Groom of the Robes
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Groom of the Robes is an obsolete office in the Royal Household of the Sovereign of England, later Great Britain, ultimately the United Kingdom. It is equivalent to a Lady-in-Waiting for Queens Regnant.
Contents
List of Grooms of the Robes
(incomplete)
Henry VIII
- Richard Cecil 1530 [2]
- John Copinger [3][unreliable source?]
- William Sharington 1540–1541[4]
- Thomas Sternhold 1500–1549 [5]
Edward VI
- Thomas Sternhold 1500–1549 [5]
Elizabeth I
- John Wynyard –1606
James I
- John Wynyard –1606
William IV
- Lord Adolphus FitzClarence 1830–1833 [6]
- Francis Seymour 1833-1837
Victoria
- Francis Seymour 1837-1870 [7]
- Henry Erskine 1870–1901
Edward VII
- Henry Erskine 1901–1910
George V
- Henry Erskine 1910–1920
- Montague Eliot 1920-1936
George VI
- Sir Harold Campbell 1937-1952
Elizabeth II
- Sir Harold Campbell 1952-1954
References
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- Who's Who (various dates)
