Loading AI tools
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.
This article needs attention from an expert in Royalty. The specific problem is: sources for the officeholders and their tenure dates are requested. See the talk page for details. (February 2022) |
When Elizabeth II was still a Princess she married Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh on 20 November 1947. After that marriage they shared the Household of the Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh.
When she succeeded her father George VI as sovereign of the United Kingdom, she appointed a new household, known as the Household of the Sovereign 1952–2022.
The Duke of Edinburgh then received a separate household upon his wife's accession, the Household of the Duke of Edinburgh until his death in 2021.
With the passing of the Queen on 8 September 2022 the Household of the Sovereign passed to her son, King Charles III.
The Lord Chamberlain of the Household is the highest-ranking official of the Royal Household of the United Kingdom, overseeing the departments that support and provide advice to the Sovereign of the United Kingdom, while also acting as the main channel of communication between the Sovereign and the House of Lords.
Name | Began | Ended | Notes | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
The Earl of Clarendon, KG, GCMG, GCVO, LLD | 5 August 1952 | 1952 | His tenure carried over from the reign of King George VI | [1] |
The Earl of Scarbrough | 1952 | 1963 | [1] | |
The Lord Cobbold | 29 January 1963 | 30 November 1971 | [1][2] | |
The Lord Maclean | 1 December 1971 | 30 November 1984 | [1][3] | |
The Earl of Airlie | 1 December 1984 | 31 December 1997 | [4] | |
The Lord Camoys | 1 January 1998 | 31 May 2000 | ||
The Lord Luce | 1 October 2000 | 15 October 2006 | ||
The Earl Peel | 16 October 2006 | 31 March 2021 | [5] | |
The Lord Parker of Minsmere | 1 April 2021 | 8 September 2022 | His tenure carried over into the reign of King Charles III | [6] |
The Vice-Chamberlain of the Household is usually a junior government whip in the British House of Commons and is the Deputy to the Lord Chamberlain. The Vice Chamberlain's main duties are to compile a daily private report for the Sovereign on the proceedings in the House of Commons and to transmit addresses from the Commons to the Sovereign and vice versa.
The Lord Steward of the Household manages the Treasurer of the Household and Comptroller of the Household, who rank next to him. The appointee is always a peer, and is the first dignitary of the court.
Name | Began | Ended | Notes | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
The Duke of Hamilton, KT, GCVO, AFC, LLD | 5 August 1952; tenure began 1 June 1940 | 1964 | He began this position in 1940 under King George VI; his tenure carried over into Elizabeth II's reign | [37] |
The Duke of Westminster | 1964 | 1967 | [38] | |
The Viscount Cobham | 1967 | 1972 | [39] | |
The Duke of Northumberland | 1973 | 1988 | [40] | |
The Viscount Ridley | 1989 | 2001 | [41] | |
The Duke of Abercorn | 2001 | 2009 | ||
The Earl of Dalhousie | 2009 | 8 September 2022 | His tenure carried over into the reign of King Charles III |
The Treasurer of the Household is usually held by one of the government deputy Chief Whips in the House of Commons. The Treasurer is automatically a member of the privy council.
Portrait | Name | Term of office | Party | Prime Minister | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cedric Drewe, Esquire, MP | 5 August 1952, had served as Treasurer of the Household since 26 October 1951 | 5 April 1955 | Conservative | Sir Winston Churchill | |||
John Stradling Thomas | 6 April 1955 | 9 January 1957 | Unionist Party (Scotland) | Sir Anthony Eden | |||
Hendrie Oakshott | 10 January 1957 | 16 January 1959 | Conservative | Harold Macmillan | |||
Hon. Peter Legh | 16 January 1959 | 21 June 1960 | Conservative | ||||
Edward Wakefield | 21 June 1960 | March 1962 | Conservative | ||||
Michael Hughes-Young | March 1962 | 16 October 1964 | Conservative | Harold Macmillan (until 18 October 1963), Sir Alec Douglas-Home (19 October 1963 – 16 October 1964) | |||
Sydney Irving | 4 March 1974 | 4 May 1979 | Labour and Co-operative | Harold Wilson | |||
John Silkin | 11 April 1966 | 4 July 1966 | Labour | ||||
Charles Grey | 4 July 1966 | 13 October 1969 | Labour | ||||
Charles Richard Morris | 13 October 1969 | 18 June 1970 | Labour | ||||
Humphrey Atkins | 18 June 1970 | 2 December 1973 | Conservative | Edward Heath | |||
Bernard Weatherill | 2 December 1973 | 4 March 1974 | Conservative | ||||
Walter Harrison | 4 March 1974 | 4 May 1979 | Labour | Harold Wilson (4 March 1974 – 5 April 1976), James Callaghan (5 April 1976 – 4 May 1979) | |||
John Stradling Thomas | 6 May 1979 | 11 February 1983 | Conservative | Margaret Thatcher | |||
Anthony Berry | 17 February 1983 | 11 June 1983 | Conservative | ||||
John Cope | 11 June 1983 | 15 June 1987 | Conservative | ||||
David Hunt | 15 June 1987 | 25 July 1989 | Conservative | ||||
Tristan Garel-Jones | 25 July 1989 | 14 July 1990 | Conservative | ||||
Alastair Goodlad | 14 July 1990 | 15 April 1992 | Conservative | John Major | |||
David Heathcoat-Amory | 15 April 1992 | 27 May 1993 | Conservative | ||||
Greg Knight | 7 June 1993 | 23 July 1996 | Conservative | ||||
Andrew MacKay | 23 July 1996 | 2 May 1997 | Conservative | ||||
George Mudie | 2 May 1997 | 27 July 1998 | Labour | Tony Blair | |||
Keith Bradley | 27 July 1998 | 8 June 2001 | Labour | ||||
Keith Hill | 8 June 2001 | 23 June 2003 | Labour | ||||
Bob Ainsworth | 13 June 2003 | 28 June 2007 | Labour | ||||
Nick Brown | 28 June 2007 | 3 October 2008 | Labour | Gordon Brown | |||
Tommy McAvoy | 5 October 2008 | 11 May 2010 | Labour | ||||
Sir John Randall | 11 May 2010 | 3 October 2013 | Conservative | David Cameron | |||
Greg Hands | 7 October 2013 | 11 May 2015 | Conservative | ||||
Anne Milton | 11 May 2015 | 12 June 2017 | Conservative | ||||
Theresa May | |||||||
Julian Smith | 13 June 2017 | 2 November 2017 | Conservative | ||||
Esther McVey | 2 November 2017 | 9 January 2018 | Conservative | ||||
Christopher Pincher | 9 January 2018 | 25 July 2019 | Conservative | ||||
Amanda Milling | 28 July 2019 | 13 February 2020 | Conservative | Boris Johnson | |||
Stuart Andrew | 13 February 2020 | 8 February 2022 | Conservative | ||||
Christopher Pincher | 8 February 2022 | 30 June 2022 | Conservative | ||||
Kelly Tolhurst | 1 July 2022 | 7 September 2022 | Conservative | ||||
Craig Whittaker | 8 September 2022 | 8 September 2022, His tenure carried over into the reign of King Charles III | Conservative | Liz Truss |
The Comptroller of the Household is nominally the second-ranking member of the Lord Steward's department after the Treasurer of the Household. In recent times, a senior government whip has invariably occupied the office. On state occasions the Comptroller, in common with certain other senior officers of the Household, carries a white staff of office, as often seen in portraits.
Name | Entered Office | Left Office | Notes | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
Roger John Edward Conant, Esquire, MP | 5 August 1952, had served as Comptroller since 1951 | 1954 | ||
Tam Galbraith | 1954 | 1955 | ||
Hendrie Oakshott | 1955 | 1957 | ||
Gerald Wills | 1957 | 1958 | ||
Sir Edward Wakefield, 1st Baronet | 1958 | 16 January 1959 | ||
Harwood Harrison | 16 January 1959 | 6 July 1961 | ||
Robin Chichester-Clark | 6 July 1961 | 1964 | ||
Charles Grey | 1964 | 1966 | ||
William Whitlock (politician) | 1966 | 1967 | ||
William Howie | 1967 | 1968 | ||
Ioan Evans | 1968 | 1970 | ||
Walter Elliot | 1970 | 1970 | ||
Reginald Eyre | 1970 | 7 April 1972 | ||
Bernard Weatherill | 7 April 1972 | 2 December 1973 | ||
Walter Clegg | 2 December 1973 | 28 February 1974 | ||
Joseph Harper | 28 February 1974 | 24 June 1978 | ||
James Hamilton | 24 June 1978 | 7 May 1979 | ||
Spencer Le Marchant | 7 May 1979 | 30 September 1981 | ||
Anthony Berry | 30 September 1981 | 17 February 1983 | ||
Carol Mather | 17 February 1983 | 16 October 1986 | ||
Robert Boscawen | 16 October 1986 | 26 July 1988 | ||
Tristan Garel-Jones | 26 July 1988 | 25 July 1989 | ||
Alastair Goodlad | 25 July 1989 | 14 July 1990 | ||
Sir George Young, 6th Baronet | 14 July 1990 | 28 November 1990 | ||
David Lightbown | 28 November 1990 | 12 December 1995 | ||
Timothy Wood | 12 December 1995 | 2 May 1997 | ||
Tommy McAvoy | 2 May 1997 | 5 October 2008 | ||
John Spellar | 5 October 2008 | 11 May 2010 | ||
Alistair Carmichael | 11 May 2010 | 7 October 2013 | ||
Don Foster | 7 October 2013 | 11 May 2015 | ||
Gavin Barwell | 11 May 2015 | 17 July 2016 | [42] | |
Mel Stride | 17 July 2016 | 2 June 2017 | ||
Christopher Pincher | 15 June 2017 | 5 November 2017 | ||
Chris Heaton-Harris | 9 January 2018 | 9 July 2018 | [43] | |
Mark Spencer | 15 July 2018 | 34 July 2019 | ||
Jeremy Quin | 28 July 2019 | 6 December 2019 | ||
Mike Freer | 16 December 2019 | 6 September 2021 | ||
Marcus Jones | 17 September 2021 | 8 July 2022 | [44] | |
Rebecca Harris | 8 July 2022 | 8 September 2022 | Her tenure carried over into the reign of King Charles III |
The Master of the Horse is the third dignitary of the court. It is a primarily ceremonial office, and rarely appears except on state occasions, and especially when the Sovereign is mounted. There are still several pages of honour who are nominally in the master of the horse's department. They are youths aged from twelve to sixteen, selected by the sovereign in person, to attend on him at state ceremonies.
Name | Entered Office | Left Office | Notes | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
His Grace Henry Hugh Arthur Fitzroy Somerset, 10th Duke of Beaufort, KG, GCVO | 5 August 1952 | 1972 | He began this position in 1936 under King Edward VIII | [39] |
The Earl of Westmorland | 1978 | 1991 | [45] | |
The Lord Somerleyton | 1991 | 1998 | [41] | |
The Lord Vestey | 1999 | 2018 | [46][47] | |
The Lord de Mauley | 1 January 2019 | 8 September 2022 | His tenure carried over into the reign of King Charles III | [48] |
5 August 1952: The Right Honourable Sir Alan Frederick Lascelles, GCVO, KCB, CMG, MC
5 August 1952: Commander (S) Richard Colville, MVO, DSC, RN
5 August 1952: The Right Honourable Sir James Ulick Francis Canning Alexander, GCVO, KCB, CMG, OBE
5 August 1952: Commander (S) Sir Dudley Colles, KCVO, OBE, RN
5 August 1952: Brigadier The Right Honourable Charles George Vivian, Baron Tryon, DSO
5 August 1952: The Right Reverend Edward Sydney Woods, DD, Lord Bishop of Lichfield
5 August 1952: The Reverend Maurice Frederic Foxell, MVO, MA
5 August 1952: Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Terence Edmund Gascoigne Nugent, GCVO, MC
5 August 1952: Brigadier Sir Norman Wilmshurst Gwatkin, KCVO, DSO
5 August 1952: Colonel Sir Dermot McMorrough Kavanagh, KCVO
5 August 1952: Major-General Arthur Guy Salisbury-Jones, CMG, CBE, MC
5 August 1952: Marcus John Cheke, Esquire, CVO
5 August 1952: Captain Sir John Lindsay Dashwood, Bt, CVO
5 August 1952: Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Sheridan Barratt, KCB, CMG, MC
5 August 1952: The Right Reverend Percy Mark Herbert, DD, Lord Bishop of Norwich.
5 August 1952: The Reverend Maurice Frederic Foxell, MVO, MA
5 August 1952: The Right Reverend and Right Honourable John William Charles Wand, DD, Lord Bishop of London.
5 August 1952: The Reverend Maurice Frederic Foxell, MVO, MA
5 August 1952: The Reverend Trevitt Reginald Hine-Haycock, MVO, MA
5 August 1952: Edgar Stanley Roper, Esquire, CVO, MusD
5 August 1952: The Reverend Peter Llewellyn Gillingham, MA
5 August 1952: The Reverend Prebendary Herbert Harris, MA
5 August 1952: William James Phillips, Esquire, Mus.Doc.
5 August 1952: The Reverend John Lamb, CVO, BD (Balmoral).
Surgeon-Apothecaries/Apothecaries to HM Household at the Palace of Holyroodhouse
5 August 1952: Colonel the Right Honourable Hugh William, Earl Fortescue, KG, CB, OBE, MC
5 August 1952: Brigadier-General Sir Robert Harvey Kearsley, KCVO, CMG, DSO
5 August 1952: The Right Honourable William Arthur Bampfylde, Earl of Onslow, MC, TD
5 August 1952: Major-General Sir Allan Henry Shafto Adair, Bt, CB, DSO, MC
5 August 1952: Lieutenant-Colonel Ralph Charles Bingham, DSO
5 August 1952: Lieutenant-Colonel Victor Buller Turner, VC
5 August 1952: Brigadier William Greenwood Carr, DSO Lieutenant-Colonel Gerald Hugh Grosvenor, DSO
5 August 1952: Captain Sir Harold George Campbell, KCVO, DSO, RN
5 August 1952: Lieutenant-General Sir Brian Gwynne Horrocks, KCB, KBE, DSO, MC
5 August 1952: Air Vice-Marshal Sir Paul Copeland Maltby, KBE, CB, DSO, AFC
5 August 1952: Brigadier Sir Charles Alfred Howard, KCVO, DSO
5 August 1952: The Right Honourable Sir Alan Frederick Lascelles, GCVO, KCB, CMG, MC
5 August 1952: Sir Owen Frederick Morshead, KCVO, DSO, MC
5 August 1952: Major-General Hervey Degge Wilmot Sitwell, CB, MC
5 August 1952: Professor Anthony Frederick Blunt, CVO
5 August 1952: Oliver Nicholas Millar, Esquire, FSA
5 August 1952: Sir James Gow Mann, MA, B.Litt., PSA. 10 July 2019:Caroline de Guitaut, LVO, FSA. Appointed as deputy Surveyor of the Queen's Works of Art. Appointed Surveyor of the King's Works of Art in 2024. Responsible for over 700,000 works of art, in 13 royal palaces, including HM The King's official residences: Buckingham Palace, Windsor Castle, Palace of Holyroodhouse. 1st woman to hold the position.
5 August 1952: Sir Arnold Edward Trevor Bax, MusDoc
5 August 1952: John Masefield, Esquire, OM, LitTD, LLD
5 August 1952: Lieutenant-Colonel William Hilgrove Leslie McCarthy, DSO, MC, MD, MRCP
5 August 1952: Air Commodore Sir Edward Hedley Fielden, KCVO, CB, DFC, AFC
15 February 1968: Air Commodore Sir Archibald Winskill, KCVO, CBE, DFC & Bar, AE
5 August 1952: His Grace Bernard Marmaduke Fitzalan-Howard, 16th Duke of Norfolk, KG, GCVO
Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.
Every time you click a link to Wikipedia, Wiktionary or Wikiquote in your browser's search results, it will show the modern Wikiwand interface.
Wikiwand extension is a five stars, simple, with minimum permission required to keep your browsing private, safe and transparent.