joint Lord Wardenship with Sir Thomas Cheney in 1545) William Brooke, 10th Baron Cobham Henry Brooke, 11th Baron Cobham (son of above) 1597 17th century Henry Howard, 1st Earl of Northampton 1604–1614 Robert Carr, 1st Earl of Somerset 1614–1615 Edward, Lord Zouche of Haryngworth 1615–1625 George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham 1625–1628 Theophilus Howard, 2nd Earl of Suffolk 1628–1640 James Stewart, Duke of Richmond and Lennox 1641–1642 Sir Edward Boys 1642–1646 Major John Boys 1646–1648 Sir Algernon Sydney 1648–1651 Colonel Thomas Kelsey 1651–1656 Admiral Robert Blake 1656–1657 Heneage Finch, 3rd Earl of Winchilsea 1660 (unconfirmed term; may have been father/son) James Stuart, Duke of York and Albany 1660–1673 Colonel John Beaumont 1673–1691 Henry Sydney, 1st Earl of Romney 1691–1702 18th century Prince George of Denmark 1702–1708 Lionel Sackville, 7th Earl of Dorset 1708–1712 (served two terms) James Butler, 2nd Duke of Ormonde 1712–1715 John Sidney, 6th Earl of Leicester 1717–1727 Lionel Sackville, 1st Duke of Dorset 1727–1765 Robert Darcy, 4th Earl of Holderness 1765–1778 Frederick North, Lord North (2nd Earl of Guilford from 1790) 1778–1792 William Pitt the Younger 1792–1806 19th century Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool 1806–1827 Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington 1829–1852 James Broun-Ramsay, 1st Marquess of Dalhousie 1853–1860 Henry Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston 1860–1865 Granville Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Granville 1865–1891 (not installed?) William Henry Smith 1891 (not installed?) Frederick Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, 1st Marquess of Dufferin and Ava 1892–1895 Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury 1895–1903 20th century George Curzon, 1st Baron Curzon of Kedleston 1905 The Prince George, Prince of Wales 1905–1907 Thomas Brassey, 1st Earl Brassey 1908–1913 William Lygon, 7th Earl Beauchamp 1913–1934 Rufus Isaacs, 1st Marquess of Reading 1934–1935 Freeman Freeman-Thomas, 1st Marquess of Willingdon 1936–1941 Sir Winston Churchill 1941–1965 (installed August 1946) Sir Robert Menzies 1965–1978 (installed July 1966) Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother 1978–2002 (installed August 1979) 21st century Admiral of the Fleet Michael Boyce, Baron Boyce 2004–2022 (installed April 2005) (vacant) 2022-present References Further reading External links Official Confederation of the Cinque Ports Cinque Ports 1155–1500 Flags of the World Website (at Main Mirror) Additional listing from www.eastkent Portrait of Sir Winston Churchill in uniform as Lord Warden, 1956. Honorary titles Ceremonial officers in the United Kingdom Cinque Ports