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This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen at Arms news newspapers books scholar JSTOR August 2023 Learn how and when to remove this template message The Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen at Arms is a post in the Government of the United Kingdom that has been held by the Government Chief Whip in the House of Lords 1 since 1945 Prior to 17 March 1834 the Gentlemen at Arms were known as the Honourable Band of Gentlemen Pensioners Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen at Arms amp Chief Whip of the House of LordsIncumbentThe Baroness Williams of TraffordStyleThe Right HonourableAppointerPrime MinisterFormation1509First holderHenry Bourchier 2nd Earl of EssexList of Captains of the Gentlemen at Arms editDate of appointment Holder1509 The Earl of Essex1539 Sir Anthony Browne1549 The Lord Braye1550 The Marquess of Northampton1553 The Earl of Sussex1558 The Lord Hunsdon1596 The Lord HunsdonMay 1603 The Earl of Northumberland1615 The Earl of Suffolk1616 The Lord Howard de Walden succeeded as Earl of Suffolk 1626 May 1635 The Earl of Salisbury1643 The Lord Dunsmore created Earl of Chichester 1644 temp Charles II The Earl of Salisbury20 July 1660 The Earl of Cleveland29 March 1667 The Lord Belasyse10 March 1672 The Viscount Fauconberg9 May 1676 The Earl of Roscommon24 April 1677 The Earl of Scarsdale26 June 1682 The Earl of Huntingdon28 February 1689 The Lord Lovelace29 November 1693 The Duke of St Albans13 January 1712 The Duke of Beaufort22 September 1714 The Duke of St Albans21 May 1726 Marquess of Hartington succeeded as Duke of Devonshire 1729 11 June 1731 The Earl of Burlington11 June 1734 The Duke of Montagu8 May 1740 The Duke of Bolton12 July 1742 The Lord Bathurst24 December 1744 The Lord Hobart created Earl of Buckinghamshire 1746 16 November 1756 The Lord Berkeley of Stratton12 July 1762 The Earl of Lichfield28 December 1772 The Lord Edgcumbe created Viscount Mount Edgcumbe and Valletort 1781 29 March 1782 The Lord Ferrers of Chartley17 May 1783 The Earl of Jersey31 December 1783 The Lord Ferrers of Chartley5 March 1790 The Viscount Falmouth19 February 1806 The Lord St John of Bletso2 March 1808 The Earl of Mount Edgcumbe26 March 1812 The Earl of Courtown1 September 1827 The Viscount Hereford9 December 1830 The Lord Foley16 August 1833 The Lord Foley29 December 1834 The Viscount Hereford6 May 1835 The Lord Foley8 September 1841 The Lord Forester24 July 1846 The Lord Foley27 February 1852 The Earl of Sandwich30 December 1852 The Lord Foley26 February 1858 The Earl of Shrewsbury28 June 1859 The Lord Foley10 July 1866 The Earl of Tankerville20 March 1867 The Marquess of Exeter12 December 1868 The Lord Foley27 December 1869 The Marquess of Normanby20 April 1871 The Earl Cowper1 January 1874 The Earl of Ilchester2 March 1874 The Marquess of Exeter4 February 1875 The Earl of Shrewsbury28 May 1877 The Earl of Coventry3 May 1880 The Earl Fife21 January 1881 The Marquess of Huntly27 June 1881 The Lord Carrington6 July 1885 The Earl of Coventry10 February 1886 The Lord Sudeley5 August 1886 The Viscount Barrington24 November 1886 The Earl of Rosslyn11 August 1890 The Earl of Yarborough25 August 1892 The Lord Vernon13 March 1894 The Earl of Chesterfield16 July 1895 The Lord Belper18 December 1905 The Earl Beauchamp31 July 1907 The Lord Denman26 June 1911 The Lord Colebrooke20 November 1922 The Earl of Clarendon22 January 1924 The Earl of Dunmore1 December 1924 The Earl of Clarendon26 June 1925 The Earl of Plymouth1 January 1929 The Earl of Lucan5 June 1929 The Earl of Cavan12 November 1931 The Earl of Lucan31 May 1940 The Lord Snell21 April 1944 Vacant22 March 1945 The Earl Fortescue4 August 1945 The Lord Ammon18 October 1949 The Lord Shepherd5 November 1951 The Earl Fortescue27 June 1957 The Earl St Aldwyn21 October 1964 The Lord Shepherd29 July 1967 The Lord Beswick24 June 1970 The Earl St Aldwyn11 March 1974 The Baroness Llewelyn Davies6 May 1979 The Lord Denham22 May 1991 The Lord Hesketh16 September 1993 The Viscount Ullswater20 July 1994 The Lord Strathclyde6 May 1997 The Lord Carter1 May 2002 The Lord Grocott24 January 2008 The Baroness Royall of Blaisdon5 October 2008 The Lord Bassam of Brighton13 May 2010 The Baroness Anelay of St John s6 August 2014 The Lord Taylor of Holbeach26 July 2019 The Lord Ashton of Hyde7 September 2022 The Baroness Williams of TraffordReferences edit Gentlemen at Arms Retrieved 6 August 2023 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen at Arms amp oldid 1169036644, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
