Clerk of the Parliaments Totally Explained

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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.

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
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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