Lord Steward

The Lord Steward of the Household
Name 	Entered office 	Left office 	Party 	Notes
The Earl of Arundel 	September 1553 	1568 	 	
The Earl of Pembroke 	1568 	17 March 1570 	 	
vacant 	17 March 1570 	2 November 1587 	 	
The Earl of Leicester 	2 November 1587 	4 September 1588 	 	
The Lord St John of Basing later The Marquess of Winchester	1588 	1603 	 	
The Earl of Nottingham 	1603 	November 1616 	 	
The Duke of Lennox later The Duke of Richmond 	November 1616 	16 February 1624 	 	
The Marquess of Hamilton 	March 1624 	2 March 1625 	 	
The Earl of Pembroke 	1625 	10 April 1630 	 	
vacant 	10 April 1630 	1640 	 	
The Earl of Arundel 	1640 	December 1642 	 	
The Duke of Richmond 	December 1642 	30 March 1655 	 	
vacant 	30 March 1655 	May 1660 	 	
The Marquess of Ormonde later The Duke of Ormonde 	May 1660 	21 July 1688 	 	
The Earl of Devonshire later The Duke of Devonshire 	April 1689 	18 August 1707 	Whig 	
The Duke of Devonshire 	18 August 1707 	June 1710 	Whig 	
The Duke of Buckingham 	June 1710 	June 1711 	Tory 	
The Earl Poulett 	June 1711 	September 1714 	Tory 	
The Duke of Devonshire 	September 1714 	1716 	Whig 	
The Duke of Kent 	1716 	January 1719 	Whig 	
The Duke of Argyll 	6 February 1719 	30 May 1725 	Whig 	
The Duke of Dorset 	30 May 1725 	32 June 1730 	Whig 	
The Earl of Chesterfield 	June 1730 	13 April 1733 	Whig 	
The Duke of Devonshire 	13 April 1733 	March 1737 	Whig 	
The Duke of Dorset 	March 1737 	1744 	Whig 	
The Duke of Devonshire 	1744 	1749 	Whig 	
The Duke of Marlborough 	1749 	January 1755 	Whig 	
The Duke of Rutland 	January 1755 	March 1761 	Whig 	
The Earl Talbot 	March 1761 	March 1782 	Whig/Tory 	
The Earl of Carlisle 	March 1782 	January 1783 	Tory 	
The Duke of Rutland 	January 1783 	April 1783 	Whig 	
The Earl of Dartmouth 	April 1783 	December 1783 	Tory 	
The Duke of Chandos 	December 1783 	1789 	Tory 	
The Duke of Dorset 	1789 	February 1799 	Tory 	
The Earl of Leicester 	20 February 1799 	August 1802 	Tory 	
The Earl of Dartmouth 	15 August 1802 	14 May 1804 	Tory 	
The Earl of Aylesford 	14 May 1804 	1812 	Tory 	
The Earl of Cholmondeley later The Marquess of Cholmondeley	1812 	1821 	Tory 	
The Marquess Conyngham 	1821 	July 1830 	Tory 	
The Duke of Buckingham 	July 1830 	November 1830 	Tory 	
The Marquess Wellesley 	23 November 1830 	11 September 1833	Canningite/Whig 	
The Duke of Argyll 	11 September 1833	14 November 1834 	Whig 	
The Earl of Wilton 	15 December 1834 	8 April 1835 	Conservative 	
The Duke of Argyll 	23 April 1835 	21 November 1839 	Whig 	
The Earl of Erroll 	21 November 1839 	30 August 1841 	Whig 	
The Earl of Liverpool 	3 September 1841 	27 June 1846 	Conservative 	
The Earl Fortescue 	8 July 1846 	22 March 1850 	Whig 	
The Marquess of Westminster 	22 March 1850 	21 February 1852 	Whig 	
The Duke of Montrose 	27 February 1852 	17 December 1852 	Conservative 	
The Duke of Norfolk 	4 January 1853 	10 January 1854 	Whig 	
The Earl Spencer 	10 January 1854 	23 November 1857 	Whig 	
The Earl of St Germans 	23 November 1857 	21 February 1858 	Whig 	
The Marquess of Exeter 	26 February 1858 	11 June 1859 	Conservative 	
The Earl of St Germans 	18 June 1859 	20 January 1866 	Liberal 	
The Earl of Bessborough 	20 January 1866 	26 June 1866 	Liberal 	
The Duke of Marlborough 	10 July 1866 	19 March 1867 	Conservative 	
The Earl of Tankerville 	19 March 1867 	1 December 1868 	Conservative 	
The Earl of Bessborough 	12 December 1868 	17 February 1874 	Liberal 	
The Earl Beauchamp 	21 February 1874 	21 April 1880 	Conservative 	
The Earl Sydney 	3 May 1880 	9 June 1885 	Liberal 	
The Earl of Mount Edgcumbe 	27 June 1885 	28 January 1886 	Conservative 	
The Earl Sydney 	10 February 1886 	20 July 1886 	Liberal 	
The Earl of Mount Edgcumbe 	16 August 1886 	11 August 1892 	Conservative 	
The Marquess of Breadalbane 	25 August 1892 	21 June 1895 	Liberal 	
The Earl of Pembroke 	16 July 1895 	4 December 1905 	Liberal Unionist	
The Earl of Liverpool 	18 December 1905 	23 March 1907 	Liberal 	
The Earl Beauchamp 	31 July 1907 	22 June 1910 	Liberal 	
The Earl of Chesterfield 	22 June 1910 	25 May 1915 	Liberal 	
The Lord Farquhar later The Viscount Farquhar 	9 June 1915 	19 October 1922 	Unionist 	
The Earl of Shaftesbury 	20 November 1922 	20 July 1936 	Conservative 	
The Duke of Sutherland 	21 July 1936 	28 February 1937 	 	
The Duke of Buccleuch 	1 March 1937 	31 May 1940 	 	
The Duke of Hamilton 	1 June 1940 	9 February 1964 	 	
The Duke of Westminster 	10 February 1964 	25 February 1967 	 	
The Viscount Cobham 	21 September 1967	31 December 1972 	 	
The Duke of Northumberland 	1 January 1973 	11 October 1988 	 	
The Viscount Ridley 	25 May 1989 	2001 	 	
The Duke of Abercorn 	2001 	2009 	 	
The Earl of Dalhousie 	2009