1603: Thomas Pavell
[6]
1613: Hugh Clotworthy
[6]
1618: Sir Hugh Clotworthy
[6]
1622: Sir Hugh Clotworthy
[7]
Charles I, 1625–1649
1625:
Moses Hill
[6]
1626: Neal Oge O'Neill
[6]
1627: Cormick O'Hara
[6]
1628: William Houston
[6]
1629: Alexander MacDonnell
[6]
1630: Robert Adair
[6]
1631: Arthur O'Neill
[6]
1632: Alexander Stuart
[6]
1633: John Donaldson
[6]
1634: Arthur Hill
[6]
1635: Edward Maxwell
[6]
1636: John Dalway
[8]
English Interregnum, 1649–1660
1656: Roger Lyndon
[9]
1659: John Upton
[6]
Charles II, 1660–1685
1673: Thadeus O'Hara
[6]
1674: John Galland
[6]
1675: Randall Bryce
[11]
1676: William Huston
[6]
1677: William Lesley
[6]
1678: Edward Harrison
[6]
1679: Henry Spencer
[6]
1680: Randall Smith
[6]
1681: George Macartney
[6]
1682: John Bickerstaffe
[6]
1683: John Bickerstaffe † / succeeded by Charles Stuart
[6]
1684: Henry Davys
[6]
James II, 1685–1688
1685: Thomas Knox
[6]
1686: Cormick O'Neill
[6]
1687: Cormick O'Neill
[6]
1688: Shane O'Neill
[6]
William III, 1689–1702
1689: Shane O'Neill
[6]
1690: Isaac MacCartney
[9]
1691: Thomas Smith
[6]
1692: Thomas Smith
[6]
1693: William Shaw
[6]
1694: Richard Dobbs
[11]
1695: Clotworthy Upton
[6]
1696: Sir Robert Adair
[6]
1697: Michael Harrison
[6]
1698: Edmond Ellis
[6]
1699: Andrew Clements
[6]
1700: John O'Neill
[6]
1701: John Davys
[6]
Anne, 1702–1714
1702: Benjamin Galland
[6]
1703: Charles O'Neill
[6]
1704: Brent Spencer
[6]
1705: John Davys
[6]
1706: Westerna Warring
[6]
1707: Edward Clements
[6]
1708: Benjamin Galland
[6]
1709: Arthur Davys
[6]
1710: William Shaw
[6]
1711: Andrew Clements
[6]
1712: Westerna Warring
[6]
1713: Brent Spencer
[6]
George I, 1714–1727
1714: Robert Green
[6]
1715: Edmund T. Stafford
[6]
1716: Edward Clements
[6]
1717: James Hamilton
[6]
1718: William Moore
[9]
1719: Hercules Upton
[6]
1720:
Arthur Dobbs
[12]
1721: Francis Clements
[6]
1722: Henry O'Hara
[6]
1723: William Johnston
[13]
1724: Ezekiel William Crombie
[6]
1725: Ezekiel Davys Wiilson
[6]
1726: Sir Robert Adair
[6]
George II, 1727–1760
1727: Rowley Hill
[6]
1728: John Skeffington
[6]
1729: Charles O'Neill
[6]
1730: Valentine Jones
[6]
1731: Alexander Stuart
[6]
1732: John Moore
[6]
1733: Hector McNeill
[14]
1734: Hugh Boyd
[6]
1735: John Houston
[6]
1736: Clotworthy O'Neill
[6]
1737: Hill Wilson
[6]
1738: Edward Smith
[6]
1739: Davys Wilson
[6]
1740: William Boyd
[6]
1741: Conway Spencer
[6]
1742: Felix O'Neill
[6]
1743: George Macartney
[6]
1744: William Agnew
[6]
1745: Charles MacDaniel
[6]
1746: John Cuppage
[6]
1747: Edmund MacNaghten
[6]
1748: Edward Brice
[11]
1749: Roger MacNeill
[6]
1750: Roger Moore
[6]
1751: John Dunkin
[6]
1752: Conway Richard Dobbs
[13]
1753: Robert Adair
[6]
1754: Bernard O'Neill
[6]
1755: John Rowan
[13]
1756: John MacNaghten
[6]
1757: Arthur Upton
[6]
1758: Charles O'Hara
[13]
1759: James Leslie
[6]
George III, 1760–1820
George IV, 1820–1830
1825: George Hutchinson of Ballymoney
[21]
1826: Alexander MacManus
[9]
1827: John MacCance
[22]
1828: Cunningham Gregg
[23]
1829: Nicholas de la Cherois-Crommelin
[13]
William IV, 1830–1837
1830: Richard Magennis
[6]
1831: George H. Macartney of Lissanoure Castle
[6]
1832: Alexander McNeill
[6]
1833: Charles O'Hara
[9]
1834: David Kerr
[6]
1835: Hugh Leckey of Beardiville
[13]
1836: Edward Bruce of Scoutbush
[11]
Victoria, 1837–1901
Edward VII, 1901–1910
George V, 1910–1936
George VI, 1936–1952
1945: William Litton Rowland De Burgh Young
[74]
1946: Arthur Cochran Herdman
[75]
1947: Henry Adair Allen
[76]
1948: Edward Stanley Clarke
[77]
1949: Archibald Gordon Edward Turnley
[78]
1950: Alexander James Henry Cramsie of O'harabrook, Ballymoney
[79]
1951: Francis Casement
[80]
Elizabeth II, 1952–2022
1987:
1988:
1989: Sandy Cramsie
[115]
1990:
1991: M. D. Stewart-Moore
[116]
1992: Richard G. Reade
[117]
1993: P. D. Cooke
[118]
1994: Andrew David Frazer
[119]
1995: John H. H. Stewart
[120]
1996:
Daniel de Burgh Kinahan
[121]
1997: Richard Francis Andrew Dobbs
[122]
1998: Ronald Conway
[123]
1999: Pamela Traill
[124]
2000: Patricia Elise MacCarthy-Morrogh
[125]
2001: John Weir Wallace
[126]
2002: Michael John Alexander Cooke
[127]
2003: Hugh Edward John Montgomery
[128]
2004: Sheelagh Elizabeth Hillan
[129]
2005: David John Reade
[130]
2006:
James Seymour Leslie
[131]
2007: Joseph Wilson
[132]
2008: Lady Juliet C. Frazer
[133]
2009: Nigel Dobbs
[134]
2010: Steven Montgomery
2011: David Severn Traill of Bushmills
[135]
2012: Julia Elizabeth Shirley of Larne
[136]
2013: Mervyn G Rankin of Portglenone
[137]
2014: Shane O'Neill of Shanes Castle
[138]
2015: John Pinkerton of Ballymoney
[139]
2016: James Ernest Perry of Ballymena
[140]
2017: Miranda Tisdale, DL of Muckamore
[141]
2018: Gillian May Bingham of Ballyclare
[142]
2019: James Ronald Hassard of Ballyclare
[143]
2020: Rupert Cramsie of O’Harabrook
[144]
2021: Susan Jane Pinkerton of Ballymoney
[145]
2022: John Anthony Lockett of Lisburn
[146]
Charles III, 2022–present
2023: Peter Thomas Watts Mackie, of Lissanoure Castle
[147]
See also
Notes
† Died in office
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