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.

Name	Post-nominals	Date of appointment	End Date
The 1st Duke of Suffolk	KG	1545	1545
The 1st Marquess of Northampton	KG	1552	1553
Sir Richard Blount		1559	1561
Sir Francis Knollys	KG	1565	1565
The 1st Baron Norreys	KG	17 September 1586	27 June 1601
Sir Francis Knollys	KG	12 September 1586	19 July 1596
The 1st Earl of Banbury	KG, PC	4 November 1596	25 May 1632
The 1st Earl of Berkshire		26 March 1628	1642
The 1st Viscount Saye and Sele		1642	1642
The 4th Viscount Falkland		17 July 1660	2 April 1663
The 1st Earl of Clarendon		19 June 1663	11 March 1668
The 2nd Viscount Saye and Sele		11 March 1668	15 March 1674
The 1st Earl of Abingdon		1 April 1674	21 November 1687
The 1st Earl of Lichfield		5 December 1687	3 May 1689
The 1st Earl of Abingdon		3 May 1689	15 May 1697
The 1st Baron Wharton	PC	15 May 1697	11 June 1702
The 2nd Earl of Abingdon	PC	11 June 1702	8 February 1706
The 1st Duke of Marlborough	KG, PC	8 February 1706	17 May 1712
The 2nd Earl of Abingdon	PC	17 May 1712	14 October 1715
The 2nd Earl of Godolphin	PC	14 October 1715	26 January 1739
The 3rd Duke of Marlborough	KG, PC	26 January 1739	20 October 1758
The 4th Duke of Marlborough	KG, PC, FRS	21 March 1760	29 January 1817
The 4th Earl of Macclesfield	PC	10 May 1817	20 March 1842
The 6th Duke of Marlborough		22 April 1842	1 July 1857
The 7th Duke of Marlborough	KG, PC	25 August 1857	4 July 1883
Sir Henry Dashwood, 5th Baronet		17 August 1883	23 June 1887
The 7th Earl of Jersey	GCB, GCMG, PC, JP	23 June 1887	31 May 1915
The 9th Duke of Marlborough	KG, TD, PC	3 August 1915	30 June 1934
The 1st Baron Bicester	KG, TD, PC	15 August 1934	26 November 1954
The 7th Earl of Macclesfield		26 November 1954	28 May 1963
Sir John Thomson	KBE, TD	28 May 1963	2 January 1980
Sir Ashley Ponsonby, 2nd Baronet		2 January 1980	20 March 1996[1]
Sir Hugo Brunner	KCVO, JP	20 March 1996	31 August 2008[2]
Tim Stevenson	OBE	31 August 2008	Present[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. "No. 48057". The London Gazette. 4 January 1980. p. 165.
2. "No. 54356". The London Gazette. 27 March 1996. p. 4489.
3. WhatDoTheyKnow.com: List of Deputy Lord Lieutenants of Oxfordshire

External links

• Lord Lieutenant of Oxfordshire