This is an incomplete list of people who have served as Lord Lieutenant of

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. Since 1714, all Lord Lieutenants have also been Custos Rotulorum of Somerset.

Lord Lieutenants of Somerset

* John Russell, 1st Earl of Bedford 1552–1555 * William Herbert, 1st Earl of Pembroke 12 May 1559 – 17 March 1570 *''vacant'' *

Henry Herbert, 2nd Earl of Pembroke Henry Herbert, 2nd Earl of Pembroke, KG, KB (in or after 153819 January 1601) was a Welsh nobleman, peer and politician of the Elizabethan era. He was the nephew of Catherine Parr, and brother-in-law of Lady Jane Grey, through his first wife ...

3 July 1585 – 19 January 1601 * Edward Seymour, 1st Earl of Hertford 24 April 1601 – 6 April 1621 * William Herbert, 3rd Earl of Pembroke 14 April 1621 – 10 April 1630 * Philip Herbert, 4th Earl of Pembroke 12 August 1630 – 30 July 1640 ''jointly with'' * William Seymour, 1st Marquess of Hertford 26 March 1639 – 1642 ''jointly with'' * Philip Herbert, Lord Herbert 30 July 1640 – 1642 *

William Russell, 1st Duke of Bedford William Russell, 1st Duke of Bedford KG PC (August 1616 – 7 September 1700) was an English nobleman and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1640 until 1641 when he inherited his Peerage as 5th Earl of Bedford and removed to the ...

25 March 1642 – 23 August 1643 (Parliamentarian) *''Interregnum'' * William Seymour, 2nd Duke of Somerset 13 August 1660 – 24 October 1660 * James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormonde 22 December 1660 – 22 August 1672 *

John Seymour, 4th Duke of Somerset John Seymour, 4th Duke of Somerset and 3rd Marquess of Hertford (before 164629 April 1675) was an English peer and MP. He was the only surviving son of William Seymour, 2nd Duke of Somerset, and Lady Frances Devereux. In 1656, he married Sara ...

22 August 1672 – 29 April 1675 *

Heneage Finch, 3rd Earl of Winchilsea Sir Heneage Finch, 3rd Earl of Winchilsea (1628 – 28 September 1689) of Eastwell, Kent, was the 3rd Earl of Winchilsea. Early life Finch was the only surviving son of Thomas Finch, 2nd Earl of Winchilsea and the former Cecille Wentworth of ...

4 June 1675 – 16 July 1683 *

Charles Seymour, 6th Duke of Somerset Charles Seymour, 6th Duke of Somerset (13 August 16622 December 1748), known by the epithet "The Proud Duke", was an English peer. He rebuilt Petworth House in Sussex, the ancient Percy seat inherited from his wife, in the palatial form which ...

16 July 1683 – 11 August 1687 * Henry Waldegrave, 1st Baron Waldegrave 11 August 1687 – 6 November 1688 * Ralph Stawell, 1st Baron Stawell 6 November 1688 – 1689 * Maurice Berkeley, 3rd Viscount Fitzhardinge 13 April 1689 – 13 June 1690 * Thomas Osborne, 1st Marquess of Carmarthen 24 June 1690 – 3 February 1691 ''jointly with'' * William Cavendish, 4th Earl of Devonshire 24 June 1690 – 3 February 1691 ''and'' *

Charles Sackville, 6th Earl of Dorset Charles Sackville, 6th Earl of Dorset and 1st Earl of Middlesex, KG (24 January 164329 January 1706) was an English poet and courtier. Early life Sackville was born on 24 January 1643, son of Richard Sackville, 5th Earl of Dorset (1622–1677) ...

24 June 1690 – 3 February 1691 *

James Butler, 2nd Duke of Ormonde James FitzJames Butler, 2nd Duke of Ormonde, (1665–1745) was an Irish statesman and soldier. He was the third of the Kilcash branch of the family to inherit the earldom of Ormond. Like his grandfather, the 1st Duke, he was raised as a Protes ...

3 February 1691 – 3 December 1714 * Charles Boyle, 4th Earl of Orrery 3 December 1714 – 1 October 1715 * George Dodington 1 October 1715 – 28 March 1720 *

George Dodington, 1st Baron Melcombe George Bubb Dodington, 1st Baron Melcombe (1691 – 28 July 1762) was an English Whig politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1715 to 1761. Christened George Bubb, he was the eldest son of Jeremiah Bubb of Foy, Herefordshire and his wife ...

20 June 1720 – 17 February 1744 * John Poulett, 2nd Earl Poulett 17 February 1744 – 5 November 1764 * Percy Wyndham-O'Brien, 1st Earl of Thomond 27 November 1764 – 16 March 1774 *

Frederick North, 2nd Earl of Guilford Frederick North, 2nd Earl of Guilford (13 April 17325 August 1792), better known by his courtesy title Lord North, which he used from 1752 to 1790, was 12th Prime Minister of Great Britain from 1770 to 1782. He led Great Britain through most o ...

16 March 1774 – 5 August 1792 *

John Poulett, 4th Earl Poulett John Poulett, 4th Earl Poulett, KT (3 April 1756 – 14 January 1819), styled Viscount Hinton between 1764 and 1788, was a British peer and militia officer. Poulett was the son of Vere Poulett, 3rd Earl Poulett, by Mary Butt, daughter of Richar ...

15 November 1792 – 14 January 1819 *

Thomas Thynne, 2nd Marquess of Bath Thomas Thynne, 2nd Marquess of Bath KG (25 January 1765 – 27 March 1837), styled Viscount Weymouth from 1789 until 1796, was a British peer. Life Early life Thynne was the eldest son of Thomas Thynne, 1st Marquess of Bath, and Lady Elizab ...

23 February 1819 – 27 March 1837 * Henry Fox-Strangways, 3rd Earl of Ilchester 28 April 1837 – 1 June 1839 * Edward Portman, 1st Viscount Portman 1 June 1839 – 28 June 1864 *

Richard Boyle, 9th Earl of Cork Richard Edmund St Lawrence Boyle, 9th Earl of Cork and Orrery KP, PC (19 April 1829 – 22 June 1904), styled Viscount Dungarvan between 1834 and 1856, was a British courtier and Liberal politician. In a ministerial career spanning between ...

28 June 1864 – 22 June 1904 *

Thomas Thynne, 5th Marquess of Bath Thomas Henry Thynne, 5th Marquess of Bath (15 July 1862 – 9 June 1946), styled Viscount Weymouth until 1896, was a British landowner and Conservative politician. He held ministerial office as Under-Secretary of State for India in 1905 an ...

1904 – 9 June 1946 * Sir James Somerville 1946 – 19 March 1949 * William Jolliffe, 4th Baron Hylton 10 August 1949 – 14 November 1967 * Cecil Townley Mitford-Slade 17 April 1968 – 1978 * Sir Walter Luttrell 3 May 1978 – 10 November 1994 *

Sir John Wills, 4th Baronet Sir John Vernon Wills, 4th Baronet, Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order, KCVO, Knight of Grace of The Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem, KStJ, Territorial Decoration, TD, Magistrate (England and Wales), JP ( ...

10 November 1994 – 26 August 1998 *

Elizabeth Gass, Lady Gass Dame Elizabeth Periam Gass, Lady Gass, ( ''née'' Acland-Hood; born 2 March 1940) was Lord-Lieutenant of Somerset from 1998 to 2015. Early life and education She is the eldest daughter and co-heiress of the Honorable John Acland-Hood, a barrist ...

12 February 1999 – 2 March 2015 * Anne Maw 2 March 2015 – 29 October 2022 *

Mohammed Saddiq Mohammed Habedat Saddiq is Lord-lieutenant of Somerset. A utilities-sector engineer and manager he was born in Leeds, Yorkshire in June 1970 after his parents came to England in the late 1960s from Pakistan. Career He has held management and en ...

29 October 2022 – present

References

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