This is a list of people who have served as lord lieutenant for Staffordshire. Since 1828, all lord lieutenants have also been custos rotulorum of Staffordshire. Lord Lieutenants of Staffordshire 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