| Date 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 |
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