Astronomers Royal
- 1675–1719 John Flamsteed
- 1720–1742 Edmond Halley
- 1742–1762 James Bradley
- 1762–1764 Nathaniel Bliss
- 1765–1811 Nevil Maskelyne
- 1811–1835 John Pond
- 1835–1881 Sir George Biddell Airy
- 1881–1910 Sir William Christie
- 1910–1933 Sir Frank Dyson
- 1933–1955 Sir Harold Spencer Jones
- 1956–1971 Richard van der Riet Woolley
- 1972–1982 Sir Martin Ryle
- 1982–1990 Sir Francis Graham-Smith
- 1991–1995 Sir Arnold Wolfendale
- 1995–present Martin Rees, Baron Rees of Ludlow
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