| Post: | Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms &<br/> Chief Whip of the House of Lords |
| Insignia: | Badge of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen at Arms.svg |
| Incumbent: | The Lord Kennedy of Southwark |
| Style: | The Right Honourable |
| Appointer: | Prime Minister |
| Formation: | 1509 |
| First: | Henry Bourchier, 2nd Earl of Essex |
The Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms is a post in the Government of the United Kingdom that has been held by the Government Chief Whip in the House of Lords[1] since 1945. Prior to 17 March 1834, the Gentlemen-at-Arms were known as the Honourable Band of Gentlemen Pensioners.
| Date of appointment | Holder | |
|---|---|---|
| 1509 | ||
| 1539 | ||
| 1549 | ||
| 1550 | ||
| 1553 | ||
| 1558 | ||
| 1596 | ||
| May 1603 | ||
| 1615 | ||
| 1616 | The Lord Howard de Walden (succeeded as Earl of Suffolk 1626) | |
| May 1635 | ||
| 1643 | The Lord Dunsmore (created Earl of Chichester 1644) | |
| 20 July 1660 | ||
| 29 March 1667 | ||
| 10 March 1672 | ||
| 9 May 1676 | ||
| 24 April 1677 | ||
| 26 June 1682 | ||
| 28 February 1689 | ||
| 29 November 1693 | ||
| 13 January 1712 | ||
| 22 September 1714 | ||
| 21 May 1726 | Marquess of Hartington (succeeded as Duke of Devonshire 1729) | |
| 11 June 1731 | ||
| 11 June 1734 | ||
| 8 May 1740 | ||
| 12 July 1742 | ||
| 24 December 1744 | The Lord Hobart (created Earl of Buckinghamshire 1746) | |
| 16 November 1756 | ||
| 12 July 1762 | ||
| 28 December 1772 | The Lord Edgcumbe created Viscount Mount Edgcumbe and Valletort 1781) | |
| 29 March 1782 | The Lord Ferrers of Chartley | |
| 17 May 1783 | The Earl of Jersey | |
| 31 December 1783 | The Lord Ferrers of Chartley | |
| 5 March 1790 | ||
| 19 February 1806 | ||
| 2 March 1808 | ||
| 26 March 1812 | ||
| 1 September 1827 | ||
| 9 December 1830 | ||
| 16 August 1833 | ||
| 29 December 1834 | ||
| 6 May 1835 | ||
| 8 September 1841 | ||
| 24 July 1846 | ||
| 27 February 1852 | ||
| 30 December 1852 | ||
| 26 February 1858 | ||
| 28 June 1859 | ||
| 10 July 1866 | ||
| 20 March 1867 | ||
| 12 December 1868 | ||
| 27 December 1869 | ||
| 20 April 1871 | ||
| 1 January 1874 | ||
| 2 March 1874 | ||
| 4 February 1875 | ||
| 28 May 1877 | ||
| 3 May 1880 | ||
| 21 January 1881 | ||
| 27 June 1881 | ||
| 6 July 1885 | ||
| 10 February 1886 | ||
| 5 August 1886 | ||
| 24 November 1886 | ||
| 11 August 1890 | ||
| 25 August 1892 | ||
| 13 March 1894 | ||
| 16 July 1895 | ||
| 18 December 1905 | ||
| 31 July 1907 | ||
| 26 June 1911 | ||
| 20 November 1922 | ||
| 22 January 1924 | ||
| 1 December 1924 | ||
| 26 June 1925 | ||
| 1 January 1929 | ||
| 5 June 1929 | ||
| 12 November 1931 | ||
| 31 May 1940 | ||
| 21 April 1944 | Vacant | |
| 22 March 1945 | ||
| 4 August 1945 | ||
| 18 October 1949 | ||
| 5 November 1951 | ||
| 27 June 1957 | ||
| 21 October 1964 | ||
| 29 July 1967 | ||
| 24 June 1970 | ||
| 11 March 1974 | ||
| 6 May 1979 | ||
| 22 May 1991 | ||
| 16 September 1993 | ||
| 20 July 1994 | ||
| 6 May 1997 | ||
| 1 May 2002 | ||
| 24 January 2008 | The Baroness Royall of Blaisdon | |
| 5 October 2008 | The Lord Bassam of Brighton | |
| 13 May 2010 | The Baroness Anelay of St John's | |
| 6 August 2014 | The Lord Taylor of Holbeach | |
| 26 July 2019 | The Lord Ashton of Hyde | |
| 7 September 2022 | The Baroness Williams of Trafford | |
| 9 July 2024 | The Lord Kennedy of Southwark |