Lord Lieutenant of Huntingdonshire
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This is a list of people who served as Lord Lieutenant
of Huntingdonshire
. Huntingdonshire became part of Huntingdon and Peterborough
in 1965; see Lord Lieutenant of Huntingdon and Peterborough
. From 1672 until 1965, all Lords Lieutenant were also Custos Rotulorum of Huntingdonshire
.
Lord Lieutenant
The title Lord Lieutenant is given to the British monarch's personal representatives in the United Kingdom, usually in a county or similar circumscription, with varying tasks throughout history. Usually a retired local notable, senior military officer, peer or business person is given the post...
of Huntingdonshire
Huntingdonshire
Huntingdonshire is a local government district of Cambridgeshire, covering the area around Huntingdon. Traditionally it is a county in its own right...
. Huntingdonshire became part of Huntingdon and Peterborough
Huntingdon and Peterborough
Huntingdon and Peterborough was a short-lived administrative county in East Anglia in the United Kingdom. It existed from 1965 to 1974, when it became part of Cambridgeshire.-Formation:...
in 1965; see Lord Lieutenant of Huntingdon and Peterborough
Lord Lieutenant of Huntingdon and Peterborough
This is a list of those people who served as Lord Lieutenant of Huntingdon and Peterborough during that county's short existence from 1965. The office was preceded by that of the Lord Lieutenant of Huntingdonshire, also taking part of the jurisdiction of the Lord Lieutenant of Northamptonshire,...
. From 1672 until 1965, all Lords Lieutenant were also Custos Rotulorum of Huntingdonshire
Custos Rotulorum of Huntingdonshire
This is a list of people who have served as Custos Rotulorum of Huntingdonshire.* Sir Richard Cromwell bef. 1544* William Cooke 1544–1553* Sir Robert Tyrwhitt bef. 1558 – bef. 1562...
.
- Henry Hastings, 3rd Earl of HuntingdonHenry Hastings, 3rd Earl of HuntingdonSir Henry Hastings, 3rd Earl of Huntingdon, KG KB was the eldest son of Francis Hastings, 2nd Earl of Huntingdon and Catherine Pole.-Ancestry:...
in 1581 - John St John, 2nd Baron St John of BletsoJohn St John, 2nd Baron St John of BletsoJohn St John, 2nd Baron St John of Bletso was an English peer. The son of Oliver St John, 1st Baron St John of Bletso, and Agnes Fisher, he succeeded to the barony upon his father's death in 1582....
8 April 1588 – 23 October 1596 - Oliver St John, 3rd Baron St John of BletsoOliver St John, 3rd Baron St John of BletsoOliver St John, 3rd Baron St John of Bletso was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1588 until 1596 when he inherited the peerage as Baron St John of Bletso....
1 April 1597 – October 1618 - Oliver St John, 4th Baron St John of Bletso 14 March 1619 – 21 July 1627 jointly with
- Esmé Stewart, 3rd Duke of LennoxEsmé Stewart, 3rd Duke of LennoxEsmé Stewart, 3rd Duke of Lennox KG was the son of Esmé Stewart, 1st Duke of Lennox. He was a patron of the playwright Ben Jonson, who lived in his household for five years.He married Katherine Clifton, 2nd Baroness Clifton, in 1609...
14 March 1619 – 30 July 1624 and - Henry Montagu, 1st Earl of ManchesterHenry Montagu, 1st Earl of ManchesterSir Henry Montagu, 1st Earl of Manchester was an English judge, politician and peer.-Life:He was the grandson of Sir Edward Montagu, Lord Chief Justice of the King's Bench from 1539 to 1545, who was named by King Henry VIII one of the executors of his will, and governor to his son, Edward VI.Born...
18 October 1624 – 1642 jointly with - Oliver St John, 4th Baron St John of Bletso 5 February 1629 – 25 August 1636
- Interregnum
- Edward Montagu, 2nd Earl of ManchesterEdward Montagu, 2nd Earl of ManchesterEdward Montagu, 2nd Earl of Manchester KG, KB, FRS was an important commander of Parliamentary forces in the First English Civil War, and for a time Oliver Cromwell's superior.-Life:...
26 September 1660 – 7 May 1671 jointly with - Edward Montagu, 1st Earl of SandwichEdward Montagu, 1st Earl of SandwichEdward Montagu, 1st Earl of Sandwich, KG was an English Infantry officer who later became a naval officer. He was the only surviving son of Sir Sidney Montagu, and was brought up at Hinchingbrooke House....
26 September 1660 – 28 May 1672 - Robert Montagu, 3rd Earl of ManchesterRobert Montagu, 3rd Earl of ManchesterRobert Montagu, 3rd Earl of Manchester was an English politician and courtier.-Life:He was born in the parish of St...
7 May 1671 – 10 March 1681 - Robert Bruce, 1st Earl of AilesburyRobert Bruce, 1st Earl of AilesburyRobert Bruce, 1st Earl of Ailesbury and 2nd Earl of Elgin, PC, FRS was the son of Thomas Bruce, 1st Earl of Elgin....
10 March 1681 – 20 October 1685 (in the absence of Edward Montagu, 2nd Earl of SandwichEdward Montagu, 2nd Earl of SandwichEdward Montagu, 2nd Earl of Sandwich was born in Hinchinbrooke, Huntingdonshire, England to Edward Montagu, 1st Earl of Sandwich and Jemima Crew. He was styled Viscount Hinchingbrooke from 1660 until his accession in 1672...
) - Thomas Bruce, 2nd Earl of AilesburyThomas Bruce, 2nd Earl of AilesburyThomas Bruce, 2nd Earl of Ailesbury and 3rd Earl of Elgin was the son of Robert Bruce, 2nd Earl of Elgin and Lady Diana Grey. His maternal grandparents were Henry Grey, 1st Earl of Stamford and Lady Anne Cecil, daughter of William Cecil, 2nd Earl of Exeter...
10 March 1681 – 8 April 1689 (in the absence of Edward Montagu, 2nd Earl of SandwichEdward Montagu, 2nd Earl of SandwichEdward Montagu, 2nd Earl of Sandwich was born in Hinchinbrooke, Huntingdonshire, England to Edward Montagu, 1st Earl of Sandwich and Jemima Crew. He was styled Viscount Hinchingbrooke from 1660 until his accession in 1672...
) - Charles Montagu, 4th Earl of ManchesterCharles Montagu, 1st Duke of ManchesterCharles Edward Montagu, 1st Duke of Manchester, 4th Earl of Manchester , son of Robert Montagu, 3rd Earl of Manchester, was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge, and succeeded to his father's earldom in 1683...
8 April 1689 – 20 January 1722 - Edward Montagu, Viscount HinchingbrookeEdward Montagu, Viscount HinchingbrookeEdward Richard Montagu, Viscount Hinchingbrooke was the eldest son of Edward Montagu, 3rd Earl of Sandwich and his wife Elizabeth, daughter of the Earl of Rochester....
14 February 1722 – 3 October 1722 - William Montagu, 2nd Duke of ManchesterWilliam Montagu, 2nd Duke of ManchesterWilliam Montagu, 2nd Duke of Manchester, KB was the son of Charles Montagu, 1st Duke of Manchester.He married Lady Isabella Montagu, daughter of John Montagu, 2nd Duke of Montagu, on 16 April 1723....
25 October 1722 – 21 October 1739 - Robert Montagu, 3rd Duke of ManchesterRobert Montagu, 3rd Duke of ManchesterRobert Montagu, 3rd Duke of Manchester was the son of Charles Montagu, 1st Duke of Manchester.He was MP for Huntingdonshire 1734–1739.He married Harriet Dunch, daughter of Edmund Dunch on 3 April 1735 and they had four children:...
6 November 1739 – 10 May 1762 - George Montagu, 4th Duke of ManchesterGeorge Montagu, 4th Duke of ManchesterGeorge Montagu, 4th Duke of Manchester PC was a British politician and diplomat.Manchester was the son of Robert Montagu, 3rd Duke of Manchester....
8 June 1762 – 4 September 1788 - George Montagu, 1st Duke of MontaguGeorge Montagu, 1st Duke of MontaguGeorge Montagu, 1st Duke of Montagu, KG PC, FRS was a British peer.He was born George Brudenell in 1712 at Cardigan House, Lincoln's Inn Fields, in London, the son of the 3rd Earl of Cardigan and his wife, the former Lady Elizabeth Bruce...
7 May 1789 – 23 May 1790 - James Graham, 3rd Duke of MontroseJames Graham, 3rd Duke of MontroseJames Graham, 3rd Duke of Montrose KG, KT, PC , styled Marquess of Graham until 1790, was a Scottish nobleman and statesman.-Background:...
3 July 1790 – 14 March 1793 - William Montagu, 5th Duke of ManchesterWilliam Montagu, 5th Duke of ManchesterColonel William Montagu, 5th Duke of Manchester , styled Viscount Mandeville until 1783, was a British peer, soldier, colonial administrator and politician.-Background and education:...
14 March 1793 – 25 September 1841 - John Montagu, 7th Earl of SandwichJohn Montagu, 7th Earl of SandwichJohn William Montagu, 7th Earl of Sandwich PC , styled Viscount Hinchingbrooke from 1814 to 1818, was a British peer and Conservative politician...
25 September 1841 – 3 March 1884 - Francis Russell, 9th Duke of BedfordFrancis Russell, 9th Duke of BedfordFrancis Charles Hastings Russell, 9th Duke of Bedford KG was an English politician and agriculturalist.-Life:...
16 April 1884 – 14 January 1891 - Edward Montagu, 8th Earl of SandwichEdward Montagu, 8th Earl of SandwichEdward George Henry Montagu, 8th Earl of Sandwich , known as Viscount Hinchingbrooke until 1884, was a British peer, Conservative politician and author....
17 February 1891 – 26 June 1916 - Howard Coote 6 September 1916 – 17 July 1922
- George Charles Montagu, 9th Earl of Sandwich 17 July 1922 – 28 January 1946
- Granville Proby 28 January 1946 – 9 March 1947
- Ailwyn Fellowes, 3rd Baron de RamseyAilwyn Fellowes, 3rd Baron de RamseyAilwyn Edward Fellowes, 3rd Baron de Ramsey KBE, TD was a British peer.de Ramsey was the son of the Hon. Coulson Churchill Fellowes , son of William Fellowes, 2nd Baron de Ramsey. His mother was Gwendolene Dorothy, daughter of Harry Wyndham Jefferson. He was educated at Oundle School...
30 July 1947 – 1965