For a brief account of the office, see E. S. Leedham-Green, 'An ornament, a feather', Cambridge 28 (1991) 42-5.
1418 Lopham, Thomas
Appointment is by the High Steward, subject to the approval of the Senate.
1540-41- Cooke, William [1] of Chesterton
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 Lyndhurst
1863 Herbert, Edward James Earl of Powis
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
1548-62 Freville, George
1563-88 Stanhope, Edward
1790 Fisher, John [2] LL.D.; Fellow of CHR
1806 Harrison, Thomas [2] M.A.; Fellow of Q
1824 Hubbersty, John Lodge M.A.; Fellow of Q
1835 Hubbersty, John Lodge M.A.; Fellow of Q (reappointed)
1839 Cowling, John M.A.; Fellow of JN
1840 Cowling, John M.A.; Fellow of JN (reappointed)
1856 Barlow, Francis M.A.; Fellow of TH
1863 Barlow, Francis M.A.; Fellow of TH (reappointed)
1887 Walpole, Spencer Horatio, Rt Hon. previously M.P.
1892 Walpole, Spencer Horatio, Rt Hon. previously M.P.; (reappointed)
1899 Lyttelton, Alfred, Rt Hon. M.A.
1913 Kennedy, William Rann, Rt Hon. Sir Lord Justice
1915 Parker of Waddington, Rt Hon. Lord
1918 Rawlinson, John Frederick Peel, Rt Hon.
1926 Pollock, Ernest Murray, Rt Hon. Baron Hanworth
1936 Wright, Robert Alderson, Rt Hon. Baron Wright of Durley
1954 Morton, Fergus Dunlop, Rt Hon. Baron Morton of Henryton
1971 Lloyd, Selwyn Brooke, Rt Hon. (d. 05.78)
1978:10 Butler, Richard Austen, Rt Hon. Baron Butler of Saffron Walden; (d. 03.82)
1983 Richardson, Gordon William Humphreys, Rt Hon. Lord Richardson