Lord Lieutenant of Leicestershire

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
 * 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
 * Jennifer, Lady Gretton JP 24 February 2003 – 14 June 2018
 * Mike Kapur 14 June 2018 – present

Deputy Lieutenants
Active List as of April 2016
 * 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:
 * 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
 * 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
 * Robert Tilney