List of Lord Chamberlains

Main article: Lord Chamberlain
Name office office Notes Reference
Sir Thomas Erpingham13991404[1]
The Lord Grey of Codnor14041413[1]
The Lord FitzHugh14131425[1]
The Lord Cromwellc. 14251432First period in office[1]
The Lord Bardolf14321441[1]
Sir Ralph Boteler,
from 1441 The Lord Sudeley		14411447[1]
The Lord Saye and Sele14471450[1]
The Lord Cromwell14501455Second period in office[1]
Thomas Stanley,
from 1456 The Lord Stanley		14551459[1]
The Earl of Salisbury14601460[1]
The Lord Hastings14611470First period in office[1]
Unknown14701471Second reign of Henry VI
The Lord Hastings14711483Second period in office[1]
The Viscount Lovell14831485[1]
Sir William Stanley14851494[1]
Lord Daubeney14941508[1]
The Lord Herbert,
from 1514 The Earl of Worcester		15091526[1]
The Earl of Arundel15261530
The Lord Sandys15301540[1]
Vacant15401543[1]
The Lord St John15431545Created The Earl of Wiltshire in 1550 and The Marquess of Winchester in 1551[1]
Unknown15451546
The Earl of Arundel15461550[1]
The Lord Wentworth15501551[1]
The Lord Darcy of Chiche15511553[1]
Sir John Gage15531556[1]
Unknown15561557
Sir Edward Hastings
from 1558 The Lord Hastings of Loughborough		15571558[1]
The Lord Howard of Effingham15581572[1]
The Earl of Sussex15721583[1]
Unknown15831585
The Lord Hunsdon15851596Founded the famous Lord Chamberlain's Men for whom Shakespeare wrote for most of his career. [1][2]
The Lord Cobham15961597[1]
The Lord Hunsdon15971603[1]
Lord Thomas Howard,
from 1603 The Earl of Suffolk		16031614[1]
The Earl of Somerset16141615[1]
The Earl of Pembroke16151626[1]
The Earl of Montgomery,
from 1630 The Earl of Pembroke		16261641[1]
The Earl of Essex16411642[1]
Unknown16421644
The Earl of Dorset16441649[1]
Vacant16491655Position became vacant at the start of the Interregnum and the Commonwealth
Sir Gilbert Pickering, Bt16551659Lord Chamberlain during The Protectorate[1]
The Earl of Manchester16601671[1]
The Earl of St Albans16721674[1]
The Earl of Arlington16741685[1]
The Earl of Elgin and Earl of Ailesbury16851685[1]
The Earl of Mulgrave16851688Created The Marquess of Normanby in 1694 and The Duke of Buckingham and Normanby in 1703[1]
The Earl of Dorset16891697[1]
The Earl of Sunderland16971697[1]
Vacant16971699The King did not accept the resignation of the Earl of Sunderland
The Duke of Shrewsbury16991700[1]
The Earl of Jersey17001704[1]
The Earl of Kent
from 1706 The Marquess of Kent		17041710Created The Duke of Kent in 1710 and The Marquess Grey in 1740[1]
The Duke of Shrewsbury17101715[1]
The Duke of Bolton17151717[1]
The Duke of Newcastle17171724[1]
The Duke of Grafton17241757[1]
The Duke of Devonshire17571762[1]
The Duke of Marlborough17621763[1]
The Earl Gower17631765Created The Marquess of Stafford in 1786[1]
The Duke of Portland17651766[1]
The Earl of Hertford17661782First period in office; created The Marquess of Hertford in 1793[1]
The Duke of Manchester17821783[1]
The Earl of Hertford17831783Second period in office; created The Marquess of Hertford in 1793[1][3]
The Earl of Salisbury,
from 1789 The Marquess of Salisbury		17831804
The Earl of Dartmouth18041810[1]
Vacant18101812
The Marquess of Hertford18121821[1][4]
The Duke of Montrose18211827First period in office[1][5]
The Duke of Devonshire18271828First period in office[1]
The Duke of Montrose18281830Second period in office[1]
The Earl of Jersey18301830First period in office[1]
The Duke of Devonshire18301834Second period in office[1]
The Earl of Jersey18341835Second period in office[1][6]
The Marquess Wellesley18351835[1]
The Marquess Conyngham18351839
Earl of Uxbridge18391841Succeeded as The Marquess of Anglesey in 1854
The Earl De La Warr18411846First period in office[1]
The Earl Spencer18461848[1][7]
The Marquess of Breadalbane18481852First period in office[1][8]
The Marquess of Exeter18521852[9]
The Marquess of Breadalbane18531858Second period in office[1][10]
The Earl De La Warr18581859Second period in office[1][11]
The Viscount Sydney18591866First period in office[12]
The Earl of Bradford18661868[13]
The Viscount Sydney18681874Second period in office; created The Earl Sydney in 1874[14]
The Marquess of Hertford18741879[15]
The Earl of Mount Edgcumbe18791880[16]
The Earl of Kenmare18801885First period in office[17]
The Earl of Lathom18851886First period in office[18]
The Earl of Kenmare18861886Second period in office[19]
The Earl of Lathom18861892Second period in office[20]
The Lord Carrington18921895Created The Earl Carrington in 1895 and The Marquess of Lincolnshire in 1912[1]
The Earl of Lathom18951898Third period in office[21]
The Earl of Hopetoun18981900Created The Marquess of Linlithgow in 1902[1]
The Earl of Clarendon19001905[22]
The Viscount Althorp
from 1910 The Earl Spencer		19051912[23]
The Lord Sandhurst
from 1917 The Viscount Sandhurst		19121921[24]
The Duke of Atholl19211922[1][25]
The Earl of Cromer19221938[1]
The Earl of Clarendon19381952[1]
The Earl of Scarbrough19521963[1]
The Lord Cobbold29 January 196330 November 1971[1][26]
The Lord Maclean1 December 197130 November 1984[1][27]
The Earl of Airlie1 December 198431 December 1997[28]
The Lord Camoys1 January 199831 May 2000
The Lord Luce1 October 200015 October 2006
The Earl Peel16 October 200631 March 2021[29]
The Lord Parker of Minsmere1 April 2021Present[30]

See also

References
  1. "Lord chamberlains of the royal household in the Oxford DNB". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. 2006. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/93179. ISBN 978-0-19-861412-8. Retrieved 6 February 2011. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  2. Zarrilli, Phillip B. (2006). Theatre Histories, An Introduction. New York, NY: Routledge. pp. 157–158, 188. ISBN 0-415-22727-5.
  3. "No. 12430". The London Gazette. 8 April 1783. p. 1.
  4. "No. 16581". The London Gazette. 7 March 1812. p. 450.
  5. "No. 17772". The London Gazette. 11 December 1821. p. 2405.
  6. "No. 19221". The London Gazette. 16 December 1834. p. 2266.
  7. "No. 20621". The London Gazette. 10 July 1846. p. 2533.
  8. "No. 20894". The London Gazette. 5 September 1848. p. 3275.
  9. "No. 21297". The London Gazette. 2 March 1852. p. 670.
  10. "No. 21403". The London Gazette. 18 January 1853. p. 137.
  11. "No. 22106". The London Gazette. 2 March 1858. p. 1207.
  12. "No. 22279". The London Gazette. 24 June 1859. p. 2471.
  13. "No. 23137". The London Gazette. 13 July 1866. p. 3984.
  14. "No. 23450". The London Gazette. 15 December 1868. p. 6654.
  15. "No. 24071". The London Gazette. 3 March 1874. p. 1452.
  16. "No. 24721". The London Gazette. 13 May 1879. p. 3311.
  17. "No. 24841". The London Gazette. 4 May 1880. p. 2836.
  18. "No. 25485". The London Gazette. 30 June 1885. p. 3000.
  19. "No. 25558". The London Gazette. 12 February 1886. p. 677.
  20. "No. 25615". The London Gazette. 10 August 1886. p. 3853.
  21. "No. 26644". The London Gazette. 16 July 1895. p. 4022.
  22. "No. 27232". The London Gazette. 25 September 1900. p. 5891.
  23. "No. 27866". The London Gazette. 22 December 1905. p. 9171.
  24. "No. 28581". The London Gazette. 16 February 1912. p. 1169.
  25. "No. 32525". The London Gazette. 22 November 1921. p. 9245.
  26. "No. 42909". The London Gazette. 1 February 1963. p. 979.
  27. "No. 45536". The London Gazette. 3 December 1971. p. 13243.
  28. "No. 49948". The London Gazette. 4 December 1984. p. 16413.
  29. Appointment of Lord Chamberlain at the Royal Household official website, 2006 Archived 19 July 2006 at the Wayback Machine
  30. Kirsty.Oram (2021-02-05). "Lord Parker of Minsmere KCB appointed as Lord Chamberlain". The Royal Family. Retrieved 2021-02-06.
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