Master of the Great Wardrobe
- Master of the Great Wardrobe
The Master of the Great Wardrobe was a position in the British Royal Household. The holders were responsible for running the Great Wardrobe, an office which provided clothing and textiles to the British Royal Family. Below is a list of known holders until the abolition of the office in 1782.
Masters of the Great Wardrobe
*1264: Ralph Sandwich
*13??: William de Retford
*1603–1612?: George Home, 1st Earl of Dunbar
*1613–1618: James Hay, 1st Earl of Carlisle
*1622–?: William Feilding, 1st Earl of Denbigh
*1660: Sir Edward Montagu
*1671: Sir Ralph Montagu
*1685: Richard Graham, 1st Viscount Preston
*1688: Brig. Gen. Sir James Douglas-Hamilton , Earl of Arran
*1689: Ralph Montagu, 1st Duke of Montagu
*1709: John Montagu, 2nd Duke of Montagu
*1749: Sir Thomas Robinson
*1754: William Barrington, 2nd Viscount Barrington
*1755: Sir Thomas Robinson
*1760: Granville Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Gower
*1763: Francis Dashwood, 15th Baron le Despencer
*1765: John Ashburnham, 2nd Earl of Ashburnham
*1775: Thomas Pelham, 2nd Baron Pelham of Stanmer
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