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    The Lord Great Chamberlain of England is the sixth of the Great Officers of State, ranking beneath the Lord Privy Seal but above the Lord High Constable...
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    one or other of the Houses of Parliament. The Lord Great Chamberlain (formally the Lord Great Chamberlain of England) originally had financial duties pertaining...
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    The Lord Chamberlain of the Household is the most senior officer of the Royal Household of the United Kingdom, supervising the departments which support...
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    David Cholmondeley, 7th Marquess of Cholmondeley (category Lord Great Chamberlains)
    British peer and filmmaker who acted as Lord Great Chamberlain of the United Kingdom from 1990 to 2022. Lord Cholmondeley is a descendant of Sir Robert...
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  • Holders of the office of Lord Chamberlain of Scotland are known from about 1124. It was ranked by King Malcolm as the third great Officer of State, called...
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  • Number includes Lord Carrington, who would otherwise be an ex officio member by virtue of holding the office of Lord Great Chamberlain. Earl of Oxford...
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    Rupert Carington, 7th Baron Carrington (category Lord Great Chamberlains)
    peer and crossbench member of the House of Lords. Lord Carrington has served as Lord Great Chamberlain of England since the accession of Charles III in...
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    000-hectare) estate near Malpas, Cheshire. A part of the office of Lord Great Chamberlain came into the Cholmondeley family through the marriage of the first...
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    The Lord High Constable of England is the seventh of the Great Officers of State, ranking beneath the Lord Great Chamberlain and above the Earl Marshal...
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    elected through internal by-elections, plus the Earl Marshal and Lord Great Chamberlain as members ex officio. No members directly inherit their seats any...
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    Lord Great Chamberlain (one of the Great Officers of State) Lord Chamberlain (senior executive Officer of the Royal Household) Chamberlain of the City...
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    Hugh Cholmondeley, 6th Marquess of Cholmondeley (category Lord Great Chamberlains)
    Rocksavage from 1923 until 1968, was a British peer who served as Lord Great Chamberlain of England between 1968 and 1990. Cholmondeley was born in 1919...
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    in the United Kingdom, ranking beneath the Lord President of the Council and above the Lord Great Chamberlain. Originally, its holder was responsible for...
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  • holds a one-quarter interest in the ancient hereditary office of Lord Great Chamberlain, currently held by the 7th Baron Carrington. The only daughter of...
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  • one-twentieth share in the succession for the office of Lord Great Chamberlain, one of the Great Officers of State in England and Wales. Under the House...
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    responsibilities were separated from the rest of the job that evolved into Lord Great Chamberlain. The Treasury was originally a section of the Royal Household with...
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    Thomas Cromwell (category Lord Great Chamberlains)
    granted Cromwell the earldom of Essex and the senior court office of Lord Great Chamberlain. Despite these signs of royal favour, Cromwell's tenure as the King's...
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    John de Vere, 15th Earl of Oxford (category Lord Great Chamberlains)
    John de Vere, 15th Earl of Oxford, Lord Great Chamberlain KG PC (c. 1482 – 21 March 1540) was an English peer and courtier. John de Vere, born about 1482...
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  • newly-formed title of Lord High Treasurer in 1126. So perhaps Malet became Lord Great Chamberlain in 1126 when the job of Lord High Treasurer seems to...
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    Rocksavage from birth until 1923, was a British peer. He was the Lord Great Chamberlain of England in 1936 and also between 1952 and 1966. Cholmondeley...
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  • the household was gradually eroded. In England, for instance, the Lord Great Chamberlain and the Earl Marshal were originally responsible for the running...
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    posts of Serjeant-at-Arms for the House of Lords, Secretary to the Lord Great Chamberlain and to be appointed an Officer of the Order of the Garter. Before...
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    forced him to resign on 22 September 1940, Chamberlain was an important member of the war cabinet as Lord President of the Council, heading the government...
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    High Treasurer The Lord High Steward The Lord Great Chamberlain Senior Officers of the Household: The Lord Steward The Lord Chamberlain Treasurer of the...
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  • Cholmondeley, 7th Marquess of Cholmondeley (born 1960), British peer and Lord Great Chamberlain of England George Cholmondeley, 2nd Earl of Cholmondeley (1666–1733)...
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    Diplomatic Corps as are in possession of an invitation issued by the Lord Great Chamberlain. The ceremonial surrounding the opening of parliament can be broken...
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  • Aubrey de Vere II (category Lord Great Chamberlains)
    a regular basis. In June 1133, that king awarded the office of Lord Great Chamberlain to Aubrey and his heirs. A frequent witness of royal charters for...
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    chief advisor. At 12, de Vere had become the 17th Earl of Oxford, Lord Great Chamberlain of England, and heir to an estate whose annual income, though assessed...
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    First Lord of the Admiralty from 1635 to 1636 and also established his claim in right of his mother to the hereditary office of Lord Great Chamberlain of...
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    Matilda in the mid-twelfth century. He was the son of Aubrey de Vere, Lord Great Chamberlain and Sheriff of London, and Alice (died c. 1163), a daughter of Gilbert...
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