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.
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
200px|thumb|[[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, 2nd Baron Pelham of Stanmer
- 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, 22nd Baron de Ros
- 30 December 1852: John Townshend 3rd Viscount Sydney
- 17 March 1858: William FitzGerald-de Ros, 22nd 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
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
! colspan="2" | Name
! colspan="2" | Term of office
! Party
! Ministry
!<abbr title="Reference">Ref.</abbr>
|-
| rowspan="1" style="background-color: " |
|<br />3rd Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal
|November
1931
|January
1934
| rowspan="7" |Conservative
| rowspan=2 |National Government II
<small>(Con.–Lib–Nat Lab–Nat Lib)</small>
|
|-
| rowspan="6" style="background-color: " |
| rowspan="6" |<br />4th Baron Templemore
| rowspan="6" |January
1934
| rowspan="6" |August
1945
|
|-
| rowspan=1 |National Government III
<small>(Con.–Nat Lab–Nat Lib)</small>
| rowspan="5" |
|-
| rowspan=1 |National Government IV
<small>(Con.–Nat Lab–Nat Lib)</small>
|-
| rowspan=1 |Chamberlain
<small>(Con.–Nat Lab–Nat Lib)</small>
|-
| rowspan=1 |Churchill
<small>(Con.–Lib–Lab-Nat Lab–Nat Lib)</small>
|-
| rowspan=1 |Churchill
<small>(Con.–Nat Lib-Ind)</small>
|-
| rowspan="1" style="background-color: " |
|<br />1st Baron Walkden
|August
1945
|July
1949
| rowspan="5" |Labour
| rowspan="3" |Attlee I
|
|-
| rowspan="1" style="background-color: " |
|<br />1st Baron Shepherd
|July
1949
|October
1949
|
|-
| rowspan="1" style="background-color: " |
|<br />1st Baron Lucas of Chilworth
|October
1949
|March
1950
|
|-
| rowspan="1" style="background-color: " |
|<br />6th Earl of Lucan
|March
1950
|June
1951
| rowspan="2" |Attlee II
|
|-
| rowspan="1" style="background-color: " |
|<br />1st Baron Archibald
|June
1951
|November
1951
|
|-
| rowspan="4" style="background-color: " |
| rowspan="4" |<br />6th Earl of Onslow
| rowspan="4" |November
1951
| rowspan="4" |October
1960
| rowspan="7" |Conservative
| rowspan="1" |Churchill III
| rowspan="4" |
|-
| rowspan="1" |Eden
|-
| rowspan="1" |Macmillan I
|-
| rowspan="1" |Macmillan II
|-
| rowspan="1" style="background-color: " |
|<br />4th Baron Newton
|October
1960
|September
1962
| rowspan="1" |Macmillan II
|
|-
| rowspan="2" style="background-color: " |
| rowspan="2" |<br />3rd Viscount Goschen
| rowspan="2" |September
1962
| rowspan="2" |December
1964
| rowspan="1" |Macmillan II
| rowspan="2" |
|-
| rowspan="1" |Douglas-Home
|-
| rowspan="1" style="background-color: " |
|<br />Baron Bowles
|December
1964
|June
1970
|rowspan="1" |Labour
|rowspan="1" |Wilson II
|
|-
| rowspan="1" style="background-color: " |
|<br />3rd Viscount Goschen
|June
1970
|November
1971
| rowspan="2" |Conservative
| rowspan="2" |Heath
|
|-
| rowspan="1" style="background-color: " |
| <br />2nd Baron Denham
|November
1971
|March
1974
|
|-
| rowspan="3" style="background-color: " |
| rowspan="3" |<br />11th Baron Strabolgi
| rowspan="3" |March
1974
| rowspan="3" |May
1979
| rowspan="3" |Labour
| rowspan="1" |Wilson III
| rowspan="3" |
|-
| rowspan="1" |Wilson IV
|-
| rowspan="1" |Callaghan
|-
| rowspan="1" style="background-color: " |
|<br />7th Baron Sandys
|May
1979
|October
1982
| rowspan="11" |Conservative
| rowspan="2" |Thatcher I
|
|-
| rowspan="3" style="background-color: " |
| rowspan="3" |<br />2nd Earl of Swinton
| rowspan="3" |October
1982
| rowspan="3" |September
1986
| rowspan="3" |
|-
| rowspan="1" |Thatcher II
|-
| rowspan="2" |Thatcher III
|-
| rowspan="2" style="background-color: " |
| rowspan="2" |<br />2nd Viscount Davidson
| rowspan="2" |September
1986
| rowspan="2" |December
1991
| rowspan="2" |
|-
| rowspan="2" |Major I
|-
| rowspan="2" style="background-color: " |
| rowspan="2" |<br />18th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne
| rowspan="2" |December
1991
| rowspan="2" |July
1994
| rowspan="2" |
|-
| rowspan="4" |Major II
|-
| style="background-color: " |
|<br />9th Earl of Arran
|July
1994
|January
1995
|
|-
| style="background-color: " |
|<br />2nd Baron Inglewood
|January
1995
|July
1995
|
|-
| style="background-color: " |
|<br />6th Baron Chesham
|July
1995
|May<br>1997
|
|-
| style="background-color: " |
| <br />Baron McIntosh of Haringey
| May<br>1997
|<small>June</small><br>2003
| |Labour
| |Blair I
|
|}
21st century
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
! colspan=2| Portrait
! Name
! colspan=2 | Term of office
! Party
! Ministry
! <abbr title="Reference">Ref.</abbr>
|-
| rowspan="3" style="background-color: " |
| rowspan="3" | 75px
| rowspan="3" | <br />Baron Davies of Oldham
| rowspan="3" | <small>June</small><br>2003
| rowspan="3" | <small>May</small><br>2010
| rowspan="3" | Labour
| |Blair II
| rowspan="3" |
|-
| |Blair III
|-
| | Brown
|-
| style="background-color: " |
| 75px
| <br />Baron Shutt of Greetland
| <small>May</small><br>2010
| <small>May</small><br>2012
| rowspan="2" | Liberal Democrat
| rowspan=2 | Cameron–Clegg<br><small>(Con.–L.D.)</small>
|
|-
| style="background-color: " |
| 75px
| <br />Baron Newby
| <small>May</small><br>2012
| <small>May</small><br>2015
|
|-
| style="background-color: " |
| 75px
| <br />Baron Gardiner of Kimble
| <small>May</small><br>2015
| <small>July</small><br>2016
| rowspan="7" | Conservative
| | Cameron II
|
|-
| rowspan="6" style="background-color: " |
| rowspan="6" | 75px
| rowspan="6" | <br />9th Earl of Courtown
| rowspan="6" | <small>July</small><br>2016
| rowspan="6" | <small>July</small><br>2024
| | May I
| rowspan="6" |
|-
| | May II
|-
| |Johnson I
|-
| |Johnson II
|-
| |Truss
|-
| |Sunak
|-
| style="background-color: " |
| 75px
| <br />Baroness Wheeler
| <small>July</small><br>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