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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.

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.

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Great officers of the Household

Lord Chamberlain

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.

More information Name, Began ...
Name Began Ended Notes Ref.
The Earl of Clarendon, KG, GCMG, GCVO, LLD5 August 19521952His tenure carried over from the reign of King George VI[1]
The Earl of Scarbrough19521963[1]
The Lord Cobbold29 January 196330 November 1971[1][2]
The Lord Maclean1 December 197130 November 1984[1][3]
The Earl of Airlie1 December 198431 December 1997[4]
The Lord Camoys1 January 199831 May 2000
The Lord Luce1 October 200015 October 2006
The Earl Peel16 October 200631 March 2021[5]
The Lord Parker of Minsmere1 April 20218 September 2022His tenure carried over into the reign of King Charles III[6]
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Vice Chamberlain

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.

More information Name, Entered office ...
NameEntered officeLeft officeNotesReference
Henry Studholme, Esquire, MP5 August 1952; tenure began 7 November 19511956He began his tenure under King George VI[7]
Richard Thompson19561957[8]
Hon. Peter Legh19571959Became Treasurer of the Household; succeeded as The Lord Newton in 1960[9]
Edward Wakefield19591960Became Treasurer of the Household[10]
Richard Brooman-White19601960[11]
Graeme Finlay19601964[12]
William Whitlock19641966[13]
Jack McCann19661967[14]
Charles Morris19671969Became Treasurer of the Household[15]
Alan Fitch19691970[16]
Jasper More19701971[17]
Bernard Weatherill19711972Became Comptroller of the Household; created The Lord Weatherill in 1992[18]
Walter Clegg19721973Became Comptroller of the Household[19]
Paul Hawkins19731974[20]
Don Concannon19741974[21]
James Hamilton19741978Became Comptroller of the Household[21]
Donald Coleman19781979[22]
Hon. Anthony Berry19791981Became Comptroller of the Household[23]
Carol Mather19811983Became Comptroller of the Household[24]
Robert Boscawen19831986Became Comptroller of the Household[25]
Tristan Garel-Jones19861988Became Comptroller of the Household; created The Lord Garel-Jones in 1997[26]
Michael Neubert19881988[27]
Tony Durant19881990[28]
David Lightbown19901990Became Comptroller of the Household[29]
John Mark Taylor19901992[30]
Sydney Chapman19921995[31]
Timothy Kirkhope19951996[32]
Andrew MacKay19961996
Derek Conway19961997
Janet Anderson19971998
Graham Allen19982001
Gerry Sutcliffe20012003
Jim Fitzpatrick20032005
John Heppell20052007
Liz Blackman20072008[33]
Claire Ward20082009[34]
Helen Jones20092010[35]
Mark Francois20102012
Greg Knight20122013Previously Treasurer of the Household 1993-96
Desmond Swayne20132014
Anne Milton20142015
Kris Hopkins20152016
Julian Smith20162017Became Treasurer of the Household
Chris Heaton-Harris20172018Became Comptroller of the Household
Mark Spencer20182018Became Comptroller of the Household
Andrew Stephenson20182019
Craig Whittaker20192019
Stuart Andrew20192020Became Treasurer of the Household
Marcus Jones20202021Became Comptroller of the Household
James Morris20212022
Michael Tomlinson20222022[36]
Jo Churchill20222022Her tenure carried over into the reign of King Charles III
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Lord Steward

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.

More information Name, Began ...
Name Began Ended Notes Ref.
The Duke of Hamilton, KT, GCVO, AFC, LLD5 August 1952; tenure began 1 June 19401964He began this position in 1940 under King George VI; his tenure carried over into Elizabeth II's reign[37]
The Duke of Westminster19641967[38]
The Viscount Cobham19671972[39]
The Duke of Northumberland19731988[40]
The Viscount Ridley19892001[41]
The Duke of Abercorn20012009
The Earl of Dalhousie20098 September 2022His tenure carried over into the reign of King Charles III
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Treasurer of the Household

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.

More information Portrait, Name ...
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
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Comptroller of the Household

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.

More information Name, Entered Office ...
Name Entered Office Left Office Notes Ref.
Roger John Edward Conant, Esquire, MP5 August 1952, had served as Comptroller since 19511954
Tam Galbraith19541955
Hendrie Oakshott19551957
Gerald Wills19571958
Sir Edward Wakefield, 1st Baronet195816 January 1959
Harwood Harrison16 January 19596 July 1961
Robin Chichester-Clark6 July 19611964
Charles Grey19641966
William Whitlock (politician)19661967
William Howie19671968
Ioan Evans19681970
Walter Elliot19701970
Reginald Eyre19707 April 1972
Bernard Weatherill7 April 19722 December 1973
Walter Clegg2 December 197328 February 1974
Joseph Harper28 February 197424 June 1978
James Hamilton24 June 19787 May 1979
Spencer Le Marchant7 May 197930 September 1981
Anthony Berry30 September 198117 February 1983
Carol Mather17 February 198316 October 1986
Robert Boscawen16 October 198626 July 1988
Tristan Garel-Jones26 July 198825 July 1989
Alastair Goodlad25 July 198914 July 1990
Sir George Young, 6th Baronet14 July 199028 November 1990
David Lightbown28 November 199012 December 1995
Timothy Wood12 December 19952 May 1997
Tommy McAvoy2 May 19975 October 2008
John Spellar5 October 200811 May 2010
Alistair Carmichael11 May 20107 October 2013
Don Foster7 October 201311 May 2015
Gavin Barwell11 May 201517 July 2016[42]
Mel Stride17 July 20162 June 2017
Christopher Pincher15 June 20175 November 2017
Chris Heaton-Harris9 January 20189 July 2018[43]
Mark Spencer15 July 201834 July 2019
Jeremy Quin28 July 20196 December 2019
Mike Freer16 December 20196 September 2021
Marcus Jones17 September 20218 July 2022[44]
Rebecca Harris8 July 20228 September 2022Her tenure carried over into the reign of King Charles III
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Master of the Horse

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.

More information Name, Entered Office ...
Name Entered Office Left Office Notes Ref.
His Grace Henry Hugh Arthur Fitzroy Somerset, 10th Duke of Beaufort, KG, GCVO5 August 19521972He began this position in 1936 under King Edward VIII[39]
The Earl of Westmorland19781991[45]
The Lord Somerleyton19911998[41]
The Lord Vestey19992018[46][47]
The Lord de Mauley1 January 20198 September 2022His tenure carried over into the reign of King Charles III[48]
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Private Secretary's Office

Private Secretary to the Sovereign

5 August 1952: The Right Honourable Sir Alan Frederick Lascelles, GCVO, KCB, CMG, MC

Assistant Private Secretaries

Press Secretary

5 August 1952: Commander (S) Richard Colville, MVO, DSC, RN

Privy Purse and Treasurer's Office

Keeper of the Privy Purse and Treasurer to The Queen

5 August 1952: The Right Honourable Sir James Ulick Francis Canning Alexander, GCVO, KCB, CMG, OBE

Deputy Treasurer to The Queen and Secretary of the Privy Purse

5 August 1952: Commander (S) Sir Dudley Colles, KCVO, OBE, RN

Assistant Keeper of the Privy Purse

5 August 1952: Brigadier The Right Honourable Charles George Vivian, Baron Tryon, DSO

Almonry

High Almoner

5 August 1952: The Right Reverend Edward Sydney Woods, DD, Lord Bishop of Lichfield

Sub-Almoner

5 August 1952: The Reverend Maurice Frederic Foxell, MVO, MA

Pages of Honour

  • 5 August 1952: Henry Charles Seymour, Esquire
  • 5 August 1952: Michael Anson, Esquire
  • 5 August 1952: Jonathan Sidney Peel, Esquire
  • 5 August 1952: The Right Honourable Henry George Victor John, Earl of Erne
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Lord Chamberlain's Office

Comptroller, Lord Chamberlain's Office

5 August 1952: Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Terence Edmund Gascoigne Nugent, GCVO, MC

Assistant Comptroller, Lord Chamberlain's Office

5 August 1952: Brigadier Sir Norman Wilmshurst Gwatkin, KCVO, DSO

Royal Mews Department

Crown Equerry

5 August 1952: Colonel Sir Dermot McMorrough Kavanagh, KCVO

Marshal of the Diplomatic Corps

5 August 1952: Major-General Arthur Guy Salisbury-Jones, CMG, CBE, MC

Vice-Marshal of the Diplomatic Corps

5 August 1952: Marcus John Cheke, Esquire, CVO

Assistant Marshal of the Diplomatic Corps

5 August 1952: Captain Sir John Lindsay Dashwood, Bt, CVO

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The Master of the Household's Department

Master of the Household

  • 5 August 1952: Lieutenant-Colonel the Honourable Sir Piers Walter Legh, GCVO, CMG, CIE, OBE

Lords in Waiting

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Equerries

Equerries

Temporary Equerries

Extra Equerries

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Gentleman Ushers

  • 5 August 1952: Captain Humphrey Clifford Lloyd, MVO, MC
  • 5 August 1952: Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Valentine Bache de Satge, CMG, CVO, DSO
  • 5 August 1952: Rear-Admiral Sir Arthur Bromley, KCMG, CVO
  • 5 August 1952: Colonel Geoffrey Ronald Codrington, CB, CMG, CVO, DSO, OBE, TD
  • 5 August 1952: Captain William Duncan Phipps, MVO, RN
  • 5 August 1952: Captain (S) Sir Frank Todd Spickernell, KBE, CB, DSO, RN
  • 5 August 1952: Captain Philip Lloyd Neville, RN
  • 5 August 1952: Brigadier Guy Elland Carne Rasch, CVO, DSO
  • 5 August 1952: Air Vice-Marshal Sir George Ranald Macfarlane Reid, KCB, DSO, MC

Extra Gentlemen Ushers

  • 5 August 1952: Major Gerald Montagu Augustus Ellis
  • 5 August 1952: Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Arthur D'Arcy
  • 5 August 1952: Gordon Bannerman, Bt, KCVO, CIE
  • 5 August 1952: Group Captain Sir Louis Greig, KBE, CVO
  • 5 August 1952: Major the Honourable John Spencer Coke, CVO
  • 5 August 1952: Captain Charles Alexander Lindsay Irvine, CVO, OBE
  • 5 August 1952: Sir John Hanbury-Williams
  • 5 August 1952: Sir John Berkeley Monck, GCVO, CMG
  • 5 August 1952: Sir Algar Henry Stafford Howard, KCB, KCVO, MC, TD
  • 5 August 1952: Captain Andrew Vavasour Scott Yates, RN
  • 5 August 1952: Major Thomas Cockayne Harvey, CVO, DSO
  • 5 August 1952: Lieutenant-Colonel Frederick Edward Packe, CVO, OBE

Gentleman Usher to the Sword of State

5 August 1952: Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Sheridan Barratt, KCB, CMG, MC

Ecclesiastical Household

College of Chaplains

Clerk of the Closet

5 August 1952: The Right Reverend Percy Mark Herbert, DD, Lord Bishop of Norwich.

Deputy Clerk of the Closet

5 August 1952: The Reverend Maurice Frederic Foxell, MVO, MA

Chaplains

Chapels Royal

Dean

5 August 1952: The Right Reverend and Right Honourable John William Charles Wand, DD, Lord Bishop of London.

Sub-Dean

5 August 1952: The Reverend Maurice Frederic Foxell, MVO, MA

Priests

  • 5 August 1952: The Reverend Cyril Moxon Armitage, MVO, MA
  • 5 August 1952: The Reverend Erik Francis Donne, MA
  • 5 August 1952: The Reverend George Ernest Sage, MA

Deputy-Priests

  • 5 August 1952: The Reverend Michael Ridley, MA
  • 5 August 1952: The Reverend Canon Anthony Lewis Elliott Williams, MA
  • 5 August 1952: The Reverend Cyril Theodore Henry Dams, MA

Honorary Priest

5 August 1952: The Reverend Trevitt Reginald Hine-Haycock, MVO, MA

Organist, Choirmaster and Composer at Her Majesty's Chapels Royal

5 August 1952: Edgar Stanley Roper, Esquire, CVO, MusD

Domestic Chaplains

  • 5 August 1952: The Reverend Maurice Frederic Foxell, MVO, MA (Buckingham Palace)
  • 5 August 1952: The Right Reverend Eric Knightley Chetwode Hamilton, MA, Dean of Windsor (Windsor Castle)
  • 5 August 1952: The Reverend Hector David Anderson, MVO, BD (Sandringham)

Chaplain, Royal Chapel, Windsor Great Park

5 August 1952: The Reverend Peter Llewellyn Gillingham, MA

Chaplain, Hampton Court Palace

5 August 1952: The Reverend Prebendary Herbert Harris, MA

Organist, Hampton Court Palace

5 August 1952: William James Phillips, Esquire, Mus.Doc.

Chaplains in Scotland

Domestic Chaplain

5 August 1952: The Reverend John Lamb, CVO, BD (Balmoral).

Medical Household

Physicians

Physicians to the Household

Physician-Paediatrician

Extra Physicians

Sergeant-Surgeon

Surgeons

  • 5 August 1952: Professor Sir James Paterson Ross, KCVO, MS, FRCS (retired 17 March 1964).[84]
  • 5 August 1952: Ralph Marnham, Esquire, MChir, FRCS (promoted 1 September 1967).[36]
  • 17 March 1964: Edward Grainger Muir, MS, FRCS (promoted 1 January 1972).[67][84]
  • January 1969: Edward George Tuckwell, MCh, FRCS (promoted 20 March 1973).[68][85]
  • December 1974: Hugh Evelyn Lockhart-Mummery, MC, MChir, FRCS, LRCP (also Surgeon to Her Majesty's Household; promoted 12 May 1975)[69][86]
  • 12 May 1975: William Willatt Slack, MCh, FRCS (promoted 29 April 1983).[69][70]
  • 29 April 1983: John Leonard Dawson, MS, FRSC (promoted 23 February 1990).[70][71]
  • Roger Vickers (promoted 4 January 2007).[78]
  • 4 January 2007: George Hamilton (promoted 25 July 2010).[78][81]

Surgeon to Her Majesty's Household

  • 17 March 1964: Edward George Tuckwell, MCh, FRCS[84]
  • January 1969: Hugh Evelyn Lockhart-Mummery, MD, MChir, FRCS, LRCP[85]
  • 12 May 1975: John Leonard Dawson, MS, MB, FRCS[69]
  • 29 April 1983: Barry Trevor Jackson, MS, FRCS[70]
  • 22 February 1991: Adam Anthony Murless Lewis, MB, FRCS[73]
  • Professor George Hamilton (promoted 4 January 2007).[78]
  • 4 January 2007: Mr Satyajit Bhattacharya[78]
  • 10 August 2016: Mr Ian Jenkins MD FRCS[82]

Surgeon-Gynaecologist/Surgeon-Gynaecologist to the Queen

Surgeon-Gynaecologist to the Household

  • 18 November 2008: Alan Farthing (promoted 30 June 2014).[91][92]
  • 30 June 2008: Guy Thorpe-Beeston (incumbent).[91]

Extra Surgeons

Extra Manipulative Surgeon

Extra Surgeon-Apothecary

  • 5 August 1952: Sir Frederick Stanley Hewett, KCB, KCVO, KBE, MD, MRCS, LRCP

Surgeon-Oculist/Surgeon-Oculist to the Queen

  • 5 August 1952: Sir Stewart Duke-Elder, KCVO, DSc, PhD, MD, LLD, FRCS, FACS (resigned 30 April 1965).[93]
  • 30 April 1965: Allen John Bridson Goldsmith, CVO, MB, BS, FRCS, LRCP (retired 27 November 1974).[93]
  • 27 November 1974: Stephen James Hamilton Miller, MD, FRCS (retired 21 July 1980).[94][95]
  • 21 July 1980: Sir Patrick John Holmes Sellors, KCVO, MA, BM, BCh, FRCS (retired 3 February 1999).[95][96]
  • 3 February 1999: Timothy John ffytche, LVO, MB, BS, DO, FRCS (retired 7 March 2002).[96][97][98]
  • 7 March 2002: Jonathan David Jagger, LVO, MB, BS, FRCS, FRCOphth (incumbent).[97][99]

Extra Orthopaedic Surgeon

Aurist

  • 5 August 1952: John Douglas McLaggan, CVO, MB, ChB, FRCS
  • 11 July 1961: James Cecil Hogg, Esquire, CVO, FRCS[88]

Surgeon-Dentist

Extra Physician to the Household

Surgeon-Oculist to the Household

  • 5 August 1952: Allen John Bridson Goldsmith, MB, BS, FRCS, LRCP (promoted 30 April 1965).[93]
  • 30 April 1965: Stephen James Hamilton Miller, MD, FRCS (promoted 27 November 1974).[93]
  • 27 November 1974: Patrick John Holmes Sellors, BM, BCh, FRCS (promoted 21 July 1980).[94][95]
  • 21 July 1980: Timothy John ffytche, FRCS, MRCS, LRCP, DO (promoted 3 February 1999).[95][96]
  • 3 February 1999: Jonathan David Jagger, MB, BS, FRCS, FRCOphth (promoted 7 March 2002).[96][97][99]
  • 1 January 2002: Veronica Mary Geneste Ferguson, LVO, MB, BS, FRCS, FRCOphth (incumbent).[102][103]

Extra Surgeon-Oculist to the Household

  • 5 August 1952: Frank Anderson Juler, CVO, MB, BCh, FRCS.
  • 30 April 1965: Sir Stewart Duke-Elder, GCVO, DSc, PhD, MD, LLD, FRCS, FRCP, FACS.[93]

Apothecary to the Household

  • 5 August 1952: Sir John Nigel Loring, KCVO, MRCS, LRCP (retired 1 October 1964).[104]
  • 1 October 1964: Sir Ralph Southward, KCVO, MB, ChB, MRCP (retired 1 January 1975).[104][105]
  • 1 January 1975: Nigel Ralph Southward, MB, BChir, MRCP (retired 7 February 2003).[105][106]
  • 7 February 2003: Timothy Hugh David Evans, MB, BS, MRCS, LRCP, DRCOG, MRCGP (incumbent).[106][107]

Surgeon-Apothecary to the Household at Windsor

  • 5 August 1952: Richard William Legerton May, MB, BCh(Cantab.), MRCS, LRCP (resigned 9 March 1965).[108]
  • 9 March 1965: John Pilkington Clayton, CVO, MA, MB, BChir, MRCS, LRCP (retired 13 July 1986).[108][109]
  • 13 July 1986: John Hubert Daly Briscoe, MA, MB, BChir, MRCGP, DObst, RCOG (retired 29 June 1997).[109][110]
  • 29 June 1997: Jonathan Holliday.[110]

Extra Surgeon-Apothecary to the Household at Windsor

  • 5 August 1952: Edmund Claud Maiden, CVO, MB, BChir, MRCS, LRCP

Surgeon-Apothecary to the Household at Sandringham

  • 5 August 1952: James Lawrence Bunting Ansell, MVO, MRCS, LRCP (resigned 1 November 1965).[111]
  • 1 November 1965: Hugh Kelson Ford, CVO, MB, BS, DObst, RCOG (retired 22 February 1992).[111]
  • 22 February 1992: Ian Keith Campbell, BSc, MB, BS, DRCOG, FRCGP.[112]

Medical Household in Scotland

Physicians

  • 5 August 1952: Alexander Greig Anderson, Esquire, CVO, LLD, MD, FRCP
  • 5 August 1952: Professor Sir John William McNee, DSO, DSc, MD, FRCP, FRSE
  • 5 August 1952: Professor Leybourne Stanley Patrick Davidson, MD, FRCP, FRSE

Surgeons

  • 5 August 1952: Professor Sir James Rognvald Learmonth, KCVO, CBE, MB, ChM, FRCSE
  • 5 August 1952: George Gordon Bruce, Esquire, MB, ChB, FRCS, LRCP

Surgeon-Oculist

  • 5 August 1952: John Marshall, Esquire, MC, TD, MB, ChB, F.R.F.P.S.G.

Surgeon-Dentist

  • 5 August 1952: Robert Charles Scott Dow Esquire, LRCP, LRCS, HDD, FDS.

Surgeon-Apothecary to the Household at Balmoral

  • 5 August 1952: George Proctor Middleton, Esquire, CVO, MB, ChB

Surgeon-Apothecary to the Household at the Palace of Holyroodhouse

Surgeon-Apothecaries/Apothecaries to HM Household at the Palace of Holyroodhouse

  • 1908 – 1922: Dr W.B. Alexander (1844 – 1922)
  • 1923 – 1929: Dr D.J. Graham (1871 – 1929
  • 1930: Dr W.M. Taylor (1872 – 1930
  • 1931 – 1951: Dr N.J. Carmichael (1883 – 1951
  • 1952 – 1970: Dr G. Brewster (1899 – 1991
  • 1970 – 1986: Dr D.G. Illingworth (1921 – 2010)
  • 1987 – 1990: Dr H.H. Gebbie (b. 1930)
  • 1991 – 2001: Dr J.J.C. Cormack (1934 – 2002)
  • 2001—: Prof. J.R. Robertson (b. 1951)
  • 2016—: Dr Robin Balfour (b. 1961)

Military establishment

Gentlemen-at-Arms

Captain

5 August 1952: Colonel the Right Honourable Hugh William, Earl Fortescue, KG, CB, OBE, MC

Lieutenant

5 August 1952: Brigadier-General Sir Robert Harvey Kearsley, KCVO, CMG, DSO

Clerk of the Cheque and Adjutant

Gentlemen of the Corps

  • 5 August 1952: Colonel Sir Edward Philip Le Breton.
  • 5 August 1952: Lieutenant-Colonel Ughtred Elliott Carnegy Carnegy, DSO, MC
  • 5 August 1952: Brigadier Harold Vincent Spencer Charrington, DSO, MC
  • 5 August 1952: Major Sir Henry Lancelot Aubrey-Fletcher, Bt, DSO, MVO
  • 5 August 1952: Lieutenant-Colonel William Wallace Smith Cuninghame, DSO
  • 5 August 1952: Lieutenant-Colonel the Most Honourable James Arthur Norman, Marquess of Ormonde, MC
  • 5 August 1952: Colonel Bartle Mordaunt Marsham Edwards, M.C
  • 5 August 1952: Colonel Robert Henry Walsh, DSO, OBE, MC
  • 5 August 1952: Brigadier Lancelot Merivale Gibbs, CVO, DSO, MC
  • 5 August 1952: Lieutenant-Colonel Rupert Trevor Wallace Glynn, MC
  • 5 August 1952: Colonel the Right Honourable Edward Kenelm, Baron Digby, DSO, MC, TD
  • 5 August 1952: Brigadier Henry Walter Houldsworth, DSO, MC, TD
  • 5 August 1952: Lieutenant-Colonel John Forrester Colvin, OBE, MC
  • 5 August 1952: Lieutenant-Colonel Kenneth Edward Previte, OBE
  • 5 August 1952: Brigadier Thomas Fairfax-Ross, MC, TD
  • 5 August 1952: Major-General William Augustus Fitzgerald Lane Fox-Pitt, DSO, MVO, MC
  • 5 August 1952: Brigadier John Norman Cheney, OBE
  • 5 August 1952: Lieutenant-Colonel Francis Edgar Anthony Fulford.
  • 5 August 1952: Brigadier Sir Henry Robert Kincaid Floyd, Bt, CB, CBE.
  • 5 August 1952: Colonel Sir Robert Eric Sherlock Gooch, Bt, DSO
  • 5 August 1952: Lieutenant-Colonel William Heathcoat Amory, DSO
  • 5 August 1952: Colonel Sir John Gawen Carew Pole, Bt, DSO, TD
  • 5 August 1952: Brigadier Robert Bramston Thesiger Daniell, DSO
  • 5 August 1952: Brigadier Anthony Hilton Pepys, DSO
  • 5 August 1952: Lieutenant-Colonel Sir William Vivian Makins, Bt

Yeomen of the Guard

Captain

5 August 1952: The Right Honourable William Arthur Bampfylde, Earl of Onslow, MC, TD

Lieutenant

5 August 1952: Major-General Sir Allan Henry Shafto Adair, Bt, CB, DSO, MC

Clerk of the Cheque and Adjutant

5 August 1952: Lieutenant-Colonel Ralph Charles Bingham, DSO

Ensign

5 August 1952: Lieutenant-Colonel Victor Buller Turner, VC

Exons

5 August 1952: Brigadier William Greenwood Carr, DSO Lieutenant-Colonel Gerald Hugh Grosvenor, DSO

Other appointments

Groom in Waiting

Extra Groom in Waiting

Groom of the Robes

5 August 1952: Captain Sir Harold George Campbell, KCVO, DSO, RN

Parliament

Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod

5 August 1952: Lieutenant-General Sir Brian Gwynne Horrocks, KCB, KBE, DSO, MC

Sergeants-at-Arms

  • 5 August 1952: George Alfred Titman, Esquire, CBE, MVO
  • 5 August 1952: Lieutenant-Commander (S) Albert William Stone, MVO, MSM, RN
  • 5 August 1952: George Frederick Thomas Hopkins, Esquire, MVO, OBE, MC
  • - February 2018: Brian Stanley, Esq.

Sergeant-at-Arms, House of Lords

5 August 1952: Air Vice-Marshal Sir Paul Copeland Maltby, KBE, CB, DSO, AFC

Sergeant-at-Arms, House of Commons

5 August 1952: Brigadier Sir Charles Alfred Howard, KCVO, DSO

The Queen's Archives

Keeper

5 August 1952: The Right Honourable Sir Alan Frederick Lascelles, GCVO, KCB, CMG, MC

Librarian

5 August 1952: Sir Owen Frederick Morshead, KCVO, DSO, MC

Keeper of the Jewel House, Tower of London

5 August 1952: Major-General Hervey Degge Wilmot Sitwell, CB, MC

Surveyor of The Queen's Pictures

5 August 1952: Professor Anthony Frederick Blunt, CVO

Deputy Surveyor of The Queen's Pictures

5 August 1952: Oliver Nicholas Millar, Esquire, FSA

Surveyor of The Queen's Works of Art

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.

Master of the Queen's Music

5 August 1952: Sir Arnold Edward Trevor Bax, MusDoc

Poet Laureate

5 August 1952: John Masefield, Esquire, OM, LitTD, LLD

Honorary Veterinary Surgeons

  • 5 August 1952: Captain Thomas Lewis Wright, Esquire, MRCVS
  • 5 August 1952: Edmond Scot Paterson, Esquire, MRCVS

Coroner of the Household

5 August 1952: Lieutenant-Colonel William Hilgrove Leslie McCarthy, DSO, MC, MD, MRCP

Captain of The Queen's Flight

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

Her Majesty's Representative at Ascot

5 August 1952: His Grace Bernard Marmaduke Fitzalan-Howard, 16th Duke of Norfolk, KG, GCVO

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