Registrar of the Baronetage

Registrar of the Baronetage
Incumbent
Ceri King LVO
since 2016
Ministry of Justice
AppointerThe Lord Chancellor[a]
Inaugural holderSir William Patrick Bruce
Formation1910
DeputyElaine Chilver,
Assistant Registrar of the Baronetage

The Registrar of the Baronetage is responsible for maintaining and updating the Official Roll of the Baronetage.[1]

History

List of Registrars

Registrar of the Baronetage
# Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)
Term of office Deputy Concurrent office(s) Ref.
1 Sir William Patrick Byrne
KCVOCB
(died 1935)
1910 1913 Robert Fröding Reynard
ISO
— [2]
2 Harry Butler Simpson
CB
(died 1940)
1913 1925 —
Percy Thomas Shorey
MBE
3 Arthur John Eagleston
CVO
(died 1944)
1925 1932 —
4 Sir Harry Robert Boyd
KCVOCBE
(died 1940)
1932 1940[†] —
Frederick James Dadd
KCVOCBE
— Frederick James Dadd
KCVOCBE
(died 1977)
1940 1945 Assistant Registrar of the Peerage
5 Sir Henry Austin Strutt
KCVOCB
(n/a)
1945 1961 —
G. R. Mayhew
William Edward Kocher
6 Ronald John Gruppy
(died 1967)
1661 1967[†] —
M. D. Tenten
7 N. F. Cairncross
(died 1969)
1967 1969[†] —
E. B. Cable
8 Philip J. Wodfield
(died 1970)
1969 1970[†] —
9 Kenneth P. Witney
(died 1976)
1970 1976[†] —
R. M. Gaines
Alan Durrant Bennett
MBE
10 Ralph F. D. Shuffrey
(n/a)
1976 1980 —
11 Geoffrey de Deney
(n/a)
1980 1984 —
A. Fitzgerald
Charles J. Goldie
12 Michael Head
CVO
(n/a)
1984 1991 —
Laurence Philip Little
Frederick John Perrin
Ian William Jardine
13 Robert M. Morris
(n/a)
1991 1996 —
Frances Geraldine Bright
14 Carolyn Sinclair
(n/a)
1996 2001 —
Sylvia Denise Brown
15 Paul Jenkins
(n/a)
2001 2003 —
Steven Henry Johnson
16 Andrew McDonald
(n/a)
2003 2005 Registrar of the Peerage
17 Ian Denyer
MVO
(n/a)
2006 2016
  • Head of the Crown Office
  • Deputy Clerk of the Crown in Chancery
  • Registrar of the Peerage
  • Clerk of the Chamber
Grant Ashley Bavister
18 Ceri King
LVO
(n/a)
2016 Incumbent Elaine Chilver
  • ^† Died in office.

References

  1. ^ "No. 28339". The London Gazette. 15 February 1910. pp. 1123–1124.
  2. ^ "List of Registrars of the Baronetage (Freedom of Information Request)" (PDF). WhatDoTheyKnow. 21 March 2021. Retrieved 14 April 2021.