Lord Lieutenant of Lancashire

{{Short description|Agent of the British Crown}}

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This is a list of people who have served as Lord Lieutenant of Lancashire. The Lord Lieutenant is the King's personal representative in each county of the United Kingdom. Historically the Lord Lieutenant was responsible for organising the county's militia, but it is today a largely ceremonial position, usually awarded to a retired notable, military officer, nobleman, or businessman in the county.

The current office-holder is Amanda Parker of Browsholme Hall, the first woman to ever have been appointed to the position.{{Cite web |date=4 April 2023 |title=Lancashire's first female lord-lieutenant appointed after 500 years |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lancashire-65174606 |website=BBC News |publisher=BBC}}

Lords Lieutenant

{{Incomplete list|date=August 2008}}

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! Lord Lieutenant !! From !! Until

Robert Radclyffe, 1st Earl of Sussexalign=center| 1537align=center| 1542
Edward Stanley, 3rd Earl of Derbyalign=center| 1552align=center| 1572
Henry Stanley, 4th Earl of Derbyalign=center| 1572align=center| 25 September 1593
colspan="3" align=center| vacant
William Stanley, 6th Earl of Derby
jointly with James Stanley, Lord Strange
align=center| 21 December 1607
12 December 1626
align=center| 1642
1642
colspan="3" align=center| Interregnum 1649–1660
Charles Stanley, 8th Earl of Derbyalign=center| 30 July 1660align=center| 21 December 1672
John Egerton, 2nd Earl of Bridgewateralign=center| 24 January 1673align=center| 11 May 1676
William Stanley, 9th Earl of Derbyalign=center| 11 May 1676align=center| 13 September 1687
Caryll Molyneux, 3rd Viscount Molyneuxalign=center| 13 September 1687align=center| 25 October 1688
William Stanley, 9th Earl of Derbyalign=center| 25 October 1688align=center| 13 May 1689
Charles Gerard, 2nd Earl of Macclesfieldalign=center| 13 May 1689align=center| 5 November 1701
Richard Savage, 4th Earl Riversalign=center| 15 January 1702align=center| 18 June 1702
William Stanley, 9th Earl of Derbyalign=center| 18 June 1702align=center| 5 November 1702
James Stanley, 10th Earl of Derbyalign=center| 19 December 1702align=center| 29 November 1710
James Hamilton, 4th Duke of Hamiltonalign=center| 29 November 1710align=center| 15 November 1712
colspan="3" align=center| vacant 1712–1714
James Stanley, 10th Earl of Derbyalign=center| 19 August 1714align=center| 1 February 1736
colspan="3" align=center| vacant 1733–1742
Edward Stanley, 11th Earl of Derbyalign=center| 13 March 1742align=center| 22 July 1757
James Stanley, Lord Strangealign=center| 22 July 1757align=center| 1 June 1771
Edward Stanley, 11th Earl of Derbyalign=center| 22 July 1771align=center| 22 February 1776
Edward Smith-Stanley, 12th Earl of Derbyalign=center| 14 March 1776align=center| 21 October 1834
Edward Smith-Stanley, 13th Earl of Derbyalign=center| 15 November 1834align=center| 30 June 1851
Charles Molyneux, 3rd Earl of Seftonalign=center| 3 September 1851align=center| 2 August 1855
Francis Egerton, 1st Earl of Ellesmerealign=center| 15 October 1855align=center| 18 February 1857
William Cavendish, 2nd Earl of Burlingtonalign=center| 28 March 1857align=center| 20 February 1858
William Molyneux, 4th Earl of Seftonalign=center| 20 February 1858align=center| 27 June 1897
Frederick Stanley, 16th Earl of Derbyalign=center| 30 July 1897align=center| 14 June 1908
Ughtred Kay-Shuttleworth, 1st Baron Shuttleworthalign=center| 14 July 1908align=center| 29 March 1928
Edward Stanley, 17th Earl of Derbyalign=center| 29 March 1928align=center| 4 February 1948
Arthur Peel, 2nd Earl Peelalign=center| 19 April 1948align=center| 22 January 1951
Edward Stanley, 18th Earl of Derbyalign=center| 22 January 1951align=center| 13 September 1968
Hervey Rhodes, Baron Rhodesalign=center| 13 September 1968align=center| 13 August 1971
Ralph Assheton, 1st Baron Clitheroealign=center| 13 August 1971align=center| March 1976
Sir Simon Towneleyalign=center| March 1976align=center| 13 January 1997
Charles Kay-Shuttleworth, 5th Baron Shuttleworthalign=center| 13 January 1997{{cite journal|journal =London Gazette|url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/54654/| issue= 54654 |date= 17 January 1997|pages=675|title=FRIDAY, I?TH JANUARY 1997}}align=center| 2 August 2023
Amanda Parkeralign=center| 2 August 2023{{Cite web |title=Appointment of Lord-Lieutenant of Lancashire – GOV.UK |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/appointment-of-lord-lieutenant-of-lancashire-4-april-2023 |date=4 April 2023 |website=www.gov.uk}}align=center| present

Deputy lieutenants

{{also|Category:Deputy lieutenants of Lancashire}}

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

{{Incomplete list |date=July 2022}}

=18th Century=

  • 19 November 1791: Thomas Townley Parker{{London Gazette |issue=13364|page=649|date=22 November 1791}}
  • 19 November 1791: William Farrington

=19th Century=

  • 28 November 1826: Le Gendre Nicholas Starkie{{London Gazette|nolink=y|issue=18344|page=630|date=16 March 1827}}
  • 28 November 1826: Charles Towneley
  • 28 November 1826: Peregrine Edward Towneley
  • 10 May 1834: John Towneley{{London Gazette|issue=19200 |date=10 October 1834 |page=1806}}
  • 19 November 1847: James Heywood{{London Gazette|nolink=y|issue=20799|page=4339|date=26 November 1847}}
  • 10 April 1888: Sir John Hardy Thursby{{London Gazette|nolink=y|issue=25806 |date=10 April 1888 |page=2074}}

=20th Century=

  • 2 November 1935: Leonard Green{{London Gazette|nolink=y|issue=34217|page=7050|date=8 November 1935}}

=21st Century=

  • 27 January 2012 : Bill Beaumont{{citation|title=Deputy Lieutenant Commissions : Notice L-60043-1520485|url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/notice/L-60043-1520485|publisher=The London Gazette|date=27 January 2012}}
  • 5 October 2023 : Miranda Carruthers-Watt{{citation|title=Deputy Lieutenant Commissions: Notice 4457176|url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/notice/4457176|publisher=The London Gazette|date=5 October 2023}}

{{As of|April 2025}} there are 42 deputy lieutenants of Lancashire, including Bill Beaumont, Edwin J. Booth, John Cater, and Charles Hadcock, Thomas Woodcock: a full list is available on the Lancashire Lieutenancy website. They include{{cite web |title=Deputy Lieutenants of Lancashire |url=https://www.lancashire-lieutenancy.org/your-lieutenancy/deputy-lieutenants-of-lancashire/ |website=Lancashire Lieutenancy |access-date=4 April 2025}}

Sources

  • {{cite journal | author=J.C. Sainty | author-link=John Sainty (civil servant) | title=Lieutenancies of Counties, 1585–1642 | journal=Bulletin of the Institute of Historical Research | year=1970 | issue=Special Supplement No. 8 |pages=13–14}}
  • {{cite book | author=J.C. Sainty | author-link=John Sainty (civil servant) | title=List of Lieutenants of Counties of England and Wales 1660-1974 | publisher=Swift Printers (Sales) Ltd | location=London | year=1979}}
  • {{Rayment|date=February 2012}}
  • The Lord-Lieutenant of Lancashire, Lancashire County Council [https://web.archive.org/web/20070305034606/http://www.lancashire.gov.uk/corporate/lord_lieutenant/index.asp]

References

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