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Lords Warden
of the Cinque Ports
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Sir William de Averanch |
1226 |
The office of Lord Warden can be traced from 1226 to the present day. The first Lord Warden was William de Averanch, the most recent holder of the post (the 108th to be appointed) was Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother. Previous Lords Warden have included such household names as William Pitt, the Duke of Wellington, The Prince of Wales (later King George V) and Sir Winston Churchill. The record for the longest term of office is held by William Brook, Lord Cobham, who served for 40 years. The post is combined with that of Constable of Dover Castle; both posts are now honorary and have been for many years. Walmer Castle has been the official home of the Lords Warden since the beginning of the 18th century. The information given here was obtained from the dust cover of the book "The Cinque Ports and Lords Warden: a history in verse and prose", written by Edward Body and published by Kent Messenger in 1992. † and irregularly to 1256 ‡ and irregularly to 1264 ± Prince Edmund (son of Henry III) ¥ irregularly to March 1315 # irregularly to 1355
The following notes were extracted from "The Records of Walmer", by C.R.S. Elvin, pub. 1890. Notes: George, Prince of Denmark, husband of Queen Anne, died October 28th 1708 Each of these "..made Walmer Castle their residence, for at least a considerable portion of each year, during their tenure of office". 1. Lionel Cranfield Sackville, Duke of Dorset, K.G.; born 18 Jan. 1688; appointed 1708, resigned 1713, appointed again 1727; died 10 Oct. 1765 2. Robert D'Arcy, Earl of Holderness; died 16 May 1778 3. Frederick Lord North, afterwards Earl of Guilford, K.G.; died 5 Aug. 1792 4. The Right Honourable William Pitt; born 28 May 1759; appointed 18 Aug. 1792; admitted to the freedom of the Corporation of Sandwich 19 Sept. 1795; died 23 Jan. 1806 5. Robert Banks Jenkinson, Lord Hawkesbury, afterwards Earl of Liverpool; born 1770; died 4 Dec. 1828 6. Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington, K.G., G.C.B., G.C.H.; born 1769; appointed 29 January 1829; died at Walmer Castle 14 Sept. 1852 7. James Andrew Brown Ramsay, Marquis of Dalhousie, K.T., appointed 1852; died 19 Dec. 1860 8. Henry John Temple, Viscount Palmerston, K.G., G.C.B.; born 20 Oct. 1784; appointed March 1861; died 15 Oct 1865 9. Granville George Leveson-Gower, Earl Granville, K.G., appointed December 1865 10. H.M. Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, was a frequent visitor to Walmer, spending two weeks at the Castle every summer. A garden was created for her in the Castle grounds which now serves as a memorial to this much-loved lady. The installation ceremony for the new Lord Warden took place on a sunny day in April 2005. |
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| Sir Bertram de Criol | 1227 - 1232 † | |||
| Sir Henry Hoese of Harting | 1232 | |||
| Sir Stephen de Segrave | 1232 - 1235 | |||
| Sir Hamo de Crevequer | 1235 | |||
| Humphrey de Bohun, Earl of Hereford and Essex | 1241 | |||
| Peter de Dreux, Earl of Richmond | 1241 - 1242 | |||
| Sir Bertram de Criol | 1242 - 1255 | |||
| Sir Reginald de Cobham of Allington | 1255 | |||
| Sir Roger Northwode | 1255 - 1258 | |||
| Sir Nicholas de Moels de Caddebury | 1258 | |||
| Sir Richard de Grey of Codnor | 1258 ‡ | |||
| Sir Hugh de Bigod | 1259 - 1260 | |||
| Sir Nicholas de Criol | 1260 - 1263 | |||
| Sir Robert de Walerand of Kilpek | 1261 | |||
| Sir Walter de Burgsted | 1262 | |||
| Edmund Crouchback, Earl of Lancaster | 1263 ± | |||
| Sir Roger de Leybourne | 1263 1264 | |||
| Sir Henry de Montfort | 1264 - 1265 | |||
| Sir Stephen de Pencestre | 1265 - 1298 | |||
| Sir Robert de Burghersh | 1298 - 1306 | |||
| Sir Henry de Cobham of Roundel | 1306 - 1307 | |||
| Sir Robert de Kendall | 1307 ¥ | |||
| Sir Robert de Cobham | 1307 | |||
| Sir Robert de Kendall | 1315 - 1320 | |||
| Sir Bartholomew de Badlesmere | 1320 - 1321 | |||
| Edmund of Woodstock, Earl of Kent | 1321 - 1323 | |||
| Sir John Peche of Wormleighton | 1323 - 1324 | |||
| Sir Ralph Basset of Drayton | 1325 - 1326 | |||
| Bartholomew Lord Burghersh | 1327 # | |||
| William de Clinton, Earl of Huntingdon | 1330 - 1341 | |||
| Roger de Mortimer, Earl of March | 1355 - 1359 | |||
| John de Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick | 1359 - 1360 | |||
| Sir Robert de Herle | 1361 - 1364 | |||
| Sir Ralph Spigurnell | 1364 - 1369 | |||
| Sir Richard de Pembruge | 1369 - 1371 | |||
| Sir Andrew de Guldeford | 1371 1372 | |||
| Sir William de Lalymer | 1372 - 1376 | |||
| Edmund of Langley, Earl of Cambridge and Duke of York | 1376 - 1381 | |||
| Sir Robert de Asheton | 1381 - 1384 | |||
| Sir Simon de Burley | 1384 - 1388 | |||
| Sir John Devereux | 1388 - 1393 | |||
| John de Beaumont, Lord Beaumont | 1393 - 1396 | |||
| Edward, Duke of York | 1396 - 1398 | |||
| John Beaufort, Marquess and Earl of Somerset | 1388 - 1389 | |||
| Sir Thomas Erpingham | ||||
| Henry, Prince of Wales (Henry V) | ||||
| Thomas Fitz-Alan, Earl of Surrey and Arundel | ||||
| Humfrey, Duke of Gloucester | ||||
| James Fiennes, Lord Saye and Sele | ||||
| Humfrey Stafford, Duke of Buckingham | ||||
| Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick and Salisbury | ||||
| William Fitz-Alan, Earl of Arundel | ||||
| Philip Fitz-Lewis | ||||
| Prince Henry, Duke of York (infant, Henry VIII) | ||||
| Sir Edward Poynings | ||||
| Lord Bergavenny (appointed, but resigned) | ||||
| Sir Edward Guldeford | ||||
| George Boleyn, Lord Rochford | ||||
| Henry Fitzroy, Duke of Richmond and Somerset | ||||
| Sir Thomas Cheyne | ||||
| William Brook, Lord Cobham | ||||
| Henry Brook, Lord Cobham (son of Wm) | ||||
| Henry Howard, Earl of Northampton | ||||
| Robert Carr, Earl of Somerset | ||||
| Edward la Zouche, Lord Zouche of Haryngworth | ||||
| George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham | ||||
| Theophilus Howard, Earl of Suffolk | ||||
| James Stuart, Duke of Lennox and Richmond | 1536 | |||
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| Sir Edward Boys | 1642 | |||
| Maj. John Boys | 1646 | |||
| Sir Algernon Sydney | 1648 | |||
| Lord Col. Kelsey | 1651 | |||
| Admiral Blake (Constableship shared with Col. Lambert) | 1656 | |||
| Earl of Winchelsea (2 terms) | 1660 | |||
| Prince James, Duke of York | 1668 | |||
| Col. John Beaumont | ||||
| Earl of Romney | 1691 | |||
| George, Prince of Denmark | 1708 | |||
| Lionel Sackville, Duke of Dorset (2 terms)1 | 1708 | |||
| Duke of Ormonde | during intervals | |||
| Earl of Leicester | in Dorset's term | |||
| Earl of Holderness2 | 1765 | |||
| Earl of Guildford3 | 1778 | |||
| William Pitt4 | 1792 | |||
| Earl of Liverpool5 | 1806 | |||
| Duke of Wellington6 | 1829 | |||
| Marquis of Dalhousie7 | 1853 | |||
| Viscount Palmerston8 | 1860 | |||
| Earl Granville (not installed)9 | 1866 | |||
| Rt. Hon. W.H. Smith (not installed) | 1891 | |||
| Marquis of Dufferin | 1892 | |||
| Marquess of Salisbury | 1896 | |||
| Lord Curzon | 1904 | |||
| George, Prince of Wales (George V - not installed) | 1905 | |||
| Earl Brassey | 1908 | |||
| Earl Beauchamp | 1914 | |||
| Marquess of Reading | 1934 | |||
| Marquess of Willingdon | 1936 | |||
| Sir Winston Churchill | 1941 | |||
| Sir Robert Menzies | 1965 | |||
| H.M. Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother10 | 1979 | |||
| Admiral the Lord Boyce | 2005 | |||