• Gentleman of the Bedchamber was a title in the Royal Household of the Kingdom of England from the 11th century, later used also in the Kingdom of Great...
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  • William Crofts, 1st Baron Crofts (category People from the Borough of St Edmundsbury)
    1611–1677) was an English baron and Gentleman of the Bedchamber to Charles II. He was the son of Sir Henry Crofts, MP, of Little Saxham, Suffolk. He moved...
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    Gentleman-in-waiting Gentleman of the bedchamber Gentleman of the Chapel Royal Gentleman-usher In France, gentilhomme ... rendered as "gentleman-in-ordinary"...
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  • Earl of Anglesey (c. 1593 – 3 April 1630), known at court as Kit Villiers, was an English courtier, Gentleman of the Bedchamber and later Master of the Robes...
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    Sir Thomas Herbert, 1st Baronet (category Baronets in the Baronetage of England)
    historian and a gentleman of the bedchamber of King Charles I while Charles was in the custody of Parliament (from 1647 until the king's execution in...
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  • Director of the Royal Collection Doorward Eunuch Falconer Gentleman of the Bedchamber Gentleman Usher Grand Almoner Grandmaster Grand Master of the Hunt Great...
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    made a gentleman of the bedchamber and he was noted for his handsome appearance as well as his limited intelligence; he was also made a Knight of the Garter...
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    Restoration of the Monarchy) was invariably coupled with that of First Gentleman (or Lady) of the Bedchamber; as effective Head of the royal Bedchamber, the Groom...
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  • after the Restoration of the monarchy in 1660. He was lord-lieutenant of Suffolk and Cambridgeshire and gentleman of the bedchamber, 1660–1682. At the coronation...
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    of Lord Lieutenant of Cambridgeshire, Bedfordshire and Middlesex between 1701 and 1711. He was also a Gentleman of the Bedchamber to William III from...
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    and made a gentleman of the bedchamber. In 1604, he was sent on a mission to France and pleaded for the Huguenots, which annoyed Henry IV of France and...
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  • Arthur Pole (courtier) (category Esquires of the Body)
    Distinguishing himself on the jousting field in 1516, he soon became a squire of the king's body. He was then elevated to Gentleman of the Bedchamber to King Henry...
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    nobleman, politician, peer, and Gentleman of the Bedchamber to Prince George of Denmark. Byron was the only surviving son of William Byron, 3rd Baron Byron...
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    once-removed by marriage; for whom The Lord Baltimore (Gentleman of the Bedchamber to her father) stood proxy), The Queen of Denmark (for whom Anne, Viscountess...
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    After the Battle of Landen in 1693, William III made Beauclerk captain of the gentlemen pensioners, and four years later gentleman of the bedchamber. His...
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  • palaces, as the Bedchamber was concerned with the innermost; the Bedchamber, focused on the most direct and intimate aspects of the lives of the royal family...
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    others had pressed Anne to support Villiers's appointment as a Gentleman of the Bedchamber; at first, she refused, saying, according to Abbot's own account...
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    he was knighted as a Gentleman of the Bedchamber. In 1616, when he became the King's Master of the Horse, he was elevated to the peerage as Baron Whaddon...
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  • for New York City Silius Titus (1623–1704), captain of Deal Castle, and Gentleman of the Bedchamber to King Charles II Theo Titus (1920–2008), American...
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    seven of them in his bedroom. Robert Bruce (later Earl of Ailesbury), a Gentleman of the Bedchamber, complained that the continual noise of the clocks...
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    30 barrels of powder, with good store of wood, faggots, pieces and bars of iron. Extract of a letter from Sir Edward Hoby (Gentleman of the Bedchamber) to Sir...
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    Churchill was created Earl of Marlborough, sworn to the Privy Council, and made a Gentleman of the King's Bedchamber. During the War of the Spanish Succession...
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    preparation lasted until dawn. He instructed the Gentleman of the Bedchamber, Thomas Herbert, on what would be done with the few possessions he had left. He requested...
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    said titles. The Duke served as a Gentleman of the Bedchamber to King Charles III of Spain. The Duke of Liria and Jérica died in 1787 in Madrid, and was...
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  • Milyukov (redirect from House of Milukoff)
    were voivodes, falconers, stolniks (cup bearers), and gentleman of the bedchamber. The House of Milyukov stems from a "foreigner" Semyon Melik, who was...
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    Antoinette de Maignelais (category House of Dreux)
    first gentleman of the bedchamber, André, Baron de Villequier (d. 1454), of Guerche in Touraine. On this occasion the king presented Antoinette with the isles...
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    her father was a Gentleman of the Bedchamber and later a Privy Councillor, the family lived at Whitehall. Dianas mother, the countess of Oxford had a reputation...
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    Royal court (category Articles incorporating a citation from the 1913 Catholic Encyclopedia with Wikisource reference)
    Gentleman of the Bedchamber Gentleman Usher Grandmaster Great officers Groom of the Stool Herald Intendant The Royal Fool Keeper of the seal King of arms...
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    advanced rapidly through the ranks of the nobility. In 1615 he was knighted as a Gentleman of the Bedchamber, and in 1616 elevated to the peerage as Baron Whaddon...
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    William Compton (courtier) (category Ushers of the Black Rod)
    the aristocracy, and made a fortune himself. The offices he held included: Groom of the Bedchamber Chief Gentleman of the Bedchamber Chief Ranger of Windsor...
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