20th century Lords Lieutenant

1915 to 1923 - Charles Robert Wynn-Carrington 1st Marquess of Lincolnshire KG GCMG (1843 - 1928)

Charles Carrington was Member of Parliament for High Wycombe in 1865 but succeeded his father as third Lord Carington three years later. He served in the Royal Horse Guards, was Governor of New South Wales from 1885 – 1890 and President of the Board of Agriculture from 1905 – 1912. He became Marquess of Lincolnshire in 1912. On the death of his mother, he inherited a role in the office of Hereditary Great Chamberlain and acted for the reign of George V. Lord Lincolnshire resigned as Lieutenant on his eightieth birthday.

1923 to 1954 - Thomas Francis Fremantle 3rd Lord Cottesloe CB (1862 - 1954)

Descended from Admiral Sir Thomas Fremantle, his estate was at Swanbourne, where the family still resides. Thomas Fremantle was a devoted servant of both state and county. He served as Chairman of the Quarter Sessions and Vice Chairman of the County Council. After World War I he became Honorary Colonel of the Buckinghamshire Battalion of the Oxfordshire Light Infantry. He also served on the War Office Small Arms Committee.

1954 to 1961 - Major Sir Henry Lancelot Aubrey-Fletcher Bt. CVO DSO (1887 - 1969)

Sir Henry succeeded his father as sixth Baronet in 1937. Educated at Eton and New College, Oxford, he joined the 1st Battalion of the Grenadier Guards in 1908. He fought in both the first and second world wars, being awarded the DSO and French Croix de Guerre in the first war, when he was twice wounded. Sir Henry was a member of the County Council for forty years, a County Alderman for some years and was appointed High Sheriff for the County in 1925. He was a Lieutenant of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen at Arms, The Queen’s Bodyguard, from 1956 to 1957 and its Standard Bearer in 1955.

1961 to 1968 - Brigadier Sir Henry Robert Kincaid Floyd Bt. CB CBE (1899 - 1968)

Educated at Eton and Sandhurst, Sir Henry Floyd succeeded his father as fifth Baronet in 1915. He was appointed Equerry to the Duke of Gloucester in 1927. He joined the King’s Royal Hussars in 1939 and was Colonel of the regiment from 1947-1957. He became a member of The Honourable Corps of Gentlemen at Arms, The Queen’s Bodyguard, in 1949, Clerk of the Cheque and Adjutant from 1957-1963, Standard Bearer from 1963-1966 and Lieutenant from 1966. He was devoted to horses and hunting and died tragically following a riding accident. The Sir Henry Floyd Grammar School, Aylesbury, was named in his memory.

1969 to 1984 - Major John Darling Young KStJ JP (1910 - 1988)

Born in Australia and educated at Eton and Oxford, he was commissioned in the Life Guards in 1932 and served in the Middle East and Italy during World War II. Having a great interest in forestry, he was a member of the Buckinghamshire Agricultural Executive Committee from 1947-1958. He was appointed High Sheriff in 1960 and a Deputy Lieutenant for Buckinghamshire in 1968. He served on the County Council as member for Buckingham from 1964, was a County Alderman from 1969-1974 and was a magistrate on the Stony Stratford Bench. He was President of Eastern Wessex TAVRA from 1976-78. He was created Knight of St John in 1969.

1984 to 1997 - Commander The Lord Cottesloe KStJ JP Royal Navy (Retd)  (Born 1927)

The Hon John Tapling Fremantle succeeded as the fifth Baron Cottesloe in 1994 on the death of his father. Educated at Eton, he followed the naval tradition of the Fremantle Admirals by joining the Royal Navy in 1945. He is now President of the HMS Concord Association. He commanded HMS Palliser from 1959-1961 during the first ‘Cod War’ off Iceland. He retired from the Royal Navy in 1966 in order to join the family business and manage the Estate at Swanbourne, Buckinghamshire, where he still resides. Appointed High Sheriff in 1969, he became a tireless supporter of numerous voluntary bodies and charities within the County. He agreed to the naming of the Fremantle Trust after his family and the Cottesloe School was renamed in his honour. He chose to retire as Lord-Lieutenant after his seventieth birthday with the permission of Her Majesty The Queen.

1997 to 2005 -  Sir Nigel Mobbs, KStJ, JP  (1937 - 2005)

Sir Nigel Mobbs was Chairman of Slough Estates, his grandfather's property company, from 1976. He was Chairman of Bovis Homes and Chairman of the Trustees of Historic Royal Palaces.  He became High Sheriff of Buckinghamshire for the year in 1982. He was Chairman and council member of the University of Buckingham, Governor of Stowe School, Patron of the Buckinghamshire Association of Boys Club and a Knight of the Order of St John. In 1998 he founded the Buckinghamshire Foundation which was launched in 2000 and gives community grants around the county.

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