Lieutenant-Colonel William Chaine, MVO (1 January 1838 - 3 July 1916)[1] was a British military officer and courtier.
Military and Court career edit
Chaine was born in Antrim in 1838, the son of William Chaine, of Moylina, Co. Antrim, and was a Lieutenant of the Antrim Artillery Militia in his early teens. He was commissioned as a Cornet in the 7th Dragoon Guards in December 1856,[2] promoted to Lieutenant in October 1857,[3] and Captain (by purchase) in May 1864.[4]
One month later, in June 1864, he exchanged from the Dragoon guards to the 10th Hussars,[5] where he remained until he retired from the army.
In October 1877 came a Brevet promotion to Major.[6] He retired from the army in July 1881,[7] and received the honorary rank of Lieutenant-colonel.[8] On 4 March 1881 Chaine was appointed Marshal of the Ceremonies to Queen Victoria,[9] and in 1887 he advanced to Assistant Master of the Ceremonies to the Queen. He resigned shortly after the accession of King Edward VII in 1901.[1]
He was appointed a Member of the Royal Victorian Order (MVO) by King Edward VII in July 1901[10] (the order was gazetted 16 August 1901).[11]
Family edit
Chaine was married, in the Private Chapel, Kensington Palace, on 4 December 1872,[12] to Maria Henrietta Sophia Phipps (1837-1915), widow of Captain Frederick Sayer, and the daughter of Sir Charles Beaumont Phipps, KCB (1801-1866) by his wife Margaret Anne (née Bathurst). They had a son, W. R. Chaine.
Mrs. Chaine held the office of Keeper of the State Apartments at Kensington Palace, and was close to Queen Alexandra and other royal family members.[13] The couple were allowed the use of a grace and favour appartement at the palace, a rare gift.[14] She died at Kensington Palace 21 December 1915,[15] and he himself died at Kensington Palace in July the following year.[16]
References edit
- ^ a b CHAINE, Lt-Col William’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007
- ^ "No. 21949". The London Gazette. 12 December 1856. p. 4187.
- ^ "No. 22049". The London Gazette. 9 October 1857. p. 3355.
- ^ "No. 22852". The London Gazette. 10 May 1864. p. 2517.
- ^ "No. 22863". The London Gazette. 14 June 1864. p. 3073.
- ^ "No. 24508". The London Gazette. 2 October 1877. p. 5463.
- ^ "No. 25021". The London Gazette. 30 September 1881. p. 4897.
- ^ "No. 25074". The London Gazette. 21 February 1882. p. 710.
- ^ "No. 24946". The London Gazette. 4 March 1881. p. 1018.
- ^ "Court Circular". The Times. No. 36518. London. 27 July 1901. p. 11.
- ^ "No. 27346". The London Gazette. 16 August 1901. p. 5409.
- ^ "Marriages". The Times. No. 27553. London. 6 December 1872. p. 1.
- ^ Belfast News-Letter, Wednesday 29 December 1915
- ^ The Observer 9 July 1916, article "Court and Social"
- ^ "Deaths". The Times. No. 41044. London. 22 December 1915. p. 1.
- ^ "Deaths". The Times. No. 41210. London. 1 July 1916. p. 1.