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Encyclopedia > Lord Steward

almLord Steward or Lord Steward of the Household, in England, an important official of the Royal Household. He is always a peer and a Privy Councillor. Until 1924, he was always a member of the Government. In all the medieval monarchies of western Europe the general system of government sprang from, and centred in, the royal household. ... The Peerage is a system of titles of nobility which exists in the United Kingdom and is one part of the British honours system. ... This article concerns the British Sovereigns Privy Council. ...


Until 1782, the office was one of considerable political importance and carried cabinet rank. The Lord Steward receives his appointment from the Sovereign in person, and bears a white staff as the emblem and warrant of his authority. He is the first dignitary of the court. In an act of Henry VIII (1539) for placing of the lords, he is described as the grand master or lord steward of the king's most honourable household. He presided at the Board of Green Cloth. In his department are the Treasurer and Comptroller of the Household, who rank next to him. These officials were usually peers or the sons of peers and Privy Councillors. They sat at the Board of Green Cloth, carry white staves, and belong to the ministry. But the duties which in theory belong to the Lord Steward, Treasurer and Comptroller of the Household are in practice performed by the Master of the Household, who is a permanent officer and resides in the palace. 1782 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... The adjective sovereign is used to refer to a state of sovereignty. ... Henry VIII (28 June 1491 – 28 January 1547) was King of England and Lord of Ireland (later King of Ireland) from 22 April 1509 until his death. ... The Comptroller of the Household is an ancient position in the English royal household, currently the second-ranking member of the Lord Stewards department, and often a cabinet member. ... The Master of the Household is the operational head of the below stairs elements of the Royal Household of the Sovereign of the United Kingdom. ...


He is a white-staff officer and was a member of the Board of Green Cloth but not of the ministry, and among other things he presided at the daily dinners of the suite in waiting on the sovereign. He is not named in the Black Book of Edward IV or in the Statutes of Henry VIII, and is entered as master of the household and clerk of the green cloth in the Household Book of Queen Elizabeth. But he has superseded the lord steward of the household, as the lord steward of the household at one time superseded the Lord High Steward of England. Edward IV (April 28, 1442 – April 9, 1483) was King of England from March 4, 1461 to April 9, 1483, with a break of a few months in the period 1470-1471. ... Henry VIII (28 June 1491 – 28 January 1547) was King of England and Lord of Ireland (later King of Ireland) from 22 April 1509 until his death. ... The position of Lord High Steward of England, not to be confused with the Lord Steward, a court functionary, is the first of the Great Officers of State. ...


In the Lord Steward's department were the officials of the Board of Green Cloth, the Coroner ("coroner of the verge"),and Paymaster of the Household, and the officers of the Royal Almonry. Other offices in the department were those of the cofferer of the household, the treasurer of the chamber, and the paymaster of pensions, but these, with six clerks of the Board of Green Cloth, were abolished in 1782. A small office within the Royal Household of the Sovereign of the United Kingdom, headed by the Lord High Almoner, an office dating from 1103. ...


The Lord Steward had formerly three courts besides the Board of Green Cloth under him. First, the Lord Steward's Court, superseded in 1541 by - second - the Marshalsea Court, a court of record having jurisdiction, both civil and criminal within the verge (the area within 1 radius of 12 m. from where the sovereign was resident), and originally held for the purpose of administering justice between the domestic servants of the sovereign, "that they might not be drawn into other courts and their service lost." Its criminal jurisdiction had long fallen into disuse and its civil jurisdiction was abolished in 1849. Third, the Palace Court, created by letters patent in 1612 and renewed in 1665 with jurisdiction over all personal matters arising between parties within 12 miles of Whitehall (the jurisdiction of the Marshalsea court, the City of London, and Westminster Hall being excepted). It differed from the Marshalsea court in that it had no jurisdiction over the Sovereign's Household nor were its suitors necessarily of the household. The privilege of practising before the palace court was limited to four counsel. It was abolished in 1849.


The Lord Steward or his deputies formerly administered the oaths to the members of the House of Commons. In certain cases (messages from the sovereign under the sign-manual) the lords with white staves are the proper persons to bear communications between the Sovereign and the Houses of Parliament. An oath (from Saxon eoth) is either a promise or a statement of fact calling upon something or someone that the oath maker considers sacred, usually a god, as a witness to the binding nature of the promise or the truth of the statement of fact. ... This may refer to the: British Houses of Parliament. ...


The Lord Steward is distinct from the (now obsolete) Lord High Steward, one of the Great Officers of State. The position of Lord High Steward of England, not to be confused with the Lord Steward, a court functionary, is the first of the Great Officers of State. ... 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. ...


Lord Stewards, 1502-present


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