title: Lord Lieutenant of Bedfordshire
text: # Lord Lieutenant of Bedfordshire
  
  This is a list of people who have served as Lord Lieutenant of Bedfordshire. Since 1711, all Lords Lieutenant have also been Custos Rotulorum of Bedfordshire.
  
  * William Parr, 1st Marquess of Northampton 1549–1551
  * Oliver St John, 1st Baron St John of Bletso 1560–1569
  * Henry Grey, 6th Earl of Kent 12 September 1586– 31 January 1615
  * Charles Grey, 7th Earl of Kent 25 February 1615– 26 September 1623 jointly with
  * Henry Grey, 8th Earl of Kent 27 July 1621 – 31 October 1627 jointly with
  * Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Cleveland 9 May 1625 – 25 March 1667 jointly with
  * Henry Grey, 8th Earl of Kent 29 January 1629 – 29 November 1639
  * Oliver St John, 1st Earl of Bolingbroke 1639–1646 (Parliamentary)
  * Robert Bruce, Lord Bruce of Whorlton 1646 (Parliamentary; nominated by House of Lords)
  * Henry Grey, 10th Earl of Kent 1646 (Parliamentary; nominated by House of Commons)
  * Interregnum
  * Robert Bruce, 1st Earl of Ailesbury 26 July 1660 – 20 October 1685
  * Thomas Bruce, 2nd Earl of Ailesbury 26 November 1685 – 10 May 1689
  * William Russell, 1st Duke of Bedford 10 May 1689 – 7 September 1700
  * Lord Edward Russell 22 November 1700 – 27 November 1701
  * Wriothesley Russell, 2nd Duke of Bedford 27 November 1701 – 26 May 1711
  * Henry Grey, 1st Duke of Kent 14 September 1711 – 5 June 1740
  * vacant
  * John Russell, 4th Duke of Bedford 21 May 1745 – 5 January 1771
  * John FitzPatrick, 2nd Earl of Upper Ossory 6 February 1771 – 13 February 1818
  * Thomas de Grey, 2nd Earl de Grey 17 March 1818 – 14 November 1859
  * Francis Russell, 7th Duke of Bedford 7 December 1859 – 14 May 1861
  * Francis Cowper, 7th Earl Cowper 7 June 1861 – 18 July 1905
  * Beauchamp Mowbray St John, 17th Baron St John of Bletso 30 October 1905 – 10 May 1912
  * Samuel Howard Whitbread 16 July 1912 – 8 January 1936
  * George Lawson Johnston, 1st Baron Luke 8 January 1936 – 23 February 1943
  * Sir Dealtry Charles Part 15 May 1943 – 7 June 1957
  * Simon Whitbread 7 June 1957 – 26 April 1978
  * Hanmer Cecil Hanbury 26 April 1978 – 5 January 1991
  * Sir Samuel Whitbread 28 February 1991 – 22 February 2012
  * Helen Nellis 22 February 2012 – 2022
  * Susan Lousada 7 September 2022 - present
  