20th Century
- 1900: Thomas Francis Hazlehurst, of Cold Ashby Hall
- 1901: James Griffith Dearden, of Walcot Hall, Southorpe,Stamford
- 1902: James Hornsby, of Laxton Park, Stamford
- 1903: John Cooper, of Delapre Abbey
- 1904: Charles Piggott Harvey, of Guilsborough Hall
- 1905: The Hon. Nathaniel Charles Rothschild, of Ashton, Oundle
- 1906: George Harold Winterbottom, of Horton Hall, Northampton
- 1907: Henry Brassey, 1st Baron Brassey
- 1908: Walter Bairstow, of The Lodge, Towcester
- 1909: Sir Henry Edward Randall,Kt., of The Hall, Monks Park, Northampton
- 1910: Thomas Craven, of Kirklington Hall, Southwell
- 1911: John Layton Mills, of Tansor Court, Oundle
- 1912: Edmund Henry Bevan, of Whilton Lodge, Rugby
- 1913: William Murland of Badby House, Daventry
- 1914: Stephen Schilizzi, of Guilsborough Court, Northampton
- 1915: James Manfield, of Weston Favell House, Northampton
- 1916: Owen Clark Wallis, of West Haddon Hall, Rugby
- 1917: Gervase Henry Elwes, of Billing Hall, Great Billing
- 1918: Joseph Dickinson Lees, of Whittlebury Lodge, Towcester
- 1919: Frank Hawthorn Burn, of Pattisihall House, Towcester
- 1920: Stanley Brotherhood, of Thornhaugh Hall, Wansford
- 1921: Arthur Eustace Seymour Guinness, of Greens Norton Hall, Towcester
- 1922: Thomas Bryan Clarke-Thornhill, of 3, Carlisle Place, Victoria Street, SW1
- 1923: Brigadier-General Algernon Francis Holford Ferguson, of Polebrook Hall, Oundle.
- 1924: Philip Leslie Agnew
- 1925: John Allen, of Brackley House
- 1926: Sir Charles Lowther, 4th Baronet D.S.O. of Thornby House, Northampton
- 1927: George Henry Drummond of Pitsford Btall, Northampton
- 1928: Major Cecil John Cokayne Maunsell, of Thorpe Malsor Hall, Kettering
- 1929: Capt. The Hon. Eric Brand Butler-Henderson, of Winwick Manor, Rugby.
- 1930: Major William Henry Allen, of Evenley Hall, Brackley
- 1931: Lieut-Col. Percy Lester Reid, The Manor House, Thorpe Mandeville, Banbury
- 1932: Thomas Fermor-Hesketh, 1st Baron Hesketh of Easton Neston, Towcester
- 1933: William Thomas Sears, of Weston Favell
- 1934: Sir Charles Edward St. John Frederick, Bt.,O.B.E., of Lamport Grange, Northampton
- 1935: Capt. Arnold Stancomb Wills, of Thornby Hall
- 1936: William Thomas Vere Wayte Wood, of Brixworth Hall
- 1937: George Beale, of Potterspury Lodge
- 1938: Major Colin Cooper, of Barnwell Castle, Peterborough
- 1939: Capt. Reginald Macdonald-Buchanan, of Cottesbrooke Hall
- 1940: Richard Fairfax William Cartwright, of Aynho Park, Banbury, Oxon
- 1941: Capt.George Ernest Bellville,of Fermyn Woods Hall, Brigstock, Kettering.
- 1942: Sir C. Kenneth Murchison, of Hargrave Hall, Wellingborough
- 1943: Lieut.-Col. Herbert George Sotheby,D.S.O., M.V.O. of Ecton Hall
- 1944: Major-General Sir, Hereward Wake, Bart., C.B.,C.M.G., D.S.O., of Courteenhall
- 1945: Lieut.-Colonel Richard Montague Raynsford, D.S.O., of Milton Manor,
- 1946: Lieutenant - Colonel Thomas Anson Thornton, C.V.O., of Brockhall
- 1947: Lieut.-Col. Phillip York Atkinson, M.C., of Cosgrove Priory, Stony Stratford, Bletchley.
- 1948: Sacheverell Sitwell, of Weston Hall, Towcester.
- 1949: Major Philip Henry de Lerisson Cazenove, of Cottesbrooke, Northants.
- 1950: Cecil Vere Davidge of Little Houghton, Northampton
- 1951: Captain Geoffrey William Martin Lees, of Falcutt House, Helmdon, Brackley,
- 1952: Henry Charles Minshull Stockdale of Mears Ashby Hall
- 1953: Edward Raymond Courage, of Edgcote, near Banbury.
- 1954: Bertram Francis George Currie, of Dingley Hall, near Market Harborough
- 1955: Major Hereward Wake, M.C.,of Courteenhall
- 1956: Lieut.-Colonel Roland Lewis Findlay, of Naseby Woolleys, Rugby
- 1957: Richard Leslie Agnew of Peartree Cottage, Turweston, Brackley
- 1958: Lt-Col. Sir Gyles Isham, 12th Baronet
- 1959: Edward Spencer, Viscount Althorp, of Althorp
- 1960: Maj-Gen. Evelyn Fanshawe, of Guilsborough House
- 1961: Lt-Col. Dennis Douglas Pilkington Smyly, of Brackley Grange
- 1962: Lt-Col. George Theodore Herbert Capron, Southwick Hall
- 1963: Capt. John Macdonald-Buchanan, of Cottesbrooke Hall
- 1964: Lt-Col. Neil Phipps Foster, of Whittlebury Cottage
- 1965: Arnold Derek Arthur Lawson, Esq., of Passenham Manor
- 1966: Cmdr. Sir Michael Culme-Seymour, 5th Baronet, of Rockingham Castle
- 1967: Col. Percy Fergus Ivo Reid, of Whitfield Cottage
- 1968: Richmond Noel Richmond-Watson, Esq., of Wakefield Lodge
- 1969: Guy Timothy Geoffrey Conant, Esq., of Bulwick Hall
- 1970: Sir Edward William Spencer Ford, of Eydon Hall
- 1971: Capt. John Luke Lowther, of The Old House, Guilsborough
- 1972: James Macdonald-Buchanan, of Harrowden Hall
- 1973: Michael Francis Berry, Esq., of Benefield House
- 1974: Sir Spencer Summers, of Thenford House
- 1975: Timothy Mark Sergison-Brooke, Esq., of The Manor House, Chipping Warden
- 1976: Lionel Geoffrey Stopford-Sackville, Esq., of Drayton House
- 1977: John Walter Douglas Ewart, Esq., of Astrop Park
- 1978: John Browne-Swinburne, Esq., of Capheaton Hall
- 1979: Lt-Col. Thomas Boardman
- 1980: Robert Henry Nevile Dashwood, Esq., of Farminghoe Lodge
- 1981: Christian Fermor-Hesketh, Baroness Hesketh of Pomfret Lodge, Hulcote, Towcester.
- 1982: Hugh Welby Guinness de Capell Brook of Great Oakley Hall
- 1983: Penelope Aubrey-Fletcher, 8th Baroness Braye of Stanford Hall, Lutterworth, Leicestershire.
- 1984: William David Morton of Flore Fields, Flore.
- 1985: Cyril Humphrey Cripps of Bulls Head Farm, Eakley Lanes, Stoke Goldington, Newport Pagnell, Buckinghamshire
- 1986: John Henry Otter, Esq., of Elmes House, Pilton, near Oundle, Peterborough.
- 1987: Edmund Crispin Stephen James George Brudenell of Deene Park, Corby
- 1988: Christopher Guy Vere Davidge, O.B.E., of Little Houghton Grange, Northampton.
- 1989: Peter Douglas Smith, of Westbrook, Flax Bourton, Bristol
- 1990: William Richard Frank Chamberlain, of The Manor House, Swineshead, Bedford
- 1991: Lady Juliet Margaret Townsend, L.V.O., of Newbottle Manor, Banbury.
- 1992: Richard Paul Seddon, of Northampton Road, Kettering.
- 1993: John George Church
- 1994: Mrs. Lavinia Anne Perry, of Park Farm House, Astrop, Banbury
- 1995: James Mackaness, of The Old Rectory, Church Brampton.
- 1996: Michael Francis Collcutt, of Isebrook Cottage, Station Road, Finedon, Wellingborough
- 1997: Arthur Robert Heygate, The Mill House, Bugbrooke
- 1998: Lady Morton, Flore Fields, Flore, Northampton
- 1999: David Reynolds, Burdyke, Weekley, Kettenng
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