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.
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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.
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.
Name | Began | Ended | Notes | Ref. |
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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] |
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.
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.
Name | Began | Ended | Notes | Ref. |
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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 |
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.
Portrait | Name | Term of office | Party | Prime Minister | |||
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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 |
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.
Name | Entered Office | Left Office | Notes | Ref. |
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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 |
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.
Name | Entered Office | Left Office | Notes | Ref. |
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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] |
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
- 5 August 1952: Major Sir Michael Edward Adeane, KCVO, CB
- 5 August 1952: Major Edward William Spencer Ford, CB, MVO
- 5 August 1952: Lieutenant-Colonel the Honourable Martin Michael Charles Wemyss Charteris, OBE
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
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
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
- 5 August 1952: Colonel the Right Honourable Clive, Baron Wigram, GCB, GCVO, CSI (Permanent)
- 5 August 1952: The Right Honourable Rowland Thomas, Earl of Cromer, GCB, GCIE, GCVO (Permanent)
- 5 August 1952: The Right Honourable John, Earl of Eldon, KCVO
- 5 August 1952: The Right Honourable Wentworth Henry Canning, Viscount Allendale, KG, CB, CBE, MC
- 5 August 1952: The Right Honourable Frederick Winston Furneaux, Earl of Birkenhead.
- 5 August 1952: The Right Honourable George Nigel, Earl of Selkirk, GBE, AFC
- 5 August 1952: The Right Honourable Alexander David Frederick, Baron Lloyd, MBE
Equerries
Equerries
- 5 August 1952: Captain Sir Harold George Campbell, KCVO, DSO, RN
- 5 August 1952: Major Sir Michael Edward Adeane, KCVO, CB
- 1952-1954: Captain Edward John Spencer, Viscount Althorp, MVO
Temporary Equerries
- 5 August 1952: Group Captain Peter Wooldridge Townsend, CVO, DSO, DFC
- 5 August 1952: Captain Edward John Spencer, Viscount Althorp, MVO
- 5 August 1952: Captain the Right Honourable Patrick Terence William Span, Baron Plunket
Extra Equerries
- 5 August 1952: Colonel Sir John Renton Aird, Bt, MVO, MC
- 5 August 1952: The Right Honourable Sir James Ulick Francis Canning Alexander, GCVO, KCB, CMG, OBE
- 5 August 1952: Commander Peter William Beckwith Ashmore, MVO, DSC, RN
- 5 August 1952: Admiral the Honourable Sir Hubert George Brand, GCB, KCMG, KCVO
- 5 August 1952: Commander Colin Buist, MVO, RN
- 5 August 1952: Admiral Sir Henry Tritton Buller, GCVO, CB
- 5 August 1952: Brigadier-General Sir Smith Hill Child, Bt, GCVO, CB, CMG, DSO
- 5 August 1952: Lieutenant-General Sir George Sidney Clive, GCVO, KCB, CMG, DSO
- 5 August 1952: The Right Honourable Rowland Thomas Baring, Earl of Cromer, GCB, GCIE, GCVO
- 5 August 1952: Colonel Sir Arthur Edward Erskine, GCVO, DSO
- 5 August 1952: Admiral the Honourable Sir Herbert Meade-Fetherstonhaugh, GCVO, CB, DSO
- 5 August 1952: Air Commodore Sir Edward Hedley Fielden, KCVO, CB, DFC, AFC
- 5 August 1952: Brigadier Walter Douglas Campbell Greenacre, CB, DSO, MVO
- 5 August 1952: Brigadier Sir Norman Wilmshurst Gwatkin, KCVO, DSO
- 5 August 1952: The Right Honourable Alexander Henry Louis Hardinge, Baron Hardinge of Penshurst, GCB, GCVO, MC
- 5 August 1952: Vice-Admiral Charles Edward Lambe, CB, CVO
- 5 August 1952: Lieutenant-Colonel the Honourable Sir Piers Walter Legh, GCVO, CMG, CIE, OBE
- 5 August 1952: Major the Right Honourable Thomas William Edward Coke, Earl of Leicester, MVO
- 5 August 1952: Lieutenant-Colonel Douglas William Alexander Dalziel Mackenzie, CVO, DSO
- 5 August 1952: Captain Charles Joseph Henry O'Hara Moore, CVO, MC
- 5 August 1952: Lieutenant-Colonel Ririd Myddelton, MVO
- 5 August 1952: Admiral Sir Dudley Burton Napier North, GCVO, CB, CSI, CMG
- 5 August 1952: Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Terence Edmund Gascoigne Nugent, GCVO, MC
- 5 August 1952: Sir Arthur Horace Penn, KCVO, MC
- 5 August 1952: Sir George Arthur Ponsonby, KCVO
- 5 August 1952: Rear-Admiral Edward Michael Conolly Abel Smith, CB, CVO
- 5 August 1952: Colonel the Right Honourable Clive Wigram, Baron Wigram, GCB, GCVO, CSI
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
- 5 August 1952: The Reverend Canon Travers Guy Rogers, MC, BD
- 5 August 1952: The Reverend Canon Charles Earle Raven, DD, DSC
- 5 August 1952: The Reverend Arthur Rowland Harry Grant, CVO, TD, DD
- 5 August 1952: The Reverend Canon William John Telia Phythian Phythian-Adams, DSO, MC, DD
- 5 August 1952: The Reverend Philip Thomas Byard Clayton, CH, MC, MA
- 5 August 1952: The Reverend Canon Leonard Martin Andrews, CVO, MBE, MC, MA
- 5 August 1952: The Reverend Canon Henry Spencer Stephenson, MA
- 5 August 1952: The Reverend Canon Frank Hay Gillingham, BA
- 5 August 1952: The Reverend Thomas Malcolm Layng, CBE, MC, MA.
- 5 August 1952: The Reverend Henry Edward FitzHerbert, MA
- 5 August 1952: The Reverend Canon Sidney Ernest Swann, MA
- 5 August 1952: The Reverend Reginald French, MC, MA
- 5 August 1952: The Reverend Canon Ellis Foster Edge Partington, MC, MA
- 5 August 1952: The Venerable Frederick Boreham, MA
- 5 August 1952: The Reverend Canon John McLeod Campbell, MC, DD
- 5 August 1952: The Reverend Albert Victor Baillie, KCVO, DD
- 5 August 1952: The Reverend Canon Arthur Stretton Reeve, MA
- 5 August 1952: The Reverend Robert Reginald Churchill, CBE, MA
- 5 August 1952: The Reverend Humphrey Gordon Barclay, CVO, MC
- 5 August 1952: The Reverend Ralph Creed Meredith, MA
- 5 August 1952: The Venerable Charles Henry Ritchie, MA
- 5 August 1952: The Reverend Prebendary Walter Gordon Arrowsmith, MA
- 5 August 1952: The Reverend Prebendary Hubert Harold Treacher
- 5 August 1952: The Reverend Canon Ian Hugh White-Thomson, MA
- 5 August 1952: The Reverend Prebendary George Frederick Saywell, MA
- 5 August 1952: The Reverend Canon Eric Symes Abbott, MA
- 5 August 1952: The Reverend Canon Wallace Harold Elliott, MA
- 5 August 1952: The Reverend Canon Ralph Layard Whytehead, MA
- 5 August 1952: The Reverend Peter Llewellyn Gillingham, MA
- 5 August 1952: The Reverend Lewis Mervyn Charles Edwards.
- 5 August 1952: The Reverend Canon Leslie George Mannering, MC, MA
- 5 August 1952: The Venerable Arthur Selwyn Bean, MBE, BD
- 5 August 1952: The Reverend Canon John Farquhar Richardson, MA
- 5 August 1952: The Reverend Canon Robert Wright Stopford, CBE., DCL, MA
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
- 5 August 1952: The Very Reverend Charles Laing Warr, KCVO, DD, LLD
- 5 August 1952: The Very Reverend James Hutchison Cockburn, DD
- 5 August 1952: The Reverend Andrew Nevile Davidson, DD
- 5 August 1952: The Very Reverend John Baillie, DD, DLitt, LLD
- 5 August 1952: The Very Reverend William White Anderson, MC, DD
- 5 August 1952: The Reverend Thomas Bentley Stewart Thomson, MC, TD, DD
- 5 August 1952: The Reverend Professor James Pitt Watson, DD
- 5 August 1952: The Reverend Professor James Stuart Stewart, DD
- 5 August 1952: The Reverend John Annand Fraser, MBE, TD, DD
Domestic Chaplain
5 August 1952: The Reverend John Lamb, CVO, BD (Balmoral).
Medical Household
Physicians
- 5 August 1952: Horace Evans, 1st Baron Evans, GCVO, MD, FRCP (died 26 October 1963).[49]
- 5 August 1952: Sir John Weir, GCVO, MB, ChB, FFHom (retired 31 December 1968).[50]
- 5 August 1952: Sir Ronald Bodley Scott, KCVO, MA, BM, BCh, DM, FRCP (until 1973).[51]
- 17 March 1964: William Neville Mann, MD, FRCP (succeeding Lord Evans; resigned 20 March 1970).[49][52]
- 31 December 1968: Margery Grace Blackie, CVO, MD, MB, BS, MRCS, LRCP, FFHom (retired 31 October 1980).[50][53]
- 20 March 1970: Richard Ian Samuel Bayliss, MD, FRCP (until 1982).[52][54]
- December 1974: Sir John Charles Batten, KCVO, MD, BS, FRCP (until 1989).[55][56]
- 31 October 1980: Charles Kennedy Elliott, MB, MRCGP, FFHom (retired 20 March 1986).[53][57]
- 2 January 1982: Anthony Michael Dawson, MD, BS, FRCP (until 1993).[58][59]
- 20 March 1986: Ronald William Davey, LVO, MD, FFHom, AKC (until 2001).[57][60]
- 1993: Richard Paul Hepworth Thompson, DM, FRCP (until 2005).[61]
- 2001: Peter Anthony Goodwin Fisher, MA, MB, BChir, FFHom, FRCP, FRSocMed (died 15 August 2018).[62]
- 2005: Professor John Cunningham, CVO, BA, BM, BCh, DM, FRCP (until 2014).[63]
- 2014: Professor Sir Huw Thomas, KCVO, FRCP.[64]
Physicians to the Household
- 17 March 1964: Richard Ian Samuel Bayliss, MD, FRCP (promoted 20 March 1970).[49][52]
- 20 March 1970: John Charles Batten, MD, BS, FRCP (promoted December 1974).[52][55]
- December 1974: Anthony Michael Dawson, MD, BS, FRCP (promoted 2 January 1982).[55][58]
- 2 January 1982: Richard Paul Hepworth Thompson, DM, FRCP (promoted 1993).[58][61]
Physician-Paediatrician
- 5 August 1952: Wilfrid Percy Henry Sheldon, MD, FRCP (1 January 1972).[65]
- 1 January 1972: Philip Rainsford Evans, CBE, MSc, MD, ChB, FRCP (until 1976).[65][66]
Extra Physicians
- 5 August 1952: The Right Honourable Thomas Jeeves Horder, 1st Baron Horder, GCVO, MD, BSc, FRCP
- 5 August 1952: Sir Henry Letheby Tidy, KBE, MD, FRCP
- 5 August 1952: Sir Daniel Thomas Davies, KCVO, MD, BSc, FRCP
Sergeant-Surgeon
- 5 August 1952: Sir Arthur Espie Porritt, KCMG, CBE., MB, MCh, FRCS
- 1 September 1967: Sir Ralph Marnham, KCVO, MChir, FRCS[36]
- 1 January 1972: Sir Edward Grainger Muir, MS, FRCS[67]
- 20 March 1973: Sir Edward Tuckwell, KCVO, MCh, FRCS[68]
- 12 May 1975: Sir Hugh Evelyn Lockhart-Mummery, KCVO, MD, MChir, FRCS, LRCP[69]
- 29 April 1983: William Willatt Slack, Esquire, MCh, FRCS[70]
- 23 February 1990: John Leonard Dawson, CVO, MS, FRCS[71][72]
- 22 February 1991: Barry Trevor Jackson, MS, FRCS (retired 2001).[73][74][75]
- 3 December 2001: Adam Anthony Murless Lewis, MB, BS, FRCS, FRCSE (retired 1 November 2006).[75][76][77]
- 4 January 2007: Roger Henry Vickers, MA, BM, BCh, FRCS (until 2010).[78][79]
- 25 July 2010: Professor Sir George Hamilton, MD, FRCS.[80][81]
- 10 August 2016: Mr Satya Bhattacharya FRCS LVO[82][83]
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
- 5 August 1952: Sir William Gilliatt, KCVO, MD, MS, FRCP, FRCS, FRCOG
- 11 July 1961: Sir John Harold Peel, KCVO, FRCS, FRCOG (retired March 1973).[87][88]
- March 1973: Sir George Douglas Pinker, KCVO, FRCS(Ed.), PRCOG (retired 30 March 1990).[89]
- 30 March 1990: Marcus Edward Setchell, MA, FRCS, FRCOG (until 2014).[89][90]
- 30 June 2014: Alan Farthing (incumbent).[91]
Surgeon-Gynaecologist to the Household
Extra Surgeons
- 5 August 1952: Sir Thomas Peel Dunhill, GCVO, CMG, MD, FRCS, FRACS
- 5 August 1952: Sir James Walton, KCVO, MB, M.S., BSc, FRCS, LRCP, F.G.A.
- 5 August 1952: Sir Lancelot Edward Barrington-Ward, KCVO, ChM, FRCS
Extra Manipulative Surgeon
- 5 August 1952: Sir Morton Smart, GCVO, DSO, MD
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
- 5 August 1952: Sir Reginald Watson-Jones, FRCS, FRACS, FACS, MChOrth, BSc
Aurist
- 5 August 1952: John Douglas McLaggan, CVO, MB, ChB, FRCS
- 11 July 1961: James Cecil Hogg, Esquire, CVO, FRCS[88]
Surgeon-Dentist
- 5 August 1952: Sir Alan Cumbrae Rose McLeod, KCVO, FDS, RCS(Eng.), DDS (retired 1 September 1975).[100]
- 1 September 1975: Nicholas Anthony Sturridge, LDS, DDS, BDS (retired 19 July 2007).[100][101]
Extra Physician to the Household
- 5 August 1952: Sir Arnold Walmsley Stott, KBE, BCh, FRCP
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
- 5 August 1952: Lieutenant-Colonel the Honourable Osbert Eustace Vesey, CMG, CBE.
- 2016: Christopher Mackenzie-Beevor, CBE
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
- 5 August 1952: Sir Arthur Horace Penn, KCVO, MC
Extra Groom in Waiting
- 5 August 1952: The Right Honourable Montague Charles, Earl of St Germans, KCVO, OBE
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
References
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