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The Royal Households of the United Kingdom consists 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 his own separate Household.
King George V George V (George Frederick Ernest Albert; 3 June 1865 – 20 January 1936) was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Emperor of India, from 6 May 1910 until his death in 1936. Born during the reign of his grandmother Qu ...
(1865–1936) was created Duke of York in 1892, and received a separate household together with his brother. Courtiers appointed to assist the Prince George of Wales until that year had been part of his parents´ household. After his marriage to
Princess Mary of Teck Mary of Teck (Victoria Mary Augusta Louise Olga Pauline Claudine Agnes; 26 May 186724 March 1953) was Queen of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Empress of India, from 6 May 1910 until 20 January 1936 as the wife of King-Empe ...
in 1893 they shared the Household of the Duke and Duchess of York. On the accession of his father,
King Edward VII Edward VII (Albert Edward; 9 November 1841 – 6 May 1910) was King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and Emperor of India, from 22 January 1901 until his death in 1910. The second child and eldest son of Queen Victoria a ...
in January 1901, George automatically inherited the dukedom of Cornwall and was known as the Duke of Cornwall and York until the following November, when he was appointed
Prince of Wales Prince of Wales ( cy, Tywysog Cymru, ; la, Princeps Cambriae/Walliae) is a title traditionally given to the heir apparent to the English and later British throne. Prior to the conquest by Edward I in the 13th century, it was used by the rulers ...
. From 1901 until his accession in 1910 he and his wife shared the Household of the Prince and Princess of Wales, but several appointments were to either the Prince or the Princess (e.g. they each had separate Lords Chamberlain and Private Secretaries). When he became King, his household was known as the Household of the Sovereign 1910–1936. Queen Mary (1867–1953) received a separate household upon her husband's accession, the Household of the Queen. From 1936, it was known as the Household of Queen Mary.


Household of the Duke of York 1892–1893 and Household of the Duke and Duchess of York 1893–1901


Controller and Treasurer

*1892–1901: Major General Sir Francis Walter de Winton, GCMG, CB


Household of the Prince and Princess of Wales 1901–1910


Comptroller and Treasurer

*1901–?: Lieutenant-Colonel the Hon. Sir William H. P. Carington, KCVO, CB


Private Secretary to the Prince of Wales

*1901–1910: Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Arthur Bigge, GCVO, KCB, KCSI, KCMG, ISO (later Baron Stamfordham)


Lords of the Bedchamber to the Prince of Wales

*1901–?: Beilby Lawley, 3rd Baron Wenlock, GCSI, GCIE, KCB *1901–1907: Charles Cavendish, 3rd Baron Chesham, KCB *1908–1910: Luke White, 3rd Baron Annaly


Master of the Stables

*1901–1910: Captain the Hon. William Charles Wentworth-FitzWilliam


Equerries to the Prince of Wales

*1901–?: Commander Sir Charles L. Cust, Bart., CMG, MVO, Royal Navy *1901–1910: the Hon. Derek V. G. Keppel, CMG, CIE, MVO, VD *1901–?: Captain the Viscount Crichton, DSO *1901–1910: Captain Bryan G. Godfrey-Faussett, CMG, MVO, Royal Navy


Extra Equerries to the Prince of Wales

*1901–1910: Captain Rosslyn Erskine-Wemyss, MVO, Royal Navy *1901–?: Major James Henry Bor, CMG, Royal Marine Artillery *1901–1910: Captain the Hon. William Charles Wentworth-FitzWilliam


Groom of the bedchamber to the Prince of Wales

*1902–1910: Edward William Wallington, CMG


Lord Chamberlain to the Princess of Wales

*1901–1910: Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 9th Earl of Shaftesbury, KCVO


Private Secretary to the Princess of Wales

*1901–1910: Honourable Alexander Nelson Hood


Equerry to the Princess of Wales

*1901–?: Frank Dugdale, Esq.


Ladies of the Bedchamber to the Princess of Wales

*1901–1910: Mabell Ogilvy, Countess of Airlie *1901–1902: Ida Frances Bridgeman, Countess of Bradford *1902–1903: Mary Cochrane-Baillie, Baroness Lamington


Women of the Bedchamber to the Princess of Wales

*1901–?: Lady Eva Dugdale *1901–?: Lady Mary Forbes-Trefusis


Extra Women of the Bedchamber to the Princess of Wales

*1901–?: Lady Katharine Coke


Domestic Chaplain

*1901–1910: Reverend Canon John Neale Dalton, CVO, CMG


Household of King George V 1910–1936


Master of the Horse

*1910–1915: Bernard Forbes, 8th Earl of Granard, KP, GCVO *1915–1922: Edwyn Scudamore-Stanhope, 10th Earl of Chesterfield, KG, GCVO *1922–1924: Thomas Thynne, 5th Marquess of Bath, KG, CB *1924–1936: Bernard Forbes, 8th Earl of Granard, KP, GCVO


Lord Steward

*1910–1915: Edwyn Scudamore-Stanhope, 10th Earl of Chesterfield, KG, GCVO *1915–1922: Horace Farquhar, Viscount Farquhar, GCB, GCVO (later Earl Farquhar) *1922–1936: Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 9th Earl of Shaftesbury, KP, GCVO, CBE


Lord Chamberlain

*1910–1912: Charles Spencer, 6th Earl Spencer, GCVO *1912–1921: William Mansfield, 1st Viscount Sandhurst, GCSI, GCIE, GCVO *1921–1922: John Stewart-Murray, 8th Duke of Atholl, KT, GCVO, CB *1922–1936: Rowland Baring, 2nd Earl of Cromer, GCB, GCIE, GCVO


Master of the Household

*1910–1912: Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Charles Arthur Frederick, GCVO, KCB *1912–1936: Lieutenant-Colonel the Hon. Sir Derek W. G. Keppel, GCVO, KCB, CMG, CIE, VD


Deputy Master of the Household

*1910–1912: the Hon. Sir Derek W. G. Keppe, KCVO, CMG, CIE, VDl


Crown Equerry

*1910–1924: Captain the Hon. Sir William Charles Wentworth-FitzWilliam, GCVO


Equerries

*1910–1936: Captain Sir Bryan G. Godfrey-Faussett, GCVO, CMG, Royal Navy *1927–? : Colonel George Camborne Beauclerk Paynter, CMG, DSO


Household of Queen Mary 1910–1953


Lord Chamberlain to the Queen

*1910–1922: Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 9th Earl of Shaftesbury, KP, KCVO, CBE *1922–1947: Charles Paget, 6th Marquess of Anglesey, GCVO *1947–1953: ?


Treasurers to the Queen

*1910–1919: Honourable Sir Alexander Nelson Hood, KCVO


Ladies of the Bedchamber to the Queen

*1910–?: Mabell Ogilvy, Countess of Airlie, GCVO, GBE *1910–27: Lady Mary Forbes-Trefusis


See also

* Royal Households of the United Kingdom *
Household of Edward VII and Alexandra The Royal Households of the United Kingdom consists 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 h ...


References

{{George V George V Royal households Mary of Teck