Brewer's: Astronomer Royal:

(1) Flamsteed, 1675; (2) Halley, 1719; (3) Bradley, 1742; (4) Bliss, 1762; (5) Maskelyne, who originated the Nautical Almanack, 1765; (6) Pond, 1811; (7) Airy, 1835, (8) Christie, 1881.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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