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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 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 Holder 1509 The Earl of Essex 1539 Sir Anthony Browne 1549 The Lord Braye 1550 The Marquess of Northampton 1553 The Earl of Sussex 1558 The Lord Hunsdon 1596 The Lord Hunsdon May 1603 The Earl of Northumberland 1615 The Earl of Suffolk 1616 The Lord Howard de Walden succeeded as Earl of Suffolk 1626 May 1635 The Earl of Salisbury 1643 The Lord Dunsmore created Earl of Chichester 1644 temp Charles II The Earl of Salisbury 20 July 1660 The Earl of Cleveland 29 March 1667 The Lord Belasyse 10 March 1672 The Viscount Fauconberg 9 May 1676 The Earl of Roscommon 24 April 1677 The Earl of Scarsdale 26 June 1682 The Earl of Huntingdon 28 February 1689 The Lord Lovelace 29 November 1693 The Duke of St Albans 13 January 1712 The Duke of Beaufort 22 September 1714 The Duke of St Albans 21 May 1726 Marquess of Hartington succeeded as Duke of Devonshire 1729 11 June 1731 The Earl of Burlington 11 June 1734 The Duke of Montagu 8 May 1740 The Duke of Bolton 12 July 1742 The Lord Bathurst 24 December 1744 The Lord Hobart created Earl of Buckinghamshire 1746 16 November 1756 The Lord Berkeley of Stratton 12 July 1762 The Earl of Lichfield 28 December 1772 The Lord Edgcumbe created Viscount Mount Edgcumbe and Valletort 1781 29 March 1782 The Lord Ferrers of Chartley 17 May 1783 The Earl of Jersey 31 December 1783 The Lord Ferrers of Chartley 5 March 1790 The Viscount Falmouth 19 February 1806 The Lord St John of Bletso 2 March 1808 The Earl of Mount Edgcumbe 26 March 1812 The Earl of Courtown 1 September 1827 The Viscount Hereford 9 December 1830 The Lord Foley 16 August 1833 The Lord Foley 29 December 1834 The Viscount Hereford 6 May 1835 The Lord Foley 8 September 1841 The Lord Forester 24 July 1846 The Lord Foley 27 February 1852 The Earl of Sandwich 30 December 1852 The Lord Foley 26 February 1858 The Earl of Shrewsbury 28 June 1859 The Lord Foley 10 July 1866 The Earl of Tankerville 20 March 1867 The Marquess of Exeter 12 December 1868 The Lord Foley 27 December 1869 The Marquess of Normanby 20 April 1871 The Earl Cowper 1 January 1874 The Earl of Ilchester 2 March 1874 The Marquess of Exeter 4 February 1875 The Earl of Shrewsbury 28 May 1877 The Earl of Coventry 3 May 1880 The Earl Fife 21 January 1881 The Marquess of Huntly 27 June 1881 The Lord Carrington 6 July 1885 The Earl of Coventry 10 February 1886 The Lord Sudeley 5 August 1886 The Viscount Barrington 24 November 1886 The Earl of Rosslyn 11 August 1890 The Earl of Yarborough 25 August 1892 The Lord Vernon 13 March 1894 The Earl of Chesterfield 16 July 1895 The Lord Belper 18 December 1905 The Earl Beauchamp 31 July 1907 The Lord Denman 26 June 1911 The Lord Colebrooke 20 November 1922 The Earl of Clarendon 22 January 1924 The Earl of Dunmore 1 December 1924 The Earl of Clarendon 26 June 1925 The Earl of Plymouth 1 January 1929 The Earl of Lucan 5 June 1929 The Earl of Cavan 12 November 1931 The Earl of Lucan 31 May 1940 The Lord Snell 21 April 1944 Vacant 22 March 1945 The Earl Fortescue 4 August 1945 The Lord Ammon 18 October 1949 The Lord Shepherd 5 November 1951 The Earl Fortescue 27 June 1957 The Earl St Aldwyn 21 October 1964 The Lord Shepherd 29 July 1967 The Lord Beswick 24 June 1970 The Earl St Aldwyn 11 March 1974 The Baroness Llewelyn Davies 6 May 1979 The Lord Denham 22 May 1991 The Lord Hesketh 16 September 1993 The Viscount Ullswater 20 July 1994 The Lord Strathclyde 6 May 1997 The Lord Carter 1 May 2002 The Lord Grocott 24 January 2008 The Baroness Royall of Blaisdon 5 October 2008 The Lord Bassam of Brighton 13 May 2010 The Baroness Anelay of St John s 6 August 2014 The Lord Taylor of Holbeach 26 July 2019 The Lord Ashton of Hyde 7 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,
