This is a list of people who have served as Lord-Lieutenant of Rutland.
In 1974, Rutland became part of Leicestershire under the Local Government Act 1972, the Lieutenancy was abolished, with Rutland's Lord-Lieutenant becoming Lord-Lieutenant of Leicestershire.
When Rutland was restored as a unitary authority in 1997, so was its Lord Lieutenant.
The Lord-Lieutenant is supported in their duties by their Lord-Lieutenant's Cadets, chosen from local cadet units.
Since 1690, all lord-lieutenants have also been Custos Rotulorum of Rutland.
Lord-lieutenants of Rutland Lord Lieutenant From Until Henry Manners, 2nd Earl of Rutland 1559 1563 Henry Hastings, 3rd Earl of Huntingdon ? 14 December 1595 George Hastings, 4th Earl of Huntingdon2 October 159630 December 1604Vacant John Harington, 1st Baron Harington of Exton 16 May 1607 23 August 1613 John Harington, 2nd Baron Harington of Exton 8 October 161327 February 1614Henry Hastings, 5th Earl of Huntingdon jointly withFerdinando Hastings, 6th Earl of Huntingdon161427 December 163816421642David Cecil, 3rd Earl of Exeter5 March 16421643 Interregnum 1643–1660 Baptist Noel, 3rd Viscount Campden 9 August 1660 29 October 1682 Edward Noel, 1st Earl of Gainsborough jointly withWriothesley Noel, Viscount Campden 17 November 168224 March 1685 23 January 168823 January 1688 Henry Mordaunt, 2nd Earl of Peterborough 23 January 1688 28 August 1690 Bennet Sherard, 2nd Baron Sherard 28 August 1690 15 January 1700 Bennet Sherard, 3rd Baron Sherard 11 March 1700 14 November 1712 John Cecil, 6th Earl of Exeter 14 November 1712 12 September 1715 Bennet Sherard, 1st Earl of Harborough 12 September 1715 16 October 1732 Philip Sherard, 2nd Earl of Harborough 17 July 1733 20 July 1750 Brownlow Cecil, 9th Earl of Exeter 6 June 1751 12 April 1779 George Finch, 9th Earl of Winchilsea 12 April 1779 2 August 1826 Brownlow Cecil, 2nd Marquess of Exeter 7 October 1826 16 January 1867 Charles Noel, 2nd Earl of Gainsborough 22 February 1867 13 August 1881 William Tollemache, 9th Earl of Dysart 3 November 1881 29 March 1906 John Brocklehurst, 1st Baron Ranksborough 29 March 1906 28 February 1921 Gilbert Heathcote-Drummond-Willoughby, 2nd Earl of Ancaster 6 January 1921 29 September 1951 William Melville Codrington 5 February 1951 29 April 1963 Thomas Haywood (subsequently Lieutenant of Leicestershire) 12 August 1963 31 March 1974 Lord-Lieutenancy abolished after Rutland merged with Leicestershire Sir Thomas Lawrie (Jock) Kennedy 1 April 199714 July 2003 Sir Laurence Howard 14 July 200329 March 2018 Dr Sarah Furness 3 April 2018Present
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