Lord Lieutenant of Rutland

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This is a list of people who have served as Lord-Lieutenant of Rutland.

In 1974 Rutland became part of Leicestershire under the Local Government Act 1972, the Lieutenancy was abolished, with Rutland's Lord-Lieutenant becoming Lord-Lieutenant of Leicestershire.

When Rutland was restored as a unitary authority in 1997, so was its Lord Lieutenant.

The Lord-Lieutenant is supported in their duties by their Lord-Lieutenant's Cadets, chosen from local cadet units.

Since 1690, all lord-lieutenants have also been Custos Rotulorum of Rutland.

Lord-lieutenants of Rutland

Lord LieutenantFromUntil
Henry Manners, 2nd Earl of Rutland [1] 15591563
Henry Hastings, 3rd Earl of Huntingdon  ?14 December 1595
George Hastings, 4th Earl of Huntingdon 2 October 159630 December 1604
Vacant
John Harington, 1st Baron Harington of Exton 16 May 160723 August 1613
John Harington, 2nd Baron Harington of Exton 8 October 161327 February 1614
Henry Hastings, 5th Earl of Huntingdon jointly with
Ferdinando Hastings, 6th Earl of Huntingdon 		1614
27 December 1638		1642
1642
David Cecil, 3rd Earl of Exeter 5 March 16421643
Interregnum 1643–1660
Baptist Noel, 3rd Viscount Campden 9 August 166029 October 1682
Edward Noel, 1st Earl of Gainsborough jointly with
Wriothesley Noel, Viscount Campden 		17 November 1682
24 March 1685		23 January 1688
23 January 1688
Henry Mordaunt, 2nd Earl of Peterborough 23 January 168828 August 1690
Bennet Sherard, 2nd Baron Sherard 28 August 169015 January 1700
Bennet Sherard, 3rd Baron Sherard 11 March 170014 November 1712
John Cecil, 6th Earl of Exeter 14 November 171212 September 1715
Bennet Sherard, 1st Earl of Harborough 12 September 171516 October 1732
Philip Sherard, 2nd Earl of Harborough 17 July 173320 July 1750
Brownlow Cecil, 9th Earl of Exeter 6 June 175112 April 1779
George Finch, 9th Earl of Winchilsea 12 April 17792 August 1826
Brownlow Cecil, 2nd Marquess of Exeter 7 October 182616 January 1867
Charles Noel, 2nd Earl of Gainsborough 22 February 186713 August 1881
William Tollemache, 9th Earl of Dysart 3 November 188129 March 1906
John Brocklehurst, 1st Baron Ranksborough 29 March 190628 February 1921
Gilbert Heathcote-Drummond-Willoughby, 2nd Earl of Ancaster 6 January 192129 September 1951
William Melville Codrington 5 February 195129 April 1963
Thomas Haywood (subsequently Lord-Lieutenant of Leicestershire)12 August 196331 March 1974
Lord-Lieutenancy abolished after Rutland merged with Leicestershire
Sir Thomas Lawrie (Jock) Kennedy [2] 1 April 199714 July 2003
Sir Laurence Howard [3] 14 July 200329 March 2018
Dr Sarah Furness [4] [5] 3 April 2018Present

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References

  1. ↑ "Previous Lord-Lieutenants of Rutland – The Lord-Lieutenant of Rutland" . Retrieved 25 September 2023.
  2. ↑ "Page 4181 | Issue 54728, 8 April 1997 | London Gazette | The Gazette". www.thegazette.co.uk. Retrieved 25 September 2023.
  3. ↑ "Crown Office | The Gazette". www.thegazette.co.uk. Retrieved 25 September 2023.
  4. ↑ "Dr Sarah Furness will take over as Lord Lieutenant of Rutland". Stamford Mercury. 16 February 2018. Retrieved 25 September 2023.
  5. ↑ "Page 6154 | Issue 62248, 6 April 2018 | London Gazette | The Gazette". www.thegazette.co.uk. Retrieved 25 September 2023.

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