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Lord Chamberlain's Office
The Lord Chamberlain's Office is a department within the British Royal Household. It is concerned with matters such as protocol, state visits, investitures, garden parties, royal weddings and funerals. For example, in April 2005 it organised the wedding of Charles, Prince of Wales and Camilla Parker Bowles. It is also responsible for authorising use of the Royal Arms and other royal symbols. As the Lord Chamberlain is a part-time position, the day-to-day work of the Office is conducted by the Comptroller of the Lord Chamberlain's Office. List of comptrollers * Sir Spencer Ponsonby-Fane (1857–1901) * Major-General Sir Arthur Ellis (1901–1907) * Brigadier-General Sir Douglas Dawson (1907–1920) * Colonel Sir George Crichton (1920–1936) * Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Terence Nugent (1936–1960) * Brigadier Sir Norman Gwatkin (1960–1964) * Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Eric Penn (1964–1981) * Lieutenant-Colonel Sir John Johnston (1981–1987) * Lieutenant-Colonel Geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Ceremony Draws To An End
''The'' is a grammatical Article (grammar), article in English language, English, denoting nouns that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the Most common words in English, most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with nouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a con ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Crichton (courtier)
Colonel The Honourable Sir George Arthur Charles Crichton, (6 September 1874 – 5 March 1952), was an English courtier and Army officer. He was Comptroller of the Lord Chamberlain's Department from 1920 to 1936. Early life Born in 1874, Crichton was the second son of the Anglo-Irish peer and politician John Crichton, 4th Earl Erne. He attended Eton College and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst."Sir G. Crichton", ''The Times'' (London), 6 March 1952, p. 2. . Career and retirement In 1894, Crichton was commissioned into the Coldstream Guards. During the Second Boer War, he was adjutant of the regiment's third battalion and was wounded. He retired from the Army in 1910 as a Major. He returned to the military during the First World War and served as commander of the Coldstream Guards Regimental District from 1917 to 1919, before being placed on the reserve list in 1920. In 1910, Crichton had been appointed Assistant to the Comptroller of the Lord Chamberlain's Departmen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nazi Germany
Nazi Germany, officially known as the German Reich and later the Greater German Reich, was the German Reich, German state between 1933 and 1945, when Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party controlled the country, transforming it into a Totalitarianism, totalitarian dictatorship. The Third Reich, meaning "Third Realm" or "Third Empire", referred to the Nazi claim that Nazi Germany was the successor to the earlier Holy Roman Empire (800–1806) and German Empire (1871–1918). The Third Reich, which the Nazis referred to as the Thousand-Year Reich, ended in May 1945, after 12 years, when the Allies of World War II, Allies defeated Germany and entered the capital, Berlin, End of World War II in Europe, ending World War II in Europe. After Hitler was appointed Chancellor of Germany in 1933, the Nazi Party began to eliminate political opposition and consolidate power. A 1934 German referendum confirmed Hitler as sole ''Führer'' (leader). Power was centralised in Hitler's person, an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Appeasement
Appeasement, in an International relations, international context, is a diplomacy, diplomatic negotiation policy of making political, material, or territorial concessions to an aggressive power (international relations), power with intention to avoid conflict. The term is most often applied to Foreign relations of the United Kingdom, the foreign policy between 1935 and 1939 of the British governments of Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Prime Ministers Ramsay MacDonald, Stanley Baldwin and most notably Neville Chamberlain towards Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy. Under United Kingdom, British pressure, appeasement of Nazism and Fascism also played a role in History of French foreign relations, French foreign policy of the period but was always much less popular there than in the United Kingdom. In the early 1930s, appeasing concessions were widely seen as desirable because of the anti-war reaction to the trauma of World War I (1914–1918), second thoughts about the perceived ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Censorship
Censorship is the suppression of speech, public communication, or other information. This may be done on the basis that such material is considered objectionable, harmful, sensitive, or "inconvenient". Censorship can be conducted by governments and private institutions. When an individual such as an author or other creator engages in censorship of their own works or speech, it is referred to as ''self-censorship''. General censorship occurs in a variety of different media, including speech, books, music, films, and other arts, Newspaper, the press, radio, television, and the Internet for a variety of claimed reasons including national security, to control obscenity, pornography, and hate speech, to protect children or other vulnerable groups, to promote or restrict political or religious views, and to prevent Defamation, slander and Defamation, libel. Specific rules and regulations regarding censorship vary between Legal Jurisdiction, legal jurisdictions and/or private organiza ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Theatres Act 1843
The Theatres Act 1843 ( 6 & 7 Vict. c. 68) (also known as the Theatre Regulation Act) was an act in the United Kingdom. It amended the regime established under the Licensing Act 1737 ( 10 Geo. 2. c. 28) for the licensing of the theatre in Great Britain, implementing the proposals made by a select committee of the House of Commons in 1832. The act restricted the powers of the Lord Chamberlain, so that he could only prohibit the performance of plays where he was of the opinion that "it is fitting for the preservation of good manners, decorum or of the public peace so to do". It also gave additional powers to local authorities to license theatres, breaking the monopoly of the patent theatres and encouraging the development of popular theatrical entertainments, such as saloon theatres attached to public houses and music halls. Licensing Act 1737 Under the Licensing Act 1737 ( 10 Geo. 2. c. 28), the Lord Chamberlain was granted the ability to vet the performance of any new pla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrew Ford (Royal Household)
Lieutenant Colonel Sir Andrew Charles Ford, GCVO (born 5 February 1957) is a retired British Army officer, and current member of the Royal Households of the United Kingdom. From 6 January 2006 to December 2018, he served as Comptroller of the Lord Chamberlain's Office. Military career Following Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, Ford was commissioned into the Grenadier Guards as a second lieutenant on a Short Service Commission on 8 April 1977. He was promoted lieutenant on 8 April 1979, and switched to a full commission on 21 August 1978. He was promoted captain on 8 October 1983, major on 30 September 1989, and lieutenant-colonel on 30 June 1998. He transferred to the Welsh Guards on 27 August 1999, and retired on 4 October 2005 (retaining a reserve commission), he also attended the Joint Service Defence College. Later life Ford took office as Comptroller of the Lord Chamberlain's Office on 6 January 2006. The Lord Chamberlain's Office is a department within the British Royal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Malcolm Ross (courtier)
Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Walter Hugh Malcolm Ross, (27 October 1943 – 27 October 2019), was a member of the Royal Households of the United Kingdom, British Royal Household, becoming Master of the Household to then-Charles, Prince of Wales, Prince Charles from 2006 to 2008. Sir Malcolm Ross served as Lord-Lieutenant Stewartry, for the Stewartry of Kirkcudbright from 2006 until 2018 and also, from 2016, as Prior (ecclesiastical)#Chivalric orders, Lord Prior Venerable Order of Saint John, of the Order of St John. Early life and background Born in 1943 at Borgue, Dumfries and Galloway, Borgue to Josephine May ''née'' Malcolm Cross, Cross (1915–1982) and Colonel Walter John Macdonald Ross,Burke's Peerage & Baronetage (2003) Volume 3, page 3401 Lord-Lieutenant of Kirkcudbrightshire (1977–1982). A kinsman of Sir Charles Ross, 9th Baronet, his grandfather was Ledgowan Estate, Major Robert Ross of Ledgowan (1877–1935). Ross was educated at Eton College, Eton and Royal Mili ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Alston-Roberts-West
Lieutenant-Colonel George Arthur Alston-Roberts-West, (23 November 1937 – 16 July 2023), also known as George West, was a British Army officer and member of the Royal Household of the United Kingdom. He served as Comptroller of the Lord Chamberlain's Office from 1987 to 1990. Early life Alston-Roberts-West was born on 23 November 1937, the younger son of Major William Reginald James Alston-Roberts-West and his wife Constance Isolde Grosvenor, daughter of Lt.-Colonel Lord Arthur Hugh Grosvenor, a younger son of Hugh Grosvenor, 1st Duke of Westminster. His father was killed in action in 1940 during the Second World War. He was educated at Eton College, an all-boys public school in Berkshire.''Burke's Peerage'', volume 3 (2003), page 4133 Career Alston-Roberts-West trained at Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst, and was then commissioned into the Grenadier Guards in December 1957. He saw service in England, Northern Ireland, Germany and Cyprus. He retired from the British Army i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Johnston (Royal Household)
Lieutenant Colonel Sir John Frederick Dame Johnston, (24 August 1922 – 10 September 2006) was a British Army officer and courtier. He joined the Royal Household in 1964, serving as Assistant Comptroller and then Comptroller of the Lord Chamberlain's Office. Sometimes known as "Stopwatch Johnny", he was one of the Queen's most popular courtiers.Obituary '''', 13 September 2006 His duties included co-ordinating the weddings of and |
Eric Penn (soldier)
Eric Frank Penn (17 April 1878 – 18 October 1915) was an English soldier and a cricketer who played first-class cricket for Cambridge University and the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) between 1898 and 1903. He was born at Westminster, London and died in the fighting of the First World War near Loos, France. Eric Penn was the eldest son of William Penn, a cricketer and a businessman who ran the family engineering company of John Penn and Sons founded by his own father, John Penn, which was based in Greenwich, London. Eric Penn was educated at Eton College and at Trinity College, Cambridge. Penn played cricket as a right-handed middle-order batsman and a right-arm slow bowler while at school. At Cambridge, he played in a few first-team games in 1898 but did not consolidate his place in the side and was not picked for the University Match against Oxford University. In 1899, he played regularly as a lower-order batsman and bowler and in the match against the MCC he took five seco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norman Gwatkin
Brigadier Sir Norman Wilmshurst Gwatkin (2 August 1899 – 31 July 1971) was a British Army officer and courtier in the Household of Elizabeth II. Military career Gwatkin was the son of Hugh Fortescue Wilmshurst Gwatkin and Vera Philpots. He was educated at Clifton College before attending the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. He commissioned into the Coldstream Guards in 1918. He subsequently joined the Royal Household. He was invested as a Member of the Royal Victorian Order in 1937, while serving as Assistant Comptroller of the Lord Chamberlain's Office. In 1940 he was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel. Gwatkin saw active service in the Second World War and in 1944 he was awarded the Distinguished Service Order while commanding the 5th Guards Armoured Brigade in Operation Overlord. He returned to the Royal Household after the war. Between 1950 and 1952 he served as an Extra Equerry to George VI, and held the same role in the household of Elizabeth II until his de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
