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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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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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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The Lord Chamberlain's Men was a company of actors, or a "playing company" (as it then would likely have been described), for which William Shakespeare...
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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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The Lord Chamberlain's Office is a department within the British Royal Household. It is concerned with matters such as protocol, state visits, investitures...
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Reichskämmerer (imperial chamberlain) Lord Chamberlain of the Archduchess Grand Chamberlain of Japan and Chamberlain of Japan Lord Chamberlain of Norway Podkomorzy...
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Andrew Parker, Baron Parker of Minsmere (redirect from Lord Parker of Minsmere)
served as Director General of MI5 from 2013 to 2020. He has served as Lord Chamberlain of the Household since 1 April 2021, and is a crossbench member of...
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Gladstone ministry (1880–85). At the time, Chamberlain was notable for his attacks on the Conservative leader Lord Salisbury, and in the 1885 general election...
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The Lord Chamberlain of Denmark (Danish: Overkammerherre) is the highest office of the Royal Household of Denmark, and the most distinguished of the Chamberlains...
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The Lord Chamberlain's plays are a collection of manuscripts held by the British Library comprising scripts of all new plays in Britain that needed to...
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Deputy Chief Whip. The Vice-Chamberlain is the Deputy to the Lord Chamberlain of the Household and, like the Lord Chamberlain, carries a white staff of...
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Sir Joseph Austen Chamberlain KG (16 October 1863 – 16 March 1937) was a British statesman, son of Joseph Chamberlain and older half-brother of Prime...
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peer from 15 May 1973 until October 2006 when, on his appointment as Lord Chamberlain of the Royal Household, he became a crossbench (non-partisan) member...
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William Hastings, 1st Baron Hastings (redirect from William, 1st Lord Hastings)
the most important courtiers of King Edward IV, whom he served as Lord Chamberlain. At the time of Edward's death he was one of the most powerful and...
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chamber was led by the master chamberlain (Latin: magister camerarius, later called the Lord Great Chamberlain), lesser chamberlains, and other officials. The...
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Spencer in 1845 and held political office as Lord Chamberlain of the Household between 1846 and 1848 and as Lord Steward of the Household between 1854 and...
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Lord Chamberlain Count of Neny president of the Privy Council, member of the Imperial Council of State Count of Woestenraedt, Imperial Lord Chamberlain. Marquess...
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The Lord Chamberlain's requirements were a set of four prerequisites for a licence for a production in British theatres. These were printed in theatre...
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The Lord High Treasurer The Lord High Steward The Lord Great Chamberlain Senior Officers of the Household: The Lord Steward The Lord Chamberlain Treasurer...
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Richard Luce, Baron Luce (redirect from Lord Luce)
DL (born 14 October 1936) is a British politician. He is a former Lord Chamberlain to the Queen, serving from 2000 to 2006, and has been Governor of Gibraltar...
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Below is an incomplete list of those who have served as lord chamberlains to British royal consorts. With the exception of Diana, Princess of Wales, the...
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are five officials of the organisation: the Chancellor, held by the Lord Chamberlain; the Secretary, held by the Keeper of the Privy Purse and Treasurer...
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Charles Spencer, 6th Earl Spencer (category Lord-Lieutenants of Northamptonshire)
served as Vice-Chamberlain of the Household from 1892 to 1895. Raised to peerage as Viscount Althorp in 1905, he was Lord Chamberlain from 1905 to 1912...
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was a Scottish landowner, soldier, banker and peer. Airlie served as Lord Chamberlain of the Household from 1984 until 1997, as well as in a number of honorary...
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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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Present usage: Lord Chamberlain Lord Chancellor Lord Commissioner of Justiciary Lord High Admiral Lord Justice Clerk Lord Marshal Lord mayor Lord of Council...
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Lord Chamberlain of the Archduchess was a ceremonial function at the imperial court of Brussels. This position was given to important members of the Nobility...
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George Spencer, 4th Duke of Marlborough (category Lord-Lieutenants of Oxfordshire)
politician from the Spencer family. He served as Lord Chamberlain between 1762 and 1763 and as Lord Privy Seal between 1763 and 1765. He is the great-great-great...
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and banker who served as Lord Chamberlain of the United Kingdom from 1998 to 2000, and the first Catholic Lord Chamberlain since the Reformation. The...
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