[John Flamsteed]? became the first Astronomer Royal when the Royal Greenwich Observatory was founded in 1675. The complete list of Astronomers Royal is given in the table below.
[[John Flamsteed]] [[1675]] - [[1719]] [[Edmond Halley]] [[1720]] - [[1742]] [[James Bradley]] [[1742]] - [[1762]] [[Nathaniel Bliss]] [[1762]] - [[1764]] [[Nevil Maskelyne]] [[1765]] - [[1811]] [[John Pond]] [[1811]] - [[1835]] [[George Biddell Airy]] [[1835]] - [[1881]] [[William H.M. Christie]] [[1881]] - [[1910]] [[Frank Watson Dyson]] [[1910]] - [[1933]] [[Harold Spencer Jones]] [[1933]] - [[1955]] [[Richard van der Riet Woolley]] [[1956]] - [[1971]] [[Martin Ryle]] [[1972]] - [[1982]] [[Francis Graham Smith]] [[1982]] - [[1990]] [[Arnold Wolfendale]] [[1991]] - [[1995]] [[Martin Rees]] [[1995]] -