This is a list of people who have served as Lord Lieutenant of the County Palatine of Chester . Since 1689, all Lords Lieutenant have also been Custos Rotulorum of Cheshire.
Lord Lieutenant | From | Until |
---|---|---|
Edward, Earl of Derby | 1569 | 1572 |
Henry, Earl of Derby | 1572 | 25 September 1593 |
vacant | ||
William, Earl of Derby jointly with James, Earl of Derby | 21 December 1607 12 December 1626 | 1642 1642 |
William, Viscount Saye and Sele | 1642 (Parliamentarian) | |
Interregnum 1649–1660 | ||
Charles, Earl of Derby jointly with William, Lord Brereton | 30 July 1660 19 July 1662 | 21 December 1672 April 1664 |
John, Earl of Bridgewater | 24 January 1673 | 1676 |
William, Earl of Derby | 11 May 1676 | 8 August 1687 |
William, Marquess of Powis | 28 February 1688 | 1688 |
William, Earl of Derby | 17 October 1688 | 23 December 1688 |
Henry, Earl of Warrington | 12 April 1689 | 2 January 1694 |
vacant 1694–1695 | ||
Richard, Earl Rivers | 11 May 1695 | 1703 |
Hugh, Earl of Cholmondeley | 16 June 1703 | April 1713 |
Other, Earl of Plymouth | 4 September 1713 | 1714 |
Hugh, Earl of Cholmondeley | 21 October 1714 | 18 January 1725 |
George, Earl of Cholmondeley | 7 April 1725 | 7 May 1733 |
George, Earl of Cholmondeley | 14 June 1733 | 10 June 1770 |
George, Earl of Cholmondeley | 19 July 1770 | May 1783 |
George, Earl of Stamford | 29 May 1783 | 23 May 1819 |
George, Earl of Stamford | 24 June 1819 | 26 April 1845 |
Richard, Marquess of Westminster | 20 May 1845 | 1867 |
William, Lord Egerton | 29 January 1868 | 21 February 1883 |
Hugh, Duke of Westminster | 31 March 1883 | 22 December 1899 |
Wilbraham, Earl Egerton | 19 March 1900 [1] | 1905 |
Hugh, Duke of Westminster | 19 December 1905 | 1920 |
Sir William Bromley-Davenport | 15 April 1920 | 1949 |
Philip, Viscount Leverhulme | 6 September 1949 | 1990 |
William Arthur Bromley-Davenport | 2 August 1990 | 7 March 2010 [2] |
Thomas David Briggs CVO MBE KStJ | 7 March 2010 | 25 August 2021 |
Alexis (Lady) Redmond MBE | 25 August 2021 | Present [3] |
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