1578–1590

Thomas Blagrave

1594–1595

Robert Adams

1597–1604 William Spicer

1604–1606

David Cunninghame of Robertland

1606–1615

Simon Basil

1615–1643

Inigo Jones

1643–1653 Edward Carter

1653–1660 John Embree

1660–1669

Sir John Denham

1669–1718

Christopher Wren

1718–1719

William Benson

1719–1726

Sir Thomas Hewett

1726–1737

Richard Arundell

1737–1743

Henry Fox

1743–1760

Henry Finch

1760–1768

Thomas Worsley

1779–1782

Whitshed Keene

1423–1452 Robert Shiryngton

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1456–1461 Peter Idley

[3]

1597–1606

Simon Basil

1606–1641

Thomas Baldwin

1641–1668

James Wethered

1668–1684

Hugh May

1689–1702

William Talman

1702–1726

John Vanbrugh

1726–1758

Thomas Ripley

1758–1769

Henry Flitcroft

1769–1782

William Chambers

1782–1796

William Chambers

1796–1813

James Wyatt

1718–1719 (dismissed)

Colen Campbell

1719–1735 Westby Gill (promoted)

1735–1748 (died in post)

William Kent

1748–1758 (promoted)

Henry Flitcroft

1758–1780 Stephen Wright (died in post)

1780–1782

Robert Taylor

1660–1690 Andrew Lawrence

1690–1715 Michael Studholme

1716–1731 William Watkins

1731–1737

Richard Arundell

1737–1756

Thomas Ripley

1756–1757

John Offley

1757–1760

Sir Henry Erskine, 5th Baronet

1760–1771

Hon. Edward Finch

1771–1772

Thomas Whateley

1772–1782

Hon. Henry Fane

1660–1670

Adrian May

1670–1684

Hugh May

1689–1700

William Bentinck, 1st Earl of Portland

1700–1702

Richard Jones, 1st Earl of Ranelagh

1715–1726

John Vanbrugh

1726–1737

Charles Dartiquenave

1738–1760

Thomas Hervey

1761–1763

George Onslow, 1st Earl of Onslow

1763–1763

Lord Charles Spencer

1763–1764 John Marshe Dickinson

1764–1769

Charles Cadogan, 1st Earl Cadogan

1770–1782 William Varey

1660–1668

Hugh May

1668–1686

Philip Packer

1686–1706 Thomas Lloyd

1706–1726

Charles Dartiquenave

1726–1738

Hugh Howard

1738–1741

John Harris

1741–1742

Sir Robert Brown, 1st Baronet

1742–1743

Sir Charles Gilmour, 2nd Baronet

1743–1755

Denzil Onslow

1755–1782

George Augustus Selwyn

1761–1769

Sir William Chambers

1761–1769

Robert Adam

1769–1777

Sir Robert Taylor

1769–1782

James Adam

1777–1780

Thomas Sandby

1780–1782

James Paine

1715–1718

Nicholas Hawksmoor

1718–1719

Benjamin Benson

1719–1726 John Hallam

1726–1736 Nicholas Hawksmoor

1736–1766

Isaac Ware

1766–1775 William Robinson

1775–1782

Kenton Couse

A Biographical Dictionary of British Architects, 1600-1840 (1997) ISBN 0-300-07207-4

H. M. Colvin

H. M. Colvin

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Parliamentary Archives, Records of the Office of Works, 1378-1940