Groom of the Robes

Groom of the Robes is an obsolete office in the Royal Household of the Sovereign of England, later Great Britain, ultimately the United Kingdom. It is equivalent to a Lady-in-Waiting for Kings and Queen Regnants.

List of Grooms of the Robes

Henry VIII

Edward VI

*Thomas Sternhold 1500–1549

Elizabeth I

*John Wynyard –1606

James I

*John Wynyard –1606

William IV

*Lord Adolphus FitzClarence 1830–1833 [Citation | title = Obituary - King William the Fourth | journal = The Gentleman's Magazine | pages = 196 | date = August 1837 | year = 1837 | url = http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=e-UIAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA196&dq=Lord+Adolphus+FitzClarence+%22groom+of+the+robes%22&as_brr=3.]
*Francis Seymour 1833-1837

Victoria

Edward VII

*Henry Erskine 1901–1910

George V

*Henry Erskine 1910–1920
*Montague Eliot 1920-1936

George VI

*Sir Harold Campbell 1937-1952

Elizabeth II

*Sir Harold Campbell 1952-1954

References

Who's Who (various dates)

ee also

*Groom of the Stole

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