Lord Lieutenant of Lancashire

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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.

Lords Lieutenant

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (August 2008)

Lord Lieutenant	From	Until
Robert Radclyffe, 1st Earl of Sussex	1537	1542
Edward Stanley, 3rd Earl of Derby	1552	1572
Henry Stanley, 4th Earl of Derby	1572	25 September 1593
vacant
William Stanley, 6th Earl of Derby jointly with James Stanley, Lord Strange	21 December 1607 12 December 1626	1642 1642
Interregnum 1649–1660
Charles Stanley, 8th Earl of Derby	30 July 1660	21 December 1672
John Egerton, 2nd Earl of Bridgewater	24 January 1673	11 May 1676
William Stanley, 9th Earl of Derby	11 May 1676	13 September 1687
Caryll Molyneux, 3rd Viscount Molyneux	13 September 1687	25 October 1688
William Stanley, 9th Earl of Derby	25 October 1688	13 May 1689
Charles Gerard, 2nd Earl of Macclesfield	13 May 1689	5 November 1701
Richard Savage, 4th Earl Rivers	15 January 1702	18 June 1702
William Stanley, 9th Earl of Derby	18 June 1702	5 November 1702
James Stanley, 10th Earl of Derby	19 December 1702	29 November 1710
James Hamilton, 4th Duke of Hamilton	29 November 1710	15 November 1712
vacant 1712–1714
James Stanley, 10th Earl of Derby	19 August 1714	1 February 1736
vacant 1733–1742
Edward Stanley, 11th Earl of Derby	13 March 1742	22 July 1757
James Stanley, Lord Strange	22 July 1757	1 June 1771
Edward Stanley, 11th Earl of Derby	22 July 1771	22 February 1776
Edward Smith-Stanley, 12th Earl of Derby	14 March 1776	21 October 1834
Edward Smith-Stanley, 13th Earl of Derby	15 November 1834	30 June 1851
Charles Molyneux, 3rd Earl of Sefton	3 September 1851	2 August 1855
Francis Egerton, 1st Earl of Ellesmere	15 October 1855	18 February 1857
William Cavendish, 2nd Earl of Burlington	28 March 1857	20 February 1858
William Molyneux, 4th Earl of Sefton	20 February 1858	27 June 1897
Frederick Stanley, 16th Earl of Derby	30 July 1897	14 June 1908
Ughtred Kay-Shuttleworth, 1st Baron Shuttleworth	14 July 1908	29 March 1928
Edward Stanley, 17th Earl of Derby	29 March 1928	4 February 1948
Arthur Peel, 2nd Earl Peel	19 April 1948	22 January 1951
Edward Stanley, 18th Earl of Derby	22 January 1951	13 September 1968
Hervey Rhodes, Baron Rhodes	13 September 1968	13 August 1971
Ralph Assheton, 1st Baron Clitheroe	13 August 1971	March 1976
Sir Simon Towneley	March 1976	13 January 1997
Charles Kay-Shuttleworth, 5th Baron Shuttleworth	13 January 1997	2 August 2023
Amanda Parker	2 August 2023	present

Deputy lieutenants

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.

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (July 2022)

18th Century

19 November 1791: Thomas Townley Parker
19 November 1791: William Farrington

19th Century

28 November 1826: Le Gendre Nicholas Starkie
28 November 1826: Charles Towneley
28 November 1826: Peregrine Edward Towneley
10 May 1834: John Towneley
19 November 1847: James Heywood
10 April 1888: Sir John Hardy Thursby

20th Century

2 November 1935: Leonard Green

21st Century

27 January 2012 : Bill Beaumont
5 October 2023 : Miranda Carruthers-Watt

Sources

J.C. Sainty (1970). "Lieutenancies of Counties, 1585–1642". Bulletin of the Institute of Historical Research (Special Supplement No. 8): 13–14.
J.C. Sainty (1979). List of Lieutenants of Counties of England and Wales 1660-1974. London: Swift Printers (Sales) Ltd.
Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages
The Lord-Lieutenant of Lancashire, Lancashire County Council

References

"Lancashire's first female lord-lieutenant appointed after 500 years". BBC News. BBC. 4 April 2023.
"FRIDAY, I?TH JANUARY 1997". London Gazette (54654): 675. 17 January 1997.
"Appointment of Lord-Lieutenant of Lancashire – GOV.UK". www.gov.uk. 4 April 2023.
^ "No. 13364". The London Gazette. 22 November 1791. p. 649.
^ "No. 18344". The London Gazette. 16 March 1827. p. 630.
"No. 19200". The London Gazette. 10 October 1834. p. 1806.
"No. 20799". The London Gazette. 26 November 1847. p. 4339.
"No. 25806". The London Gazette. 10 April 1888. p. 2074.
"No. 34217". The London Gazette. 8 November 1935. p. 7050.
Deputy Lieutenant Commissions : Notice L-60043-1520485, The London Gazette, 27 January 2012
Deputy Lieutenant Commissions: Notice 4457176, The London Gazette, 5 October 2023

Duchy of Lancaster

Offices

Lord-lieutenant	Lancashire Greater Manchester Merseyside
High sheriff	Lancashire Greater Manchester Merseyside

Major holdings

Lancashire Survey	Lancaster Castle Myerscough Salwick Whitewell Winmarleigh
Yorkshire Survey	Cloughton Goathland Pickering Pontefract
Crewe and South Survey	Bolingbroke Castle Castleton Peveril Castle Crewe Higham Ferrers Ogmore
Needwood Survey	Tutbury Castle
Urban Survey	Savoy Savoy Chapel

v t e Ceremonial county of Lancashire
Lancashire Portal
Unitary authorities	Blackburn with Darwen Blackpool
Boroughs or districts	Burnley Chorley Fylde Hyndburn Lancaster Pendle Preston Ribble Valley Rossendale South Ribble West Lancashire Wyre
Major settlements (cities in italics)	Accrington Adlington Bacup Bamber Bridge Barnoldswick Bispham Blackburn Blackpool Brierfield Burnley Burscough Carnforth Chorley Clayton-le-Moors Clayton-le-Woods Cleveleys Clitheroe Colne Coppull Darwen Earby Eccleston Euxton Fleetwood Fulwood Garstang Great Harwood Haslingden Heysham Kirkham Lancaster Leyland Longridge Lostock Hall Lytham St Annes Morecambe Nelson Ormskirk Oswaldtwistle Padiham Penwortham Poulton-le-Fylde Preesall Preston Rawtenstall Rishton Skelmersdale Thornton Waterfoot Wesham Whitworth See also: List of civil parishes in Lancashire
Rivers	Calder Darwen Douglas Hodder Hyndburn Irwell Lune Ribble tributaries crossings Wyre
Canals	Lancaster Leeds and Liverpool
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England

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Wales

current	Clwyd Dyfed Gwent Gwynedd Mid Glamorgan Powys South Glamorgan West Glamorgan
former	Anglesey Brecknockshire Caernarvonshire Cardiganshire Carmarthenshire Denbighshire Flintshire Glamorgan Haverfordwest Merionethshire Monmouthshire Montgomeryshire Pembrokeshire Radnorshire Wales

Scotland

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Ireland

current	Antrim Armagh Belfast Down Fermanagh City of Londonderry County of Londonderry Tyrone
former	Carlow Cavan Clare Cork and City of Cork Donegal Drogheda Dublin and City of Dublin Galway Town of Galway Kerry Kildare Kilkenny City of Kilkenny King's County Leitrim Limerick and City of Limerick Longford Louth Mayo Meath Monaghan Queen's County Roscommon Sligo Tipperary Waterford and City of Waterford Westmeath Wexford Wicklow

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