Lord Lieutenant of Wales


The Lord Lieutenant of Wales was an office associated with the Lord President of the Council of Wales and the Marches until the abolition of that body in 1689. The Lord Presidents of Wales were also Lord Lieutenants of Wales, except for the years 1602–1629, when the county of Glamorgan formed a separate lieutenancy. Before the English Civil War, the Lord Presidents were also Lord Lieutenant of Herefordshire, Monmouthshire, Shropshire and Worcestershire, except as mentioned above; however, this practice did not continue after the English Restoration in 1660.
The last Lord President, Charles Gerard, 1st Earl of Macclesfield, retained the Lord-Lieutenancy of all Wales until his death in 1694, when the counties of North Wales were placed under William Stanley, 9th Earl of Derby and South Wales under Thomas Herbert, 8th Earl of Pembroke.

Lord Lieutenants of Wales

YearsLord Lieutenant
24 February 1587 – 19 January 1601Henry Herbert, 2nd Earl of Pembroke
20 July 1602 – 12 September 1607Edward la Zouche, 11th Baron Zouche
12 September 1607 – 7 March 1617Ralph Eure, 3rd Baron Eure
7 March 1617 – 24 November 1617Thomas Gerard, 1st Baron Gerard
24 November 1617 – 24 June 1630William Compton, 1st Earl of Northampton
11 July 1631 – 1642John Egerton, 1st Earl of Bridgewater
Interregnum-
22 December 1660 – 20 July 1672Richard Vaughan, 2nd Earl of Carbery
20 July 1672 – 22 March 1689Henry Somerset, 1st Duke of Beaufort
22 March 1689 – 7 January 1694Charles Gerard, 1st Earl of Macclesfield
separated into North Wales and South Wales-