Lord Lieutenant of Cambridgeshire
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This is a list of people who have served as Lord Lieutenant
of Cambridgeshire
. The title Lord Lieutenant is given to the British monarch's personal representative in the counties of the United Kingdom
. The Lord Lieutenant is supported by a Vice Lord Lieutenant and Deputy Lieutenant
s which he or she appoints. Since 1715, all Lord Lieutenants have also been Custos Rotulorum of Cambridgeshire
.
of Isle of Ely
, a county palatine
from 1107 to 1535/6, declared a division of Cambridgeshire in 1837 when the secular powers of the Bishop of Ely
ended. For the Soke of Peterborough
to 1965, see Lord Lieutenant of Northamptonshire
and for Huntingdonshire
during this period, Lord Lieutenant of Huntingdonshire
.
on 1 April 1965, when that administrative county
was formed. For Huntingdon and Peterborough
, see the separate Lord Lieutenant of Huntingdon and Peterborough
.
ceded from Cambridgeshire as a unitary authority
, but it continues to form part of that county for ceremonial purposes.
Lord Lieutenant
The title Lord Lieutenant is given to the British monarch's personal representatives in the United Kingdom, usually in a county or similar circumscription, with varying tasks throughout history. Usually a retired local notable, senior military officer, peer or business person is given the post...
of Cambridgeshire
Cambridgeshire
Cambridgeshire is a county in England, bordering Lincolnshire to the north, Norfolk to the northeast, Suffolk to the east, Essex and Hertfordshire to the south, and Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire to the west...
. The title Lord Lieutenant is given to the British monarch's personal representative in the counties of the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
. The Lord Lieutenant is supported by a Vice Lord Lieutenant and Deputy Lieutenant
Deputy Lieutenant
In the United Kingdom, a Deputy Lieutenant is one of several deputies to the Lord Lieutenant of a lieutenancy area; an English ceremonial county, Welsh preserved county, Scottish lieutenancy area, or Northern Irish county borough or county....
s which he or she appoints. Since 1715, all Lord Lieutenants have also been Custos Rotulorum of Cambridgeshire
Custos Rotulorum of Cambridgeshire
This is a list of people who have served as Custos Rotulorum of Cambridgeshire. The office was created in 1368, at which time the Isle of Ely, Huntingdonshire and the Soke of Peterborough did not form part of the county.* Sir John Hynde bef. 1544–1550...
.
Lord Lieutenants of Cambridgeshire to 1965
Incorporating the libertyLiberty (division)
Originating in the Middle Ages, a liberty was traditionally defined as an area in which regalian rights were revoked and where land was held by a mesne lord...
of Isle of Ely
Isle of Ely
The Isle of Ely is a historic region around the city of Ely now in Cambridgeshire, England but previously a county in its own right.-Etymology:...
, a county palatine
County palatine
A county palatine or palatinate is an area ruled by an hereditary nobleman possessing special authority and autonomy from the rest of a kingdom or empire. The name derives from the Latin adjective palatinus, "relating to the palace", from the noun palatium, "palace"...
from 1107 to 1535/6, declared a division of Cambridgeshire in 1837 when the secular powers of the Bishop of Ely
Bishop of Ely
The Bishop of Ely is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Ely in the Province of Canterbury. The diocese roughly covers the county of Cambridgeshire , together with a section of north-west Norfolk and has its see in the City of Ely, Cambridgeshire, where the seat is located at the...
ended. For the Soke of Peterborough
Soke of Peterborough
The Soke of Peterborough is an historic area of England that is traditionally associated with the City and Diocese of Peterborough, but considered part of Northamptonshire...
to 1965, see Lord Lieutenant of Northamptonshire
Lord Lieutenant of Northamptonshire
Below is a list of people who have served as Lord Lieutenant of Northamptonshire. Since 1735, all Lords Lieutenant have also been Custos Rotulorum of Northamptonshire. The lieutenancy included the Soke of Peterborough until 1965, when the Lord Lieutenant of Huntingdonshire became Lord Lieutenant of...
and for Huntingdonshire
Huntingdonshire
Huntingdonshire is a local government district of Cambridgeshire, covering the area around Huntingdon. Traditionally it is a county in its own right...
during this period, Lord Lieutenant of Huntingdonshire
Lord Lieutenant of Huntingdonshire
This is a list of people who served as Lord Lieutenant of Huntingdonshire. Huntingdonshire became part of Huntingdon and Peterborough in 1965; see Lord Lieutenant of Huntingdon and Peterborough...
.
- William Parr, 1st Marquess of NorthamptonWilliam Parr, 1st Marquess of NorthamptonWilliam Parr, 1st Marquess of Northampton, 1st Earl of Essex and 1st Baron Parr, KG was the son of Sir Thomas Parr and his wife, Maud Green, daughter of Sir Thomas Green, of Broughton and Greens Norton...
1547–? - Edward North, 1st Baron NorthEdward North, 1st Baron NorthEdward North, 1st Baron North was an English peer and politician. He was the Lord Lieutenant of Cambridgeshire 1559–1564 and Clerk of the Parliaments...
1559–1564 - Roger North, 2nd Baron NorthRoger North, 2nd Baron NorthRoger North, 2nd Baron North was an English peer and politician at the court of Elizabeth I.He was the son of Edward North, 1st Baron North, for whom the title Baron North had been created. After representing Cambridgeshire in several parliaments , North acceded to his title in 1564...
20 November 1569 – ? - unknown
- Roger North, 2nd Baron NorthRoger North, 2nd Baron NorthRoger North, 2nd Baron North was an English peer and politician at the court of Elizabeth I.He was the son of Edward North, 1st Baron North, for whom the title Baron North had been created. After representing Cambridgeshire in several parliaments , North acceded to his title in 1564...
8 April 1588 – 3 December 1600 - vacant
- Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of SuffolkThomas Howard, 1st Earl of SuffolkAdmiral Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Suffolk, KG, PC was a son of Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk by his second wife Margaret Audley, Duchess of Norfolk, the daughter and heiress of the 1st Baron Audley of Walden....
17 July 1602– 28 May 1626 - Theophilus Howard, 2nd Earl of SuffolkTheophilus Howard, 2nd Earl of SuffolkTheophilus Howard, 2nd Earl of Suffolk, KG was an English nobleman and politician.Born at the family estate of Saffron Walden, he was the son of Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Suffolk, by his second wife Catherine Knyvet of Charlton, and succeeded his father in 1626.Sir Theophilus Howard was named in...
15 June 1626 – 3 June 1640 - William Maynard, 1st Baron MaynardWilliam Maynard, 1st Baron MaynardWilliam Maynard, 1st Baron Maynard was an English politician. He was Lord Lieutenant of Essex 6 August 1635 – 17 December 1640, Lord Lieutenant of Cambridgeshire 17 June 1640 – 17 December 1640 and Custos Rotulorum of Essex in 1640...
17 June 1640 – 17 December 1640 jointly with - Dudley North, 3rd Baron NorthDudley North, 3rd Baron NorthDudley North, 3rd Baron North was an English nobleman.He was the son of Sir John North and of Dorothy, daughter and heiress of Sir Valentine Dale. He succeeded his grandfather, Roger North, 2nd Baron North, at the age of nineteen...
22 October 1640 – 1642 - Interregnum
- James Howard, 3rd Earl of SuffolkJames Howard, 3rd Earl of SuffolkJames Howard, 3rd Earl of Suffolk, Earl Marshal , was grandson of Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Suffolk, and was himself 3rd Earl of Suffolk and 3rd Baron Howard de Walden.-Family:...
25 July 1660 – 9 March 1681 - William Alington, 3rd Baron AlingtonWilliam Alington, 3rd Baron AlingtonMajor General William Alington, 3rd Baron Alington LL was an Irish peer, the son of William Alington, 1st Baron Alington. He succeeded to the title title of 3rd Baron Alington of Killard, co...
9 March 1681 – 1 February 1685 - Edward Montagu, 2nd Earl of SandwichEdward Montagu, 2nd Earl of SandwichEdward Montagu, 2nd Earl of Sandwich was born in Hinchinbrooke, Huntingdonshire, England to Edward Montagu, 1st Earl of Sandwich and Jemima Crew. He was styled Viscount Hinchingbrooke from 1660 until his accession in 1672...
1685 (did not serve; exercised in his absence by:)- Robert Bruce, 1st Earl of AilesburyRobert Bruce, 1st Earl of AilesburyRobert Bruce, 1st Earl of Ailesbury and 2nd Earl of Elgin, PC, FRS was the son of Thomas Bruce, 1st Earl of Elgin....
4 March 1685 – 20 October 1685
- Robert Bruce, 1st Earl of Ailesbury
- vacant
- Henry Jermyn, 1st Baron Dover 26 November 1686 – 10 May 1689
- William Russell, 1st Duke of BedfordWilliam Russell, 1st Duke of BedfordWilliam Russell, 1st Duke of Bedford KG PC was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1640 until 1641 when he inherited his Peerage and sat in the House of Lords...
10 May 1689 – 7 September 1700 - Lord Edward Russell 22 November 1700 – 27 November 1701
- Wriothesley Russell, 2nd Duke of BedfordWriothesley Russell, 2nd Duke of BedfordWriothesley Russell, 2nd Duke of Bedford KG was the son of William Russell, Lord Russell and his wife Lady Rachel Wriothesley...
27 November 1701 – 26 May 1711 - William North, 6th Baron North 6 December 1711 – 28 October 1715
- Edward Russell, 1st Earl of OrfordEdward Russell, 1st Earl of OrfordAdmiral of the Fleet Edward Russell, 1st Earl of Orford, PC was the First Lord of the Admiralty under King William III.-Naval career:...
28 October 1715 – 26 November 1727 - Henry Clinton, 7th Earl of LincolnHenry Clinton, 7th Earl of LincolnHenry Clinton, 7th Earl of Lincoln, KG, PC was the son of Francis Clinton, 6th Earl of Lincoln and his second wife Susan Penniston, daughter of Anthony Penniston...
28 March 1728 – 7 September 1728 - Henry Bromley, 1st Baron MontfortHenry Bromley, 1st Baron MontfortHenry Bromley, 1st Baron Montfort , was a British landowner and politician.Bromley was the only son of John Bromley and the grandson of John Bromley, both Knights of the Shire for Cambridgeshire. His mother Marcy died in childbed. He was educated at Clare College, Cambridge...
13 June 1729 – 24 July 1742 - Henry Fiennes Pelham-Clinton, 2nd Duke of Newcastle 24 July 1742 – 25 August 1757
- Philip Yorke, 2nd Earl of HardwickePhilip Yorke, 2nd Earl of HardwickePhilip Yorke, 2nd Earl of Hardwicke FRS , and eldest son of the 1st earl, was educated at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge.In 1741 he became a fellow of the Royal Society...
25 August 1757 – 16 May 1790 - Philip Yorke, 3rd Earl of HardwickePhilip Yorke, 3rd Earl of HardwickePhilip Yorke, 3rd Earl of Hardwicke KG, PC, FRS , known as Philip Yorke until 1790, was a British politician.-Background and education:...
3 July 1790 – 18 November 1834 - Charles Yorke, 4th Earl of HardwickeCharles Yorke, 4th Earl of HardwickeAdmiral Charles Philip Yorke, 4th Earl of Hardwicke PC , was a British naval commander and Conservative politician.-Background:...
20 January 1834– 17 September 1873 - Charles Watson Townley 20 January 1874 – 17 October 1893
- Alexander Peckover, Baron PeckoverBaron PeckoverBaron Peckover, of Wisbech in the County of Cambridge, was a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 20 July 1907 for the banker and philanthropist Alexander Peckover, 1st Baron Peckover. He was Lord Lieutenant of Cambridgeshire from 1894 to 1907...
11 December 1893 – 12 December 1906 - Thomas Agar-Robartes, 6th Viscount ClifdenThomas Agar-Robartes, 6th Viscount ClifdenThomas Charles Agar-Robartes, 6th Viscount Clifden , known as the 2nd Baron Robartes from 1882 to 1899, was a British Liberal politician....
12 December 1906 – 1915 - Charles AdeaneCharles AdeaneCharles Robert Whorwood Adeane CB, JP was a British army officer.-Background:Adeane was the only son of the politician Henry John Adeane and his wife Lady Elizabeth Philippa Yorke, eldest daughter Charles Yorke, 4th Earl of Hardwicke. Adeane was educated at Eton College and at Christ Church, Oxford...
25 October 1915 – 11 February 1943 - Richard George BriscoeRichard George BriscoeCaptain Richard George Briscoe MC was a British soldier and politician. He was Conservative Member of Parliament for Cambridgeshire from 1923 to 1945.- External links :...
15 May 1943 – 16 June 1958 - Robert Henry Parker 16 June 1958 – 14 April 1965
Lord Lieutenants of Cambridgeshire and the Isle of Ely
The Lieutenancy became that of Cambridgeshire and Isle of ElyCambridgeshire and Isle of Ely
Cambridgeshire and Isle of Ely was, from 1965 to 1974, an administrative county of England. In 1974 it became part of an enlarged Cambridgeshire.-Formation:...
on 1 April 1965, when that administrative county
Administrative county
An administrative county was an administrative division in England and Wales and Ireland used for the purposes of local government. They are now abolished, although in Northern Ireland their former areas are used as the basis for lieutenancy....
was formed. For Huntingdon and Peterborough
Huntingdon and Peterborough
Huntingdon and Peterborough was a short-lived administrative county in East Anglia in the United Kingdom. It existed from 1965 to 1974, when it became part of Cambridgeshire.-Formation:...
, see the separate Lord Lieutenant of Huntingdon and Peterborough
Lord Lieutenant of Huntingdon and Peterborough
This is a list of those people who served as Lord Lieutenant of Huntingdon and Peterborough during that county's short existence from 1965. The office was preceded by that of the Lord Lieutenant of Huntingdonshire, also taking part of the jurisdiction of the Lord Lieutenant of Northamptonshire,...
.
- Geoffrey Taylor Hurrell 14 April 1965 – 31 March 1974
Lord Lieutenants of Cambridgeshire from 1974
On 1 April 1974, the new non-metropolitan county of Cambridgeshire was formed from Cambridgeshire and Isle of Ely and Huntingdon and Peterborough. On 1 April 1998, the city of PeterboroughPeterborough
Peterborough is a cathedral city and unitary authority area in the East of England, with an estimated population of in June 2007. For ceremonial purposes it is in the county of Cambridgeshire. Situated north of London, the city stands on the River Nene which flows into the North Sea...
ceded from Cambridgeshire as a unitary authority
Unitary authority
A unitary authority is a type of local authority that has a single tier and is responsible for all local government functions within its area or performs additional functions which elsewhere in the relevant country are usually performed by national government or a higher level of sub-national...
, but it continues to form part of that county for ceremonial purposes.
- Geoffrey Taylor Hurrell 1 April 1974 – 26 March 1975 (former Lord Lieutenant of Cambridgeshire and Isle of Ely), with
- Dennis George Ruddock Herbert, 2nd Baron Hemingford 1 April 1974 – ?, styled Lieutenant of Cambridgeshire
- Hon. Peter Esmé Brassey 26 March 1975 – 9 March 1981
- Sir Peter Proby, 2nd BaronetSir Peter Proby, 2nd BaronetSir Peter Proby, 2nd Baronet, DL , was an English landowner and bursar of Eton.The eldest son of Sir Richard Proby, he was raised on the family estate, Elton Hall, near Oundle. Peter was educated at Eton and Trinity College, Oxford...
9 March 1981 – 1985 - Michael Guy Molesworth Bevan 1985 – 2 March 1992
- James Gee Pascoe CrowdenJames CrowdenJames Gee Pascoe Crowden is a former British rower who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics. He was Lord Lieutenant of Cambridgeshire....
3 July 1992 – 20 August 2003 - Hugh Duberly 20 August 2003 – present