Clerk of the House of Commons

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The Clerk of the House of Commons is the chief executive of the House of Commons in the Parliament of the United Kingdom. His equivalent in the House of Lords is the Clerk of the Parliaments. The current Clerk of the House of Commons is Dr Malcolm Jack, who succeeded Sir Roger Sands KCB on 30 September 2006.

The Clerk is the head of the Clerk's Department, and the principal adviser to the Speaker on the House's privileges and procedures. The Clerk's other responsibilities relate to the conduct of the business of the House and its committees. The Clerk is also accounting officer for the House.

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[edit] List of Clerks of the House of Commons

[edit] 14th century

  • 1363 — Robert de Melton
  • 1385 — John de Scardeburgh

[edit] 15th century

  • 1414 — Thomas Haseley
  • 1440 — John Dale
  • 1461 — Thomas Bayen

[edit] 16th century

  • 1504 — Thomas Hylton
  • 1510 — William Underhill
  • 1515 — Robert Ormeston
  • 1547 — John Seymour
  • 1570 — Fulk Onslow

[edit] 17th century

  • 1603 — Ralph Ewens
  • 1611 — William Pinches
  • 1612 — John Wright
  • 1639 — Henry Elsyng the younger
  • 1649 — Henry Scobell
  • 1658 — John Smythe
  • 1659 — John Phelips
  • 1659 — Thomas St. Nicholas
  • 1660 — William Jessop
  • 1661 — William Goldsborough
  • 1678 — William Goldsborough the Younger
  • 1683 — Paul Jodrell

[edit] 18th century

  • 1727 — Edward Stables
  • 1732 — Nicholas Hardinge
  • 1748 — Jeremiah Dyson
  • 1762 — Thomas Tyrwhitt FRS
  • 1768 — John Hatsell

[edit] 19th century

  • 1820 — John Henry Ley
  • 1850 — Sir Denis Le Marchant Bt
  • 1871 — Rt Hon Sir Thomas Erskine May KCB
    • Subsequently, 1st Baron Farnborough
  • 1886 — Sir Reginald Palgrave KCB

[edit] 20th century

  • 1900 — Sir Archibald Milman KCB
  • 1902 — Sir Courtenay Ilbert KCB KCSI CIE
  • 1921 — Sir Thomas Lonsdale Webster KCB
  • 1930 — Sir Horace Dawkins KCB MBE
  • 1937 — Sir Gilbert Campion GCB
    • Subsequently, Lord Campion
  • 1948 — Sir Frederic Metcalfe KCB
  • 1954 — Sir Edward Fellowes KCB CMG MC
  • 1962 — Sir Barnett Cocks KCB OBE
  • 1974 — Sir David Lidderdale KCB
  • 1976 — Sir Richard Barlas KCB OBE
  • 1979 — Sir Charles Gordon KCB
  • 1983 — Sir Kenneth Bradshaw KCB
  • 1987 — Sir Clifford Boulton GCB
  • 1994 — Sir Donald Limon KCB
  • 1998 — Sir William McKay KCB

[edit] 21st century

  • 2003 — Sir Roger Sands KCB
  • 2006 — Dr Malcolm Jack

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