Registrar of the Baronetage
| Registrar of the Baronetage | |
|---|---|
Incumbent since 2016Ceri King LVO | |
| Ministry of Justice | |
| Appointer | The Lord Chancellor[a] |
| Inaugural holder | Sir William Patrick Bruce |
| Formation | 1910 |
| Deputy | Elaine Chilver, Assistant Registrar of the Baronetage |
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The Registrar of the Baronetage is responsible for maintaining and updating the Official Roll of the Baronetage.[1]
History
List of Registrars
| # | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Deputy | Concurrent office(s) | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
|
Sir William Patrick Byrne KCVOCB (died 1935) |
1910 | 1913 | Robert Fröding Reynard ISO |
— | [2] |
| 2 |
|
Harry Butler Simpson CB (died 1940) |
1913 | 1925 | — | ||
| Percy Thomas Shorey MBE | |||||||
| 3 |
|
Arthur John Eagleston CVO (died 1944) |
1925 | 1932 | — | ||
| 4 |
|
Sir Harry Robert Boyd KCVOCBE (died 1940) |
1932 | 1940[†] | — | ||
| Frederick James Dadd KCVOCBE | |||||||
| — |
|
Frederick James Dadd KCVOCBE (died 1977) |
1940 | 1945 | Assistant Registrar of the Peerage | ||
| 5 |
|
Sir Henry Austin Strutt KCVOCB (n/a) |
1945 | 1961 | — | ||
| G. R. Mayhew | |||||||
| William Edward Kocher | |||||||
| 6 |
|
Ronald John Gruppy (died 1967) |
1661 | 1967[†] | — | ||
| M. D. Tenten | |||||||
| 7 |
|
N. F. Cairncross (died 1969) |
1967 | 1969[†] | — | ||
| E. B. Cable | |||||||
| 8 |
|
Philip J. Wodfield (died 1970) |
1969 | 1970[†] | — | ||
| 9 |
|
Kenneth P. Witney (died 1976) |
1970 | 1976[†] | — | ||
| R. M. Gaines | |||||||
| Alan Durrant Bennett MBE | |||||||
| 10 |
|
Ralph F. D. Shuffrey (n/a) |
1976 | 1980 | — | ||
| 11 |
|
Geoffrey de Deney (n/a) |
1980 | 1984 | — | ||
| A. Fitzgerald | |||||||
| Charles J. Goldie | |||||||
| 12 |
|
Michael Head CVO (n/a) |
1984 | 1991 | — | ||
| Laurence Philip Little | |||||||
| Frederick John Perrin | |||||||
| Ian William Jardine | |||||||
| 13 |
|
Robert M. Morris (n/a) |
1991 | 1996 | — | ||
| Frances Geraldine Bright | |||||||
| 14 |
|
Carolyn Sinclair (n/a) |
1996 | 2001 | — | ||
| Sylvia Denise Brown | |||||||
| 15 |
|
Paul Jenkins (n/a) |
2001 | 2003 | — | ||
| Steven Henry Johnson | |||||||
| 16 |
|
Andrew McDonald (n/a) |
2003 | 2005 | Registrar of the Peerage | ||
| 17 |
|
Ian Denyer MVO (n/a) |
2006 | 2016 |
| ||
| Grant Ashley Bavister | |||||||
| 18 | Ceri King LVO (n/a) |
2016 | Incumbent | Elaine Chilver |
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- ^† Died in office.
References
- ^ "No. 28339". The London Gazette. 15 February 1910. pp. 1123–1124.
- ^ "List of Registrars of the Baronetage (Freedom of Information Request)" (PDF). WhatDoTheyKnow. 21 March 2021. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
