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It is nominally a <a href="/wiki/Civil_service" title="Civil service">civil service</a> post, but the appointment tends to be from within the bank, with the incumbent grooming a successor. The governor of the Bank of England is also chairman of the <a href="/wiki/Monetary_Policy_Committee_(United_Kingdom)" title="Monetary Policy Committee (United Kingdom)">Monetary Policy Committee</a>, with a major role in guiding national economic and monetary policy, and is therefore one of the most important public officials in the <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a>. </p><table class="infobox"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size: 125%;">Governor of the<br>Bank of England</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image" style="padding-bottom:0.4em; border-bottom:solid 1px var( --border-color-subtle, #c8ccd1 );"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Bank_of_England_logo.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/7/72/Bank_of_England_logo.svg/125px-Bank_of_England_logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="125" height="125" class="mw-file-element" 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data-file-height="195"></a></span></div><div style="display:inline;font-weight:bold;">Incumbent<br><a href="/wiki/Andrew_Bailey_(banker)" title="Andrew Bailey (banker)">Andrew Bailey</a><br></div>since 16 March 2020</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><a href="/wiki/Monetary_Policy_Committee_(United_Kingdom)" title="Monetary Policy Committee (United Kingdom)">Monetary Policy Committee</a><br><a href="/wiki/Bank_of_England" title="Bank of England">Governor and Company of the Bank of England</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Official_residence" title="Official residence">Residence</a></th><td class="infobox-data">London, United Kingdom</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Appointer</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Chancellor_of_the_Exchequer" title="Chancellor of the Exchequer">Chancellor of the Exchequer</a><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with the approval of the <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Prime Minister of the United Kingdom">Prime Minister</a><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the <a href="/wiki/British_Monarchy" class="mw-redirect" title="British Monarchy">Monarch</a><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Term_of_office" title="Term of office">Term length</a></th><td class="infobox-data">8 years<br> <small>Renewable once</small></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Inaugural holder</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/John_Houblon" title="John Houblon">Sir John Houblon</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Formation</th><td class="infobox-data">1694</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Salary</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/GBP" class="mw-redirect" title="GBP">£</a>495 000 <sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.bankofengland.co.uk/about/people/andrew-bailey/biography">Governor of the Bank of England</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>According to the original charter of 27 July 1694 the bank's affairs would be supervised by a governor, a deputy governor, and 24 directors.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In its current incarnation, the bank's <a href="/wiki/Bank_of_England#Court_of_Directors" title="Bank of England">Court of Directors</a> has 12 (or up to 14) members, of whom five are various designated executives of the bank.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The 121st and current governor is <a href="/wiki/Andrew_Bailey_(banker)" title="Andrew Bailey (banker)">Andrew Bailey</a>, who began his term in March 2020.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div id="toc" class="toc" role="navigation" aria-labelledby="mw-toc-heading"><input type="checkbox" role="button" id="toctogglecheckbox" class="toctogglecheckbox" style="display:none"><div class="toctitle" lang="en" dir="ltr"><h2 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id="Governors_of_the_Bank_of_England_(1694–present)"><span id="Governors_of_the_Bank_of_England_.281694.E2.80.93present.29"></span>Governors of the Bank of England (1694–present)</h2><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Governor_of_the_Bank_of_England&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Governors of the Bank of England (1694–present)" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div><section class="mf-section-1 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-1"> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>No. </th> <th>Name</th> <th>In office </th></tr> <tr> <td>1 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Houblon" title="John Houblon">Sir John Houblon</a></td> <td>1694–1697 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/William_Scawen_(banker)" title="William Scawen (banker)">Sir William Scawen</a></td> <td>1697–1699 </td></tr> <tr> <td>3 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Nathaniel_Tench" title="Nathaniel Tench">Nathaniel Tench</a></td> <td>1699–1701 </td></tr> <tr> <td>4 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Ward_(banker)" title="John Ward (banker)">John Ward</a></td> <td>1701–1703 </td></tr> <tr> <td>5 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Abraham_Houblon" title="Abraham Houblon">Abraham Houblon</a></td> <td>1703–1705 </td></tr> <tr> <td>6 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/James_Bateman_(banker)" title="James Bateman (banker)">Sir James Bateman</a></td> <td>1705–1707 </td></tr> <tr> <td>7 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sir_Francis_Eyles,_1st_Baronet" title="Sir Francis Eyles, 1st Baronet">Francis Eyles</a></td> <td>1707–1709 </td></tr> <tr> <td>8 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sir_Gilbert_Heathcote,_1st_Baronet" title="Sir Gilbert Heathcote, 1st Baronet">Sir Gilbert Heathcote</a></td> <td>1709–1711 </td></tr> <tr> <td>9 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Nathaniel_Gould_(1661%E2%80%931728)" title="Nathaniel Gould (1661–1728)">Nathaniel Gould</a></td> <td>1711–1713 </td></tr> <tr> <td>10 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Rudge_(banker)" title="John Rudge (banker)">John Rudge</a></td> <td>1713–1715 </td></tr> <tr> <td>11 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Peter_Delm%C3%A9_(banker)" title="Peter Delmé (banker)">Sir Peter Delmé</a></td> <td>1715–1717 </td></tr> <tr> <td>12 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gerard_Conyers" title="Gerard Conyers">Sir Gerard Conyers</a></td> <td>1717–1719 </td></tr> <tr> <td>13 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Hanger_(banker)" title="John Hanger (banker)">John Hanger</a></td> <td>1719–1721 </td></tr> <tr> <td>14 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Scawen" title="Thomas Scawen">Sir Thomas Scawen</a></td> <td>1721–1723 </td></tr> <tr> <td>15 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sir_Gilbert_Heathcote,_1st_Baronet" title="Sir Gilbert Heathcote, 1st Baronet">Sir Gilbert Heathcote</a></td> <td>1723–1725 </td></tr> <tr> <td>16 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/William_Thompson_(banker)" title="William Thompson (banker)">William Thompson</a></td> <td>1725–1727 </td></tr> <tr> <td>17 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Humphry_Morice_(Governor_of_the_Bank_of_England)" title="Humphry Morice (Governor of the Bank of England)">Humphry Morice</a></td> <td>1727–1729 </td></tr> <tr> <td>18 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Samuel_Holden" title="Samuel Holden">Samuel Holden</a></td> <td>1729–1731 </td></tr> <tr> <td>19 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Edward_Bellamy_(banker)" title="Edward Bellamy (banker)">Sir Edward Bellamy</a></td> <td>1731–1733 </td></tr> <tr> <td>20 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Horatio_Townshend" title="Horatio Townshend">Horatio Townshend</a></td> <td>1733–1735 </td></tr> <tr> <td>21 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bryan_Benson" title="Bryan Benson">Bryan Benson</a></td> <td>1735–1737 </td></tr> <tr> <td>22 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Cooke_(banker)" title="Thomas Cooke (banker)">Thomas Cooke</a></td> <td>1737–1740 </td></tr> <tr> <td>23 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Delillers_Carbonnel" title="Delillers Carbonnel">Delillers Carbonnel</a></td> <td>1740–1741 </td></tr> <tr> <td>24 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Stamp_Brooksbank" title="Stamp Brooksbank">Stamp Brooksbank</a></td> <td>1741–1743 </td></tr> <tr> <td>25 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/William_Fawkener_(banker)" title="William Fawkener (banker)">William Fawkener</a></td> <td>1743–1745 </td></tr> <tr> <td>26 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Charles_Savage_(banker)" title="Charles Savage (banker)">Charles Savage</a></td> <td>1745–1747 </td></tr> <tr> <td>27 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Longuet" title="Benjamin Longuet">Benjamin Longuet</a></td> <td>1747–1749 </td></tr> <tr> <td>28 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/William_Hunt_(banker)" title="William Hunt (banker)">William Hunt</a></td> <td>1749–1752 </td></tr> <tr> <td>29 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Alexander_Sheafe" title="Alexander Sheafe">Alexander Sheafe</a></td> <td>1752–1754 </td></tr> <tr> <td>30 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Charles_Palmer_(banker)" title="Charles Palmer (banker)">Charles Palmer</a></td> <td>1754–1756 </td></tr> <tr> <td>31 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Matthews_Beachcroft" title="Matthews Beachcroft">Matthews Beachcroft</a></td> <td>1756–1758 </td></tr> <tr> <td>32 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Merrik_Burrell" title="Merrik Burrell">Merrik Burrell</a></td> <td>1758–1760 </td></tr> <tr> <td>33 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bartholomew_Burton" title="Bartholomew Burton">Bartholomew Burton</a></td> <td>1760–1762 </td></tr> <tr> <td>34 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Robert_Marsh_(banker)" title="Robert Marsh (banker)">Robert Marsh</a></td> <td>1762–1764 </td></tr> <tr> <td>35 </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Weyland_(banker)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="John Weyland (banker) (page does not exist)">John Weyland</a></td> <td>1764–1766 </td></tr> <tr> <td>36 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Matthew_Clarmont" title="Matthew Clarmont">Matthew Clarmont</a></td> <td>1766–1769 </td></tr> <tr> <td>37 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/William_Cooper_(banker)" title="William Cooper (banker)">William Cooper</a></td> <td>1769–1771 </td></tr> <tr> <td>38 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Edward_Payne_(banker)" title="Edward Payne (banker)">Edward Payne</a></td> <td>1771–1773 </td></tr> <tr> <td>39 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/James_Sperling" title="James Sperling">James Sperling</a></td> <td>1773–1775 </td></tr> <tr> <td>40 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Samuel_Beachcroft" title="Samuel Beachcroft">Samuel Beachcroft</a></td> <td>1775–1777 </td></tr> <tr> <td>41 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Peter_Gaussen" title="Peter Gaussen">Peter Gaussen</a></td> <td>1777–1779 </td></tr> <tr> <td>42 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Daniel_Booth" title="Daniel Booth">Daniel Booth</a></td> <td>1779–1781 </td></tr> <tr> <td>43 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/William_Ewer_(banker)" title="William Ewer (banker)">William Ewer</a></td> <td>1781–1783 </td></tr> <tr> <td>44 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sir_Richard_Neave,_1st_Baronet" title="Sir Richard Neave, 1st Baronet">Richard Neave</a></td> <td>1783–1785 </td></tr> <tr> <td>45 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/George_Peters_(banker)" title="George Peters (banker)">George Peters</a></td> <td>1785–1787 </td></tr> <tr> <td>46 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Edward_Darell" title="Edward Darell">Edward Darell</a></td> <td>1787–1789 </td></tr> <tr> <td>47 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mark_Weyland" title="Mark Weyland">Mark Weyland</a></td> <td>1789–1791 </td></tr> <tr> <td>48 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Samuel_Bosanquet" title="Samuel Bosanquet">Samuel Bosanquet</a></td> <td>1791–1793 </td></tr> <tr> <td>49 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Godfrey_Thornton" title="Godfrey Thornton">Godfrey Thornton</a></td> <td>1793–1795 </td></tr> <tr> <td>50 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Daniel_Giles" title="Daniel Giles">Daniel Giles</a></td> <td>1795–1797 </td></tr> <tr> <td>51 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Raikes" title="Thomas Raikes">Thomas Raikes</a></td> <td>1797–1799 </td></tr> <tr> <td>52 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Samuel_Thornton_(MP)" title="Samuel Thornton (MP)">Samuel Thornton</a></td> <td>1799–1801 </td></tr> <tr> <td>53 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Job_Mathew_Raikes" title="Job Mathew Raikes">Job Mathew Raikes</a></td> <td>1801–1802 </td></tr> <tr> <td>54 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Nutt_(banker)" title="Joseph Nutt (banker)">Joseph Nutt</a></td> <td>1802–1804 </td></tr> <tr> <td>55 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Winthrop" title="Benjamin Winthrop">Benjamin Winthrop</a></td> <td>1804–1806 </td></tr> <tr> <td>56 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Beeston_Long" title="Beeston Long">Beeston Long</a></td> <td>1806–1808 </td></tr> <tr> <td>57 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Whitmore_(banker)" title="John Whitmore (banker)">John Whitmore</a></td> <td>1808–1810 </td></tr> <tr> <td>58 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Pearse_(politician)" title="John Pearse (politician)">John Pearse</a></td> <td>1810–1812 </td></tr> <tr> <td>59 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/William_Manning_(British_politician)" title="William Manning (British politician)">William Manning</a></td> <td>1812–1814 </td></tr> <tr> <td>60 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/William_Mellish_(banker)" title="William Mellish (banker)">William Mellish</a></td> <td>1814–1816 </td></tr> <tr> <td>61 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jeremiah_Harman" title="Jeremiah Harman">Jeremiah Harman</a></td> <td>1816–1818 </td></tr> <tr> <td>62 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/George_Dorrien" title="George Dorrien">George Dorrien</a></td> <td>1818–1820 </td></tr> <tr> <td>63 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Admiral_of_the_Fleet_(Royal_Navy)" title="Admiral of the Fleet (Royal Navy)">Admiral of the Fleet</a> <a href="/wiki/Sir_Charles_Pole,_1st_Baronet" title="Sir Charles Pole, 1st Baronet">Sir Charles Pole</a></td> <td>1820–1822 </td></tr> <tr> <td>64 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Bowden_(banker)" title="John Bowden (banker)">John Bowden</a></td> <td>1822–1824 </td></tr> <tr> <td>65 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Cornelius_Buller" title="Cornelius Buller">Cornelius Buller</a></td> <td>1824–1826 </td></tr> <tr> <td>66 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Baker_Richards" title="John Baker Richards">John Baker Richards</a></td> <td>1826–1828 </td></tr> <tr> <td>67 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Samuel_Drewe" title="Samuel Drewe">Samuel Drewe</a></td> <td>1828–1830 </td></tr> <tr> <td>68 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Horsley_Palmer" title="John Horsley Palmer">John Horsley Palmer</a></td> <td>1830–1833 </td></tr> <tr> <td>69 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Richard_Mee_Raikes" title="Richard Mee Raikes">Richard Mee Raikes</a></td> <td>1833–1834 </td></tr> <tr> <td>70 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/James_Pattison_(banker)" title="James Pattison (banker)">James Pattison</a></td> <td>1834–1837 </td></tr> <tr> <td>71 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Timothy_Abraham_Curtis" title="Timothy Abraham Curtis">Timothy Abraham Curtis</a></td> <td>1837–1839 </td></tr> <tr> <td>72 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sir_John_Reid,_2nd_Baronet" title="Sir John Reid, 2nd Baronet">Sir John Reid</a></td> <td>1839–1841 </td></tr> <tr> <td>73 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Pelly" title="John Pelly">Sir John Pelly</a></td> <td>1841–1842 </td></tr> <tr> <td>74 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/William_Cotton_(banker)" title="William Cotton (banker)">William Cotton</a></td> <td>1842–1845 </td></tr> <tr> <td>75 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Benjamin_Heath" title="John Benjamin Heath">John Benjamin Heath</a></td> <td>1845–1847 </td></tr> <tr> <td>76 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/William_Robinson_(banker)" title="William Robinson (banker)">William Robinson</a></td> <td>April–August 1847 </td></tr> <tr> <td>77 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/James_Morris_(banker)" title="James Morris (banker)">James Morris</a></td> <td>1847–1849 </td></tr> <tr> <td>78 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Henry_James_Prescott" title="Henry James Prescott">Henry James Prescott</a></td> <td>1849–1851 </td></tr> <tr> <td>79 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Thomson_Hankey" title="Thomson Hankey">Thomson Hankey</a></td> <td>1851–1853 </td></tr> <tr> <td>80 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Hubbard,_1st_Baron_Addington" title="John Hubbard, 1st Baron Addington">John Hubbard</a></td> <td>1853–1855 </td></tr> <tr> <td>81 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Matthias_Weguelin" title="Thomas Matthias Weguelin">Thomas Matthias Weguelin</a></td> <td>1855–1857 </td></tr> <tr> <td>82 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sheffield_Neave" title="Sheffield Neave">Sheffield Neave</a></td> <td>1857–1859 </td></tr> <tr> <td>83 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bonamy_Dobr%C3%A9e_(banker)" title="Bonamy Dobrée (banker)">Bonamy Dobrée</a></td> <td>1859–1861 </td></tr> <tr> <td>84 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Alfred_Latham" title="Alfred Latham">Alfred Latham</a></td> <td>1861–1863 </td></tr> <tr> <td>85 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kirkman_Hodgson" title="Kirkman Hodgson">Kirkman Hodgson</a></td> <td>1863–1865 </td></tr> <tr> <td>86 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Henry_Lancelot_Holland" title="Henry Lancelot Holland">Henry Lancelot Holland</a></td> <td>1865–1867 </td></tr> <tr> <td>87 </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Thomas_Newman_Hunt&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Thomas Newman Hunt (page does not exist)">Thomas Newman Hunt</a></td> <td>1867–1869 </td></tr> <tr> <td>88 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Robert_Wigram_Crawford" title="Robert Wigram Crawford">Robert Wigram Crawford</a></td> <td>1869–1871 </td></tr> <tr> <td>89 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/George_Lyall_(1819%E2%80%931881)" title="George Lyall (1819–1881)">George Lyall</a></td> <td>1871–1873 </td></tr> <tr> <td>90 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Buck_Greene" title="Benjamin Buck Greene">Benjamin Buck Greene</a></td> <td>1873–1875 </td></tr> <tr> <td>91 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hucks_Gibbs,_1st_Baron_Aldenham" title="Hucks Gibbs, 1st Baron Aldenham">Hucks Gibbs</a></td> <td>1875–1877 </td></tr> <tr> <td>92 </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Edward_Howley_Palmer&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Edward Howley Palmer (page does not exist)">Edward Howley Palmer</a></td> <td>1877–1879 </td></tr> <tr> <td>93 </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_William_Birch&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="John William Birch (page does not exist)">John William Birch</a></td> <td>1879–1881 </td></tr> <tr> <td>94 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Henry_Grenfell" title="Henry Grenfell">Henry Grenfell</a></td> <td>1881–1883 </td></tr> <tr> <td>95 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Saunders_Gilliat" title="John Saunders Gilliat">John Saunders Gilliat</a></td> <td>1883–1885 </td></tr> <tr> <td>96 </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=James_Pattison_Currie&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="James Pattison Currie (page does not exist)">James Pattison Currie</a></td> <td>1885–1887 </td></tr> <tr> <td>97 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sir_Mark_Collet,_1st_Baronet" title="Sir Mark Collet, 1st Baronet">Mark Collet</a></td> <td>1887–1889 </td></tr> <tr> <td>98 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/William_Lidderdale" title="William Lidderdale">William Lidderdale</a></td> <td>1889–1892 </td></tr> <tr> <td>99 </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=David_Powell_(banker)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="David Powell (banker) (page does not exist)">David Powell</a></td> <td>1892–1895 </td></tr> <tr> <td>100 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Albert_George_Sandeman" title="Albert George Sandeman">Albert George Sandeman</a></td> <td>1895–1897 </td></tr> <tr> <td>101 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hugh_Colin_Smith" title="Hugh Colin Smith">Hugh Colin Smith</a></td> <td>1897–1899 </td></tr> <tr> <td>102 </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Samuel_Steuart_Gladstone&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Samuel Steuart Gladstone (page does not exist)">Samuel Steuart Gladstone</a></td> <td>1899–1901 </td></tr> <tr> <td>103 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Augustus_Prevost" title="Augustus Prevost">Sir Augustus Prevost</a></td> <td>1901–1903 </td></tr> <tr> <td>104 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Samuel_Morley,_1st_Baron_Hollenden" title="Samuel Morley, 1st Baron Hollenden">Samuel Morley</a></td> <td>1903–1905 </td></tr> <tr> <td>105 </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Alexander_Falconer_Wallace&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Alexander Falconer Wallace (page does not exist)">Alexander Falconer Wallace</a></td> <td>1905–1907 </td></tr> <tr> <td>106 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/William_Middleton_Campbell" title="William Middleton Campbell">William Middleton Campbell</a></td> <td>1907–1909 </td></tr> <tr> <td>107 </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Reginald_Eden_Johnston&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Reginald Eden Johnston (page does not exist)">Reginald Eden Johnston</a></td> <td>1909–1911 </td></tr> <tr> <td>108 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Alfred_Clayton_Cole" title="Alfred Clayton Cole">Alfred Clayton Cole</a></td> <td>1911–1913 </td></tr> <tr> <td>109 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Walter_Cunliffe,_1st_Baron_Cunliffe" title="Walter Cunliffe, 1st Baron Cunliffe">Walter Cunliffe</a></td> <td>1913–1918 </td></tr> <tr> <td>110 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Brien_Cokayne,_1st_Baron_Cullen_of_Ashbourne" title="Brien Cokayne, 1st Baron Cullen of Ashbourne">Brien Cokayne</a></td> <td>1918–1920 </td></tr> <tr> <td>111 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Montagu_Norman,_1st_Baron_Norman" title="Montagu Norman, 1st Baron Norman">Montagu Norman</a></td> <td>1920–1944 </td></tr> <tr> <td>112 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Catto,_1st_Baron_Catto" title="Thomas Catto, 1st Baron Catto">Lord Catto</a></td> <td>1944–1949 </td></tr> <tr> <td>113 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Cameron_Cobbold,_1st_Baron_Cobbold" title="Cameron Cobbold, 1st Baron Cobbold">Lord Cobbold</a></td> <td>1949–1961 </td></tr> <tr> <td>114 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rowland_Baring,_3rd_Earl_of_Cromer" title="Rowland Baring, 3rd Earl of Cromer">Lord Cromer</a></td> <td>1961–1966 </td></tr> <tr> <td>115 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Leslie_O%27Brien,_Baron_O%27Brien_of_Lothbury" title="Leslie O'Brien, Baron O'Brien of Lothbury">Sir Leslie O'Brien</a></td> <td>1966–1973 </td></tr> <tr> <td>116 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gordon_Richardson,_Baron_Richardson_of_Duntisbourne" title="Gordon Richardson, Baron Richardson of Duntisbourne">Gordon Richardson</a></td> <td>1973–1983 </td></tr> <tr> <td>117 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Robin_Leigh-Pemberton,_Baron_Kingsdown" title="Robin Leigh-Pemberton, Baron Kingsdown">Robin Leigh-Pemberton</a></td> <td>1983–1993 </td></tr> <tr> <td>118 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Edward_George,_Baron_George" title="Edward George, Baron George">Sir Edward George</a></td> <td>1993–2003 </td></tr> <tr> <td>119 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mervyn_King,_Baron_King_of_Lothbury" title="Mervyn King, Baron King of Lothbury">Sir Mervyn King</a></td> <td>2003–2013 </td></tr> <tr> <td>120 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mark_Carney" title="Mark Carney">Mark Carney</a></td> <td>2013–2020 </td></tr> <tr> <td>121 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Andrew_Bailey_(banker)" title="Andrew Bailey (banker)">Andrew Bailey</a></td> <td>2020–present </td></tr></tbody></table> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(2)"><span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span><h2 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