Lord Lieutenant Of Hampshire

Since 1688, all the Lords Lieutenant have also been Custos Rotulorum of Hampshire. From 1889 until 1959, the administrative county was named the County of Southampton.

• William Paulet, 1st Marquess of Winchester 1551–?
• William Paulet, 3rd Marquess of Winchester bef. 1585 – 24 November 1598 jointly with
• Henry Radclyffe, 4th Earl of Sussex 3 July 1585 – 14 December 1593
• Charles Blount, 1st Earl of Devonshire 4 August 1595 – 3 April 1606 jointly with
• George Carey, 2nd Baron Hunsdon 29 October 1597 – 8 September 1603 and
• Henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton 10 April 1604 – 10 November 1624
• Edward Conway, 1st Viscount Conway 9 May 1625 – 3 January 1631
• Richard Weston, 1st Earl of Portland 8 February 1631 – 13 March 1635
• James Stewart, 1st Duke of Richmond 29 May 1635 – 1642 jointly with
• Jerome Weston, 2nd Earl of Portland 29 May 1635 – 1642 and
• Thomas Wriothesley, 4th Earl of Southampton 3 June 1641 – 1642
• Interregnum
• Thomas Wriothesley, 4th Earl of Southampton 24 September 1660 – 16 May 1667
• Charles Paulet, Lord St John 20 December 1667 – 1675
• Edward Noel, 1st Earl of Gainsborough 20 March 1676 – 24 December 1687 jointly with
• Wriothesley Noel, Viscount Campden 9 April 1684 – 24 December 1687
• James FitzJames, 1st Duke of Berwick 24 December 1687 – 4 April 1689
• Charles Paulet, 1st Duke of Bolton 4 April 1689 – 27 February 1699
• Charles Paulet, 2nd Duke of Bolton 11 June 1699 – 15 September 1710
• Henry Somerset, 2nd Duke of Beaufort 15 September 1710 – 24 May 1714
• Charles Paulet, 2nd Duke of Bolton 5 August 1714 – 21 January 1722
• Charles Paulet, 3rd Duke of Bolton 8 February 1722 – 3 September 1733
• John Wallop, 1st Earl of Portsmouth 3 September 1733 – 19 July 1742
• Charles Powlett, 3rd Duke of Bolton 19 July 1742 – 26 August 1754
• Harry Powlett, 4th Duke of Bolton 13 November 1754 – 25 October 1758
• Charles Powlett, 5th Duke of Bolton 25 October 1758 – 15 June 1763
• James Brydges, Marquess of Carnarvon 15 June 1763 – 20 August 1764
• Robert Henley, 1st Earl of Northington 20 August 1764 – 6 February 1771
• James Brydges, 3rd Duke of Chandos 6 February 1771 – 10 May 1780
• George Pitt, 1st Baron Rivers 10 May 1780 – 15 April 1782
• Harry Powlett, 6th Duke of Bolton 15 April 1782 – 5 April 1793
• In commission: 1793–1798
  • George Paulet, 12th Marquess of Winchester
  • Sir William Heathcote, 3rd Baronet
  • William John Chute
• Charles Paulet, Earl of Wiltshire 3 March 1798 – 1 March 1800
• Thomas Orde-Powlett, 1st Baron Bolton 1 March 1800 – 30 July 1807
• James Harris, 1st Earl of Malmesbury 22 August 1807 – 21 November 1820
• Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington 27 December 1820 – 1 September 1852
• John Paulet, 14th Marquess of Winchester 27 October 1852 – 4 July 1887
• Henry Herbert, 4th Earl of Carnarvon 6 August 1887 – 29 June 1890
• Thomas Baring, 1st Earl of Northbrook 7 November 1890 – 15 November 1904
• Henry Paulet, 16th Marquess of Winchester 21 December 1904 – 24 January 1918
• John Edward Bernard Seely, 1st Baron Mottistone 24 January 1918 – 7 November 1947
• Wyndham Portal, 1st Viscount Portal 12 December 1947 – 6 May 1949
• Gerald Wellesley, 7th Duke of Wellington 9 September 1949 – 19 September 1960
• Alexander Francis St Vincent Baring, 6th Baron Ashburton 19 September 1960 – 1973
• William James Harris, 6th Earl of Malmesbury 16 April 1973 – 1982
• Lt. Col. Sir James Walter Scott, 2nd Baronet 17 December 1982 – 2 November 1993
• Dame Mary Fagan 28 March 1994 – 11 September 2014
• Nigel Atkinson 11 September 2014 – Present

A deputy lieutenant of Hampshire is commissioned by the Lord Lieutenant of Hampshire. 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

• 31 March 1847: John Paulet, 14th Marquess of Winchester
• 31 March 1847: Lancelot Archer Burton
• 31 March 1847: Horatio Francis Kingsford Holloway
• 31 March 1847: Thomas Robbins
• 13 March 1891: John Carpenter Garnier
• 13 March 1891: The Duke of Wellington
• 13 March 1891: The Marquess of Winchester
• 13 March 1891: The Earl of Northesk
• 13 March 1891: The Earl of Malmesbury
• 13 March 1891: The Viscount Lymington
• 13 March 1891: The Viscount Baring
• 13 March 1891: The Lord Ashburton
• 13 March 1891: Lord Montagu of Beaulieu
• 13 March 1891: Lord Basing
• 13 March 1891: John Jervis Carnegie
• 13 March 1891: Anthony Evelyn Melbourne Ashley,
• 13 March 1891: Sir Nelson Rycroft}
• 13 March 1891: Lieutenant General Sir Frederick Wellington John Fitzwygram
• 13 March 1891: Sir William David King
• 13 March 1891: Sir Steuart Macnaghten
• 13 March 1891: Colonel Edward Bance
• 13 March 1891: William Wither Bramston Beach
• 13 March 1891: Lieutenant Colonel George Francis Birch
• 13 March 1891: Lieutenant Colonel Philip Aithur Campbell Wyndham
• 13 March 1891: John Bonham-Carter
• 13 March 1891: Chaloner William Chute
• 13 March 1891: Francis Compton
• 13 March 1891: Frederick Gonnerman Dalgety
• 13 March 1891: William Henry Deverell
• 13 March 1891: Admiral Edward Field
• 13 March 1891: Francis Horatio FitzRoy
• 13 March 1891: Francis Michael Ellis Jervoise
• 13 March 1891: Captain Hugh Montolieu Hammersley
• 13 March 1891: William Howley Kingsmill
• 13 March 1891: Montagu George Knight
• 13 March 1891: Walter Jervis Long
• 13 March 1891: John Mills
• 13 March 1891: John Morant
• 13 March 1891: William Graham Nicholson
• 13 March 1891: Sir Wyndham Spencer Portal
• 13 March 1891: William Barrow Simonds
• 13 March 1891: William Wickham

20th century

• 17 September 1962: Anthony Ewart Ledger Hill

• J.C. Sainty (1970). "Lieutenancies of Counties, 1585–1642". Bulletin of the Institute of Historical Research (Special Supplement No. 8): 22–23.
• J.C. Sainty (1979). List of Lieutenants of Counties of England and Wales 1660-1974. London: Swift Printers (Sales) Ltd.
• White, William (1878). History, gazetteer, and directory of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. p. 29. Retrieved 4 October 2007.
• Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages ^{[self-published source] [better source needed]}

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