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Lord Chamberlain

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Not to be confused with the Lord Great Chamberlain, who is responsible for royal affairs in the Palace of Westminster.

Lord Chamberlain of the Household
Incumbent The Earl Peel since 16 October 2006
Member of	Royal Household of the United Kingdom
Nominator	Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Appointer	Sovereign of the United Kingdom

The Lord Chamberlain or Lord Chamberlain of the Household is the senior officer of the Royal Household of the United Kingdom, overseeing the departments which support and provide advice to the Sovereign of the United Kingdom.

The Lord Chamberlain is always sworn of the Privy Council, is usually a peer and before 1782 the post was of Cabinet rank. Until 1924 the position was a political one. The office dates from the Middle Ages, when the King's Chamberlain often acted as the King's spokesman inCouncil and Parliament.^[1]

The current Lord Chamberlain is The Earl Peel, who has been in office since 16 October 2006.^[2]

Contents

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• 1Duties
  • 1.1Theatre censorship
• 2List of Lords Chamberlain of the Household
• 3See also
• 4References
• 5Further reading
• 6External links

Duties[edit]

The Earl of Dorset, Lord Chamberlain from 1689 to 1697, holding the white staff of office. (Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt; c. 1697.)

The Lord Chamberlain is the senior official of the Royal Household and oversees its business, including liaising with the other senior officers of the Household, chairing Heads of Department meetings, and advising in the appointment of senior Household officials.^[1][3] The Lord Chamberlain also undertakes ceremonial duties and serves as the channel of communication between the Sovereign and the House of Lords.^[1]

The Lord Chamberlain's Office is a department of the Royal Household and is headed by the Comptroller. It is responsible for organising ceremonial activities including state visits, investitures, garden parties, the State Opening of Parliament, weddings and funerals.^[1]

He also regulates the design and the wearing of court uniform and dress and how insignia are worn.

Theatre censorship[edit]

The Licensing Act 1737 gave the Lord Chamberlain the statutory authority to veto the performance of any new plays: he could prevent any new play, or any modification to an existing play, from being performed for any reason, and theatre owners could be prosecuted for staging a play (or part of a play) that had not received prior approval. This act was replaced by the Theatres Act 1843, which 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". This duty was abolished under the Theatres Act 1968; the first London performance of the musical Hair was delayed until the act was passed after a licence had been refused.^[4]

List of Lords Chamberlain of the Household[edit]

Lords Chamberlain since 1399 to the present:

Name	Entered office	Left office	Notes	Reference
Thomas Erpingham, from 1400 Sir Thomas	1399	1404		[5]
The Lord Grey of Codnor	1404	1413		[5]
The Lord FitzHugh	1413	1425		[5]
The Lord Cromwell	c. 1425	1432	First period in office	[5]
The Lord Bardolf	1432	1441		[5]
Sir Ralph Boteler, from 1441 The Lord Sudeley	1441	1447		[5]
The Lord Saye and Sele	1447	1450		[5]
The Lord Cromwell	1450	1455	Second period in office	[5]
Thomas Stanley, from 1456 The Lord Stanley	1455	1459		[5]
The Earl of Salisbury	1460	1460		[5]
The Lord Hastings	1461	1470	First period in office	[5]
Unknown	1470	1471	Second reign of Henry VI
The Lord Hastings	1471	1483	Second period in office	[5]
The Viscount Lovell	1483	1485		[5]
Sir William Stanley	1485	1494		[5]
The Lord Daubeny	1494	1508		[5]
The Lord Herbert, from 1514 The Earl of Worcester	1509	1526		[5]
The Earl of Arundel	1526	1530
The Lord Sandys	1530	1540		[5]
Vacant	1540	1543		[5]
The Lord St John	1543	1545	Created The Earl of Wiltshire in 1550 and The Marquess of Winchester in 1551	[5]
Unknown	1545	1546
The Earl of Arundel	1546	1550		[5]
The Lord Wentworth	1550	1551		[5]
The Lord Darcy of Chiche	1551	1553		[5]
Sir John Gage	1553	1556		[5]
Unknown	1556	1557
Sir Edward Hastings, from 1558 The Lord Hastings of Loughborough	1557	1558		[5]
The Lord Howard of Effingham	1558	1572		[5]
The Earl of Sussex	1572	1583		[5]
Unknown	1583	1585
The Lord Hunsdon	1585	1596		[5]
The Lord Cobham	1596	1597		[5]
The Lord Hunsdon	1597	1603		[5]
Lord Thomas Howard, from 1603 The Earl of Suffolk	1603	1614		[5]
The Earl of Somerset	1614	1615		[5]
The Earl of Pembroke	1615	1626		[5]
The Earl of Montgomery, from 1630 The Earl of Pembroke	1626	1641		[5]
The Earl of Essex	1641	1642		[5]
Unknown	1642	1644
The Earl of Dorset	1644	1649		[5]
Vacant	1649	1655	Position became vacant at the start of the Interregnum and the Commonwealth
Sir Gilbert Pickering, Bt	1655	1659	Lord Chamberlain during The Protectorate	[5]
The Earl of Manchester	1660	1671		[5]
The Earl of St Albans	1672	1674		[5]
The Earl of Arlington	1674	1685		[5]
The Earl of Elgin and Earl of Ailesbury	1685	1685		[5]
The Earl of Mulgrave	1685	1688	Created The Marquess of Normanby in 1694 and The Duke of Buckingham and Normanby in 1703	[5]
The Earl of Dorset	1689	1697		[5]
The Earl of Sunderland	1697	1697		[5]
Vacant	1697	1699	The King did not accept the resignation of the Earl of Sunderland
The Duke of Shrewsbury	1699	1700		[5]
The Earl of Jersey	1700	1704		[5]
The Earl of Kent, from 1706 The Marquess of Kent	1704	1710	Created The Duke of Kent in 1710 and The Marquess Grey in 1740	[5]
The Duke of Shrewsbury	1710	1715		[5]
The Duke of Bolton	1715	1717		[5]
The Duke of Newcastle	1717	1724		[5]
The Duke of Grafton	1724	1757		[5]
The Duke of Devonshire	1757	1762		[5]
The Duke of Marlborough	1762	1763		[5]
The Earl Gower	1763	1765	Created The Marquess of Stafford in 1786	[5]
The Duke of Portland	1765	1766		[5]
The Earl of Hertford	1766	1782	First period in office; created The Marquess of Hertford in 1793	[5]
The Duke of Manchester	1782	1783		[5]
The Earl of Hertford	1783	1783	Second period in office; created The Marquess of Hertford in 1793	[5][6]
The Earl of Salisbury, from 1789 The Marquess of Salisbury	1783	1804
The Earl of Dartmouth	1804	1810		[5]
Vacant	1810	1812
The Marquess of Hertford	1812	1821		[5][7]
The Duke of Montrose	1821	1827	First period in office	[5][8]
The Duke of Devonshire	1827	1828	First period in office	[5]
The Duke of Montrose	1828	1830	Second period in office	[5]
The Earl of Jersey	1830	1830	First period in office	[5]
The Duke of Devonshire	1830	1834	Second period in office	[5]
The Earl of Jersey	1834	1835	Second period in office	[5][9]
The Marquess Wellesley	1835	1835		[5]
The Marquess Conyngham	1835	1839
Earl of Uxbridge	1839	1841	Succeeded as The Marquess of Anglesey in 1854
The Earl De La Warr	1841	1846	First period in office	[5]
The Earl Spencer	1846	1848		[5][10]
The Marquess of Breadalbane	1848	1852	First period in office	[5][11]
The Marquess of Exeter	1852	1852		[12]
The Marquess of Breadalbane	1853	1858	Second period in office	[5][13]
The Earl De La Warr	1858	1859	Second period in office	[5][14]
The Viscount Sydney	1859	1866	First period in office	[15]
The Earl of Bradford	1866	1868		[16]
The Viscount Sydney	1868	1874	Second period in office; created The Earl Sydney in 1874	[17]
The Marquess of Hertford	1874	1879		[18]
The Earl of Mount Edgcumbe	1879	1880		[19]
The Earl of Kenmare	1880	1885	First period in office	[20]
The Earl of Lathom	1885	1886	First period in office	[21]
The Earl of Kenmare	1886	1886	Second period in office	[22]
The Earl of Lathom	1886	1892	Second period in office	[23]
The Lord Carrington	1892	1895	Created The Earl Carrington in 1895 and The Marquess of Lincolnshire in 1912	[5]
The Earl of Lathom	1895	1898	Third period in office	[24]
The Earl of Hopetoun	1898	1900	Created The Marquess of Linlithgow in 1902	[5]
The Earl of Clarendon	1900	1905		[25]
The Viscount Althorp, from 1910 The Earl Spencer	1905	1912		[26]
The Lord Sandhurst, from 1917 The Viscount Sandhurst	1912	1921		[27]
The Duke of Atholl	1921	1922		[5][28]
The Earl of Cromer	1922	1938		[5]
The Earl of Clarendon	1938	1952		[5]
The Earl of Scarbrough	1952	1963		[5]
The Lord Cobbold	29 January 1963	30 November 1971		[5][29]
The Lord Maclean	1 December 1971	30 November 1984		[5][30]
The Earl of Airlie	1 December 1984	31 December 1997		[31]
The Lord Camoys	1 January 1998	31 May 2000
The Lord Luce	1 October 2000	15 October 2006
The Earl Peel	16 October 2006