A Deputy Governor of the Bank of England is the holder of one of a small number of senior positions at the Bank of England, reporting directly to the Governor.

According to the original charter of 27 July 1694 the Bank's affairs would be supervised by a Governor, the Deputy Governor and 24 directors. Since then, however, the role of Deputy Governor has been split and redefined three times (by the Bank of England Act 1998, the Financial Services Act 2012 and again in 2014), such that, as of May 2016, there are four Deputy Governors (Sir Jon Cunliffe, Ben Broadbent, Sam Woods and Sir David Ramsden). They have special responsibility for financial stability, monetary policy, prudential regulation and markets and banking respectively. In 2013, the position of Chief Operating Officer (COO) was created and has the same status and remuneration as a Deputy Governor.

Under Schedule 1 of the Bank of England Act 1998 (as amended), Deputy Governors are appointed for five year terms, and are term-limited to two terms.

Deputy Governors of the Bank of England (1694–present)

As sole occupant (1694–1998) Name In office Michael Godfrey 1694–1695 Sir William Scawen 1695–1697 Nathaniel Tench 1697–1699 John Ward 1699–1701 Abraham Houblon 1701–1703 Sir James Bateman 1703–1705 Sir Francis Eyles 1705–1707 William Bouverie 1707–1709 Nathaniel Gould 1709–1711 John Rudge 1711–1713 Sir Peter Delme 1713–1715 Sir Gerard Conyers 1715–1717 John Hanger 1717–1719 Sir Thomas Scawen 1719–1721 Josiah Diston 1721–1723 William Thompson 1723–1725 Humphry Morice 1725–1727 Samuel Holden 1727–1729 Sir Edward Bellamy 1729–1731 John Olmius 1731 Horatio Townshend 1732–1733 Bryan Benson 1733–1735 Thomas Cooke 1735–1737 Nathaniel Gould 1737–1738 Delillers Carbonnel 1738–1740 Stamp Brooksbank 1740–1741 William Fawkener 1740–1743 Charles Savage 1743–1745 Benjamin Longuet 1745–1747 William Hunt 1747–1749 Benjamin Lethieullier 1749–1750 Alexander Sheafe 1750–1752 Charles Palmer 1752–1754 Matthews Beachcroft 1754–1756 Merrik Burrell 1756–1758 Bartholomew Burton 1758–1760 Robert Marsh 1760–1762 John Weyland 1762–1764 Matthew Clarmont 1764–1766 Samuel Fludyer 1766–1768 William Cooper 1768–1769 Edward Payne 1769–1771 James Sperling 1771–1773 Samuel Beachcroft 1773–1775 James Langston 1775–1776 Peter Gaussen 1776–1777 Daniel Booth 1777–1779 William Ewer 1779–1781 Richard Neave 1781–1783 George Peters 1783–1785 Edward Darell 1785–1787 Mark Weyland 1787–1789 Samuel Bosanquet 1789–1791 Godfrey Thornton 1791–1793 Daniel Giles 1793–1795 Thomas Raikes 1795–1797 Samuel Thornton 1797–1799 Job Mathew Raikes 1799–1801 Joseph Nutt 1801–1802 Benjamin Winthrop 1802–1804 Beeston Long 1804–1806 Brook Bart 1806–1807 John Whitmore 1807–1808 John Pearse 1808–1810 William Manning 1810–1812 William Mellish 1812–1814 Jeremiah Harman 1814–1816 George Dorrien 1816–1818 Charles Pole 1818–1820 John Bowden 1820–1822 Cornelius Buller 1822–1824 John Baker Richards 1824–1826 Samuel Drewe 1826–1828 John Palmer 1828–1830 Andrew Thomson 1830–1832 Richard Mee Raikes 1832–1833 James Pattison 1833–1834 Timothy Curtis 1834–1837 John Bart 1837–1839 Sir John Henry Pelly 1839–1841 William Cotton 1841–1842 John Benjamin Heath 1842–1845 William Robinson 1845–1847 James Morris 1847 Henry James Prescott 1847–1849 Thomson Hankey 1849–1851 John Hubbard 1851–1853 Thomas Matthias Weguelin 1853–1855 Sheffield Neave 1855–1857 Bonamy Dobrée 1857–1859 Alfred Latham 1859–1861 Kirkman Hodgson 1861–1863 Henry Lancelot Holland 1863–1865 Thomas Newman Hunt 1865–1867 Robert Wigram Crawford 1867–1869 George Lyall 1869–1871 Benjamin Buck Greene 1871–1873 Henry Hucks Gibbs 1873–1875 Edward Howley Palmer 1875–1877 John William Birch 1877–1879 Henry Riversdale Grenfell 1879–1881 John Saunders Gilliat 1881–1883 James Pattison Currie 1883–1885 Mark Wilks Collet 1885–1887 William Lidderdale 1877–1889 David Powell 1889–1892 Clifford Wigram 1892–1894 Albert George Sandeman 1894–1895 Hugh Colin Smith 1895–1897 Samuel Gladstone 1897–1899 Augustus Steuart Prevost 1899–1901 Samuel Hope Morley 1901–1903 Alexander Falconer Wallace 1903–1905 William Middleton Campbell 1905–1907 Edgar Lubbock 1907 Reginald Eden Johnston 1907–1909 Alfred Clayton Cole 1909–1911 Lord Walter Cunliffe 1911–1913 Robert Newman 1913–1915 Sir Brien Cokayne 1915–1918 Sir Montagu Collet Norman 1918–1920 Henry Trotter 1920–1923 Cecil Lubbock 1923–1925 Alan Garrett Anderson 1925–1926 Henry Trotter 1926–1927 Cecil Lubbock 1927–1929 Ernest Musgrave Harvey 1929–1936 Basil G. Catterns 1936–1945 Cameron Cobbold 1945–1949 Dallas Bernard 1949–1954 Humphrey Mynors 1954–1964 Leslie O'Brien 1964–1966 Maurice Parsons 1966–1970 Jasper Hollom 1970–1980 Christopher McMahon 1980–1986 George Blunden 1986–1990 Sir Edward George 1990–1993 Rupert Pennant-Rea 1993–1995 Howard Davies 1995–1997 David Clementi 1997–1998

With specific responsibility (1998–present) The Bank of England Act 1998, which came into force on 1 June 1998, created a second Deputy Governorship. Clementi became Deputy Governor for Financial Stability for the rest of his term, and Mervyn King became the first Deputy Governor for Monetary Policy.

Financial StabilityMonetary PolicyPrudential RegulationMarkets and Banking Name In office Name In office Name In office Name In office David Clementi 1998–2002 Mervyn King 1998–2003 Andrew Large 2002–2006 Rachel Lomax 2003–2008 John Gieve 2006–2009 Charlie Bean 2008–2014 Paul Tucker 2009–2013 Financial Services Act 2012 creates new Deputy Governor for Prudential Regulation Paul Tucker 2009–2013 Charlie Bean 2008–2014 Andrew Bailey 2013–2016 Jon Cunliffe 2013– Deputy Governor for Markets and Banking created Jon Cunliffe 2013–2023 Ben Broadbent 2014–2024 Andrew Bailey 2013–2016 Nemat Shafik 2014–2017 Sarah Breeden 2023– Clare Lombardelli 2024– Sam Woods 2016– Charlotte Hogg 2017 Sir David Ramsden 2017–

Chief operating officers In June 2013, the position of chief operating officer (COO) of the Bank of England was created. The COO has responsibility for the day-to-day operations of the Bank. They have the same status and remuneration as a Deputy Governor.

Name In office Charlotte Hogg 2013–2017 Joanna Place 2017–present

See also Chief Cashier of the Bank of England Governor of the Bank of England

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