This is a list of people who have served as Lord Lieutenant of Leicestershire. Since 1703, all Lord Lieutenants have also been Custos Rotulorum of Leicestershire.
Lord Lieutenants
- Henry Grey, 3rd Marquess of Dorset 1549–1551
 - Francis Hastings, 2nd Earl of Huntingdon 1551–1552
 - Henry Grey, 1st Duke of Suffolk 1552–1554
 - Francis Hastings, 2nd Earl of Huntingdon 1554 – 20 June 1561 jointly with
 - Henry Hastings, 3rd Earl of Huntingdon 1559 – 14 December 1595
 - George Hastings, 4th Earl of Huntingdon 2 October 1596 – 30 December 1604
 - vacant
 - Henry Hastings, 5th Earl of Huntingdon 16 May 1607 – 1642 jointly with
 - Ferdinando Hastings, 6th Earl of Huntingdon 27 December 1638 – 1642
 - Henry Grey, 1st Earl of Stamford 1642–? (Parliamentary)
 - Interregnum
 - Henry Hastings, 1st Baron Loughborough 14 January 1661 – 10 January 1667
 - John Manners, 8th Earl of Rutland 14 February 1667 – 7 July 1677
 - John Manners, 9th Earl of Rutland 7 July 1677 – 11 August 1687
 - Theophilus Hastings, 7th Earl of Huntingdon 11 August 1687 – 6 April 1689
 - John Manners, 9th Earl of Rutland 6 April 1689 – 24 March 1703
 - Basil Feilding, 4th Earl of Denbigh 24 March 1703 – 1 July 1706
 - John Manners, 1st Duke of Rutland 1 July 1706 – 10 January 1711
 - Basil Feilding, 4th Earl of Denbigh 8 September 1711 – 3 December 1714
 - John Manners, 2nd Duke of Rutland 3 December 1714 – 22 February 1721
 - John Manners, 3rd Duke of Rutland 26 April 1721 – 29 May 1779
 - Charles Manners, 4th Duke of Rutland 16 July 1779 – 24 October 1787
 - Henry Somerset, 5th Duke of Beaufort 14 December 1787 – 21 October 1799
 - John Manners, 5th Duke of Rutland 21 October 1799 – 20 January 1857
 - Charles Manners, 6th Duke of Rutland 13 February 1857 – 3 March 1888
 - Richard William Penn Curzon-Howe, 3rd Earl Howe 19 June 1888 – 25 September 1900
 - Henry Manners, 8th Duke of Rutland 7 November 1900 – 8 May 1925[1]
 - Arthur Grey Hazlerigg, 1st Baron Hazlerigg 27 July 1925 – 25 May 1949
 - Robert Godfrey Wolseley Bewicke-Copley, 5th Baron Cromwell 2 August 1949 – 21 October 1966
 - Col. Sir Robert Andrew St George Martin 5 April 1966 – 24 April 1989
 - Sir Timothy Gerald Martin Brooks 24 April 1989 – 24 February 2003[2]
 - Jennifer, Lady Gretton JP 24 February 2003 – 14 June 2018[3]
 - Mike Kapur 14 June 2018 – present[4]
 
Deputy Lieutenants
Active List as of April 2016 [5]
- Ramanbahai C BarberJune, 2013
 - Gautam Govindlal Bodiwala 2001
 - Richard L Brucciani 1999
 - Professor Sir Robert Burgess 2010
 - Hazel Byford, Baroness Byford 2010
 - Robert Bruce Collins 2006
 - Colonel Raeburn Murray Longair Colville 1997
 - Rosemary Jean N Conley 1999
 - Gerrard Amaury A March Phillips de Lisle 1997
 - Richard Anthony Spencer Everard 1997
 - Andrew James Granger 2008
 - Brigadier William James Hurrell 2008
 - Col Richard Sells Hurwood 2006
 - Freda Hussain 2006
 - David John Knowles 1999
 - Sir Michael Latham
 - Dr Angela Isabel Agnes Lennox 2001
 - Elizabeth Jane Martin June, 2013
 - Colonel Robert C J Martin 2010
 - Ian Malcolm McAlpine 2001
 - Suleman Nagdi 2008
 - Hugh Michael Pearson 2008
 - Professor Sir Nilesh J Samani 2010
 - Resham Singh Sandhu 2006
 - Wendi Kathleen Stevens 2008
 - Bridget Ellen Towle June, 2013
 - Peter John Wheeler 2001
 - David William Wilson 2008
 - David John Wyrko Esq 2010
 - Jonathan Agnew 2015
 - Dave Andrews 2015
 - Sally Bowie 2015
 - Mike Kapur 2015
 - David Lindley 2015
 - Riaz Ravat 2015
 - Elisabeth Turnbull 2015
 - Professor David Wilson 2015
 
Added 2017:[6]
- Richard Allan Halford Brooks 2017
 - Richard Charles Griffin Clowes 2017
 - Mehmooda Duke 2017
 - Priyesh Patel 2017
 - Professor Surinder Mohan Sharma 2017
 - Lieutenant Colonel David Richard James Young 2018
 
Previous Deputy Lieutenants
- Ernest Clive Atkins
 - John Cridlan Barrett
 - Edwyn Burnaby
 - Thomas Cave
 - John Coke
 - Edwin de Lisle
 - John de Lisle
 - Sir William Farrell-Skeffington
 - Washington Shirley, 8th Earl Ferrers
 - Washington Shirley, 9th Earl Ferrers
 - Charles Freer, 1862[7]
 - John Frewen-Turner
 - John Gretton, 3rd Baron Gretton
 - John Dove Harris
 - Sir Thomas Kennedy
 - Sir Maurice Levy, 1st Baronet
 - Sir Edward Packe
 - Eben William Robertson
 - George Murray Smith the Younger
 - Samuel Francis Stone, Esq. March 1901 [8]
 - Robert Tilney
 
References
- J.C. Sainty (1970). "Lieutenancies of Counties, 1585–1642". Bulletin of the Institute of Historical Research (Special Supplement No. 8).
 - J.C. Sainty (1979). List of Lieutenants of Counties of England and Wales 1660-1974. London: Swift Printers (Sales) Ltd.
 
- ↑ "No. 27245". The London Gazette. 9 November 1900. p. 6854.
 - ↑ London Gazette, issue no.51716, 27 April 1989
 - ↑ "Lady Gretton to stand down as Lord Lieutenant of Leicestershire after 15 years in the role".
 - ↑ "Queen picks her new personal representative for Leics". 11 May 2018.
 - ↑ "Leicestershire County Council | Serving the people of Leicestershire".
 - ↑ "Deputy Lietenant Commissions". London Gazette. Retrieved 27 April 2019.
 - ↑ "No. 22590". The London Gazette. 17 January 1862. p. 276.
 - ↑ "No. 27299". The London Gazette. 26 March 1901. p. 2122.
 
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