Lord Lieutenant of Cumberland
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This is an incomplete list of people who served as Lord Lieutenant of Cumberland.
- Henry Hastings, 3rd Earl of Huntingdon 1586–1595
- vacant?
- George Clifford, 3rd Earl of Cumberland 1603–1605
- vacant?
- Francis Clifford, 4th Earl of Cumberland 1607–1639 jointly with
- George Home, 1st Earl of Dunbar 1607–1611 and
- Theophilus Howard, 2nd Earl of Suffolk 1607–1639 and
- Henry Clifford, 1st Baron Clifford 1607–1639 and
- Thomas Howard, 21st Earl of Arundel 1632–1642 and
- Henry Howard, Lord Maltravers 1632–1642
- Interregnum
- Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Carlisle 1660–1685?
- Thomas Tufton, 6th Earl of Thanet 1685–1687
- Richard Graham, 1st Viscount Preston 1687–1689
- Edward Howard, 2nd Earl of Carlisle 1689–1692
- John Lowther, 1st Viscount Lonsdale 1692–1694
- Charles Howard, 3rd Earl of Carlisle 1694–1738
- Henry Lowther, 3rd Viscount Lonsdale 1740–1751?
- Charles Wyndham, 2nd Earl of Egremont 1751–1759
- James Lowther, 1st Earl of Lonsdale 1759–1802
- William Lowther, 1st Earl of Lonsdale 1802–1844
- William Lowther, 2nd Earl of Lonsdale 1844–1868
- Henry Lowther, 3rd Earl of Lonsdale 1868–1876
- Josslyn Francis Pennington, 5th Baron Muncaster 1876–1917
- Hugh Cecil Lowther, 5th Earl of Lonsdale 1917–1944
- Frescheville Hubert Ballantine-Dykes 1944–1949
- Sir Robert Christopher Chance 1949–1958
- Sir Frederick Fergus Graham, 5th Baronet 1958–1968
- John Charles Wade 1968–1974
The county became part of Cumbria in 1974. See Lord Lieutenant of Cumbria.
[edit] References
- J.C. Sainty (1970). "Lieutenancies of Counties, 1585–1642". Bulletin of the Institute of Historical Research (Special Supplement No. 8).
