Lord Lieutenant of Oxfordshire

This is a list of people who have served as Lord Lieutenant of Oxfordshire. Since 1689, all Lords Lieutenant have also been Custos Rotulorum of Oxfordshire.

• Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk 1545
• vacant?
• Sir Francis Knollys in 1565
• Henry Norris, 1st Baron Norreys 17 September 1586 – 27 June 1601 jointly with
• Sir Francis Knollys 12 September 1586 – 19 July 1596 and
• William Knollys, 1st Earl of Banbury 4 November 1596 – 25 May 1632 jointly with
• Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Berkshire 26 March 1628 – 1642
• William Fiennes, 1st Viscount Saye and Sele 1642 (Parliamentary)
• Interregnum
• Henry Cary, 4th Viscount Falkland 17 July 1660 – 2 April 1663
• Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon 19 June 1663 – 11 March 1668
• James Fiennes, 2nd Viscount Saye and Sele 11 March 1668 – 15 March 1674
• James Bertie, 1st Earl of Abingdon 1 April 1674 – 21 November 1687
• Edward Lee, 1st Earl of Lichfield 5 December 1687 – 3 May 1689
• James Bertie, 1st Earl of Abingdon 3 May 1689 – 15 May 1697
• Thomas Wharton, 1st Marquess of Wharton 15 May 1697 – 11 June 1702
• Montagu Venables-Bertie, 2nd Earl of Abingdon 11 June 1702 – 8 February 1706
• John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough 8 February 1706 – 17 May 1712
• Montagu Venables-Bertie, 2nd Earl of Abingdon 17 May 1712 – 14 October 1715
• Francis Godolphin, 2nd Earl of Godolphin 14 October 1715 – 26 January 1739
• Charles Spencer, 3rd Duke of Marlborough 26 January 1739 – 20 October 1758
• vacant
• George Spencer, 4th Duke of Marlborough 21 March 1760 – 29 January 1817
• George Parker, 4th Earl of Macclesfield 10 May 1817 – 20 March 1842
• George Spencer-Churchill, 6th Duke of Marlborough 22 April 1842 – 1 July 1857
• John Spencer-Churchill, 7th Duke of Marlborough 25 August 1857 – 4 July 1883
• Sir Henry Dashwood, 5th Baronet 17 August 1883 – 23 June 1887
• Victor Child Villiers, 7th Earl of Jersey 23 June 1887 – 31 May 1915
• Charles Spencer-Churchill, 9th Duke of Marlborough 3 August 1915 – 30 June 1934
• Vivian Smith, 1st Baron Bicester 15 August 1934 – 26 November 1954
• George Parker, 7th Earl of Macclesfield 26 November 1954 – 28 May 1963
• Sir John Thomson 28 May 1963 – 2 January 1980
• Sir Ashley Charles Gibbs Ponsonby, 2nd Baronet 2 January 1980 – 20 March 1996^[1]
• Sir Hugo Laurence Joseph Brunner 20 March 1996 – 31 August 2008 ^[2]
• Timothy Stevenson 1 September 2008 - ^[3]

References

• J.C. Sainty (1970). "Lieutenancies of Counties, 1585–1642". Bulletin of the Institute of Historical Research (Special Supplement No. 8).
• J.C. Sainty (1979). List of Lieutenants of Counties of England and Wales 1660-1974. London: Swift Printers (Sales) Ltd.
• Oxfordshire History

1. The London Gazette: no. 48057. p. 165. 4 January 1980.
2. The London Gazette: no. 54356. p. 4489. 27 March 1996.
3. WhatDoTheyKnow.com: List of Deputy Lord Lieutenants of Oxfordshire

External links

• Lord Lieutenant of Oxfordshire