This is a list of people who have served as Lord Lieutenant of Hampshire Custos Rotulorum of Hampshire . From 1889 until 1959, the administrative county was named the County of Southampton .
William Paulet, 1st Marquess of Winchester 1551–?William Paulet, 3rd Marquess of Winchester bef. 1585 – 24 November 1598 jointly with Henry Radclyffe, 4th Earl of Sussex 3 July 1585 – 14 December 1593Charles Blount, 1st Earl of Devonshire 4 August 1595 – 3 April 1606 jointly with George Carey, 2nd Baron Hunsdon 29 October 1597 – 8 September 1603 and Henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton 10 April 1604 – 10 November 1624Edward Conway, 1st Viscount Conway 9 May 1625 – 3 January 1631Richard Weston, 1st Earl of Portland 8 February 1631 – 13 March 1635James Stewart, 1st Duke of Richmond 29 May 1635 – 1642 jointly with Jerome Weston, 2nd Earl of Portland 29 May 1635 – 1642 and Thomas Wriothesley, 4th Earl of Southampton 3 June 1641 – 1642Interregnum Thomas Wriothesley, 4th Earl of Southampton 24 September 1660 – 16 May 1667Charles Paulet, Lord St John 20 December 1667 – 1675Edward Noel, 1st Earl of Gainsborough 20 March 1676 – 24 December 1687 jointly with Wriothesley Noel, Viscount Campden 9 April 1684 – 24 December 1687James FitzJames, 1st Duke of Berwick 24 December 1687 – 4 April 1689Charles Paulet, 1st Duke of Bolton 4 April 1689 – 27 February 1699Charles Paulet, 2nd Duke of Bolton 11 June 1699 – 15 September 1710Henry Somerset, 2nd Duke of Beaufort 15 September 1710 – 24 May 1714Charles Paulet, 2nd Duke of Bolton 5 August 1714 – 21 January 1722Charles Paulet, 3rd Duke of Bolton 8 February 1722 – 3 September 1733John Wallop, 1st Earl of Portsmouth 3 September 1733 – 19 July 1742Charles Powlett, 3rd Duke of Bolton 19 July 1742 – 26 August 1754Harry Powlett, 4th Duke of Bolton 13 November 1754 – 25 October 1758Charles Powlett, 5th Duke of Bolton 25 October 1758 – 15 June 1763James Brydges, Marquess of Carnarvon 15 June 1763 – 20 August 1764Robert Henley, 1st Earl of Northington 20 August 1764 – 6 February 1771James Brydges, 3rd Duke of Chandos 6 February 1771 – 10 May 1780George Pitt, 1st Baron Rivers 10 May 1780 – 15 April 1782Harry Powlett, 6th Duke of Bolton 15 April 1782 – 5 April 1793In commission: 1793–1798
Charles Paulet, Earl of Wiltshire 3 March 1798 – 1 March 1800Thomas Orde-Powlett, 1st Baron Bolton 1 March 1800 – 30 July 1807James Harris, 1st Earl of Malmesbury 22 August 1807 – 21 November 1820Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington 27 December 1820 – 1 September 1852John Paulet, 14th Marquess of Winchester 27 October 1852 – 4 July 1887Henry Herbert, 4th Earl of Carnarvon 6 August 1887 – 29 June 1890Thomas Baring, 1st Earl of Northbrook 7 November 1890 – 15 November 1904Henry Paulet, 16th Marquess of Winchester 21 December 1904 – 24 January 1918John Edward Bernard Seely, 1st Baron Mottistone 24 January 1918 – 7 November 1947Wyndham Portal, 1st Viscount Portal 12 December 1947 – 6 May 1949Gerald Wellesley, 7th Duke of Wellington 9 September 1949 – 19 September 1960Alexander Francis St Vincent Baring, 6th Baron Ashburton 19 September 1960 – 1973William James Harris, 6th Earl of Malmesbury 16 April 1973 – 1982Lt. Col. Sir James Walter Scott, 2nd Baronet 17 December 1982 – 2 November 1993[1]
Dame Mary Fagan 28 March 1994 – 11 September 2014[2] Nigel Atkinson 11 September 2014 – Present [3]
Deputy Lieutenants
A deputy lieutenant of Hampshire is commissioned by the Lord Lieutenant of Hampshire. 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.
19th Century
20th century