The Master of the Buckhounds was an officer in the Master of the Horse's department of the British Royal Household. It was a political office, so the holder, who was always a nobleman, altered with every ministry. The office was abolished by the Civil List Act 1901 .
Masters of the Buckhounds
incomplete before 1760
- temp. George III: John Bateman, 2nd Viscount Bateman
- 1782: George Bussy Villiers, 4th Earl of Jersey
- 1783: John Montagu, Viscount Hinchingbrooke ; succeeded as 5th Earl of Sandwich 30 April 1792
- 19 February 1806: William Charles Keppel, 4th Earl of Albemarle
- 1806: Charles Cornwallis, 2nd Marquess Cornwallis
- 12 September 1823: William Wellesley-Pole, 1st Baron Maryborough
- 24 November 1830: Thomas William Anson, 2nd Viscount Anson ; created Earl of Lichfield 15 September 1831
- 30 December 1834: George Stanhope, 6th Earl of Chesterfield
- 30 April 1835: William George Hay, 18th Earl of Erroll
- 21 December 1839: George William Fox Kinnaird, 9th Lord Kinnaird
- 10 September 1841: James Alexander St Clair-Erskine, 3rd Earl of Rosslyn
- 9 July 1846: Granville George Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Granville
- 16 May 1848: John George Brabazon Ponsonby, 5th Earl of Bessborough
- 28 February 1852: James Alexander St Clair-Erskine, 3rd Earl of Rosslyn
- 30 December 1853: John George Brabazon Ponsonby, 5th Earl of Bessborough
- 26 February 1858: John William Montagu, 7th Earl of Sandwich
- 18 June 1859: John George Brabazon Ponsonby, 5th Earl of Bessborough
- 23 January 1866: Richard Edmund St Lawrence Boyle, 9th Earl of Cork
- 10 July 1866: Charles John Colville, 10th Lord Colville of Culross
- 2 March 1874: Charles Philip Yorke, 5th Earl of Hardwicke
- 3 May 1880: Richard Edmund St Lawrence Boyle, 9th Earl of Cork
- 27 June 1885: John Henry de la Poer Beresford, 5th Marquess of Waterford
- 17 February 1886: Charles Harbord, 5th Baron Suffield
- 16 August 1886: George William Coventry, 9th Earl of Coventry
- 25 August 1892: Thomas Lister, 4th Baron Ribblesdale
- 16 July 1895: George William Coventry, 9th Earl of Coventry
- 1 November 1900: Charles Compton William Cavendish, 3rd Baron Chesham
Last updated: 06-06-2005 05:38:15
