Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard
| Captain of the King's Bodyguard of the Yeomen of the Guard & Deputy Chief Whip of the House of Lords | |
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| Style | The Right Honourable |
| Appointer | Prime Minister |
| Formation | 1485 |
| First holder | John de Vere, 13th Earl of Oxford |
The Captain of the King'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 The Baroness Wheeler, who was appointed to the position in the Starmer ministry in July 2024.
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 Bedingfeld
- 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: 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
- 1711: Henry Paget, 7th Baron Paget (created Earl of Uxbridge 19 October 1714)
- 1715: James Stanley, 10th Earl of Derby
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 4 June 1929: Edward Loch, 2nd Baron Loch
21st century
| Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Party | Ministry | Ref. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Bryan Davies Baron Davies of Oldham |
June 2003 |
May 2010 |
Labour | Blair II | [8] | |
| Blair III | |||||||
| Brown | |||||||
|
David Shutt Baron Shutt of Greetland |
May 2010 |
May 2012 |
Liberal Democrat | Cameron–Clegg (Con.–L.D.) |
[9] | |
|
Richard Newby Baron Newby |
May 2012 |
May 2015 |
[10] | |||
|
John Gardiner Baron Gardiner of Kimble |
May 2015 |
July 2016 |
Conservative | Cameron II | [11] | |
|
Patrick Stopford 9th Earl of Courtown |
July 2016 |
July 2024 |
May I | [12] | ||
| May II | |||||||
| Johnson I | |||||||
| Johnson II | |||||||
| Truss | |||||||
| Sunak | |||||||
|
Margaret Wheeler Baroness Wheeler |
July 2024 |
Incumbent | Labour | Starmer | [13] | |
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
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