This is a list of people who have served as

Lord Lieutenant A lord-lieutenant ( ) is the British monarch's personal representative in each lieutenancy area of the United Kingdom. Historically, each lieutenant was responsible for organising the county's militia. In 1871, the lieutenant's responsibility ov ...

Nottinghamshire Nottinghamshire (; abbreviated ''Notts.'') is a ceremonial county in the East Midlands of England. The county is bordered by South Yorkshire to the north-west, Lincolnshire to the east, Leicestershire to the south, and Derbyshire to the west. Th ...

. Since 1694, all Lords Lieutenant have also been

Custos Rotulorum of Nottinghamshire This is a list of people who have served as Custos Rotulorum of Nottinghamshire. * Michael Stanhope (died 1552), Michael Stanhope bef. 1544–1552 * John Byron (died 1567), Sir John Byron, Sr. by 1562–1567. * Edward Manners, 3rd Earl of ...

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Henry Manners, 2nd Earl of Rutland Henry Manners, 2nd Earl of Rutland, 13th Baron de Ros of Helmsley, Order of the Garter, KG (23 September 152617 September 1563) was an English nobleman. Early life Henry Manners was born 23 September 1526, the eldest son of Thomas Manners, 1 ...

1552–1563? *

Edward Manners, 3rd Earl of Rutland Edward Manners, 3rd Earl of Rutland, 14th Baron de Ros of Helmsley, KG (12 July 1549 – 14 April 1587) was the son of Henry Manners, 2nd Earl of Rutland, whose titles he inherited in 1563. Life He was the eldest son of Henry Manners, 2nd Earl ...

1574–1587? *

John Manners, 4th Earl of Rutland John Manners, 4th Earl of Rutland (c. 1559 – 24 February 1588) was the son of Henry Manners, 2nd Earl of Rutland, and Lady Margaret Neville, daughter of Ralph Neville, 4th Earl of Westmorland. Marriage and children He married Elizabeth Char ...

3 December 1587 – 24 February 1588 * George Talbot, 6th Earl of Shrewsbury 31 December 1588 – 8 November 1590 *''vacant'' * William Cavendish, 1st Earl of Newcastle 6 July 1626 – 1642 *''Interregnum'' *

William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Newcastle-upon-Tyne William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Newcastle upon Tyne, KG, KB, PC (25 December 1676), who after 1665 styled himself as Prince William Cavendish, was an English courtier and supporter of the arts. He was a renowned horse breeder, as well as being ...

30 July 1660 – 25 December 1676 *

Henry Cavendish, 2nd Duke of Newcastle-upon-Tyne Henry Cavendish, 2nd Duke of Newcastle upon Tyne, KG, PC (24 June 1630 – 26 July 1691), styled Lord Henry Cavendish until 1659 and Viscount Mansfield from 1659 to 1676, was an English politician. He sat in the House of Commons from 1660 unt ...

28 March 1677 – 28 March 1689 *

William Pierrepont, 4th Earl of Kingston-upon-Hull William Pierrepont, 4th Earl of Kingston-upon-Hull (c. 1662 – 17 September 1690) was a British peer and Member of Parliament. The second son of Robert Pierrepont of Thoresby Nottinghamshire and his wife Elizabeth Evelyn, Pierrepont was born ...

28 March 1689 – 17 September 1690 *''vacant'' *

William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Devonshire William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Devonshire (25 January 164018 August 1707) was an English Whig politician who sat in the House of Commons of England from 1661 until 1684 when he inherited his father's peerage as Earl of Devonshire and took ...

6 May 1692 – 4 June 1694 *

John Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle-upon-Tyne John Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle (9 January 1662 – 15 July 1711) was an English Peerage of the United Kingdom, peer and politician. Early life Holles was born in Edwinstowe, Nottinghamshire, the son of the Gilbert Holles, 3rd Earl of Clare ...

4 June 1694 – 15 July 1711 *''vacant'' *

Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle-upon-Tyne Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle upon Tyne, 1st Duke of Newcastle-under-Lyne (21 July 1693 – 17 November 1768) was an English Whig statesman who served as Prime Minister of Great Britain, and whose official life extended througho ...

28 October 1714 – 15 January 1763 *

Evelyn Pierrepont, 2nd Duke of Kingston-upon-Hull Evelyn Pierrepont, 2nd Duke of Kingston-upon-Hull, KG (171123 September 1773) was an English nobleman and landowner, a member of the House of Lords. Early life He was the only son of William Pierrepont, Earl of Kingston-upon-Hull (1692– ...

15 January 1763 – 12 September 1765 *

12 September 1765 – 17 November 1768 * Henry Pelham-Clinton, 2nd Duke of Newcastle-under-Lyne 28 December 1768 – 22 February 1794 * Thomas Pelham-Clinton, 3rd Duke of Newcastle-under-Lyne 2 May 1794 – 17 May 1795 *

William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland William Henry Cavendish Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland (14 April 173830 October 1809) was a British Whigs (British political party), Whig and then a Tories (British political party), Tory politician during the late Georgian era. He s ...

19 June 1795 – 30 October 1809 *

Henry Pelham-Clinton, 4th Duke of Newcastle-under-Lyne Henry Pelham Fiennes Pelham-Clinton, 4th Duke of Newcastle-under-Lyne (31 January 1785 – 12 January 1851), was a British nobleman and politician who played a leading part in British politics in the late 1820s and early 1830s. He was styled L ...

8 December 1809 – 10 May 1839 * John Lumley-Savile, 8th Earl of Scarbrough 10 May 1839 – 29 October 1856 *

Henry Pelham-Clinton, 5th Duke of Newcastle-under-Lyne Henry Pelham Fiennes Pelham-Clinton, 5th Duke of Newcastle-under-Lyne, (22 May 181118 October 1864), styled Earl of Lincoln before 1851, was a British politician and aristocrat. He sat in Parliament for South Nottinghamshire (1832–46) and fo ...

4 December 1857 – 18 October 1864 * Edward Strutt, 1st Baron Belper 6 December 1864 – 30 June 1880 * William Beauclerk, 10th Duke of St Albans 25 August 1880 – 10 May 1898 *

William Cavendish-Bentinck, 6th Duke of Portland William Arthur Charles Cavendish-Bentinck, 6th Duke of Portland, (28 December 1857 – 26 April 1943) was a British landowner, courtier, and Conservative Party (UK), Conservative politician. He notably served as Master of the Horse between ...

2 June 1898 – 10 October 1939 *

William Cavendish-Bentinck, 7th Duke of Portland William Arthur Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, 7th Duke of Portland, (16 March 1893 – 21 March 1977), styled Marquess of Titchfield until 1943, was a British peer and Conservative politician. Biography Portland was the elder son of William Cavendish ...

10 October 1939 – 17 May 1962 * Sir Robert Laycock 17 May 1962 – 10 March 1968 * Robert St Vincent Sherbrooke 7 June 1968 – 13 June 1972 * Philip Francklin 6 October 1972 – 9 February 1983 * Sir Gordon Hobday 9 February 1983 – 11 February 1991 * Sir Andrew Buchanan, 5th Baronet 11 February 1991 – July 2012 *Sir John Peace, July 2012 – March 2024 *Professor Veronica Pickering - March 2024 - Present

Deputy lieutenants

A deputy lieutenant of Nottinghamshire is commissioned by the Lord Lieutenant of Nottinghamshire. Deputy lieutenants support the work of the lord-lieutenant. There can be several deputy lieutenants at any time, depending on the population of the county. Their appointment does not terminate with the changing of the lord-lieutenant, but they usually retire at age 75.

19th Century

*20 December 1803:

Charles Pierrepont, 2nd Earl Manvers Charles Herbert Pierrepont, 2nd Earl Manvers (11 August 1778 – 27 October 1860) was an English hereditary peer and naval officer. Early life and education Charles Pierrepont was the second son of Charles Pierrepont, 1st Earl Manvers and his ...

*15 February 1842: Francis Thornhaugh Foljambe

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