Lord Lieutenant of Oxfordshire facts for kids
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 | Date of appointment | End Date |
|---|---|---|
| The 1st Duke of Suffolk | 1545 | 1545 |
| The 1st Marquess of Northampton | 1552 | 1553 |
| Sir Richard Blount | 1559 | 1561 |
| Sir Francis Knollys | 1565 | 1565 |
| The 1st Baron Norreys | 17 September 1586 | 27 June 1601 |
| Sir Francis Knollys | 12 September 1586 | 19 July 1596 |
| The 1st Earl of Banbury | 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 | 15 May 1697 | 11 June 1702 |
| The 2nd Earl of Abingdon | 11 June 1702 | 8 February 1706 |
| The 1st Duke of Marlborough | 8 February 1706 | 17 May 1712 |
| The 2nd Earl of Abingdon | 17 May 1712 | 14 October 1715 |
| The 2nd Earl of Godolphin | 14 October 1715 | 26 January 1739 |
| The 3rd Duke of Marlborough | 26 January 1739 | 20 October 1758 |
| The 4th Duke of Marlborough | 21 March 1760 | 29 January 1817 |
| The 4th Earl of Macclesfield | 10 May 1817 | 20 March 1842 |
| The 6th Duke of Marlborough | 22 April 1842 | 1 July 1857 |
| The 7th Duke of Marlborough | 25 August 1857 | 4 July 1883 |
| Sir Henry Dashwood, 5th Baronet | 17 August 1883 | 23 June 1887 |
| The 7th Earl of Jersey | 23 June 1887 | 31 May 1915 |
| The 9th Duke of Marlborough | 3 August 1915 | 30 June 1934 |
| The 1st Baron Bicester | 15 August 1934 | 26 November 1954 |
| The 7th Earl of Macclesfield | 26 November 1954 | 28 May 1963 |
| Sir John Thomson | 28 May 1963 | 2 January 1980 |
| Sir Ashley Ponsonby, 2nd Baronet | 2 January 1980 | 20 March 1996 |
| Sir Hugo Brunner | 20 March 1996 | 31 August 2008 |
| Sir Tim Stevenson | 31 August 2008 | 30 September 2021 |
| Marjorie Glasgow | 1 October 2021 |
Deputy lieutenants
A deputy lieutenant of Oxfordshire is commissioned by the Lord Lieutenant of Oxfordshire. Deputy lieutenants support the work of the lord-lieutenant. There can be several deputy lieutenants at any time, depending on the population of the county. Their appointment does not terminate with the changing of the lord-lieutenant, but they usually retire at age 75.
19th Century
- 28 February 1831: Colonel John William Fane
- 6 April 1831: Joseph Warner Henley
- 4 August 1852: Lord Alan Spencer-Churchill
- 4 August 1852: The Lord Camoys
- 4 August 1852: Percy Barrington, 8th Viscount Barrington
- 4 August 1852: General Sir William Thomas Knollys
- 4 August 1852: Major George Hall
- 4 August 1852: Joseph Phillimore
- 4 August 1852: Hugh Hamersley
- 4 August 1852: George Henry Earnett
- 4 August 1852: Henry Barnett
- 4 August 1852: Richard Aubrey Cartwright
- 4 August 1852: James Patrick Muirhead
- 4 August 1852: William Barrington Reade
- 4 August 1852: William Henry Stone
- 4 August 1852: Frederick Whitaker
- 4 August 1852: Henry Norris
- 4 August 1852: Joseph John Henley
- 4 August 1852: Clement Cottrell Dormer
- 4 August 1852: Henry Hall
- 4 August 1852: Arthur Henry Clerke Brown
- 4 August 1852: William Elias Taunton
- 4 August 1852: William Earle Tyndale
- 4 August 1852: Archer Robert Tawney
- 4 August 1852: William Weinyss Methven Dewar
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