The London Lieutenancy was established in 1889 with the creation of the County of London by the Local Government Act 1888. The Act also led to the ending of the Tower Hamlets Lieutenancy. The Greater London Lieutenancy replaced the London Lieutenancy in 1965 as a result of changes to Local Government in England and the London Government Act 1963. This Act abolished the counties of London and Middlesex, also ending the Middlesex Lieutenancy, and created London’s thirty two Borough Councils.
The City of London was unaffected by the changes since 1889 and continues to have has its own Commission of Lieutenancy instead of a single Lord-Lieutenant. The head of the Commission is the Lord Mayor of the City of London.
London 1889 – 1965 and Greater London 1965 – Present
1889 – 99 1st Duke of Westminster
1900 – 12 1st Duke of Fife
1912 – 44 Marquess of Crewe
1944 – 49 7th Duke of Wellington
1949 – 50 Field Marshal Earl Wavell
1950 – 56 Field Marshal 1st Viscount Alanbrooke
1957 – 66 Field Marshal 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis
1966 – 73 Field Marshal Sir Gerald Templer
1973 – 78 Marshal of the Royal Air Force The Lord Elworthy
1978 – 85 The Baroness Phillips
1986 – 98 Field Marshal The Lord Bramall
1998 – 08 The Lord Imbert
2008 – 15 Sir David Brewer
2015 – Mr Kenneth Olisa
