Lord Lieutenant of Westmorland

This is a list of people who have served as Lord-Lieutenant of Westmorland . The office was abolished on 31 March 1974 and replaced by the Lord Lieutenant of Cumbria. From 1751 to 1974, all Lord Lieutenants were also Custos Rotulorum of Westmorland.

• Henry Clifford, 2nd Earl of Cumberland 1553–1559
• Henry Hastings, 3rd Earl of Huntingdon 20 August 1586 – 14 December 1595
• vacant?
• George Clifford, 3rd Earl of Cumberland 1603–1605
• vacant?
• Francis Clifford, 4th Earl of Cumberland 27 October 1607 – 4 January 1641 jointly with
• George Home, 1st Earl of Dunbar 27 October 1607 – 20 January 1611 and
• Theophilus Howard, 2nd Earl of Suffolk 27 October 1607 – 31 August 1639 and
• Henry Clifford, 1st Baron Clifford 27 October 1607 – 1642 and
• Algernon Percy, 10th Earl of Northumberland 13 November 1626 – 31 August 1639 and
• Thomas Howard, 21st Earl of Arundel 23 July 1632 – 31 August 1639 and
• Henry Howard, Lord Maltravers 23 July 1632 – 31 August 1639
• Interregnum
• Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Carlisle 1 October 1660 – 24 February 1685
• Thomas Tufton, 6th Earl of Thanet 3 March 1685 – 1687
• Richard Graham, 1st Viscount Preston 29 August 1687 – 1688
• Sir John Lowther, 2nd Baronet 8 April 1689 – 1694
• Charles Howard, 3rd Earl of Carlisle 28 June 1694 – 1 May 1738
• Henry Lowther, 3rd Viscount Lonsdale 1 June 1738 – 7 March 1751
• vacant
• Sir William Lowther, 3rd Baronet 6 February 1753 – 15 April 1756
• Sir John Pennington, 3rd Baronet 29 April 1756 – 1758
• James Lowther, 1st Earl of Lonsdale 13 December 1759 – 24 May 1802
• William Lowther, 1st Earl of Lonsdale 26 June 1802 – 19 March 1844
• William Lowther, 2nd Earl of Lonsdale 3 May 1844 – 1868
• Henry Lowther, 3rd Earl of Lonsdale 14 December 1868 – 15 August 1876
• Sir Richard Musgrave, 11th Baronet 3 October 1876 – 13 February 1881
• Henry Tufton, 1st Baron Hothfield 15 March 1881 – 29 October 1926
• Lord Henry Cavendish-Bentinck 8 December 1926 – 6 October 1931
• Stanley Hughes le Fleming 7 December 1931 – 1939
• Anthony Lowther, Viscount Lowther 1 December 1939 – 1945
• James Winstanley Cropper 26 April 1945 – 10 November 1956
• Henry Hornyold-Strickland 6 May 1957 – 1965
• Lieutenant-Commander Paul Norman Wilson 12 November 1965 – 31 March 1974

References

• J.C. Sainty (1970). "Lieutenancies of Counties, 1585–1642". Bulletin of the Institute of Historical Research (Special Supplement No. 8): 15–16, 36.
• J.C. Sainty (1979). List of Lieutenants of Counties of England and Wales 1660-1974. London: Swift Printers (Sales) Ltd.
• Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages ^{[ self-published source ][ better source needed ]}