Lord Lieutenant of Kent
This is a list of people who have served as Lord-Lieutenant of Kent. Since 1746, all Lords Lieutenant have also been Custos Rotulorum of Kent. Lords Lieutenant of Kent Sir Thomas Cheney 1551–? William Brooke, 10th Baron Cobham 3 July 1585 – 6 March 1597 Henry Brooke, 11th Baron Cobham 29 October 1597 – 24 March 1603 Edward Wotton, 1st Baron Wotton 28 January 1604 – 31 May 1620 George Villiers, 1st Marquess of Buckingham 31 May 1620 – 8 June 1620 Ludovic Stuart, 2nd Duke of Lennox 8 June 1620 – 16 February 1624 Philip Herbert, 4th Earl of Pembroke 20 March 1624 – 1642 Interregnum Heneage Finch, 3rd Earl of Winchilsea 10 July 1660 – 16 January 1688 jointly with Thomas Wriothesley, 4th Earl of Southampton 16 July 1662 – 16 May 1667 and Charles Stewart, 3rd Duke of Richmond 13 May 1668 – 12 December 1672 Christopher Roper, 5th Baron Teynham 16 January 1688 – 25 October 1688 Louis de Duras, 2nd Earl of Feversham 25 October 1688 – 17 May 1689 Heneage Finch, 3rd Earl of Winchilsea 17 May 1689 – 3 October 1689 Henry Sydney, 1st Earl of Romney 3 October 1689 – 8 April