Lord Lieutenant of Cambridgeshire

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 Lieutenants which he or she appoints. Since 1715, all Lord Lieutenants have also been Custos Rotulorum of Cambridgeshire.

Flag of a Lord Lieutenant

Lord Lieutenants of Cambridgeshire to 1965

Incorporating the liberty 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.

• The Marquess of Northampton 1547–?
• The 1st Lord North 1559–1564
• The 2nd Lord North 20 November 1569 – ?
• unknown
• The 2nd Lord North 8 April 1588 – 3 December 1600
• vacant
• The 1st Earl of Suffolk 17 July 1602– 28 May 1626
• The 2nd Earl of Suffolk 15 June 1626 – 3 June 1640
• The Lord Maynard 17 June 1640 – 17 December 1640 jointly with
• The Lord North 22 October 1640 – 1642
• Interregnum
• The 3rd Earl of Suffolk 25 July 1660 – 9 March 1681
• The Lord Alington 9 March 1681 – 1 February 1685
• The Earl of Sandwich 1685 (did not serve; exercised in his absence by:)
  • The Earl of Ailesbury 4 March 1685 – 20 October 1685
• vacant
• The Lord Dover 26 November 1686 – 10 May 1689
• The 1st Duke of Bedford 10 May 1689 – 7 September 1700
• Lord Edward Russell 22 November 1700 – 27 November 1701
• The 2nd Duke of Bedford 27 November 1701 – 26 May 1711
• The 6th Lord North 6 December 1711 – 28 October 1715
• The Earl of Orford 28 October 1715 – 26 November 1727
• The Earl of Lincoln 28 March 1728 – 7 September 1728^[1]
• The Lord Montfort 13 June 1729 – 24 July 1742
• The Duke of Newcastle 24 July 1742 – 25 August 1757
• The 2nd Earl of Hardwicke 25 August 1757 – 16 May 1790
• The 3rd Earl of Hardwicke 3 July 1790 – 18 November 1834
• The 4th Earl of Hardwicke 20 January 1834– 17 September 1873
• Charles Watson Townley 20 January 1874 – 17 October 1893
• Alexander Peckover 11 December 1893 – 12 December 1906
• The Viscount Clifden 12 December 1906 – 1915^[2]
• Charles Adeane 25 October 1915 – 11 February 1943
• Richard George Briscoe 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 Ely on 1 April 1965, when that administrative county was formed. For Huntingdon and Peterborough, see the separate Lord Lieutenant of Huntingdon and Peterborough.

• 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 Peterborough ceded from Cambridgeshire as a unitary authority, 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^[3]
• Sir Peter Proby, Bt 9 March 1981 – 1985^[4]
• Michael Guy Molesworth Bevan 1985 – 2 March 1992
• James Crowden 3 July 1992 – 2002^[5][6]
• Sir Hugh Duberly 20 August 2003 – present^[7]

Deputy Lieutenants

Deputy Lieutenants traditionally supported the Lord-Lieutenant. There could be several deputy lieutenants at any time, depending on the population of the county. Their appointment did not terminate with the changing of the Lord-Lieutenant, but they often retired at age 75.

• Thomas Walter Harding 2 April 1901^[8]
• Henry Neville 2 April 1901^[8]
• Alan Sidney Wentworth Stanley 2 April 1901^[8]
• Charles Wentworth Stanley 2 April 1901^[8]
• Henry William Hurrell, Esq. 6 May 1901^[9]

See also

• High Sheriff of Cambridgeshire

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.

1. London Gazette, issue no. 6664, 9 April 1728
2. London Gazette, issue no.27984,8 January 1907
3. London Gazette, issue no.46532, 1 April 1975
4. London Gazette, issue no.48551, 12 March 1981
5. Who's Who (online ed.). A & C Black. 2014. Retrieved 6 September 2014. (subscription required (help)).
6. London Gazette, issue no.52985, 8 July 1992
7. London Gazette, issue no.57038, 26 August 2003
8. The London Gazette: no. 27301. p. 2300. 2 April 1901.
9. The London Gazette: no. 27312. p. 3202. 10 May 1901.

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