1603: Thomas Pavell[6]
1613: Hugh Clotworthy[6]
1618: Sir Hugh Clotworthy[6]
1622: Sir Hugh Clotworthy[7]
Charles I, 1625–1649 [ edit ]
1625: Moses Hill [6]
1626: Neal Oge O'Neill[6]
1627: Cormick O'Hara[6]
1628: William Houston[6]
1629: Alexander MacDonnell[6]
1630: Robert Adair[6]
1631: Arthur O'Neill[6]
1632: Alexander Stuart[6]
1633: John Donaldson[6]
1634: Arthur Hill[6]
1635: Edward Maxwell[6]
1636: John Dalway[8]
English Interregnum, 1649–1660 [ edit ]
1656: Roger Lyndon[9]
1659: John Upton[6]
Charles II, 1660–1685 [ edit ]
1673: Thadeus O'Hara[6]
1674: John Galland[6]
1675: Randall Bryce[11]
1676: William Huston[6]
1677: William Lesley[6]
1678: Edward Harrison[6]
1679: Henry Spencer[6]
1680: Randall Smith[6]
1681: George Macartney[6]
1682: John Bickerstaffe[6]
1683: John Bickerstaffe † / succeeded by Charles Stuart[6]
1684: Henry Davys[6]
James II, 1685–1688 [ edit ]
1685: Thomas Knox[6]
1686: Cormick O'Neill[6]
1687: Cormick O'Neill[6]
1688: Shane O'Neill[6]
William III, 1689–1702 [ edit ]
1689: Shane O'Neill[6]
1690: Isaac MacCartney[9]
1691: Thomas Smith[6]
1692: Thomas Smith[6]
1693: William Shaw[6]
1694: Richard Dobbs[11]
1695: Clotworthy Upton[6]
1696: Sir Robert Adair[6]
1697: Michael Harrison[6]
1698: Edmond Ellis[6]
1699: Andrew Clements[6]
1700: John O'Neill[6]
1701: John Davys[6]
Anne, 1702–1714 [ edit ]
1702: Benjamin Galland[6]
1703: Charles O'Neill[6]
1704: Brent Spencer[6]
1705: John Davys[6]
1706: Westerna Warring[6]
1707: Edward Clements[6]
1708: Benjamin Galland[6]
1709: Arthur Davys[6]
1710: William Shaw[6]
1711: Andrew Clements[6]
1712: Westerna Warring[6]
1713: Brent Spencer[6]
George I, 1714–1727 [ edit ]
1721: Francis Clements[6]
1722: Henry O'Hara[6]
1723: William Johnston[13]
1724: Ezekiel William Crombie[6]
1725: Ezekiel Davys Wiilson[6]
1726: Sir Robert Adair[6]
George II, 1727–1760 [ edit ]
1727: Rowley Hill[6]
1728: John Skeffington[6]
1729: Charles O'Neill[6]
1730: Valentine Jones[6]
1731: Alexander Stuart[6]
1732: John Moore[6]
1733: Hector McNeill[14]
1734: Hugh Boyd[6]
1735: John Houston[6]
1736: Clotworthy O'Neill[6]
1737: Hill Wilson[6]
1738: Edward Smith[6]
1739: Davys Wilson[6]
1740: William Boyd[6]
1741: Conway Spencer[6]
1742: Felix O'Neill[6]
1743: George Macartney[6]
1744: William Agnew[6]
1745: Charles MacDaniel[6]
1746: John Cuppage[6]
1747: Edmund MacNaghten[6]
1748: Edward Brice[11]
1749: Roger MacNeill[6]
1750: Roger Moore[6]
1751: John Dunkin[6]
1752: Conway Richard Dobbs[13]
1753: Robert Adair[6]
1754: Bernard O'Neill[6]
1755: John Rowan[13]
1756: John MacNaghten[6]
1757: Arthur Upton[6]
1758: Charles O'Hara[13]
1759: James Leslie[6]
George III, 1760–1820 [ edit ]
George IV, 1820–1830 [ edit ]
1825: George Hutchinson of Ballymoney[21]
1826: Alexander MacManus[9]
1827: John MacCance[22]
1828: Cunningham Gregg[23]
1829: Nicholas de la Cherois-Crommelin[13]
William IV, 1830–1837 [ edit ]
1830: Richard Magennis[6]
1831: George H. Macartney of Lissanoure Castle[6]
1832: Alexander McNeill[6]
1833: Charles O'Hara[9]
1834: David Kerr[6]
1835: Hugh Leckey of Beardiville[13]
1836: Edward Bruce of Scoutbush[11]
Victoria, 1837–1901 [ edit ]
Edward VII, 1901–1910 [ edit ]
George V, 1910–1936 [ edit ]
George VI, 1936–1952 [ edit ]
1945: William Litton Rowland De Burgh Young[74]
1946: Arthur Cochran Herdman[75]
1947: Henry Adair Allen[76]
1948: Edward Stanley Clarke[77]
1949: Archibald Gordon Edward Turnley[78]
1950: Alexander James Henry Cramsie of O'harabrook, Ballymoney[79]
1951: Francis Casement[80]
Elizabeth II, 1952–2022 [ edit ]
1987:
1988:
1989: Sandy Cramsie[115]
1990:
1991: M. D. Stewart-Moore[116]
1992: Richard G. Reade[117]
1993: P. D. Cooke[118]
1994: Andrew David Frazer[119]
1995: John H. H. Stewart[120]
1996: Daniel de Burgh Kinahan [121]
1997: Richard Francis Andrew Dobbs[122]
1998: Ronald Conway[123]
1999: Pamela Traill[124]
2000: Patricia Elise MacCarthy-Morrogh[125]
2001: John Weir Wallace[126]
2002: Michael John Alexander Cooke[127]
2003: Hugh Edward John Montgomery[128]
2004: Sheelagh Elizabeth Hillan[129]
2005: David John Reade[130]
2006: James Seymour Leslie [131]
2007: Joseph Wilson[132]
2008: Lady Juliet C. Frazer[133]
2009: Nigel Dobbs[134]
2010: Steven Montgomery
2011: David Severn Traill of Bushmills[135]
2012: Julia Elizabeth Shirley of Larne[136]
2013: Mervyn G Rankin of Portglenone[137]
2014: Shane O'Neill of Shanes Castle[138]
2015: John Pinkerton of Ballymoney[139]
2016: James Ernest Perry of Ballymena[140]
2017: Miranda Tisdale, DL of Muckamore[141]
2018: Gillian May Bingham of Ballyclare[142]
2019: James Ronald Hassard of Ballyclare[143]
2020: Rupert Cramsie of O’Harabrook[144]
2021: Susan Jane Pinkerton of Ballymoney[145]
2022: John Anthony Lockett of Lisburn[146]
Charles III, 2022–present [ edit ]
2023: Peter Thomas Watts Mackie, of Lissanoure Castle[147]
See also [ edit ]
† Died in office
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