This is a list of people who have served as Lord Lieutenant of Cambridgeshire. The title Lord Lieutenant is given to the British monarch's personal representative in the counties of the United Kingdom. The Lord Lieutenant is supported by a Vice Lord Lieutenant and Deputy Lieutenants which he or she appoints. Since 1715, all Lord Lieutenants have also been Custos Rotulorum of Cambridgeshire.
Incorporating the liberty of Isle of Ely, a county palatine from 1107 to 1535/6, declared a division of Cambridgeshire in 1837 when the secular powers of the Bishop of Ely ended. For the Soke of Peterborough to 1965, see Lord Lieutenant of Northamptonshire and for Huntingdonshire during this period, Lord Lieutenant of Huntingdonshire.
The Marquess of Northampton 1547–?The 1st Lord North 1559–1564The 2nd Lord North 20 November 1569 – ?unknownThe 2nd Lord North 8 April 1588 – 3 December 1600vacantThe 1st Earl of Suffolk 17 July 1602– 28 May 1626The 2nd Earl of Suffolk 15 June 1626 – 3 June 1640The Lord Maynard 17 June 1640 – 17 December 1640 jointly withThe Lord North 22 October 1640 – 1642InterregnumThe 3rd Earl of Suffolk 25 July 1660 – 9 March 1681The Lord Alington 9 March 1681 – 1 February 1685The Earl of Sandwich 1685 (did not serve; exercised in his absence by:)The Earl of Ailesbury 4 March 1685 – 20 October 1685vacantThe Lord Dover 26 November 1686 – 10 May 1689The 1st Duke of Bedford 10 May 1689 – 7 September 1700Lord Edward Russell 22 November 1700 – 27 November 1701The 2nd Duke of Bedford 27 November 1701 – 26 May 1711The 6th Lord North 6 December 1711 – 28 October 1715The Earl of Orford 28 October 1715 – 26 November 1727The Earl of Lincoln 28 March 1728 – 7 September 1728The Lord Montfort 13 June 1729 – 24 July 1742The Duke of Newcastle 24 July 1742 – 25 August 1757The 2nd Earl of Hardwicke 25 August 1757 – 16 May 1790The 3rd Earl of Hardwicke 3 July 1790 – 18 November 1834The 4th Earl of Hardwicke 20 January 1834– 17 September 1873Charles Watson Townley 20 January 1874 – 17 October 1893Alexander Peckover 11 December 1893 – 12 December 1906The Viscount Clifden 12 December 1906 – 1915Charles Adeane 25 October 1915 – 11 February 1943Richard George Briscoe 15 May 1943 – 16 June 1958Robert Henry Parker 16 June 1958 – 14 April 1965Lord Lieutenants of Cambridgeshire and the Isle of Ely
The Lieutenancy became that of Cambridgeshire and Isle of Ely on 1 April 1965, when that administrative county was formed. For Huntingdon and Peterborough, see the separate Lord Lieutenant of Huntingdon and Peterborough.
Geoffrey Taylor Hurrell 14 April 1965 – 31 March 1974On 1 April 1974, the new non-metropolitan county of Cambridgeshire was formed from Cambridgeshire and Isle of Ely and Huntingdon and Peterborough. On 1 April 1998, the city of Peterborough ceded from Cambridgeshire as a unitary authority, but it continues to form part of that county for ceremonial purposes.
Geoffrey Taylor Hurrell 1 April 1974 – 26 March 1975 (former Lord Lieutenant of Cambridgeshire and Isle of Ely), withDennis George Ruddock Herbert, 2nd Baron Hemingford 1 April 1974 – ?, styled Lieutenant of CambridgeshireHon. Peter Esmé Brassey 26 March 1975 – 9 March 1981Sir Peter Proby, Bt 9 March 1981 – 1985Michael Guy Molesworth Bevan 1985 – 2 March 1992James Crowden 3 July 1992 – 2002Sir Hugh Duberly 20 August 2003 – presentDeputy Lieutenants traditionally supported the Lord-Lieutenant. There could be several deputy lieutenants at any time, depending on the population of the county. Their appointment did not terminate with the changing of the Lord-Lieutenant, but they often retired at age 75.
Thomas Walter Harding 2 April 1901Henry Neville 2 April 1901Alan Sidney Wentworth Stanley 2 April 1901Charles Wentworth Stanley 2 April 1901Henry William Hurrell, Esq. 6 May 1901
