Lady of the Bedchamber
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This is an incomplete list of those who have served as Lady of the Bedchamber (also styled Gentlewoman of Her Majesty's Bedchamber) in the British Royal Household. See also Ladies-in-Waiting, Women of the Bedchamber and Mistress of the Robes.
[edit] Ladies of the Bedchamber to Elizabeth I, 1558-1603
- 1558–1565: Katherine Ashley (née Champernowne), Lady Ashley
- 1559–1569: Catherine Carey, Lady Knollys
- c.1580–1581: Anne Vavasour
[edit] Ladies of the Bedchamber to Henrietta Maria of France, 1625-1649[1]
- c.1625: Elizabeth Conquest (née Thimbelby), daughter of Sir Richard Thimelby of Irnham, married Sir Richard Conquest of Houghton Conquest
[edit] Ladies of the Bedchamber to Catherine of Braganza, 1662-1688
- 1663–1667: Katherine Stanhope, Countess of Chesterfield
- 1663–1673: Barbara Palmer, Countess of Castlemaine
- 1663–1681: Barbara Howard, Countess of Suffolk
- 1663–1688: Mary Villiers, Duchess of Buckingham
- 1663–1688: Jane Granville, Countess of Bath
[edit] Ladies of the Bedchamber to Queen Anne, 1704-1714
- 1704–1714: Abigail Masham, Baroness Masham
- 1704–1712: Anne Spencer, Countess of Sunderland
- 1704–1714: Anne Venables-Bertie, Countess of Abingdon
[edit] Ladies of the Bedchamber to Caroline, Princess of Wales, later Queen Caroline, 1714-1737[2][3]
- 1714–1717: Louisa Berkeley, Countess of Berkeley
- 1714–1717 & 1726: Diana Beauclerk, Duchess of St Albans
- 1714–1717: Henrietta Paulet, Duchess of Bolton
- 1714–1717: Mary Montagu, Duchess of Montagu
- 1714–1724: Mary Cowper, Countess Cowper
- 1714–1726: Adelaide Talbot, Duchess of Shrewsbury
- 1714–1737: Elizabeth Sackville, Duchess of Dorset
- 1717: Elizabeth Seymour, Viscountess Hinchingbrooke
- 1718–1721: Barbara Herbert, Countess of Pembroke
- 1718–1724: Henrietta d'Auverquerque, Countess of Grantham
- 1718–1737: Elizabeth Hervey, Countess of Bristol
- 1718–1720: Anne Scott, Countess of Deloraine
- 1722: Jane Capell, Countess of Essex
- 1724–1737: Frances Seymour, Countess of Hertford
- 1724–1737: Sarah Lennox, Duchess of Richmond
- 1725–1737: Anne van Keppel, Countess of Albemarle
- 1725–1737: Henrietta Fermor, Countess of Pomfret
- 1725–1737: Mary Herbert, Countess of Pembroke[disambiguation needed
] (extra) - ?–1737: Dorothy Boyle, Countess of Cork (extra)
[edit] Ladies of the Bedchamber to Augusta, Princess of Wales, 1736-1763[4]
- 1736: Annie Howard, Countess of Effingham
- 1736–1764: Anne Ingram, Viscountess Irvine
- 1736–1739 & 1742–1759: Charlotte Byng, Viscountess Torrington
- 1737–1772: Lady Charlotte Edwyn
- 1743–1772: Frances Lumley-Saunderson, Countess of Scarbrough
- 1743–1772: Maria Howe, Viscountess Howe
- 1745–1772: Elizabeth Berkeley, Countess Berkeley
[edit] Ladies of the Bedchamber to Queen Charlotte, 1761-1818[5]
- 1761–1768: Diana St John, Viscountess Bolingbroke
- 1761–1770: Elizabeth Percy, Countess of Northumberland (Duchess of Northumberland from 1766)
- 1761–1784: Elizabeth Campbell, Duchess of Hamilton (Duchess of Argyll from 1770)
- 1761–1791: Elizabeth Howard, Countess of Effingham
- 1761–1793: Elizabeth Thynne, Viscountess Weymouth (Marchioness of Bath from 1789)
- 1761–1794: Alicia Wyndham, Countess of Egremont
- 1768–1782: Isabella Seymour, Countess of Hertford
- 1770–1801: Mary Darcy, Countess of Holderness
- 1783–1818: Elizabeth Herbert, Countess of Pembroke and Montgomery
- 1784–1818: Elizabeth Harcourt, Countess Harcourt
- 1791–1818: Elizabeth Townshend, Viscountess Sydney
- 1793–1807: Elizabeth Brudenell, Countess of Cardigan
- 1794–1818: Jane Stanhope, Countess of Harrington
- 1801–1818: Mary Parker, Countess of Macclesfield
- 1807–1813: Henrietta Stanhope, Countess of Chesterfield
- 1813–1818: Anne Dundas, Viscountess Melville
[edit] Ladies of the Bedchamber to Queen Adelaide, 1830-1837[6]
- 1830–1837: Emily Nugent, Marchioness of Westmeath
- 1830–1837: Arabella Bourke, Countess of Mayo
- 1830–1849: Marianne Wellesley, Countess of Mornington
- 1830–1834: Anna Loftus, Marchioness of Ely (extra 1834-1837)
- 1830–1837: Emma Brownlow, Countess Brownlow
- 1830–1837: Lady Harriet Clinton
- 1833–1836: Harriet Howe, Countess Howe
- 1836–1837: Harriet Baker-Holroyd, Countess of Sheffield
[edit] Ladies of the Bedchamber to Queen Victoria, 1837-1901[7]
- 1837–1838: Louisa Petty-FitzMaurice, Marchioness of Lansdowne
- 1837–1838: Louisa Lambton, Countess of Durham
- 1837–1841: Maria Phipps, Marchioness of Normanby
- 1837–1841: Anna Russell, Duchess of Bedford
- 1837–1842: Sarah Lyttelton, Baroness Lyttelton, then Governess (Lady Superintendent) of the Royal Children 1842–1850.
- 1837–1842: Frances Noel, Countess of Gainsborough
- 1837–1851: Emma Portman, Baroness Portman
- 1837–1854: Anne Caulfield, Countess of Charlemont
- 1838–1840: Blanche Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire
- 1839: Elizabeth Campbell, Marchioness of Breadalbane
- 1839–1842: Mary Montagu, Countess of Sandwich
- 1840–1854 & 1863–1865: Carolina Edgcumbe, Countess of Mount Edgcumbe
- 1841–1845: Catherine Murray, Countess of Dunmore
- 1841–1867: Frances Jocelyn, Viscountess Jocelyn (extra 1867-1880)
- 1842: Susan Broun-Ramsay, Countess of Dalhousie
- 1842–1843: Charlotte Fitzalan-Howard, Duchess of Norfolk
- 1842–1855: Charlotte Canning, Countess Canning
- 1843–1858: Elizabeth Wellesley, Duchess of Wellington
- 1845–1864: Elizabeth Cuffe, Countess of Desart
- 1851–1889: Jane Loftus, Marchioness of Ely
- 1854–1897: Anne Murray, Duchess of Atholl
- 1854–1900: Jane Spencer, Baroness Churchill
- 1855–1863: Maria Bosville-Macdonald, Baroness Macdonald
- 1858–1878: Jane Alexander, Countess of Caledon
- 1864–1890: Elizabeth Cavendish, Baroness Waterpark
- 1865–1895: Susanna Innes-Ker, Duchess of Roxburghe
- 1867–1872: Eliza Agar-Ellis, Viscountess Clifden
- 1872–1874: Blanche Bourke, Countess of Mayo
- 1873–1901: Eliza Hay, Countess of Erroll
- 1874–1885: Julia Abercromby, Baroness Abercromby
- 1878–1901: Ismania FitzRoy, Baroness Southampton
- 1885–1901: Emily Russell, Baroness Ampthill
- 1889–1901: Cecilia Dawnay, Viscountess Downe
- 1890–1901: Louisa McDonnell, Countess of Antrim
- 1895–1901: Edith Bulwer-Lytton, Countess of Lytton
- 1897–1901: Anne Innes-Ker, Duchess of Roxburghe
[edit] Ladies of the Bedchamber to Queen Alexandra, 1901-1925
- 1900–1910: Alice Stanley, Countess of Derby
- 1901–1905: Edith Bulwer-Lytton, Countess of Lytton
- 1901–1905: Maud Petty-FitzMaurice, Marchioness of Lansdowne (extra)
- 1901–1907: Alice Douglas, Countess of Morton (extra)
- 1901–1910: Louisa McDonnell, Countess of Antrim
- 1901–1911: Cecilia Harbord, Baroness Suffield
- 1901–1912: Mary Parker, Countess of Macclesfield (extra)
- 1901–1925: Louisa Acheson, Countess of Gosford
- 1905–1910: Maud Petty-FitzMaurice, Marchioness of Lansdowne
- 1905–1910: Constance Ashley-Cooper, Countess of Shaftesbury (extra)
- 1907–1910: Cecily Gascoyne-Cecil, Marchioness of Salisbury
- 1910–1914: Winifred Hardinge, Baroness Hardinge of Penshurst (extra)
- 1910–1925: Maud Petty-FitzMaurice, Marchioness of Lansdowne (extra)
- 1910– 1925: Cecily Gascoyne-Cecil, Marchioness of Salisbury (extra)
- 1910–1925: Alice Stanley, Countess of Derby (extra)
- 1911–1925: Cecilia Carington, Marchioness of Lincolnshire (Countess Carrington 1911-1912)
[edit] Ladies of the Bedchamber to Mary, Princess of Wales, later Queen Mary, 1901-1953
- 1901–1902: Ida Bridgeman, Countess of Bradford
- 1901–1910: Mabell Ogilvy, Countess of Airlie
- 1902–1910: Mary Cochrane-Baillie, Baroness Lamington
- 1905–1906: Constance Ashely-Cooper, Countess of Shaftesbury (extra)
- 1905–1936: Ida Bridgeman, Countess of Bradford (extra)
- 1906–1913: Constance Ashley-Cooper, Countess of Shaftesbury
- 1910–1916: Mabell Ogilvy, Countess of Airlie (extra)
- 1910–1917: Mary Cochrane-Baillie, Baroness Lamington(extra)
- 1911–1916: Ethel Grenfell, Baroness Desborough
- 1911–1936: Mary Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, Countess of Minto
- 1911–1953: Margaret Russell, Baroness Ampthill
- 1913–1924: Emily Fortescue, Countess Fortescue
- 1913–1953: Constance Ashley-Cooper, Countess of Shaftesbury (extra)
- 1916–1924: Ethel Grenfell, Baroness Desborough (extra)
- 1916–1953: Mabell Ogilvy, Countess of Airlie
- 1924–1929: Emily Fortescue, Countess Fortescue (extra)
- 1924–1936: Ethel Grenfell, Baroness Desborough
- 1936–1940: Mary Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, Countess of Minto (extra)
- 1936–1952: Ethel Grenfell, Baroness Desborough (extra)
[edit] Ladies of the Bedchamber to Queen Elizabeth, later Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, 1937-2002
- 1937–1947: Mary Wilson, Baroness Nunburnholme
- 1937–1972: Cynthia Spencer, Countess Spencer
- 1937–1941: Dorothy Wood, Viscountess Halifax
- 1937–1994: Patricia Smith, Viscountess Hambleden
- 1941–1945: Beatrice Ormsby-Gore, Baroness Harlech
- 1945–1967: Beatrice Ormsby-Gore, Baroness Harlech
- 1947–1979: Katharine Lumley, Countess of Scarbrough
- 1973–2002: Elizabeth Beckett, Baroness Grimthorpe
- 1994–2002: Elizabeth Lumley, Countess of Scarbrough
[edit] Ladies of the Bedchamber to Queen Elizabeth II, 1953-present
- 1953–1966: Fortune FitzRoy, Countess of Euston (now the Duchess of Grafton)
- 1953–1973: Elizabeth Coke, Countess of Leicester
- 1960–1966: Patricia Nevill, Marchioness of Abergavenny (extra)
- 1966–1987: Patricia Nevill, Marchioness of Abergavenny
- 1967–1971: Esmé Baring, Countess of Cromer (temporary)
- 1967: Sonia Fairfax, Lady Fairfax of Cameron (temporary)
- 1971–1993: Esme Baring, Countess of Cromer (extra)
- 1973–present: Virginia Ogilvy, Countess of Airlie
- 1987–2005: Patricia Nevill, Marchioness of Abergavenny (extra)
- 1987–present: Diana Maxwell, Baroness Farnham
- 1987–present: Richenda Elton, Baroness Elton
[edit] References
- ^ John Preston Neale, The Mansions Of England V1: Or Picturesque Delineations Of The Seats Of Noblemen And Gentlemen (1847)
- ^ Institute of Historical Research
- ^ Institute of Historical Research
- ^ Institute of Historical Research
- ^ Institute of Historical Research
- ^ Institute of Historical Research
- ^ Institute of Historical Research
