| His Highness Prince Rupert | 1670-1683 |
| H.R.H. James, Duke of York (afterwards King James II.) | 1683-1685 |
| John, Lord Churchill (afterwards Duke of Marlborough) | 1685-1691 |
| Sir Stephen Evance, Kt. | 1691-1696 |
| The Rt. Hon. Sir William Trumbull | 1696-1700 |
| Sir Stephen Evance, Kt. | 1700-1712 |
| Sir Bibye Lake, Bart. | 1712-1743 |
| Benjamin Pitt | 1743-1746 |
| Thomas Knapp | 1746-1750 |
| Sir Atwell Lake, Bart. | 1750-1760 |
| Sir William Baker, Kt. | 1760-1770 |
| Bibye Lake | 1770-1782 |
| Samuel Wegg | 1782-1799 |
| Sir James Winter Lake, Bart. | 1799-1807 |
| William Mainwaring | 1807-1812 |
| Joseph Berens, Junior | 1812-1822 |
| Sir John Henry Pelly, Bart. | 1822-1852 |
| Andrew Colville | 1852-1856 |
| John Shepherd | 1856-1858 |
| Henry Hulse Berens | 1858-1863 |
| Rt. Hon. Sir Edmund Walker Head, Bart., K.C.B. | 1863-1868 |
| Rt. Hon. The Earl of Kimberley | 1868-1869 |
| Rt. Hon. Sir Stafford H. Northcote, Bart., M.P. (Earl of
Iddesleigh) | 1869-1874 |
| Rt. Hon. George Joachim Goschen, M.P. | 1874-1880 |
| Eden Colville | 1880-1889 |
| Lord Strathcona and Mount Royal, G.C.M.G. | 1889- |