Editing Astronomer Royal (section)

==Astronomers Royal==
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! # !! Image !! Name !! Start year !! End year ||  class="unsortable"| Reference
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| 1. || [[File:John Flamsteed 1702.jpg|100px]] || [[John Flamsteed]] || 1675 || 1719 || <ref name="forbes1975"/><ref name="monarchywebsite"/>
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| 2. || [[File:Edmond Halley 072.jpg|100px]] || [[Edmond Halley]] || 1720 || 1742 || <ref name="forbes1975"/><ref name="monarchywebsite"/>
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| 3. || [[File:James Bradley by Thomas Hudson.jpg|100px]] || [[James Bradley]] || 1742 || 1762 || <ref name="forbes1975"/><ref name="monarchywebsite"/>
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| 4. || [[File:The Reverend Nathaniel Bliss.jpg|100px]] || [[Nathaniel Bliss]] || 1762 || 1764 || <ref name="forbes1975"/><ref name="monarchywebsite"/>
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| 5. || [[File:Maskelyne Nevil.jpg|100px]] || [[Nevil Maskelyne]] || 1765 || 1811 || <ref name="forbes1975"/><ref name="monarchywebsite"/>
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| 6. ||  || [[John Pond]] || 1811 || 1835 || <ref name="forbes1975"/><ref name="monarchywebsite"/>
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| 7. || [[File:George Biddell Airy 1891.jpg|100px]] || Sir [[George Biddell Airy]] || 1835 || 1881 || <ref name="meadows1975"/><ref name="monarchywebsite"/>
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| 8. || [[File:William H M Christie.jpg|100px]] || Sir [[William Christie (astronomer)|William Christie]] || 1881 || 1910 || <ref name="meadows1975"/><ref name="monarchywebsite"/>
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| 9. || [[File:Frank Watson Dyson.jpg|100px]] || Sir [[Frank Watson Dyson|Frank Dyson]] || 1910 || 1933 || <ref name="meadows1975"/><ref name="monarchywebsite"/>
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| 10. ||  || Sir [[Harold Spencer Jones]] || 1933 || 1955 || <ref name="meadows1975"/><ref name="monarchywebsite"/>
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| 11. ||  || Sir [[Richard van der Riet Woolley]] || 1956 || 1971 || <ref name="meadows1975"/><ref name="monarchywebsite"/>
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| 12. |||| Sir [[Martin Ryle]] || 1972 || 1982 || <ref name="meadows1975"/><ref name="monarchywebsite"/>
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| 13. || [[File:Francis Graham Smith.jpg|100px]] || Sir [[Francis Graham-Smith]] || 1982 || 1990 || <ref name="monarchywebsite"/>
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| 14. || [[File:SirArnoldWolfendale.jpg|100px]] || Sir [[Arnold Wolfendale]] || 1991 || 1995 || <ref name="monarchywebsite"/>
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| 15. || [[File:Official portrait of Lord Rees of Ludlow crop 2.jpg|100px]] || [[Martin Rees|Martin Rees, Baron Rees of Ludlow]] || 1995 || ''Incumbent'' || <ref name="monarchywebsite"/>
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