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.
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[edit] List of Grooms of the Robes
(incomplete)
[edit] Henry VIII
- Richard Cecil 1530 [2]
- John Copinger [3][unreliable source?]
- William Sharington 1540–1541[4]
- Thomas Sternhold 1500–1549 [5]
[edit] Edward VI
- Thomas Sternhold 1500–1549 [5]
[edit] Elizabeth I
- John Wynyard –1606
[edit] James I
- John Wynyard –1606
[edit] William IV
- Lord Adolphus FitzClarence 1830–1833 [6]
- Francis Seymour 1833-1837
[edit] Victoria
- Francis Seymour 1837-1870 [7]
- Henry Erskine 1870–1901
[edit] Edward VII
- Henry Erskine 1901–1910
[edit] George V
- Henry Erskine 1910–1920
- Montague Eliot 1920-1936
[edit] George VI
- Sir Harold Campbell 1937-1952
[edit] Elizabeth II
- Sir Harold Campbell 1952-1954
[edit] References
- ^ Holman, Peter (1994). Henry Purcell. Oxford University Press. p. 4. ISBN 019816341X. http://books.google.com/?id=nNFRzdYGwOkC&pg=PA4&dq=Thomas+Purcell+%22groom+of+the+robes%22.
- ^ Chalmers F.S.A., Alexander (1812-1817). The General Biographical Dictionary. http://words.fromoldbooks.org/Chalmers-Biography/c/cecil-william.html.
- ^ "John Copynger". http://www.copinger.org.uk/4John10.html. Retrieved 2008-03-26.
- ^ C. E. Challis, 'Sharington, Sir William (c. 1495–1553), administrator and embezzler', in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, September 2004
- ^ a b Kaufman, Charles H. (1981). Music in New Jersey, 1655-1860. Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press. p. 46. ISBN 0838622704. http://books.google.com/?id=OHJB9FQIEsgC&pg=PA46&dq=Thomas+Sternhold+%22groom+of+the+robes%22.
- ^ "Obituary - King William the Fourth". The Gentleman's Magazine (s.n.): 196. August 1837. http://books.google.com/?id=e-UIAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA196&dq=Lord+Adolphus+FitzClarence+%22groom+of+the+robes%22.
- ^ "Domestic Occurrences". The Gentleman's Magazine (F. Jefferies): 308. March 1840. http://books.google.com/?id=_bafTMlsMNoC&pg=PA308&dq=%22Francis+Seymour%22++%22groom+of+the+robes%22.
- Who's Who (various dates)
