Holders of the office of Lord Chamberlain of

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are known from about 1124. It was ranked by King Malcolm as the third great Officer of State, called ''Camerarius Domini Regis'', and had a salary of £200 per annum allotted to him. He anciently collected the revenues of the Crown, at least before Scotland had a Treasurer, of which office there is no vestige until the restoration of King

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when he disbursed the money necessary for the maintenance of the King's Household. The Great Chamberlain had jurisdiction for judging of all crimes committed within burgh, and of the crime of forestalling; and was in effect Justice-General over the burghs, and held Chamberlain-ayrs every year for that purpose; the form whereof is set down in ''Iter Camerarii'', the Chamberlain-ayr. He was a supreme judge and his Decrees could not be questioned by any inferior judicatory. His sentences were to be put into execution by the

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s of burghs. He also settled the prices of provisions within burghs, and the fees of the workmen in the

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. The Chamberlain lost his financial functions after 1425 to the

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. The position was vacant from 1558 to 1565 and again from 1569. It was occupied in 1580 for the cousin of

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, whose appearance as a

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in 1581 is attributable to his personal standing with the king rather than his office. But following the

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, 24 August 1582, the Great Chamberlain lost his supervision of the

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s. Thereafter the office was held by successive

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(heritably from 1603) until resigned to the Crown ''ad perpetuam remanentiam'' by the

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in 1703, since which time no Great Chamberlain has been appointed. In 1711 a form of the office was revived in a Commission of Chamberlainry and Trade, which lapsed on the death of Queen Anne.

Lord Chamberlains

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() * Edmund, witnessed a charter granting Annandale to

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in 1124. * 1130-1153: Herbert ;

Malcolm IV of Scotland Malcolm IV ( mga, Máel Coluim mac Eanric, label=Medieval Gaelic; gd, Maol Chaluim mac Eanraig), nicknamed Virgo, "the Maiden" (between 23 April and 24 May 11419 December 1165) was King of Scotland from 1153 until his death. He was the eldest ...

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() * 1165-1189:

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* 1205-14: Philip de Valognes ;

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() * 1214-19:

William de Valognes William de Valognes also known as William de Valoynes, was the only son of Philip de Valognes and was granted a charter of the baronies of Panmure and Benvie by King William the Lion, previously granted to his father. On his father's death in 1 ...

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, Lord of Yester and

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* John de Melville * 1216:

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(later

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) * 1231-41: Sir John de Maccuswel (or Maxwell) ;

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() * c.1250/1: Sir Robert de Meyners * 1252-1255: William, Earl of Mar * 1255-1257: David de Lindsay of Barnweill and Byres * 1257-60: Aylmer de Maxwell lord of

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, Sheriff of Dumfries, son of Sir John Maxwell. * 1260: William, Earl of Mar, again * 1267: Sir

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* 1269: Sir Thomas Randolph, father of

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, * 1278:

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; Guardians of the Kingdom of Scotland (First Interregnum)(1286-1292) * 1287-1292: Alexander de Baliol ;

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() * 1292-1296: Alexander de Baliol ; Guardians of the Kingdom of Scotland (Second Interregnum) (1296-1306) *1297-1307:

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() * 1307: Eustace de Cotesbache * 1319: William de Lindsay * 1325:

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(who married Mary, the King's sister) ;

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* 1333: Sir Robert Lauder of Quarrelwood and The Bass (d. 1337) (also

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) * 1334: William Bullock, under

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* 1334-1340:

* 1341-1342: William Bullock, again * 1343-1346:

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* c.1350-1357: Sir Robert de Erskine * 1357-1358:

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* 1358-1359:

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* 1359-1363: Walter Fleming of Biggar * c1363-1364: Sir Robert de Erskine, again * 1364-1371: Walter of Biggar, again ;

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* 1377-1382: Sir John Lyon * 1382:

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() * 1424-1448: Sir John Forrester of Corstorphine, Knt. ;

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() * 1448-1450:

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* 1450-1454:

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* 1454-1467:

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() * 1467:

Robert Boyd, 1st Lord Boyd Robert Boyd, 1st Lord Boyd (died 1482) was a Scottish statesman, Lord Chamberlain of Scotland from 1467. Biography Robert Boyd was knighted, and was created a Peer of Parliament (Lord Boyd) by James II of Scotland at some date between 1451 and 18 ...

* 1477:

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* 1483:

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() * 1488:

Alexander Home, 2nd Lord Home Alexander Home, 2nd Lord Home (c.1450s – 5 September 1506) was a Scottish nobleman and soldier, Lord Chamberlain of Scotland and Warden of the Eastern March. Life Lord Home was the son of Alexander Home, Master of Home and Agnes Hepburn, ...

* 1509:

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() * 1516:

Malcolm Fleming, 3rd Lord Fleming Malcolm Fleming, 3rd Lord Fleming (c. 1494 – 10 September 1547), was Lord Chamberlain of Scotland to King James V, from 1524. Early life He was the son and heir of John Fleming, 2nd Lord Fleming, who was killed in a feud with the Tweedie of D ...

(d. 1547 at

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() * 1547:

James Fleming, 4th Lord Fleming James Fleming, 4th Lord Fleming (approx 1528–18 December 1558) was Lord Chamberlain of Scotland. His death in France after making arrangements for the marriage of Mary, Queen of Scots was regarded as suspicious by contemporaries. Life He was ...

(d. 1558) ;

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() * 1565:

John Fleming, 5th Lord Fleming John Fleming, 5th Lord Fleming (1529–6 September 1572), was a Scottish nobleman and a supporter of Mary, Queen of Scots. Life He was the son of Malcolm Fleming, 3rd Lord Fleming, lord high chamberlain, by his wife Johanna or Jonet Stewart, nat ...

(d. 1572)Cracrofts Peerage
* 1581:

* 1594: Ludovick (or Louis) Stewart, Duke of Lennox (made heritable Chamberlains).

References

* ''The Staggering State of the Scots' Statesmen'', by

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, Director of Chancery, Edinburgh, 1754, pps: 137-8

* ''The Exchequer Rolls of Scotland'', edited by George Burnett (officer of arms), George Burnett,

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, vol.II, 1359–1379, Edinburgh, 1878, in the appendix to the Preface i
a list of Chamberlains of Scotland
to 1406 only. See also p.cxxiii

* ''A History of the House of Douglas'', by

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Vol II p. 3, London 1902. {{Authority control Members of the Privy Council of Scotland Lists of office-holders in Scotland Positions within the British Royal Household Political office-holders in Scotland