Master of the Horse

Name 	Entered office 	Left office 	Party 	Notes
Sir Thomas Knyvet 	22 February 1510	10 August 1512 	 	
Sir Charles Brandonfrom 1513, the Viscount Lisle; from 1514, the Duke of Suffolk 	October 1512 	6 November 1515 	 	
Sir Henry Guildford 	6 November 1515 	18 July 1522 	 	
Sir Nicholas Carew 	18 July 1522 	14 February 1539 	 	
Sir Anthony Browne 	1539 	28 April 1548 	 	
Sir William Herbertfrom 1551, the Earl of Pembroke 	1548 	1552 	 	
Lord Ambrose Dudley 	1552 	July 1553 	 	
Sir Henry Jernyngham 	December 1557 	November 1558 	 	
Lord Robert Dudleyfrom 1564, the Earl of Leicester 	18 November 1558	18 June 1587 	 	
The Earl of Essex 	18 June 1587 	25 February 1601 	 	
The Earl of Worcester 	April 1601 	January 1616 	 	
Sir George Villiersfrom August 1616, the Viscount Villiers; from 1617, the Earl of Buckingham; from 1618, the Marquess of Buckingham; from 1623, the Duke of Buckingham	January 1616 	23 August 1628 	 	
The Earl of Holland 	September 1628 	12 November 1628 	 	
The Marquess of Hamiltonfrom 1643, the Duke of Hamilton 	12 November 1628	16 December 1643 	 	
Prince Rupert of the Rhine 	April 1645 	September 1645 	 	
Prince Rupert of the Rhine 	March 1653 	June 1654 	 	in exile
George Monckfrom July 1660, the Duke of Albemarle 	May 1660 	Summer 1668 	 	
The Duke of Buckingham 	Summer 1668 	January 1674 	 	
The Duke of Monmouth 	14 April 1674 	22 January 1682 	 	
The Duke of Richmond 	22 January 1682 	6 February 1685 	 	
The Lord Dartmouth 	6 February 1685 	11 December 1688 	Tory 	
Sir Edward Villiersfrom 1691, the Viscount Villiers 	February 1689 	28 December 1694 	Tory 	Master of the Horse to Queen Mary II
The Earl of Marlborough 	19 June 1698 	20 July 1702 	Tory 	
The Duke of Somerset 	20 July 1702 	19 January 1712 	Whig 	
The Duke of Somerset 	September 1714 	October 1715 	Whig 	
in commission 	October 1715 	1727 	 	
The Earl of Scarbrough 	1727 	1734 	Whig 	
in commission 	1734 	1735 	 	
The Duke of Richmond 	1735 	12 July 1749 	Whig 	
Marquess of Hartington 	12 July 1749 	29 March 1755 	Whig 	
The Duke of Dorset 	29 March 1755 	July 1757 	Whig 	
The Earl Gower 	July 1757 	October 1760 	Tory 	
The Duke of Rutland 	1761 	1766 	Whig 	
The Earl of Hertford 	1766 	1766 	 	
The Duke of Ancaster 	1766 	12 August 1778 	 	
The Duke of Northumberland 	December 1778 	December 1780 	Whig 	
The Duke of Montagu 	December 1780 	23 May 1790 	 	
The Duke of Montrose 	7 December 1790 	January 1795 	Tory 	
The Earl of Westmorland 	January 1795 	February 1798 	Tory 	
The Earl of Chesterfield 	February 1798 	May 1804 	Tory 	
The Marquess of Hertford 	May 1804 	February 1806 	Tory 	
The Earl of Carnarvon 	February 1806 	March 1807 	Whig 	
The Duke of Montrose 	March 1807 	1821 	Tory 	
The Duke of Dorset 	1821 	May 1827 	Tory 	
The Duke of Leeds 	May 1827 	22 November 1830 	Tory 	
The Earl of Albemarle 	24 November 1830	December 1834 	Whig 	
The Duke of Dorset 	1 January 1835 	8 April 1835 	Conservative	
The Earl of Albemarle 	25 April 1835 	30 July 1841 	Whig 	
The Earl of Jersey 	4 September 1841	27 June 1846 	Conservative	
The Duke of Norfolk 	11 July 1846 	21 February 1852 	Whig 	
The Earl of Jersey 	1 March 1852 	17 December 1852 	Conservative	
The Duke of Wellington 	21 January 1853 	21 February 1858 	Peelite 	
The Duke of Beaufort 	26 February 1858	11 June 1859 	Conservative	
The Marquess of Ailesbury 	24 June 1859 	26 June 1866 	Liberal 	
The Duke of Beaufort 	10 July 1866 	1 December 1868 	Conservative	
The Marquess of Ailesbury 	12 December 1868	17 February 1874 	Liberal 	
The Earl of Bradford 	7 March 1874 	21 April 1880 	Conservative	
The Duke of Westminster 	3 May 1880 	9 June 1885 	Liberal 	
The Earl of Bradford 	1 July 1885 	28 January 1886 	Conservative	
The Earl of Cork 	10 February 1886	20 July 1886 	Liberal 	
The Duke of Portland 	9 August 1886 	11 August 1892 	Conservative	
The Viscount Oxenbridge 	25 August 1892 	19 March 1894 	Liberal 	
The Earl of Cork 	19 March 1894 	21 June 1895 	Liberal 	
The Duke of Portland 	16 July 1895 	4 December 1905 	Conservative	
The Earl of Sefton 	18 December 1905	6 September 1907 	Liberal 	
The Earl of Granard 	6 September 1907	25 May 1915 	Liberal 	
The Earl of Chesterfield 	9 June 1915 	19 October 1922 	Liberal 	
The Marquess of Bath 	20 November 1922	1923 	Conservative	
The Earl of Granard 	1923 	1936 	 	
The Duke of Beaufort 	1936 	1978 	 	
The Earl of Westmorland 	1978 	1991 	 	
The Lord Somerleyton 	1991 	1999 	 	
The Lord Vestey 	1999 	current incumbent