Lord Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire

There has been a Lord Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire almost continuously since the position was created by King Henry VIII in 1535. The only exception to this was the Interregnum between 1643 and 1660 when there was no king to support the Lieutenancy. The following list consists of all known holders of the position: earlier records have been lost and so a complete list is not possible.

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Lord Lieutenant - Buckinghamshire - King Henry VIII - 1535 - Interregnum - 1643 - 1660

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• Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk, 1545
• Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset, 1551
• Francis Russell, 2nd Earl of Bedford, 1552
• William Parr, 1st Marquess of Northampton, 1553
• Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk, 1559
• Arthur Grey, 14th Baron Grey of Wilton, 1569 and 1587
• Thomas Egerton, 1st Baron Ellesmere, 1607 – 1616
• George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham, 1616 – 1628
• Philip Herbert, 4th Earl of Pembroke, 1628 – 1641
• Robert Dormer, 1st Earl of Carnarvon, 1641 – 1643 (Royalist Lieutenant)
• William Paget, 6th Baron Paget, 1641 – 1642 (Parliamentarian Lieutenant)
• Philip Wharton, 4th Baron Wharton, 1642 (Parliamentarian Lieutenant)
• John Egerton, 2nd Earl of Bridgewater, 1660 – 1686
• John Egerton, 3rd Earl of Bridgewater, 1686 – 1687
• George Jeffreys, 1st Baron Jeffreys, 1687 – 1689
• John Egerton, 3rd Earl of Bridgewater, 1689 – 1701
• Thomas Wharton, 1st Marquess of Wharton, 1702
• William Cheyne, 2nd Viscount Newhaven, 1702
• Scroop Egerton, 4th Earl of Bridgewater, 1702 – 1711
• Henry Grey, 1st Duke of Kent, 1711 – 1712
• William Cheyne, 2nd Viscount Newhaven, 1712 – 1714
• Scroop Egerton, 1st Duke of Bridgewater, 1714 – 1728
• Richard Temple, 1st Viscount Cobham, 1728 – 1738
• Charles Spencer, 3rd Duke of Marlborough, 1738 – 1758
• Richard Grenville-Temple, 2nd Earl Temple, 1758 – 1763
• Francis Dashwood, 15th Baron Le Despencer, 1763 – 1781
• Philip Stanhope, 5th Earl of Chesterfield, 1781 – 1782
• George Nugent-Temple-Grenville, 1st Marquess of Buckingham, 1782 – 1813
• Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville, 1st Duke of Buckingham and Chandos, 1813 – 1839
• Robert John Carrington, 2nd Baron Carrington, 1839 – 1868
• Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville, 3rd Duke of Buckingham and Chandos, 1868 – 1889
• Nathan Mayer Rothschild, 1st Lord Rothschild, 1889 – 1915
• Charles Robert Wynn-Carington, 1st Marquess of Lincolnshire, 1915 – 1923
• Thomas Francis Fremantle, 3rd Baron Cottesloe, 1923 – 1954
• Sir Henry Lancelot Aubrey-Fletcher, 1954 – 1961
• Brigadier Sir Henry Robert Kincaid Floyd, 1961 – 1968
• Major John Darling Young, 1968 – 1984
• John Tapling Fremantle, 5th Baron Cottesloe, 1984 – 1997
• Sir Nigel Mobbs, 1997 – present
 
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