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Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield, who served as Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard from 1723 to 1725.
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
| Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Party | Ministry | Ref. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Lord Strathcona and Mount Royal | November 1931 | January 1934 | Conservative | National Government II | ||
| The Lord Templemore | January 1934 | August 1945 | ||||
| National Government III (Con.–Nat Lab–Nat Lib) | ||||||
| National Government IV (Con.–Nat Lab–Nat Lib) | ||||||
| Chamberlain (War Ministry) (Con.–Nat Lab–Nat Lib) | ||||||
| Churchill (War Ministry) | ||||||
| Churchill (Caretaker) (Con.–Nat Lib-Ind) | ||||||
| The Lord Walkden | August 1945 | July 1949 | Labour | Attlee I | ||
| The Lord Shepherd | July 1949 | October 1949 | ||||
| The Lord Lucas of Chilworth | October 1949 | March 1950 | ||||
| The Earl of Lucan | March 1950 | June 1951 | Attlee II | |||
| The Lord Archibald | June 1951 | November 1951 | ||||
| The Earl of Onslow | November 1951 | October 1960 | Conservative | Churchill III | ||
| Eden | ||||||
| Macmillan I | ||||||
| Macmillan II | ||||||
| The Lord Legh | October 1960 | September 1962 | Macmillan II | |||
| The Viscount Goschen | September 1962 | December 1964 | Macmillan II | |||
| Douglas-Home | ||||||
| The Lord Bowles | December 1964 | June 1970 | Labour | Wilson II | ||
| The Viscount Goschen | June 1970 | November 1971 | Conservative | Heath | ||
| The Lord Denham | November 1971 | March 1974 | ||||
| The Lord Strabolgi | March 1974 | May 1979 | Labour | Wilson III | ||
| Wilson IV | ||||||
| Callaghan | ||||||
| The Lord Sandys | May 1979 | October 1982 | Conservative | Thatcher I | ||
| The Earl of Swinton | October 1982 | September 1986 | ||||
| Thatcher II | ||||||
| Thatcher III | ||||||
| The Viscount Davidson | September 1986 | December 1991 | ||||
| Major I | ||||||
| The Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne | December 1991 | July 1994 | [2] | |||
| Major II | ||||||
| The Earl of Arran | July 1994 | January 1995 | [3] | |||
| The Lord Inglewood | January 1995 | July 1995 | [4] | |||
| The Lord Chesham | July 1995 | May 1997 | [5] | |||
| The Lord McIntosh of Haringey | May 1997 | June 2003 | Labour | Blair I | [6] | |
21st century
| Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Party | Ministry | Ref. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
) | The Lord Davies of Oldham | June 2003 | May 2010 | Labour | Blair II | [7] | |
| Blair III | |||||||
| Brown | |||||||
) | The Lord Shutt of Greetland | May 2010 | May 2012 | Liberal Democrat | Cameron–Clegg (Con.–L.D.) | [8] | |
) | The Lord Newby | May 2012 | May 2015 | [9] | |||
) | The Lord Gardiner of Kimble | May 2015 | July 2016 | Conservative | Cameron II | [10] | |
) | 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
- ^ "Parliamentary career for Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne - MPs and Lords - UK Parliament". members.parliament.uk. Retrieved 2020-06-08.
- ^ "Contact information for The Earl of Arran - MPs and Lords - UK Parliament". members.parliament.uk. Retrieved 2020-06-08.
- ^ "Contact information for Lord Inglewood - MPs and Lords - UK Parliament". members.parliament.uk. Retrieved 2020-06-08.
- ^ "Parliamentary career for Lord Chesham - MPs and Lords - UK Parliament". members.parliament.uk. Retrieved 2020-06-08.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.