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Comptroller of the Household

The Comptroller of the Household is an ancient position in the English

England

Lord Steward

The Lord Steward or Lord Steward of the Household, in England, is an important official of the Royal Household. He is always a peerage. Until 1924, he was always a member of the Government....
's department, and often a cabinet member. He was an ex officio member of the Board of Green Cloth

Board of Green Cloth

The Board of Green Cloth was a board of officials belonging to the Royal Household of England and Great Britain. It took its name from the tablecloth of green baize that covered the table at which its members sat....
, until that body was abolished in the reform of the local government licensing in 2004.

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The Comptroller of the Household is an ancient position in the English

England

Lord Steward

Board of Green Cloth

History

"Comptroller

Comptroller

A comptroller or controller is a person who supervises accounting and financial reporting within an organization. A controller is an accountant in a business who oversees accounting and the implementation and monitoring of internal controls....
" is the archaic spelling of "controller", recorded since c.1500 (in a number of British titles, later also in the USA). The variant in spelling results from the contaminating influence (so-called popular etymology) of French compte "account".

In modern times, the Comptroller has become a less prominent position in British

United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
politics. He is one of the Government whips

Whip (politics)

Whip is a role in party-based politics whose primary purpose is to ensure control of the formal decision-making process in a parliamentary legislature....
in the House of Commons

British House of Commons

The House of Commons is the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which also comprises the British monarchy and the House of Lords ....
, and his responsibilities for the Royal Household

Royal Household

The royal household in all the early medieval monarchies of Western Europe formed the basis for the general government of the country. In the modern period in Europe, royal households have become increasingly separate from government, where they still exist....
are now purely nominal, except being occasionally called upon to act as an usher at Royal Garden Parties. The current Comptroller of the Household is John Spellar

John Spellar

John Francis Spellar is a politician in the United Kingdom. He is the Labour Party Member of Parliament for Warley , and served as a Minister of State at the Northern Ireland Office, before returning to the backbenches in 2005....
.

Known incumbents

1461-?: Sir John Scott
John Scott of Scott's Hall

Sir John Scott was Warden of the Cinque Ports.Sir John was born at his family home of Scott's Hall at Brabourne in Kent, England . He was the grandfather of Sir William Scott of Scott's Hall....
1485-1489: Sir Richard Edgecumbe
1489?-1492: Sir Roger Tocotes
1492-1494: vacant
1494-1506: Sir Richard Guildford
1507–1509: Sir John Hussey
1509-1519: Sir Richard Poynings
1516-1521: Sir Thomas Boleyn
1521–1532: Sir Henry Guilford
1532–1537: William Paulet, 1st Marquess of Winchester
William Paulet, 1st Marquess of Winchester

Sir William Paulet was an England statesman who attained several peerages throughout his lifetime: Baron St John , Earl of Wiltshire , and Marquess of Winchester ....
1537–1539: John Russell, 1st Earl of Bedford
John Russell, 1st Earl of Bedford

John Russell, 1st Earl of Bedford, Order of the Garter, Privy Council of England, Justice of the Peace was an English royal minister in the later Tudor dynasty era....
1539–1540: Sir William Kingston
William Kingston

Sir William Kingston was the Constable of the Tower of the Tower of London during the reign of Henry VIII of England. Among the notable prisoners he was responsible for were Anne Boleyn and the men accused of adultery with her....
1540–1547: Sir John Gage
Sir John Gage

Sir John Gage was a politician of the Tudor period in England. Offices held included:* Vice Chamberlain of the Royal Household * Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster ...
1547–1550: William Paget, 1st Baron Paget
William Paget, 1st Baron Paget

William Paget, 1st Baron Paget of Beaudesert , English people statesman, son of William Paget, one of the serjeants-at-mace of the city of London, was born in Staffordshire in 1506, and was educated at St Paul's School , and at Trinity Hall, Cambridge, proceeding afterwards to the university of Paris....
1550-1552: Sir Richard Wingfield
1552–1553: Sir Richard Cotton
Sir Richard Cotton

Sir Richard Cotton , was a courtier in the court of Henry VIII of England.He came from Shropshire and began his career as a lawyer before entering the king's service....
1553–1557: Sir Robert Rochester
Robert Rochester

Sir Robert Rochester, Order of the Garter, was an English Catholic and employee of Mary I of England.Rochester was born at Terling, Essex, England, the third son of John Rochester of Terling and Grisold, daughter of Walter Writtle, of Bobbingworth....
1557–1558: Sir Thomas Cornwallis
1558–1559: Sir Thomas Parry
Thomas Parry (Comptroller of the Household)

Sir Thomas Parry , was the Comptroller of the Household to the England Elizabeth I of England.He was knighted by Elizabeth at her accession in 1558, and held the offices of Royal Steward, Cofferer, Privy Councilor, Comptroller of the Household , Master of the Court of Wards and Liveries , Member of Parliament for Wallingford , Hertfordshir...
1559-1568: Sir Edward Rogers
1568-1570: vacant
1570–1590: Sir James Croft
James Croft

Sir James Croft Privy Council of England , Lord Deputy of Ireland, belonged to an old family of Herefordshire, which county he represented in the Parliament of England in 1541....
1590-1596: vacant
1596–1600: William Knollys, 1st Earl of Banbury
William Knollys, 1st Earl of Banbury

William Knollys, 1st Earl of Banbury Order of the Garter Privy Council was an English people Earl at the court of Elizabeth I of England and James I of England....
1616-1618: Sir Thomas Edmonds
1618-1622: Sir Henry Cary, 1st Viscount Falkland (so created 1620)
1622-1627: Sir John Suckling
John Suckling

John Suckling may refer to:*Sir John Suckling , of Roos Hall, Suffolk*John Suckling , English poet...
1627-1629: Sir John Savile, created a baron in 1628.
1629-1639: Henry Vane the Elder
Henry Vane the Elder

Sir Henry Vane, the elder , was an English politician and Secretary of State ....
1639-1641: Sir Thomas Jermyn
1641-1643 : Sir Peter Wyche
Peter Wyche (Ambassador)

Sir Peter Wyche was a London merchant and English Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire from 1627-1641.He was knighted by King Charles I of England in 1626 and appointed ambassador in Constantinople the following year....
1643: Christopher Hatton, 1st Baron Hatton of Kirkby
1660–1662: Sir Charles Berkeley
1662–1666: Sir Hugh Pollard, 2nd Baronet
1666–1668: Sir Thomas Clifford
Thomas Clifford, 1st Baron Clifford of Chudleigh

Thomas Clifford, 1st Baron Clifford of Chudleigh , England statesman and politician, was created the first Baron Clifford of Chudleigh on 22 April 1672 for his suggestion that Charles II of England supply himself with money by stopping, for one year, all payments out of the Exchequer....
1668–1672: Francis Newport, 2nd Baron Newport
Francis Newport, 1st Earl of Bradford

Francis Newport, 1st Earl of Bradford, Privy Council of England, was an England noble and politician.The son of the Richard Newport, 1st Baron Newport and Rachael Leveson was baptised around a month after his birth in Wroxeter, Shropshire....
1672–1687: William Maynard, 2nd Baron Maynard
1687–1688: Henry Waldegrave, 1st Baron Waldegrave
Henry Waldegrave, 1st Baron Waldegrave

Henry Waldegrave, 1st Baron Waldegrave was a British Peerage and Jacobitism.The son of Sir Charles Waldegrave, 3rd Baronet, Waldegrave inherited his father's title in about 1684....
1689–1702: Thomas Wharton, 5th Baron Wharton
Thomas Wharton, 1st Marquess of Wharton

Thomas Wharton, 1st Marquess of Wharton Privy Council of England was an English nobleman and politician. He was the son of Philip Wharton, 4th Baron Wharton....
1702–1704: Sir Edward Seymour, 4th Baronet
Sir Edward Seymour, 4th Baronet

Sir Edward Seymour, 4th Baronet was a Cavalier and Tory politician....
1704–1708: Sir Thomas Mansell, 5th Baronet
1708: Hugh Cholmondeley, 1st Earl of Cholmondeley
Hugh Cholmondeley, 1st Earl of Cholmondeley

Hugh Cholmondeley, 1st Earl of Cholmondeley, Privy Council of Great Britain , known as Viscount Cholmondeley from 1681 to 1706, was an England politician....
1708–1709: Sir Thomas Felton, 4th Baronet
1709–1711: Sir John Holland, 2nd Baronet
1711–1712: George Granville, 1st Baron Lansdown
1713–1714: Sir John Stonhouse, 3rd Baronet
1714–1720: Hugh Boscawen
Hugh Boscawen, 1st Viscount Falmouth

Hugh Boscawen, 1st Viscount Falmouth , was a leading Cornish politician of his time in the British Whig Party interest, was the eldest son of Edward Boscawen, by Jael, daughter of Francis Godolphin ....
1720–1725: Paul Methuen
Paul Methuen (diplomat)

Sir Paul Methuen Privy Council of Great Britain, Order of the Bath was an English diplomat and politician.He was the son of John Methuen and was educated privately then at a Jesuit school in Paris....
1725–1730: Daniel Finch, Lord Finch
Daniel Finch, 8th Earl of Winchilsea

Daniel Finch, 8th Earl of Winchilsea and 3rd Earl of Nottingham, Order of the Garter, Privy Council of Great Britain was a British politician. Styled Lord Finch until 1730, he was the eldest son of Daniel Finch, 2nd Earl of Nottingham and his second wife Anne Hatton, daughter of Christopher Hatton, 1st Viscount Hatton....
1730–1754: Sir Conyers Darcy
Conyers Darcy

Sir Conyers Darcy or Darcey, Order of the Bath was a British politician and courtier of the 18th century. He was a younger brother of Robert Darcy, 3rd Earl of Holderness....
1754–1756: Wills Hill, 1st Earl of Hillsborough
Wills Hill, 1st Marquess of Downshire

Wills Hill, 1st Marquess of Downshire, Privy Council of Great Britain , was a British politician of the Georgian era. He was usually called the Earl of Hillsborough in America when he served as Secretary of State for the Colonies in 1768?1772, a critical period leading toward the American Revolution....
1756: John Hobart, Lord Hobart
John Hobart, 2nd Earl of Buckinghamshire

John Hobart, 2nd Earl of Buckinghamshire was an English nobleman and politician.The son of John Hobart, 1st Earl of Buckinghamshire by his first marriage, he was educated at Westminster School and Christ's College, Cambridge....
1756–1761: Richard Edgcumbe, 2nd Baron Edgcumbe
Richard Edgcumbe, 2nd Baron Edgcumbe

Richard Edgcumbe, 2nd Baron Edgcumbe Privy Council of Great Britain was a Great Britain nobleman and politician.The eldest son of Richard Edgcumbe, 1st Baron Edgcumbe and his wife Matilda Furnese, he was educated at Eton College from 1725 to 1732....
1761: Henry Arthur Herbert, 1st Earl of Powis
1761–1762: Lord George Augustus Cavendish
1762–1763: Humphry Morice
1763–1765: Lord Charles Spencer
Lord Charles Spencer

Lord Charles Spencer was a Great Britain politician.He was the second son of Charles Spencer, 3rd Duke of Marlborough. On 2 October 1762, he married Mary Beauclerk , daughter of Vere Beauclerk, 1st Baron Vere and sister of Aubrey Beauclerk, 5th Duke of St Albans, by whom he had three sons.....
1765–1774: Thomas Pelham
Thomas Pelham, 1st Earl of Chichester

Thomas Pelham, 1st Earl of Chichester Privy Council of Great Britain , known as the Lord Pelham of Stanmer from 1768 to 1801, was a United Kingdom Whig Party politician....
1774–1777: Sir William Meredith, 3rd Baronet
1777–1779: George Onslow, 4th Baron Onslow
George Onslow, 1st Earl of Onslow

George Onslow, 1st Earl of Onslow Privy Council of the United Kingdom was a British nobleman and politician.He was the only son of Arthur Onslow, having no siblings but one sister, who died in 1751....
1779–1782: Sir Richard Worsley, 7th Baronet
Sir Richard Worsley, 7th Baronet

Sir Richard Worsley, 7th Worsley Baronets was an English antiquary and politician....
1782–1784: Peter Ludlow, 1st Earl Ludlow
1784–1787: Robert Monckton-Arundell, 4th Viscount Galway
1787–1790: Hon. John Charles Villiers
1790–1791: Hon. Dudley Ryder
Dudley Ryder, 1st Earl of Harrowby

Dudley Ryder, 1st Earl of Harrowby, Privy Council of Great Britain , was a prominent United Kingdom politician of the Pittite faction and the Tory party....
1791–1797: George Parker, 4th Earl of Macclesfield
1797–1804: Lord Charles Henry Somerset
1804–1812: Hon. George Thynne
1812–1830: Lord George Thomas Beresford
1830–1834: Lord Robert Grosvenor
Robert Grosvenor, 1st Baron Ebury

Robert Grosvenor, 1st Baron Ebury Privy Council of the United Kingdom , known as Lord Robert Grosvenor from 1831 to 1857, was a United Kingdom Whig Party politician....
1834–1835: Henry Thomas Lowry-Corry
1835–1841: George Stevens Byng
1841: Lord Arthur Hill
Arthur Hill-Trevor, 1st Baron Trevor

Arthur Edwin Hill-Trevor, 1st Baron Trevor , known as Lord Arthur Hill until 1862 and as Lord Arthur Hill-Trevor from 1862 to 1890, was a long-standing Anglo-Irish Conservative Party Member of Parliament....
1841–1846: George Dawson-Damer
1846–1847: Lord Arthur Hill
Arthur Hill-Trevor, 1st Baron Trevor

Arthur Edwin Hill-Trevor, 1st Baron Trevor , known as Lord Arthur Hill until 1862 and as Lord Arthur Hill-Trevor from 1862 to 1890, was a long-standing Anglo-Irish Conservative Party Member of Parliament....
1847–1851: William Saunders Sebright Lascelles
William Saunders Sebright Lascelles

William Saunders Sebright Lascelles Privy Council of the United Kingdom was a United Kingdom politician and the second son of Henry Lascelles, 2nd Earl of Harewood....
1851–1852: Earl of Mulgrave
George Phipps, 2nd Marquess of Normanby

George Augustus Constantine Phipps, 2nd Marquess of Normanby, Order of the Bath, GCMG, Privy Council of the United Kingdom was a politician of the United Kingdom....
1852: George Weld-Forester
George Weld-Forester, 3rd Baron Forester

George Cecil Weld-Forester, 3rd Baron Forester Privy Council of the United Kingdom , known until 1874 as George Weld-Forester, was a United Kingdom Tory and Conservative Party politician....
1853–1856: Viscount Drumlanrig
Archibald Douglas, 8th Marquess of Queensberry

Archibald William Douglas, 8th Marquis of Queensberry Privy Council of the United Kingdom was the son of John Douglas, 7th Marquis of Queensberry....
1856–1858: Viscount Castlerosse
Valentine Browne, 4th Earl of Kenmare

Valentine Augustus Browne, 4th Earl of Kenmare, Order of St Patrick, Privy Council , styled Viscount Castlerosse from 1853 to 1871, was the son of Thomas Browne, 3rd Earl of Kenmare....
1858–1859: George Weld-Forester
George Weld-Forester, 3rd Baron Forester

George Cecil Weld-Forester, 3rd Baron Forester Privy Council of the United Kingdom , known until 1874 as George Weld-Forester, was a United Kingdom Tory and Conservative Party politician....
1859–1866: Lord Proby
1866–1868: Viscount Royston
1868–1874: Lord Otho Fitzgerald
Lord Otho FitzGerald

Lord Otho Augustus FitzGerald was the third son of Augustus FitzGerald, 3rd Duke of Leinster.In 1858, he was a lieutenant of the Lancashire Hussars....
1874–1879: Lord Henry Somerset
Lord Henry Somerset

Lord Henry Richard Charles Somerset Privy Council of the United Kingdom was a United Kingdom politician and the third son of the Henry Somerset, 8th Duke of Beaufort....
1879–1880: Earl of Yarmouth
Hugh Seymour, 6th Marquess of Hertford

Hugh de Grey Seymour, 6th Marquess of Hertford Order of the Bath Territorial Decoration Privy Council of the United Kingdom was the son of Francis Seymour, 5th Marquess of Hertford....
1880–1885: Lord Kensington
William Edwardes, 4th Baron Kensington

William Edwardes, 4th Baron Kensington Privy Council of the United Kingdom , also 1st Baron Kensington in the Peerage of the United Kingdom, was a United Kingdom Liberal Party politician....
1885–1886: Lord Arthur Hill
1886: Edward Marjoribanks
Edward Marjoribanks, 2nd Baron Tweedmouth

Edward Marjoribanks, 2nd Baron Tweedmouth Order of the Thistle Privy Council of the United Kingdom was a British Liberal Party statesman who served in various capacities in the Liberal governments of the late 19th and early 20th centuries....
1886–1892: Lord Arthur Hill
1892–1895: George Leveson-Gower
George Leveson-Gower

Sir George Granville Leveson-Gower , was a United Kingdom Liberal Party politician, the son of Edward Frederick Leveson-Gower.Educated at Eton College and Balliol College, Oxford, Leveson-Gower was private Secretary to Prime Minister William Gladstone from 1880 to 1885....
1895–1898: Lord Arthur Hill
1898–1905: Viscount Valentia
Arthur Annesley, 11th Viscount Valentia

Arthur Annesley, 11th Viscount Valentia Royal Victorian Order Order of the Bath JP was a United Kingdom peer and Conservative Party politician....
1905–1909: Master of Elibank
1909–1912: Earl of Liverpool
Arthur Foljambe, 2nd Earl of Liverpool

File:2ndEarlOfLiverpool.jpgArthur William de Brito Savile Foljambe, 2nd Earl of Liverpool Order of the Bath Order of St Michael and St George Order of the British Empire Royal Victorian Order Privy Council of the United Kingdom , known as Viscount Hawkesbury from 1905 to 1907, was a United Kingdom Liberal Party politician and the firs...
1912–1915: Lord Saye and Sele
1915–1916: Charles Henry Roberts
Charles Henry Roberts

Charles Henry Roberts , was a United Kingdom Liberal Party politician.Roberts was the son of Reverend Albert James Roberts, Vicar of Tidebrook, Sussex....
1916–1919: Sir Edwin Cornwall
Edwin Cornwall

Sir Edwin Andrew Cornwall, 1st Baronet Her Majesty's Privy Council Deputy Lieutenant was an England politician and coal merchant.Cornwall was born in Lapford, Devon....
1919–1921: George Frederick Stanley
George Frederick Stanley

Lieutenant-Colonel Sir George Frederick Stanley Order of the Star of India Order of the Indian Empire Order of St Michael and St George was a British soldier and politician....
1921–1924: Harry Barnston
Harry Barnston

Sir Harry Barnston, 1st Baronet MA JP DL was a British Conservative Party politician.The son of Major William Barnston of Crewe Hill, and Mary Emma King, he was educated privately and at Christ Church, Oxford....
1924: John Allen Parkinson
1924–1928: Sir Harry Barnston
Harry Barnston

Sir Harry Barnston, 1st Baronet MA JP DL was a British Conservative Party politician.The son of Major William Barnston of Crewe Hill, and Mary Emma King, he was educated privately and at Christ Church, Oxford....
1928–1929: Sir William Cope
William Cope, 1st Baron Cope

Sir William Cope, Baron Cope, Bt. was a United Kingdom Conservative Party politician.He was Member of Parliament for Llandaff and Barry from 1918 to 1929....
1929–1931: Thomas Henderson
1931: Goronwy Owen
1931–1932: Walter Rea
1932–1935: Sir Frederick Penny
1935: Victor Warrender
Victor Warrender, 1st Baron Bruntisfield

Victor Alexander George Anthony Warrender, 1st Baron Bruntisfield Military Privy Council of the United Kingdom was a Conservative Party politician....
1935: George Bowyer
1935–1937: Sir Lambert Ward
1937: Sir George Frederick Davies
1937–1939: Charles Waterhouse
Charles Waterhouse (English politician)

Captain Rt. Hon. Charles Waterhouse Privy Council of the United Kingdom Military Cross was an English Conservative Party politician.Born in Salford, the second surviving son of Thomas Crompton Waterhouse, of Lomberdale Hall, Bakewell, Derbyshire, he was educated at Cheltenham and at Trinity Hall, Cambridge, graduating with a MA in Economi...
1939–1940: Charles Kerr
1940–1942: William Whiteley
William Whiteley (politician)

William Whiteley, Order of the Companions of Honour, Deputy Lieutenant was the Labour Party Member of Parliament for Blaydon in County Durham....
1942–1945: William John
William John (politician)

William John was a Wales Labour Party politician, and a Member of Parliament for thirty years.At the Rhondda West by-election, 1920, he was elected as MP for the safe Labour constituency of Rhondda West , and held the seat until he retired from the British House of Commons at the United Kingdom general election, 1950....
1945: George Mathers
George Mathers

George Mathers, 1st Baron Mathers Order of the Thistle Privy Council of the United Kingdom Lord Lieutenant was a Scotland Labour Party politician....
1945: Leslie Pym
Leslie Pym

Leslie Ruthven Pym was a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom.He was elected as Member of Parliament for Monmouth in Wales at a Monmouth by-election, 1939....
1945–1946: Arthur Pearson
Arthur Pearson

Arthur Pearson was a United Kingdom Labour Party politician. He was elected Member of Parliament for Pontypridd at a 1938 by-election, and served until his retirement at the United Kingdom general election, 1970....
1946: Michael Stewart, Baron Stewart of Fulham
Michael Stewart, Baron Stewart of Fulham

Robert Michael Maitland Stewart, Baron Stewart of Fulham, Order of the Companions of Honour Privy Council of the United Kingdom was a United Kingdom Labour Party politician and Fabian Socialist who served twice as Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs in the first cabinet of Harold Wilson....
1946–1951: Frank Collindridge
Frank Collindridge

Frank Collindridge was a Labour Party politician in the United Kingdom.Born in Barnsley, Collindridge was elected as Member of Parliament for Barnsley at a by-election in 1938, and represented the constituency until he died during the campaign for the United Kingdom general election, 1951 in Barnsley aged 60....
1951–1954: Roger Conant
Sir Roger Conant, 1st Baronet

Sir Roger John Edward Conant, 1st Baronet was a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom. He was a Member of Parliament for more than 25 years between 1931 and 1959....
1954–1955: Tam Galbraith
Tam Galbraith

Sir Thomas Galloway Dunlop Galbraith, Order of the British Empire, Master of Arts , Bachelor of Laws was a Conservative Party politician.The eldest son and heir of Thomas Dunlop Galbraith, 1st Baron Strathclyde, he was educated at Aytoun House, Glasgow; Wellington College ; Christ Church, Oxford and at the University of Glasgow ....
1955–1957: Hendrie Dudley Oakshott
1957–1958: Gerald Wills
Gerald Wills

Sir Gerald Wills, MBE was a United Kingdom Barrister and politician who was Member of Parliament for Bridgwater from 1950 until his death.Wills was born in Wiltshire to a wealthy family, who educated him privately....
1958–1959: Edward Wakefield
Edward Wakefield

Sir Edward Birkbeck Wakefield, 1st Baronet , was a British civil servant and Conservative Party politician.Educated at Haileybury and Imperial Service College and at Trinity College, Cambridge, he joined the Indian Civil Service in 1927 and served in Punjab region, Rajputana, Kathiawar, Baluchistan , Central India, Tibet and the Persian Gu...
1959–1961: Harwood Harrison
Harwood Harrison

Sir Harwood Harrison, 1st Baronet was a British politician and Conservative Party member of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. He represented the seat of Eye in Suffolk from 1951 to 1979, having first contested it in 1950....
1961–1964: Robin Chichester-Clark
Robin Chichester-Clark

Sir Robert Chichester-Clark was member of parliament for Londonderry in the British House of Commons from 1955 until February 1974, and was the only member representing Northern Ireland to be a British Minister since the Government of Ireland Act 1920....
1964–1966: Charles Grey
Charles Grey (politician)

Charles Frederick Grey Order of the British Empire was a United Kingdom miner and politician; he was also an independent Methodist Minister.Grey had an elementary school education and went to work in the Durham coalfield when he left school at 14....
1966–1967: William Whitlock
William Whitlock (politician)

William Charles Whitlock was a United Kingdom Labour Party politician.Whitlock was educated at Itchen Grammar School and the University of Southampton....
1967–1968: William Howie
William Howie, Baron Howie of Troon

William Howie, Baron Howie of Troon , known as Will Howie, is a retired United Kingdom Labour Party politician and former Member of Parliament ....
1968–1970: Ioan Evans
Ioan Evans

Ioan Lyonel Evans was a United Kingdom politician. He served as a Labour Co-operative Member of Parliament from 1964 to 1970 and from 1974 until his death....
1970: Walter Elliot
1970-1972: Reginald Eyre
Reginald Eyre

Sir Reginald Edwin Eyre is a United Kingdom Conservative Party politician.Eyre was educated at King Edward's Camp Hill School, Birmingham and Emmanuel College, Cambridge....
1972-1973: Bernard Weatherill
Bernard Weatherill

Bruce Bernard Weatherill, Baron Weatherill, Privy Council of the United Kingdom, Deputy Lieutenant was an England politician, and Speaker of the British House of Commons....
1973–1974: Walter Clegg
Walter Clegg

Sir Walter Clegg was a British Conservative Party politician.Clegg was educated at Bury Grammar School, Arnold School, Blackpool, and Manchester University Law School....
1974–1978: Joseph Harper
Joseph Harper (English politician)

Joseph Harper was a Labour Party politician in Great Britain.He was elected as MP for Pontefract at a by-election in 1962. He was MP for the constituency and then Pontefract and Castleford until he died in office aged 64....
1978–1979: James Hamilton
1979–1981: Spencer le Marchant
1981-1983: Anthony Berry
Anthony Berry

Sir Anthony George Berry was a United Kingdom politician, Conservative Party Member of Parliament for Enfield Southgate , and a Whip in Margaret Thatcher's government....
1983–1986: Carol Mather
Carol Mather

Sir David Carol MacDonnell Mather Military Cross , known as Carol Mather, was a United Kingdom Army officer and Conservative Party Member of Parliament, and senior government whip ....
1986-1988: Robert Boscawen
Robert Boscawen

Robert Thomas Boscawen is a United Kingdom Conservative Party politician....
1988-1989: Tristan Garel-Jones
Tristan Garel-Jones

William Armand Thomas Tristan Garel-Jones, Baron Garel-Jones, Privy Council of the United Kingdom, is a politician in the United Kingdom.He was Conservative Party member of Parliament for Watford from 1979 to 1997....
1989-1990: Alastair Goodlad
Alastair Goodlad, Baron Goodlad

Alastair Robertson Goodlad, Baron Goodlad, Order of St. Michael and St. George, Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, is a United Kingdom Conservative Party politician who served as the British High Commissioner to Australia from 2000 until 2005....
1990: Sir George Young, 6th Baronet
Sir George Young, 6th Baronet

Sir George Samuel Knatchbull Young, 6th Baronet, Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council is an England politician, and Conservative Party Member of Parliament for North West Hampshire ....
1990–1995: David Lightbown
David Lightbown

Sir David Lincoln Lightbown was the Conservative Party Member of Parliament for South East Staffordshire from 1983 until he died in office in 1995....
1995–1997: Timothy Wood
Timothy Wood

Timothy John Rogerson Wood, known as Tim Wood, is a United Kingdom politician. He was the Conservative Party Member of Parliament for Stevenage , which he won at the United Kingdom general election, 1983....
1997–2008: Tommy McAvoy
Tommy McAvoy

Thomas McLaughlin McAvoy Parliament of the United Kingdom is a Scottish Labour Party politician and, since 1987, a member of the Parliament of the United Kingdom....
2008-present: John Spellar
John Spellar

John Francis Spellar is a politician in the United Kingdom. He is the Labour Party Member of Parliament for Warley , and served as a Minister of State at the Northern Ireland Office, before returning to the backbenches in 2005....

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