19th century Lords Lieutenant

1813 to 1839 - Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville 1st Duke of Buckingham KG (1776 – 1839)

The Dukedom was finally achieved by the third generation of Grenvilles as a reward for bringing the Grenville influence to support Lord Liverpool’s Tory government in 1822. The first Duke was Member of Parliament for Buckinghamshire from 1797 - 1813.

1839 to 1868 - Robert Carrington 2nd Lord Carrington (1796 – 1868)

Robert Carrington's appointment as Lieutenant provoked indignation from the Grenvilles who considered the Carringtons, a banking family who had supported the Government with loans during the Napoleonic wars, as newcomers in Buckinghamshire. 

1868 to 1889 - Richard Plantagenet Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville 3rd Duke of Buckingham GCSI (1823 – 1889)

The second Duke had become bankrupt and he left the country in 1847 with debts amounting to millions of pounds. The third Duke was serious, hardworking and very able. He served as Conservative Member of Parliament for Buckingham from 1846 – 1857 and was appointed Lord President then Secretary for the Colonies in the Derby / Disraeli ministry of 1866 to 1868. He worked hard to rebuild his family estates and succeeded to a remarkable degree during the forty years from 1849. Stowe never quite regained its former glory, but he built up the lands to something approaching their former level.

1889 to 1915 - Nathan Mayer Rothschild 1st Lord Rothschild GCVO (1840 – 1915)

Nathan Rothschild was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge, where he was a contemporary and friend of the future Edward VII, a friendship which lasted all their lives. He was the undisputed leader of the Jewish community in England, a man of great generosity and widely respected. He lived at Tring Park and had lands at Marsworth, Weston Turville, Wingrave and the Burston manor in Aston Abbots.

We would like to acknowledge Major Elliott Viney DSO MBE TD FSA DL  author of The Buckinghamshire Lieutenancy, for the historical information.