List of Lords Chamberlain to British royal consorts

Below is an incomplete list of those who have served as Lords Chamberlain to British royal consorts.

With the exception of Diana, Princess of Wales, the office has been created for the Princess of Wales and continued if and when they become queen consort. Also, with the exception of Philip II of Spain (the husband of Mary I), the office is not created for male consorts.

Lords Chamberlain to Philip II of Spain (1554-1558)

*1554–1558?: John Williams, 1st Baron Williams de Thame

=Lords Chamberlain to Caroline, Princess of Wales, later Queen Caroline (1714–1737)=

*1714–1717: Scroop Egerton, 4th Earl of Bridgewater
*1717–1737: Henry de Nassau d'Auverquerque, 1st Earl of Grantham

Lords Chamberlain to Augusta, Princess of Wales (1748–1772)

*1736–1772: Sir William Irby, 2nd Baronet (Vice-Chamberlain 1736-1748, Baron Boston from 1761)

=Lords Chamberlain to Queen Charlotte (1761–1818) [ [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=0SbDvoYXiK8C&printsec=frontcover&dq=%22Lord+Hilton%22&source=gbs_book_other_versions_r&cad=2_0#PPA453,M1 A Political Index to the the Histories of Great Britain and Ireland] ] =

*1761–1762: Robert Montagu, 3rd Duke of Manchester
*1762–1763: Hugh Percy, 2nd Earl of Northumberland
*1763–1768: Simon Harcourt, 1st Earl Harcourt
*1768–1777: John West, 2nd Earl De La Warr
*1777–1780: Francis Osborne, Marquess of Carmarthen
*1780–1792: Thomas Brudenell-Bruce, 1st Earl of Ailesbury
*1792–1818: George Douglas, 16th Earl of Morton

=Lords Chamberlain to Queen Adelaide (1830–1837)=

*1830–1831: Richard Curzon-Howe, 1st Earl Howe
*1831–1833: "Vacant"
*1833–1834: William Feilding, 7th Earl of Denbigh
*1834–1837: Richard Curzon-Howe, 1st Earl Howe

=Lords Chamberlain to Alexandra, Princess of Wales, later Queen Alexandra (1873-1925)=

*1873–1903: Charles Colville, 1st Baron Colville of Culross (Viscount Colville of Culross from 1902)
*1903–1925: Richard Curzon, 4th Earl Howe

=Lords Chamberlain to Mary, Princess of Wales, later Queen Mary (1901-1953)=

*1901–1922: Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 9th Earl of Shaftesbury
*1922–1947: Charles Paget, 6th Marquess of Anglesey
*1947–1853: "Vacant?"

=Lords Chamberlain to Queen Elizabeth, later Queen Elizabeth, The Queen Mother (1937-2002)=

*1937–1965: David Ogilvy, 12th Earl of Airlie
*1965–1992: Simon Ramsay, 16th Earl of Dalhousie
*1992–2002: Robert Lindsay, 29th Earl of Crawford

ee also

*Lord Chamberlain

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