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Captain of the King's Bodyguard of the Yeomen of the Guard & Deputy Chief Whip of the House of Lords | |
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Style | The Right Honourable |
Appointer | Prime Minister |
Formation | 1485 |
First holder | John de Vere, 13th Earl of Oxford |
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 9th Earl of Courtown, who was appointed to the position in the May ministry in July 2016.
Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Party | Ministry | Ref. | ||
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Bryan Davies The Lord Davies of Oldham |
June 2003 |
May 2010 |
Labour | Blair II | [8] | ||
Blair III | |||||||
Brown | |||||||
David Shutt The Lord Shutt of Greetland |
May 2010 |
May 2012 |
Liberal Democrat |
Cameron–Clegg ( Con.– L.D.) |
[9] | ||
Richard Newby The Lord Newby |
May 2012 |
May 2015 |
[10] | ||||
John Gardiner The Lord Gardiner of Kimble |
May 2015 |
July 2016 |
Conservative | Cameron II | [11] | ||
Patrick Stopford The Earl of Courtown |
July 2016 |
Incumbent | May I | [12] | |||
May II | |||||||
Johnson I | |||||||
Johnson II | |||||||
Truss | |||||||
Sunak |