REGISTRAR OF THE BARONETAGE

Registrar of the Baronetage
Registrar of the Baronetage
	Incumbent; Ceri King LVO; since 2016
	Ministry of Justice
Appointer	The Lord Chancellor
Inaugural holder	Sir William Patrick Bruce
Formation	1910
Deputy	Elaine Chilver,; Assistant Registrar of the Baronetage
	^ Previously the Secretary of State for the Home Department. ;

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
#	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	Robert Fröding Reynard ISO	—
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^[†]		—
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^[†]	William Edward Kocher	—
6	Ronald John Gruppy (died 1967)	1661	1967^[†]	M. D. Tenten	—
7	N. F. Cairncross (died 1969)	1967	1969^[†]	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	Charles J. Goldie	—
				Laurence Philip Little
				Frederick John Perrin
				Ian William Jardine
13	Robert M. Morris (n/a)	1991	1996	Ian William Jardine	—
13	Robert M. Morris (n/a)	1991	1996	Frances Geraldine Bright	—
14	Carolyn Sinclair (n/a)	1996	2001	Frances Geraldine Bright	—
14	Carolyn Sinclair (n/a)	1996	2001	Sylvia Denise Brown	—
15	Paul Jenkins (n/a)	2001	2003	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
17	Ian Denyer MVO (n/a)	2006	2016	Grant Ashley Bavister
18	Ceri King LVO (n/a)	2016	Incumbent	Elaine Chilver	Head of the Crown Office Deputy Clerk of the Crown in Chancery Registrar of the Peerage Clerk of the Chamber Deputy Clerk of the Privy Council Head of Secretariat

^† Died in office.

References

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

[1] Previously the Secretary of State for the Home Department.

[Warrant-2] "No. 28339". The London Gazette. 15 February 1910. pp. 1123–1124.

[Baronetage-3] "List of Registrars of the Baronetage (Freedom of Information Request)" (PDF). WhatDoTheyKnow. 21 March 2021. Retrieved 14 April 2021.

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Registrar of the Baronetage
Incumbent Ceri King LVO since 2016
Ministry of Justice
Appointer	The Lord Chancellor^[a]
Inaugural holder	Sir William Patrick Bruce
Formation	1910
Deputy	Elaine Chilver, Assistant Registrar of the Baronetage
^ Previously the Secretary of State for the Home Department.