| Order |
Period of Appointment |
Office-Holder |
| 23 |
1998 - 2019 |
Mary Therese Winifred Robinson |
| 22 |
1985 - 1998 |
Francis Joseph Charles O’Reilly |
| 21 |
1982 – 1984 |
William Bedell Stanford |
| 20 |
1963 – 1982 |
Frederick Henry Boland |
| 19 |
1927 – 1963 |
Rupert Edward Cecil Lee Guinness, second Earl
of Iveagh |
| 18 |
1908 – 1927 |
Edward Cecil Guinness, first Earl of Iveagh |
| 17 |
1885 – 1908 |
Laurence Parsons, fourth Earl of Rosse |
| 16 |
1867 – 1885 |
Hugh McCalmont Cairns, first Earl of Cairns |
| 15 |
1862 – 1867 |
William Parsons, third Earl of Rosse |
| 14 |
1851 – 1862 |
John George De La Poer Beresford |
| 13 |
1805 – 1851 |
Ernest Augustus, Duke of Cumberland |
| 12 |
1771 – 1805 |
William Henry, first Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh |
| 11 |
1765 – 1771 |
John Russell, fourth Duke of Bedford |
| 10 |
1751 – 1765 |
William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland |
| 9 |
1728 – 1751 |
Frederick Louis, Prince of Wales |
| |
1727 – 1728 |
Vacant |
| 8 |
1716 – 1727 |
George Augustus, Prince of Wales (King George II (1727 - 60) |
| 7 |
1688 – 1716 |
James Butler, second Duke of Ormonde |
| 6 |
1645 – 1688 |
James Butler, twelfth Earl and first Duke of Ormonde |
| 5 |
1633 – 1645 |
William Laud, Archbishop of Canterbury |
| 4 |
1612 – 1633 |
George Abbot, Archbishop of Canterbury |
| 3 |
1601 – 1612 |
Robert Cecil |
| 2 |
1598 – 1601 |
Robert Devereux, second Earl of Essex |
| 1 |
1592 – 1598 |
William Cecil, Lord Burghley |
