This is a list of people who have served as Lord Lieutenant of Leicestershire. Since 1703, all Lord Lieutenants have also been Custos Rotulorum of Leicestershire. Lord Lieutenants Henry Grey, 3rd Marquess of Dorset 1549–1551 Francis Hastings, 2nd Earl of Huntingdon 1551–1552 Henry Grey, 1st Duke of Suffolk 1552–1554 Francis Hastings, 2nd Earl of Huntingdon 1554 – 20 June 1561 jointly with Henry Hastings, 3rd Earl of Huntingdon 1559 – 14 December 1595 George Hastings, 4th Earl of Huntingdon 2 October 1596 – 30 December 1604 vacant Henry Hastings, 5th Earl of Huntingdon 16 May 1607 – 1642 jointly with Ferdinando Hastings, 6th Earl of Huntingdon 27 December 1638 – 1642 Henry Grey, 1st Earl of Stamford 1642–? (Parliamentary) Interregnum Henry Hastings, 1st Baron Loughborough 14 January 1661 – 10 January 1667 John Manners, 8th Earl of Rutland 14 February 1667 – 7 July 1677 John Manners, 9th Earl of Rutland 7 July 1677 – 11 August 1687 Theophilus Hastings, 7th Earl of Huntingdon 11 August 1687 – 6 April 1689 John Manners, 9th Earl of Rutland 6 April 1689 – 24 March 1703 Basil Feilding, 4th Earl of Denbigh 24 March 1703 – 1 July 1706 John Manners, 1st Duke of Rutland 1 July 1706 – 10 January 1711 Basil Feilding, 4th Earl of Denbigh 8 September 1711 – 3 December 1714 John Manners, 2nd Duke of Rutland 3 December 1714 – 22 February 1721 John Manners, 3rd Duke of Rutland 26 April 1721 – 29 May 1779 Charles Manners, 4th Duke of Rutland 16 July 1779 – 24 October 1787 Henry Somerset, 5th Duke of Beaufort 14 December 1787 – 21 October 1799 John Manners, 5th Duke of Rutland 21 October 1799 – 20 January 1857 Charles Manners, 6th Duke of Rutland 13 February 1857 – 3 March 1888 Richard William Penn Curzon-Howe, 3rd Earl Howe 19 June 1888 – 25 September 1900 Henry Manners, 8th Duke of Rutland 7 November 1900 – 8 May 1925 Arthur Grey Hazlerigg, 1st Baron Hazlerigg 27 July 1925 – 25 May 1949 Robert Godfrey Wolseley Bewicke-Copley, 5th Baron Cromwell 2 August 1949 – 21 October 1966 Col. Sir Robert Andrew St George Martin, KCVO 5 April 1966 – 24 April 1989 Sir Timothy Gerald Martin Brooks, KCVO 24 April 1989 – 24 February 2003 Jennifer, Lady Gretton JP 24 February 2003 – 14 June 2018 Mike Kapur 14 June 2018 –