The Lord Great Chamberlain of England is the sixth of the Great Officers of State, ranking beneath the Lord Privy Seal and above the Lord High Constable. The position is an hereditary one, held in gross, and was originally held by Robert Malet, a son of one of the leading companions of William the Conqueror. In 1133, however, King Henry I declared Malet's estates and titles forfeit, and awarded the office of Lord Great Chamberlain to Aubrey de Vere, whose son was created Earl of Oxford. Thereafter, the Earls of Oxford held the title almost continuously until 1526, with a few intermissions due to the forfeiture of some Earls for treason. In 1526, however, the fourteenth Earl of Oxford died, leaving his aunts as his female heirs. The earldom was inherited by a more distant heir-male, his second cousin. The Sovereign then declared that the office belonged to the Crown, and was not transmitted along with the earldom. The Sovereign appointed the fifteenth and sixteenth Earls to the office, but the appointments were deemed for life and were uninheritable. Then, Queen Mary I ruled that the Earls of Oxford were indeed entitled to the office of Lord Great Chamberlain on a hereditary basis. Royal motto (French): Dieu et mon droit (Translated: God and my right) Englands location within the UK Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area - Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population - Total (mid-2004) - Density Ranked 1st UK 50. ... In the United Kingdom, the Great Officers of State are officers who either inherit their positions or are appointed by the Crown, and exercise certain ceremonial functions. ... The Lord Privy Seal or Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal is one of the traditional sinecure offices in the British Cabinet. ... The Lord High Constable of England is the seventh of the Great Officers of State, ranking beneath the Lord Great Chamberlain and above the Earl Marshal. ... An office, not being held by serjeanty, or attached to some particular office or title, is said to be in gross. Examples include the Lord Great Chamberlain, the right to carry the spurs at a coronation (vested in the Lord Hastings and the Lord Churston, by descent from the Hastings... Robert Malet (d. ... William I ( 1027 – September 9, 1087), was King of England from 1066 to 1087. ... Events Geoffrey of Monmouth produces the Historia Regum Britanniae Durham Cathedral is completed Construction of Exeter Cathedral begun June 4 - Lothair III is crowned Holy Roman Emperor by Innocent II Births March 5 - King Henry II of England (died 1189) Honen Shonin, Japanese founder of Pure Land Buddhism (died 1212... Henry I of England (c. ... Aubrey de Vere II (1062-1141) was also known as Alberic de Vere. He was the second of that name, being the first son of Alberic de Vere who had come with William the Conqueror to England in 1066 and had fought in the Battle of Hastings. ... Earl of Oxford - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... Events January 14 - Treaty of Madrid. ... Mary I (18 February 1516 – 17 November 1558), also known as Mary Tudor, was Queen of England and Queen of Ireland from 6 July 1553 (de jure) or 19 July 1553 (de facto) until her death. ...

Thus, the sixteenth, seventeenth and eighteenth Earls of Oxford held the position on a hereditary basis until 1626, when the eighteenth Earl died, again leaving a distant relative as a male heir, but a closer one as a female heir. The House of Lords eventually ruled that the office belonged to the male heir, Robert Bertie, 14th Baron Willoughby de Eresby, who later became Earl of Lindsey. The office remained vested in the Earls of Lindsey, who later became the Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven. In 1779, however, the fourth Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven died, leaving two sisters as female heirs, and an uncle as a male heir. Events September 30 - Nurhaci, chieftain of the Jurchens and founder of the Qing Dynasty dies and is succeeded by his son Hong Taiji. ... This article is about the British House of Lords. ... Robert Bertie, 1st Earl of Lindsey (17 December 1583 – Edge Hill 24 October 1642) // Early life Queen Elizabeth I was his godmother, and to her two favourite Earls, whose Christian name he bore, where his godfathers. ... The title of Earl of Lindsey was created in the Peerage of England in 1626. ... The title of Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven was created by George I of Great Britain in the Peerage of Great Britain in 1715 for Robert Bertie, 1st Marquess of Lindsey. ... 1779 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ...

The uncle became fifth Duke, but the House of Lords ruled that the two sisters were jointly Lord Great Chamberlain, and could appoint a deputy to fulfill its functions. The barony of Willoughby de Eresby went into abeyance between the two sisters, but the Sovereign terminated the abeyance and granted the title to the elder sister Priscilla. The younger sister later married the first Marquess of Cholmondeley. The office of Lord Great Chamberlain, however, was divided between Priscilla and her younger sister Georgiana. Priscilla's share was eventually split between two of her granddaughters, and has been split several more times since then. By contrast, Georgiana's share has been inherited by a single male heir each time; that individual has in each case been the Marquess of Cholmondeley, a title created for Georgiana's husband. The Barony of Willoughby de Eresby (pronounced Willuhby Deersby) is a barony by writ in the Peerage of England, dating to 1313. ... FISH ... The title of Marquess of Cholmondeley (pronounced Chumly) was created in the Peerage of the United Kingdom in 1815 for the Earl of Cholmondeley, an English title dating to 1706. ...

At any one time, a single person actually exercises the office of Lord Great Chamberlain. The various individuals who hold fractions of the Lord Great Chamberlainship are technically each Joint Hereditary Lord Great Chamberlain, and the right to exercise the office for a given reign rotates proportionately to the fraction of the office held. For instance, the Marquesses of Cholmondeley hold one-half of the office, and may therefore exercise the office or appoint a deputy every alternate reign.(A Deputy Lord Great Chamberlain is a person exercising the office who is not personally a co-heir to the office; historically these have been sons or husbands of co-heirs as the office has never been exercised by a female, females having been forbidden to sit in the Lords until the present reign).

The office of Lord Great Chamberlain is distinct from the non-hereditary office of Lord Chamberlain of the Household, a position in the monarch's household. This office arose, in fact, as a deputy of the Lord Great Chamberlain, to fulfill the latter's duties in the royal household, but now they are quite distinct. The Lord Great Chamberlain has charge over the Palace of Westminster, and especially of the House of Lords, and technically bears the Sword of State at state openings and closings of Parliament, though this duty is usually delegated to a Lord of Parliament who is also a Field Marshal. The Lord Great Chamberlain also has a major part to play in royal coronations, having the right to dress the monarch on coronation day and to serve the monarch water before and after the coronation banquet, and also being involved in investing the monarch with the insignia of rule. The Lord Chamberlain or Lord Chamberlain of the Household is one of the chief officers of the Royal Household in the United Kingdom, and is to be distinguished from the Lord Great Chamberlain, one of the great offices of state. ... Westminster is the area located immediately to the west of the ancient City of London, in the centre of the wider conurbation of London. ... This article is about the British House of Lords. ... Sergeant-at-arms Gus Cloutier holding the ceremonial mace to open a sitting of the 38th Canadian parliament with Prime Minister Paul Martin in background (10/4/04) In the United Kingdom, the State Opening of Parliament is an annual event held usually in October or November that marks the... The Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the supreme legislative institution in the United Kingdom and British overseas territories (it alone has parliamentary sovereignty). ...

The House of Lords Act 1999 removed the automatic right of hereditary peers to sit in the House of Lords, but the Act provided that a hereditary peer exercising the office of Lord Great Chamberlain (as well as the Earl Marshal) be exempt from such a rule, so that they may continue to carry out their ceremonial functions. The House of Lords Act 1999, an Act of Parliament passed by the British Parliament, was a major constitutional enactment as it completely reformed one of the chambers of Parliament, the House of Lords. ... Earl Marshal (alternatively Marschal or Marischal) is an ancient chivalric title used separately in England, Scotland and Ireland. ...

Lords Great Chamberlain, 1485-present

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Persons exercising the office of Lord Great Chamberlain, 1780-present

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Current rotation

The rotation switches to the next person in line at the death of each monarch.

1. Lorraine Wilson
2. The Marquess of Cholmondeley
3. The Baroness Willoughby de Eresby
4. The Marquess of Cholmondeley
5. Julian Palmer (or his representative)
6. The Marquess of Cholmondeley
7. The Baroness Willoughby de Eresby
8. The Marquess of Cholmondeley
9. Lady Mary Findlay (or her representative)
10. The Marquess of Cholmondeley
11. The Baroness Willoughby de Eresby
12. The Marquess of Cholmondeley
13. The Earl of Albemarle
14. The Marquess of Cholmondeley
15. The Baroness Willoughby de Eresby
16. The Marquess of Cholmondeley
17. William Legge-Bourke (or his representative)
18. The Marquess of Cholmondeley
19. The Baroness Willoughby de Eresby
20. The Marquess of Cholmondeley
21. Tatiana Dent (or her lineal representative)
22. The Marquess of Cholmondeley
23. The Baroness Willoughby de Eresby
24. The Marquess of Cholmondeley
25. Julian Palmer
26. The Marquess of Cholmondeley
27. The Baroness Willoughby de Eresby
28. The Marquess of Cholmondeley
29. Peter Francis Basset (or his representative)
30. The Marquess of Cholmondeley
31. The Baroness Willoughby de Eresby
32. The Marquess of Cholmondeley
33. The Earl of Albemarle
34. The Marquess of Cholmondeley
35. The Baroness Willoughby de Eresby
36. The Marquess of Cholmondeley
37. William Legge-Bourke
38. The Marquess of Cholmondeley
39. The Baroness Willoughby de Eresby
40. The Marquess of Cholmondeley
41. Ines Garton (or her representative)
42. The Marquess of Cholmondeley
43. The Baroness Willoughby de Eresby
44. The Marquess of Cholmondeley
45. Julian Palmer
46. The Marquess of Cholmondeley
47. The Baroness Willoughby de Eresby
48. The Marquess of Cholmondeley
49. James Hamilton-Russell
50. The Marquess of Cholmondeley
51. The Baroness Willoughby de Eresby
52. The Marquess of Cholmondeley
53. The Earl of Albemarle
54. The Marquess of Cholmondeley
55. The Baroness Willoughby de Eresby
56. The Marquess of Cholmondeley
57. William Legge-Bourke
58. The Marquess of Cholmondeley
59. The Baroness Willoughby de Eresby
60. The Marquess of Cholmondeley
61. Ysabel Wilson (or her representative)
62. The Marquess of Cholmondeley
63. The Baroness Willoughby de Eresby
64. The Marquess of Cholmondeley
65. Julian Palmer
66. The Marquess of Cholmondeley
67. The Baroness Willoughby de Eresby
68. The Marquess of Cholmondeley
69. Lady Barbara Kwiatkowski (or her representative)
70. The Marquess of Cholmondeley
71. The Baroness Willoughby de Eresby
72. The Marquess of Cholmondeley
73. The Earl of Albemarle
74. The Marquess of Cholmondeley
75. The Baroness Willoughby de Eresby
76. The Marquess of Cholmondeley
77. William Legge-Bourke
78. The Marquess of Cholmondeley
79. The Baroness Willoughby de Eresby
80. The Marquess of Cholmondeley
81. Lorraine Wilson (or her representative)
82. The Marquess of Cholmondeley
83. The Baroness Willoughby de Eresby
84. The Marquess of Cholmondeley
85. Julian Palmer
86. The Marquess of Cholmondeley
87. The Baroness Willoughby de Eresby
88. The Marquess of Cholmondeley
89. Earl of Belfast
90. The Marquess of Cholmondeley
91. The Baroness Willoughby de Eresby
92. The Marquess of Cholmondeley
93. The Earl of Albemarle
94. The Marquess of Cholmondeley
95. The Baroness Willoughby de Eresby
96. The Marquess of Cholmondeley
97. William Legge-Bourke
98. The Marquess of Cholmondeley
99. The Baroness Willoughby de Eresby
100. The Marquess of Cholmondeley