page_title: Serjeant at Arms of the House of Commons (United Kingdom)
section_title: List of Serjeants at Arms
hierarchical_section_title: Serjeant at Arms of the House of Commons (United Kingdom) / List of Serjeants at Arms
caption_attribution_description: Men of the Day No. 583: Caricature of Mr. Henry David Erskine (1838-1921), Serjeant-at-Arms of the House of Commons 1885 - 1915. See brief biography at http://thepeerage.com/p4597.htm Caption read "Sergeant-at-Arms".
context_page_description: The Serjeant at Arms of the British House of Commons is a parliamentary official responsible for order in the House of Commons. The office dates to 1415 and traditionally included responsibility for security. The role is now mainly ceremonial.
  The House of Lords also had a Serjeant-at-Arms, dating also from the 15th century. His duties were merged in 1971 with those of Black Rod.
  Traditionally the post of Serjeant at Arms was filled by a retired military officer, but in 2008 a civil servant, Jill Pay, was selected as the first woman to hold the appointment. At the same time the job was split, with many of the duties transferred to the new post of chief executive.
  The current holder of the post as of October 2019 is Ugbana Oyet.
context_section_description: 1415–: Nicholas Maundit
  1610–: Edward Grimston
  Edward Dendy Senior
  c.1645: Edward Dendy Junior
  1660–1675: Sir James Norfolk
  1675–1693: William Bishop
  1693–1709: Samuel Powell
  1709–1717: Thomas Wybergh
  1717–1737: Thomas Spence
  1737–1762: Wentworth Odiarne
  1762–1775: Nicholas Bonfoy
  1775–1805: Edward Colman
  1805–1811: Francis John Colman
  1812–1812: John Clementson
  1812–1835: Henry Seymour
  1835–1848: Major-General Sir William Gosset
  1848–1875: Lord Charles James Fox Russell
  1875–1885: Sir Ralph Allen Gosset KCB
  1885–1915: Sir Henry David Erskine KCVO
  1915–1935: Admiral Sir Colin Richard Keppel KCVO GCVO
  1935–1957: Sir Charles Howard
  1957–1962: Major-General Ivor Thomas Percival Hughes KCVO
  1962–1976: Rear-Admiral Sir Alexander Gordon-Lennox  KCVO
  1976–1982: Sir Peter Francis Thorne KCVO
  1982–1989: Sir Victor Le Fanu KCVO
  1989–1995: Sir Alan Urwick KCVO, CMG
  1995–1999: Sir Peter Jennings CVO
  2000–2005: Sir Michael Cummins
  2005–2007: Major-General Peter Grant Peterkin CB, OBE
  2008–2012: Jill Pay
  2012–2015: Lawrence Ward
  2015–2019: Kamal El-Hajji
  2019-present: Ugbana Oyet
caption: Sir Henry Erskine, Serjeant-at-Arms, UK House of Commons. Caricatured by Vanity Fair, 1894
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