This is a list of people who have served as Lord Lieutenant of Cornwall Custos Rotulorum of Cornwall .
Lord Lieutenants
John Russell, 1st Earl of Bedford 1552–1554John Bourchier, 2nd Earl of Bath 1556–?Francis Russell, 2nd Earl of Bedford 1584 – 28 July 1585jointly held: 8 August 1586 – 7 December 1587
Sir Walter Raleigh 7 December 1587 – 24 March 1603William Herbert, 3rd Earl of Pembroke 21 May 1604 – 10 April 1630Philip Herbert, 4th Earl of Pembroke 17 August 1630 – 1642John Robartes, 1st Earl of Radnor 1642 (Parliamentarian)Interregnum John Granville, 1st Earl of Bath 1 October 1660 – April 1696 jointly with
Charles Robartes, 2nd Earl of Radnor 24 April 1696 – 1702John Granville, 1st Baron Granville 18 June 1702 – 1705Sidney Godolphin, 1st Earl of Godolphin 16 April 1705 – 1710Laurence Hyde, 1st Earl of Rochester 15 April 1710 – 2 May 1711Henry Hyde, 2nd Earl of Rochester 25 October 1711 – September 1714Charles Robartes, 2nd Earl of Radnor 13 November 1714 – 3 August 1723vacant Richard Edgcumbe, 1st Baron Edgcumbe 29 July 1742 – 22 November 1758Richard Edgcumbe, 2nd Baron Edgcumbe 5 March 1759 – 10 May 1761George Edgcumbe, 1st Earl of Mount Edgcumbe 22 June 1761 – 4 February 1795Richard Edgcumbe, 2nd Earl of Mount Edgcumbe 17 April 1795 – 26 September 1839Sir William Salusbury-Trelawny, 8th Baronet 30 December 1839 – 15 November 1856Charles Vivian, 2nd Baron Vivian 17 December 1856 – 1877William Edgcumbe, 4th Earl of Mount Edgcumbe 6 November 1877 – 25 September 1917John Charles Williams 24 January 1918 – 1936Sir Edward Hoblyn Warren Bolitho 17 February 1936 – 1962Sir John Gawen Carew Pole, 12th Baronet 29 August 1962 – 1977George Boscawen, 9th Viscount Falmouth 1977–1994Lady Mary Holborow 10 November 1994 – 19 September 2011[ 1] Colonel Sir Edward Bolitho 19 September 2011 – present[ 2]
Deputy lieutenants
A deputy lieutenant of Cornwall is commissioned by the Lord Lieutenant of Cornwall. 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.
18th-century
11 December 1792: John Thomas[ 3]
11 December 1792: John Lemon [ 3]
11 December 1792: David Howell[ 3]
11 December 1792: George Bickford[ 3]
11 December 1792: Walter Raleigh Gilbert[ 3]
11 December 1792: Edward Archer[ 3]
11 December 1792: John Penhallow Peters[ 3]
11 December 1792: William Clode[ 3]
15 February 1793: John Trevenen[ 3]
15 February 1793: Thomas Bennett[ 3]
15 February 1793: Arthur Kempe[ 3]
19th-century
29 March 1848: Edward Archer[ 4]
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