Lord President of Wales

Lord President of Wales
Arglwydd Lywydd Cymru
Member ofCouncil of Wales and the Marches
Privy Council
SeatLudlow Castle
Final holderCharles Gerard, 1st Earl of Macclesfield
Abolished1689

The Lord President of Wales (Welsh: Arglwydd Lywydd Cymru, also known as the Lord President of the Marches of Wales, was the head of the Council of Wales and the Marches, and the de jure head of the governance and legal administration of Wales.

The Lord President was first based at Shrewsbury before an official court was established at Ludlow Castle where the President, Council of Wales and the court of the Prince of Wales were responsible for governing all of Wales and the Welsh Marches until the Presidency and council were disbanded in 1689 as a result of political centralisation following The Glorious Revolution.

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