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Gentleman Of The Horse
Gentleman of the Horse was a position in the stables department of the British Royal Court, subordinate only to the Master of the Horse. It existed from 1693 until abolished in 1782, and carried a salary of £256. The post was revived in 1828, with a salary of £500. The title of the post was subsequently changed to Crown Equerry. List of Gentlemen of the Horse Before 1782 *1691–1702: Henry Ireton (died 1711), Henry IretonBucholz *1702–1708: William Walsh (poet), William Walsh *1708–1710: Thomas Meredyth *1710–1717: Conyers Darcy *1717–1736: Henry Berkeley (British Army officer), Hon. Henry Berkeley *1737–1746: James Brudenell (died 1746), Hon. James Brudenell *1747–1760: William Keppel (British Army officer), Hon. William Keppel *1760–1782: Richard BerengerAuthor of R. Berenger, ''The History and Art of Horsemanship'', 2 vols. (T. Davies and T. Cadell, London 1771)Read here See W.P. Courtney, revised S.J. Skedd, 'Berenger, Richard (bap. 1719, d. 1782), courtier a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Master Of The Horse
Master of the Horse is an official position in several European nations. It was more common when most countries in Europe were monarchies, and is of varying prominence today. (Ancient Rome) The original Master of the Horse ( la, Magister Equitum) in the Roman Republic was an office appointed and dismissed by the Roman Dictator, as it expired with the Dictator's own office, typically a term of six months in the early and mid-republic. The served as the Dictator's main lieutenant. The nomination of the was left to the choice of the Dictator, unless a specified, as was sometimes the case, the name of the person who was to be appointed. The Dictator could not be without a to assist him, and, consequently, if the first either died or was dismissed during the Dictator's term, another had to be nominated in his stead. The was granted a form of , but at the same level as a , and thus was subject to the of the Dictator and was not superior to that of a Roman consul, Consul. In the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crown Equerry
The Crown Equerry is the operational head of the Royal Mews of the Royal Household of the Sovereign of the United Kingdom. He is responsible for the provision of vehicular transport for the Sovereign, both cars and horse-drawn carriages. Train travel is arranged by the Royal Travel Office, which also co-ordinates air transport. The position of Crown Equerry should not be confused with that of the Equerry: although both are nominally under the Master of the Horse, equerries are effectively independent, performing distinct tasks, and are personal assistants to the Sovereign and senior members of the Royal Family. The Royal Mews Department List of Crown Equerries *Lieutenant General Sir George Augustus Quentin 1825–1851 *Major John Groves 1854–1859 *Lieutenant Colonel Sir George Ashley Maude, KCB 1859–1894 *Major General Sir Henry Ewart 1894–1910 * Captain Sir Charles Wentworth-FitzWilliam 1910–1924 *Colonel Sir Arthur Erskine, GCVO DSO 1924–194 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Ireton (died 1711)
Henry Ireton (c. 1652 – 1711), of Williamstrip, Gloucestershire, was an English Army officer, landowner and Whig politician who sat in the English and British House of Commons between 1698 and 1711. Ireton was the only son of General Henry Ireton of Attenborough, Nottinghamshire and his wife Bridget Cromwell, daughter of Oliver Cromwell. He succeeded his father in 1651. In 1684, he was accused of being involved in the Rye House Plot and escaped to Holland after a warrant was issued for his arrest. When he returned to England in April 1685, he was arrested at Harwich, where he was kept in custody until his escape on 19 May. He was subsequently recaptured and imprisoned in Newgate Prison. He was charged high treason before the King on 26 September 1685 but was eventually pardoned on 19 April 1686. He married Katherine Powle, daughter of Henry Powle, (MP). Ireton was an Equerry to King William from 1689 to 1702, and gentleman of the horse from June 1691 to 1702, and served in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Walsh (poet)
William Walsh (6 October 166215 March 1708) of Abberley Hall, Worcestershire was an English poet and critic and a Whig politician who sat in the English and British House of Commons from 1698 to 1708. Life Walsh was the second of eight children born to Joseph and Elizabeth Walsh of Abberley Hall. The last of his siblings, Octavia Walsh, was also, secretly, a poet. He entered Wadham College, Oxford, as a gentleman commoner in 1678. Leaving the university without a degree, he settled in his native county. Walsh was returned MP for Worcestershire in 1698, 1701 and 1702. In 1705 he sat for Richmond, Yorkshire. On the accession of Queen Anne he was made "gentleman of the horse," a post which he held till his death, noted by Narcissus Luttrell on 18 March 1708. Works Walsh wrote a ''Dialogue concerning Women, being a Defence of the Sex'' (1691), addressed to "Eugenia"; and ''Letters and Poems, Amorous and Gallant'' (preface dated 1692, printed in ''Jonson's Miscellany'', 1716, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Meredyth
Lieutenant-General Thomas Meredyth or Meredith (after 1661–1719), of Chelsea, Middlesex, was an Irish officer of the British Army and a politician who sat in the Parliament of Ireland from 1703 to 1719 and as a Whig in the British House of Commons from 1709 to 1710.. Early life Meredyth was the second son of Arthur Meredyth of Dollardstown in County Meath and his wife Dorothea Bingley, daughter of John Bingley of Dublin. He was originally intended for a legal career but joined the military instead. He served William III as a cavalry officer in Flanders during the Nine Years' War. In April 1691, he was made Captain in the 3rd Horse, later 2nd Dragoon Guards. He later became Lieutenant-Colonel, and on 1 June 1701 was appointed Adjutant-General of the Forces with promotion to the brevet rank of Colonel of Horse. Career In February 1702, Meredyth was appointed Colonel of the 37th Regiment of Foot in the expansion of the Army prior to the War of the Spanish Succession. The regi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Conyers Darcy
Sir Conyers Darcy or Darcey, (c. 16851 December 1758), of Aske, near Richmond, Yorkshire, was a British Army officer, courtier and Whig politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1707 and 1758. Early life Darcy was the second surviving son of Hon. John Darcy, MP, and his wife Bridget Sutton, daughter of Robert Sutton, 1st Baron Lexington. He was the younger brother of Robert Darcy, 3rd Earl of Holderness. He was probably educated at Eton College in 1698 and matriculated fellow-commoner from King's College, Cambridge in 1703. He joined the army and was cornet and major in the 1st Life Guards from 1706 to 1715. Career Darcy was returned as Member of Parliament for Yorkshire at a by-election on 3 December 1707, but was defeated at the 1708 general election. He refused to stand at the 1710 general election. In 1710 he became gentleman of horse and in 1711, avener and clerk martial. From 1712 to 1714, he was one of the commissioners for the office of Master of the Horse ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Berkeley (British Army Officer)
Brigadier-General Henry Berkeley (after 1682 – 23 May 1736) was a British Army officer and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1720 to 1734. Berkeley was the third son of Charles Berkeley, 2nd Earl of Berkeley and his wife Elizabeth Noel, daughter of Baptist Noel, 3rd Viscount Campden. He served as a page of honour to the Duke of Gloucester, and afterwards to Queen Anne. He obtained a commission in the Army in December 1709, rising to be a Brigadier-General in the Horse Grenadier Guards in 1735. He married, in 1712, Mary Cornewall, daughter of Col. Henry Cornewall, MP of Moccas, Herefordshire' In June 1717 Berkeley was appointed first commissioner for executing the office of Master of the Horse to King George I, and on 25 December following he was appointed to the colonelcy of the King's Own Regiment of Foot, from which he was removed in 1719 to the Scots Troop of Horse Grenadier Guards, a position he held until his death. He was also one of the King's equerri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Brudenell (died 1746)
James Brudenell (c.1687–1746), of Luffenham, Rutland, was a British courtier, office holder and Whig politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1713 to 1746. Early life Brudenell was the second son of Francis Brudenell, Lord Brudenell and his wife Lady Frances Savile, daughter of Thomas Savile, 1st Earl of Sussex. Like all his family, Brudenell had been brought up a Roman Catholic. He and his brother George went to Italy in 1703. They enjoyed an unruly time there and while they were still in Rome, the Duke of Shrewsbury was asked to castigate Brudenell for neglecting his studies, and he may have been instrumental in converting the brothers to Anglicanism. Their guardian, Robert Constable, 3rd Earl of Dunbar, ordered them back to England in the autumn of 1704 but instead, they went on to Venice where Brudenell developed smallpox. The brothers finally returned to England at the end of April 1706. Career Brudenell was elected as Whig Member of Parliament for Chichester at th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Keppel (British Army Officer)
Lieutenant-General William Keppel (5 November 1727 – March 1782) was a British Army officer and Member of Parliament. Life He was born the third son of Willem van Keppel, 2nd Earl of Albemarle, and educated at Westminster school. He joined the British Army as an Ensign in the 2nd Foot Guards in 1744, and was promoted to the rank of lieutenant in 1745. He transferred as captain-lieutenant to the 1st Foot Guards in 1751, and was promoted captain and lieutenant-colonel in 1752 and a colonel of the Army in 1760. On 17 December 1761 he was appointed colonel of the 56th Regiment of Foot, which he commanded until 1765. He was made major-general in 1762. In 1762, he took part (with his brothers the Earl of Albemarle and Hon. Augustus Keppel) in the British expedition against Cuba, and directed the storming of Morro Castle. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Berenger
Richard Berenger (died 1782) was an English courtier and writer, Gentleman of the Horse to George III of Great Britain. Life His father was Moses Berenger, a rich London merchant; his mother was Penelope, youngest sister of Richard Temple, 1st Viscount Cobham. He outlived his means, and for some years had confine himself to his official residence in the King's Mews, then a privileged place against the demands of bailiffs. Mainly through the financial support of David Garrick, a settlement was made with his creditors. Berenger died in the King's Mews, London, 9 September 1782. Reputation Samuel Johnson once styled Berenger the "standard of true elegance"; but a more general feelings was that he resembled too closely the gentleman of William Congreve's comedies. Hannah More styled him "everybody's favourite", and summed up his character as "all chivalry, and blank verse, and anecdote". Works Both of Berenger's books dealt with the horse and rider. The first, ''A new System of Ho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lord Frederick FitzClarence
Lieutenant-General Lord Frederick FitzClarence, GCH (9 December 1799 – 30 October 1854) was a British Army officer and the third illegitimate son of King William IV by his mistress Dorothea Jordan. Military career FitzClarence was commissioned as an officer in the British Army in 1814.Lord Frederick FitzClarence obituary '''', 1855, p.304 While a in the |
Positions Within The British Royal Household
Position often refers to: * Position (geometry), the spatial location (rather than orientation) of an entity * Position, a job or occupation Position may also refer to: Games and recreation * Position (poker), location relative to the dealer * Position (team sports), a player role within a team Human body * Human position, the spatial relation of the human body to itself and the environment ** Position (obstetrics), the orientation of a baby prior to birth ** Positions of the feet in ballet ** Position (music), the location of the hand on a musical instrument ** Proprioception, the sense of the relative position of neighbouring parts of the body ** Asana (yoga), the location and posture of the body while practicing yoga ** Sex position, the arrangement of bodies during sexual intercourse Humanities, law, economics and politics * Philosophical theory, a belief or set of beliefs about questions in philosophy * Position (finance), commitments in a financial marketplace * Social ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
