List of Masters of the Horse

The following list contains many of the people that held the office of Master of the Horse in England. The list is not completely full, because many of the earlier holders are unknown. The periods of service for some of the earlier holders are patchy, as well.

Masters of the Horse (pre 1513)

• Sir John (de) Brocas, of Clewer. De facto Master of Horse to King Edward III.
• Sir Bernard (de) Brocas
• Sir Thomas de Murriex
• Sir Thomas de Clifford
• Sir John Russell
• Richard Redman
• Robert de Waterton 1399-1405
• John de Waterton 1405-1421
• Sir Henry Noon
• Richard (de) Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick
• Sir Walter Beauchamp
• Sir John Styward
• John Beauchamp, 1st Baron Beauchamp
• Sir Thomas de Burgh
• Sir John Cheyne
• Sir Thomas Tyrrell
• Sir James Tyrell
• Sir Thomas Brandon (c.1485-1510)
• Sir Thomas Knyvet

Masters of the Horse (1513–)

• Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk (1513–?)

• Sir Thomas Knivet (unknown)

• Sir Nicholas Carew (1522–1539)
• Sir Anthony Browne (1539–1548)
• Sir William Herbert, 1st Earl of Pembroke (1548–1552)
• John Dudley, 2nd Earl of Warwick (1552–1553)
• Adrian Stokes (1553-1556?)
• Sir Henry Jernyngham (1553/6–1558)
• The Lord Robert Dudley (1558–1587), created Earl of Leicester in 1564
• Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex (1587–1601)
• Edward Somerset, 4th Earl of Worcester (c. 1601–1616)
• Sir George Villiers (1616–1628), created Duke of Buckingham in 1623
• Henry Rich, 1st Earl of Holland (1628)
• James Hamilton, 3rd Marquess of Hamilton (1628–c. 1644), created Duke of Hamilton in 1643
• Prince Rupert of the Rhine (1653–1655), in exile
• 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):
  • Sir Stephen Fox
  • Sir Richard Mason
  • Sir Nicholas Armorer
  • Thomas Wyndham
  • Roger Pope
• Charles Lennox, 1st Duke of Richmond (1681–1685)
• Commissioners appointed during his minority (1682–1685):
  • Henry Guy
  • Theophilus Oglethorpe
  • Charles Adderley^{[disambiguation needed ]}
• George Legge, 1st Baron Dartmouth (1685–1689)
• Henry Nassau (1689–1702)
• In commission (1702):
  • Sir Stephen Fox
  • Sir Benjamin Bathurst
  • Hugh Chudleigh
• Charles Seymour, 6th Duke of Somerset (1702–1712)
• In commission (1712–1714):
  • Conyers Darcy
  • George Feilding
• Charles Seymour, 6th Duke of Somerset (1714–1715)
• In commission (1715–1717):
  • Conyers Darcy
  • Francis Negus
• In commission (1717–1727):
  • Francis Negus
• Richard Lumley, 2nd Earl of Scarbrough (1727–1735)
• Charles Lennox, 2nd Duke of Richmond (1735–1750)
• vacant
• William Cavendish, Marquess of Hartington (1751–1755)
• Lionel Sackville, 1st Duke of Dorset (1755–1757)
• Granville Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Gower (1757–1760)
• Francis Hastings, 10th Earl of Huntingdon (1760–1761)
• John Manners, 3rd Duke of Rutland (1761–1766)
• Francis Seymour-Conway, 1st 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)
• Osbert Molyneux, 6th Earl of Sefton (1905–1907)
• Bernard Forbes, 8th Earl of Granard (1907–1915)
• Edwyn Scudamore-Stanhope, 10th Earl of Chesterfield (1915–1922)
• Thomas Thynne, 5th Marquess of Bath (1922–1923)
• Bernard Forbes, 8th Earl of Granard (1923–1936)
• Henry Somerset, 10th Duke of Beaufort (1936–1978)
• David Fane, 15th Earl of Westmorland (1978–1991)
• William Crossley, 3rd Baron Somerleyton (1991–1999)
• Samuel Vestey, 3rd Baron Vestey (1999–-)

References

• Reese, Max M (1976). The Royal Office of Master of the Horse. London: Threshold Books Ltd. 
• Bucholz, R. O (2006). "The stables: Master of the Horse 1660-1837". Office-Holders in Modern Britain: Volume 11 (revised): Court Officers, 1660-1837. pp. 603–04. http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=43902.