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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.
Captain of the King's Bodyguard of the Yeomen of the Guard & Deputy Chief Whip of the House of Lords | |
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![]() Incumbent since 10 July 2024Margaret Wheeler, Baroness Wheeler | |
Style | The Right Honourable |
Appointer | Prime Minister |
Formation | 1485 |
First holder | John de Vere, 13th Earl of Oxford |
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. | ||
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Donald Howard 3rd Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal | November 1931 | January 1934 | Conservative | National Government II (Con.–Lib–Nat Lab–Nat Lib) | ||
Arthur Chichester 4th Baron Templemore | January 1934 | August 1945 | ||||
National Government III (Con.–Nat Lab–Nat Lib) | ||||||
National Government IV (Con.–Nat Lab–Nat Lib) | ||||||
Chamberlain (War Ministry) (Con.–Nat Lab–Nat Lib) | ||||||
Churchill (War Ministry) (Con.–Lib–Lab-Nat Lab–Nat Lib) | ||||||
Churchill (Caretaker) (Con.–Nat Lib-Ind) | ||||||
Alexander Walkden 1st Baron Walkden | August 1945 | July 1949 | Labour | Attlee I | ||
George Shepherd 1st Baron Shepherd | July 1949 | October 1949 | ||||
George Lucas 1st Baron Lucas of Chilworth | October 1949 | March 1950 | ||||
George Bingham 6th Earl of Lucan | March 1950 | June 1951 | Attlee II | |||
George Archibald 1st Baron Lord Archibald | June 1951 | November 1951 | ||||
William Onslow 6th Earl of Onslow | November 1951 | October 1960 | Conservative | Churchill III | ||
Eden | ||||||
Macmillan I | ||||||
Macmillan II | ||||||
Peter Legh Baron Legh | October 1960 | September 1962 | Macmillan II | |||
John Goschen 3rd Viscount Goschen | September 1962 | December 1964 | Macmillan II | |||
Douglas-Home | ||||||
Frank Bowles Baron Bowles | December 1964 | June 1970 | Labour | Wilson II | ||
John Goschen 3rd Viscount Goschen | June 1970 | November 1971 | Conservative | Heath | ||
Bertram Bowyer 2nd Baron Denham | November 1971 | March 1974 | ||||
David Kenworthy 11th Baron Strabolgi | March 1974 | May 1979 | Labour | Wilson III | ||
Wilson IV | ||||||
Callaghan | ||||||
Andrew Hill 7th Baron Sandys | May 1979 | October 1982 | Conservative | Thatcher I | ||
David Cunliffe-Lister 2nd Earl of Swinton | October 1982 | September 1986 | ||||
Thatcher II | ||||||
Thatcher III | ||||||
Andrew Davidson 2nd Viscount Davidson | September 1986 | December 1991 | ||||
Major I | ||||||
Michael Bowes-Lyon 18th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne | December 1991 | July 1994 | ||||
Major II | ||||||
Arthur Gore 9th Earl of Arran | July 1994 | January 1995 | ||||
Richard Fletcher-Vane 2nd Baron Lord Inglewood | January 1995 | July 1995 | ||||
Nicholas Cavendish 6th Baron Chesham | July 1995 | May 1997 | ||||
Andrew McIntosh Baron McIntosh of Haringey | May 1997 | June 2003 | Labour | Blair I |
21st century
Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Party | Ministry | Ref. | ||
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![]() | Bryan Davies Baron Davies of Oldham | June 2003 | May 2010 | Labour | Blair II | ||
Blair III | |||||||
Brown | |||||||
![]() | David Shutt Baron Shutt of Greetland | May 2010 | May 2012 | Liberal Democrat | Cameron–Clegg (Con.–L.D.) | ||
![]() | Richard Newby Baron Newby | May 2012 | May 2015 | ||||
![]() | John Gardiner Baron Gardiner of Kimble | May 2015 | July 2016 | Conservative | Cameron II | ||
![]() | Patrick Stopford 9th Earl of Courtown | July 2016 | July 2024 | May I | |||
May II | |||||||
Johnson I | |||||||
Johnson II | |||||||
Truss | |||||||
Sunak | |||||||
![]() | Margaret Wheeler Baroness Wheeler | July 2024 | Incumbent | Labour | Starmer |
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
- "Captains of the Yeoman of the Guard". Archived from the original on 2019-06-11. Retrieved 2010-01-20.
- Roth, Andrew (2012-08-27). "Viscount Davidson obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 2022-02-21.
- "Parliamentary career for Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne – MPs and Lords – UK Parliament". members.parliament.uk. Retrieved 2020-06-08.
- "Contact information for The Earl of Arran – MPs and Lords – UK Parliament". members.parliament.uk. Retrieved 2020-06-08.
- "Contact information for Lord Inglewood – MPs and Lords – UK Parliament". members.parliament.uk. Retrieved 2020-06-08.
- "Parliamentary career for Lord Chesham – MPs and Lords – UK Parliament". members.parliament.uk. Retrieved 2020-06-08.
- "Parliamentary career for The Lord McIntosh of Haringey – MPs and Lords – UK Parliament". members.parliament.uk. Retrieved 2020-06-08.
- "Lord Davies of Oldham". UK Parliament. Retrieved 2 June 2018.
- "Lord Shutt of Greetland". UK Parliament. Retrieved 2 June 2018.
- "Lord Newby". UK Parliament. Retrieved 2 June 2018.
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- "The Earl of Courtown". UK Parliament. Retrieved 2 June 2018.
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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 Yeomen of the Guard news newspapers books scholar JSTOR September 2015 Learn how and when to remove this message 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 Captain of the King s Bodyguard of the Yeomen of the Guard amp Deputy Chief Whip of the House of LordsIncumbent Margaret Wheeler Baroness Wheelersince 10 July 2024StyleThe Right HonourableAppointerPrime MinisterFormation1485First holderJohn de Vere 13th Earl of Oxford1485 present15th 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 Philip Stanhope 4th Earl of Chesterfield who served as Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard from 1723 to 1725 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 Donald Howard 3rd Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal November 1931 January 1934 Conservative National Government II Con Lib Nat Lab Nat Lib Arthur Chichester 4th Baron Templemore January 1934 August 1945 National Government III Con Nat Lab Nat Lib National Government IV Con Nat Lab Nat Lib Chamberlain War Ministry Con Nat Lab Nat Lib Churchill War Ministry Con Lib Lab Nat Lab Nat Lib Churchill Caretaker Con Nat Lib Ind Alexander Walkden 1st Baron Walkden August 1945 July 1949 Labour Attlee I George Shepherd 1st Baron Shepherd July 1949 October 1949 George Lucas 1st Baron Lucas of Chilworth October 1949 March 1950 George Bingham 6th Earl of Lucan March 1950 June 1951 Attlee II George Archibald 1st Baron Lord Archibald June 1951 November 1951 William Onslow 6th Earl of Onslow November 1951 October 1960 Conservative Churchill III Eden Macmillan I Macmillan II Peter Legh Baron Legh October 1960 September 1962 Macmillan II John Goschen 3rd Viscount Goschen September 1962 December 1964 Macmillan II Douglas Home Frank Bowles Baron Bowles December 1964 June 1970 Labour Wilson II John Goschen 3rd Viscount Goschen June 1970 November 1971 Conservative Heath Bertram Bowyer 2nd Baron Denham November 1971 March 1974 David Kenworthy 11th Baron Strabolgi March 1974 May 1979 Labour Wilson III Wilson IV Callaghan Andrew Hill 7th Baron Sandys May 1979 October 1982 Conservative Thatcher I David Cunliffe Lister 2nd Earl of Swinton October 1982 September 1986 Thatcher II Thatcher III Andrew Davidson 2nd Viscount Davidson September 1986 December 1991 Major I Michael Bowes Lyon 18th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne December 1991 July 1994 Major II Arthur Gore 9th Earl of Arran July 1994 January 1995 Richard Fletcher Vane 2nd Baron Lord Inglewood January 1995 July 1995 Nicholas Cavendish 6th Baron Chesham July 1995 May 1997 Andrew McIntosh Baron McIntosh of Haringey May 1997 June 2003 Labour Blair I 21st century Portrait Name Birth Death Term of office Party Ministry Ref Bryan Davies Baron Davies of Oldham June 2003 May 2010 Labour Blair II Blair III Brown David Shutt Baron Shutt of Greetland May 2010 May 2012 Liberal Democrat Cameron Clegg Con L D Richard Newby Baron Newby May 2012 May 2015 John Gardiner Baron Gardiner of Kimble May 2015 July 2016 Conservative Cameron II Patrick Stopford 9th Earl of Courtown July 2016 July 2024 May I May II Johnson I Johnson II Truss Sunak Margaret Wheeler Baroness Wheeler July 2024 Incumbent Labour StarmerReferencesJ 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 Captains of the Yeoman of the Guard Archived from the original on 2019 06 11 Retrieved 2010 01 20 Roth Andrew 2012 08 27 Viscount Davidson obituary The Guardian Retrieved 2022 02 21 Parliamentary career for Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne MPs and Lords UK Parliament members parliament uk Retrieved 2020 06 08 Contact information for The Earl of Arran MPs and Lords UK Parliament members parliament uk Retrieved 2020 06 08 Contact information for Lord Inglewood MPs and Lords UK Parliament members parliament uk Retrieved 2020 06 08 Parliamentary career for Lord Chesham MPs and Lords UK Parliament members parliament uk Retrieved 2020 06 08 Parliamentary career for The Lord McIntosh of Haringey MPs and Lords UK Parliament members parliament uk Retrieved 2020 06 08 Lord Davies of Oldham UK Parliament Retrieved 2 June 2018 Lord Shutt of Greetland UK Parliament Retrieved 2 June 2018 Lord Newby UK Parliament Retrieved 2 June 2018 Lord Gardiner of Kimble UK Parliament Retrieved 2 June 2018 The Earl of Courtown UK Parliament Retrieved 2 June 2018 Ministerial Appointments July 2024y gov uk Retrieved 10 July 2024