This is an incomplete list of people who have served as Lord Lieutenant of Norfolk. Since 1689, all Lord Lieutenants have also been Custos Rotulorum of Norfolk.
- William Parr, 1st Marquess of Northampton, 1549 –
- Thomas Radclyffe, 3rd Earl of Sussex 1557–1559
- Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk 1559–1572
- Henry Carey, 1st Baron Hunsdon 3 July 1585 – 23 July 1596
- Henry Howard, 1st Earl of Northampton 16 July 1605 – 16 June 1614
- Thomas Howard, 21st Earl of Arundel 18 April 1615 – 1642 jointly with
- Henry Howard, Lord Maltravers 28 February 1633 – 1642
- Interregnum
- Thomas Wriothesley, 4th Earl of Southampton 24 September 1660 – 19 August 1661
- Horatio Townshend, 1st Viscount Townshend 19 August 1661 – 6 March 1676
- Sir Robert Paston, 1st Earl of Yarmouth 6 March 1676 – 8 March 1683
- Henry Howard, 7th Duke of Norfolk 5 April 1683 – 2 April 1701
- Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend 26 May 1701 – 30 April 1713
- James Butler, 2nd Duke of Ormonde 30 April 1713 – 30 October 1714
- Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend 30 October 1714 – 25 June 1730
- Charles Townshend, Lord Lynn 25 June 1730 – 13 December 1739
- John Hobart, 1st Earl of Buckinghamshire 13 December 1739 – 22 September 1756
- George Walpole, 3rd Earl of Orford 29 June 1757 – 5 December 1791
- George Townshend, 1st Marquess Townshend 24 February 1792 – 14 September 1807
- William Assheton Harbord, 2nd Baron Suffield 11 March 1808 – 1 August 1821
- John Wodehouse, 2nd Baron Wodehouse 1 November 1821 – 31 May 1846
- Thomas Coke, 2nd Earl of Leicester 28 July 1846 – 3 September 1906
- Thomas Coke, 3rd Earl of Leicester 3 September 1906 – 1 May 1929
- Russell James Colman 1 May 1929 – 14 March 1944
- Thomas Coke, 4th Earl of Leicester 14 March 1944 – 21 August 1949
- Sir Edmund Bacon, 13th and 14th Baronet 30 September 1949 – 1978
- Sir Timothy Colman 30 March 1978 – 19 September 2004[1]
- Sir Richard Jewson 19 September 2004 – 5 August 2019[2]
- Lady Dannatt 5 August 2019 – present
Deputy lieutenants
editA deputy lieutenant of Norfolk is commissioned by the Lord Lieutenant of Norfolk. 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.
18th Century
edit- 15 February 1793: John Micklethwait[3]
- 15 February 1793: John Marcon[3]
- 15 February 1793: Francis Daltonm[4]
- 15 February 1793: Edward Parry[4]
- 15 February 1793: James Burkin Burroughes[4]
- 15 February 1793: Charles Collyer[4]
- 15 February 1793: Thomas Fisher[4]
- 15 February 1793: Edmund Rolfe[4]
- 15 February 1793: James Coldham[4]
- 15 February 1793: John Mann, Gent.[4]
- 6 June 1798: Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Halton[5]
- 6 June 1798: Thomas Blake[5]
- 6 June 1798: John Holley[5]
- 6 June 1798: Rev. Robert Thomlinson[5]
- 6 June 1798: Anthony Hammond[5]
References
edit- J.C. Sainty (1970). "Lieutenancies of Counties, 1585–1642". Bulletin of the Institute of Historical Research (Special Supplement No. 8): 28.
- J.C. Sainty (1979). List of Lieutenants of Counties of England and Wales 1660-1974. London: Swift Printers (Sales) Ltd.
- ^ London Gazette, issue no. 47504, 4 April 1978
- ^ London Gazette, issue no. 57353, 14 July 2004
- ^ a b "No. 13507". The London Gazette. 2 March 1793. p. 182.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "No. 13507". The London Gazette. 2 March 1793. p. 183.
- ^ a b c d e "No. 15029". The London Gazette. 12 June 1798. p. 525.
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