Lord Lieutenant of Bedfordshire

• William Parr, 1st Marquess of Northampton 1549–1551
• Oliver St John, 1st Baron St John of Bletso 1560–1569
• Henry Grey, 6th Earl of Kent 12 September 1586– 31 January 1615
• Charles Grey, 7th Earl of Kent 25 February 1615– 26 September 1623 jointly with
• Henry Grey, 8th Earl of Kent 27 July 1621 – 31 October 1627 jointly with
• Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Cleveland 9 May 1625 – 25 March 1667 jointly with
• Henry Grey, 8th Earl of Kent 29 January 1629 – 29 November 1639
• Oliver St John, 1st Earl of Bolingbroke 1639–1646
• Robert Bruce, Lord Bruce of Whorlton 1646
• Henry Grey, 10th Earl of Kent 1646
• Interregnum
• Robert Bruce, 1st Earl of Ailesbury 26 July 1660 – 20 October 1685
• Thomas Bruce, 2nd Earl of Ailesbury 26 November 1685 – 10 May 1689
• William Russell, 1st Duke of Bedford 10 May 1689 – 7 September 1700
• Lord Edward Russell 22 November 1700 – 27 November 1701
• Wriothesley Russell, 2nd Duke of Bedford 27 November 1701 – 26 May 1711
• Henry Grey, 1st Duke of Kent 14 September 1711 – 5 June 1740
• vacant
• John Russell, 4th Duke of Bedford 21 May 1745 – 5 January 1771
• John FitzPatrick, 2nd Earl of Upper Ossory 6 February 1771 – 13 February 1818
• Thomas de Grey, 2nd Earl de Grey 17 March 1818 – 14 November 1859
• Francis Russell, 7th Duke of Bedford 7 December 1859 – 14 May 1861
• Francis Cowper, 7th Earl Cowper 7 June 1861 – 18 July 1905
• Beauchamp Mowbray St John, 17th Baron St John of Bletso 30 October 1905 – 10 May 1912
• Samuel Howard Whitbread 16 July 1912 – 8 January 1936
• George Lawson Johnston, 1st Baron Luke 8 January 1936 – 23 February 1943
• Sir Dealtry Charles Part 15 May 1943 – 7 June 1957
• Simon Whitbread 7 June 1957 – 26 April 1978
• Hanmer Cecil Hanbury 26 April 1978 – 5 January 1991
• Sir Samuel Whitbread KCVO 28 February 1991 – 22 February 2012
• Helen Nellis 22 February 2012 – present