List of Deputy Lieutenants of Wiltshire

This is a list of Deputy Lieutenants of Wiltshire.

Caricature of Lord Henry Frederick Thynne by Leslie Ward, 1877

Unlike the appointment of High Sheriff, which is for one year, the term of office of a Deputy Lieutenant normally lasts until they reach the age of 75.

The Wiltshire Lieutenancy has an establishment of up to 36 Deputy Lieutenants. They are chosen to reflect a wide range of interests and backgrounds, and can be appointed at any age but tend to be aged over 60; they are normally expected to serve for at least five years before they must retire on reaching the age of 75. Deputy Lieutenants can be appointed for a set period of time, but this approach has never been adopted in Wiltshire.

New Deputy Lieutenants are nominated by the Lord Lieutenant and follow a formal process to confirm their appointment. The Lord-Lieutenant is not obliged to appoint a new Deputy Lieutenant immediately after a current Deputy Lieutenant retires and thus may hold several vacancies.

Retired Deputy Lieutenants can continue to use the post-nominal letters 'DL' after the date of their retirement.

16th century appointments

• Sir Henry Knyvet of Charlton (died 1598)[1]
• Sir Matthew Arundell of Wardour Castle (1589–1598)[2]

17th century appointments

• Sir Walter Long (c. 1565 – 1610)
• Thomas Penruddocke (c. 1648 – 1695), commissioned 1683[3]
• Sir Gilbert Talbot (c. 1606–1695), in office 1688–1689[4]

18th century appointments

• John Baskerville, of Turleigh, Bradford-on-Avon (died 1800)

19th century appointments

Caricature of Lord Arthur Somerset DL, 1887

• Walter Long (1793–1867)
• Robert Parry Nisbet (1793–1882)
• William Heald Ludlow Bruges (1796–1855)
• Sir Alexander Malet, 2nd Baronet, KCB (1800–1886)
• George Brudenell-Bruce, 2nd Marquess of Ailesbury (1804–1878)
• Lord Henry Frederick Thynne (1832–1904)
• Sir F. S. Astley[5]
• A. Awdry[5]
• Sir John Wither Awdry (1795–1878)[5]
• Lord Bruce (1804–1878)[6]
• E. L. Clutterbuck[7]

20th century appointments

• Lord Henry Arthur George Somerset (1851–1926)
• Walter Hume Long, 1st Viscount Long (1854–1924)
• Brigadier-General John Hartman Morgan (1876–1955)
• George Petty-Fitzmaurice, 8th Marquess of Lansdowne (1912–1997); resigned 19 February 1973[8]

1946 appointments

• Richard Long, 3rd Viscount Long (1892–1967)

1968 appointments

• Mr Alfred Edward Batt, 251 Castle Road, Salisbury[9]
• Wing Commander Sir Henry Algernon Langton DSO DFC, Overtown House, Wroughton (1914–1997)[9]
• Mr Arthur Guy Stratton, Alton Priors, Marlborough[9]
• Arthur Frank Seton Sykes CVO, Stockton, Warminster (1903–1980)[9]
• Group Captain Frank Andrew Willan, Bridges, Teffont, Salisbury (1915–1981)[9]
• Brigadier George Wort CBE, The Old Rectory, Hilcot, Pewsey[9]

1974 appointments

• Nigel James Moffatt Anderson (1920–2008)[10]

1978 appointments

• Sir Maurice Henry Dorman GCMG GCVO, The Old Manor, Overton, Marlborough (1912–1993)
• Dr Timothy Kindersley Maurice, 10 Kingsbury Street, Marlborough
• Lieutenant-Colonel John Godfrey Jeans, Chalke Pyt House, Broadchalke, Salisbury
• Lieutenant (Honorary Captain) Richard Flower Stratton, Kingston Deverill, Warminster
• Rear-Admiral Harry Desmond Nixon, Ashley Cottage, Ashley, Box, Corsham
• Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Hugh Antrobus, Wootton House, Wootton Rivers, Marlborough

1979 appointments

• Daniel Edmund Awdry (1924–2008)

1983 appointments

• Reginald John Richard Arundell
• John Morrison, 1st Baron Margadale (1906–1996)[11]
• Mary Ethel Salisbury (1917–2008)[11]
• Sir Peter Malden Studd (1916–2003)
• Major Anthony Richard Turner

1990 appointments

• Lieutenant-General Sir Robin Macdonald Carnegie KCB OBE, of Chilmark[12]
• Captain Beresford Norman Gibbs, of Oaksey,[12] late Royal Horse Guards[13]
• Lieutenant-General Sir Maurice Robert Johnston KCB OBE, of Worton (born 1929)[12]
• Charles Petty-Fitzmaurice, 9th Marquess of Lansdowne (born 1941)[12]
• Major David Alwyne Carne Rasch, of Middle Woodford[12]

1993 appointments

The 19th Duke of Somerset

• John Seymour, 19th Duke of Somerset, of Bradley House, Maiden Bradley[14]

1996 appointments

• Mr Richard David Stratton OBE, Manor Farm, Kingston Deverill, Warminster[15]
• General Sir John Finlay Willasey Wilsey, GCB CBE ADC, P. O. Box 56, Shaftesbury[15]

1997 appointments

• Lady Margaret Josephine Benson, O.B.E., Pauls Dene House, Salisbury[16]
• Major-General Patrick Guy Brooking, C.B., C.M.G., M.B.E., Downlands House, Stonehenge Road, Amesbury[16]
• Mr David John Randolph, West Foscote Farm, Grittleton, Chippenham MBE.,JP.,[16]
• Mr Eric Walker, 2 Penfold Gardens, Old Town, Swindon [16]

1998 appointments

• Mr John Barnard Bush (born 1937), Fullingbridge Farm, Heywood, Westbury[17]
• Mr Charles Giles Clarke, Holt Manor, Holt[17]
• Mrs Anna Ruth Grange, Thornhill Farm, Malmesbury[17]
• Mr Patrick John Wintour, Weavers House, Bromham, Chippenham[17]

1999 appointments

• Brigadier Arthur Gooch, Manor Farm, Chitterne[18]
• Mrs Christine Cooke, JP, Church Hill House, Donhead St Mary[18]
• Mrs Susan Eliot-Cohen, Hilldrop Farm, Ramsbury[18]
• Lady Hawley, Little Cheverell House, Little Cheverell[18]
• Peter Manser, Chisenbury Priory, East Chisenbury[18]

2000 appointments

• Brigadier Robert John Baddeley, Hazeldon House, Wardour, Tisbury[19]
• Mr Philip John Miles, Middle Farm, Stanley, Chippenham[19]

2002 appointments

• Mr Robert Noyes Lawton CBE, North Farm, Aldbourne, Marlborough[20]
• Mr David Bedingfield Scott, Nursteed House, Devizes[20]

2003 appointments

• Mrs Sara Jones CBE, Orchard, Manor Farm Lane, Great Wishford, Salisbury[21]
• Alastair John Morrison, 3rd Baron Margadale of Islay, The Quadrangle, Tisbury, Salisbury[21]
• Mr William Francis Wyldbore-Smith, Bremhill Manor, Calne[21]

2004 appointments

• Lieutenant-General Sir Roderick Alexander Cordy-Simpson KBE CB, The Coach House, Mill Lane, Bishopstrow, Warminster[22]
• Mr David Kim Hempleman-Adams OBE, Hatt House, Box[22]
• Mr William John Fishlock, 41 Windsor Road, Swindon[22]

2006 appointments

• Mrs Nicky Morrison, Whisper Cottage, Compton Bassett[23]
• The Right Reverend June Osborne, The Deanery, The Close, Salisbury[23]
• Mr Tim Pap OBE, Mallards, Chirton, Devizes[23]
• Mrs Sarah Troughton, Lynch House, Wanborough[23]
• His Honour Judge John McNaught, Swindon Combined Courts, Swindon[23]

2007 appointments

General Sir Mike Jackson

• Lord MacLaurin of Knebworth (born 1937), Rowley Grange, Farleigh Hungerford[24]
• General Sir Michael David Jackson GCB CBE DSO (born 1944), Stocktree Cottage, Great Bedwyn[24]

2009 appointments

• Sir Michael Edward Pitt, Garden Cottage, Foxley, Malmesbury[25]
• The Hon. Peter John Pleydell-Bouverie, Newcourt, Downton, Salisbury[25]
• Mrs Margaret Madeline Wilks, Box Cottage, North Newnton, Pewsey[26]

2011 appointments

• Richard Handover, Marlborough[27]
• Christopher Hoare, Potterne[27]
• Angus Macpherson, Police and Crime Commissioner
• Luke March, Salisbury[27]
• Dame Elizabeth Neville, former Chief Constable of Wiltshire[27]

2013 appointments

• Alan Fletcher, of The Avenue, Stanton Fitzwarren, Swindon[28]
• Robert Hiscox, of Rainscombe Park, Oare, Marlborough[28]

2015 appointments

• Helen Browning OBE[29]
• General Sir John Freegard Deverell KCB[29]

2016 appointments

Phil Harding

• The Hon. Richard John Tennant Arundell[30]
• Mrs Helen Judith Birchenough[30]
• Dr Philip Anthony Harding[30]
• Dr David Peter Hemery CBE[30]

2018 appointments

• District Judge Simon Nicholas Cooper[31]
• Deepak Gupta[31]
• Shirley Kathleen Ludford[31]
• Victoria Jane Nye[31]

2019 appointments

• Mrs Amanda Judith Burnside[32]
• Air Vice-Marshal David Cyril Couzens[32]
• The Marchioness of Lansdowne[32]

References

1. "KNYVET, Henry (c.1537–98), of Charlton, Wilts". History of Parliament Trust. Retrieved 21 March 2019.
2. Matthew Arundell Howard at tudorplace.com.ar, accessed 19 November 2012
3. Wiltshire and Swindon Archives, accession 549/48
4. "TALBOT, Sir Gilbert (c.1606-95), of Whitehall and Lacock Abbey, Wilts". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
5. Bulletins and Other State Intelligence (1853), p. 1197
6. Bulletins and Other State Intelligence (1853), p. 1212
7. Bulletins and Other State Intelligence (1853), p. 1225
8. "No. 45939". The London Gazette. 27 March 1973. p. 3978.
9. Commissions dated 1 February 1968, London Gazette Issue 44520, 6 February 1968, p. 1489 online
10. London Gazette Issue 46372 published 14 October 1974, p. 8949
11. London Gazette Issue 49236 published 17 January 1983, p. 693
12. London Gazette, Issue 52202 of 4 July 1990, page 11412 online
13. Beresford Norman Gibbs at thepeerage.com
14. ‘SOMERSET, 19th Duke of’, in Who's Who 2012 (A. & C. Black, 2012); online edition (subscription required) by Oxford University Press, December 2011, accessed 8 December 2011
15. London Gazette, 22 July 1996, page 9843 (Commissions signed by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of Wiltshire on 12 July 1996)
16. London Gazette, 14 February 1997, page 1925 (Commissions signed by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of Wiltshire on 3 February 1997)
17. London Gazette, 10 July 1998, page 7540 (Commissions signed by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of Wiltshire on 1 July 1998)
18. London Gazette, 19 November 1999, page 12350 (Commissions signed by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of Wiltshire on 9 November 1999)
19. London Gazette, 24 November 2000, page 13274 (Commissions signed by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of Wiltshire on 9 November 2000)
20. London Gazette, Issue 56782 of 13 December 2002, page 15176 online
21. London Gazette, Issue 57113 of 14 November 2003, page 14106 online
22. London Gazette, Issue 57445 of 22 October 2004, page 13359 online
23. London Gazette, Issue 57993 of 26 May 2006, page 7299 online
24. London Gazette, Issue 58465 of 28 September 2007, page 14062 online
25. London Gazette, Issue 58979 of 13 February 2009, page 2575 online
26. London Gazette, Issue 59196 of 25 September 2009, page 16519 online
27. 'New deputies for Wiltshire' in Gazette and Herald dated 2 June 2011 at gazetteandherald.co.uk
28. Deputy Lieutenant Commissions Lieutenancy of Wiltshire at thegazette.co.uk, dated 4 February 2013, accessed 7 August 2016
29. Deputy Lieutenant Commissions Lieutenancy of Wiltshire at thegazette.co.uk, dated 20 February 2015, accessed 7 August 2016
30. Deputy Lieutenant Commissions Lieutenancy of Wiltshire at thegazette.co.uk, dated 23 September 2016, accessed 12 March 2019
31. Deputy Lieutenant Commissions: Lieutenancy of Wiltshire dated 14 March 2018 in The London Gazette accessed 29 December 2018
32. Deputy Lieutenant Commissions: Lieutenancy of Wiltshire dated 23 September 2019 in The London Gazette accessed 27 April 2020

See also

• Lord Lieutenant of Wiltshire