Household of Queen Elizabeth II


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 their own separate household. When Elizabeth II succeeded her father George VI as sovereign of the United Kingdom, she appointed a new household.
The information below is an incomplete list of the senior officers of the Royal Household. For all those appointed on 5 August 1952, the source is: , 1 August 1952, pp. 4197–4202.
Where the names of offices are linked to other articles, lists of subsequent incumbents will generally be found.

Great officers of the Household

[Lord Chamberlain]

5 August 1952: The Right Honourable George Herbert Hyde Villiers, 6th Earl of Clarendon, KG, GCMG, GCVO, LLD

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5 August 1952: Henry Gray Studholme, Esquire, MP
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[Lord Steward]

5 August 1952: His Grace Douglas Douglas-Hamilton, 14th Duke of Hamilton and Brandon, KT, GCVO, AFC, LLD

[Treasurer of the Household]

5 August 1952: Cedric Drewe, Esquire, MP

[Comptroller of the Household]

5 August 1952: Roger John Edward Conant, Esquire, MP

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5 August 1952: His Grace Henry Hugh Arthur Fitzroy Somerset, 10th Duke of Beaufort, KG, GCVO

Private Secretary's Office

[Private Secretary to the Sovereign]

5 August 1952: The Right Honourable Sir Alan Frederick Lascelles, GCVO, KCB, CMG, MC

Assistant Private Secretaries

5 August 1952: Commander Richard Colville, MVO, DSC, RN

Privy Purse and Treasurer's Office

[Keeper of the Privy Purse] and Treasurer to The Queen

5 August 1952: The Right Honourable Sir James Ulick Francis Canning Alexander, GCVO, KCB, CMG, OBE

Deputy Treasurer to The Queen and Secretary of the Privy Purse

5 August 1952: Commander Sir Dudley Colles, KCVO, OBE, RN

Assistant Keeper of the Privy Purse

5 August 1952: Brigadier The Right Honourable Charles George Vivian, Baron Tryon, DSO

Almonry

High Almoner

5 August 1952: The Right Reverend Edward Sydney Woods, DD, Lord Bishop of Lichfield

Sub-Almoner

5 August 1952: The Reverend Maurice Frederic Foxell, MVO, MA

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Comptroller, Lord Chamberlain's Office

5 August 1952: Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Terence Edmund Gascoigne Nugent, GCVO, MC

Assistant Comptroller, Lord Chamberlain's Office

5 August 1952: Brigadier Sir Norman Wilmshurst Gwatkin, KCVO, DSO

Royal Mews Department

Crown Equerry

5 August 1952: Colonel Sir Dermot McMorrough Kavanagh, KCVO

Marshal of the Diplomatic Corps

5 August 1952: Major-General Arthur Guy Salisbury-Jones, CMG, CBE, MC

Vice-Marshal of the Diplomatic Corps

5 August 1952: Marcus John Cheke, Esquire, CVO

Assistant Marshal of the Diplomatic Corps

5 August 1952: Captain Sir John Lindsay Dashwood, Bt, CVO

The Master of the Household's Department

[Master of the Household]

Equerries

5 August 1952: Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Sheridan Barratt, KCB, CMG, MC

Ecclesiastical Household

College of Chaplains

Clerk of the Closet

5 August 1952: The Right Reverend Percy Mark Herbert, DD, Lord Bishop of Norwich.

Deputy Clerk of the Closet

5 August 1952: The Reverend Maurice Frederic Foxell, MVO, MA

Chaplains

Dean

5 August 1952: The Right Reverend and Right Honourable John William Charles Wand, DD, Lord Bishop of London.

Sub-Dean

5 August 1952: The Reverend Maurice Frederic Foxell, MVO, MA

Priests

5 August 1952: The Reverend Trevitt Reginald Hine-Haycock, MVO, MA

Organist, Choirmaster and Composer at Her Majesty's Chapels Royal

5 August 1952: Edgar Stanley Roper, Esquire, CVO, MusD

Domestic Chaplains

5 August 1952: The Reverend Peter Llewellyn Gillingham, MA

Chaplain, Hampton Court Palace

5 August 1952: The Reverend Prebendary Herbert Harris, MA

Organist, Hampton Court Palace

5 August 1952: William James Phillips, Esquire, Mus.Doc.

Chaplains in Scotland

5 August 1952: The Reverend John Lamb, CVO, BD.

Medical Household

Physicians

Physicians

Surgeon-Apothecaries/Apothecaries to HM Household at the Palace of Holyroodhouse

Gentlemen-at-Arms

Captain

5 August 1952: Colonel the Right Honourable Hugh William, Earl Fortescue, KG, CB, OBE, MC

Lieutenant

5 August 1952: Brigadier-General Sir Robert Harvey Kearsley, KCVO, CMG, DSO

Clerk of the Cheque and Adjutant

5 August 1952: Lieutenant-Colonel the Honourable Osbert Eustace Vesey, CMG, CBE.

Gentlemen of the Corps

Captain

5 August 1952: The Right Honourable William Arthur Bampfylde, Earl of Onslow, MC, TD

Lieutenant

5 August 1952: Major-General Sir Allan Henry Shafto Adair, Bt, CB, DSO, MC

Clerk of the Cheque and Adjutant

5 August 1952: Lieutenant-Colonel Ralph Charles Bingham, DSO

Ensign

5 August 1952: Lieutenant-Colonel Victor Buller Turner, VC

Exons

5 August 1952: Brigadier William Greenwood Carr, DSO
Lieutenant-Colonel Gerald Hugh Grosvenor, DSO

Other appointments

Groom in Waiting

5 August 1952: Captain Sir Harold George Campbell, KCVO, DSO, RN

Parliament

Gentleman Usher of the [Black Rod]

5 August 1952: Lieutenant-General Sir Brian Gwynne Horrocks, KCB, KBE, DSO, MC

Sergeants-at-Arms

5 August 1952: Air Vice-Marshal Sir Paul Copeland Maltby, KBE, CB, DSO, AFC

Sergeant-at-Arms, House of Commons

5 August 1952: Brigadier Sir Charles Alfred Howard, KCVO, DSO

The Queen's Archives

Keeper

5 August 1952: The Right Honourable Sir Alan Frederick Lascelles, GCVO, KCB, CMG, MC

Librarian

5 August 1952: Sir Owen Frederick Morshead, KCVO, DSO, MC

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5 August 1952: Major-General Hervey Degge Wilmot Sitwell, CB, MC

[Surveyor of The Queen's Pictures]

5 August 1952: Professor Anthony Frederick Blunt, CVO

Deputy Surveyor of The Queen's Pictures

5 August 1952: Oliver Nicholas Millar, Esquire, FSA

[Surveyor of The Queen's Works of Art]

5 August 1952: Sir James Gow Mann, MA, B.Litt., PSA

[Master of the Queen's Music]

5 August 1952: Sir Arnold Edward Trevor Bax, MusDoc

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5 August 1952: John Masefield, Esquire, OM, LitTD, LLD

Honorary Veterinary Surgeons

5 August 1952: Lieutenant-Colonel William Hilgrove Leslie McCarthy, DSO, MC, MD, MRCP

Captain of The Queen's Flight

5 August 1952: Air Commodore Sir Edward Hedley Fielden, KCVO, CB, DFC, AFC

Her Majesty's Representative at Ascot

5 August 1952: The Most Noble Bernard Marmaduke Fitzalan-Howard, 16th Duke of Norfolk, KG, GCVO