This is a list of people who have served as Lord Lieutenant of the English county of Wiltshire. From 1750, all Lord Lieutenants have also been Custos Rotulorum of Wiltshire.
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Lord Lieutenants of Wiltshire
William Herbert, 1st Earl of Pembroke 1551 – 17 March 1570
Henry Herbert, 2nd Earl of Pembroke 1570 – 15 January 1601
Edward Seymour, 1st Earl of Hertford 24 April 1601 – 6 April 1621
William Herbert, 3rd Earl of Pembroke 14 April 1621 – 10 April 1630
Philip Herbert, 4th Earl of Pembroke 12 August 1630 – 1642
Interregnum
William Seymour, 1st Marquess of Hertford 10 July 1660 – 24 October 1660
Thomas Wriothesley, 4th Earl of Southampton 21 February 1661 – 16 May 1667
Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon 18 June 1667 – 2 April 1668
Arthur Capell, 1st Earl of Essex 2 April 1668 – 22 August 1672
John Seymour, 4th Duke of Somerset 22 August 1672 – 29 April 1675
Philip Herbert, 7th Earl of Pembroke 20 May 1675 – 29 August 1683
Thomas Herbert, 8th Earl of Pembroke 11 October 1683 – 22 January 1733 jointly with
William Paston, 2nd Earl of Yarmouth 22 March 1688 – 16 May 1689
Henry Herbert, 9th Earl of Pembroke 24 August 1733 – 9 January 1750
Robert Sawyer Herbert 20 March 1750 – 3 April 1756
Henry Herbert, 10th Earl of Pembroke 3 April 1756 – 22 March 1780
Thomas Brudenell-Bruce, 1st Earl of Ailesbury 22 March 1780 – 8 April 1782
Henry Herbert, 10th Earl of Pembroke 8 April 1782 – 26 January 1794
George Herbert, 11th Earl of Pembroke 21 March 1794 – 26 October 1827
Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 3rd Marquess of Lansdowne 23 November 1827 – 31 January 1863
George Brudenell-Bruce, 2nd Marquess of Ailesbury 25 March 1863 – 6 January 1878
Jacob Pleydell-Bouverie, 4th Earl of Radnor 18 March 1878 – 11 March 1889
John Thynne, 4th Marquess of Bath 1 April 1889 – 20 April 1896
Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 5th Marquess of Lansdowne 1 June 1896 – 3 March 1920
Walter Long, 1st Viscount Long 3 March 1920 – 26 September 1924
Jacob Pleydell-Bouverie, 6th Earl of Radnor 22 December 1924 – 26 June 1930
Sir Ernest Wills, 3rd Baronet 7 October 1930 – 4 May 1942
Evelyn Seymour, 17th Duke of Somerset 4 May 1942 – 26 April 1954
Sidney Herbert, 16th Earl of Pembroke 7 September 1954 – 16 March 1969
John Morrison, 1st Baron Margadale 26 August 1969 – 17 December 1981
Sir Hugh Trefusis Brassey 17 December 1981 – 15 December 1989
Field Marshal Sir Roland Gibbs 15 December 1989 – 5 July 1996
Lt-General Sir Maurice Johnston 5 July 1996 – 10 November 2004
John Barnard Bush 10 November 2004 – February 2012
Dame Sarah Troughton February 2012 – present
Vice Lord Lieutenants of Wiltshire
George Sidney Herbert, 1915–1942
Colonel Hugh Trefusis Brassey, 1969–1981
Field Marshal Sir Roland Gibbs, 1982–1990
Major-General John Myles (Robin) Brockbank, 1990–1996
John Richard Arundell, 10th Baron Talbot of Malahide, 2004–2006
Lieutenant Colonel James Rixon Arkell, 2006–2012
Charles Petty-FitzMaurice, 9th Marquess of Lansdowne, 2012–2016
Lieutenant-General Sir Roderick Alexander Cordy-Simpson, 2016–2019
William Francis Wyldbore-Smith, 2019–2023
Lieutenant General Sir Andrew Gregory, 2023 to present