This is a list of people who have served as Lord Lieutenant of Hampshire. Since 1688, all the Lords Lieutenant have also been Custos Rotulorum of Hampshire. From 1889 until 1959, the administrative county was named the County of Southampton. William Paulet, 1st Marquess of Winchester 1551–? William Paulet, 3rd Marquess of Winchester bef. 1585 – 24 November 1598 jointly with Henry Radclyffe, 4th Earl of Sussex 3 July 1585 – 14 December 1593 Charles Blount, 1st Earl of Devonshire 4 August 1595 – 3 April 1606 jointly with George Carey, 2nd Baron Hunsdon 29 October 1597 – 8 September 1603 and Henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton 10 April 1604 – 10 November 1624 Edward Conway, 1st Viscount Conway 9 May 1625 – 3 January 1631 Richard Weston, 1st Earl of Portland 8 February 1631 – 13 March 1635 James Stewart, 1st Duke of Richmond 29 May 1635 – 1642 jointly with Jerome Weston, 2nd Earl of Portland 29 May 1635 – 1642 and Thomas Wriothesley, 4th Earl of Southampton 3 June 1641 – 1642 Interregnum Thomas Wriothesley, 4th Earl of Southampton 24 September 1660 – 16 May 1667 Charles Paulet, Lord St John 20 December 1667 – 1675 Edward Noel, 1st Earl of Gainsborough 20 March 1676 – 24 December 1687 jointly with Wriothesley Noel, Viscount Campden 9 April 1684 – 24 December 1687 James FitzJames, 1st Duke of Berwick 24 December 1687 – 4 April 1689 Charles Paulet, 1st Duke of Bolton 4 April 1689 – 27 February 1699 Charles Paulet, 2nd Duke of Bolton 11 June 1699 – 15 September 1710 Henry Somerset, 2nd Duke of Beaufort 15 September 1710 – 24 May 1714 Charles Paulet, 2nd Duke of Bolton 5 August 1714 – 21 January 1722 Charles Paulet, 3rd Duke of Bolton 8 February 1722 – 3 September 1733 John Wallop, 1st Earl of Portsmouth 3 September 1733 – 19 July 1742 Charles Powlett, 3rd Duke of Bolton 19 July 1742 – 26 August 1754 Harry Powlett, 4th Duke of Bolton 13 November 1754 – 25 October 1758 Charles Powlett, 5th Duke of Bolton 25 October 1758 – 15 June 1763 James Brydges, Marquess of Carnarvon 15 June 1763 – 20 August 1764 Robert Henley, 1st Earl of Northington 20 August 1764 – 6 February 1771 James Brydges, 3rd Duke of Chandos 6 February 1771 – 10 May 1780 George Pitt, 1st Baron Rivers 10