The position of Earl Marshal had a Deputy called the Knight Marshal from the reign of Henry VIII until the office was abolished in 1846.
Deputy Earls Marshal have been named at various times, discharging the responsibilities of the office during the minority or infirmity of the Earl Marshal. Prior to an Act of Parliament in 1824, Protestant deputies were required when the Earl Marshal was a Roman Catholic.
- Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Carlisle 1673–?
- Charles Howard, 3rd Earl of Carlisle 1701–1706
- Henry Howard, 6th Earl of Suffolk, 1st Earl of Bindon 1706–1718
- Henry Bowes Howard, 4th Earl of Berkshire 1718–1725
- Talbot Yelverton, 1st Earl of Sussex 1725–1731
- Francis Howard, 1st Earl of Effingham 1731–1743
- Thomas Howard, 2nd Earl of Effingham 1743–1763
- Henry Howard, 12th Earl of Suffolk, 5th Earl of Berkshire 1763–1765
- Richard Lumley-Saunderson, 4th Earl of Scarbrough 1765–1777
- Thomas Howard, 3rd Earl of Effingham 1777–1782
- Charles Howard, Earl of Surrey 1782–1786
- Lord Henry Howard-Molyneux-Howard 1816–1824
- Lord Edward Fitzalan-Howard 1861–1868
- Edmund Fitzalan-Howard, 1st Viscount Fitzalan of Derwent 1917–1929
- Edward William Fitzalan-Howard, Earl of Arundel and Surrey 2000–2002
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