List of Masters of the Horse

14th and 15th centuries

• Sir John (de) Brocas, of Clewer. De facto Master of Horse to King Edward III. c.1360–1371
• Sir Bernard Brocas 1371–
• Sir Thomas de Murriex
• Thomas de Clifford, 6th Baron de Clifford 1388–1391
• Sir John Russell 1391–1398
• Richard Redman 1399–1399
• Robert Waterton 1399–1405
• John Waterton 1413–1416
• Sir Henry Noon
• Richard de Beauchamp, 13th Earl of Warwick
• Sir Walter Beauchamp 1429–1430
• Sir John Styward
• The Lord Beauchamp 1440–
• Sir Thomas de Burgh <1454–?1479
• Sir John Cheyney 1479–1483
• Sir Thomas Tyrrell 1483–1483
• Sir James Tyrell 1483–

16th century

• Sir Thomas Brandon c.1485–1510
• Sir Thomas Knyvet 1510–1512
• The Duke of Suffolk 1513–1515
• Sir Henry Guildford 1515–1522
• Sir Nicholas Carew 1522–1539
• Sir Anthony Browne 1539–1548
• The Earl of Pembroke 1548–1552
• The Earl of Warwick 1552–1553
• Sir Edward Hastings 1553–1556
• Sir Henry Jerningham 1556–1558
• Lord Robert Dudley 1558–1587, created Earl of Leicester in 1564
• The Earl of Essex 1587–1601

17th century

• The Earl of Worcester (c. 1601–1616)
• Sir George Villiers (1616–1628), created Duke of Buckingham in 1623
• Henry Rich, 1st Earl of Holland (1628)
• The Marquess of Hamilton (1628–c. 1644), created Duke of Hamilton in 1643
• Prince Rupert of the Rhine (1653–1655), in exile
• John Claypole (1653–?1660), appointed by Oliver Cromwell during the Commonwealth
• The Duke of Albemarle (1660–1668)
• The Duke of Buckingham (1668–1674)
• The Duke of Monmouth (1674–1679)
• In commission (1679–1681):
  • Sir Stephen Fox
  • Sir Richard Mason
  • Sir Nicholas Armorer
  • Thomas Wyndham
  • Roger Pope
• The Duke of Richmond (1681–1685)
• Commissioners appointed during the Duke of Richmond's minority (1682–1685):
  • Henry Guy
  • Theophilus Oglethorpe
  • Charles Adderley
• The Lord Dartmouth (1685–1689)
• Henry Overkirke (1689–1702)

18th century

• In commission (1702):
  • Sir Stephen Fox
  • Sir Benjamin Bathurst
  • Hugh Chudleigh
• The Duke of Somerset (1702–1712)
• In commission (1712–1714):
  • Conyers Darcy
  • George Feilding
• The Duke of Somerset (1714–1715)
• In commission (1715–1717):
  • Conyers Darcy
  • Francis Negus
• In commission (1717–1727):
  • Francis Negus
• The Earl of Scarbrough (1727–1735)
• The Duke of Richmond (1735–1750)
• vacant
• Marquess of Hartington (1751–1755)
• The Duke of Dorset (1755–1757)
• The Earl Gower (1757–1760)
• The Earl of Huntingdon (1760–1761)
• The Duke of Rutland (1761–1766)
• The Earl of Hertford (1766)
• The Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven (1766–1778)
• The Duke of Northumberland (1778–1780)
• The Duke of Montagu (1780–1790)
• The Duke of Montrose (1790–1795)
• The Earl of Westmorland (1795–1798)
• The Earl of Chesterfield (1798–1804)

19th century

• The Marquess of Hertford (1804–1806)
• The Earl of Carnarvon (1806–1807)
• The Duke of Montrose (1807–1821)
• The Duke of Dorset (1821–1827)
• The Duke of Leeds (1827–1830)
• The Earl of Albemarle (1830–1834)
• The Duke of Dorset (1835)
• The Earl of Albemarle (1835–1841)
• The Earl of Jersey (1841–1846)
• The Duke of Norfolk (1846–1852)
• The Earl of Jersey (1852)
• The Duke of Wellington (1853–1858)
• The Duke of Beaufort (1858–1859)
• The Marquess of Ailesbury (1859–1866)
• The Duke of Beaufort (1866–1868)
• The Marquess of Ailesbury (1868–1874)
• The Earl of Bradford (1874–1880)
• The Duke of Westminster (1880–1885)
• The Earl of Bradford (1885–1886)
• The Earl of Cork (1886)
• The Duke of Portland (1886–1892)
• The Viscount Oxenbridge (1892–1894)
• The Earl of Cork (1894–1895)
• The Duke of Portland (1895–1905)

20th century

• The Earl of Sefton (1905–1907)
• The Earl of Granard (1907–1915)
• The Earl of Chesterfield (1915–1922)
• The Marquess of Bath (1922–1924)^[1][2]
• The Earl of Granard (1924–1936)^[3][4]
• The Duke of Beaufort (1936–1978)
• The Earl of Westmorland (1978–1991)^[5]
• The Lord Somerleyton (1991–1999)^[6]
• The Lord Vestey (1999–present)^[7]

In July 2018 it was announced in the Court Circular that Lord Vestey would retire and be replaced by Rupert Ponsonby, 7th Baron de Mauley on 1 January 2019.^[8]