Lord Lieutenant of Northamptonshire

Below is a list of people who have served as Lord Lieutenant of Northamptonshire. Since 1735, all Lords Lieutenant have also been Custos Rotulorum of Northamptonshire. The lieutenancy included the Soke of Peterborough until 1965, when the Lord Lieutenant of Huntingdonshire became Lord Lieutenant of Huntingdon and Peterborough. This merged with the lieutenancy of Cambridgeshire and Isle of Ely in 1974, forming the jurisdiction of the present Lord Lieutenant of Cambridgeshire. Lord Lieutenants William Parr, 1st Marquess of Northampton, 1549 – Sir Christopher Hatton, 1586 – 20 November 1591. vacant Thomas Cecil, 1st Earl of Exeter, 8 September 1603 – 8 February 1623. William Cecil, 2nd Earl of Exeter, 27 February 1623 – 6 July 1640. John Mordaunt, 1st Earl of Peterborough, 16 July 1640 – 18 June 1643. Interregnum John Cecil, 4th Earl of Exeter, 31 July 1660 – 8 August 1673 jointly with Mildmay Fane, 2nd Earl of Westmorland, 31 July 1660 – 12 February 1666 and Henry Mordaunt, 2nd Earl of Peterborough, 21 May 1666 – 8 August 1673. divided into East and West Northamptonshire 8 August 1673 – 20 February 1678: John Cecil, 4th Earl of Exeter, (East Northamptonshire). Henry Mordaunt, 2nd Earl of Peterborough, (West Northamptonshire). Henry Mordaunt, 2nd Earl of Peterborough, 20 February 1678 – 30 May 1689. Charles Mordaunt, 1st Earl of Monmouth, 30 May 1689 – 21 July 1715. John Montagu, 2nd Duke of Montagu, 21 July 1715 – 5 July 1749. George Montagu-Dunk, 2nd Earl of Halifax, 2 October 1749 – 8 June 1771. Spencer Compton, 8th Earl of Northampton, 6 July 1771 – 7 April 1796. Charles Compton, 1st Marquess of Northampton, 11 June 1796 – 24 May 1828. John Fane, 10th Earl of Westmorland, 5 July 1828 – 15 December 1841. Brownlow Cecil, 2nd Marquess of Exeter, 22 January 1842 – 16 January 1867. Charles FitzRoy, 3rd Baron Southampton, 22 February 1867 – 16 July 1872. John Spencer, 5th Earl Spencer, 12 August 1872 – 27 October 1908. Charles Spencer, 6th Earl Spencer, 27 October 1908 – 26 September 1922. William Cecil, 5th Marquess of Exeter, 14 December 1922 – 11 March 1952. Albert Spencer, 7th Earl Spencer, 11 March 1952 – 31 July 1967. Lt. Col. John Chandos-Pole, 31 July 1967 – 5 March 1984. Sir John Luke Lowther, 5 March 1984 – 18 November 1998. Lady Juliet Townsend, 18 November 1998 – 16 June 2014. David Eric Laing, 17 June 2014 – James Saunders Watson, 30 March 2020 – present Deputy Lieutenants Deputy Lieutenants traditionally supported the Lord-Lieutenant.