Household of Edward VII and Alexandra
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The royal households of the United Kingdom consist of royal officials and the supporting staff of the British royal family, as well as the royal household which supports the sovereign. Each member of the royal family who undertakes public duties has their own separate household.
King Edward VII (1841–1910) was created Prince of Wales shortly after his birth, and his household was known as the household of the Prince of Wales from 1841. Upon his marriage in 1863, he and his wife shared the household of the Prince and Princess of Wales until their accession as King and Queen in January 1901, but several appointments were to either the Prince or the Princess, as they each had separate Lords Chamberlain and private Secretaries). When he became king, his household was known as the household of the Sovereign 1901–1910.
Queen Alexandra (1844–1925) received a separate household upon her husband's accession, the household of the Queen. From 1910, it was known as the household of Queen Alexandra.
Household of the Prince of Wales 1841–1863 edit
Treasurer and cofferer edit
- 1856: Colonel the Honourable C. B. Phipps
Chancellor and Keeper of the Great Seal edit
- 1856: Thomas Pemberton Leigh (later Baron Kingsdown)
Privy Seal edit
- 1856: Lord Alfred Hervey
Attorney-general edit
- 1856: W. J. Alexander
Tutor edit
- 1856: F. W. Gibbs, MA
Household of the Prince and Princess of Wales 1863–1901 edit
Keeper of the Privy Purse and Comptroller edit
- ?–1901: General Sir Dighton Probyn, VC, GCB, GCSI, GCVO
Private Secretary to the Prince of Wales edit
- ?–1901: General Sir Dighton Probyn, VC, GCB, GCSI, GCVO
- 1870-1901: Sir Francis Knollys, KCB, KCMG
Lords of the Bedchamber to the Prince of Wales edit
- 1866–1883: James Hamilton, 2nd Duke of Abercorn
- 1872–1901: Charles Harbord, 5th Baron Suffield
Grooms-in-Waiting to the Prince of Wales edit
- 1886-1901: Sir Francis Knollys, KCB, KCMG
Equerries to the Prince of Wales edit
- 1876–1899: Major-General Sir Arthur Ellis, KCVO, CSI[1]
- 1899-1901: Hon. Sidney Robert Greville, CB[1]
Extra Equerry to the Prince of Wales edit
- 1899–1901: Major-General Sir Arthur Ellis, KCVO, CSI[1]
Lords Chamberlain to the Princess of Wales edit
- 1863–1873: George Harris, 3rd Baron Harris
- 1873–1901: Charles Colville, 10th Lord Colville of Culross
Private secretaries to the Princess of Wales edit
- ?-1870: Herbert W. Fisher
- 1870–1889: Maurice Holzmann
- 1889–?: Stanley de A. C. Clarke
Ladies of the Bedchamber to the Princess of Wales edit
- 1863–1873: Fanny Osborne, Marchioness of Carmarthen (Duchess of Leeds from 1871)
- 1863–1866: Henrietta Robinson, Countess de Grey
- 1863–1901: Helen Douglas, Countess of Morton
- 1863–1901: Mary Parker, Countess of Macclesfield
- 1873–1901: Cecilia Harbord, Baroness Suffield
- 1895–1901: Edith Bulwer-Lytton, Countess of Lytton
Women of the Bedchamber to the Princess of Wales edit
- 1863–1865: Hon. Mrs Robert Bruce (extra 1865–?)
- 1863–1873: Hon. Mrs William George Grey (extra 1873–?)
- 1863–?: Hon. Mrs Edward Coke
- 1863–?: Mrs. Francis Stonor
- 1865–?: Hon. Mrs Arthur Hardinge
- 1872–1901: Lady Emily Kingscote
- 1873–1901: (Elizabeth) Charlotte Knollys
- 1893–1901: Mrs. Charles Hardinge
Physician in Ordinary to the Prince of Wales edit
- 1863-1898: Sir William Jenner, Bart., GCB
- 1899-1901: Sir James Reid, Bart., KCB[1]
Household of King Edward VII 1901–1910 edit
Master of the Horse edit
- 1901–1905: William Cavendish-Bentinck, 6th Duke of Portland, KG, GCVO[2]
- 1905–1907: Osbert Molyneux, 6th Earl of Sefton
- 1907–1910: Bernard Forbes, 8th Earl of Granard, KP, GCVO
Lord Steward edit
- 1901–1905: Sidney Herbert, 14th Earl of Pembroke, GCVO[2]
- 1905–1907: Cecil Foljambe, 1st Earl of Liverpool
- 1907–1910: William Lygon, 7th Earl Beauchamp
Lord Chamberlain edit
- 1901–1905: Edward Villiers, 5th Earl of Clarendon[2]
- 1905–1910: Viscount Althorp, GCVO (later Earl Spencer)
Vice-Chamberlain edit
- 1901–1902: Sir Alexander Acland-Hood, Bart. (later Baron St. Audries)[3]
- 1902–1905: Frederick Glyn, 4th Baron Wolverton
- 1905–1907: Hon. Wentworth Beaumont (Baron Allendale from 1907, later Viscount Allendale)
- 1907–1910: Sir John Fuller, 1st Baronet
Treasurer edit
- 1901–1903: Victor Christian William Cavendish (later Duke of Devonshire)[3]
- 1903–1905: James Hamilton, Marquess of Hamilton (later Duke of Abercorn)
- 1905–1909: Sir Edward Strachey, Bart. (later Baron Strachie)
- 1909–1910: William Dudley Ward
Comptroller edit
- 1901–1905: Arthur Annesley, 11th Viscount Valentia, CB, MVO[3]
- 1905–1909: Alexander Murray, Master of Elibank (later Baron Murray of Elibank)
- 1909–1910: Arthur Foljambe, 2nd Earl of Liverpool
Lords-in-Waiting edit
- 1901–?: Charles Harbord, 5th Baron Suffield, GCVO, KCB[4]
- 1901–1903: Richard Curzon, 4th Earl Howe[3][5]
- 1901–1905: Rudolph Feilding, 9th Earl of Denbigh[3]
- 1901–1905: Algernon Keith-Falconer, 9th Earl of Kintore, GCMG[3]
- 1901–1905: Lloyd Tyrell-Kenyon, 4th Baron Kenyon[3]
- 1901–1905: Victor Spencer, 3rd Baron Churchill, GCVO (from 1902 Viscount Churchill)[3]
- 1901–1905: John Lawrence, 2nd Baron Lawrence[3]
Master of the Household edit
- 1901–1907: Horace Farquhar, Baron Farquhar (later Earl Farquhar)[3]
- 1907–1910: Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Charles Arthur Frederick, GCVO, KCB
Deputy Master of the Household edit
- 1901–1907: Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Arthur Frederick, CVO (app Master of the Household 1907)[3]
- 1907–1910: Harry Lloyd-Verney, MVO
Keeper of the Privy Purse edit
- 1901–1910: General Sir Dighton Probyn, VC, GCB, GCSI, GCVO[6]
Private Secretary edit
- 1901–1910: Sir Francis Knollys, GCB, GCVO, KCMG[6] (from 1902 Baron Knollys, later Viscount Knollys)
Comptroller of Accounts edit
- 1901–1907: Major-General Sir Arthur Ellis, KCVO, CSI[3]
Crown Equerry edit
Equerries edit
- 1901–?: Major-General Sir Stanley de A C Clarke, KCVO[4]
- 1901–1902: Lieutenant-Colonel the Hon. Sir William Carington, KCVO, CB[4][7]
- 1901–1910: Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Arthur Davidson, GCVO, KCB[4]
- 1901–1910: Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Henry Charles Legge, GCVO[4]
- 1901–1910: Captain the Hon. Sir Seymour Fortescue, KCVO[4]
- 1901–1910: Captain Sir George Lindsay Holford[4]
- 1901–?: Captain Sir Frederick Edward Grey Ponsonby, GCB, GCVO[4] (later Baron Sysonby)
- 1902–1910: Honourable John Hubert Ward[7]
Extra Equerries edit
- 1901: Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Loyd-Lindsay, 1st Baron Wantage, VC, KCB[4]
- 1901–1902: Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Robert Nigel F Kingscote, GCVO, KCB[4]
- 1901–1904: Major-General Sir John Carstairs McNeill, VC, GCVO, KCB, KCMG[4]
- 1901–1910: General Sir Dighton Probyn, VC, GCB, GCSI, GCVO[4]
- 1901–?: Major-General John Cecil Russell[4]
- 1901–1910: Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Fleetwood Edwards, GCVO, KCB[4]
- 1901–1910: Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Arthur Bigge, GCB, GCVO, GCIE, KCSI, KCMG[4] (later Baron Stamfordham)
- 1901–1907: Major-General Sir Arthur Ellis, KCVO, CSI[8]
- 1901–?: Captain the Honourable Alwyn Greville[8]
- 1901–1910: Lord Marcus Talbot de la Poer Beresford[9]
- 1902–1910: Lieutenant-Colonel the Hon. Sir William Carington, GCVO, KCB[7]
- 1902–1910: Lieutenant-Colonel Arthur Balfour Haig, CMG, Royal Engineers[10]
- 1902–1910: Vice-Admiral the Honourable Hedworth Lambton, KCB, KCVO[11]
- 1902–1910: Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Charles Arthur Frederick, KCVO[11]
Honorary Equerries edit
- 1901–1904: General Alexander Hood, 1st Viscount Bridport, GCB[4]
- 1901–?: General Augustus FitzRoy, 7th Duke of Grafton, KG[4]
Grooms-in-Waiting edit
- 1901–1907: Colonel Lord Edward William Pelham-Clinton, GCVO, KCB[3]
- 1901–?: Honourable Sidney Robert Greville, CVO, CB[3]
- 1901–?: Honourable Henry Julian Stonor, MVO[3][12]
- 1901–?: Vice-Admiral Sir John Reginald Thomas Fullerton, GCVO, CB[3]
- 1901–?: Sir Alexander Condie Stephen, KCMG, KCVO, CB[3]
- 1901–?: General Sir Godfrey Clerk, CB[3]
- 1901–?: Captain Walter Douglas Somerset Campbell, CVO[3]
Extra Grooms-in-Waiting edit
- 1901–?: Honourable Alexander Grantham Yorke, CVO[3]
- 1901–1910: Major-General Sir Thomas Dennehy, KCIE[3]
- 1901–?: Sir Maurice Holzmann, KCVO, CB[3]
- 1901–1904: General Sir Michael Biddulph, GCB[13]
Master of the Ceremonies edit
- 1901–1903: Colonel the Honourable Sir William James Colville, KCVO, CB[3]
- 1901–: Honourable Richard Charles Moreton[3]
- 1903–1907: Sir Douglas Dawson
- 1907–1910: Honourable Sir Arthur Walsh
Assistant Master of the Ceremonies edit
Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod edit
- 1901–1904: General Sir Michael Biddulph, GCB[3]
- 1904–1910: Admiral Sir Henry Stephenson
Gentleman Usher to the Sword of State edit
Gentleman Ushers edit
- 1901–1902: Honourable Aubrey FitzClarence (later Earl of Munster)[3]
- 1901–1903: Major-General John Ramsay Slade, CB[3]
- 1901–1905: Charles James Innes-Ker[3]
- 1901–1906: Montague Charles Eliot (later Earl of St Germans)[3]
- 1901–1908: Captain Walter James Stopford, CB[3]
- 1901–1909: Major-General John Palmer Brabazon, CB, CVO[3]
- 1901–1910?: Colonel Cuthbert Larking[3]
- 1901–1910: Honourable Sir Spencer Cecil Brabazon Ponsonby-Fane, GCB[3]
- 1901–1910: Major the Honourable Arthur Hay[3]
- 1901–1910: Captain the Honourable Otway Frederick Seymour Cuffe[3]
- 1901–1910: Honourable Henry Julian Stonor, MVO[3]
- 1901–1910: Arthur Collins, CB, MVO[3]
- 1901–1910: Sir Lionel Henry Cust[3]
- 1901–1910: Sir Henry David Erskine, CVO[3]
- 1901–1910: Arnold Royle, CB[3]
- 1901–1910: Brook Taylor[3]
- 1901–1910: Horace Charles George West[3]
- 1902–1905: Honourable Arthur Henry John Walsh (replacing FitzClarence)[7]
- 1903–1910: Percy Armytage (replacing Slade)
- 1905–1910: Sir John Ramsay Slade (replacing Innes-Ker)
- 1905–1907: Harry Lloyd-Verney (replacing Walsh)
- 1907–1910: Charles Windham (replacing Verney)
- June 1908–October 1908: Charles Elphinstone Fleeming Cunninghame Graham (replacing Stopford)
- 1908–1910: Thomas Arthur Fitzhardinge Kingscote (replacing Graham)
- 1908–1910: Gerald Montagu Augustus Ellis (replacing Eliot)
- 1909–1910: Henry Fludyer (replacing Brabazon)
Governor and Constable of Windsor Castle edit
Deputy Governor and Constable of Windsor Castle edit
- 1901–1910: Reginald Brett, 2nd Viscount Esher[3]
Keeper of the Jewel House, Tower of London edit
- 1901–1909: General Sir Hugh Henry Gough, GCB, VC[3]
- 1909–1910: Sir Robert Cunliffe Low
Secretary of the board of Green Cloth edit
- 1901–?: George Augustus Courroux, Esq. MVO[3]
Gentleman of the Cellars edit
- 1901–1910: Thomas Kingscote, MVO[3]
Surveyor of the King′s Pictures edit
Librarian at Windsor Castle edit
- 1901–?: Richard R. Holmes, CVO[3]
Keeper of the King´s Armoury edit
- 1901–1910: Guy Francis Laking, MVO[15]
Poet Laureate edit
- 1901–1910: Alfred Austin[3]
Master of the King´s Music edit
- 1901–1910: Sir Walter Parratt[13]
Marine Painter in Ordinary edit
- 1901–?: Edward de Martino, Esq, MVO[16]
Manager of His Majesty´s Thoroughbred Stud edit
- 1901–1910: Lord Marcus Talbot de la Poer Beresford[9]
Medical Household edit
Coroner of the Household edit
- 1901–?: Arthur Walter Mills, Esq.[3]
Physicians in Ordinary edit
- 1901–1907: Sir William Henry Broadbent, Bt., KCVO, MD[17]
- 1901–1910: Sir James Reid, Bt., GCVO, KCB, MD[17]
- 1901–1910: Sir Francis Laking, Bt., GCVO, KCB, MD[17]
Physicians Extraordinary edit
- 1901–?: Surgeon-General Sir Joseph Fayrer, Bt., KCSI, MD[17]
- 1901–?: Sir Richard Douglas Powell, Bt., KCVO, MD[17]
- 1901–1904: Sir Edward Henry Sieveking, MD[17]
- 1901–1904: Sir Felix Semon, MD[17]
- 1901–1902: John Lowe, MD[17]
Serjeant Surgeons in Ordinary edit
- 1901–1902: Joseph Lister, 1st Baron Lister, OM[18]
- 1902–1910: Sir Frederick Treves, 1st Baronet, GCVO, CB[19]
Honorary Serjeant Surgeons to His Majesty edit
- 1901: Sir William MacCormac, 1st Baronet, KCB, KCVO[18]
- 1901–?: Sir Thomas Smith, 1st Baronet, KCVO[18]
Honorary Surgeon to His Majesty edit
- 1902: Inspector-General of Hospitals and Fleets Sir Henry Frederick Norbury, MD, KCB, Director-General of the Medical Department of the Navy[20]
- 1902: Alfred Downing Fripp F.R.C.S., Assistant Surgeon at Guy's Hospital
Honorary Physician to His Majesty in Ireland edit
- –1901: William Moore, Esq., MD
- 1901–?: Sir Francis R. Cruise, MD, University of Dublin, Fellow and Ex-President Royal College of Physicians of Ireland (replacing Moore)[21]
Ecclesiastical Household edit
Lord High Almoner edit
- 1901–1906: Lord Alwyne Compton, DD, Bishop of Ely[3]
- 1906–1910: Joseph Armitage Robinson, Dean of Westminster
Dean of the Chapels Royal edit
- 1901–1910: The Bishop of London
Sub-Almoner and Sub-Dean of the Chapels Royal edit
- 1901–?: Reverend Edgar Sheppard, DD[3]
Clerk of the Closet edit
- 1901–1903: Randall Davidson, KCVO, Bishop of Winchester[3]
- 1903–1910: William Boyd Carpenter, Bishop of Ripon
Deputy Clerks of the Closet edit
- 1901–1903: Very Reverend Frederic William Farrar, DD, Dean of Canterbury[3]
- 1901–?: Reverend Canon John Neale Dalton, CVO, CMG, MA[3]
- 1901–?: Reverend William Rowe Jolley, MA[3]
Chaplains-in-Ordinary edit
See full list Ecclesiastical Household
Honorary Chaplains edit
See full list Ecclesiastical Household
Household of Queen Alexandra 1901–1925 edit
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Lords Chamberlain to the Queen edit
- 1901–1903: Charles Colville, 10th Lord Colville of Culross[8](Viscount Colville of Culross from 1902)
- 1903–1925: Richard Curzon, 4th Earl Howe[5]
Vice-Chamberlains edit
- 1901–1922: Archibald Acheson, 4th Earl of Gosford[8]
Treasurers edit
- 1901–1923: Frederick Robinson, 2nd Marquess of Ripon[8]
Comptroller edit
- 1910–24: Sir Dighton Probyn
Lords-in-waiting edit
Equerries edit
- 1901–1910: John Brocklehurst[8] (extra 1910–?)
- 1910–1922: Colonel Sir Arthur Davidson, GCVO, KCB
- 1910–?: Sir George Lindsay Holford
- 1910–?: John Hubert Ward
- 1910–?: Henry Streatfield
- 1923–?: Edward Seymour
Extra equerries edit
- 1910–?: Sir Charles Frederick
Private secretaries edit
- 1901–1911: Hon. Sidney Greville[8]
- 1911–?: Henry Streatfield
Assistant Private Secretaries edit
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Mistresses of the Robes edit
- 1901–1912: Louisa Montagu-Douglas-Scott, Duchess of Buccleuch[8]
- 1913–1925: Winifred Cavendish-Bentinck, Duchess of Portland
Ladies of the Bedchamber edit
- 1901–?: Cecilia Harbord, Baroness Suffield[8]
- 1901–1905: Edith Bulwer-Lytton, Countess of Lytton[8]
- 1901–?: Louisa McDonnell, Countess of Antrim[8]
- 1901–1925: Louisa Acheson, Countess of Gosford[8]
- 1905–1910: Maud Petty-FitzMaurice, Marchioness of Lansdowne (extra 1910–?)
- 1907–1910: Cicely Gascoyne-Cecil, Marchioness of Salisbury (extra 1910–?)
- 1911–1925: Cecilia Wynn Carrington, Countess Carrington (Marchioness of Lincolnshire from 1912)
Extra Ladies of the Bedchamber edit
- 1901–?: Helen Douglas, Countess of Morton[8]
- 1901–?: Mary Parker, Countess of Macclesfield[8]
- 1910–?: Alice Stanley, Countess of Derby
- 1910–?: Winifred Hardinge, Baroness Hardinge of Penshurst
Women of the Bedchamber edit
- 1901–1907: Lady Emily Kingscote[8]
- 1901–?: (Elizabeth) Charlotte Knollys[8]
- 1901–1910: Mrs. Charles Hardinge (later Lady Hardinge)[8]
- 1901–?: Lady (Victoria) Alice Stanley[8]
Maids of Honour edit
- 1901–1905: Hon. Dorothy Vivian[8]
- 1901–?: Hon. Violet Vivian[8]
- 1901–1905: Hon. Mary Dyke[8]
- 1901–?: Hon. Sylvia Edwardes[8]
- 1905–?: Margaret Dawnay
- 1905–?: Blanche Lascelles
- 1919–?: Hon. Lucia White
Surgeon-Apothecary edit
- 1910–?: Sir Francis Laking
Surgeon edit
- 1907–?: Hugh Rigby
- 1910–?: Sir Frederick Treves
Physician Extraordinary edit
- 1910–?: Sir Alan Reeve Manby
Laryngologist edit
- 1910–?: Sir John Milsom Rees
Bacteriologist edit
- 1912–?: Harold Spitta
Hon. Domestic Chaplain edit
- 1910–?: Edgar Sheppard
- 1911–?: Frederic Percival Farrar
- 1911–?: Ernest Edward Holmes
- 1911–?: Mortimer Egerton Kennedy
- 1912–?: Arthur Rowland Harry Grant
See also edit
References edit
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