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Lord Lieutenants of Huntingdonshire.

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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.

• Henry Hastings, 3rd Earl of Huntingdon in 1581
• John St John, 2nd Baron St John of Bletso 8 April 1588 – 23 October 1596
• Oliver St John, 3rd 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 Lennox 14 March 1619 – 30 July 1624 and
• Henry Montagu, 1st Earl of Manchester 18 October 1624 – 1642 jointly with
• Oliver St John, 4th Baron St John of Bletso see above 5 February 1629 – 25 August 1636
• Edward Montagu, 2nd Earl of Manchester 26 September 1660 – 7 May 1671 jointly with
• Edward Montagu, 1st Earl of Sandwich 26 September 1660 – 28 May 1672
• Robert Montagu, 3rd Earl of Manchester 7 May 1671 – 10 March 1681
• Robert Bruce, 1st Earl of Ailesbury 10 March 1681 – 20 October 1685 (in the absence of Edward Montagu, 2nd Earl of Sandwich)
• Thomas Bruce, 2nd Earl of Ailesbury 10 March 1681 – 8 April 1689 (in the absence of Edward Montagu, 2nd Earl of Sandwich)
• Charles Montagu, 4th Earl of Manchester 8 April 1689 – 20 January 1722
• Edward Montagu, Viscount Hinchingbrooke 14 February 1722 – 3 October 1722
• William Montagu, 2nd Duke of Manchester 25 October 1722 – 21 October 1739
• Robert Montagu, 3rd Duke of Manchester 6 November 1739 – 10 May 1762
• George Montagu, 4th Duke of Manchester 8 June 1762 – 4 September 1788
• George Montagu, 1st Duke of Montagu 7 May 1789 – 23 May 1790
• James Graham, 3rd Duke of Montrose 3 July 1790 – 14 March 1793
• William Montagu, 5th Duke of Manchester 14 March 1793 – 25 September 1841
• John Montagu, 7th Earl of Sandwich 25 September 1841 – 3 March 1884
• Francis Russell, 9th Duke of Bedford 16 April 1884 – 14 January 1891
• Edward Montagu, 8th Earl of Sandwich 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 Ramsey 30 July 1947 – 1965

High Sheriffs of Huntingdonshire

Extracted from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Sheriff_of_Huntingdonshire''

Before 1200

(Before 1154 – See High Sheriff of Cambridgeshire)'

• 1154: Richard Basset and Aubrey de Vere
• 1155–1161: Payn and Robert Grimball
• 1162: Nicholai de Chenet
• 1163–1164: Hamo Petom
• 1165: Hamo Petom and Philip de Daventry
• 1166–1168: Philip de Daventry
• 1169–1170: Ebrar. de Beach and War. de Basingborn
• 1171–1176: Ebrar. de Beach
• 1177–1179: Walter son of Hugonis
• 1180: Walter son of Hugonis and William, son of Stephen
• 1181–1182: Radulph de Bardulf
• 1183: Walter son of Hugonis
• 1184–1186: Nicholas, son of Robert
• 1189: Nicholas son of Robert
• 1190–1191: William Muschet
• 1192–1193: Richard Anglicus
• 1194–1195: Richard (Reginald) de Argenton
• 1196: Thomas de Huntsdon
• 1197: Merric de Marignes
• 1198–1200: Robert de Lisle

1200–1299

• 1200: Hamo de Valoignes and Rall. de Valoigne
• 1201–1202: Walter de Stukeley
• 1203–1204: Robert de Tateshall and Magister Aristoteles
• 1205–1206: Josteli. de Stukeley
• 1207–1214: Fulk son of Theobald
• 1215: William Longespée, 3rd Earl of Salisbury and William de Marigny
• 1216: William Longespée, 3rd Earl of Salisbury
• 1217–1219 Falkes de Breauté and Radulph de Bray
• 1220–1223 Falkes de Breauté and John de Ulicot
• c.1224: Richard de Argentine
• 1224–1231: Geoffrey de Hadfield
• 1232–1235: Jeremias of Caxton
• 1236–1241: Henry de Colne
• 1242: Hugo de Hodeng
• 1243–1245: Radulph de Hereford
• 1246–1248: Philip de Staunton
• 1249–1250: Henry Colville
• 1251–1252: Simon de Horton
• 1253: John de Moyne
• 1254–1255: John de Moyne and John de Marines
• 1256–1257: William de la Stow
• 1258: William le Moyne
• 1259: John le Scalarus (John de Scalars)
• 1260: John le Scalarus (John de Scalars) and John Lovell
• 1261: Sacrus de Frivile
• 1262–1266: John Lovell
• 1267: Almaricus Pech
• 1268–1269: Sacrus de Frivile
• 1270–1273: Robert de Estre
• 1274: Walter Shelfhanger
• 1275–1277: William le Moyne
• 1278: Bal. de Sto Geiorgio
• 1279–1280: William de Rothing
• 1281–1287: Thomas de Belhus
• 1288–1295: Hugo de Babington
• 1296: William de Mortuo Mari.
• 1297: William de Sutton
• 1298–1299: Thomas de Gardinor

1300–1399

• 1300: Robert Hereward
• 1301–1305: Robert de Bajose
• 1307–1309: John Crekes and Robert de Hoo
• 1310–1313: John Crekes
• 1314–1315: Thomas de Stolarus
• 1316–1318: Ralph Giffard
• 1319: Mathew de Bassingborne
• 1320: John de Crekes
• 1321–1326: Almeric de Zouche
• 1327–1329: Mathew de Bassingborne
• 1330–1331: Sir Almaric de Zouche
• 1332: William de Moyne
• 1333: William, son of John Mutchett
• 1334: Richard de Bajocis and Warin de Bassingborne
• 1335: Walter Lymbery and William Muschett
• 1336: Thomas de Lacy
• 1337–1338: Wllliam de Muschett
• 1339–1340: Warin de Bassingborne
• 1341: John de Papworth and John de Lacy
• 1342–1345: Warin de Bassingborne
• 1346–1347: Robert de Engane
• 1348–1351: Guy de St. Clair
• 1352: John Lisle de Rubeo Monts
• 1353–1354: Guy de St Clair
• 1355: Thomas de Scolarus
• 1356: John de Harewdon
• 1357–1360: Nicholas Stannell
• 1361: John Furneux and Thomas Cheyne
• 1362–1371: N. Suyvecle
• 1372: William de Papworth of Papworth St Agnes
• 1373: Roger Harlaston
• 1374: Thomas Sewall
• 1375: Thomas Torell
• 1376: Bald. St George
• 1377: Sir John Engaine
• 1377: John Avenel of Gamlinggay
• 1378: William Moyne
• 1379: Radulph Wykes
• 1380: Henry English of Wood Ditton
• 1381: Thomas Sewall
• 1382: William Moyne
• 1383: Philip Tilney of Boston, Lincolnshire
• 1384: Henry English
• 1385: John Heningford
• 1386: Robert de Paris
• 1387: Sir William Papworth of Papworth St Agnes
• 1388: William Cheyne
• 1389: Edmund de la Pole
• 1390: Robert de Paris
• 1391: Nicholas Stewkeley
• 1392: John Kinost
• 1393: William Cheyne
• 1394: Nicholas Paris
• 1395: John Lakynghech
• 1396: John Harlington
• 1397–1398: Andrew Newport
• 1399: Thomas Hasdden

1400–1499

• 1400–1401: William Rees and Sir John Howard of Fowlmere
• 1403: John Hobildod
• 1405: Robert Scott (1st term)
• 1406: John Bernakes
• 1407: John Hobildod
• 1408: John Paniel
• 1409: Sir Baldwin St George of Hatley
• 1410: William Allein
• 1411: Robert Scott (2nd term)
• 1413: Sir Robert Hocksheche, of Hackbeach, Norfolk and Litlington
• 1414: William Alington of Bottisham
• 1415: Thomas Reviles
• 1416: Robert Scott (3rd term)
• 1417: Walter Pole
• 1418: William Asconhall
• 1419: Thomas Reviles
• 1420–1422: Robert Scott (4th term)
• 1423: Robert Scott (5th term) and William Alington of Bottisham
• 1424: Walter de la Pole
• 1425: Nicholas Slyvebly
• 1426: John Hore of Childerley
• 1427: Thomas Dischalers of Whaddon
• 1428: Nicholas Alington
• 1429: Walter de la Pole
• 1430: Laurence Cheyne of Fen Ditton
• 1431: John Austey
• 1432: John Shardlow and John Clopton
• 1433: Robert Stonham
• 1434–1435: Roger Hunt
• 1435: Laurence Cheyne of Fen Ditton
• 1436–1437: Robert Stonham
• 1438: William Alington of Horseheath (son of William, HS 1423)
• 1439: Gilbert Hore
• 1440–1441: Henry Langley
• 1442: William Lee
• 1443: Thomas Peyton
• 1444–1445: William St George
• 1446–1447: John Chalers
• 1448: Thomas Bernard
• 1449: Walter Trumpington
• 1450: John Harlaston
• 1451: William Alington of Horseheath
• 1452: Thomas Tresham
• 1453: Thomas Peyton (2nd term)
• 1454: William Hasdden
• 1455: Henry Paris
• 1458: Thomas Tresham
• 1459: John Colville
• 1460: Thomas Findern
• 1461: John Alington
• 1462–1463: John Stuke
• 1464: John Cheyne
• 1465: John Boughton
• 1466: John Burleley
• 1467: John Forster
• 1468: William St George
• 1469: Richard Sapcote
• 1470: Thomas Gray (arm)
• 1471: Thomas Gray (mil)
• 1472: John Austy
• 1473: Thomas Pigott
• 1474: John Broughton
• 1475: John Cheyne
• 1476: Sir Thomas Cotton, Kt
• 1477: William Alington (d.1485)
• 1478: William Frevill
• 1479: Robert Paris
• 1480: Thomas Huntingdon
• 1481: Gal. Bloodwell
• 1482: Robert Tilney
• 1483: Robert Tanfield
• 1484: John Wake
• 1485: John Hudleston
• 1486: William Finden
• 1487: Thomas Oxenburg
• 1488: William Taillard
• 1489: John Hafilden
• 1490: William Wentworth
• 1491: Thomas Cheyney
• 1492: William Cheyney
• 1493: John Burgoyne
• 1494: Thomas Cotton
• 1495: Gerrard Stukeley
• 1496: Thomas Cheyney
• 1497: Christopher de Peyton
• 1498: Richard Stuteville
• 1499: Robert Peyton
• c 1481: Everard Fielding

1500–1599

• 1500: Thomas Cotton
• 1501: John Clarevax
• 1502: Edward Lucy
• 1503: Thomas Cheyne
• 1504: Christopher Druell
• 1505: John Frevile
• 1506–1507: Anthony Mallory
• 1508: William Findern
• 1509: Thomas Grey
• 1510: Francis Hasilden of Steeple Morden, Cambridgeshire
• 1511: John Paris of Linton, Cambridgeshire
• 1512: Sir Giles Allington of Horseheath
• 1513: Thomas Cotton of Connington
• 1514: Thomas Thursby of Caxton
• 1515: Sir Ralph Chamberlayne of Kingston Woodhouse
• 1516: John Paris of Linton (2nd term)
• 1517: Sir John Cutts of Childerley, Cambridgeshire
• 1518: William Tanfield of Everton, Huntingdonshire
• 1519: Anthony Mallory of Papworth St Agnes, Cambridgeshire
• 1520: Sir Giles Allington of Horseheath, Cambridgeshire (2nd term)
• 1521: Francis Hasilden of Steeple Morden, Cambridgeshire (2nd term)
• 1522: John More of Whaddon, Cambridgeshire
• 1523: Sir John Huddleston of Sawston, Cambridgeshire
• 1524: Anthony Hansard of March, Isle of Ely
• 1525: Sir John Huddleston of Sawston, Cambridgeshire (2nd term)
• 1526: Robert Peyton of Isleham, Cambridgeshire
• 1527: Thomas Pygot of Abington Pigotts, Cambridgeshire
• 1528: Robert Apreece of Washingley House, Huntingdonshire
• 1529: John Paris of Linton, Cambridgeshire (3rd term)
• 1530: Anthony Hansard of March, Isle of Ely (2nd term)
• 1531: Sir Giles Allington of Horseheath, Cambridgeshire
• 1532: Anthony Mallory of Papworth St Agnes, Cambridgeshire (2nd term)
• 1533: Sir Thomas Elyot of Carlton, Cambridgeshire
• 1534: Sir Richard Sapcott of Elton, Huntingdonshire (present-day Cambridgeshire)
• 1535: Thomas Chicheley of Wimpole, Huntingdonshire
• 1536: Robert Peyton of Isleham, Cambridgeshire (2nd term)
• 1537: Richard Cromwell
• 1538: Thomas Megges
• 1539: Thomas Hutton of Dry Drayton, Cambridgeshire
• 1540: Philip Paris of Linton, Cambridgeshire
• 1541: Richard Williams (alias Cromwell) of Hinghingbrooke Castle, Huntingdonshire (2nd term)
• 1542: Oliver Leder
• 1543: Edward North, 1st Baron North
• 1544: Robert Aprice
• 1545: Thomas Eliot
• 1546: Sir Giles Allington of Horseheath
• 1547: Laurence Tailard
• 1548: Thomas Cotton
• 1549: John Hudleston
• 1550: Sir John Cotton (1st term)
• 1551: Thomas Bolles
• 1552: John Cutte
• 1553: Giles Alington
• 1553: Robert Peyton of Isleham, Cambridgeshire
• 1554: Oliver Leder
• 1555: Sir Laurence Taylor
• 1556: Sir John Cotton (2nd term)
• 1557: Sir Robert Tyrwhytt
• 1558: William Lawrence of St Ives
• 1558: John Hutton
• 1559: Thomas Cotton
• 1560: Francis Hynde of Madenly
• 1561: Henry Darcy of Leighton
• 1562: Cle. Chichiley clarification needed
• 1563: William Mallory of Papworth St Agnes, Cambridgeshire
• 1564: Henry Williams (alias Cromwell)
• 1565: William Worthington
• 1566: Robert Peyton of Isleham, Cambridgeshire
• 1567: Thomas Revell
• 1568: Henry Longe of Shengey
• 1569: Francis Hynde
• 1570: Henry Williams (alias Cromwell)
• 1571: John Cutts
• 1572: Thomas Wendy
• 1573: Henry Williams (alias Cromwell)
• 1574: John Hutton
• 1575: William Mallory of Papworth St Agnes, Cambridgeshire
• 1576: Robert Bevill of Chasterton
• 1577: Thomas Reu
• 1578: Fitz Rad. Chamberlaine
• 1579: Thomas Holmes
• 1580: Henry Williams (alias Cromwell)
• 1581: Robert Taylor
• 1582: Thomas Cotton
• 1583: Henry Darcy
• 1584: Anthony Cage
• 1585: Thomas Wendy
• 1586: Robert Peyton of Isleham, Cambridgeshire
• 1587: Francis Cromwell
• 1588: Rad. Bevill
• 1589: Francis Hynde
• 1590: Thomas Chichley
• 1591: John Cotton of Landwade
• 1592: Henry Cromwell
• 1593: Sir John Peyton of Isleham, Cambridgeshire
• 1594: Thomas March
• 1595: Robert Brudenell
• 1596: Anthony Cage
• 1597: Jarvasius Clifton
• 1598: Oliver Cromwell
• 1599: Giles Allington

1600–1699

• 1600: William Hind
• 1601: John Cutts
• 1602: Thomas Wendy
• 1603: John Bedell
• 1604: Sir John Peyton of Isleham, Cambridgeshire
• 1605: Robert Bevill
• 1606: Sir Thomas Jermy
• 1607: Robert Payne
• 1608: John Cage
• 1609: Oliver Cheney
• 1610: Reginald Millicent
• 1611: Sir Simeon Steward of Stuntney
• 1612: Edward Hind
• 1613: Thomas Baldwin
• 1614: Edward Alldred
• 1615: Sir Miles Sandys of Wilburton Parsonage, Wilburton, Isle of Ely
• 1616: Francis Brown
• 1617: William Wendy
• 1618: Sir Thomas Steward of Stuntney
• 1619: Sir John Cutts of Swavesey and Childerley
• 1620: Thomas Maples
• 1621: Robert Symonds
• 1622: Sir Edward Peyton, 2nd Baronet
• 1623: Robert Audley
• 1624: Jac. Reynolds
• 1625: Mart. Pierce
• 1626: John Goldsburgh
• 1627: Robert Hagar
• 1628: Thomas Parker
• 1629: Jacob Pedley
• 1630: Thomas Terrell
• 1631: Richard Civil
• 1632: Sir Capell Bedell, Bt.
• 1633: Anthony Cage
• 1634: Robert Ballam
• 1635: Ludo. Dyer

From 1636 to 1642 separate sheriffs were appointed for Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire

Sheriffs of Cambridgeshire:

• 1636 Sir John Carleton, 1st Baronet of Cheveley
• 1637 Thomas Chicheley of Wimpole Hall
• 1638 Thomas Wendy of Haslingfield
• 1639 Thomas Prichard of Trumpington, Cambridgeshire
• 1640 John Crane of Kingston, Cambridgeshire
• 1641 Sir John Cotton, 1st Bt

Sheriffs of Huntingdonshire

• 1636 Sir Thomas Cotton, Bt
• 1637 Sir John Hewett, Bt
• 1638 Sir Thomas Lake, Kt
• 1639 Sir William Airmine, 1st Baronet
• 1640 William Leman
• 1641 Richard Stone
• Sheriffs of Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire resumed
• 1642–1643: Thomas Martin
• 1644: Onslow Winch
• 1645: Tristram Diamond
• 1 December 1646: John Hobart
• 1647: Francis Bickley
• 30 May 1648: Thomas Marshe
• 23 November 1648: Sir Henry Pickering
• 7 November 1649: Robert Castle
• 7 November 1650: John Towers
• 4 November 1651: Sir Heneage Proby of Elton Hall
• 12 November 1652: Levinus Bennet of Babraham, Cambridgeshire
• 10 November 1653: Sir William Sidney
• 16 November 1653: William Fisher
• 1654: Hugh Audley
• 1655: Thomas Duckett
• 1656: Richard Woodward
• 1657: Thomas Bateman
• 1658: John Jenkinson
• 5 November 1660: William Colville
• 1661: John Hewett
• 1662: Sir Thomas Hatton, 2nd Baronet
• 1663: William March
• 1664: John Dryden
• 12 November 1665: Sir Thomas Willys, 1st Baronet
• 7 November 1666: John Caryll
• 6 November 1667: Sir Robert Sewster
• 6 November 1668: William Whitmore
• 25 November 1668: James Thompson
• 11 November 1669: Haynes Barley
• 4 November 1670: John Bradbourne
• 9 November 1671: John Clerke
• 11 November 1672: Thomas (or Richard) Reed
• 12 November 1673: Castel Sherrard
• 1674: George Pike
• 15 November 1675: Christopher Turner
• 9 November 1676: William Drury
• 18 November 1676: Richard Drury
• 15 November 1677: Charles Baron, of Eversden
• 14 November 1678: Thomas Wiseman
• 13 November 1679: William Harlock
• 1679: Hugh Bonfoy
• 4 November 1680: Sir Thomas Sclater, 1st Baronet
• 10 November 1681: Sir Robert Swayne
• 17 November 1681: Robert Swaine
• 13 November 1682: John Bigg
• 12 November 1683: Sir Henry Pickering of Whaddon
• 20 November 1684: Samuel Fortrey
• 1685: Sir John Hewet, 3rd Baronet
• 25 November 1686: Sir George Downing, 2nd Baronet
• 23 January 1688: Sir Robert Cotton, 1st Baronet, of Combermere
• 8 November 1688: Sir Robert Bernard, 3rd Baronet
• 17 November 1688: Henry Kingsley
• 18 March 1689: James Torkington
• 18 November 1689: Felix Calverd
• 25 November 1689: William Calverd
• 27 November 1690: Michael (or Nicholas) Mallabas
• 14 December 1691: Sir John Marshall
• 21 December 1691: Sir Robert Dacres
• 31 December 1691: Sir Robert Bernard, 3rd Baronet
• 17 November 1692: Robert Swann
• 16 November 1693: William Tanner (or Banner)
• 6 December 1694: Arthur Joscelyne
• 5 December 1695: Granado Piggott
• 3 December 1696: Thomas Harrison, of the Marsh
• 16 December 1697: Erasmus Smith
• 23 December 1697: Robert Tompson (or Thomson)
• 22 December 1698: William Emersden (or Eversden)
• 20 November 1699: Richard Read
• 23 November 1699: Richard Parlett Read, of Chatteris

1700–1799

• 1701: Sir Roger Jenyns
• 1707: Burrell Massingberd
• 1708: John Jenyns
• 1713: Roger Rant
• 1715: Sir John Conyers
• 1718: Stephen Baseley of Houghton
• 1723: Thomas Jenkinson, of Elme
• 1725: Sir Thomas Hatton, 6th Baronet
• 1726: William Wynne
• 1728: Samuel Seymonds Pepys
• 1730: Jasper Lister, of Somersham
• 1731: Walter Serecole of Cherry Hinton
• 1737: William Mitchell
• 1737: Richard Hitch
• 1739: John Cole, of Fenton
• 1741: Chester Perne
• 1741: Dingley Askham
• 1742: Sir Thomas Peyton, 3rd Baronet of Great Raveley
• 1743: Thomas Watson Ward
• 1744: Robert Gill of Upwell
• 1745: Thomas Houghton of St.Ives
• 1747: John Godfrey of Brinkly
• 1748: Peter Standley
• 1753: Sir Samuel Clarke, 3rd Baronet
• 1754: Henry Southwell, of Wisbech
• 1755: William Mitchell, of Semingford
• 1756: Charles Pepys, of Impington
• 1757: Francis Dixon of Upwell
• 1758: John Jackson, of Godmanchester
• 1760: Sir Philip Vavasour
• 1767: John Heathcote of Luffenham, Rutland
• 1770: Christopher Anstey of Anstey House, Trumpington, Cambridgeshire
• 1773: Sir Charles Cope, 2nd Baronet
• 1777: Christopher Jefferson
• 1780: Thomas Rumbold Hall
• 1782: Henry Poynter Standly
• 1785: John Crichloc Turner of Great Stukeley
• 1786: John Drage of Soham
• 1787: William Camps of Wilburton
• 1788: Eustace Kentish of Kings Ripton
• 1789: Thomas Panton, of Fen Ditton
• 1790: Thomas Ground
• 1791: George Thornhill of Diddington
• 1798: John Tharpe of Chippenham

1800–1899

• 1801: Richard Eaton of Stetchworth
• 1802: Thomas Aveling
• 1804: Benjamin Keene of Wistow Lodge
• 1805: Joseph Marshal of Elm
• 1808: Sir Henry Peyton, 2nd Baronet of Doddington
• 1816: John Whitby Quintin of Hatley St George
• 1817: Thomas Spooner
• 1818: Sir Thomas George Apreece, 2nd Baronet of Washingley
• 1819: John Hall of West Wratting
• 1820: Thomas Burges of Benwick
• 1821: John Pasheller of Godmanchester
• 1822: Robert Jones Adeane of Babraham
• 1823: William Rayner of Wisbech
• 1824: G Thompson of Somersham
• 1825: Sir Charles Ethelstone Nightingale of Kneesworth
• 1826: Thomas Skeels Fryer of Chatteris
• 1827: John Margett of St Ives
• 1828: John Peter Allix of Swaffham Prior
• 1829: Richard Orton of Upwell
• 1830: John Guillum Scott, of Somersham
• 1831: John Bendyshe, of Kneesworth
• 1832: Thomas Page, of Ely, Cambridgeshire
• 1833: Denzil Onslow, of Great Staughton
• 1834: Richard Huddleston, of Sawston
• 1835: John Fryer, of Chatteris
• 1836: George Thornhill, of Diddington
• 1837: John Dobede, of Soham
• 1838: William Layton, of Woodhouse Ely
• 1839: Sir Richard Hussey Hussey, of the Views
• 1840: Thomas Mortlock, of Little Abingdon
• 1841: Joseph Marshall, of Elm, Cambridgeshire
• 1842: John Linton, of Stirtloe
• 1843: Edward Humphrys Greene, of Hinxton
• 1844: Robert Hutchinson Lewin, of March
• 1845: John Bonfoy Rooper, of Abbots Ripton Hall
• 1846: Sir Charles Watson, 2nd Baronet, of West Wratting
• 1847: Robert Francis Pate, of Wisbech
• 1848: John Moyer Heathcote, of Connington Castle
• 1849: Ebenezer Foster, of Trumpington, Cambridgeshire
• 1850: John Vipan, of Sutton
• 1851: George Rust, of Huntingdon
• 1852: William Parker Hamond, of Pampisford
• 1853: William Whitting, of Manea and Thorney Abbey
• 1854: George William Rowley, of the Priory, St. Neots
• 1855: Sir Williamson Booth, 2nd Baronet, of Gamlingay
• 1856: James Gay, of Upwell
• 1857: Sir John Henry Pelly, 2nd Baronet, of Warnham Court
• 1858: Christopher Robert Pemberton, of Newton
• 1859: John Dunn Gardner, of Chatteris
• 1860: Philip Castell Sherard, 9th Baron Sherard, of Glatton
• 1861: Edward Hicks, of Great Wilbraham
• 1862: John Richardson Fryer, of Chatteris
• 1863: Denzil Onslow, of Great Staughton
• 1864: George Onslow Newton, of Croxton Park
• 1865: John Hall, of Ely
• 1866: Hon. Octavius Duncombe of Waresley
• 1867: Stanlake Ricketts Batson, of Horseheath
• 1868: George Ebenezer Foster, of Brooklands, Cambridge, and Shippea Manor, Isle of Ely
• 1869: George Thornhill, of Diddington
• 1870: Richard Archer Houblon, of Barflow
• 1871: Thomas Richards, of Wimblington, Isle of Ely
• 1872: The Honourable George Fitzwilliam of Milton Park, Northamptonshire
• 1873: Sidney Stanley of Longstowe Hall
• 1874: James Montagu, of Elm, Isle of Ely, and Melton-on-the Hill, Doncaster
• 1875: William Wells of Holmewood Hall
• 1876: Charles Isham Strong, of Thorpe Hall, Peterborough
• 1877: John Brown, of Elwyn Orchard, March
• 1878: Richard Hussey Hussey, of Upvvood, Huntingdonshire
• 1879: William Parked Hamond, of Pampisford Hall
• 1880: Robert Charles Catling, of Needham Hall, Elm, Wisbech
• 1881: Thomas Coote, of Oaklands, Fenstanton,
• 1882: Ebenezer Bird Foster of Anstey Hell, Trumpington
• 1883: Henry Pearson Crates, of the Vineyard, Peterborough
• 1884: William Duberley of Gaynes Hall, Kimbolton
• 1885: John Carbery Evans, of Hatley Park, St. Neots
• 1886: Thomas Maylin Vipan, of Button House, Sutton
• 1887: Henry Charles Geldart, of Waldcn House, Huntingdon
• 1888: John James Briscoe
• 1889: Thomas Richards Harding, of Coney House, Doddington
• 1890: Arthur Wellington Marshall, of the Towers, Buckden
• 1891: William Henry Hall, of Six Mile Bottom, Newmarket
• 1892: Henry Sharpe, of Leverington
• 1893: Arthur John Thornhill, of Diddington Hall, Buckden
• 1894: Maj. Edward Henry Greene-de-Freville, of Hinxton Hall
• 1895: Frederic Nathan Sharpe, of Wisbech
• 1896: John Linton, of Stirtloe House, Buckden
• 1897: Ernest Terah Hooley, of Papworth Hall
• 1898: Fred Crisp, of Whitehouse, New Southgate, Middlesex, and Dry Drayton, Cambridgeshire
• 1899: Walter Henry Octavius Duncombe, of Waresley Park, St. Neots

1900–1965

• 1900: Charles Finch Foster of Pinehurst, Cambridge
• 1901: Thomas Walter Harding, of Kirkstall Abbey, Leeds, and Doddington, Cambridge
• 1902: Charles Harold Coote, of Houghton Grange, Huntingdonshire
• 1903: James Binney, of Pampisford Hall, Pampisford
• 1904: Arthur Hall, of Ely
• 1905: George Wright Wright-Ingle, of Woodhouse, North Finchley, Middlesex
• 1906: Sir Charles Edward Hamilton, Bt., of Hatley Park, Hatley St. George, Cambs.
• 1907: William Cutlack, of The Grange, Littleport
• 1908: John Ashton Fielden, of Holme Wood, near Peterborough
• 1909: George Douglas Cochrane Newton of Croxton Park
• 1910: Walter Wooll West, of Needham Hall, Elm, Wisbech
• 1911: Howard Coote, of Stukeley Hall, Huntingdon
• 1912: Sidney Wynn Graystone, of The White Lodge, Broad Green, Cheveley, near Newmarket
• 1913: Frank Mills, of Wisbech
• 1914: John Henry Beeby, of The Gables, Peterborough
• 1915: Alfred Russell Fordham, of Melbourn Bury near Royston
• 1916: Alfred Edwin Wright, of Ivy Lodge, Haddenham
• 1917: John Norman Heathcote,of Conington Castle, Peterborough
• 1918: Sir Herbert George Fordham, of Odsey, Ashwell, Baldock, Herts
• 1919: Lancelot Harold Luddington, of The Chantrey, Ely
• 1920: Alfred Jordan, of Wistaria House, Huntingdon Street, St. Neots
• 1921: James Odell Vinter, of Southfield, Cambridge
• 1922: Sir Charles Walston, of Newtcn Hall, Newton, Cambridge
• 1923: Douglas James Proby of Elton Hall, Peterborough
• 1924: George Ralph Cunliffe Foster, of Anstey Hall, Trumpington, Cambridge
• 1925: Harold Fred Martin Peatling, of Leverington Hall, Wisbech
• 1926: Arthur George Dilley, of The Walks, Huntingdon
• 1927: Mowbray Frederick Vivian James Arthur Webber, of Wimbish Manor, Shepreth, Cambridgeshire, M.B.E.
• 1938: Major Sir Wiliam Prescott, Knt., CBE, of Godmanchester, Huntingdonshire
• 1939: Sir Harold William Stannus Gray, K.B.E. of Gog Magog Hills, Babraham, Cambridgeshire
• 1945: Sir Stephen Gerald Howard of The Moat, Upend, Kirtling

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