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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“High on a throne of royal state, which far
Outshone the wealth of Ormus and of Ind,
Or where the gorgeous East with richest hand
Show’rs on her kings barbaric pearl and gold,
Satan exalted sat, by merit raised
To that bad eminence; and, from despair
Thus high uplifted beyond hope, aspires
Beyond thus high, insatiate to pursue
Vain war with Heav’n, and by success untaught,
His proud imaginations”
—John Milton (1608–1674)