Royal Households of the United Kingdom
The Royal Households of the United Kingdom are the collective departments that support members of the British royal family. Many members of the royal family who undertake public duties have separate households. They vary considerably in size, ...
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.
When
Elizabeth II
Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary; 21 April 1926 – 8 September 2022) was Queen of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms from 6 February 1952 until her death in 2022. She was queen regnant of 32 sovereign states during ...
was still a Princess she married
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (born Prince Philip of Greece and Denmark, later Philip Mountbatten; 10 June 1921 – 9 April 2021) was the husband of Queen Elizabeth II. As such, he served as the consort of the British monarch from El ...
on 20 November 1947. After that
marriage
Marriage, also called matrimony or wedlock, is a culturally and often legally recognized union between people called spouses. It establishes rights and obligations between them, as well as between them and their children, and between ...
they shared the Household of the Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh.
When she succeeded her father
George VI
George VI (Albert Frederick Arthur George; 14 December 1895 – 6 February 1952) was King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Commonwealth from 11 December 1936 until Death and state funeral of George VI, his death in 1952. ...
as sovereign of the
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Europe, off the north-western coast of the continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotland, Wales and North ...
, she appointed a new household, known as the Household of the Sovereign 1952-2022.
The Duke of Edinburgh then received a separate household upon his wife's accession, the Household of the Duke of Edinburgh until his death in 2021.
With the passing of the Queen on 8 September 2022 the Household of the Sovereign passed to her son, the new King
Charles III
Charles III (Charles Philip Arthur George; born 14 November 1948) is King of the United Kingdom and the 14 other Commonwealth realms. He was the longest-serving heir apparent and Prince of Wales and, at age 73, became the oldest person to ...
.
Great officers of the Household
Lord Chamberlain
The
Lord Chamberlain of the Household
Lord is an appellation for a person or deity who has authority, control, or power over others, acting as a master, chief, or ruler. The appellation can also denote certain persons who hold a title of the peerage in the United Kingdom, or are ...
is the highest-ranking official of the Royal Household of the United Kingdom, overseeing the departments that support and provide advice to the Sovereign of the United Kingdom, while also acting as the main channel of communication between the Sovereign and the House of Lords.
Vice Chamberlain
The Vice-Chamberlain of the Household is usually a junior government whip in the British House of Commons and is the Deputy to the Lord Chamberlain. The Vice Chamberlain's main duties are to compile a daily private report for the Sovereign on the proceedings in the House of Commons and to transmit addresses from the Commons to the Sovereign and vice versa.
Lord Steward
The
Lord Steward of the Household
The Lord Steward or Lord Steward of the Household is an official of the Royal Household in England. He is always a peer. Until 1924, he was always a member of the Government. Until 1782, the office was one of considerable political importance ...
manages the Treasurer of the Household and Comptroller of the Household, who rank next to him. The appointee is always a peer, and is the first dignitary of the court.
Treasurer of the Household
The
Treasurer of the Household
The Treasurer of the Household is a member of the Royal Household of the Sovereign of the United Kingdom. The position is usually held by one of the government deputy Chief Whips in the House of Commons. The current holder of the office is Ma ...
is usually held by one of the government deputy Chief Whips in the House of Commons. The Treasurer is automatically a member of the privy council.
Comptroller of the Household
The
Comptroller of the Household
The Comptroller of the Household is an ancient position in the British royal household, nominally the second-ranking member of the Lord Steward's department after the Treasurer of the Household. The Comptroller was an ''ex officio'' member of t ...
is nominally the second-ranking member of the Lord Steward's department after the Treasurer of the Household. In recent times, a senior government whip has invariably occupied the office. On state occasions the Comptroller, in common with certain other senior officers of the Household, carries a white staff of office, as often seen in portraits.
Master of the Horse
The
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 Equitu ...
is the third dignitary of the court. It is a primarily ceremonial office, and rarely appears except on state occasions, and especially when the Sovereign is mounted. There are still several
pages of honour
A Page of Honour is a ceremonial position in the Royal Household of the Sovereign of the United Kingdom. It requires attendance on state occasions, but does not now involve the daily duties which were once attached to the office of page. The onl ...
who are nominally in the master of the horse's department. They are youths aged from twelve to sixteen, selected by the sovereign in person, to attend on him at state ceremonies.
Deputy Treasurer to The Queen and Secretary of the Privy Purse
5 August 1952: Commander (S) Sir
Dudley Colles
Commander Sir Ernest Dudley Gordon Colles (5 April 1889 – 13 July 1976) was an Irish Royal Navy officer and courtier, who served in the Royal Households of George VI and Elizabeth II.
Colles was educated at Winchester College and was commis ...
* 5 August 1952: Henry Charles Seymour, Esquire
* 5 August 1952: Michael Anson, Esquire
* 5 August 1952: Jonathan Sidney Peel, Esquire
* 5 August 1952: The Right Honourable Henry George Victor John, Earl of Erne
Hubert George Brand
Admiral Sir Hubert George Brand, (20 May 1870 – 14 December 1955) was a senior Royal Navy officer who served as Second Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Personnel.
Background
Brand was the second son of Henry Brand, 2nd Viscount Hampden, Governor ...
, GCB, KCMG, KCVO
* 5 August 1952: Commander Colin Buist, MVO, RN
* 5 August 1952: Admiral Sir
Henry Tritton Buller
Admiral Sir Henry Tritton Buller, (30 October 1873 – 29 August 1960) was a Royal Navy officer, who commanded the Royal Yacht from 1921 to 1931. He served as an Extra Equerry to King George V, and, from 1932 till his death, he was a Groom-in-Wa ...
Herbert Meade-Fetherstonhaugh
Admiral Sir Herbert Meade-Fetherstonhaugh, (né Meade; 3 November 1875 – 27 October 1964) was a British admiral in the Royal Navy.
Biography
He was born in London as Herbert Meade, the third son of the then Baron Gillford, who later became, in ...
Ririd Myddelton
Lieutenant-Colonel Ririd Myddelton, MVO KStJ DL JP (25 February 1902 – 7 February 1988), was a country gentleman and one-time member of the Royal Household of the Sovereign of the United Kingdom.
Early life
Myddelton was born on 25 ...
Arthur Horace Penn
Sir Arthur Horace Penn, GCVO, MC (20 April 1886 – 30 December 1960), soldier and courtier, was a member of the Royal Household of the Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother.
Early life
Penn was the son of William Penn, of Taverham Hall, Norwich, wh ...
* 5 August 1952: Captain Humphrey Clifford Lloyd, MVO, MC
* 5 August 1952: Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Valentine Bache de Satge, CMG, CVO, DSO
* 5 August 1952: Rear-Admiral Sir Arthur Bromley, KCMG, CVO
* 5 August 1952: Colonel Geoffrey Ronald Codrington, CB, CMG, CVO, DSO, OBE, TD
* 5 August 1952: Captain William Duncan Phipps, MVO, RN
* 5 August 1952: Captain (S) Sir Frank Todd Spickernell, KBE, CB, DSO, RN
* 5 August 1952: Captain Philip Lloyd Neville, RN
* 5 August 1952: Brigadier Guy Elland Carne Rasch, CVO, DSO
* 5 August 1952: Air Vice-Marshal Sir George Ranald Macfarlane Reid, KCB, DSO, MC
Extra Gentlemen Ushers
* 5 August 1952: Major Gerald Montagu Augustus Ellis
* 5 August 1952: Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Arthur D'Arcy
* 5 August 1952: Gordon Bannerman, Bt, KCVO, CIE
* 5 August 1952: Group Captain Sir
Louis Greig
Group Captain Sir Louis Leisler Greig, KBE CVO (17 November 1880 – 1 March 1953) was a Scottish naval surgeon, rugby player, courtier and a friend of King George VI.
Rugby union
Greig was a successful rugby player, and was capped for an ...
, KBE, CVO
* 5 August 1952: Major the Honourable John Spencer Coke, CVO
* 5 August 1952: Captain Charles Alexander Lindsay Irvine, CVO, OBE
* 5 August 1952: Sir John Hanbury-Williams
* 5 August 1952: Sir John Berkeley Monck, GCVO, CMG
* 5 August 1952: Sir
Algar Henry Stafford Howard
Sir Algar Henry Stafford Howard (7 August 1880 – 14 February 1970) was a senior British Army officer and long-serving officer of arms at the College of Arms in London. He served as the Garter Principal King of Arms from 1944 to 1950 before ...
, KCB, KCVO, MC, TD
* 5 August 1952: Captain Andrew Vavasour Scott Yates, RN
* 5 August 1952: Major Thomas Cockayne Harvey, CVO, DSO
* 5 August 1952: Lieutenant-Colonel Frederick Edward Packe, CVO, OBE
Percy Mark Herbert
The Right Reverend Percy Mark Herbert (24 April 1885 – 22 January 1968) was the first Bishop of Blackburn from 1927 then Bishop of Norwich from 1942 to 1959. He was the Clerk of the Closet from 1942–63. An active Freemason, he was Provinc ...
Travers Guy Rogers
Travers Guy Rogers MC (1876–1967) was an author and priest in the Church of England who became a chaplain to King George V in 1918.
Career
He was educated at Trinity College, Dublin, where he was awarded BA in 1898 and BD in 1901. In 1899 he r ...
Henry Spencer Stephenson
Henry Spencer Stephenson (4 November 1871 – 4 June 1957) was a British minister and a member of the Spencer family. He served as Chaplain to King George VI and Queen Elizabeth II, participating in the coronation procession of Queen Elizabe ...
Frederick Boreham
Frederick Boreham (7 June 1888 – 1 February 1966) was Archdeacon of Cornwall and Chaplain to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.
Career
Boreham was born in Tunbridge Wells, Kent, and educated at St Aidan's College, Birkenhead and St John's Hal ...
, MA
* 5 August 1952: The Reverend Canon
John McLeod Campbell
John McLeod Campbell (4 May 1800 – 27 February 1872) was a Scottish minister and Reformed theologian. In the opinion of one German church historian, contemporaneous with Campbell, his theology was a highpoint of British theology during the ni ...
, MC, DD
* 5 August 1952: The Reverend Albert Victor Baillie, KCVO, DD
* 5 August 1952: The Reverend Canon
Arthur Stretton Reeve
(Arthur) Stretton Reeve (11 June 1907 – 27 January 1981) was Bishop of Lichfield from 1953 until 1 December 1974.
Early life and education
Born into an ecclesiastical family, son of The Reverend Arthur Reeve and his wife Violet Inez Reeve was e ...
, MA
* 5 August 1952: The Reverend Robert Reginald Churchill, CBE, MA
* 5 August 1952: The Reverend Humphrey Gordon Barclay, CVO, MC
* 5 August 1952: The Reverend
Ralph Creed Meredith
Ralph Creed Meredith, M.A., (7 October 1887 – 10 January 1970) was an Anglican cleric who succeeded Edward Keble Talbot as Chaplain to His Majesty, King George VI and afterwards Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. In New Zealand he was president ...
Arthur Selwyn Bean
Arthur Selwyn Bean (23 April 1886-4 July 1981) was Archdeacon of Manchester from 1934 to 1966.
He was educated at Christ’s College, Christchurch, New Zealand and Keble College, Oxford and ordained in 1910. After a curacy in Rugby he held inc ...
, MBE, BD
* 5 August 1952: The Reverend Canon John Farquhar Richardson, MA
* 5 August 1952: The Reverend Canon
Robert Wright Stopford
Robert Wright Stopford, (20 February 1901 – 13 August 1976) was a British Anglican bishop.
Early life and education
Stopford was born in Garston, Merseyside (then in Lancashire), and educated at Coatham School in Redcar and Liverpool Col ...
, CBE., DCL, MA
Chapels Royal
Dean
5 August 1952: The Right Reverend and Right Honourable John William Charles Wand, DD, Lord Bishop of London.
Sub-Dean
5 August 1952: The Reverend Maurice Frederic Foxell, MVO, MA
Priests
* 5 August 1952: The Reverend Cyril Moxon Armitage, MVO, MA
* 5 August 1952: The Reverend Erik Francis Donne, MA
* 5 August 1952: The Reverend George Ernest Sage, MA
Deputy-Priests
* 5 August 1952: The Reverend Michael Ridley, MA
* 5 August 1952: The Reverend Canon Anthony Lewis Elliott Williams, MA
* 5 August 1952: The Reverend Cyril Theodore Henry Dams, MA
Honorary Priest
5 August 1952: The Reverend Trevitt Reginald Hine-Haycock, MVO, MA
Organist, Choirmaster and Composer at Her Majesty's Chapels Royal
5 August 1952: Edgar Stanley Roper, Esquire, CVO, MusD
Domestic Chaplains
* 5 August 1952: The Reverend Maurice Frederic Foxell, MVO, MA (Buckingham Palace)
* 5 August 1952: The Right Reverend Eric Knightley Chetwode Hamilton, MA, Dean of Windsor (Windsor Castle)
* 5 August 1952: The Reverend Hector David Anderson, MVO, BD (Sandringham)
Chaplain, Royal Chapel, Windsor Great Park
5 August 1952: The Reverend Peter Llewellyn Gillingham, MA
Chaplain, Hampton Court Palace
5 August 1952: The Reverend Prebendary Herbert Harris, MA
Organist, Hampton Court Palace
5 August 1952: William James Phillips, Esquire, Mus.Doc.
Chaplains in Scotland
* 5 August 1952: The Very Reverend
Charles Laing Warr
Charles Laing Warr KCVO FRSE (1892–1969) was a Church of Scotland minister and author in the 20th century.
Life
Warr was born on 20 May 1892, the second son of the Reverend Alfred Warr, sometime minister of Rosneath in Dunbartonshire, a ...
, KCVO, DD, LLD
* 5 August 1952: The Very Reverend
James Hutchison Cockburn
James Hutchison Cockburn DD ThD FSAScot (29 October 1882 – 20 June 1973) was a Scottish scholar and senior Church of Scotland clergyman. He served as Moderator of the General Assembly in 1941/2, the highest position in the Church of Scotlan ...
, DD
* 5 August 1952: The Reverend Andrew Nevile Davidson, DD
* 5 August 1952: The Very Reverend John Baillie, DD, DLitt, LLD
* 5 August 1952: The Very Reverend William White Anderson, MC, DD
* 5 August 1952: The Reverend Thomas Bentley Stewart Thomson, MC, TD, DD
* 5 August 1952: The Reverend Professor James Pitt Watson, DD
* 5 August 1952: The Reverend Professor James Stuart Stewart, DD
* 5 August 1952: The Reverend John Annand Fraser, MBE, TD, DD
Domestic Chaplain
5 August 1952: The Reverend John Lamb, CVO, BD (Balmoral).
Medical Household
Physicians
* 5 August 1952: Horace Evans, 1st Baron Evans, GCVO, MD, FRCP (died 26 October 1963). London Gazette ', 17 March 1964 (issue 43273), p. 2387
* 5 August 1952: Sir John Weir, GCVO, MB, ChB, FFHom (retired 31 December 1968). London Gazette ', 31 December 1968 (issue 44755), p. 13919
* 5 August 1952: Sir Ronald Bodley Scott, KCVO, MA, BM, BCh, DM, FRCP (until 1973).
* 17 March 1964: William Neville Mann, MD, FRCP (succeeding Lord Evans; resigned 20 March 1970). London Gazette ', 31 March 1970 (issue 45070), p. 3645
* 31 December 1968: Margery Grace Blackie, CVO, MD, MB, BS, MRCS, LRCP, FFHom (retired 31 October 1980). London Gazette ', 31 October 1980 (issue 48358), p. 15107
* 20 March 1970: Richard Ian Samuel Bayliss, MD, FRCP (until 1982).
* December 1974: Sir John Charles Batten, KCVO, MD, BS, FRCP (until 1989). London Gazette ', 17 December (issue 46436), p. 12887
* 31 October 1980: Charles Kennedy Elliott, MB, MRCGP, FFHom (retired 20 March 1986). London Gazette ', 9 May 1986 (issue 50513), p. 6351
* 2 January 1982: Anthony Michael Dawson, MD, BS, FRCP (until 1993). London Gazette ', 5 January 1982 (issue 48853), p. 163
* 20 March 1986: Ronald William Davey, LVO, MD, FFHom, AKC (until 2001).
* 1993: Richard Paul Hepworth Thompson, DM, FRCP (until 2005)."Thompson, Sir Richard (Paul Hepworth)" ''Who's Who 2016'' (online edition), Oxford University Press, November 2015. Retrieved 15 March 2016.
* 2001: Peter Anthony Goodwin Fisher, MA, MB, BChir, FFHom, FRCP, FRSocMed (died 15 August 2018).
* 2005: Professor John Cunningham, CVO, BA, BM, BCh, DM, FRCP (until 2014).
* 2014: Professor Sir Huw Thomas, KCVO, FRCP.
Physicians to the Household
* 17 March 1964: Richard Ian Samuel Bayliss, MD, FRCP (promoted 20 March 1970).
* 20 March 1970: John Charles Batten, MD, BS, FRCP (promoted December 1974).
* December 1974: Anthony Michael Dawson, MD, BS, FRCP (promoted 2 January 1982).
* 2 January 1982: Richard Paul Hepworth Thompson, DM, FRCP (promoted 1993).
Physician-Paediatrician
* 5 August 1952:
Wilfrid Percy Henry Sheldon
Sir Wilfrid Percy Henry Sheldon (1901-1983), Royal Victorian Order, KCVO, Doctor of Medicine, MD, Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians, FRCP, FRCOG, was a prominent English people, English consulting physician. He wrote one of the first major ...
, MD, FRCP (1 January 1972). London Gazette ', ssue 45565), p. 99
* 1 January 1972: Philip Rainsford Evans, CBE, MSc, MD, ChB, FRCP (until 1976).
Henry Letheby Tidy
Sir Henry "Harry" Letheby Tidy (28 October 1877 – 3 June 1960) was a British physician and gastroenterologist.
Biography
After education at Winchester College and then at New College, Oxford, he studied medicine at the London Hospital and g ...
Arthur Espie Porritt
Colonel (United Kingdom), Colonel Arthur Espie Porritt, Baron Porritt, (10 August 1900 – 1 January 1994) was a New Zealand physician, military surgeon, statesman and athlete. He won a bronze medal at the 1924 Summer Olympics in the Athletics a ...
, KCMG, CBE., MB, MCh, FRCS
* 1 September 1967: Sir Ralph Marnham, KCVO, MChir, FRCS The London Gazette ', 1 September (issue 44400), p. 9597
* 1 January 1972: Sir
Edward Grainger Muir
Sir Edward Grainger Muir (18 February 1906 – 14 October 1973), was a British pathologist and colorectal surgeon. He was a recipient of the Broderip scholarship of the Middlesex Hospital and later held appointments at King's College Hospital, the ...
, MS, FRCS The London Gazette ', 11 January 1972 (issue 45571), p. 357
* 20 March 1973: Sir
Edward Tuckwell
Edward is an English given name. It is derived from the Anglo-Saxon name ''Ēadweard'', composed of the elements '' ēad'' "wealth, fortune; prosperous" and '' weard'' "guardian, protector”.
History
The name Edward was very popular in Anglo-Sa ...
, KCVO, MCh, FRCS The London Gazette ', 20 March 1973 (issue 45933), p. 3645
* 12 May 1975: Sir
Hugh Evelyn Lockhart-Mummery
Sir Hugh Evelyn Lockhart-Mummery, KVCO, (28 April 1918 – 24 June 1988), was a British surgeon who researched inflammatory bowel disease and distinguished Crohn's disease, Crohn's from Ulcerative colitis, colitis. He was educated at Sandroyd Sch ...
, KCVO, MD, MChir, FRCS, LRCP The London Gazette ', 13 May 1975 (issue 46572), p. 6195
* 29 April 1983: William Willatt Slack, Esquire, MCh, FRCS The London Gazette ', 29 April 1983 (49335), p. 5865
* 23 February 1990: John Leonard Dawson, CVO, MS, FRCS The London Gazette ', 23 February 1990 (issue 52058), p. 2495
* 22 February 1991: Barry Trevor Jackson, MS, FRCS (retired 2001). The London Gazette ', 22 February 1991 (issue 52456), p. 2873''Appendix to the Court Circular'', 3 December 2001
* 3 December 2001: Adam Anthony Murless Lewis, MB, BS, FRCS, FRCSE (retired 1 November 2006).
* 4 January 2007: Roger Henry Vickers, MA, BM, BCh, FRCS (until 2010).''Appendix to the Court Circular'', 4 January 2007
* 25 July 2010: Professor Sir George Hamilton, MD, FRCS.''Appendix to the Court Circular'', 3 June 2010
*10 August 2016: Mr Satya Bhattacharya FRCS LVO
Surgeons
* 5 August 1952: Professor Sir James Paterson Ross, KCVO, MS, FRCS (retired 17 March 1964). The London Gazette ', 17 March 1964 (issue 43273), p. 2387
* 5 August 1952: Ralph Marnham, Esquire, MChir, FRCS (promoted 1 September 1967).
* 17 March 1964: Edward Grainger Muir, MS, FRCS (promoted 1 January 1972).
* January 1969: Edward George Tuckwell, MCh, FRCS (promoted 20 March 1973). The London Gazette ', 21 January 1969 (issue 44771), p. 737
* December 1974: Hugh Evelyn Lockhart-Mummery, MC, MChir, FRCS, LRCP (also Surgeon to Her Majesty's Household; promoted 12 May 1975)
* 12 May 1975: William Willatt Slack, MCh, FRCS (promoted 29 April 1983).
* 29 April 1983: John Leonard Dawson, MS, FRSC (promoted 23 February 1990).
* Roger Vickers (promoted 4 January 2007).
* 4 January 2007: George Hamilton (promoted 25 July 2010).
Surgeon to Her Majesty's Household
* 17 March 1964: Edward George Tuckwell, MCh, FRCS
* January 1969: Hugh Evelyn Lockhart-Mummery, MD, MChir, FRCS, LRCP
* 12 May 1975: John Leonard Dawson, MS, MB, FRCS
* 29 April 1983: Barry Trevor Jackson, MS, FRCS
* 22 February 1991: Adam Anthony Murless Lewis, MB, FRCS
* Professor George Hamilton (promoted 4 January 2007).
* 4 January 2007: Mr Satyajit Bhattacharya
* 10 August 2016: Mr Ian Jenkins MD FRCS
Surgeon-Gynaecologist/Surgeon-Gynaecologist to the Queen
* 5 August 1952: Sir
William Gilliatt
Sir William Gilliatt (7 June 1884 – 27 September 1956) was an English gynaecologist at the Middlesex Hospital and King's College Hospital, London.
He was born in Boston, Lincolnshire, the son of William Gilliatt, and received his medical trai ...
, KCVO, MD, MS, FRCP, FRCS, FRCOG
* 11 July 1961: Sir John Harold Peel, KCVO, FRCS, FRCOG (retired March 1973). The London Gazette ', 11 July 1961 (issue 42409), p. 5101
* March 1973: Sir George Douglas Pinker, KCVO, FRCS(Ed.), PRCOG (retired 30 March 1990). The London Gazette ', 30 March 1990 (issue 52093), p. 7141
* 30 March 1990: Marcus Edward Setchell, MA, FRCS, FRCOG (until 2014).
* 30 June 2014:
Alan Farthing
Alan John Farthing, FRCOG, (born 8 June 1963) is an English obstetrician and gynaecologist and Surgeon-Gynaecologist to Queen Elizabeth II's Royal Household.
Career
Farthing was born in Winchester, Hampshire.
He attended Beacon School in ...
(incumbent).''Appendix to the Court Circular'', 30 June 2014
Surgeon-Gynaecologist to the Household
* 18 November 2008: Alan Farthing (promoted 30 June 2014).
* 30 June 2008: Guy Thorpe-Beeston (incumbent).
Extra Surgeons
* 5 August 1952: Sir
Thomas Peel Dunhill
Sir Thomas Peel Dunhill (3 December 1876 – 22 December 1957) was an Australian thyroid surgeon and honorary surgeon to the monarchs of the United Kingdom.
A graduate of the University of Melbourne, where he earned his Bachelor of Medicine ...
, GCVO, CMG, MD, FRCS, FRACS
* 5 August 1952: Sir James Walton, KCVO, MB, M.S., BSc, FRCS, LRCP, F.G.A.
* 5 August 1952: Sir Lancelot Edward Barrington-Ward, KCVO, ChM, FRCS
Stewart Duke-Elder
Sir William Stewart Duke-Elder (22 April 1898 – 27 March 1978), a Scottish ophthalmologist who was a dominant force in his field for more than a quarter of a century.
Life
Duke-Elder was born in the manse in Tealing near Dundee. His f ...
, KCVO, DSc, PhD, MD, LLD, FRCS, FACS (resigned 30 April 1965). London Gazette ', 30 April 1965 (issue 43639), p. 4211
* 30 April 1965: Allen John Bridson Goldsmith, CVO, MB, BS, FRCS, LRCP (retired 27 November 1974).
* 27 November 1974: Stephen James Hamilton Miller, MD, FRCS (retired 21 July 1980). London Gazette ', 29 November 1974 (issue 46417), p. 11997 London Gazette ', 22 August 1980 (issue 48286), p. 11941
* 21 July 1980: Sir Patrick John Holmes Sellors, KCVO, MA, BM, BCh, FRCS (retired 3 February 1999).''Appendix to the Court Circular'', 3 February 1999
* 3 February 1999: Timothy John ffytche, LVO, MB, BS, DO, FRCS (retired 7 March 2002).''Appendix to the Court Circular'', 7 March 2002
* 7 March 2002: Jonathan David Jagger, LVO, MB, BS, FRCS, FRCOphth (incumbent)."Jagger, Jonathan David" ''Who's Who 2016'' (online edition), Oxford University Press, November 2015. Retrieved 14 March 2016.
* 5 August 1952: Allen John Bridson Goldsmith, MB, BS, FRCS, LRCP (promoted 30 April 1965).
* 30 April 1965: Stephen James Hamilton Miller, MD, FRCS (promoted 27 November 1974).
* 27 November 1974: Patrick John Holmes Sellors, BM, BCh, FRCS (promoted 21 July 1980).
* 21 July 1980: Timothy John ffytche, FRCS, MRCS, LRCP, DO (promoted 3 February 1999).
* 3 February 1999: Jonathan David Jagger, MB, BS, FRCS, FRCOphth (promoted 7 March 2002).
* 1 January 2002: Veronica Mary Geneste Ferguson, LVO, MB, BS, FRCS, FRCOphth (incumbent).
Extra Surgeon-Oculist to the Household
* 5 August 1952: Frank Anderson Juler, CVO, MB, BCh, FRCS.
* 30 April 1965: Sir Stewart Duke-Elder, GCVO, DSc, PhD, MD, LLD, FRCS, FRCP, FACS.
Apothecary to the Household
* 5 August 1952: Sir
John Nigel Loring
The Apothecary to the Household is an officer of the Medical Household of the Royal Household of the Sovereign of the United Kingdom. He has a salaried daily surgery.
The Apothecary to the Household was originally responsible for providing medic ...
, KCVO, MRCS, LRCP (retired 1 October 1964). London Gazette ', 16 October 1964 (issue 43464), p. 8725
* 1 October 1964: Sir
Ralph Southward
Ralph (pronounced ; or ,) is a male given name of English, Scottish and Irish origin, derived from the Old English ''Rædwulf'' and Radulf, cognate with the Old Norse ''Raðulfr'' (''rað'' "counsel" and ''ulfr'' "wolf").
The most common forms ...
, KCVO, MB, ChB, MRCP (retired 1 January 1975). London Gazette ', 3 January 1975 (issue 46453), p. 109
* 1 January 1975: Nigel Ralph Southward, MB, BChir, MRCP (retired 7 February 2003).''Court Circular: Sandringham, Norfolk'', 6 February 2003
* 7 February 2003: Timothy Hugh David Evans, MB, BS, MRCS, LRCP, DRCOG, MRCGP (incumbent).
Surgeon-Apothecary to the Household at Sandringham
* 5 August 1952: James Lawrence Bunting Ansell, MVO, MRCS, LRCP (resigned 1 November 1965). London Gazette ', ssue 43831), p. 11309
* 1 November 1965: Hugh Kelson Ford, CVO, MB, BS, DObst, RCOG (retired 22 February 1992).
* 22 February 1992: Ian Keith Campbell, BSc, MB, BS, DRCOG, FRCGP.ssue 52845), p. 3319
Medical Household in Scotland
Physicians
* 5 August 1952: Alexander Greig Anderson, Esquire, CVO, LLD, MD, FRCP
* 5 August 1952: Professor Sir
John William McNee
Sir John William McNee FRSE DSO (1887-1984) was a 20th century British pathologist and bacteriologist.
Life
He was born on 17 December 1887 in Mount Vernon in north Lanarkshire (now part of Glasgow the only son of John McNee. The family move ...
James Rognvald Learmonth
Sir James Rögnvald Learmonth (1895–1967) was a Scottish surgeon who made pioneering advances in neurosurgery, nerve surgery.
, KCVO, CBE, MB, ChM, FRCSE
* 5 August 1952: George Gordon Bruce, Esquire, MB, ChB, FRCS, LRCP
Surgeon-Oculist
* 5 August 1952:
John Marshall
John Marshall (September 24, 1755July 6, 1835) was an American politician and lawyer who served as the fourth Chief Justice of the United States from 1801 until his death in 1835. He remains the longest-serving chief justice and fourth-longes ...
, Esquire, MC, TD, MB, ChB, F.R.F.P.S.G.
Surgeon-Dentist
* 5 August 1952: Robert Charles Scott Dow Esquire, LRCP, LRCS, HDD, FDS.
Surgeon-Apothecary to the Household at Balmoral
* 5 August 1952: George Proctor Middleton, Esquire, CVO, MB, ChB
Surgeon-Apothecary to the Household at the Palace of Holyroodhouse
Surgeon-Apothecaries/Apothecaries to HM Household at the Palace of Holyroodhouse
* 1908 – 1922: Dr W.B. Alexander (1844 – 1922)
* 1923 – 1929: Dr D.J. Graham (1871 – 1929
* 1930: Dr W.M. Taylor (1872 – 1930
* 1931 – 1951: Dr N.J. Carmichael (1883 – 1951
* 1952 – 1970: Dr G. Brewster (1899 – 1991
* 1970 – 1986: Dr D.G. Illingworth (1921 – 2010)
* 1987 – 1990: Dr H.H. Gebbie (b. 1930)
* 1991 – 2001: Dr J.J.C. Cormack (1934 – 2002)
* 2001—: Prof. J.R. Robertson (b. 1951)
* 2016—: Dr Robin Balfour (b. 1961)
*5 August 1952: Lieutenant-Colonel the Honourable Osbert Eustace Vesey, CMG, CBE.
*2016: Christopher Mackenzie-Beevor, CBE
Gentlemen of the Corps
* 5 August 1952: Colonel Sir Edward Philip Le Breton.
* 5 August 1952: Lieutenant-Colonel Ughtred Elliott Carnegy Carnegy, DSO, MC
* 5 August 1952: Brigadier Harold Vincent Spencer Charrington, DSO, MC
* 5 August 1952: Major Sir Henry Lancelot Aubrey-Fletcher, Bt, DSO, MVO
* 5 August 1952: Lieutenant-Colonel William Wallace Smith Cuninghame, DSO
* 5 August 1952: Lieutenant-Colonel the Most Honourable Arthur Butler, 6th Marquess of Ormonde, James Arthur Norman, Marquess of Ormonde, MC
* 5 August 1952: Colonel Bartle Mordaunt Marsham Edwards, M.C
* 5 August 1952: Colonel Robert Henry Walsh, DSO, OBE, MC
* 5 August 1952: Brigadier Lancelot Merivale Gibbs, CVO, DSO, MC
* 5 August 1952: Lieutenant-Colonel Rupert Trevor Wallace Glynn, MC
* 5 August 1952: Colonel the Right Honourable Edward Digby, 11th Baron Digby, Edward Kenelm, Baron Digby, DSO, MC, TD
* 5 August 1952: Brigadier Henry Walter Houldsworth, DSO, MC, TD
* 5 August 1952: Lieutenant-Colonel John Forrester Colvin, OBE, MC
* 5 August 1952: Lieutenant-Colonel Kenneth Edward Previte, OBE
* 5 August 1952: Brigadier Thomas Fairfax-Ross, MC, TD
* 5 August 1952: Major-General William Augustus Fitzgerald Lane Fox-Pitt, DSO, MVO, MC
* 5 August 1952: Brigadier John Norman Cheney, OBE
* 5 August 1952: Lieutenant-Colonel Francis Edgar Anthony Fulford.
* 5 August 1952: Brigadier Sir Henry Robert Kincaid Floyd, Bt, CB, CBE.
* 5 August 1952: Colonel Sir Robert Eric Sherlock Gooch, Bt, DSO
* 5 August 1952: Lieutenant-Colonel William Heathcoat Amory, DSO
* 5 August 1952: Colonel Sir John Gawen Carew Pole, Bt, DSO, TD
* 5 August 1952: Brigadier Robert Bramston Thesiger Daniell, DSO
* 5 August 1952: Brigadier Anthony Hilton Pepys, DSO
* 5 August 1952: Lieutenant-Colonel Sir William Vivian Makins, Bt
Yeomen of the Guard
Captain
5 August 1952: William Onslow, 6th Earl of Onslow, The Right Honourable William Arthur Bampfylde, Earl of Onslow, MC, TD
Lieutenant
5 August 1952: Major-General Sir Allan Adair, Allan Henry Shafto Adair, Bt, CB, DSO, MC
Clerk of the Cheque and Adjutant
5 August 1952: Lieutenant-Colonel Ralph Charles Bingham, DSO
Ensign
5 August 1952: Lieutenant-Colonel Victor Buller Turner, VC
Exons
5 August 1952: Brigadier William Greenwood Carr, DSO
Lieutenant-Colonel Gerald Grosvenor, 4th Duke of Westminster, Gerald Hugh Grosvenor, DSO
Other appointments
Groom in Waiting
* 5 August 1952: Sir
Arthur Horace Penn
Sir Arthur Horace Penn, GCVO, MC (20 April 1886 – 30 December 1960), soldier and courtier, was a member of the Royal Household of the Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother.
Early life
Penn was the son of William Penn, of Taverham Hall, Norwich, wh ...
, KCVO, MC
Extra Groom in Waiting
* 5 August 1952: The Right Honourable Montague Eliot, 8th Earl of St Germans, Montague Charles, Earl of St Germans, KCVO, OBE
5 August 1952: Lieutenant-General Sir Brian Horrocks, Brian Gwynne Horrocks, KCB, KBE, DSO, MC
Sergeants-at-Arms
* 5 August 1952: George Alfred Titman, Esquire, CBE, MVO
* 5 August 1952: Lieutenant-Commander (S) Albert William Stone, MVO, MSM, RN
* 5 August 1952: George Frederick Thomas Hopkins, Esquire, MVO, OBE, MC
* - February 2018: Brian Stanley, Esq.
Sergeant-at-Arms, House of Lords
5 August 1952: Air Vice-Marshal Sir Paul Maltby, Paul Copeland Maltby, KBE, CB, DSO, AFC
Sergeant-at-Arms, House of Commons
5 August 1952: Brigadier Sir Charles Howard (Serjeant-at-Arms), Charles Alfred Howard, KCVO, DSO
5 August 1952: Sir Owen Morshead, Owen Frederick Morshead, KCVO, DSO, MC
Keeper of the Jewel House, Tower of London
5 August 1952: Major-General Leamington_Hastings#Notable_residents, Hervey Degge Wilmot Sitwell, CB, MC
Surveyor of The Queen's Pictures
5 August 1952: Professor Anthony Blunt, Anthony Frederick Blunt, CVO
Deputy Surveyor of The Queen's Pictures
5 August 1952: Oliver Millar, Oliver Nicholas Millar, Esquire, FSA
Surveyor of The Queen's Works of Art
5 August 1952: Sir James Mann (curator), James Gow Mann, MA, B.Litt., PSA.
10 July 2019:Caroline de Guitaut, LVO. Appointed as deputy Surveyor of the Queen's Works of Art.
Responsible for 700,000 works of art, at 13 royal palaces, including HM The Queen's official residences: Buckingham Palace, Windsor Castle, Palace of Holyroodhouse. 1st woman to hold the position.
Master of the Queen's Music
5 August 1952: Sir Arnold Bax, Arnold Edward Trevor Bax, MusDoc
Poet Laureate
5 August 1952: John Masefield, Esquire, OM, LitTD, LLD
Honorary Veterinary Surgeons
* 5 August 1952: Captain Thomas Wright (veterinary surgeon), Thomas Lewis Wright, Esquire, MRCVS
* 5 August 1952: Edmond Paterson, Edmond Scot Paterson, Esquire, MRCVS
Coroner of the Household
5 August 1952: Lieutenant-Colonel William McCarthy (coroner), William Hilgrove Leslie McCarthy, DSO, MC, MD, MRCP
Captain of The Queen's Flight
5 August 1952: Air Commodore Sir Edward Hedley Fielden, KCVO, CB, DFC, AFC
15 February 1968: Air Commodore Sir Archibald Winskill, KCVO, CBE, DFC & Bar, AE
Her Majesty's Representative at Ascot
5 August 1952: His Grace Bernard Fitzalan-Howard, 16th Duke of Norfolk, Bernard Marmaduke Fitzalan-Howard, 16th Duke of Norfolk, KG, GCVO