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post usually held by the Government

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in the

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. The present Captain is The 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 John de Vere, 13th Earl of Oxford (8 September 1442 – 10 March 1513), the second son of John de Vere, 12th Earl of Oxford, and Elizabeth Howard, a first cousin of John Howard, 1st Duke of Norfolk (2nd creation), was one of the principal ...

*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:

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*1553: Sir Henry Jerningham *1557:

Sir Henry Bedingfield Sir Henry Bedingfeld (1505–1583F. Blomefield, 'Oxburgh', in ''An Essay Towards A Topographical History of the County of Norfolk'', Vol. 6: Hundred of South Greenhoe (W. Miller, London 1807)pp. 168-97(British History Online), accessed 5 Febru ...

*1558: Sir Edward Rogers *1558: Sir William St Loe *1566: Sir Francis Knowlys *1572:

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*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

Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield

*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

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