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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 Sir Anthony Wingfield (died 15 August 1552) Order of the Garter, KG, Parliament of England, MP, of Letheringham, Suffolk, was an English soldier, politician, courtier and member of parliament. He was the Lord Lieutenant of Suffolk from 1551 ...

*1550: Sir Thomas Darcy (created Baron Darcy of Chiche 5 April 1551) *1551:

Sir John Gates Sir John Gates Knight of the Bath, KB (1504–1553)Sil p. 69 was an English courtier, soldier and politician, holding influential Royal household, household positions in the reigns of Henry VIII and Edward VI. As one of the Chief Gentlemen of the ...

*1553: Sir Henry Jerningham *1557: Sir Henry Bedingfeld *1558: Sir Edward Rogers *1558: Sir

William St Loe Sir William St Loe (1518–1565) was a 16th-century English soldier, politician and courtier. He was the third husband of Bess of Hardwick, his second wife. His official positions included Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard, Chief Butler of Eng ...

*1566: Sir Francis Knowlys *1572: Sir

Christopher Hatton Sir Christopher Hatton (12 December 1540 – 20 November 1591) was an English politician, Lord Chancellor of England and a favourite of Elizabeth I of England. He was one of the judges who found Mary, Queen of Scots guilty of treason. Early ...

*1586: Sir Henry Goodier *1586: Sir

Walter Raleigh Sir Walter Raleigh (; – 29 October 1618) was an English statesman, soldier, writer and explorer. One of the most notable figures of the Elizabethan era, he played a leading part in English colonisation of North America, suppressed rebell ...

*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: William Douglas, 7th Earl of Morton *1644: George Goring, 1st Earl of Norwich *1649: ''Interregnum'' *1660: George Goring, 1st Earl of Norwich *1662: George Villiers, 4th Viscount Grandison *1689–1702: Charles Montagu, Viscount Mandeville (succeeded as 4th Earl of Manchester 16 March 1683)

18th century

*1702: William Cavendish, Marquess of Hartington *1707:

Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend, (; 18 April 167421 June 1738) was a British Whig statesman. From 1714 to 1717, and again from 1721 to 1730, he served as Secretary of State for the Northern Department . He directed British foreign po ...

*1711: Henry Paget, 7th Baron Paget (created Earl of Uxbridge 19 October 1714) *1715:

James Stanley, 10th Earl of Derby James Stanley, 10th Earl of Derby (3 July 16641 February 1736), styled The Honourable until 1702, was a British peer, soldier and politician. He became Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard and served in the Scots Brigade, Anglo-Dutch Brigade. Ea ...

*1723: Philip Stanhope, Baron Stanhope *1725: John Sidney, 6th Earl of Leicester *1731: John Ashburnham, 1st Earl of Ashburnham *1733:

Charles Bennet, 2nd Earl of Tankerville Charles Bennet, 2nd Earl of Tankerville, KT (21 December 1697 – 14 March 1753), styled Lord Ossulston between 1714 and 1722, was a British peer and politician. Background Tankerville was the son of Charles Bennet, 1st Earl of Tankerville, ...

*1737: William Montagu, 2nd Duke of Manchester *1739: William Capell, 3rd Earl of Essex *1743: John Berkeley, 5th Baron Berkeley of Stratton *1746: Pattee Byng, 2nd Viscount Torrington *1747: Hugh Boscawen, 2nd Viscount Falmouth *1782:

John Sackville, 3rd Duke of Dorset John Frederick Sackville, 3rd Duke of Dorset, KG (25 March 174519 July 1799) was the only son of Lord John Philip Sackville, second son of Lionel Sackville, 1st Duke of Dorset. His mother was the former Lady Frances Leveson-Gower. He succeede ...

*April 1783: George Cholmondeley, 4th Earl of Cholmondeley *16 December 1783: Heneage Finch, 4th Earl of Aylesford

19th century

*1804: Thomas Pelham (styled Lord Pelham from January 1805) *1804:

George Parker, 4th Earl of Macclesfield George Parker, 4th Earl of Macclesfield PC (24 February 1755 – 20 March 1842), styled Viscount Parker between 1764 and 1795, was a British peer and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1777 and 1795. Background Macclesfield wa ...

*1 December 1830: Ulick de Burgh, 1st Marquess of Clanricarde *16 July 1834: Archibald Acheson, 2nd Earl of Gosford *29 December 1834: James Stopford, 3rd Earl of Courtown *23 April 1835: Archibald Acheson, 2nd Earl of Gosford *5 August 1835:

Henry Fox-Strangways, 3rd Earl of Ilchester Henry Stephen Fox-Strangways, 3rd Earl of Ilchester, Privy Council of the United Kingdom, PC (21 February 1787 – 8 January 1858), styled Lord Stavordale from birth until 1802, was a British peer and Whig (British political faction), Whig polit ...

*6 July 1841: Henry Fitzalan-Howard, Earl of Surrey *8 September 1841: John Kerr, 7th Marquess of Lothian *15 January 1842: George Percy, Earl of Beverley *24 July 1846: Lucius Cary, 10th Viscount Falkland *11 February 1848:

George Chichester, 3rd Marquess of Donegall George Hamilton Chichester, 3rd Marquess of Donegall (10 February 1797 – 20 October 1883), styled Viscount Chichester until 1799 and Earl of Belfast between 1799 and 1844, was an Anglo-Irish landowner, courtier and politician. He served as Vi ...

*27 February 1852: William FitzGerald-de Ros, 23rd Baron de Ros *30 December 1852: John Townshend 3rd Viscount Sydney *17 March 1858: William FitzGerald-de Ros, 23rd Baron de Ros *28 June 1859: Henry Moreton, 3rd Earl of Ducie *10 July 1866: Henry Cadogan, 4th Earl Cadogan *22 December 1868: William Beauclerk, 10th Duke of St Albans *2 March 1874: Edward Bootle-Wilbraham, 2nd Baron Skelmersdale *3 May 1880: William Monson, 7th Baron Monson *27 June 1885: George Barrington, 7th Viscount Barrington *10 February 1886: William Monson, 7th Baron Monson *5 August 1886: Algernon Keith-Falconer, 9th Earl of Kintore *29 January 1889: William Pery, 3rd Earl of Limerick *25 August 1892: William Edwardes, 4th Baron Kensington *16 July 1895: William Pery, 3rd Earl of Limerick *26 August 1896: William Waldegrave, 9th Earl Waldegrave

20th century

* 8 December 1905: William Montagu, 9th Duke of Manchester * 12 April 1908: Wentworth Beaumont, 1st Viscount Allendale * 2 October 1911: William Craven, 4th Earl of Craven * 9 June 1915: Charles Harbord, 6th Baron Suffield * 21 May 1918: Hylton Jolliffe, 3rd Baron Hylton * 22 January 1924: Edward Loch, 2nd Baron Loch * 1 December 1924:

William Grenfell, 1st Baron Desborough William Henry Grenfell, 1st Baron Desborough (30 October 1855 – 9 January 1945) was a British athlete, sportsman, public servant and politician. He sat in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, House of Commons first for the Liberal Part ...

* 4 June 1929: Edward Loch, 2nd Baron Loch

21st century

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'' {{Sovereign's Bodyguard Ceremonial officers in the United Kingdom Lists of government ministers of the United Kingdom Positions within the British Royal Household