This is a list of people who have served as Lord Lieutenant of the County Palatine of Chester. Since 1689, all Lords Lieutenant have also been Custos Rotulorum of Cheshire.
Lord Lieutenants of Cheshire Lord Lieutenant From Until Edward Stanley, 3rd Earl of Derby 1569 1572 Henry Stanley, 4th Earl of Derby 1572 25 September 1593 vacant William Stanley, 6th Earl of Derby jointly with James Stanley, 7th Earl of Derby 21 December 160712 December 1626 16421642 William Fiennes, 1st Viscount Saye and Sele 1642 (Parliamentarian) Interregnum 1649–1660 Charles Stanley, 8th Earl of Derby jointly with William Brereton, 2nd Baron Brereton 30 July 166019 July 1662 21 December 1672April 1664 John Egerton, 2nd Earl of Bridgewater 24 January 1673 1676 William Stanley, 9th Earl of Derby 11 May 1676 8 August 1687 William Herbert, 1st Marquess of Powis 28 February 1688 1688 William Stanley, 9th Earl of Derby 17 October 1688 23 December 1688 Henry Booth, 1st Earl of Warrington 12 April 1689 2 January 1694 vacant 1694–1695 Richard Savage, 4th Earl Rivers 11 May 1695 1703 Hugh Cholmondeley, 1st Earl of Cholmondeley 16 June 1703 April 1713 Other Windsor, 2nd Earl of Plymouth 4 September 1713 1714 Hugh Cholmondeley, 1st Earl of Cholmondeley 21 October 1714 18 January 1725 George Cholmondeley, 2nd Earl of Cholmondeley 7 April 1725 7 May 1733 George Cholmondeley, 3rd Earl of Cholmondeley 14 June 1733 10 June 1770 George Cholmondeley, 4th Earl of Cholmondeley 19 July 1770 May 1783 George Harry Grey, 5th Earl of Stamford 29 May 1783 23 May 1819 George Harry Grey, 6th Earl of Stamford 24 June 1819 26 April 1845 Richard Grosvenor, 2nd Marquess of Westminster 20 May 1845 1867 William Egerton, 1st Baron Egerton 29 January 1868 21 February 1883 Hugh Grosvenor, 1st Duke of Westminster 31 March 1883 22 December 1899 Wilbraham Egerton, 1st Earl Egerton 19 March 1900 1905 Hugh Grosvenor, 2nd Duke of Westminster 19 December 1905 1920 Sir William Bromley-Davenport 15 April 1920 1949 Philip Lever, 3rd Viscount Leverhulme 6 September 1949 1990 William Arthur Bromley-Davenport 2 August 1990London Gazette, issue no.52237, 8 August 1990. 7 March 2010 Thomas Briggs 7 March 2010 25 August 2021 Alexis, Lady Redmond 25 August 2021 Present
Vice Lieutenants Alan Egerton, 3rd Baron Egerton 11 January 1902 Sir George Dixon 15 December 1920
Deputy Lieutenants
Thomas, Lord Newton 23 February 1901 Colonel Sir Edward Cotton-Jodrell 23 February 1901
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Lord Lieutenant of Cheshire