High Steward of Cambridge "The office is one of considerable antiquity, and in dignity ranks next to that of the Chancellor. Its duties, though fortunately light in the present day, are not unimportant." 1503 Bray, Reginald, Sir before 1503 1504 Empson, Richard, Sir 1504 Mordaunt, John, Sir (deceased) 1504 Ormston, Roger, Sir (deceased) 1509 Lovell, Thomas, Sir 1524 Winkfield/Wingfield, Richard, Sir 1525 More, Thomas, Sir 1529 Blount, William Lord Mountjoy 1534 Cromwell, Thomas 1540 Howard, Thomas [1] Duke of Norfolk 1554 Paget, William Baron Paget of Beaudesert 1563 Dudley, Robert Earl of Leicester 1588 Hatton, Christopher, Sir 1591 Cecil, Robert, Sir 1601 Howard, Thomas [2] (Earl of Suffolk, 1603) 1614 Coke, Edward, Sir 1634 Montagu, Henry Earl of Manchester 1667 Craven, William [1] Earl of Craven 1697 Montagu Charles Earl of Manchester 1722 Annesley, Arthur, Hon. Earl of Anglesey 1737 Pelham, Thomas Holles Duke of Newcastle 1742 Wriothesley, Thomas Earl of Southampton 1749 Yorke, Philip Baron Hardwicke 1764 Yorke, Philip Earl of Hardwicke 1798 Pitt, William, Rt Hon. 1806 Yorke, Philip Earl of Hardwicke 1834 Percy, Hugh Duke of Northumberland 1840 Copley, John Singleton, Sir Baron Lyndhust 1863 Herbert, Edward James Earl of Powys 1891 Grey, Thomas de Baron Walsingham 1919 Clive, Robert George Windsor, Rt Hon. Earl of Plymouth 1923 Cavendish, Victor Christian William 9th Duke of Devonshire 1938 Cavendish, Andrew Robert Buston 10th Duke of Devonshire 1951 Brown, Douglas Clifton, Rt Hon. Baron Ruffside, 1951 1966 Devlin, Patrick Arthur Lord Devlin 1991 Runcie, Robert Alexander Kennedy The Rt Rev. Lord Runcie 2001 Ogilvie, Bridget, Dame 201 0 Watson, Alan, Rt Hon. Lord Watson of Richmond CBE Follow this link for New High Steward appointment, 10 December 2009 © 2010 |
