1603: Thomas Pavell [ 5]
1613: Hugh Clotworthy [ 5]
1618: Sir Hugh Clotworthy [ 5]
1622: Sir Hugh Clotworthy [ 6]
Charles I, 1625–1649
1625: Moses Hill [ 5]
1626: Neal Oge O'Neill [ 5]
1627: Cormick O'Hara [ 5]
1628: William Houston [ 5]
1629: Alexander MacDonnell [ 5]
1630: Robert Adair [ 5]
1631: Arthur O'Neill [ 5]
1632: Alexander Stuart [ 5]
1633: John Donaldson [ 5]
1634: Arthur Hill [ 5]
1635: Edward Maxwell [ 5]
1636: John Dalway [ 7]
English Interregnum, 1649–1660
1656: Roger Lyndon [ 8]
1659: John Upton [ 5]
Charles II, 1660–1685
1660: John Shaw [ 5]
1661: Hercules Langford [ 5]
1662: Alexander Dalway [ 7]
1663: Thomas Warrin [ 5]
1664: Richard Dobbs [ 9]
1665: John Donaldson [ 5]
1666: Anthony Horsman [ 5]
1667: Francis Stafford [ 5]
1668: Patrick Agnew [ 5]
1669: Archibald Edmonston [ 5]
1670: Sir Robert Colville [ 5]
1671: George Maccartney [ 5]
1672: William Upton [ 5]
1673: Thadeus O'Hara [ 5]
1674: John Galland [ 5]
1675: Randall Bryce [ 10]
1676: William Huston [ 5]
1677: William Lesley [ 5]
1678: Edward Harrison [ 5]
1679: Henry Spencer [ 5]
1680: Randall Smith [ 5]
1681: George Macartney [ 5]
1682: John Bickerstaffe [ 5]
1683: John Bickerstaffe † / succeeded by Charles Stuart [ 5]
1684: Henry Davys [ 5]
James II, 1685–1688
1685: Thomas Knox [ 5]
1686: Cormick O'Neill [ 5]
1687: Cormick O'Neill [ 5]
1688: Shane O'Neill [ 5]
William III, 1689–1702
1689: Shane O'Neill [ 5]
1690: Isaac MacCartney [ 8]
1691: Thomas Smith [ 5]
1692: Thomas Smith [ 5]
1693: William Shaw [ 5]
1694: Richard Dobbs [ 10]
1695: Clotworthy Upton [ 5]
1696: Sir Robert Adair [ 5]
1697: Michael Harrison [ 5]
1698: Edmond Ellis [ 5]
1699: Andrew Clements [ 5]
1700: John O'Neill [ 5]
1701: John Davys [ 5]
Anne, 1702–1714
1702: Benjamin Galland [ 5]
1703: Charles O'Neill [ 5]
1704: Brent Spencer [ 5]
1705: John Davys [ 5]
1706: Westerna Warring [ 5]
1707: Edward Clements [ 5]
1708: Benjamin Galland [ 5]
1709: Arthur Davys [ 5]
1710: William Shaw [ 5]
1711: Andrew Clements [ 5]
1712: Westerna Warring [ 5]
1713: Brent Spencer [ 5]
George I, 1714–1727
1714: Robert Green [ 5]
1715: Edmund T. Stafford [ 5]
1716: Edward Clements [ 5]
1717: James Hamilton [ 5]
1718: William Moore [ 8]
1719: Hercules Upton [ 5]
1720: Arthur Dobbs [ 11]
1721: Francis Clements [ 5]
1722: Henry O'Hara [ 5]
1723: William Johnston [ 12]
1724: Ezekiel William Crombie [ 5]
1725: Ezekiel Davys Wiilson [ 5]
1726: Sir Robert Adair [ 5]
George II, 1727–1760
1727: Rowley Hill [ 5]
1728: John Skeffington [ 5]
1729: Charles O'Neill [ 5]
1730: Valentine Jones [ 5]
1731: Alexander Stuart [ 5]
1732: John Moore [ 5]
1733: Hector McNeill [ 13]
1734: Hugh Boyd [ 5]
1735: John Houston [ 5]
1736: Clotworthy O'Neill [ 5]
1737: Hill Wilson [ 5]
1738: Edward Smith [ 5]
1739: Davys Wilson [ 5]
1740: William Boyd [ 5]
1741: Conway Spencer [ 5]
1742: Felix O'Neill [ 5]
1743: George Macartney [ 5]
1744: William Agnew [ 5]
1745: Charles MacDaniel [ 5]
1746: John Cuppage [ 5]
1747: Edmund MacNaghten [ 5]
1748: Edward Brice [ 10]
1749: Roger MacNeill [ 5]
1750: Roger Moore [ 5]
1751: John Dunkin [ 5]
1752: Conway Richard Dobbs [ 12]
1753: Robert Adair [ 5]
1754: Bernard O'Neill [ 5]
1755: John Rowan [ 12]
1756: John MacNaghten [ 5]
1757: Arthur Upton [ 5]
1758: Charles O'Hara [ 12]
1759: James Leslie [ 5]
George III, 1760–1820
1760: Richard Magennis [ 5]
1761: Alexander Boyd [ 5]
1762: Alexander Stuart [ 5]
1763: John Henry [ 5]
1764: Rowley Heylands [ 14]
1765: Charles Hamilton [ 5]
1766: Alexander MacAuley [ 5]
1767: Sampson Moore [ 5]
1768: Thomas Thomson [ 5]
1769: Bryan MacManus [ 12]
1770: Alexander Legge [ 8]
1771: Randal William MacDonnell, Viscount Dunluce [ 5]
1772: John O'Neill [ 5]
1773: Hugh Boyd [ 5]
1774: St John O'Neill [ 5]
1775: Robert Morris Jones † / succeeded by Samuel Bristow [ 5]
1776: Ezekiel Davies Boyd [ 15]
1777: William Dunkin [ 5]
1778: William Moore [ 12]
1779: Robert Rowan [ 8]
1780: William Legge [ 5]
1781: Bartholomew MacNaghten [ 5]
1782: Alexander MacManus [ 8]
1783: John Brown [ 12]
1784: John Crombie [ 5]
1785: Henry O'Hara [ 8]
1786: John Allen [ 5]
1787: Robert Gage [ 12]
1788: Henry W. Shaw [ 5]
1789: Charles Crymble [ 5]
George IV, 1820–1830
1825: George Hutchinson of Ballymoney[ 20]
1826: Alexander MacManus [ 8]
1827: John MacCance [ 21]
1828: Cunningham Gregg [ 22]
1829: Nicholas de la Cherois-Crommelin [ 12]
William IV, 1830–1837
1830: Richard Magennis [ 5]
1831: George H. Macartney [ 5]
1832: Alexander McNeill [ 5]
1833: Charles O'Hara [ 8]
1834: David Kerr [ 5]
1835: Hugh Leckey of Beardiville[ 12]
1836: Edward Bruce [ 10]
Victoria, 1837–1901
Edward VII, 1901–1910
George V, 1910–1936
George VI, 1936–1952
1945: William Litton Rowland De Burgh Young [ 73]
1946: Arthur Cochran Herdman [ 74]
1947: Henry Adair Allen [ 75]
1948: Edward Stanley Clarke [ 76]
1949: Archibald Gordon Edward Turnley [ 77]
1950: Alexander James Henry Cramsie of O'harabrook, Ballymoney[ 78]
1951: Francis Casement [ 79]
Elizabeth II, 1952–present
1986:
1987:
1988:
1989: Sandy Cramsie [ 114]
1990:
1991: M. D. Stewart-Moore [ 115]
1992: Richard G. Reade [ 116]
1993: P. D. Cooke [ 117]
1994: Andrew David Frazer [ 118]
1995: John H. H. Stewart [ 119]
1996: Daniel de Burgh Kinahan [ 120]
1997: Richard Francis Andrew Dobbs [ 121]
1998: Ronald Conway [ 122]
1999: Pamela Traill [ 123]
2000: Patricia Elise MacCarthy-Morrogh [ 124]
2001: John Weir Wallace [ 125]
2002: Hon. Michael John Alexander Cooke [ 126]
2003: Hugh Edward John Montgomery [ 127]
2004: Sheelagh Elizabeth Hillan [ 128]
2005: David John Reade [ 129]
2006: James Seymour Leslie [ 130]
2007: Joseph Wilson [ 131]
2008: Lady Juliet C. Frazer [ 132]
2009: Nigel Dobbs [ 133]
2010: Steven Montgomery
2011: David Severn Traill [ 134]
2012: Julia Shirley
2013: Mervyn Rankin [ 135]
2014: Hon. Shane O'Neill [ 136]
2015: John Pinkerton of Ballymoney
2016: James Ernest Perry of Ballymena [ 137]
Notes
† Died in office
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