by Abel Burton, also discharged and replaced by William Quarles [20]
- 1653: John Prettyman of Horninghold, later Sir John Pretyman, 1st Baronet [25]
- 1654: Archdale Paulmer
- 1655: Henry Smith
- 1656: William Bradgate [20]
- 1657: Richard Bennet [20]
- 1658: George Faunt [20]
- 1659:
- 1660: Richard Roberts [20]
- 1660: John Gaunt
- 1661: Sir Wolstan Dixie, 1st Baronet [20]
- 1662: Thomas Armeston. [26]
- 1663: Sir Thomas Halford, 2nd Baronet [20]
- 1664: Thomas Caldecote of Catthorpe [27]
- 12 November 1665: Sir Edward Smith, 1st Baronet [28]
- 7 November 1666: George Ashby [20] [29]
- 6 November 1667: Thomas Boothby, of Tooley Park [20] [30]
- 6 November 1668: Sir Thomas Beaumont, 1st Baronet [20] [31]
- 11 November 1669: Thomas Pochin [32]
- 4 November 1670: Sir John Hartopp, 3rd Baronet, [33] of Freeby [20]
- 9 November 1671: Sir William Wale [20] [34]
- 11 November 1672: William Wollaston, [35] of Shenton Hall [23]
- 12 November 1673: Walter Rudings or Rudens [36]
- 17 November 1673: William Franke, [37] of Newarke, Leicester [38]
- 5 November 1674: William Boothby, of Marston [39]
- 15 November 1675: William Cole [20] [40]
- 10 November 1676: Walter Ruding [20] [41]
- 18 November 1676: Rowland Browne, of Listrop [42]
- 26 November 1676: Thomas Wilson [43]
- 15 November 1677: Thomas Babington [44] [45]
- 14 November 1678: Rowland Browne, of Borough [20] [46] [47]
- 13 November 1679: St John Bennet [20] [48]
- 4 November 1680: Jeremiah Dove [20] [49]
- 10 November 1681: Richard Roberts [20] [50]
- 13 November 1682: John Wilson of Thorpe [20] [51] replaced 7 December 1682 by Sir Thomas Burton Bt of Stockerston Hall<[ better source needed ]
- 12 November 1683 : Samuel Cotton of Dadlington [52] [53]
- 5 January 1684: John Wilson [54]
- 26 November 1685: Thomas Wilson [20] [55]
- 25 November 1686: Sir Thomas Hesilrige, 4th Baronet of Noseley Hall [20]
- 1688: William Palmer [20]
- 1689: George Ashby [20]
- 1690: William Whaley [20]
- 1691: George Moreton [20]
- 1692: Matthew Symonds [20]
- 1693: John Bennet [20]
- 1694: John Wilkins of Ravenstone [20]
- 1695: George Pochin [20]
- 1696: Richard Cheslyn [20]
- 1697: Isaac Wollaston [20]
- 1698: Nathaniel Gold [20] replaced by Edward Conyers
- 1699: Thomas Bainbrigge [20]
18th century
- 1700: Thomas Skeffington [20]
- 1701: George Hewitt [20]
- 1702: Thomas Charnell [20]
- 1703: James Armestone [20]
- 1704: Sir Edward Wigley, Kt [20]
- 1705: Sir Gilbert Pickering, 3rd Baronet of West Langton [20]
- 1706: Charles Morris [20]
- 1707: Clifton Packe [20]
- 1708: Thomas Boothby [20]
- 1709: William Hartopp [20]
- 1710: George Burton [20]
- 1711: Thomas Pochin of Barkby [56]
- 1712: Henry Tate [20]
- 1713: Thomas Gresley [20]
- 1714: Francis Mundy [57]
- 1715: Sir John Mears, Kt [20]
- 1716: Sir Robert Heselrige, 8th Baronet [20]
- 1717: Sir Clobery Noel, 5th Baronet of Kirkby Mallory [20]
- 1718: Thomas Smith (1682-1728) of Broxtowe, Nottinghamshire and of Gaddesby in Leicestershire [58]
- 1719: John Bakewell, Snr, of Normanton [59]
- 1720: William Hewitt [20]
- 1721(Jun–Dec): Sir Joseph Danvers, 1st Baronet of Swithland [60]
- 1722: Thomas Hartopp [20]
- 1723: Francis Edwards [20]
- 1724: Richard Smith, of Enderby, [61]
- 1725: John Bletsoe of Rothley Temple, Rothley
- 1726: Edward Dawson [62]
- 1727: Sir Wolstan Dixie, 4th Baronet [63]
- 1728: George Moore of Appleby Parva
- 1729: John Symonds [64]
- 1730: William Wells [20]
- 1731: Thomas Marriot [65]
- 1732: William Bainbridge [66]
- 1733: Warin Ashby [20]
- 1734: Edmund Craddock [67]
- 1735: Robert Wilson [20]
- 1736: Charles Bosville [20]
- 1736: Leeke Okeover [68]
- 1737: Timothy St Nicholas [69] [70]
- 1738: John Payne the Younger of Dunton Basset [71]
- 1739: John Turner [20]
- 1740: William Newland, of Queenborough [72]
- 1741: Peter Wyche [73]
- 1742: John Wright [20]
- 1743: James Willson [74]
- 1744: John Ayre [75]
- 1745: Thomas Marriott [20]
- 1746: Edmond Morris of Loddington [76]
- 1747: Jonathan Grundy of Little Wixton [77]
- 1748: James Winstanley [20]
- 1749: Philip Bainbrig of Lockinton [78]
- 1750: Thomas Babington of Rothley Temple, Rothley [20]
- 1751: Samuel Phillipps [20]
- 1752: Thomas Boothby [20]
- 1753: William Herrick, of Beaumanor [79]
- 1754: John Edwin, of Baggrave Hall [80]
- 1755: Sir John Danvers, 2nd Baronet of Swithland [81]
- 1756: William Pochin of Barkby [82]
- 1757: Joshua Grundy, of New Hall Park [83]
- 1758: Shuckburgh Ashby, of Blaby [84]
- 1759: Edward Palmer [20]
- 1760: Sir William Halford, 6th Baronet [20]
- 1761: Sir George Beaumont, 6th Baronet of Coleorton Hall [20]
- 1762: Calverley Bewicke [20]
- 1763: Edward William Hartopp of Little Dalby Hall [85]
- 1764: John Weston [20]
- 1765: Ambrose Saunders [20]
- 1766: Charles James Packe [20]
- 1767: Joseph Cradock, of Gumbley [86]
- 1768: Edward Dawson [20]
- 1769: Sir Charles Halford, 7th Baronet [20]
- 1770: Charles Haselrigge [20]
- 1771: Lebbens Humfrey [20]
- 1772: John Peach Hungerford [20]
- 1773: William Shalcross Mason [20]
- 1774: Clement Winstanley of Braunston [20]
- 1775: John Simpson [20]
- 1776: Robert Haymes [20]
- 1777: Robert Abney of Measham [87]
- 1778: William Hurst [20]
- 1779: Charles Morris [20]
- 1780: Sir Thomas Cave, 6th Baronet of Stanford Hall [20] died and replaced by Thomas Babington of Rothley Temple, Rothley [20]
- 1781: Edmund Cradock-Hartopp, later Sir Edmund Cradock-Hartopp, 1st Baronet of Freathby [60]
- 1782: Sir John Palmer, 5th Baronet [88]
- 1783: Charles Loraine Smith [88]
- 1784: Sir Charles Grave Hudson, Bt [20]
- 1785: William Vann of Belgrave [89]
- 1786: William Herrick of Beaumanor [90]
- 1787: John Goodacre of Ashby Parva [91]
- 1788: John Clarke of Great Wigston [92]
- 1789: Josias Cockshutt, of Osbaldiston [93]
- 1790: Edward Wigley Hartopp [88]
- 1791: Colonel John Frewen-Turner of Cold Overton Hall [20]
- 1792: William Abney of Measham (by proxy) (father of Robert, HS 1777)
- 1792: Richard Spooner Jaques [20] [94]
- 1793: John Noon [20]
- 1794: George Moore of Appleby Parva [20]
- 1795: Edward Muxloe, died and replaced by Piers Anthony Keck of Slaughton [20]
- 1796: James Richards [20]
- 1797: Samuel Bracebridge Abney [20]
- 1798: René Payne [20]
- 1799: Henry Greene of Rolleston [20]
19th century
- 12 February 1800: Edward Manners, of Goadby Hall [95]
- 11 February 1801: Thomas March Phillipps, of Garendon Hall [96]
- 3 March 1802: John Pares, of the Newarke [97]
- 3 February 1803: James Vann, of Belgrave Hall [98]
- 23 April 1804: Henry Otway of Stanford Hall [99]
- 1 May 1805: George Payne, of Sulby [100]
- 1 February 1806: Frederick William Wollaston, of Shenton Hall [101]
- 4 February 1807: William Burlton, of Wyken [102]
- 18 February 1807: Edward Dawson, of Whatton House [103]
- 3 February 1808: John Finch Simpson, of Launde Abbey [104]
- 6 February 1809: Sir William Manners, of Buckminster [105]
- 31 January 1810: Hon. Thomas Bowes, of Higham on the Hill [106]
- 8 February 1811: Richard Norman, of Melton Mowbray [107]
- 24 January 1812: Richard Cheslyn, of Langley Priory [108]
- 10 February 1813: Robert Haymes, of Great Glen [109] [110]
- 4 February 1814: Jacob Henry Franks, of Misterton [111]
- 13 February 1815: Edward Farnham, of Quorndon [112]
- 1816: Charles William Pochin of Barkby Hall
- 1817: Clement Winstanley of Braunston [113]
- 1818: Sir George Robinson, 6th Baronet of Stretton Hall [114]
- 1819: Thomas Sansome of Hinkley [115]
- 1820: John Clarke of Peatling Hall
- 1821: George Moore of Appleby Parva
- 1822: Charles James Packe
- 1823: Sir William Walker, Kt.
- 1824: Charles Godfrey Mundy
- 1825: Charles March-Phillipps of Grace Dieu Manor and Garendon Park [116]
- 1826: Thomas Westley Oldham [117]
- 1827: Otho Manners of Oadby Marwood [118]
- 1828: George Pochin of Barkby Hall [56]
- 1829: Joshua Grundy of the Oaks [119]
- 1830: Sir George Beaumont, 8th Baronet, of Coleorton House [120]
- 1831: George John Danvers Butler Danvers, of Swithland [121]
- 1832: Edward Bourchier Hartopp, of Little Dalby Hall [122] [123]
- 1833: John Mansfield, of Birstall [124]
- 1834: Edward Greene, of Rollestone [125]
- 1835: William Herrick, of Beaumanor Hall [126] [127]
- 1836: Lionel Tollemache, Lord Huntingtower [128]
- 1837: Sir Arthur Grey Hazlerigg, 12th Baronet, of Noseley Hall [129]
- 1838: Sir Edmund Cradock-Hartopp, 2nd Baronet, of Knighton [130]
- 1839: Edward Dawson, of Whatton House [131]
- 1840: George Joseph Palmer, later Sir George Joseph Palmer, 3rd Baronet of Wanlip [132]
- 1841: Richard Mitchell, of Enderby [133]
- 1842: John Bainbrigge Story of Lockington Hall [134]
- 1843: Sir Willoughby Dixie, 8th Baronet, of Bosworth Park, Market Bosworth [135]
- 1844: Lord Archibald St Maur, of Burton on the Wolds [136] [137] [138]
- 1845: William Corbet Smith, of Bitteswell [139]
- 1846: William Ann Pochin, of Barkby Hall [140]
- 1847: William Wootton Abney, of Swepstone [141]
- 1848: Henry Freeman Coleman, of Evington Hall [142]
- 1849: John Goodacre, of Lutterworth [143]
- 1850: Thomas Stokes, of New Parks [144]
- 1851: Sir Cornwallis Ricketts, 2nd Baronet, of Beaumont Leyes [145]
- 1852: Sir George Beaumont, 9th Baronet, of Coleorton Hall [146]
- 1853: Frederick Wollaston, of Shenton Hall [23] [147]
- 1854: Henry Corles Bingham, of Wartnaby [148]
- 1855: William Ward Tailby, of Humberstone [149]
- 1856: Thomas Cope, of Osbaston [150]
- 1857: Edward Chatterton Middleton, of Loughborough [151]
- 1858: Charles Thomas Freer, of Billesdon Coplow [152]
- 1859: William Bosworth, of Charley [153]
- 1860: Edward Henshaw Cheney, of Gaddesby [154]
- 1861: Richard Sutton, later Sir Richard Sutton, 4th Baronet of Skeffington [155]
- 1862: James Beaumont Winstanley, of Braunstone [156]
- 1863: John Martin, of Whatton House [157]
- 1864: Edwyn Burnaby, of Baggrave Hall [158]
- 1865: Frederick Palmer, of Withcote Hall, Oakham [159]
- 1866: Charles Frewen [160]
- 1867: Edward Finch Dawson, of Launde Abbey
- 1868: Ambrose Lisle March Phillipps De Lisle, of Garendon Park
- 1869: Thomas Tertius Paget of Humberstone [161]
- 1870: Edward Basil Farnham of Quorndon House [162]
- 1871: Harry Leycester Powys Keck of Staughton Grange [163]
- 1872: Sir Henry St John Halford Bt of Wistow Hall [164]
- 1873: Isaac Harrison of Newfoundpool [165]
- 1874: Edward Warner, of Quorndon Hall
- 1875: Thomas Charles Douglas Whitmore, of Gumley Hall
- 1876: Sir Alexander Beaumont Churchill Dixie, 11th Baronet of Boswoerth Hall, Market Bosworth
- 1877: Hussey Packe, of Prestwold Hall
- 1878: Charles Marriott, of Cotesbach
- 1879: George Thomas Mowbray, of Grangewood House, Overseal
- 1880: Joseph Trueman Mills, of Husbands Bosworth [166]
- 1881: Thomas Swift Taylor, of Leicester Frith [167]
- 1881: Sir Archdale Robert Palmer, 4th Baronet of Wanlip [60]
- 1882: William Winterton, of Leicester [168] replaced original candidate Sir Francis Fortescue Turville, of Husbands Bosworth [169]
- 1883: Richard Worsley Worswick, of Normanton [170]
- 1884: The Hon. Harry Tywhitt Wilson, of Keythorpe [171]
- 1885: Cecil George Assheton Drummond, of Enderby Hall [172]
- 1886: David Bromilow, of Bitteswell Hall [173]
- 1887: William Edward John Basil Farnham, of Quorndon House, Quorndon [174]
- 1888: John Bertie Norreys Entwistle, of Kilworth House, Rugby [175]
- 1889: James Percival Cross, of Catthorpe Towers, Rugby [176]
- 1890: William Byerley Paget, of Loughborough [177]
- 1891: Alexander Lauderdale Duncan, of Knossington Grange, Oakham [178]
- 1892: William Henry Ellis, of Anstey Grange, near Leicester [179]
- 1893: Charles Edmund de Trafford, of Hothorpe Hall, Theddingworth [180]
- 1894: Joseph Griggs of Mountfields, Loughborough [181]
- 1895: Charles Tollemache Scott, of Market Bosworth [182]
- 1896: Sam Tudor Ashton, of Burton Lazars, Melton Mowbray [183]
- 1897: Edward Handley Warner, of Quorn Hall, near Loughborough [184]
- 1898: William Pochin Warner, of Langton Hall, Market Harborough [185]
- 1899: Charles James Phillips of Old Dalby Hall, Melton Mowbray [186]
20th century
- 1900: Richard Smith-Carington, of Ashby Folville Manor [187]
- 1901: Samuel Francis Stone, of Kirby Frith, Leicester [188]
- 1902: James Burns Hartopp, of Little Dalby Hall [189]
- 1903: George Murray Smith, of Gumley Hall [190]
- 1904: George William Pochin, of Barkby Hall [191]
- 1905: Thomas William Everard, of Nanpantan Hall [192]
- 1906: Everard March Phillips de Lisle of Grace Dieu Warren, Whitwick [193]
- 1907: Richard Dalgliesh, of Asfordby Place
- 1908: Frederick Gretton, of Sudbury Hall
- 1909: Arthur Hazlerigg, 1st Baron Hazlerigg, of Noseley Hall
- 1910: Herbert Hanbury Smith-Carington, of Ashby Folville
- 1911: Sir Edward Hussey Packe, of Prestwold Hall
- 1912: Oswald Henry Philip Turville-Petre, of Bosworth Hall, Husbands Bosworth
- 1913: John Breedon Everard, of Knighton
- 1914: Lupton Topham Topham, of Lutterworth
- 1915: Henry Trueman Mills, of Langton Hall
- 1916: Alfred Corah, of Scraptoft Hall
- 1917: Hugh George Goodacre, of Ullesthorpe Court
- 1918: Thomas Fielding Johnson, Jun., of Goscote Hall
- 1920: Sir John Turner, of Donisthorpe,
- 1921: John Edward Faire, of Evington Hall
- 1922: Alfred Ernest Haley, of Leicester Grange, Hinckley
- 1922: Sir Arthur Wheeler, of Woodhouse Eaves, Baronet
- 1923: Alfred Turner, of Brocks Hill, Oadby
- 1924: Sir William Lindsay Everard of Ratcliffe Hall
- 1925: James Leslie Cross, of Catthorpe Towers
- 1926: Sir Maurice Levy, 1st Baronet of Great Glen House
- 1927: William Montagu Curzon-Herrick of Beaumanor Hall
- 1928: Robert Walter Kaye, of Great Glen Manor
- 1929: Sir Harold Stansmore Nutting, 2nd Baronet of Quenby Hall, Leicester
- 1930: Francis Herbert Carrington Smith-Carrington, of Ashby Folville Manor
- 1931: Ernest Clive Atkins, of Stretton House, Hinckley
- 1932: Edward Gibson Gillilan, of Great Bowden
- 1933: Sir John Harold Corah, of Queniborough Hall
- 1934: Sir Charles Frederick Oliver, of Leicester
- 1935: William Albert North, of Keythorpe Hall
- 1936: John Ellis Viccars of Ingarsby Old Hall
- 1937: Sir Ewart Joseph Maurice Levy, of Great Glen House, Baronet
- 1938: Claud Bennion, of Billesdon Coplow
- 1939: Disney Barlow, of Woodhouse Eaves
- 1940: George Cecil Gorham Gee, of Rothley
- 1941: Victor Robert Pochin, of Barkby
- 1942: Harry Percy Gee, of Leicester
- 1943: Bernard Everard, of Bardon Hill
- 1944: Horace Wilmer Pochin, of Houghton on the Hill
- 1945: Samuel Frederick Peshall, of Quorn
- 1946: George German of Ashby de la Zouch (died in office 10 July 1946) [194]
- Aug 1946: Leslie Crauford Robertson, of Sludge Hall, Billesdon [195]
- 1947: Thomas Guy Frederick Paget, of Ibstock
- 1948: John Cecil Gerard Leigh of Thorpe Satchville Hall, Melton Mowbray.
- 1949: Charles Hamilton Martin of Kinchley House, Rothley
- 1950: Arthur Frederick John Roberts-George, of The Manor House, Thurnby
- 1951: Col. John Derrick Hignett, of Langton Grange, Market Harborough
- 1952: Arthur Stewart Gemmell, of Ingarsby Old Hall, Leicester
- 1953: Hubert Blount of Old Dalby Hall, Melton Mowbray (vacated position circa October 1953) [196]
- Oct 1953: Robert Adolphus George Tilney of Sutton Bonington, Loughborough [197]
- 1954: John Adrian Frederick March Phillipps de Lisle of Stockerston Hall [198]
- 1955: Alexander William Edward Kirkpatrick, of Lowesby Hall, Leicester
- 1956: George Anthony Murray-Smith, of Gumley, Market Harborough
- 1957: Philip Henry Lloyd of Stone House, Blaston, Market Harborough
- 1958: David Constable Maxwell, of Bosworth Hall, Husbands Bosworth, Rugby
- 1959: Robert William Banner Newton, of Carlton Curlieu Hall, Leicester
- 1960: Willoughby Rollo Norman, of Pickwell Manor, Melton Mowbray
- 1961: Denis Joseph Cowen of East Farndon Hall, Market Harborough
- 1962: Sir Tresham Joseph Philip Lever, of Bosworth Old Hall, Husbands Bosworth, Rugby, Baronet
- 1963: Stephen Gordon Holland, of Foxton Grange, Market Harborough
- 1964: Patrick Anthony William Beresford Everard, of Ratcliffe Hall, Ratcliffe on the Wreake, Leicester
- 1965: Paul Cater Hyde-Thomson, of Catthorpe Manor, Rugby
- 1966: Hampton Ashburner Hughes of Chestnuts Farm, Hallaton, Market Harborough
- 1967: Lionel Berry, 2nd Viscount Kemsley, of Thorpe Lubenham Hall, Market Harborough [199]
- 1968: Richard Peter Michael Spencer, of Rotherby Grange, Melton Mowbray
- 1969: Edmund Crispian Steven James George Brudenell, of Deene Park, Corby, Northants.
- 1970: John Michael Hignett, of Clipston Court, Market Harborough
- 1971: Archibald Somerset Clowes, of Ashlands, Billesdon, Leicester
- 1972: David Babington Smith, of Somerby Grove House, Old Somerby, Grantham, Lincolnshire
- 1973: Lord John Manners, of Reservoir Cottage, Knipton, Grantham, Lincolnshire
