Governor of the Bank of England - wikipedia Governor of the Bank of England This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( January 2016 ) Governor of the Bank of England Incumbent Mark Carney 120th Governor of the Bank of England since 1 July 2013 Residence London, United Kingdom Appointer Monarch on advice from the Prime Minister Term length 8 years Renewable once Inaugural holder Sir John Houblon Formation 1694 Website Governor of the Bank of England The Governor of the Bank of England is the most senior position in the Bank of England. It is nominally a civil service post, but the appointment tends to be from within the bank, with the incumbent grooming his or her successor. The Governor of the Bank of England is also Chairman of the Monetary Policy Committee, with a major role in guiding national economic and monetary policy, and is therefore one of the most important public officials in the United Kingdom. According to the original charter of 27 July 1694 the bank 's affairs would be supervised by a Governor, a Deputy Governor, and 24 directors. The 120th and current Governor is the Canadian Mark Carney, appointed in 2013. He is the first non-Briton to be appointed to the post, but made a commitment to the Prime Minister to take up British citizenship. Contents 1 Governors of the Bank of England ( 1694 -- present ) 2 See also 3 References 4 External links Governors of the Bank of England ( 1694 -- present ) Name In office Sir John Houblon 1694 -- 1697 Sir William Scawen 1697 -- 1699 Nathaniel Tench 1699 -- 1701 John Ward 1701 -- 1703 Abraham Houblon 1703 -- 1705 Sir James Bateman 1705 -- 1707 Francis Eyles 1707 -- 1709 Sir Gilbert Heathcote 1709 -- 1711 Nathaniel Gould 1711 -- 1713 John Rudge 1713 -- 1715 Sir Peter Delme 1715 -- 1717 Sir Gerard Conyers 1717 -- 1719 John Hanger 1719 -- 1721 Sir Thomas Scawen 1721 -- 1723 Sir Gilbert Heathcote 1723 -- 1725 William Thompson 1725 -- 1727 Humphry Morice 1727 -- 1729 Samuel Holden 1729 -- 1731 Sir Edward Bellamy 1731 -- 1733 Horatio Townshend 1733 -- 1735 Bryan Benson 1735 -- 1737 Thomas Cooke 1737 -- 1740 Delillers Carbonnel 1740 -- 1741 Stamp Brooksbank 1741 -- 1743 William Fawkener 1743 -- 1745 Charles Savage 1745 -- 1747 Benjamin Longuet 1747 -- 1749 William Hunt 1749 -- 1752 Alexander Sheafe 1752 -- 1754 Charles Palmer 1754 -- 1756 Matthews Beachcroft 1756 -- 1758 Merrick Burrell 1758 -- 1760 Bartholomew Burton 1760 -- 1762 Robert Marsh 1762 -- 1764 John Weyland 1764 -- 1766 Matthew Clarmont 1766 -- 1769 William Cooper 1769 -- 1771 Edward Payne 1771 -- 1773 James Sperling 1773 -- 1775 Samuel Beachcroft 1775 -- 1777 Peter Gaussen 1777 -- 1779 Daniel Booth 1779 -- 1781 William Ewer 1781 -- 1783 Richard Neave 1783 -- 1785 George Peters 1785 -- 1787 Edward Darell 1787 -- 1789 Mark Weyland 1789 -- 1791 Samuel Bosanquet 1791 -- 1793 Godfrey Thornton 1793 -- 1795 Daniel Giles 1795 -- 1797 Thomas Raikes 1797 -- 1799 Samuel Thornton 1799 -- 1801 Job Mathew Raikes 1801 -- 1802 Joseph Nutt 1802 -- 1804 Benjamin Winthrop 1804 -- 1806 Beeston Long 1806 -- 1808 John Whitmore 1808 -- 1810 John Pearse 1810 -- 1812 William Manning 1812 -- 1814 William Mellish 1814 -- 1816 Jeremiah Harman 1816 -- 1818 George Dorrien 1818 -- 1820 Charles Pole 1820 -- 1822 John Bowden 1822 -- 1824 Cornelius Buller 1824 -- 1826 John Baker Richards 1826 -- 1828 Samuel Drewe 1828 -- 1830 John Horsley Palmer 1830 -- 1833 Richard Mee Raikes 1833 -- 1834 James Pattison 1834 -- 1837 Timothy Abraham Curtis 1837 -- 1839 Sir John Reid 1839 -- 1841 Sir John Pelly 1841 -- 1842 William Cotton 1842 -- 1845 John Benjamin Heath 1845 -- 1847 William Robinson April -- August 1847 James Morris 1847 -- 1849 Henry James Prescot 1849 -- 1851 Thomson Hankey 1851 -- 1853 John Hubbard 1853 -- 1855 Thomas Matthias Weguelin 1855 -- 1857 Sheffield Neave 1857 -- 1859 Bonamy Dobrée 1859 -- 1861 Alfred Latham 1861 -- 1863 Kirkman Hodgson 1863 -- 1865 Henry Lancelot Holland 1865 -- 1867 Thomas Newman Hunt 1867 -- 1869 Robert Wigram Crawford 1869 -- 1871 George Lyall 1871 -- 1873 Benjamin Buck Greene 1873 -- 1875 Hucks Gibbs 1875 -- 1877 Edward Howley Palmer 1877 -- 1879 John William Birch 1879 -- 1881 Henry Grenfell 1881 -- 1883 John Saunders Gilliat 1883 -- 1885 James Pattison Currie 1885 -- 1887 Mark Collet 1887 -- 1889 William Lidderdale 1889 -- 1892 David Powell 1892 -- 1895 Albert George Sandeman 1895 -- 1897 Hugh Colin Smith 1897 -- 1899 Samuel Steuart Gladstone 1899 -- 1901 Augustus Prevost 1901 -- 1903 Samuel Morley 1903 -- 1905 Alexander Falconer Wallace 1905 -- 1907 William Middleton Campbell 1907 -- 1909 Reginald Eden Johnston 1909 -- 1911 Alfred Clayton Cole 1911 -- 1913 Lord Cunliffe 1913 -- 1918 Sir Brien Cokayne 1918 -- 1920 Sir Montagu Norman 1920 -- 1944 Lord Catto 1944 -- 1949 Lord Cobbold 1949 - 1961 Lord Cromer 1961 -- 1966 Sir Leslie O'Brien 1966 -- 1973 Gordon Richardson 1973 -- 1983 Robin Leigh - Pemberton 1983 -- 1993 Sir Edward George 1993 -- 2003 Sir Mervyn King 2003 -- 2013 Mark Carney since July 2013 See also Chief Cashier of the Bank of England Deputy Governor of the Bank of England References Jump up ^ Richards, Richard. The Early History of Banking in England ( Rle Banking and Finance ). p. 152. Jump up ^ `` Carney : corruption, my reputation and British citizenship ''. Channel 4 News. November 13, 2013. Retrieved November 26, 2013. External links Wikimedia Commons has media related to Governors of the Bank of England. 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Question: who has been appointed governor of bank of england
Answer: Mark Carney