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Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard
Position held by the Deputy Chief Whip in the House of Lords
Summary
Position held by the Deputy Chief Whip in the House of Lords
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| post | Captain of the King's Bodyguard of the Yeomen of the Guard |
| & | |
| Deputy Chief Whip of the House of Lords | |
| insignia | Badge of the Yeomen of the Guard.svg |
| image | Official portrait of Baroness Wheeler, 2019.jpg |
| incumbent | Margaret Wheeler, Baroness Wheeler |
| incumbentsince | 10 July 2024 |
| style | The Right Honourable |
| appointer | Prime Minister |
| formation | 1485 |
| first | John de Vere, 13th Earl of Oxford |
& Deputy Chief Whip of the House of Lords
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. 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
| Name | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Party | Ministry | Ref. |
| Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Donald Howard | |||
| 3rd Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal | November | January | Conservative | |
| Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Arthur Chichester | |||
| 4th Baron Templemore | January | August | ||
| National Government III | ||||
| National Government IV | ||||
| Chamberlain (War Ministry) | ||||
| Churchill (War Ministry) | ||||
| Churchill (Caretaker) | ||||
| Labour Party (UK)}}" | Alexander Walkden | |||
| 1st Baron Walkden | August | July | Labour | |
| Labour Party (UK)}}" | George Shepherd | |||
| 1st Baron Shepherd | July | October | ||
| Labour Party (UK)}}" | George Lucas | |||
| 1st Baron Lucas of Chilworth | October | March | ||
| Labour Party (UK)}}" | George Bingham | |||
| 6th Earl of Lucan | March | June | Attlee II | |
| Labour Party (UK)}}" | George Archibald | |||
| 1st Baron Archibald | June | November | ||
| Conservative Party (UK)}}" | William Onslow | |||
| 6th Earl of Onslow | November | October | Conservative | |
| Eden | ||||
| Macmillan I | ||||
| Macmillan II | ||||
| Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Peter Legh | |||
| 4th Baron Newton | October | September | Macmillan II | |
| Conservative Party (UK)}}" | John Goschen | |||
| 3rd Viscount Goschen | September | December | Macmillan II | |
| Douglas-Home | ||||
| Labour Party (UK)}}" | Frank Bowles | |||
| Baron Bowles | December | June | Labour | |
| Conservative Party (UK)}}" | John Goschen | |||
| 3rd Viscount Goschen | June | November | Conservative | |
| Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Bertram Bowyer | |||
| 2nd Baron Denham | November | March | ||
| Labour Party (UK)}}" | David Kenworthy | |||
| 11th Baron Strabolgi | March | May | Labour | |
| Wilson IV | ||||
| Callaghan | ||||
| Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Andrew Hill | |||
| 7th Baron Sandys | May | October | Conservative | |
| Conservative Party (UK)}}" | David Cunliffe-Lister | |||
| 2nd Earl of Swinton | October | September | ||
| Thatcher II | ||||
| Thatcher III | ||||
| Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Andrew Davidson | |||
| 2nd Viscount Davidson | September | December | ||
| Major I | ||||
| Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Michael Bowes-Lyon | |||
| 18th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne | December | July | ||
| Major II | ||||
| Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Arthur Gore | |||
| 9th Earl of Arran | July | January | ||
| Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Richard Fletcher-Vane | |||
| 2nd Baron Inglewood | January | July | ||
| Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Nicholas Cavendish | |||
| 6th Baron Chesham | July | May | ||
| 1997 | ||||
| Labour Party (UK)}}" | Andrew McIntosh | |||
| Baron McIntosh of Haringey | May | |||
| 1997 | June | |||
| 2003 | Labour |
21st century
| Portrait | Name | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Party | Ministry | Ref. | ||
| Labour Party (UK)}}" | [[File:Official portrait of Lord Davies of Oldham crop 2.jpg | 75px]] | Bryan Davies | |||
| Baron Davies of Oldham | June | |||||
| 2003 | May | |||||
| 2010 | Labour | |||||
| Blair III | ||||||
| Brown | ||||||
| Liberal Democrats (UK)}}" | [[File:Official portrait of Lord Shutt of Greetland crop 2.jpg | 75px]] | David Shutt | |||
| Baron Shutt of Greetland | May | |||||
| 2010 | May | |||||
| 2012 | Liberal Democrat | |||||
| Liberal Democrats (UK)}}" | [[File:Official portrait of Lord Newby crop 2.jpg | 75px]] | Richard Newby | |||
| Baron Newby | May | |||||
| 2012 | May | |||||
| 2015 | ||||||
| Conservative Party (UK)}}" | [[File:Official portrait of Lord Gardiner of Kimble crop 2.jpg | 75px]] | John Gardiner | |||
| Baron Gardiner of Kimble | May | |||||
| 2015 | July | |||||
| 2016 | Conservative | |||||
| Conservative Party (UK)}}" | [[File:Official portrait of The Earl of Courtown crop 2.jpg | 75px]] | Patrick Stopford | |||
| 9th Earl of Courtown | July | |||||
| 2016 | July | |||||
| 2024 | May I | |||||
| May II | ||||||
| Johnson I | ||||||
| Johnson II | ||||||
| Truss | ||||||
| Sunak | ||||||
| Labour Party (UK)}}" | [[File:Official portrait of Baroness Wheeler crop 2, 2019.jpg | 75px]] | Margaret Wheeler | |||
| Baroness Wheeler | July | |||||
| 2024 | Incumbent | Labour |
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
References
- "Captains of the Yeoman of the Guard".
- Roth, Andrew. (2012-08-27). "Viscount Davidson obituary".
- "Parliamentary career for Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne – MPs and Lords – UK Parliament".
- "Contact information for The Earl of Arran – MPs and Lords – UK Parliament".
- "Contact information for Lord Inglewood – MPs and Lords – UK Parliament".
- "Parliamentary career for Lord Chesham – MPs and Lords – UK Parliament".
- "Parliamentary career for The Lord McIntosh of Haringey – MPs and Lords – UK Parliament".
- "Lord Davies of Oldham".
- "Lord Shutt of Greetland".
- "Lord Newby".
- "Lord Gardiner of Kimble".
- "The Earl of Courtown".
- "Ministerial Appointments: July 2024y".
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