There has been a Lord Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire almost continuously since the position was created by King Henry VIII in 1535. The only exception to this was the English Civil War and English Interregnum between 1643 and 1660 when there was no king to support the Lieutenancy. The following list consists of all known holders of the position: earlier records (prior to 1607) have been lost and so a complete list is not possible. Since 1702, all Lord Lieutenants have also been Custos Rotulorum of Buckinghamshire. Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk 1545 (died 22 August 1545) Unknown period 1545 – 1551 Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset 10 May 1551 – beheaded 22 January 1552 Francis Russell, 2nd Earl of Bedford 1552 William Parr, 1st Marquess of Northampton 1553 (attainted 1553) Unknown period 1553 – 1559 Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk 1559 Unknown period 1559 – 1569 Arthur Grey, 14th Baron Grey de Wilton 1569 Unknown period 1569 – 1586 Arthur Grey, 14th Baron Grey de Wilton 12 September 1586 – 14 October 1593 Unknown period 1593 – 1607 Thomas Egerton, 1st Baron Ellesmere 22 December 1607 – 15 September 1616 George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham 16 September 1616 – assassinated 23 August 1628 Philip Herbert, 4th Earl of Pembroke 28 September 1628 – 1641 Robert Dormer, 1st Earl of Carnarvon 2 June 1641 – 1643 (Royalist Lieutenant) William Paget, 5th Baron Paget 1641 – May 1642 (Parliamentarian Lieutenant) Philip Wharton, 4th Baron Wharton 1642 (Parliamentarian Lieutenant) No Lord Lieutenant in place during English Civil War and English Interregnum John Egerton, 2nd Earl of Bridgewater 23 July 1660 – 26 October 1686 John Egerton, 3rd Earl of Bridgewater 26 November 1686 – 1687 George Jeffreys, 1st Baron Jeffreys 12 November 1687 – 1689 John Egerton, 3rd Earl of Bridgewater 4 April 1689 – 19 March 1701 Thomas Wharton, 5th Baron Wharton 23 January 1702 – 1702 William Cheyne, 2nd Viscount Newhaven 18 June 1702 – 1702 Scroop Egerton, 4th Earl of Bridgewater 14 January 1703 – 1711 Henry Grey, 1st Duke of Kent 1711 – 1712 William Cheyne, 2nd Viscount Newhaven 22 May 1712 – 1714 Scroop Egerton, 1st Duke of Bridgewater 8 December 1714 – 1728 Richard Temple, 1st Viscount Cobham 23 February 1728 – 1738 Charles Spencer, 3rd Duke of Marlborough 26 January 1739 – 20 October 1758 Richard Grenville-Temple, 2nd Earl Temple 15 January