Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard

Position held by the Deputy Chief Whip in the House of Lords From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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.[1] The present Captain is The Baroness Wheeler, who was appointed to the position in the Starmer ministry in July 2024.

Quick facts Captain of the King's Bodyguard of the Yeomen of the Guard & Government Deputy Chief Whip in the House of Lords, Style ...
Captain of the King's Bodyguard of the Yeomen of the Guard
&
Government Deputy Chief Whip in the House of Lords
StyleThe Right Honourable
AppointerPrime Minister
Formation1485
First holderJohn de Vere, 13th Earl of Oxford
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1485–present

15th century

16th century

17th century

18th century

Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield, who served as Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard from 1723 to 1725.

19th century

20th century

More information Name, Term of office ...
Name Term of office Party Ministry Ref.
Donald Howard
3rd Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal
November

1931

January

1934

Conservative National Government II

(Con.LibNat LabNat Lib)

Arthur Chichester
4th Baron Templemore
January

1934

August

1945

National Government III

(Con.Nat LabNat Lib)

National Government IV

(Con.Nat LabNat Lib)

Chamberlain (War Ministry)

(Con.Nat LabNat Lib)

Churchill (War Ministry)

(Con.LibLab-Nat LabNat 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 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
4th Baron Newton
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

[2]
Major I
Michael Bowes-Lyon
18th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne
December

1991

July

1994

[3]
Major II
Arthur Gore
9th Earl of Arran
July

1994

January

1995

[4]
Richard Fletcher-Vane
2nd Baron Inglewood
January

1995

July

1995

[5]
Nicholas Cavendish
6th Baron Chesham
July

1995

May
1997
[6]
Andrew McIntosh
Baron McIntosh of Haringey
May
1997
June
2003
Labour Blair I [7]
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21st century

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