Lord Lieutenant of Northamptonshire
Below is a list of people who have served as Lord Lieutenant of Northamptonshire Custos Rotulorum of Northamptonshire . The lieutenancy included the Soke of Peterborough until 1965, when the Lord Lieutenant of Huntingdonshire became Lord Lieutenant of Huntingdon and Peterborough . This merged with the lieutenancy of Cambridgeshire and Isle of Ely in 1974, forming the jurisdiction of the present Lord Lieutenant of Cambridgeshire .
Lord Lieutenants
William Parr, 1st Marquess of Northampton , 1549 –Sir Christopher Hatton , 1586 – 20 November 1591.vacant Thomas Cecil, 1st Earl of Exeter , 8 September 1603 – 8 February 1623.William Cecil, 2nd Earl of Exeter , 27 February 1623 – 6 July 1640.John Mordaunt, 1st Earl of Peterborough , 16 July 1640 – 18 June 1643.Interregnum John Cecil, 4th Earl of Exeter , 31 July 1660 – 8 August 1673 jointly with Mildmay Fane, 2nd Earl of Westmorland , 31 July 1660 – 12 February 1666 and Henry Mordaunt, 2nd Earl of Peterborough , 21 May 1666 – 8 August 1673.divided into East and West Northamptonshire 8 August 1673 – 20 February 1678:
Henry Mordaunt, 2nd Earl of Peterborough , 20 February 1678 – 30 May 1689.Charles Mordaunt, 1st Earl of Monmouth , 30 May 1689 – 21 July 1715.John Montagu, 2nd Duke of Montagu , 21 July 1715 – 5 July 1749.George Montagu-Dunk, 2nd Earl of Halifax , 2 October 1749 – 8 June 1771.Spencer Compton, 8th Earl of Northampton , 6 July 1771 – 7 April 1796.Charles Compton, 1st Marquess of Northampton , 11 June 1796 – 24 May 1828.John Fane, 10th Earl of Westmorland , 5 July 1828 – 15 December 1841.Brownlow Cecil, 2nd Marquess of Exeter , 22 January 1842 – 16 January 1867.Charles FitzRoy, 3rd Baron Southampton , 22 February 1867 – 16 July 1872.John Spencer, 5th Earl Spencer , 12 August 1872 – 27 October 1908.Charles Spencer, 6th Earl Spencer , 27 October 1908 – 26 September 1922.William Cecil, 5th Marquess of Exeter , 14 December 1922 – 11 March 1952.Albert Spencer, 7th Earl Spencer , 11 March 1952 – 31 July 1967.[ 1] Lt. Col. John Chandos-Pole , 31 July 1967 – 5 March 1984.[ 2]
Sir John Luke Lowther , 5 March 1984 – 18 November 1998.[ 3]
Lady Juliet Townsend , 18 November 1998 – 16 June 2014.[ 4] David Eric Laing , 17 June 2014 – [ 5] James Saunders Watson, 30 March 2020 – present [ 6]
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.
18th century
John, Earl of Westmorland , 18 February 1793.[ 7] William, Earl Fitzwilliam , 18 February 1793.[ 7] John, Earl of Pomfret , 18 February 1793.[ 7]
George John, Earl Spencer , 18 February 1793.[ 7] John Joshua, Earl Carysfort , of the Kingdom of Ireland, 18 February 1793.[ 7] George, Lord Carbery of the Kingdom of Ireland, 18 February 1793.[ 7] Charles Compton , 18 February 1793.[ 7] Sir William Wake , , of Courteenhall , 18 February 1793.[ 7]
Sir Justinian Isham, 7th Baronet , of Lamport , 18 February 1793.[ 7] Sir Robert Gunning, 1st Baronet , of Horton , 18 February 1793.[ 7] George Ashby, of Haselbech , 18 February 1793.[ 7]
George Arnold, of Ashby St Ledgers , 18 February 1793.[ 7]
Edward Bouverie the younger , of Delapré Abbey , 18 February 1793.[ 7] Leonard Burton, of Ringstead , 18 February 1793.[ 7]
Samuel Blencowe, of Marston St. Lawrence , 18 February 1793.[ 7]
Thomas Beet, of Great Houghton , 18 February 1793.[ 7]
Richard Booth, of Glendon , 18 February 1793.[ 7]
William Ralph Cartwright, of Aynhoe , 18 February 1793.[ 7]
John Clarke, of Welton , 18 February 1793.[ 7]
John Clarke, of Bulwick , 18 February 1793.[ 7]
Francis Dickins, of Wollaston , 18 February 1793.[ 7]
John Dryden, of Canons Ashby , 18 February 1793.[ 7]
Peter Denys , of Easton Neston , 18 February 1793.[ 7] John Peach Hungerford, of Dingley Hall , 18 February 1793.[ 7]
Thomas Hunt, of Oundle , 18 February 1793.[ 7]
Robert Henson, of Bainton , 18 February 1793.[ 7]
Samuel Isted, of Ecton , 18 February 1793.[ 7]
Valentine Knightley, of Fawsley , 18 February 1793.[ 7]
Richard Kerby, of Floore , 18 February 1793.[ 7]
Thomas Langton, of Teeton , 18 February 1793.[ 7]
Thomas Mercer, of Hackleton , 18 February 1793.[ 7]
Charles Newman, of Preston Deanery , 18 February 1793.[ 7]
John Payne, of Welford , 18 February 1793.[ 7]
Nicolls Raynsford, of Brixworth , 18 February 1793.[ 7]
Thomas Rokeby, of Arthingworth , 18 February 1793.[ 7]
George Robinson, of Cranford , 18 February 1793.[ 7]
William Sawbridge, of East Haddon , 18 February 1793.[ 7]
Richard Brook Supple, of Great Oakley , 18 February 1793.[ 7]
Thomas Samwell Watson Samwell, of Upton Hall , 18 February 1793.[ 7]
Thomas Tryon, of Balwick, 18 February 1793.[ 7]
John Freke Willes, of Astrop , 18 February 1793.[ 7]
William Walcot the younger, of Oundle, 18 February 1793.[ 7]
William Zouth Lucas Ward, of Guilsborough , 18 February 1793.[ 7]
Allen Edward Young, of Orlingbury , 18 February 1793.[ 7]
Lewis Thomas Watson, of Rockingham Castle , 18 February 1793.[ 7]
19th century
Henry, Duke of Buccleugh , 9 May 1803.[ 8] Thomas, Lord Lilford , 9 May 1803.[ 8] George Henry Fitzroy, Earl of Euston , 9 May 1803.[ 8] Charles William Montagu Scot, Earl of Dalkeith , 9 May 1803.[ 8] John Fane, Lord Burghersh , 9 May 1803.[ 8] Sir Edward Dryden, 9 May 1803.[ 8]
Thomas Carter, 9 May 1803.[ 8]
Justinian Isham , 9 May 1803.[ 8] John English Dolben , 9 May 1803.[ 8] Charles Knightley , 9 May 1803.[ 8] William Hanbury, jun., 9 May 1803.[ 8]
Robert Andrew, jun., 9 May 1803.[ 8]
William Somerset Dolben , 9 May 1803.[ 8] John Kipling, 9 May 1803.[ 8]
John Plomer Clarke, 9 May 1803.[ 8]
Thomas Grant, 9 May 1803.[ 8]
John Capell Rose, 1 June 1803.[ 8]
John Charles Spencer, Viscount Althorp , 5 June 1803.[ 8] George Francis Lynn, 25 July 1803.[ 8]
Matthew Easton Jones, 1 August 1803.[ 8]
George Biggin, 17 August 1803.[ 8]
William FitzRoy, 6th Duke of Grafton , 29 May 1846.[ 9] Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville, 3rd Duke of Buckingham and Chandos , 29 May 1846.[ 9] Earl of Pomfret, 29 May 1846.[ 9]
Anthony Henley, 3rd Baron Henley , 29 May 1846.[ 9] Richard Watson, 29 May 1846.[ 9]
William Bruce Stopford, 29 May 1846.[ 9]
William Cartwright, 29 May 1846.[ 9]
Rainald Knightley , 29 May 1846.[ 9] John Michael Severne, 29 May 1846.[ 9]
Richard Aubrey Cartwright, 29 May 1846.[ 9]
William Willes, 29 May 1846.[ 9]
George Payne, 29 May 1846.[ 9]
William Smyth, 29 May 1846.[ 9]
Henry Neville, 29 May 1846.[ 9]
George Ashby Ashby, 17 January 1861.[ 10]
Lieutenant-General Charles George James Arbuthnot , 21 January 1861.[ 10]
20th century
James Griffith Dearden, 28 February 1901.[ 11]
Edward Algernon FitzRoy , 9 May 1901.[ 12] James Hornsby, 27 May 1902.[ 13]
Sir Charles Valentine Knightley , 27 May 1902.[ 13]
Henry James, Earl of Euston , 22 August 1907.[ 14] Luke, Baron Annaly , 22 August 1907.[ 14]
Colonel Joseph Hill, 22 August 1907.[ 14]
Christopher Smyth, 9 August 1911.[ 15]
Lieutenant-Colonel John Brown, 30 December 1918.[ 16]
Lieutenant-Colonel Frederick Willoughby, 30 December 1918.[ 16]
Lieutenant-Colonel George Somes Eunson, 30 December 1918.[ 16]
Thomas Henry Woolston, 30 December 1918.[ 16]
John Powys, 5th Baron Lilford , 29 July 1922.[ 17] Edward Douglas-Pennant, 3rd Baron Penrhyn , 29 July 1922.[ 17] Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Hereward Wake , 29 July 1922.[ 17]
Major Sir Charles Vere Gunning , 29 July 1922.[ 17]
Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Charles Lowther, 4th Baronet , 29 July 1922.[ 17]
Sir William Ryland Dent Adkins , 29 July 1922.[ 17]
Major Henry Brassey, 1st Baron Brassey of Apethorpe , 29 July 1922.[ 17]
Colonel Henry Wickham, 29 July 1922.[ 17]
Sir Arthur Richard de Capell Brooke , 18 October 1923.[ 18]
William Harvey Reeves, 22 June 1931.[ 19]
Samuel Smith Campion, 9 April 1935.[ 20]
Captain John Veasy Collier, 9 April 1935.[ 20]
Colonel Charles Henry Eyre Coote, 9 April 1935.[ 20]
Brigadier-General Algernon Francis Holford Ferguson, 9 April 1935.[ 20]
Major (Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel) James William Fisher, 9 April 1935.[ 20]
Colonel Albert Edward John, Earl Spencer , 9 April 1935.[ 20]
Frederick Bostock, 20 May 1937.[ 21]
Lieutenant David George Brownlow Cecil , 20 May 1937.[ 21]
Leslie Winter Dryland, 20 May 1937.[ 21]
Major David Howard Evans, 20 May 1937.[ 21]
George Lewis, 20 May 1937.[ 21]
Colonel William Compton, 6th Marquess of Northampton , 20 May 1937.[ 21]
Lieutenant-Colonel Richard Montague Raynsford, 20 May 1937.[ 21]
Brigadier-General William Strong, 20 May 1937.[ 21]
Lieutenant-Colonel Josiah Walker, 20 May 1937.[ 21]
Major Frederick Fermor-Hesketh, 2nd Baron Hesketh , 2 January 1950.[ 22]
Lieutenant-Colonel Marcus Jelley, 2 January 1950.[ 22]
Rear Admiral Sir Wellwood George Courtenay Maxwell, 2 January 1950.[ 22]
Lieutenant-Colonel Orfeur Kilvington Parker, 2 January 1950.[ 22]
Major-General (Honorary Lieutenant-General) Sir Bertram Norman Sergison-Brooke , 23 June 1952.[ 23]
Lieutenant-Colonel Malcolm Berwick, 23 June 1952.[ 23]
Lieutenant-Colonel John Thomas Herbert Pettit, 23 June 1952.[ 23]
Lieutenant-Colonel Edgar Claude Manning Palmer, 23 June 1952.[ 23]
Major Sir Gyles Isham, 12th Baronet , 23 June 1952.[ 23]
Captain Sir Arthur John Edward Craig, 23 June 1952.[ 23]
Colonel (Honorary Major-General) Evelyn Dalrymple Fanshawe , 29 May 1961.[ 24]
Lieutenant-Colonel Ronald King McMichael, 29 May 1961.[ 24]
Lieutenant-Colonel James Thomas Lewis, 29 May 1961.[ 24]
Major Peter Esme Brassey, 29 May 1961[ 24] [ 25]
Captain John Spencer, 8th Earl Spencer , 29 May 1961.[ 24]
Major George Theodore Herbert Capron, 30 June 1965.[ 26]
Lieutenant-Colonel John Chandos-Pole, 30 June 1965.[ 26]
Major Richard Arthur Collins, 30 June 1965.[ 26]
Major Dennis Douglas Pilkington Smyly, 30 June 1965.[ 26]
Captain Thomas Patrick Douglas Spens, 30 June 1965[ 26] [ 27]
Major Nigel Victor Stopford-Sackville, 30 June 1965.[ 26]
Major Reginald Manningham-Buller, 1st Viscount Dilhorne , 17 May 1967.[ 25]
Dennis Edmund Hutchinson, 17 May 1967.[ 25]
Major Robert Charles Jeffery, 17 May 1967.[ 25]
Colonel Percy Fergus Ivo Reid, 27 March 1969.[ 28]
Edwin Arthur Steele, 27 March 1969.[ 28]
Colonel Doidge Estcourt Taunton, 27 March 1969.[ 28]
Major Sir Hereward Wake, 27 March 1969.[ 28]
Major David Henry, Lord Brassey of Apethorpe, 2 October 1972.[ 29]
Flight Lieutenant Guy Timothy Geoffrey Conant, 2 October 1972.[ 29]
Captain Sir Edward William Spencer Ford , 2 October 1972.[ 29]
Lieutenant-Commander Arnold Derek Arthur Lawson, 2 October 1972.[ 29]
Lieutenant-Colonel Charles John Manning Watts , 2 October 1972.[ 29]
Captain Antony Edward Montague Raynsford, 11 February 1974.[ 30]
Lieutenant-Colonel Anthony Vere Cyprian Robarts, 11 February 1974.[ 30]
Major Sir Derek Wilbraham Pritchard, 11 February 1974.[ 30]
Major Derek Frank Hooton, 11 February 1974.[ 30]
Captain Owen Meurig Jones, 11 February 1974.[ 30]
Major Donald Baxter, 17 May 1977.[ 31]
Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Gray Boardman , 17 May 1977.[ 31]
Edmund Crispin Stephen James George Brudenell, 17 May 1977.[ 31]
Brigadier Hugh Gray Wybrants Hamilton, 17 May 1977.[ 31]
Captain John Luke Lowther , 17 May 1977.[ 31]
Captain Richard Augustus Palmer,17 May 1977.[ 31]
Flight Lieutenant Kenneth Raymond Pearson, 17 May 1977.[ 31]
Countess of Birkenhead, 3 December 1979.[ 32]
Christian Mary, Lady Hesketh , 3 December 1979.[ 32] Major Joseph Mark Fearfield, 3 December 1979.[ 32]
Spencer Compton, 7th Marquess of Northampton , 3 December 1979.[ 32] Captain John Macdonald-Buchanan, 3 December 1979.[ 32]
Commander Leslie Michael Macdonald Saunders Watson, Royal Navy, 3 December 1979.[ 32]
Jean Jackson-Stops, 11 February 1985.[ 33]
Colonel Richard Antony Gill, 31 January 1986.[ 34]
Cyril Humphrey Cripps , 31 January 1986.[ 34] Michael Leslie Dove, 17 June 1989.[ 35]
William David Morton, 17 June 1989.[ 35]
Anita Mary Tasker, 17 June 1989.[ 35]
William Richard Frank Chamberlain, 9 February 1991.[ 36]
Penelope Joan Escombe, 9 February 1991.[ 36]
Lady Juliet Margaret Townsend, 9 February 1991.[ 36]
John Walter Douglas Ewart, 1 February 1993.[ 37]
James George Kane, 1 February 1993.[ 37]
Joan Mary Tice, 1 February 1993.[ 37]
Christopher Guy Vere Davidge , 14 March 1994.[ 38] Anthony Geoffrey Stoughton-Harris, 14 March 1994.[ 38]
Richard Paul Seddon, 25 March 1996.[ 39]
Arthur Jeffrey Greenwell, 25 September 1996.[ 40]
Lady Wake, 25 September 1996.[ 40]
Ian Robert Keers, 24 November 1997.[ 41]
Agnes Anne Goodman, 24 November 1997.[ 41]
Rear Admiral John Patrick Bruce O'Riordan, 24 November 1997.[ 41]
John George Church, 24 November 1997.[ 41]
See also
References
Bibliography
Sainty, J. C. (1970). "Lieutenancies of Counties, 1585–1642". Bulletin of the Institute of Historical Research (Special Supplement No. 8): 28–29.Sainty, J. C. (1979). List of Lieutenants of Counties of England and Wales 1660–1974 . London: Swift Printers (Sales) Ltd.
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