Lord Wardens of the Cinque Ports
Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports
Prince George of Denmark and Norway, Duke of Cumberland
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 2 1653; d. October 28 1708.
1702 – 1708
Robert Darcy, 4th Earl of Holderness
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 17 1718; d. May 16 1778.
1765 – 1778
Frederick North, 2nd Earl of Guilford
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 13 1732; d. August 5 1792.
1778 – 1792
William Pitt the Younger
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 28 1759; d. January 23 1806.
Titles of nobility: Earl Grey in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1807 – 1845)
1792 – 1806
Field Marshal Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 1 1769; d. September 14 1852
Noble titles: Viscount Wellington in the peerage of the United Kingdom (1809 – 1852); Count of Vimeiro in the nobility of Portugal (1811 – 1852); Earl of Wellington in the peerage of the United Kingdom (1812 – 1852); Marquess of Wellington in the peerage of the United Kingdom (1812 – 1852); Duke of Vitória in the nobility of Portugal (1812 – 1852); Duke of Ciudad Rodrigo in the nobility of Spain (1812 – 1852); Duke of Wellington in the peerage of the United Kingdom (1814 – 1852); Prince of Waterloo in the nobility of the Netherlands (1815 – 1852)
Military ranks: Major-General (1802 – 1808); Lieutenant-General (1808 – 1811); General (1811 – 1813); Field Marshal (1813 – 1852)
1829 – 1852
Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 20 1784; d. October 18 1865
1861 – 1865
Frederick Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, 1st Marquess of Dufferin and Ava
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 21 1826; d. February 12 1902
Other titles: Baron Dufferin and Claneboyne (1850 – 1902); Earl of Dufferin (1871 – 1902)
1888 – 1892
Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 3 1830; d. August 22 1903
Titles of nobility: Marquess of Salisbury in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1868 – 1903)
1895 – 1903
George, Prince of Wales
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 3 1865; d. January 20 1936
Spouse: Mary of Teck (b. May 26 1867; d. March 24 1953)
Children: (1) Edward VIII, King of the United Kingdom, Emperor of India (b. June 23 1894; d. May 28 1972); (2) George VI, King of the United Kingdom, Emperor of India (b. December 14 1895; d. February 6 1952); (3) Mary, Princess Royal (b. April 25 1897; d. March 28 1965); (4) Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester (b. March 31 1900; d. June 10 1974); (5) Prince George, Duke of Kent (b. December 20 1902; d. August 25 1942); (6) Prince John (b. July 12 1905; d. January 18 1919)
Other thrones held: Emperor of India (1910 – 1936)
Royal titles: Prince of Wales (1901 – 1910); Duke of Cornwall (1901 – 1910); Duke of Rothesay (1901 – 1910)
Other prominent offices: Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports (1905 – 1907)
1905 – 1907
Thomas Brassey, 1st Earl Brassey
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 11 1836; d. February 23 1918
Noble titles: Baron Brassey in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1886 – 1918); Earl Brassey in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1911 – 1918).
1908 – 1913
Freeman Freeman-Thomas, 1st Marquess of Willingdon
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 12 1866; d. August 12 1941
Titles of nobility: Baron Willingdon in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1910 – 1941); Viscount Willingdon in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1924 – 1941); Earl of Willingdon in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1931 – 1941); Marquess of Willingdon in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1936 – 1941)
1936 – 1941
Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 30 1874; d. January 24 1965
1941 – 1965
Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 4 1900; d. March 30 2002
1978 – 2002
Admiral of the Fleet Michael Cecil Boyce, Baron Boyce
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 2 1943; d. November 6 2022.
2005 – 2022
The Tower of London
Constable of the Tower
James Compton, 3rd Earl of Northampton
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 19 1622; d. December 15 1681.
1675 – 1679
George Compton, 4th Earl of Northampton
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 18 1664; d. April 15 1727.
1712 – 1715
Henry Clinton, 7th Earl of Lincoln
Date of birth/date of death: b. 1684; d. September 7 1728.
1723 – 1725
Field Marshal Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 1 1769; d. September 14 1852
Noble titles: Viscount Wellington in the peerage of the United Kingdom (1809 – 1852); Count of Vimeiro in the nobility of Portugal (1811 – 1852); Earl of Wellington in the peerage of the United Kingdom (1812 – 1852); Marquess of Wellington in the peerage of the United Kingdom (1812 – 1852); Duke of Vitória in the nobility of Portugal (1812 – 1852); Duke of Ciudad Rodrigo in the nobility of Spain (1812 – 1852); Duke of Wellington in the peerage of the United Kingdom (1814 – 1852); Prince of Waterloo in the nobility of the Netherlands (1815 – 1852)
Military ranks: Major-General (1802 – 1808); Lieutenant-General (1808 – 1811); General (1811 – 1813); Field Marshal (1813 – 1852)
1827 – 1852
Field Marshal Alan Francis Brooke, 1st Viscount Alanbrooke
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 23 1883; d. June 17 1963
Titles of nobility: Baron Alanbrooke in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1945 – 1963); Viscount Alanbrooke in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1946 – 1963).
Military ranks: Promoted to major-general, 1935. Promoted to lieutenant-general, 1938. Promoted to general, 1941. Promoted to field marshal, 1944.
1950 – 1955
Field Marshal Henry Maitland Wilson, 1st Baron Wilson
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 5 1881; d. December 31 1964
Titles of nobility: Baron Wilson in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1946 – 1964).
Military ranks: Promoted to major-general, 1935. Promoted to lieutenant-general, 1939. Promoted to general, 1941. Promoted to field marshal, 1944.
1955 – 1960
Field Marshal Harold Rupert Leofric George Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 10 1891; d. June 16 1969
Titles of nobility: Viscount Alexander of Tunis in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1946 – 1969); Earl Alexander of Tunis in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1952 – 1969).
Military ranks: Promoted to major-general, 1937. Promoted to lieutenant-general, 1938. Promoted to general, 1942. Promoted to field marshal, 1944.
1960 – 1965
General Sir Francis Richard Dannatt, Baron Dannatt
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 23 1950.
Military ranks: Promoted to major-general, 1994. Promoted to lieutenant-general, 2003. Promoted to general, 2005.
2009 – 2016
Constable and Governor of Windsor Castle
Lieutenant-General Richard Temple, 1st Viscount Cobham
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 24 1675; d. September 14 1749.
1716 – 1723
General Charles Cornwallis, Earl Cornwallis
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 31 1738; d. October 5 1805.
1771 – 1784
General Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 31 1738; d. October 5 1805.
1784 – 1805
John George Edward Henry Douglas Sutherland Campbell, 9th Duke of Argyll
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 6 1845; d. May 2 1914
Noble titles: Duke of Argyll (1900 – 1914)
1892 – 1914
Alexander Cambridge, 1st Earl of Athlone
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 14 1874; d. January 16 1957
1931 – 1957
Field Marshal William Joseph Slim, 1st Viscount Slim
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 6 1891; d. December 14 1970
Titles of nobility: Viscount Slim in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1960 – 1970).
Military ranks: Promoted to major-general, 1941. Promoted to lieutenant-general, 1944. Promoted to general, 1945. Promoted to field marshal, 1949.
1964 – 1970
Air Chief Marshal Sir Richard Edward Johns
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 28 1939.
2000 – 2008
Lord Warden of the Stannaries
Sir Walter Raleigh
Date of birth/date of death: b. c. 1553; d. October 29 1618.
1584 – 1603
Francis Godolphin, Viscount Rialton
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 3 1678; d. January 17 1766.
1705 – 1708
James Waldegrave, 2nd Earl Waldegrave
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 4 1715; d. April 13 1763.
1751 – 1762
Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 26 1819; d. December 14 1861
1842 – 1861
Master Gunner, St. James’s Park
Field Marshal Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 30 1832; d. November 14 1914
Titles of nobility: Baron Roberts in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1892 – 1914); Earl Roberts in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1901 – 1914).
Military ranks: Promoted to major-general, 1878. Promoted to lieutenant-general, 1883. Promoted to general, 1891. Promoted to field marshal, 1895.
1904 – 1914
Field Marshal Alan Francis Brooke, 1st Viscount Alanbrooke
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 23 1883; d. June 17 1963
Titles of nobility: Baron Alanbrooke in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1945 – 1963); Viscount Alanbrooke in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1946 – 1963).
Military ranks: Promoted to major-general, 1935. Promoted to lieutenant-general, 1938. Promoted to general, 1941. Promoted to field marshal, 1944.
1946 – 1956
Orders of Chivalry
Great Master of the Order of the Bath
Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 26 1819; d. December 14 1861
1847 – 1861
Edward, Prince of Wales
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 9 1841; d. May 6 1910
Spouse: Alexandra of Denmark (b. December 1844; d. November 20 1925)
Children: (1) Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and Avondale (b. January 8 1864; d. January 14 1892); (2) George V, King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, Emperor of India (b. June 3 1865; d. January 20 1936); (3) Louise, Princess Royal, Duchess of Fife (b. February 20 1867; d. January 4 1931); (4) Princess Victoria (b. July 6 1868; d. December 3 1935); (5) Princess Maud, Queen consort of Norway (b. November 26 1869; d. November 20 1938); (6) Prince Alexander John of Wales (b. April 6 1871; d. April 7 1871)
Other thrones held: Emperor of India (1901 – 1910)
Royal titles: Prince of Wales (1841 – 1901); Duke of Cornwall (1841 – 1901); Duke of Rothesay (1841 – 1901)
1897 – 1901
Field Marshal Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 1 1850; d. January 16 1942
Titles of nobility: Duke of Connaught and Strathearn in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1874 – 1942).
Military ranks: Promoted to major-general, 1880. Promoted to lieutenant-general, 1886. Promoted to general, 1893. Promoted to field marshal, 1902.
1901 – 1942
Charles, Prince of Wales
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 14 1948.
1974 – 2022
William, Prince of Wales
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 21 1982.
2024 – present
King of Arms of the Order of the Bath
Admiral of the Fleet Michael Cecil Boyce, Baron Boyce
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 2 1943; d. November 6 2022.
2009 – 2018
Air Chief Marshal Sir Steven Gary George Dalton
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 23 1954.
2018 – present
Chancellor of the Order of the Garter
Benjamin Hoadly, Bishop of Salisbury
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 14 1676; d. April 17 1761.
1723 – 1734
Edward Frederick Lindley Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 16 1881; d. December 23 1959
Titles of nobility: Baron Irwin in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1925 – 1959); Viscount Halifax in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1934 – 1959); Earl of Halifax in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1944 – 1959).
1943 – 1959
Robert Arthur James Gascoyne-Cecil, 5th Marquess of Salisbury
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 27 1893; d. February 23 1972
Titles of nobility: Baron Cecil in the Peerage of England (1941 – 1972); Marquess of Salisbury in the Peerage of Great Britain (1947 – 1972).
1960 – 1972
Grand Master of the Order of St Michael and St George
Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 24 1774; d. July 8 1850
Titles of nobility: Duke of Cambridge in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1801 – 1850).
1825 – 1850
Field Marshal Prince George, Duke of Cambridge
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 26 1819; d. March 17 1904
Titles of nobility: Duke of Cambridge in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1850 – 1904).
Military ranks: Promoted to major-general, 1845. Promoted to lieutenant-general, 1854. Promoted to general, 1856. Promoted to field marshal, 1862.
1850 – 1904
George, Prince of Wales
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 3 1865; d. January 20 1936
Spouse: Mary of Teck (b. May 26 1867; d. March 24 1953)
Children: (1) Edward VIII, King of the United Kingdom, Emperor of India (b. June 23 1894; d. May 28 1972); (2) George VI, King of the United Kingdom, Emperor of India (b. December 14 1895; d. February 6 1952); (3) Mary, Princess Royal (b. April 25 1897; d. March 28 1965); (4) Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester (b. March 31 1900; d. June 10 1974); (5) Prince George, Duke of Kent (b. December 20 1902; d. August 25 1942); (6) Prince John (b. July 12 1905; d. January 18 1919)
Other thrones held: Emperor of India (1910 – 1936)
Royal titles: Prince of Wales (1901 – 1910); Duke of Cornwall (1901 – 1910); Duke of Rothesay (1901 – 1910)
Other prominent offices: Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports (1905 – 1907)
1905 – 1910
Edward, Prince of Wales
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 23 1894; d. May 28 1972
Spouse: Wallis Simpson (b. June 19 1896; d. April 24 1986)
Children: None
Royal titles: Prince of Wales (1910 – 1936); Duke of Cornwall (1910 – 1936); Duke of Rothesay (1910 – 1936)
1917 – 1936
Alexander Cambridge, 1st Earl of Athlone
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 14 1874; d. January 16 1957
1936 – 1957
Edward Frederick Lindley Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 16 1881; d. December 23 1959
Titles of nobility: Baron Irwin in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1925 – 1959); Viscount Halifax in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1934 – 1959); Earl of Halifax in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1944 – 1959).
1957 – 1959
Field Marshal Harold Rupert Leofric George Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 10 1891; d. June 16 1969
Titles of nobility: Viscount Alexander of Tunis in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1946 – 1969); Earl Alexander of Tunis in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1952 – 1969).
Military ranks: Promoted to major-general, 1937. Promoted to lieutenant-general, 1938. Promoted to general, 1942. Promoted to field marshal, 1944.
1959 – 1967