His Majesty's Representative at Ascot

The holder of the British royal household post of His or Her Majesty's Representative at Ascot heads the Ascot Office at St. James's Palace and is responsible for admitting people to the Royal Enclosure at Ascot Racecourse.^[1]

List of representatives

Until 1901, the position was held by the Master of the Buckhounds. Since then, the incumbents have been named individuals, as follows:

1901–1934: Victor Spencer, 3rd Baron Churchill (1st Viscount Churchill from 1902)
1934–1945: Gavin Hamilton, 2nd Baron Hamilton of Dalzell, KT
1945–1972: Bernard Fitzalan-Howard, 16th Duke of Norfolk, KG GCVO GBE PC
1972–1984: Lieutenant-Colonel John Nevill, 5th Marquess of Abergavenny, KG OBE
1984–1997: Colonel Sir Piers Bengough, KCVO OBE DL
1997–2011: Peregrine Cavendish, Marquess of Hartington (12th Duke of Devonshire from 2004), KCVO CBE DL
2011–2020: Sir Johnny Weatherby, KCVO ^[2]
2020–present: Sir Francis Brooke, Bt

References

^ "Royal Ascot". The British Monarchy. Her Majesty's Representative at Ascot is responsible for all aspects of the Royal Enclosure and the Royal Family's attendance at Ascot.
^ "On Her Majesty's Service - Thoroughbred owner and breeder".

External links

Main Ascot website
Royal Ascot website
Royal Ascot Guide

Horse racing in Great Britain

Venues

National Hunt	Aintree Bangor-on-Dee Cartmel Cheltenham Exeter Fakenham Fontwell Park Hereford Hexham Huntingdon Kelso Ludlow Market Rasen Newton Abbot Perth Plumpton Sedgefield Stratford-on-Avon Taunton Uttoxeter Warwick Wincanton Worcester
Flat	Bath Beverley Brighton Chelmsford City Chester Epsom Downs Goodwood Great Yarmouth Hamilton Park Newmarket Nottingham Pontefract Redcar Ripon Salisbury Thirsk Windsor Wolverhampton York
Mixed	Ascot Ayr Carlisle Catterick Chepstow Doncaster Ffos Las Haydock Park Kempton Park Leicester Lingfield Park Musselburgh Newbury Newcastle Sandown Park Southwell Wetherby
Closed since 1945	Newport (1948) Colwall Park (1949) Buckfastleigh (1960) Hurst Park (1962) Manchester (1963) Woore (1963) Lewes (1964) Lincoln (1964) Bogside (1965) Birmingham (1965) Rothbury (1965) Alexandra Park (1970) Wye (1974) Lanark (1977) Stockton (1981) Folkestone (2012) Towcester (2019)