This is a list of people who served as Lord Lieutenant of Cardiganshire. After 1780, all Lord Lieutenants were also Custos Rotulorum of Cardiganshire. The office was abolished on 31 March 1974, and replaced by the Lord Lieutenant of Dyfed.
Lord Lieutenants of Cardiganshire to 1974
see Lord Lieutenant of Wales before 1694
Thomas Herbert, 8th Earl of Pembroke 11 May 1694 – 2 October 1715
John Vaughan, 1st Viscount Lisburne 2 October 1715 – 1721
John Vaughan, 2nd Viscount Lisburne 26 July 1721 – 1741
vacant
Wilmot Vaughan, 3rd Viscount Lisburne 10 May 1744 – 27 July 1762
Wilmot Vaughan, 1st Earl of Lisburne 27 July 1762 – 1800
Thomas Johnes 4 July 1800 – 25 April 1816
William Edward Powell 22 November 1817 – 10 April 1854
Thomas Lloyd 16 September 1854 – 12 July 1857
Edward Pryse 14 September 1857 – 29 May 1888
Herbert Davies-Evans 16 July 1888 – 28 December 1923
Ernest Vaughan, 7th Earl of Lisburne 28 December 1923 – 9 May 1956
John Hext Lewes, 9 May 1956 – 31 March 1974
References
The Lord-Lieutenants Order 1973 (1973/1754)
1974 disestablishments in Wales
History of Ceredigion
Cardiganshire
