Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard
The Captain of the Queen's Bodyguard of the Yeomen of the Guard is a UK government post usually held by the Government Deputy Chief Whip in the House of Lords.[1] The present Captain is Patrick Stopford, 9th Earl of Courtown, who was appointed to the position in the first May ministry in July 2016.
1485-present
15th century
- 1485: John de Vere, 13th Earl of Oxford
- 1486–1509: Sir Charles Somerset (created Baron Herbert 26 November 1506)
16th century
- 1509: Sir Thomas Darcy
- 1509: Sir Henry Marney
- 1512: Sir Henry Guildford
- 1513: Sir John Gage
- 1516: Sir Henry Marney
- 1530: Sir William Kingston
- 1539: Sir Anthony Wingfield
- 1550: Sir Thomas Darcy (created Baron Darcy of Chiche 5 April 1551)
- 1551: Sir John Gates
- 1553: Sir Henry Jerningham
- 1557: Sir Henry Bedingfield
- 1558: Sir Edward Rogers
- 1558: Sir William St Loe
- 1566: Sir Francis Knowlys
- 1572: Sir Christopher Hatton
- 1586: Sir Henry Goodier
- 1586: Sir Walter Raleigh
- 1592: John Best (During Raleigh's imprisonment in the Tower)
- 1597–1603: Sir Walter Raleigh
17th century
- 1603: Sir Thomas Erskine (created Lord Dirletoun 8 June 1604 and Viscount Fentoun 18 March 1606)
- 1617: Henry Rich (created Baron Kensington 5 March 1623 and Earl of Holland 24 September 1624)
- 1632: The Viscount Dupplin (created Earl of Kinnoull 25 May 1633)
- 1635: The Earl of Morton
- 1644: The Earl of Norwich
- 1649: Interregnum
- 1660: The Earl of Norwich
- 1662: The Viscount Grandison
- 1689–1702: Viscount Mandeville (succeeded as 4th Earl of Manchester 16 March 1683)
18th century
- 1702: Marquess of Hartington
- 1707: The Viscount Townshend
- 1711: The Lord Paget (created Earl of Uxbridge 19 October 1714)
- 1715: The Earl of Derby
- 1723: Lord Stanhope
- 1725: The Earl of Leicester
- 1731: The Earl of Ashburnham
- 1733: The Earl of Tankerville
- 1737: The Duke of Manchester
- 1739: The Earl of Essex
- 1743: The Lord Berkeley of Stratton
- 1746: The Viscount Torrington
- 1747: The Viscount Falmouth
- 1782: The Duke of Dorset
- April 1783: The Earl of Cholmondeley
- 16 December 1783: The Earl of Aylesford
19th century
- 1804: Hon. Thomas Pelham (styled Lord Pelham from January 1805)
- 1804: The Earl of Macclesfield
- 1 December 1830: The Marquess of Clanricarde
- 16 July 1834: The Earl of Gosford
- 29 December 1834: The Earl of Courtown
- 23 April 1835: The Earl of Gosford
- 5 August 1835: The Earl of Ilchester
- 6 July 1841: The Earl of Surrey
- 8 September 1841: The Marquess of Lothian
- 15 January 1842: The Earl of Beverley
- 24 July 1846: The Viscount Falkland
- 11 February 1848: The Marquess of Donegall
- 27 February 1852: The Lord de Ros
- 30 December 1852: The Viscount Sydney
- 17 March 1858: The Lord de Ros
- 28 June 1859: The Earl of Ducie
- 10 July 1866: The Earl Cadogan
- 22 December 1868: The Duke of St Albans
- 2 March 1874: The Lord Skelmersdale
- 3 May 1880: The Lord Monson
- 27 June 1885: The Viscount Barrington
- 10 February 1886: The Lord Monson
- 5 August 1886: The Earl of Kintore
- 29 January 1889: The Earl of Limerick
- 25 August 1892: The Lord Kensington
- 16 July 1895: The Earl of Limerick
- 26 August 1896: The Earl Waldegrave
20th century
- 18 December 1905: The Duke of Manchester
- 12 April 1908: The Lord Allendale
- 2 October 1911: The Earl of Craven
- 9 June 1915: The Lord Suffield
- 21 May 1918: The Lord Hylton
- 22 January 1924: The Lord Loch
- 1 December 1924: The Lord Desborough
- 4 June 1929: The Lord Loch
- 12 November 1931: The Lord Strathcona and Mount Royal
- 24 January 1934: The Lord Templemore
- 4 August 1945: The Lord Walkden
- 6 July 1949: The Lord Shepherd
- 18 October 1949: The Lord Lucas of Chilworth
- 5 March 1950: The Earl of Lucan
- 8 June 1951: The Lord Archibald
- 5 November 1951: The Earl of Onslow
- 28 October 1960: The Lord Legh
- 6 September 1962: The Viscount Goschen
- 28 December 1964: The Lord Bowles
- 24 June 1970: The Viscount Goschen
- 20 November 1971: The Lord Denham
- 11 March 1974: The Lord Strabolgi
- 6 May 1979: The Lord Sandys
- 20 October 1982: The Earl of Swinton
- 10 September 1986: The Viscount Davidson
- 30 December 1991: The Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne
- 20 July 1994: The Earl of Arran
- January 1995: The Lord Inglewood
- 8 July 1995: The Lord Chesham
- 3 May 1997: The Lord McIntosh of Haringey
21st century
- 13 June 2003:[2] The Lord Davies of Oldham
- 14 May 2010: The Lord Shutt of Greetland
- 3 May 2012: The Lord Newby
- May 2015: The Lord Gardiner of Kimble
- July 2016: The Earl of Courtown
References
- J. Haydn, The Book of Dignities
- C. Cook and B. Keith, British Historical Facts 1830-1900
- D. Butler and G. Butler, Twentieth Century British Political Facts 1900-2000
- ↑ Captains of the Yeoman of the Guard
- ↑ Downing Street announcement of ministerial appointments, 13 June 2003 Archived March 19, 2012, at the Wayback Machine.
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