Date
appointed

Name

Notes

1545

Charles Brandon,
Duke of Suffolk

With authority to make letters of deputation under his hand and seal unto Sir Richard Fiennes, Sir William Spencer, and Sir Anthony Cope (Knights) and John Doyley and Raffe Warcoppe (Esquires), to execute the place of Lieutenant of the said Shire in his (Lord Norreys’) absence

1596 
(October)

Henry, Lord Norreys
of Rycote

Had authority to make letters of deputation to Sir Richard Fiennes, Sir William Spencer, Sir Anthony Cope, John Doyley, and Raffe Warcoppe to execute the place of Lieutenant in his absence

By March
1612

William Knollys,
Earl of Banbury,
Viscount Wallingford

Appointed Lord Lieutenant and Custos Rotulorum before his commission was renewed in March 1612

1642
(August)

William, 1st Viscount
Saye & Sele

Died April 1662, and buried at Broughton Castle

1660
( July)

Henry, 4th Viscount
Falkland

Died 1663

1663
(June)

Edward,
Earl of Clarendon

1667
(March)

James, 2nd Viscount
Saye & Sele

Eldest son of William above. Died in 1674

1674

James, Lord Norreys

Discharged from lieutenancy in 1687 for opposing James II, but reappointed in April 1689 under William & Mary

1688
(October)

Edward, 1st Earl
of Lichfield

1697
(May)

Thomas, Lord Wharton

His former commission was revoked

1702
(10 June)

2nd Earl Montagu
of Abingdon

Appointed until September 1705, when his commission was revoked. Reappointed May 1712 and retained until 1715. Died 16 July 1743

1715

Francis,  Earl of
Godolphin

Married Henrietta, eldest daughter of John, 1st Duke of Marlborough

1739
(January)

Charles, 2nd Duke
of Marlborough, kg

Died 1758

1760
(April)

George, 3rd Duke
of Marlborough, kg

Died 30 January 1817

1817
(27 March)

George, 4th Earl
of Macclesfield

Died 20 March 1842, aged 87

1842

George, 5th Duke
of Marlborough

Died 1 June 1857, aged 63

1857
(August)

John Winston,  6th Duke
of Marlborough

On succeeding to the Dukedom in July 1857 he resigned as MP for Woodstock, moved to the House of Lords, and became Lord Lieutenant of Oxfordshire until his death on 5 July 1883

1883

Sir Henry William Dashwood

1887

Victor Albert George Villiers, 7th Earl of Jersey

1915

Charles Richard John Spencer-Churchill, 9th Duke of Marlborough

1934

Vivian Hugh Smith, 1st Baron Bicester of Tusmore

1954

George Loveden
William Henry Parker

Born 24 May 1888,
died 20 Sep 1975

1963

Colonel Sir John Thomson

1980

Sir Ashley Ponsonby

1996

Hugo Brunner

2008

Tim Stevenson

The Lord Lieutenant
of Oxfordshire