The mistress of the robes was the senior lady in the Royal Household of the United Kingdom, who would, by appointment, attend on the Queen (whether queen...
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college head Mistress of the Robes of the UK Royal Household Female equivalent of schoolmaster Despoina, a Greek goddess referred to as "the mistress" Potnia...
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Lady-in-waiting (redirect from Ladies of the Household)
her reign, the ladies-in-waiting to Queen Elizabeth II were: Mistress of the Robes The Duchess of Grafton served as Mistress of the Robes to Elizabeth...
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marriage, was an English courtier and abolitionist from the Howard family. She was Mistress of the Robes under several Whig administrations: 1837–1841, 1846–1852...
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3rd Class 1885 – 1892 and 1895 – 1901: Mistress of the Robes to Queen Victoria 1901 – 1912: Mistress of the Robes to Queen Alexandra G.E. Cokayne, Vicary...
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Susan Clarencieux (category Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the ODNB)
lasted for the remainder of Mary's life. After Mary's accession to the throne in 1553, Susan Clarencius was named Mistress of the Robes. Mary of Hungary...
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female member of her household. The Women of the Bedchamber are usually in regular attendance, but the Mistress of the Robes and the Ladies of the Bedchamber...
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Sophie Esterházy (category Nobility from the Austrian Empire)
selected to serve in the Austrian imperial court. She served as Oberhofmeisterin (mistress of the Robes) to Empress Elisabeth of Austria from 1854 to...
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the senior lady-in-waiting is the Mistress of the Robes. The women of the bedchamber are in regular attendance, but the mistress of the robes and the...
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Chamberlain who is assisted by the Groom of the Robes and the Master of the Robes or Mistress of the Robes. The monarch enters the Gold State Coach to return...
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for power", the 26-year-old Duchess (through her friendship with Lord Derby, the then prime minister) was appointed Mistress of the Robes to Queen Victoria...
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as Mistress of the Robes. The Duchess of Bedford performed the duties of the office for the duration of the ministry, but was not appointed to the post...
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Conservative governments as Lord President of the Council and Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. She served as Mistress of the Robes to Queen Victoria. Lady Anne Spencer-Churchill...
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husband, Lord Douro, succeeded his father as duke of Wellington in 1852. She served as Mistress of the Robes to Queen Victoria from 1861 to 1868, and again...
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Ursula Pole, Baroness Stafford (category Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the ODNB)
was an influential person at the court of Queen Elizabeth I to whom she served in the capacity of Mistress of the Robes. Henry Stafford, 2nd Baron Stafford...
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the monarch is enrobed by the Lord Great Chamberlain who is assisted by the Groom of the Robes and the Master of the Robes or Mistress of the Robes....
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from the Mistress of the Robes to the Maids of Honour are in her service. At the commencement of the reign of Queen Victoria, the two establishments were...
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Stewart-Murray, 7th Duke of Atholl (1840–1917). She served as Mistress of the Robes to Queen Victoria in Lord Derby's short-lived government of 1852. She subsequently...
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Duchess again was appointed Mistress of the Robes to Queen Mary, holding the position until the latter's death in 1953. The Dowager Duchess, widowed since...
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Cavendish family (redirect from The cavendish house)
of Canada 1916–21; married to Evelyn Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire (1870–1960), Mistress of the Robes to Queen Mary Edward Cavendish, 10th Duke of...
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various points in the coronation service, ready to hand them over to the Mistress of the Robes and the Lord Great Chamberlain (who assisted The Queen in putting...
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twelve children included the 7th and 8th Earls of Carlisle. Another child, the Duchess of Sutherland, was Mistress of the Robes and a close friend to Queen...
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Marianne Skerrett (category Women of the Victorian era)
Dresser and the Wardrobe Maids, all part of the Department of the Mistress of the Robes. She was responsible for the organization of the queen's chamber...
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Supertunica (category Monarchy of the United Kingdom)
All of the robes are removed before the final part of the ceremony, the procession out of the Abbey, in which the monarch wears the Imperial Robe. During...
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The Duchess of Buccleuch resigned the post of Mistress of the Robes in 1846, and was succeeded by the Duchess of Sutherland. She was a member of the Royal...
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FitzRoy, Duchess of Grafton, GCVO, JP (née Smith; 24 February 1920 – 3 December 2021) was a British courtier who served as Mistress of the Robes to Queen Elizabeth...
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scattered amongst the congregation. Queen Caroline was also anointed, and crowned, with the Mistress of the Robes given a handkerchief to "wipe of [sic] any Oyl...
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correspondence. In 1868, the Duchess of Argyll succeeded the Duchess of Wellington as Mistress of the Robes to Queen Victoria, holding the position until 1870...
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She was Mistress of the Robes to Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother from 1937–64. She was the second daughter of Charles Gordon-Lennox, Earl of March and...
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Duchess of Devonshire, GCVO, CBE (née Gascoyne-Cecil; 29 July 1895 – 24 December 1988) was a British courtier who served as Mistress of the Robes to Queen...
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