title: Lord Lieutenant of the West Midlands
text: # Lord Lieutenant of the West Midlands
  
  This is a list of people who have served as Lord-Lieutenant of West Midlands since the creation of that office on 1 April 1974.
  
  * Charles Ian Finch-Knightley, 11th Earl of Aylesford 1 April 1974 – 1993
  * Sir Robert Richard Taylor 16 December 1993 – 2007
  * Paul Sabapathy 2007–2015
  * Sir John Crabtree 3 January 2017 – present
  