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| Captain of the King's Bodyguard of the Yeomen of the Guard & Deputy Chief Whip of the House of Lords | |
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| Style | The Right Honourable |
| Appointer | Prime Minister |
| Formation | 1485 |
| First holder | John de Vere, 13th Earl of Oxford |
The Captain of the King's Bodyguard of the Yeomen of the Guard is a UK Government post usually held by the Government Deputy Chief Whip in the House of Lords.[1] The present Captain is The Baroness Wheeler, who was appointed to the position in the Starmer ministry in July 2024.
- ^ "Captains of the Yeoman of the Guard". Archived from the original on 2019-06-11. Retrieved 2010-01-20.