•
Henry Stafford, 1st Baron Stafford 1559 •
George Talbot, 6th Earl of Shrewsbury 3 July 1585 – 18 November 1590 •
vacant •
Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex 29 February 1612 – 17 July 1627 •
Robert Carey, 1st Earl of Monmouth 17 July 1627 – 3 February 1629 •
Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex 3 February 1629 – 1642 •
Interregnum •
Robert Greville, 4th Baron Brooke 13 August 1660 – 17 February 1677 •
James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth 24 March 1677 – 12 December 1679 •
Robert Spencer, 2nd Earl of Sunderland 12 December 1679 – 2 September 1681 •
Charles Talbot, 12th Earl of Shrewsbury 2 September 1681 – 2 September 1687 •
Robert Shirley, 1st Earl Ferrers 2 September 1687 – 19 November 1687 •
Walter Aston, 3rd Lord Aston of Forfar 19 November 1687 – 21 March 1689 •
William Paget, 6th Baron Paget 21 March 1689 – 26 February 1713 •
Henry Paget, 1st Earl of Uxbridge March 1713 – 28 October 1715 •
Henry Newport, 3rd Earl of Bradford 28 October 1715 – 27 April 1725 •
Washington Shirley, 2nd Earl Ferrers 27 April 1725 – 14 April 1729 •
vacant •
Henry Shirley, 3rd Earl Ferrers May 1731 – 16 July 1742 •
John Leveson-Gower, 1st Earl Gower 23 July 1742 – 25 December 1754 •
Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Marquess of Stafford 22 January 1755 – 21 October 1799 •
George Leveson-Gower, Earl Gower 21 October 1799 – 6 June 1801 •
Henry Bayly Paget, 1st Earl of Uxbridge 6 June 1801 – 13 March 1812 •
Charles Chetwynd-Talbot, 2nd Earl Talbot 13 April 1812 – 13 January 1849 •
Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey 3 February 1849 – 29 April 1854 •
Edward Littleton, 1st Baron Hatherton 18 May 1854 – 4 May 1863 •
Thomas Anson, 2nd Earl of Lichfield 19 June 1863 – 14 July 1871 •
Arthur Wrottesley, 3rd Baron Wrottesley 14 July 1871 – 18 March 1887 •
William Legge, 5th Earl of Dartmouth 18 March 1887 – 4 August 1891 •
William Legge, 6th Earl of Dartmouth 19 October 1891 – 6 May 1927 •
John Ryder, 5th Earl of Harrowby 6 May 1927 – 18 January 1948 •
Harold Wallace-Copeland 18 January 1948 – 16 August 1968 •
Sir Arthur Bryan 16 August 1968 – 6 September 1993 •
Sir James Appleton Hawley 6 September 1993 – 29 March 2012 •
Ian Dudson 29 March 2012 – 15 July 2025 • Elizabeth Barnes 15 July 2025 – present ==Deputy lieutenants==