Household of King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra
The Royal Households of the United Kingdom consists of royal officials and the supporting staff of the British Royal Family, as well as the Royal Household which supports the Sovereign. Each member of the Royal Family who undertakes public duties has his own separate Household.
King Edward VII was created Prince of Wales shortly after his birth, and his household was known as the Household of the Prince of Wales from 1841.
Upon his marriage in 1863, he and his wife shared the Household of the Prince and Princess of Wales until their accession as King and Queen in January 1901, but several appointments were to either the Prince or the Princess.
When he became King, his household was known as the Household of the Sovereign 1901–1910.
Queen Alexandra received a separate household upon her husband´s accession, the Household of the Queen. From 1910, it was known as the Household of Queen Alexandra.
Household of the Prince of Wales 1841–1863
Treasurer and cofferer
- 1856: Colonel the Honourable C. B. Phipps
Chancellor and Keeper of the Great Seal
- 1856: Thomas Pemberton Leigh
Privy Seal
- 1856: Lord Alfred Hervey
Attorney-general
- 1856: W. J. Alexander
Tutor
- 1856: F. W. Gibbs, MA
Household of the Prince and Princess of Wales 1863–1901
Keeper of the Privy Purse and Comptroller
- ?–1901: General Sir Dighton Probyn, VC, GCB, GCSI, GCVO
Private Secretary to the Prince of Wales
- ?–1901: General Sir Dighton Probyn, VC, GCB, GCSI, GCVO
Lords of the Bedchamber to the Prince of Wales
- 1866–1883: James Hamilton, 2nd Duke of Abercorn
- 1872–1901: Charles Harbord, 5th Baron Suffield
Grooms-in-Waiting to the Prince of Wales
- 1886-1901: Sir Francis Knollys, KCB, KCMG
Equerries to the Prince of Wales
- -1901: Hon. Sidney Robert Greville, CB
Lords Chamberlain to the Princess of Wales
- 1863–1873: George Harris, 3rd Baron Harris
- 1873–1901: Charles Colville, 10th Lord Colville of Culross
Private secretaries to the Princess of Wales
- ?-1870: Herbert W. Fisher
- 1870–1889: Maurice Holzmann
- 1889–?: Stanley de A. C. Clarke
Ladies of the Bedchamber to the Princess of Wales
- 1863–1873: Fanny Osborne, Marchioness of Carmathen
- 1863–1866: Henrietta Robinson, Countess de Grey
- 1863–1901: Helen Douglas, Countess of Morton
- 1863–1901: Mary Parker, Countess of Macclesfield
- 1873–1901: Cecilia Harbord, Baroness Suffield
- 1895–1901: Edith Bulwer-Lytton, Countess of Lytton
Women of the Bedchamber to the Princess of Wales
- 1863–1865: Hon. Mrs Robert Bruce
- 1863–1873: Hon. Mrs William George Grey
- 1863–?: Hon. Mrs Edward Coke
- 1863–?: Mrs. Francis Stonor
- 1865–?: Hon. Mrs Arthur Hardinge
- 1872–1901: Lady Emily Kingscote
- 1873–1901: Charlotte Knollys
- 1893–1901: Mrs. Charles Hardinge
Household of King Edward VII 1901–1910
Master of the Horse
- 1901–1905: William Cavendish-Bentinck, 6th Duke of Portland, KG, GCVO
- 1905–1907: Osbert Molyneux, 6th Earl of Sefton
- 1907–1910: Bernard Forbes, 8th Earl of Granard, KP, GCVO
Lord Steward
- 1901–1905: Sidney Herbert, 14th Earl of Pembroke, GCVO
- 1905–1907: Cecil Foljambe, 1st Earl of Liverpool
- 1907–1910: William Lygon, 7th Earl Beauchamp
Lord Chamberlain
- 1901–1905: Edward Villiers, 5th Earl of Clarendon
- 1905–1910: Viscount Althorp, GCVO
Vice-Chamberlain
- 1901–1902: Sir Alexander Acland-Hood, Bart.
- 1902–1905: Frederick Glyn, 4th Baron Wolverton
- 1905–1907: Hon. Wentworth Beaumont
- 1907–1910: Sir John Fuller, 1st Baronet
Treasurer
- 1901–1903: Victor Christian William Cavendish
- 1903–1905: James Hamilton, Marquess of Hamilton
- 1905–1909: Sir Edward Strachey, Bart.
- 1909–1910: William Dudley Ward
Comptroller
- 1901–1905: Arthur Annesley, 11th Viscount Valentia, CB, MVO
- 1905–1909: Alexander Murray, Master of Elibank
- 1909–1910: Arthur Foljambe, 2nd Earl of Liverpool
Lords-in-Waiting
- 1901–?: Charles Harbord, 5th Baron Suffield, GCVO, KCB
- 1901–1903: Richard Curzon, 4th Earl Howe
- 1901–1905: Rudolph Feilding, 9th Earl of Denbigh
- 1901–1905: Algernon Keith-Falconer, 9th Earl of Kintore, GCMG
- 1901–1905: Lloyd Tyrell-Kenyon, 4th Baron Kenyon
- 1901–1905: Victor Spencer, 3rd Baron Churchill, GCVO
- 1901–1905: John Lawrence, 2nd Baron Lawrence
Master of the Household
- 1901–1907: Horace Farquhar, Baron Farquhar
- 1907–1910: Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Charles Arthur Frederick, GCVO, KCB
Deputy Master of the Household
- 1901–1907: Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Arthur Frederick, CVO
- 1907–1910: Harry Lloyd-Verney, MVO
Keeper of the Privy Purse
- 1901–1910: General Sir Dighton Probyn, VC, GCB, GCSI, GCVO
Private Secretary
- 1901–1910: Sir Francis Knollys, GCB, GCVO, KCMG
Comptroller of Accounts
- 1901–1907: Major-General Sir Arthur Ellis, KCVO
Crown Equerry
- 1901–?: Sir Henry Peter Ewart, 1st Baronet, KCB, KCVO
Equerries
- 1901–?: Major-General Sir Stanley de A C Clarke, KCVO
- 1901–1902: Lieutenant-Colonel the Hon. Sir William Carington, KCVO, CB
- 1901–1910: Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Arthur Davidson, GCVO, KCB
- 1901–1910: Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Henry Charles Legge, GCVO
- 1901–1910: Captain the Hon. Sir Seymour Fortescue, KCVO
- 1901–1910: Captain Sir George Lindsay Holford
- 1901–?: Captain Sir Frederick Edward Grey Ponsonby, GCB, GCVO
- 1902–1910: Honourable John Hubert Ward
Extra Equerries
- 1901: Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Loyd-Lindsay, 1st Baron Wantage, VC, KCB
- 1901–1902: Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Robert Nigel F Kingscote, GCVO, KCB
- 1901–1904: Major-General Sir John Carstairs McNeill, VC, GCVO, KCB, KCMG
- 1901–1910: General Sir Dighton Probyn, VC, GCB, GCSI, GCVO
- 1901–?: Major-General John Cecil Russell
- 1901–1910: Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Fleetwood Edwards, GCVO, KCB
- 1901–1910: Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Arthur Bigge, GCB, GCVO, GCIE, KCSI, KCMG
- 1901–1907: Major-General Sir Arthur Ellis, KCVO, CSI
- 1901–?: Captain the Honourable Alwyn Greville
- 1901–1910: Lord Marcus Talbot de la Poer Beresford
- 1902–1910: Lieutenant-Colonel the Hon. Sir William Carington, GCVO, KCB
- 1902–?: Lieutenant-Colonel Arthur Balfour Haig, CMG, Royal Engineers
- 1902–1910: Vice-Admiral the Honourable Hedworth Lambton, KCB, KCVO
- 1902–1910: Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Charles Arthur Frederick, KCVO
Honorary Equerries
- 1901–1904: General Alexander Hood, 1st Viscount Bridport, GCB
- 1901–?: General Augustus FitzRoy, 7th Duke of Grafton, KG
Grooms-in-Waiting
- 1901–1907: Colonel Lord Edward William Pelham-Clinton, GCVO, KCB
- 1901–?: Honourable Sidney Robert Greville, CVO, CB
- 1901–?: Honourable Henry Julian Stonor, MVO
- 1901–?: Vice-Admiral Sir John Reginald Thomas Fullerton, GCVO, CB
- 1901–?: Sir Alexander Condie Stephen, KCMG, KCVO, CB
- 1901–?: General Sir Godfrey Clerk, CB
- 1901–?: Captain Walter Douglas Somerset Campbell, CVO
Extra Grooms-in-Waiting
- 1901–?: Honourable Alexander Grantham Yorke, CVO
- 1901–1910: Major-General Sir Thomas Dennehy, KCIE
- 1901–?: Sir Maurice Holzmann, KCVO, CB
- 1901–1904: General Sir Michael Biddulph, GCB
Master of the Ceremonies
- 1901–1903: Colonel the Honourable Sir William James Colville, KCVO, CB
- 1901–: Honourable Richard Charles Moreton
- 1903–1907: Sir Douglas Dawson
- 1907–1910: Honourable Sir Arthur Walsh
Assistant Master of the Ceremonies
- 1901–?: Robert Follett Synge, Esq., CMG
Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod
- 1901–1904: General Sir Michael Biddulph, GCB
- 1904–1910: Admiral Sir Henry Stephenson
Gentleman Usher to the Sword of State
- 1901–1910: Honourable Sir Spencer Cecil Brabazon Ponsonby-Fane, GCB
Gentlemen Ushers
- 1901–1902: Honourable Aubrey FitzClarence
- 1901–1903: Major-General John Ramsay Slade, CB
- 1901–1905: Charles James Innes-Ker
- 1901–1906: Montague Charles Eliot
- 1901–1908: Captain Walter James Stopford, CB
- 1901–1909: Major-General John Palmer Brabazon, CB, CVO
- 1901–1910?: Colonel Cuthbert Larking
- 1901–1910: Honourable Sir Spencer Cecil Brabazon Ponsonby-Fane, GCB
- 1901–1910: Major the Honourable Arthur Hay
- 1901–1910: Captain the Honourable Otway Frederick Seymour Cuffe
- 1901–1910: Honourable Henry Julian Stonor, MVO
- 1901–1910: Arthur Collins, CB, MVO
- 1901–1910: Sir Lionel Henry Cust
- 1901–1910: Sir Henry David Erskine, CVO
- 1901–1910: Arnold Royle, CB
- 1901–1910: Brook Taylor
- 1901–1910: Horace Charles George West
- 1902–1905: Honourable Arthur Henry John Walsh
- 1903–1910: Percy Armytage
- 1905–1910: Sir John Ramsay Slade
- 1905–1907: Harry Lloyd-Verney
- 1907–1910: Charles Windham
- June 1908–October 1908: Charles Elphinstone Fleeming Cunninghame Graham
- 1908–1910: Thomas Arthur Fitzhardinge Kingscote
- 1908–1910: Gerald Montagu Augustus Ellis
- 1909–1910: Henry Fludyer
Governor and Constable of Windsor Castle
- 1901–1910: John Campbell, 9th Duke of Argyll, KT, GCMG, GCVO
Deputy Governor and Constable of Windsor Castle
- 1901–1910: Reginald Brett, 2nd Viscount Esher
Keeper of the Jewel House, Tower of London
- 1901–1909: General Sir Hugh Henry Gough, GCB, VC
- 1909–1910: Sir Robert Cunliffe Low
Secretary of the board of Green Cloth
- 1901–?: George Augustus Courroux, Esq. MVO
Gentleman of the Cellars
- 1901–1910: Thomas Kingscote, MVO
Surveyor of the King′s Pictures
- 1901–?: Sir Lionel Henry Cust, KCVO, FSA
Librarian at Windsor Castle
- 1901–?: Richard R. Holmes, CVO
Keeper of the King´s Armoury
- 1901–1910: Guy Francis Laking, MVO
Poet Laureate
- 1901–1910: Alfred Austin
Master of the King´s Music
- 1901–1910: Sir Walter Parratt
Marine Painter in Ordinary
- 1901–?: Edward de Martino, Esq, MVO
Manager of His Majesty´s Thoroughbred Stud
- 1901–1910: Lord Marcus Talbot de la Poer Beresford
Medical Household
Coroner of the Household
- 1901–?: Arthur Walter Mills, Esq.
Physicians in Ordinary
- 1901–1907: Sir William Henry Broadbent, Bt., KCVO, MD
- 1901–1910: Sir James Reid, Bt., GCVO, KCB, MD
- 1901–1910: Sir Francis Laking, Bt., GCVO, KCB, MD
Physicians Extraordinary
- 1901–?: Surgeon-General Sir Joseph Fayrer, Bt., KCSI, MD
- 1901–?: Sir Richard Douglas Powell, Bt., KCVO, MD
- 1901–1904: Sir Edward Henry Sieveking, MD
- 1901–1904: Sir Felix Semon, MD
- 1901–1904: John Lowe, MD
Serjeant Surgeons in Ordinary
- 1901–1902: Joseph Lister, 1st Baron Lister, OM
- 1902–1910: Sir Frederick Treves, 1st Baronet, GCVO, CB
Honorary Serjeant Surgeons to His Majesty
- 1901: Sir William MacCormac, 1st Baronet, KCB, KCVO
- 1901–?: Sir Thomas Smith, 1st Baronet, KCVO
Honorary Surgeon to His Majesty
- 1902: Inspector-General of Hospitals and Fleets Sir Henry Frederick Norbury, MD, KCB, Director-General of the Medical Department of the Navy
- 1902: Alfred Downing Fripp F.R.C.S., Assistant Surgeon at Guy's Hospital
Honorary Physician to His Majesty in Ireland
- –1901: William Moore, Esq., MD
- 1901–?: Sir Francis R. Cruise, MD, University of Dublin, Fellow and Ex-President Royal College of Physicians of Ireland
Ecclesiastical Household
Lord High Almoner
- 1901–1906: Lord Alwyne Compton, DD, Bishop of Ely
- 1906–1910: Joseph Armitage Robinson, Dean of Westminster
Dean of the Chapels Royal
- 1901–1910: The Bishop of London
Sub-Almoner and Sub-Dean of the Chapels Royal
- 1901–?: Reverend Edgar Sheppard, DD
Clerk of the Closet
- 1901–1903: Randall Davidson, KCVO, Bishop of Winchester
- 1903–1910: William Boyd Carpenter, Bishop of Ripon
Deputy Clerks of the Closet
- 1901–1903: Very Reverend Frederic William Farrar, DD, Dean of Canterbury
- 1901–?: Reverend Canon John Neale Dalton, CVO, CMG, MA
- 1901–?: Reverend William Rowe Jolley, MA
Chaplains-in-Ordinary
Honorary Chaplains
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Lords Chamberlain to the Queen
- 1901–1903: Charles Colville, 10th Lord Colville of Culross
- 1903–1925: Richard Curzon, 4th Earl Howe
Vice-Chamberlains
- 1901–?: Archibald Acheson, 4th Earl of Gosford
Treasurers
- 1901–1923: Frederick Robinson, 2nd Marquess of Ripon
Comptroller
- 1910–24: Sir Dighton Probyn
Lords-in-waiting
- 1910–?: Francis Knollys, 1st Baron Knollys
Equerries
- 1901–1910: John Brocklehurst
- 1910–1922: Colonel Sir Arthur Davidson, GCVO, KCB
- 1910–?: Sir George Lindsay Holford
- 1910–?: John Hubert Ward
- 1910–?: Henry Streatfield
- 1923–?: Edward Seymour
Extra equerries
- 1910–?: Sir Charles Frederick
Private secretaries
- 1901–1911: Hon. Sidney Greville
- 1911–?: Henry Streatfield
Assistant Private Secretaries
Mistresses of the Robes
- 1901–1912: Louisa Montagu-Douglas-Scott, Duchess of Buccleuch
- 1913–1925: Winifred Cavendish-Bentinck, Duchess of Portland
Ladies of the Bedchamber
- 1901–?: Cecilia Harbord, Baroness Suffield
- 1901–1905: Edith Bulwer-Lytton, Countess of Lytton
- 1901–?: Louisa McDonnell, Countess of Antrim
- 1901–1925: Louisa Acheson, Countess of Gosford
- 1905–1910: Maud Petty-FitzMaurice, Marchioness of Lansdowne
- 1907–1910: Cicely Gascoyne-Cecil, Marchioness of Salisbury
- 1911–1925: Cecilia Wynn Carrington, Countess Carrington
Extra Ladies of the Bedchamber
- 1901–?: Helen Douglas, Countess of Morton
- 1901–?: Mary Parker, Countess of Macclesfield
- 1910–?: Alice Stanley, Countess of Derby
- 1910–?: Winifred Hardinge, Baroness Hardinge of Penshurst
Women of the Bedchamber
- 1901–1907: Lady Emily Kingscote
- 1901–?: Charlotte Knollys
- 1901–1910: Mrs. Charles Hardinge
- 1901–?: Lady Alice Stanley
Maids of Honour
- 1901–1905: Hon. Dorothy Vivian
- 1901–?: Hon. Violet Vivian
- 1901–1905: Hon. Mary Dyke
- 1901–?: Hon. Sylvia Edwardes
- 1905–?: Margaret Dawnay
- 1905–?: Blanche Lascelles
- 1919–?: Hon. Lucia White
Surgeon-Apothecary
- 1910–?: Sir Francis Laking
Surgeon
- 1907–?: Hugh Rigby
- 1910–?: Sir Frederick Treves
Physician Extraordinary
- 1910–?: Sir Alan Reeve Manby
Laryngologist
- 1910–?: Sir John Milsom Rees
Bacteriologist
- 1912–?: Harold Spitta
Hon. Domestic Chaplain
- 1910–?: Edgar Sheppard
- 1911–?: Frederic Percival Farrar
- 1911–?: Ernest Edward Holmes
- 1911–?: Mortimer Egerton Kennedy
- 1912–?: Arthur Rowland Harry Grant