1603: Thomas Pavell[5]
1613: Hugh Clotworthy[5]
1618: Sir Hugh Clotworthy[5]
1622: Sir Hugh Clotworthy[6]
Charles I, 1625–1649 [ ]
1625: Moses Hill [5]
1626: Neal Oge O'Neill[5]
1627: Cormick O'Hara[5]
1628: William Houston[5]
1629: Alexander MacDonnell[5]
1630: Robert Adair[5]
1631: Arthur O'Neill[5]
1632: Alexander Stuart[5]
1633: John Donaldson[5]
1634: Arthur Hill[5]
1635: Edward Maxwell[5]
1636: John Dalway[7]
English Interregnum, 1649–1660 [ ]
1656: Roger Lyndon[8]
1659: John Upton[5]
Charles II, 1660–1685 [ ]
1660: John Shaw[5]
1661: Hercules Langford[5]
1662: Alexander Dalway[7]
1663: Thomas Warrin[5]
1664: Richard Dobbs[9]
1665: John Donaldson[5]
1666: Anthony Horsman[5]
1667: Francis Stafford[5]
1668: Patrick Agnew[5]
1669: Archibald Edmonston[5]
1670: Sir Robert Colville[5]
1671: George Maccartney[5]
1672: William Upton[5]
1673: Thadeus O'Hara[5]
1674: John Galland[5]
1675: Randall Bryce[10]
1676: William Huston[5]
1677: William Lesley[5]
1678: Edward Harrison[5]
1679: Henry Spencer[5]
1680: Randall Smith[5]
1681: George Macartney[5]
1682: John Bickerstaffe[5]
1683: John Bickerstaffe † / succeeded by Charles Stuart[5]
1684: Henry Davys[5]
James II, 1685–1688 [ ]
1685: Thomas Knox[5]
1686: Cormick O'Neill[5]
1687: Cormick O'Neill[5]
1688: Shane O'Neill[5]
William III, 1689–1702 [ ]
1689: Shane O'Neill[5]
1690: Isaac MacCartney[8]
1691: Thomas Smith[5]
1692: Thomas Smith[5]
1693: William Shaw[5]
1694: Richard Dobbs[10]
1695: Clotworthy Upton[5]
1696: Sir Robert Adair[5]
1697: Michael Harrison[5]
1698: Edmond Ellis[5]
1699: Andrew Clements[5]
1700: John O'Neill[5]
1701: John Davys[5]
Anne, 1702–1714 [ ]
1702: Benjamin Galland[5]
1703: Charles O'Neill[5]
1704: Brent Spencer[5]
1705: John Davys[5]
1706: Westerna Warring[5]
1707: Edward Clements[5]
1708: Benjamin Galland[5]
1709: Arthur Davys[5]
1710: William Shaw[5]
1711: Andrew Clements[5]
1712: Westerna Warring[5]
1713: Brent Spencer[5]
George I, 1714–1727 [ ]
1721: Francis Clements[5]
1722: Henry O'Hara[5]
1723: William Johnston[12]
1724: Ezekiel William Crombie[5]
1725: Ezekiel Davys Wiilson[5]
1726: Sir Robert Adair[5]
George II, 1727–1760 [ ]
1727: Rowley Hill[5]
1728: John Skeffington[5]
1729: Charles O'Neill[5]
1730: Valentine Jones[5]
1731: Alexander Stuart[5]
1732: John Moore[5]
1733: Hector McNeill[13]
1734: Hugh Boyd[5]
1735: John Houston[5]
1736: Clotworthy O'Neill[5]
1737: Hill Wilson[5]
1738: Edward Smith[5]
1739: Davys Wilson[5]
1740: William Boyd[5]
1741: Conway Spencer[5]
1742: Felix O'Neill[5]
1743: George Macartney[5]
1744: William Agnew[5]
1745: Charles MacDaniel[5]
1746: John Cuppage[5]
1747: Edmund MacNaghten[5]
1748: Edward Brice[10]
1749: Roger MacNeill[5]
1750: Roger Moore[5]
1751: John Dunkin[5]
1752: Conway Richard Dobbs[12]
1753: Robert Adair[5]
1754: Bernard O'Neill[5]
1755: John Rowan[12]
1756: John MacNaghten[5]
1757: Arthur Upton[5]
1758: Charles O'Hara[12]
1759: James Leslie[5]
George III, 1760–1820 [ ]
1760: Richard Magenis [5]
1761: Alexander Boyd[5]
1762: Alexander Stuart[5]
1763: John Henry[5]
1764: Rowley Heylands[14]
1765: Charles Hamilton[5]
1766: Alexander MacAuley[5]
1767: Sampson Moore[5]
1768: Thomas Thomson[5]
1769: Bryan MacManus[12]
1770: Alexander Legge[8]
1771: Randal William MacDonnell, Viscount Dunluce [5]
1772: John O'Neill [5]
1773: Hugh Boyd[5]
1774: St John O'Neill [5]
1775: Robert Morris Jones † / succeeded by Samuel Bristow[5]
1776: Ezekiel Davies Boyd[15]
1777: William Dunkin [5]
1778: William Moore[12]
1779: Robert Rowan[8]
1780: William Legge[5]
1781: Bartholomew MacNaghten[5]
1782: Alexander MacManus[8]
1783: John Brown[12]
1784: John Crombie[5]
1785: Henry O'Hara[8]
1786: John Allen[5]
1787: Robert Gage[12]
1788: Henry W. Shaw[5]
1789: Charles Crymble[5]
George IV, 1820–1830 [ ]
1820: Edmund MacDonald[18]
1821: John Cromie[18]
1822: [18]
1823: William Wallace Legge[8]
1824: Francis Turnley[18] [19]
1825: George Hutchinson of Ballymoney[20]
1826: Alexander MacManus[8]
1827: John MacCance[21]
1828: Cunningham Gregg[22]
1829: Nicholas de la Cherois-Crommelin[12]
William IV, 1830–1837 [ ]
1830: Richard Magennis[5]
1831: George H. Macartney[5]
1832: Alexander McNeill[5]
1833: Charles O'Hara[8]
1834: David Kerr[5]
1835: Hugh Leckey of Beardiville[12]
1836: Edward Bruce of Scoutbush[10]
Victoria, 1837–1901 [ ]
1837: Edmund C. MacNaghten[5]
1838: James Owens[8]
1839: James Agnew[5]
1840: T. Gregg[5]
1841: [12]
1842: Alexander Henry Haliday [5]
1843: John MacNeill[5]
1844: John MacGildowney[5]
1845: John White[23]
1846: Thomas Morres Hamilton Jones of Moneyglass House[5]
1847: William Moore[8]
1848: [5]
1849: James Stewart Moore[24]
1850: Alexander Montgomery[25]
1851: James Thomson Tennant[5]
1852: Robert Smyth[12]
1853: Robert Alexander Shafto Adair, 1st Baron Waveney [5]
1854: James Edmund Leslie[8]
1855: Ambrose O'Rorke[8]
1856: Robert Grimshaw[8]
1857: David Stewart Ker of Montalto[12]
1858: Andrew Mulholland of Springvale, Ballywalter[26]
1859: George Gray[12]
1860: Henry Hugh McNeile[27]
1861: Henry H. H. O'Hara[28]
1862: Frederick Hugh Henry[29]
1863: John Young[30]
1864:
1865:
1866: William Thomas Bristow Lyons[12]
1867: Robert James Montgomery[12]
1868: Richard Henry Magenis[12]
Edward VII, 1901–1910 [ ]
George V, 1910–1936 [ ]
George VI, 1936–1952 [ ]
1937: James Stewart Moore[65]
1938: Robert Christopher Alexander[66]
1939: Anthony O'Brien Traill[67]
1940: Sir George Ernest Clark, 2nd Bt [68]
1941: David Cecil Lindsay[69]
1942: John Dermot Campbell [70]
1943: Sydney Adam McNeill[71]
1944: William Samson Moore[72]
1945: William Litton Rowland De Burgh Young[73]
1946: Arthur Cochran Herdman[74]
1947: Henry Adair Allen[75]
1948: Edward Stanley Clarke[76]
1949: Archibald Gordon Edward Turnley[77]
1950: Alexander James Henry Cramsie of O'harabrook, Ballymoney[78]
1951: Francis Casement[79]
Elizabeth II, 1952–present [ ]
See also [ ]
Notes [ ]
† Died in office
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^ "No. 497" . The Belfast Gazette . 2 January 1931. p. 2.
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^ "No. 602" . The Belfast Gazette . 6 January 1933. p. 627.
^ "No. 656" . The Belfast Gazette . 19 January 1934. p. 21.
^ "No. 707" . The Belfast Gazette . 11 January 1935. p. 13.
^ "No. 759" . The Belfast Gazette . 10 January 1936. p. 13.
^ "No. 811" . The Belfast Gazette . 8 January 1937. p. 9.
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^ "No. 1019" . The Belfast Gazette . 3 January 1941. p. 1.
^ "No. 1072" . The Belfast Gazette . 9 January 1942. p. 10.
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^ "No. 1906" . The Belfast Gazette . 3 January 1958. p. 2.
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^ "No. 2010" . The Belfast Gazette . 1 January 1960. p. 2.
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