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. Lord Lieutenants are supported by an appointed Vice Lord Lieutenant and Deputy Lieutenants. Since 1715, all Lord Lieutenants have also been Custos Rotulorum of Cambridgeshire. The current Lord-Lieutenant of Cambridgeshire is Mrs Julie Spence OBE QPM as of 4 April 2017. Lord Lieutenants of Cambridgeshire to 1965 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 1557–1564 The 2nd Lord North 20 November 1569 – ? unknown The 2nd Lord North 8 April 1588 – 3 December 1600 vacant The 1st Earl of Suffolk 17 July 1602– 28 May 1626 The 2nd Earl of Suffolk 15 June 1626 – 3 June 1640 The Lord Maynard 17 June 1640 – 17 December 1640 jointly with The Lord North 22 October 1640 – 1642 Interregnum The 3rd Earl of Suffolk 25 July 1660 – 9 March 1681 The Lord Alington 9 March 1681 – 1 February 1685 The Earl of Sandwich 1685 (did not serve; exercised in his absence by:) The Earl of Ailesbury 4 March 1685 – 20 October 1685 vacant The Lord Dover 26 November 1686 – 10 May 1689 The 1st Duke of Bedford 10 May 1689 – 7 September 1700 Lord Edward Russell 22 November 1700 – 27 November 1701 The 2nd Duke of Bedford 27 November 1701 – 26 May 1711 The 6th Lord North 6 December 1711 – 28 October 1715 The Earl of Orford 28 October 1715 – 26 November 1727 The Earl of Lincoln 28 March 1728 – 7 September 1728 The Lord Montfort 13 June 1729 – 24 July 1742 The Duke of Newcastle 24 July 1742 – 25 August 1757 The 2nd Earl of Hardwicke 25 August 1757 – 16 May 1790 The 3rd Earl of Hardwicke 3 July 1790 – 18 November 1834 The 4th Earl of Hardwicke 20 January 1834– 17 September 1873 Charles Watson Townley 20 January 1874 – 17 October 1893 Alexander