Bernard Forbes, 8th Earl of Granard , as Master of the Horse, 1908
The following list contains many of the people known to have held the office of Master of the Horse in England . Some official records are incomplete, and not all office holders are known.
Masters of the Horse [ edit ]
14th and 15th centuries [ edit ]
Edward Somerset, 4th Earl of Worcester (c. 1601–1616)
George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham (1616–1628), created Duke of Buckingham in 1623
Henry Rich, 1st Earl of Holland (1628)
James Hamilton, Marquess of Hamilton (1628–c. 1644), created Duke of Hamilton in 1643
Prince Rupert of the Rhine (1653–1655), in exile
John Claypole (1653–?1660), appointed by Oliver Cromwell during the Commonwealth
George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle (1660–1668)
George Villiers, 2nd Duke of Buckingham (1668–1674)
James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth (1674–1679)
In commission (1679–1681):
Charles Lennox, 1st Duke of Richmond (1681–1685)
Commissioners appointed during the Duke of Richmond's minority (1682–1685):
George Legge, 1st Baron Dartmouth (1685–1689)
Henry Overkirke (1689–1702)
In commission (1702):
Charles Seymour, 6th Duke of Somerset (1702–1712)
In commission (1712–1714):
Charles Seymour, 6th Duke of Somerset (1714–1715)
In commission (1715–1717):
In commission (1717–1727):
Richard Lumley, 2nd Earl of Scarbrough (1727–1735)
Charles Lennox, 2nd Duke of Richmond (1735–1750)
vacant
Marquess of Hartington (1751–1755)
Lionel Sackville, 1st Duke of Dorset (1755–1757)
Granville Leveson-Gower, Earl Gower (1757–1760)
Francis Hastings, 10th Earl of Huntingdon (1760–1761)
John Manners, 3rd Duke of Rutland (1761–1766)
Francis Seymour-Conway, Earl of Hertford (1766)
Peregrine Bertie, 3rd Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven (1766–1778)
Hugh Percy, 1st Duke of Northumberland (1778–1780)
George Montagu, 1st Duke of Montagu (1780–1790)
James Graham, 3rd Duke of Montrose (1790–1795)
John Fane, 10th Earl of Westmorland (1795–1798)
Philip Stanhope, 5th Earl of Chesterfield (1798–1804)
Francis Seymour-Conway, 2nd Marquess of Hertford (1804–1806)
Henry Herbert, 1st Earl of Carnarvon (1806–1807)
James Graham, 3rd Duke of Montrose (1807–1821)
Charles Sackville-Germain, 5th Duke of Dorset (1821–1827)
George Osborne, 6th Duke of Leeds (1827–1830)
William Keppel, 4th Earl of Albemarle (1830–1834)
Charles Sackville-Germain, 5th Duke of Dorset (1835)
William Keppel, 4th Earl of Albemarle (1835–1841)
George Child-Villiers, 5th Earl of Jersey (1841–1846)
Henry Fitzalan-Howard, 13th Duke of Norfolk (1846–1852)
George Child-Villiers, 5th Earl of Jersey (1852)
Arthur Wellesley, 2nd Duke of Wellington (1853–1858)
Henry Somerset, 8th Duke of Beaufort (1858–1859)
George Brudenell-Bruce, 2nd Marquess of Ailesbury (1859–1866)
Henry Somerset, 8th Duke of Beaufort (1866–1868)
George Brudenell-Bruce, 2nd Marquess of Ailesbury (1868–1874)
Orlando Bridgeman, 3rd Earl of Bradford (1874–1880)
Hugh Grosvenor, 1st Duke of Westminster (1880–1885)
Orlando Bridgeman, 3rd Earl of Bradford (1885–1886)
Richard Boyle, 9th Earl of Cork (1886)
William Cavendish-Bentinck, 6th Duke of Portland (1886–1892)
William Monson, 1st Viscount Oxenbridge (1892–1894)
Richard Boyle, 9th Earl of Cork (1894–1895)
William Cavendish-Bentinck, 6th Duke of Portland (1895–1905)
Samuel Vestey, 3rd Baron Vestey , as Master of the Horse in 2018
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