The royal households of the United Kingdom consist of royal officials and the supporting staff of the British royal family , as well as the royal household which supports the sovereign. Each member of the royal family who undertakes public duties has their own separate household.
King Edward VII (1841–1910) was created Prince of Wales shortly after his birth, and his household was known as the household of the Prince of Wales from 1841. Upon his marriage in 1863, he and his wife shared the household of the Prince and Princess of Wales until their accession as King and Queen in January 1901, but several appointments were to either the Prince or the Princess, as they each had separate Lords Chamberlain and private Secretaries. When he became king, his household was known as the household of the Sovereign 1901–1910.
Queen Alexandra (1844–1925) received a separate household upon her husband's accession, the household of the Queen . From 1910, it was known as the household of Queen Alexandra .
Household of the Prince of Wales 1841–1863[ edit ]
Treasurer and cofferer [ edit ] 1856: Colonel the Honourable C. B. Phipps Chancellor and Keeper of the Great Seal [ edit ]
Household of the Prince and Princess of Wales 1863–1901[ edit ]
Keeper of the Privy Purse and Comptroller [ edit ] Private Secretary to the Prince of Wales [ edit ] Lords of the Bedchamber to the Prince of Wales [ edit ] Grooms-in-Waiting to the Prince of Wales [ edit ] Equerries to the Prince of Wales [ edit ] Lords Chamberlain to the Princess of Wales [ edit ] Private secretaries to the Princess of Wales [ edit ] Ladies of the Bedchamber to the Princess of Wales [ edit ] Women of the Bedchamber to the Princess of Wales [ edit ] 1863–1865: Hon. Mrs Robert Bruce (extra 1865–?)
1863–1873: Hon. Mrs William George Grey (extra 1873–?)
1863–?: Hon. Mrs Edward Coke
1863–?: Mrs. Francis Stonor
1865–?: Hon. Mrs Arthur Hardinge
1872–1901: Lady Emily Kingscote
1873–1901: (Elizabeth) Charlotte Knollys
1893–1901: Mrs. Charles Hardinge Physician in Ordinary to the Prince of Wales [ edit ]
Household of King Edward VII 1901–1910[ edit ]
Master of the Horse [ edit ] 1901–?: Charles Harbord, 5th Baron Suffield, GCVO, KCB [ 4]
1901–1903: Richard Curzon, 4th Earl Howe [ 3] [ 5]
1901–1905: Rudolph Feilding, 9th Earl of Denbigh [ 3]
1901–1905: Algernon Keith-Falconer, 9th Earl of Kintore, GCMG [ 3]
1901–1905: Lloyd Tyrell-Kenyon, 4th Baron Kenyon [ 3]
1901–1905: Victor Spencer, 3rd Baron Churchill, GCVO (from 1902 Viscount Churchill)[ 3]
1901–1905: John Lawrence, 2nd Baron Lawrence [ 3] Master of the Household [ edit ] Deputy Master of the Household [ edit ] Keeper of the Privy Purse [ edit ] Comptroller of Accounts [ edit ] 1901: Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Loyd-Lindsay, 1st Baron Wantage, VC, KCB [ 4]
1901–1902: Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Robert Nigel F Kingscote, GCVO, KCB [ 4]
1901–1904: Major-General Sir John Carstairs McNeill, VC, GCVO, KCB, KCMG [ 4]
1901–1910: General Sir Dighton Probyn, VC, GCB, GCSI, GCVO [ 4]
1901–?: Major-General John Cecil Russell [ 4]
1901–1910: Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Fleetwood Edwards, GCVO, KCB [ 4]
1901–1910: Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Arthur Bigge, GCB, GCVO, GCIE, KCSI, KCMG [ 4] (later Baron Stamfordham)
1901–1907: Major-General Sir Arthur Ellis, KCVO, CSI [ 8]
1901–?: Captain the Honourable Alwyn Greville[ 8]
1901–1910: Lord Marcus Talbot de la Poer Beresford [ 9]
1902–1910: Lieutenant-Colonel the Hon. Sir William Carington, GCVO, KCB [ 7]
1902–1910: Lieutenant-Colonel Arthur Balfour Haig, CMG , Royal Engineers[ 10]
1902–1910: Vice-Admiral the Honourable Hedworth Lambton, KCB, KCVO [ 11]
1902–1910: Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Charles Arthur Frederick, KCVO [ 11] 1901–1907: Colonel Lord Edward William Pelham-Clinton, GCVO, KCB [ 3]
1901–?: Honourable Sidney Robert Greville, CVO, CB [ 3]
1901–?: Honourable Henry Julian Stonor, MVO [ 3] [ 12]
1901–?: Vice-Admiral Sir John Reginald Thomas Fullerton, GCVO, CB [ 3]
1901–?: Sir Alexander Condie Stephen, KCMG, KCVO, CB [ 3]
1901–?: General Sir Godfrey Clerk, CB [ 3]
1901–?: Captain Walter Douglas Somerset Campbell, CVO [ 3] Master of the Ceremonies [ edit ] Assistant Master of the Ceremonies [ edit ] Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod [ edit ] Gentleman Usher to the Sword of State [ edit ] 1901–1902: Honourable Aubrey FitzClarence (later Earl of Munster)[ 3]
1901–1903: Major-General John Ramsay Slade, CB[ 3]
1901–1905: Charles James Innes-Ker[ 3]
1901–1906: Montague Charles Eliot (later Earl of St Germans)[ 3]
1901–1908: Captain Walter James Stopford, CB[ 3]
1901–1909: Major-General John Palmer Brabazon, CB, CVO[ 3]
1901–1910?: Colonel Cuthbert Larking[ 3]
1901–1910: Honourable Sir Spencer Cecil Brabazon Ponsonby-Fane, GCB [ 3]
1901–1910: Major the Honourable Arthur Hay[ 3]
1901–1910: Captain the Honourable Otway Frederick Seymour Cuffe[ 3]
1901–1910: Honourable Henry Julian Stonor, MVO[ 3]
1901–1910: Arthur Collins , CB, MVO[ 3]
1901–1910: Sir Lionel Henry Cust [ 3]
1901–1910: Sir Henry David Erskine, CVO[ 3]
1901–1910: Arnold Royle, CB[ 3]
1901–1910: Brook Taylor[ 3]
1901–1910: Horace Charles George West[ 3]
1902–1905: Honourable Arthur Henry John Walsh (replacing FitzClarence)[ 7]
1903–1910: Percy Armytage (replacing Slade)
1905–1910: Sir John Ramsay Slade (replacing Innes-Ker)
1905–1907: Harry Lloyd-Verney (replacing Walsh)
1907–1910: Charles Windham (replacing Verney)
June 1908–October 1908: Charles Elphinstone Fleeming Cunninghame Graham (replacing Stopford)
1908–1910: Thomas Arthur Fitzhardinge Kingscote (replacing Graham)
1908–1910: Gerald Montagu Augustus Ellis (replacing Eliot)
1909–1910: Henry Fludyer (replacing Brabazon) Governor and Constable of Windsor Castle [ edit ] Deputy Governor and Constable of Windsor Castle [ edit ] Keeper of the Jewel House, Tower of London[ edit ] Secretary of the board of Green Cloth [ edit ] 1901–?: George Augustus Courroux, Esq. MVO[ 3] Gentleman of the Cellars [ edit ] Surveyor of the King′s Pictures[ edit ] Librarian at Windsor Castle [ edit ] 1901–?: Richard R. Holmes, CVO[ 3] Keeper of the King´s Armoury[ edit ] Master of the King´s Music[ edit ] Marine Painter in Ordinary [ edit ] 1901–?: Edward de Martino, Esq, MVO[ 16] Manager of His Majesty´s Thoroughbred Stud[ edit ] Coroner of the Household [ edit ] 1901–?: Arthur Walter Mills, Esq.[ 3] Physicians in Ordinary [ edit ] 1901–1907: Sir William Henry Broadbent, Bt. , KCVO , MD [ 17]
1901–1910: Sir James Reid, Bt. , GCVO , KCB , MD [ 17]
1901–1910: Sir Francis Laking, Bt. , GCVO , KCB , MD [ 17] Serjeant Surgeons in Ordinary [ edit ] Honorary Serjeant Surgeons to His Majesty [ edit ] Honorary Surgeon to His Majesty [ edit ] 1902: Inspector-General of Hospitals and Fleets Sir Henry Frederick Norbury, MD, KCB, Director-General of the Medical Department of the Navy[ 20]
1902: Alfred Downing Fripp F.R.C.S., Assistant Surgeon at Guy's Hospital Honorary Physician to His Majesty in Ireland [ edit ] Ecclesiastical Household [ edit ] Dean of the Chapels Royal [ edit ] Sub-Almoner and Sub-Dean of the Chapels Royal [ edit ] Clerk of the Closet [ edit ] Deputy Clerks of the Closet [ edit ] Chaplains-in-Ordinary [ edit ] See full list Ecclesiastical Household
See full list Ecclesiastical Household
Household of Queen Alexandra 1901–1925[ edit ]
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Mistresses of the Robes [ edit ] Ladies of the Bedchamber [ edit ] Women of the Bedchamber [ edit ] 1901–1905: Hon. Dorothy Vivian[ 8]
1901–?: Hon. Violet Vivian[ 8]
1901–1905: Hon. Mary Dyke[ 8]
1901–?: Hon. Sylvia Edwardes[ 8]
1905–?: Margaret Dawnay
1905–?: Blanche Lascelles
1919–?: Hon. Lucia White Hon. Domestic Chaplain [ edit ]
Family
Alexandra of Denmark (wife)
Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and Avondale (son)
George V (son)
Louise, Princess Royal (daughter)
Princess Victoria (daughter)
Maud, Queen of Norway (daughter)
Queen Victoria (mother)
Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (father)
Victoria, German Empress (sister)
Alice, Grand Duchess of Hesse and by Rhine (sister)
Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (brother)
Helena, Princess Christian of Schleswig-Holstein (sister)
Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll (sister)
Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn (brother)
Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany (brother)
Beatrice, Princess Henry of Battenberg (sister)
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