Clerk of the Parliaments

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The Clerk of the Parliaments is the chief clerk of the House of Lords in the Parliament of the United Kingdom. His equivalent in the House of Commons is the Clerk of the House of Commons. During the ceremony of prorogation of Parliament the Clerk has the responsibility of communicating to the House of Commons, standing at the Bar of the Chamber, the Royal Assent to the various Acts named by the Clerk of the Crown. He is appointed by The Queen on the advice of the Prime Minister.

[edit] Clerks of the Parliaments

• Michael Pownall, 2007-
• Sir Paul Hayter, KCB LVO 2003-2007
• Sir Michael Davies, KCB 1997-2003
• Sir Michael Wheeler-Booth, KCB 1991-1997
• Sir John Sainty, KCB 1983-1990^[1]
• Sir Peter Henderson, KCB 1974-1983 (created Lord Henderson of Brompton 1984)
• Sir David Stephens 1963-1974
• Sir Victor Goodman 1959-1963
• Sir Francis Lascelles 1953-1959
• Sir Robert Overbury 1949-1953
• Sir Henry Badeley 1934-1949 (created Lord Badeley 1949)
• Sir Edward Alderson 1930-1934
• Sir Arthur Thring 1917-1930
• Sir Henry Graham 1885-1917
• Sir William Rose 1875-1885
• John George Shaw-Lefevre 1855-1875
• George Henry Rose 1818-1855
• George Rose 1788-1818
• A Cowper 1740-1788
• W Cowper 1716-1740
• M Johnson 1691-1716
• J Browne 1660-1691
• H Scobell 1649-1660
• E Norgate 1644 (at Oxford)
• J Browne 1638-1644
• D Bedingfield 1637-1638
• T Knyvett 1635-1637
• H Elsynge 1621-1635
• R Bowyer 1609-1621
• T Smith 1597-1609
• A Mason
• F Spilman 1574-
• F Spilman
• Sir J Mason 1551-
• Sir J Mason 1550-1551
• T Knight
• W Paget 1543-
• W Paget 1541-1543
• T Soulement 1540-1541
• Edward North 1531-1540
• Sir B Tuke 1531-
• B Tuke 1523-1531
• J Taylor 1509-1523
• R Hatton 1496-1509
• J Morgan 1485-1496

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