Lord Lieutenant of Oxfordshire
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This is a list of people who have served as Lord Lieutenant of Oxfordshire. Since 1697, all Lords Lieutenant have also been Custos Rotulorum of Oxfordshire.
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- Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk 1545–?
- Sir Francis Knollys 1569–1596 jointly with
- Henry Norris, 1st Baron Norreys 1586–1601 and
- William Knollys, 1st Earl of Banbury 1596–1632
- Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Berkshire 1628–1642
- William Fiennes, 1st Viscount Saye and Sele 1642 (Parliamentary)
- Interregnum
- Henry Cary, 4th Viscount Falkland 1660–1663
- Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon 1663–1667
- James Fiennes, 2nd Viscount Saye and Sele 1667–1674
- James Bertie, 1st Earl of Abingdon 1674–1687
- Edward Lee, 1st Earl of Lichfield 1688–1689
- James Bertie, 1st Earl of Abingdon 1689–1697
- Thomas Wharton, 1st Marquess of Wharton 1697–1702
- Montagu Venables-Bertie, 2nd Earl of Abingdon 1702–1706
- John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough 1706–1712
- Montagu Venables-Bertie, 2nd Earl of Abingdon 1712–1715
- Francis Godolphin, 2nd Earl of Godolphin 1715–1738
- Charles Spencer, 3rd Duke of Marlborough 1739–1758
- George Spencer, 4th Duke of Marlborough 1760–1817
- George Parker, 4th Earl of Macclesfield 1817–1842
- George Spencer-Churchill, 6th Duke of Marlborough 1842–1857
- John Winston Spencer-Churchill, 7th Duke of Marlborough 1857–1883
- Sir Henry Dashwood 1883–1887
- Victor Child-Villiers, 7th Earl of Jersey 1887–1915
- Charles Richard John Spencer-Churchill, 9th Duke of Marlborough 1915–1934
- Vivian Hugh Smith, 1st Baron Bicester 1934–1954
- George Loveden William Henry Parker 1954–1963
- Sir John Thomson 1963–1979
- Sir Ashley Charles Gibbs Ponsonby, 2nd Baronet 1980–1996
- Hugo Laurence Joseph Brunner 1996–present (appointed March 20, 1996[1])
[edit] References
- J.C. Sainty (1970). "Lieutenancies of Counties, 1585–1642". Bulletin of the Institute of Historical Research (Special Supplement No. 8).
- This page incorporates information from Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page.
- thepeerage.com — Darryl Lundy
- Oxfordshire History
- ^ London Gazette, issue no.54356, March 27, 1996
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