# Lord Lieutenant of Kent

This is a list of people who have served as Lord-Lieutenant of Kent. Since 1746, all Lords Lieutenant have also been Custos Rotulorum of Kent.

## Lords Lieutenant of Kent

* Sir Thomas Cheney 1551 – 1558
* William Brooke, 10th Baron Cobham 3 July 1585 – 6 March 1597
* Henry Brooke, 11th Baron Cobham 29 October 1597 – 24 March 1603
* Edward Wotton, 1st Baron Wotton 28 January 1604 – 31 May 1620
* George Villiers, 1st Marquess of Buckingham 31 May 1620 – 8 June 1620
* Ludovic Stuart, 2nd Duke of Lennox 8 June 1620 – 16 February 1624
* Philip Herbert, 4th Earl of Pembroke 20 March 1624 – 1642
* Interregnum
* Heneage Finch, 3rd Earl of Winchilsea 10 July 1660 – 16 January 1688 jointly with
* Thomas Wriothesley, 4th Earl of Southampton 16 July 1662 – 16 May 1667 and
* Charles Stewart, 3rd Duke of Richmond 13 May 1668 – 12 December 1672
* Christopher Roper, 5th Baron Teynham 16 January 1688 – 25 October 1688
* Louis de Duras, 2nd Earl of Feversham 25 October 1688 – 17 May 1689
* Heneage Finch, 3rd Earl of Winchilsea 17 May 1689 – 3 October 1689
* Henry Sydney, 1st Earl of Romney 3 October 1689 – 8 April 1704 jointly with
* Vere Fane, 4th Earl of Westmorland 18 April 1692 – 29 December 1693
* Charles Finch, 4th Earl of Winchilsea 2 May 1704 – 6 April 1705
* Lewis Watson, 1st Earl of Rockingham 6 April 1705 – 19 March 1724
* John Sidney, 6th Earl of Leicester 3 June 1724 – 27 September 1737
* Lewis Watson, 2nd Earl of Rockingham 17 November 1737 – 4 November 1745
* Thomas Watson, 3rd Earl of Rockingham January 1746 – 26 February 1746
* Lionel Sackville, 1st Duke of Dorset 8 July 1746 – 10 October 1765
* Charles Sackville, 2nd Duke of Dorset 17 December 1765 – 5 January 1769
* John Sackville, 3rd Duke of Dorset 27 January 1769 – 30 June 1797
* Charles Marsham, 1st Earl of Romney 30 June 1797 – 9 June 1808
* John Pratt, 1st Marquess Camden 9 June 1808 – 8 October 1840
* Henry Tufton, 11th Earl of Thanet 16 November 1840 – 19 October 1846
* George Cowper, 6th Earl Cowper 19 October 1846 – 15 April 1856
* John Townshend, 1st Earl Sydney 10 June 1856 – 14 February 1890
* Arthur Stanhope, 6th Earl Stanhope 18 March 1890 – 19 April 1905
* John Pratt, 4th Marquess Camden 5 June 1905 – 14 December 1943
* Wykeham Stanley Cornwallis, 2nd Baron Cornwallis 1 September 1944 – 1972
* Gavin Astor, 2nd Baron Astor of Hever 2 August 1972 – 2 August 1982
* Robert Leigh-Pemberton, Baron Kingsdown 2 August 1982 – 23 January 2002
* Allan Willett 23 January 2002 – 24 August 2011
* Philip Sidney, 2nd Viscount De L'Isle 1 September 2011 – 21 April 2020
* Annabel Campbell, the Lady Colgrain 22 April 2020 –

### Deputy Lieutenants

* Sir Thomas Peyton, 2nd Baronet July 1660
* Ivo Francis Walter Bligh, 8th Earl of Darnley March 1901
* Sir John Furley March 1901
* Bill Cockcroft
* Kelvin Holford
* Jools Holland
* Sir Keith Speed
* John Astor, 3rd Baron Astor of Hever 1996
* Group Captain Patrick Tootal
* Colonel Michael Howard Seys-Phillips, April 1971
* Colonel Frederick Kenneth Theobald, April 1971
* Brigadier John Charles Holman, April 1996
* Brigadier David John Ralls
* Sir Ralph Oakden September 1852

## Footnotes

* ↑ "The London magazine, or, Gentleman's monthly intelligencer 1746". The London Magazine: 50. 1746.
* ↑ "No. 26034". The London Gazette. 18 March 1890. p. 1645.
* ↑ "No. 27801". The London Gazette. 6 June 1905. p. 4030.
* ↑ "No. 45748". The London Gazette. 10 August 1972. p. 9547.
* ↑ "No. 49074". The London Gazette. 5 August 1982. p. 10240.
* ↑ "No. 56464". The London Gazette. 28 January 2002. p. 10671.
* ↑ "No. 59900". The London Gazette. 7 September 2011. p. 17081.
* ↑ Crown Office
* 1 2 "No. 27300". The London Gazette. 29 March 1901. p. 2200.
* 1 2 "No. 45360". The London Gazette. 4 May 1971. p. 4540.
* ↑ "No. 54334". The London Gazette. 1 March 1996. p. 3180.