Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard
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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 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: George Hay
- 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
- 8 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
21st century
| Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Party | Ministry | Ref. | ||
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The Lord Davies of Oldham | June 2003 |
May 2010 |
Labour | Blair II | [7] |
| Blair III | |||||||
| Brown | |||||||
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|
The Lord Shutt of Greetland | May 2010 |
May 2012 |
Liberal Democrat | Cameron–Clegg (Con.–L.D.) |
[8] |
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|
The Lord Newby | May 2012 |
May 2015 |
[9] | ||
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|
The Lord Gardiner of Kimble | May 2015 |
July 2016 |
Conservative | Cameron II | [10] |
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|
The Earl of Courtown | July 2016 |
Incumbent | May I | [11] | |
| May II | |||||||
| Johnson I | |||||||
| Johnson II | |||||||
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
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- ^ "Contact information for Lord Inglewood - MPs and Lords - UK Parliament". members.parliament.uk. Retrieved 2020-06-08.
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- ^ "Parliamentary career for The Lord McIntosh of Haringey - MPs and Lords - UK Parliament". members.parliament.uk. Retrieved 2020-06-08.
- ^ "Lord Davies of Oldham". UK Parliament. Retrieved 2 June 2018.
- ^ "Lord Shutt of Greetland". UK Parliament. Retrieved 2 June 2018.
{{cite web}}:|archive-date=requires|archive-url=(help) - ^ "Lord Newby". UK Parliament. Retrieved 2 June 2018.
- ^ "Lord Gardiner of Kimble". UK Parliament. Retrieved 2 June 2018.
- ^ "The Earl of Courtown". UK Parliament. Retrieved 2 June 2018.