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The Lord Chamberlain or Lord Chamberlain of the Household is one of the chief officers of the Royal Household
Royal Household

The royal household in all the early medieval monarchies of Western Europe formed the basis for the general government of the country. In the modern period in Europe, royal households have become increasingly separate from government, where they still exist....
 in the United Kingdom
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
, and is to be distinguished from the Lord Great Chamberlain
Lord Great Chamberlain

The Lord Great Chamberlain of England is the sixth of the Great Officers of State, ranking beneath the Lord Privy Seal and above the Lord High Constable....
, one of the Great Officers of State
Great Officer of State

In the United Kingdom, the Great Officers of State are traditional The Crown ministers, who either inherit their positions or are appointed to exercise certain largely ceremonial functions....
.

The Lord Chamberlain is always a peer
Peerage

The Peerage is a system of titles of nobility in the United Kingdom, part of the British honours system. The term is used both collectively to refer to the entire body of titles, and individually to refer to a specific title....
 and a privy councillor, and before 1782 was of Cabinet rank. Until 1924 the position was a political one. The Lord Chamberlain is the chief functionary of the court, and is generally responsible for organising all court functions.






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The Lord Chamberlain or Lord Chamberlain of the Household is one of the chief officers of the Royal Household
Royal Household

The royal household in all the early medieval monarchies of Western Europe formed the basis for the general government of the country. In the modern period in Europe, royal households have become increasingly separate from government, where they still exist....
 in the United Kingdom
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
, and is to be distinguished from the Lord Great Chamberlain
Lord Great Chamberlain

The Lord Great Chamberlain of England is the sixth of the Great Officers of State, ranking beneath the Lord Privy Seal and above the Lord High Constable....
, one of the Great Officers of State
Great Officer of State

In the United Kingdom, the Great Officers of State are traditional The Crown ministers, who either inherit their positions or are appointed to exercise certain largely ceremonial functions....
.

The Lord Chamberlain is always a peer
Peerage

The Peerage is a system of titles of nobility in the United Kingdom, part of the British honours system. The term is used both collectively to refer to the entire body of titles, and individually to refer to a specific title....
 and a privy councillor, and before 1782 was of Cabinet rank. Until 1924 the position was a political one. The Lord Chamberlain is the chief functionary of the court, and is generally responsible for organising all court functions. He is considered the "senior official" of the Royal Household.

Theatre Censorship

From 1737 until 1968 the Lord Chamberlain also had the role of licensor of plays in the City of London
City of London

The City of London is a geographically small city status in the United Kingdom within Greater London, England. It is the historic core of London around which, along with Westminster, the modern conurbation grew....
, Westminster
City of Westminster

The City of Westminster is a London borough of London with City status in the United Kingdom. It is located west of the City of London and north of the River Thames, and forms part of Inner London and the bulk of London's central area....
, and certain other areas.(See the Lord Chamberlain's requirements
Lord Chamberlain's requirements

The Lord Chamberlain's requirements were a set of four prerequisites for a licence for a production in British theatres. These were printed in theatre programmes so the audience could be aware of them....
). This role made the Lord Chamberlain effectively the official censor of theatrical performances, although the responsibility was in practice delegated to the Lord Chamberlain's Office
Lord Chamberlain's Office

The Lord Chamberlain's Office is a department within the British Royal Households of the United Kingdom. It is presently concerned with matters such as protocol , state visits, investitures, garden party, the State Opening of Parliament, royal weddings and funerals....
.

This duty was abolished under the Theatres Act 1968
Theatres Act 1968

The Theatres Act 1968 abolished censorship of the stage in the United Kingdom.Since 1737, scripts had been licensed for performance by the Lord Chamberlain's Office a measure initially introduced to protect Robert Walpole administration from political satire....
. One of the catalysts for this change in the law was the prosecution in 1965 of Edward Bond
Edward Bond

Edward Bond is an England playwright, theatre director, poet, theorist and screenwriter. He is the author of the play Saved , the production of which was instrumental in the abolition of theatre censorship in the United Kingdom....
's play Saved
Saved (play)

Saved is a play written by Edward Bond, and was first produced at the Royal Court Theatre in November 1965. It was originally enacted privately, under "club" auspices, since the play was initially censored due largely to the infamous 'stoning of a baby' scene....
, staged at the Royal Court Theatre
Royal Court Theatre

The Royal Court Theatre is a West End Theatre#London's non-commercial theatres theatre on Sloane Square, in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea....
 under 'club' auspices. The first performance of the musical Hair
Hair (musical)

Hair: The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical is a rock musical with a book and lyrics by James Rado and Gerome Ragni and music by Galt MacDermot....
 was delayed until the office's censorship function was abolished.

Other duties

Although the senior officer of the Royal Household
Royal Household

The royal household in all the early medieval monarchies of Western Europe formed the basis for the general government of the country. In the modern period in Europe, royal households have become increasingly separate from government, where they still exist....
 on a daily basis is the Private Secretary to the Sovereign
Private Secretary to the Sovereign

The Private Secretary to the Sovereign is the senior operational member of the Royal Households of the United Kingdom of the Monarchy of the United Kingdom, as distinct from the Great Officer of State....
, the Lord Chamberlain exercises a major co-ordination role. The post is normally part-time, though in recent times Lord Maclean
Charles Maclean of Duart, Baron Maclean

Sir Charles Hector Fitzroy Maclean, 11th Baronet Maclean Baronets, Order of the Thistle, Royal Victorian Order, Order of the British Empire, Privy Council of the United Kingdom was Lord Chamberlain to Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom from 1971 to 1984....
 served full-time. The current Lord Chamberlain is Lord Peel
William Peel, 3rd Earl Peel

William James Robert Peel, 3rd Earl Peel, Royal Victorian Order, Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, Deputy Lieutenant is a crossbencher member of the House of Lords and Lord Chamberlain of the Royal Household....
, who has been the Lord Chamberlain since 12 October 2006.

In Denmark
Denmark

Denmark is a Scandinavian country in northern Europe and the senior member of the Kingdom of Denmark. It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries....
 there is also a Lord Chamberlain, called Hofmarskallen (Marshal of the Court) who fulfils a similar role for the Danish Royal Family
Danish Royal Family

The Danish Royal Family includes The Margrethe II of Denmark and her family. All members hold the title of Prince or Princess of Denmark with the style of His or Her Royal Highness , or His or Her Highness ....
.

Lords Chamberlain, 1485 to the present

  • Sir William Stanley (1485–1495)
  • Giles Daubeny, 8th Baron Daubeny (1495–1508)
  • Charles Somerset, 1st Earl of Worcester
    Charles Somerset, 1st Earl of Worcester

    Charles Somerset, 1st Earl of Worcester...
     (1508–26)
  • William FitzAlan, 18th Earl of Arundel
    William FitzAlan, 18th Earl of Arundel

    William FitzAlan, 18th Earl of Arundel was an England peerage, styled as Lord Maltravers from 1487 to 1524.FitzAlan was the son of Thomas FitzAlan, 17th Earl of Arundel and on 15 February 1510, he married Anne Percy, a daughter of the Henry Percy, 4th Earl of Northumberland....
     (1526–30)
  • William Sandys, 1st Baron Sandys of the Vyne
    William Sandys, 1st Baron Sandys of the Vyne

    William Sandys, 1st Baron Sandys of the Vyne was an English people Tudor period diplomat, Lord Chamberlain and favourite of Henry VIII of England....
     (1530–35)
  • William Paulet, 1st Baron St John of Basing
    William Paulet, 1st Marquess of Winchester

    Sir William Paulet was an England statesman who attained several peerages throughout his lifetime: Baron St John , Earl of Wiltshire , and Marquess of Winchester ....
     (1535–50)
  • Thomas Wentworth, 1st Baron Wentworth
    Thomas Wentworth, 1st Baron Wentworth

    Thomas Wentworth, 1st Baron Wentworth and de jure 6th Baron le Despencer, Privy Council of England was an English Peerage and courtier during the Tudor dynasty....
     (1550–51)
  • Thomas d'Arcy, 1st Baron Darcy of Cliche (1551–53)
  • John Williams, 1st Baron Williams de Thame (1553–57)
  • William Howard, 1st Baron Howard of Effingham
    William Howard, 1st Baron Howard of Effingham

    William Howard, 1st Baron Howard of Effingham , England Admiralty, was the son of Thomas Howard, 2nd Duke of Norfolk by his second wife Agnes Howard, Duchess of Norfolk , daughter of Hugh Tilney of Boston and Eleanor Tailboys....
     (1557–72)
  • Thomas Radclyffe, 3rd Earl of Sussex
    Thomas Radclyffe, 3rd Earl of Sussex

    Thomas Radclyffe 3rd Earl of Sussex was Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland during the Tudor dynasty of England history, and a leading courtier during the reign of Elizabeth I of England....
     (1572–85)
  • Henry Carey, 1st Baron Hunsdon
    Henry Carey, 1st Baron Hunsdon

    Henry Carey , 1st Baron Hunsdon of Hunsdon was an English nobleman.He was the son of Mary Boleyn -- the sister of Anne Boleyn and also mistress to King Henry VIII of England....
     (1585–96)
  • William Brooke, 10th Baron Cobham
    William Brooke, 10th Baron Cobham

    William Brooke, 10th Baron Cobham was Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports, and a Member of Parliament for Hythe, Kent. Although he was viewed by some as a religious radical during the Somerset protectorate, he entertained Elizabeth I of England at Cobham Hall in 1559, signalling his acceptance of the moderate regime....
     (1596–97)
  • George Carey, 2nd Baron Hunsdon
    George Carey, 2nd Baron Hunsdon

    George Carey, 2nd Baron Hunsdon Knight of the Garter was the eldest son of Henry Carey, 1st Baron Hunsdon and Anne Morgan. His father was first cousin to Elizabeth I of England....
     (1597–1603)
  • Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Suffolk
    Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Suffolk

    Admiral Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Suffolk, Order of the Garter, Privy Council of England was a son of Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk by his second wife Margaret Audley, Duchess of Norfolk, the daughter and heiress of the Thomas Audley, 1st Baron Audley of Walden....
     (1603–13)
  • Robert Carr, 1st Earl of Somerset
    Robert Carr, 1st Earl of Somerset

    Robert Carr, 1st Earl of Somerset, Order of the Garter, Privy Council of the United Kingdom , was a Scottish politician, and favourite of King James VI of Scotland and I of England of England....
     (1613–15)
  • William Herbert, 3rd Earl of Pembroke
    William Herbert, 3rd Earl of Pembroke

    William Herbert, 3rd Earl of Pembroke, Order of the Garter, Privy Council of the United Kingdom was the son of Henry Herbert, 2nd Earl of Pembroke and his third wife Mary Sidney....
     (1615–25)
  • Philip Herbert, 1st Earl of Montgomery (3rd Earl of Pembroke after 1630)
    Philip Herbert, 4th Earl of Pembroke

    Philip Herbert, 4th Earl of Pembroke, 1st Earl of Montgomery Order of the Garter was an English courtier and politician active during the reigns of James I of England and Charles I of England....
     (1625–41)
  • Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex
    Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex

    Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex was an English Member of Parliament and soldier during the first half of the seventeenth century. With the start of the English Civil War in 1642 he became the first Captain-General and Chief Commander of the Parliamentarian army, also known as the Roundheads....
     (1641–42)
  • Edward Sackville, 4th Earl of Dorset
    Edward Sackville, 4th Earl of Dorset

    Edward Sackville, 4th Earl of Dorset Order of the Garter was the son of Robert Sackville, 2nd Earl of Dorset and the brother and heir of Richard Sackville, 3rd Earl of Dorset....
     (1642–49)


The Commonwealth
Commonwealth of England

The Commonwealth of England was the republic which ruled first Kingdom of England and Wales, and then Kingdom of Ireland and Kingdom of Scotland from 1649 to 1660....
 and The Protectorate
The Protectorate

In History of the British Isles, the Protectorate was the period 1653–1659 during which the Commonwealth of England was governed by a Lord Protector....
 (1649–60)

  • Edward Montagu, 2nd Earl of Manchester
    Edward Montagu, 2nd Earl of Manchester

    Edward Montagu, 2nd Earl of Manchester Knight of the Garter, Knight of the Bath, Fellow of the Royal Society was an important commander of Parliamentary forces in the First English Civil War, and for a time Oliver Cromwell's superior....
     (1660–71)
  • Henry Jermyn, 1st Earl of St Albans
    Henry Jermyn, 1st Earl of St Albans

    Henry Jermyn, 1st Earl of Saint Albans Order of the Garter , was the third son of Sir Thomas Jermyn of Rushbrooke, Suffolk. At an early age he won the favour of Henrietta Maria of France, Queen consort of Charles I of England whose vice-chamberlain he became in 1628, and Master of the Horse in 1639....
     (1671–74)
  • Henry Bennet, 1st Earl of Arlington
    Henry Bennet, 1st Earl of Arlington

    Henry Bennet, 1st Earl of Arlington Order of the Garter, Privy Council of England , was an England statesman.He was the son of Sir John Bennet of Dawley, Middlesex, and of Dorothy Crofts, was the younger brother of John Bennet, 1st Baron Ossulston, was baptized at Little Saxham, Suffolk, in 1618, and was educated at Westminster School and...
     (1674–85)
  • Robert Bruce, 1st Earl of Ailesbury
    Robert Bruce, 1st Earl of Ailesbury

    Robert Bruce, 1st Earl of Ailesbury and 2nd Earl of Elgin, Privy Council of England, Royal Society was the son of the Thomas Bruce, 1st Earl of Elgin....
     (1685)
  • John Sheffield, 3rd Earl of Mulgrave
    John Sheffield, 1st Duke of Buckingham and Normanby

    John Sheffield, 1st Duke of Buckingham and Normanby, Knight of the Garter, Privy Council of England , English statesman and poet, was the son of Edmund Sheffield, 2nd Earl of Mulgrave, and succeeded to that title on his father?s death in 1658....
     (1685–89)
  • Charles Sackville, 6th Earl of Dorset
    Charles Sackville, 6th Earl of Dorset

    Charles Sackville, 6th Earl of Dorset and 1st Earl of Middlesex was an English poet and courtier, son of the Richard Sackville, 5th Earl of Dorset ....
     (1689–97)
  • Robert Spencer, 2nd Earl of Sunderland
    Robert Spencer, 2nd Earl of Sunderland

    Robert Spencer, 2nd Earl of Sunderland Order of the Garter, Privy Council of England was an English people statesman and nobleman.Life...
     (1697)
  • The office was vacant from 1697 to 1699 as The King
    William III of England

    William III was a Prince of Orange by birth. From 1672 onwards, he governed as List_of_stadtholders_for_the_Low_Countries_provinces William III of Orange over Holland, Zeeland, Utrecht, Guelders, and Overijssel of the Dutch Republic....
     did not accept the resignation of the Earl of Sunderland.
  • Charles Talbot, 1st Duke of Shrewsbury
    Charles Talbot, 1st Duke of Shrewsbury

    Charles Talbot, 1st Duke of Shrewsbury, Order of the Garter, Privy Council of the United Kingdom was the only son of the Francis Talbot, 11th Earl of Shrewsbury and his second wife, formerly Anna Maria Talbot, Countess of Shrewsbury, a daughter of Robert Brudenell, 2nd Earl of Cardigan ....
     (1699–1700)
  • Edward Villiers, 1st Earl of Jersey
    Edward Villiers, 1st Earl of Jersey

    Edward Villiers, 1st Earl of Jersey son of Sir Edward Villiers , of Richmond, London was created Baron Villiers and Viscount Villiers in 1691 and Earl of Jersey in 1697....
     (1700–04)
  • Henry Grey, 1st Marquess of Kent
    Henry Grey, 1st Duke of Kent

    Henry Grey, 1st Duke of Kent Order of the Garter , Privy Council of England , was a British courtier and one of the Lords Justice appointed during the absence, in Germany, of George I of Great Britain....
     (1704–10)
  • Charles Talbot, 1st Duke of Shrewsbury
    Charles Talbot, 1st Duke of Shrewsbury

    Charles Talbot, 1st Duke of Shrewsbury, Order of the Garter, Privy Council of the United Kingdom was the only son of the Francis Talbot, 11th Earl of Shrewsbury and his second wife, formerly Anna Maria Talbot, Countess of Shrewsbury, a daughter of Robert Brudenell, 2nd Earl of Cardigan ....
     (1710–15)
  • Charles Paulet, 2nd Duke of Bolton
    Charles Paulet, 2nd Duke of Bolton

    Charles Paulet, 2nd Duke of Bolton Knight of the Garter, Privy Council of England , was a Member of Parliament for Hampshire and a supporter of William III of Orange....
     (1715–17)
  • Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle
    Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle-upon-Tyne

    Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle-upon-Tyne and 1st Duke of Newcastle-under-Lyne, Order of the Garter, Privy Council of Great Britain was a Kingdom of Great Britain British Whig Party statesman, whose official life extended throughout the Whig supremacy of the 18th century....
     (1717–24)
  • Charles FitzRoy, 2nd Duke of Grafton
    Charles FitzRoy, 2nd Duke of Grafton

    Charles FitzRoy, 2nd Duke of Grafton Privy Council of Great Britain was an Ireland and England politician.He was born to Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Grafton and Isabella Bennet, 2nd Countess of Arlington....
     (1724–57)
  • William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire
    William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire

    William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire, Knight of the Garter, Privy Council of Great Britain , styled Lord Cavendish before 1729 and Marquess of Hartington between 1729 and 1755, was a Kingdom of Great Britain British Whig Party statesman who was briefly titular Prime Minister of the United Kingdom....
     (1757–62)
  • George Spencer, 4th Duke of Marlborough
    George Spencer, 4th Duke of Marlborough

    George Spencer, 4th Duke of Marlborough Knight of the Garter Fellow of the Royal Society was a United Kingdom nobleman. Born the son of Charles Spencer, 3rd Duke of Marlborough, he was known as Marquess of Blandford until succeeding his father in 1758....
     (1762–63)
  • Granville Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Gower
    Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Marquess of Stafford

    Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Marquess of Stafford, 2nd Earl Gower Privy Council of Great Britain was a British politician....
     (1763–65)
  • William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland
    William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland

    William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland Privy Council , was a Kingdom of Great Britain British Whig Party and Tory statesman, List of Chancellors of the University of Oxford and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom....
     (1765–66)
  • Francis Seymour-Conway, 1st Earl of Hertford
    Francis Seymour-Conway, 1st Marquess of Hertford

    Francis Seymour-Conway, 1st Marquess of Hertford Order of the Garter Privy Council of the United Kingdom was born in Chelsea, London, and died in Surrey, England....
     (1766–82)
  • George Montagu, 4th Duke of Manchester
    George Montagu, 4th Duke of Manchester

    George Montagu, 4th Duke of Manchester Privy Council of the United Kingdom was the son of Robert Montagu, 3rd Duke of Manchester.He was Member of Parliament for Huntingdonshire 1761–1762....
     (1782–83)
  • Francis Seymour-Conway, 1st Earl of Hertford
    Francis Seymour-Conway, 1st Marquess of Hertford

    Francis Seymour-Conway, 1st Marquess of Hertford Order of the Garter Privy Council of the United Kingdom was born in Chelsea, London, and died in Surrey, England....
     (1783)
  • James Cecil, 1st Marquess of Salisbury
    James Cecil, 1st Marquess of Salisbury

    James Cecil, 1st Marquess of Salisbury, Order of the Garter, Privy Council of the United Kingdom was the son of James Cecil, 6th Earl of Salisbury....
     (1783–1804)
  • George Legge, 3rd Earl of Dartmouth
    George Legge, 3rd Earl of Dartmouth

    George Legge, 3rd Earl of Dartmouth, Order of the Garter, Privy Council of Great Britain, Fellow of the Royal Society was the son of William Legge, 2nd Earl of Dartmouth....
     (1804–10)
  • vacant
  • Francis Seymour-Conway, 2nd Marquess of Hertford
    Francis Seymour-Conway, 2nd Marquess of Hertford

    Francis Ingram-Seymour-Conway, 2nd Marquess of Hertford, Order of the Garter, Privy Council of the United Kingdom was the eldest son of Francis Seymour-Conway, 1st Marquess of Hertford and Lady Isabella Fitzroy, daughter of Charles FitzRoy, 2nd Duke of Grafton....
     (1812–21)
  • James Graham, 3rd Duke of Montrose
    James Graham, 3rd Duke of Montrose

    James Graham, 3rd Duke of Montrose Order of the Garter, Order of the Thistle was a Scottish nobleman and statesman.Known before his succession to the ducal title in 1790 as Marquess of Graham, he was Member of Parliament for Richmond from 1780, and for Great Bedwyn from 1784 to 1790....
     (1821–27)
  • William Spencer Cavendish, 6th Duke of Devonshire (1827–28)
  • James Graham, 3rd Duke of Montrose
    James Graham, 3rd Duke of Montrose

    James Graham, 3rd Duke of Montrose Order of the Garter, Order of the Thistle was a Scottish nobleman and statesman.Known before his succession to the ducal title in 1790 as Marquess of Graham, he was Member of Parliament for Richmond from 1780, and for Great Bedwyn from 1784 to 1790....
     (1828–30)
  • George Child Villiers, 5th Earl of Jersey (1830)
  • William Cavendish, 6th Duke of Devonshire
    William Cavendish, 6th Duke of Devonshire

    William George Spencer Cavendish, 6th Duke of Devonshire, Order of the Garter, Privy Council of the United Kingdom , was known as the "Bachelor Duke"....
     (1830–34)
  • George Child-Villiers, 5th Earl of Jersey
    George Child-Villiers, 5th Earl of Jersey

    George Child Villiers, 5th Earl of Jersey Royal Guelphic Order Privy Council was a United Kingdom Conservative Party politician.The son of George Villiers, 4th Earl of Jersey and Frances Twysden, Lord Jersey took his seat in the House of Lords on the death of his father in 1805....
     (1834–35)
  • Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquess Wellesley
    Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquess Wellesley

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     (1835)
  • Francis Conyngham, 2nd Marquess Conyngham
    Francis Conyngham, 2nd Marquess Conyngham

    Francis Nathaniel Conyngham, 2nd Marquess Conyngham, Order of St Patrick, Royal Guelphic Order, Privy Council of the United Kingdom , styled Lord Francis Conyngham between 1816 and 1824 and Earl of Mount Charles between 1824 and 1832, was the second son of the Henry Conyngham, 1st Marquess Conyngham....
     (1835–39)
  • Henry Paget, Earl of Uxbridge
    Henry Paget, 2nd Marquess of Anglesey

    Henry Paget, 2nd Marquess of Anglesey, Privy Council of the United Kingdom was the son of Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey.Lord Anglesey was M.P....
     (1839–41)
  • George Sackville-West, 5th Earl De La Warr
    George Sackville-West, 5th Earl De La Warr

    George John Sackville-West, 5th Earl de la Warr Privy Council was the son of John Richard West, 4th Earl De La Warr and the former Catherina Lyell, daughter of Henry Lyell, a naturalized British subject ....
     (1841–46)
  • Frederick Spencer, 4th Earl Spencer
    Frederick Spencer, 4th Earl Spencer

    Vice-Admiral Frederick Spencer, 4th Earl Spencer Order of the Garter Order of the Bath Privy council was a British peerage, the son of George Spencer, 2nd Earl Spencer and the younger brother and successor of John Charles Spencer, 3rd Earl Spencer....
     (1846–48)
  • John Campbell, 2nd Marquess of Breadalbane
    John Campbell, 2nd Marquess of Breadalbane

    John Campbell, 2nd Marquess of Breadalbane Order of the Thistle Privy Council of the United Kingdom Royal Society , was a Scottish nobleman and politician....
     (1848–52)
  • Brownlow Cecil, 2nd Marquess of Exeter
    Brownlow Cecil, 2nd Marquess of Exeter

    Brownlow Cecil, 2nd Marquess of Exeter Order of the Garter Privy Council of the United Kingdom , known as Lord Burghley from 1795 to 1804, was a United Kingdom Peerage and Tory politician....
     (1852)
  • John Campbell, 2nd Marquess of Breadalbane
    John Campbell, 2nd Marquess of Breadalbane

    John Campbell, 2nd Marquess of Breadalbane Order of the Thistle Privy Council of the United Kingdom Royal Society , was a Scottish nobleman and politician....
     (1853–58)
  • George Sackville-West, 5th Earl De La Warr
    George Sackville-West, 5th Earl De La Warr

    George John Sackville-West, 5th Earl de la Warr Privy Council was the son of John Richard West, 4th Earl De La Warr and the former Catherina Lyell, daughter of Henry Lyell, a naturalized British subject ....
     (1858–59)
  • John Townshend, 3rd Viscount Sydney
    John Townshend, 1st Earl Sydney

    John Robert Townshend, 1st Earl Sydney Privy Council of the United Kingdom was the son of John Thomas Townshend, 2nd Viscount Sydney.He married Lady Emily Paget, daughter of Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey, on 4 August 1832....
     (1859–66)
  • Orlando Bridgeman, 3rd Earl of Bradford
    Orlando Bridgeman, 3rd Earl of Bradford

    Orlando George Charles Bridgeman, 3rd Earl of Bradford, Privy council, was a United Kingdom peer.The oldest son of the George Bridgeman, 2nd Earl of Bradford and Georgina Elizabeth Moncreiffe was born in Reynosa Mexico....
     (1866–68)
  • John Townshend, 3rd Viscount Sydney
    John Townshend, 1st Earl Sydney

    John Robert Townshend, 1st Earl Sydney Privy Council of the United Kingdom was the son of John Thomas Townshend, 2nd Viscount Sydney.He married Lady Emily Paget, daughter of Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey, on 4 August 1832....
     (1868–74)
  • Francis Seymour, 5th Marquess of Hertford
    Francis Seymour, 5th Marquess of Hertford

    Francis George Hugh Seymour, 5th Marquess of Hertford Order of the Bath Privy Council of the United Kingdom was the son of Admiral Sir George Francis Seymour and a great-grandson of Francis Seymour-Conway, 1st Marquess of Hertford....
     (1874–79)
  • William Edgcumbe, 4th Earl of Mount Edgcumbe
    William Edgcumbe, 4th Earl of Mount Edgcumbe

    William Henry Edgcumbe, 4th Earl of Mount Edgcumbe, Royal Victorian Order, Privy Council was the son of Ernest Edgcumbe, 3rd Earl of Edgcumbe....
     (1879–80)
  • Valentine Browne, 4th Earl of Kenmare
    Valentine Browne, 4th Earl of Kenmare

    Valentine Augustus Browne, 4th Earl of Kenmare, Order of St Patrick, Privy Council , styled Viscount Castlerosse from 1853 to 1871, was the son of Thomas Browne, 3rd Earl of Kenmare....
     (1880–85)
  • Edward Bootle-Wilbraham, 1st Earl of Lathom
    Edward Bootle-Wilbraham, 1st Earl of Lathom

    Edward Bootle-Wilbraham, 1st Earl of Lathom Order of the Bath Privy Council of the United Kingdom , was a British Conservative Party politician....
     (1885–86)
  • Valentine Browne, 4th Earl of Kenmare
    Valentine Browne, 4th Earl of Kenmare

    Valentine Augustus Browne, 4th Earl of Kenmare, Order of St Patrick, Privy Council , styled Viscount Castlerosse from 1853 to 1871, was the son of Thomas Browne, 3rd Earl of Kenmare....
     (1886)
  • Edward Bootle-Wilbraham, 1st Earl of Lathom
    Edward Bootle-Wilbraham, 1st Earl of Lathom

    Edward Bootle-Wilbraham, 1st Earl of Lathom Order of the Bath Privy Council of the United Kingdom , was a British Conservative Party politician....
     (1886–92)
  • Robert Wynn-Carington, 3rd Baron Carrington
    Robert Wynn Carrington, 1st Marquess of Lincolnshire

    Charles Robert Wynn-Carrington, 1st Marquess of Lincolnshire, Order of St Michael and St George, Privy Council of the United Kingdom was a British Liberal Party politician and aristocrat....
     (1892–95)
  • Edward Bootle-Wilbraham, 1st Earl of Lathom
    Edward Bootle-Wilbraham, 1st Earl of Lathom

    Edward Bootle-Wilbraham, 1st Earl of Lathom Order of the Bath Privy Council of the United Kingdom , was a British Conservative Party politician....
     (1895–98)
  • John Hope, 7th Earl of Hopetoun
    John Hope, 1st Marquess of Linlithgow

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     (1898–1900)
  • Edward Villiers, 5th Earl of Clarendon
    Edward Villiers, 5th Earl of Clarendon

    Edward Hyde Villiers, 5th Earl of Clarendon Privy Council , known as Lord Hyde between 1846 and 1870, was a United Kingdom Liberal Unionist politician....
     (1900–05)
  • Charles Spencer, 1st Viscount Althorp
    Charles Spencer, 6th Earl Spencer

    Charles Robert Spencer, 6th Earl Spencer, Order of the Garter, Royal Victorian Order, Privy Council, Volunteer Reserve Decoration was a British Liberal Party politician....
     (1905–12) (from 1910, 6th Earl Spencer)
  • William Mansfield, 2nd Baron Sandhurst
    William Mansfield, 1st Viscount Sandhurst

    William Mansfield, 1st Viscount Sandhurst, Order of the Star of India, Order of the Indian Empire, Royal Victorian Order, Privy Council was a United Kingdom statesman, the son of William Rose Mansfield, 1st Baron Sandhurst....
     (1912–21) (from 1917, as 1st Viscount Sandhurst)
  • John Stewart-Murray, 8th Duke of Atholl
    John Stewart-Murray, 8th Duke of Atholl

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     (1921–22)
  • Rowland Baring, 2nd Earl of Cromer
    Rowland Baring, 2nd Earl of Cromer

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     (1922–38)
  • George Villiers, 6th Earl of Clarendon
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    George Herbert Hyde Villiers, 6th Earl of Clarendon Knight of the Garter, Privy Council of the United Kingdom , known as Lord Hyde from 1877 to 1914, was a British Conservative Party politician....
     (1938–52)
  • Lawrence Lumley, 11th Earl of Scarbrough
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    Roger Lumley, 11th Earl of Scarbrough, Order of the Garter, Order of the Star of India, Order of the Indian Empire, Royal Victorian Order, Privy Council of the United Kingdom, Deputy Lieutenant was a United Kingdom Conservative Party statesman....
     (1952–63)
  • Cameron Cobbold, 1st Baron Cobbold (1963–71)
  • Charles Maclean of Duart, Baron Maclean
    Charles Maclean of Duart, Baron Maclean

    Sir Charles Hector Fitzroy Maclean, 11th Baronet Maclean Baronets, Order of the Thistle, Royal Victorian Order, Order of the British Empire, Privy Council of the United Kingdom was Lord Chamberlain to Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom from 1971 to 1984....
     (1971–84)
  • David Ogilvy, 13th Earl of Airlie
    David Ogilvy, 13th Earl of Airlie

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     (1984–31 December 1997)
  • Thomas Stonor, 7th Baron Camoys
    Ralph Stonor, 7th Baron Camoys

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     (1 January 1998–31 May 2000)
  • Richard Luce, Baron Luce
    Richard Luce, Baron Luce

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     (1 October 2000–11 October 2006)
  • William Peel, 3rd Earl Peel
    William Peel, 3rd Earl Peel

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     (from 12 October 2006)


See also

  • List of Lords Chamberlain to British royal consorts
    List of Lords Chamberlain to British royal consorts

    Below is an incomplete list of those who have served as Lords Chamberlain to British royal consorts.With the exception of Diana, Princess of Wales, the office has been created for the Prince of Wales and continued if and when they become queen consort....


Further reading


  • J.R. Stephens: The Censorship of English Drama 1824-1901 (Cambridge University Press, 1981).
  • John Johnston, The Lord Chamberlain's Blue Pencil (Hodder & Stoughton, 1990. ISBN 0340525290)
  • Nicholas de Jongh, Politics, Prudery and Perversions: The Censoring of the English Stage 1901-1968 (Methuen, 2000. ISBN 0413706206. Winner of the Society for Theatre Research book prize, 2000).
  • Dominic Shellard, Steve Nicholson and Miriam Handley: The Lord Chamberlain Regrets ... A History of British Theatre Censorship (British Library
    British Library

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    : 2004) (ISBN 0-7123-4865-4).


Links

  • The Lord Chamberlain and censorship
    Censorship

    Censorship is the suppression of freedom of speech or deletion of communicative material which may be considered objectionable, harmful or sensitive, as determined by a censor....
     at the Theatre Archive Project
    Theatre Archive Project

    The Theatre Archive Project is a five-year project to reinvestigate British theatre history from 1945 to 1968, from the perspectives of both the theatregoer and the practitioner....