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See also:LORD See also:- CHAMBERLAIN (0. Fr. chamberlain, chamberlenc, Mod. Fr. chambellan, from O. H. Ger. Chamarling, Chamarlinc, whence also the Med. Lat. cambellanus, camerlingus, camerlengus; Ital. camerlingo; Span. camerlengo, compounded of 0. H. Ger. Chamara, Kamara [Lat.
- CHAMBERLAIN, JOSEPH (1836— )
- CHAMBERLAIN, JOSHUA LAWRENCE (1828– )
- CHAMBERLAIN, SIR NEVILLE BOWLES (1820-1902)
CHAMBERLAIN , in See also:England, an important officer of the See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
king's See also:household, to be distinguished from the lord See also:great chamberlain (q.v.). He is the second dignitary of the See also:court, and is always a member of the See also:government of the See also:day (before 1782 the See also:- OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")
office carried See also:cabinet See also:rank), a peer and a privy councillor. He carries a See also:- WHITE
- WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
- WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
- WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
- WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
- WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
- WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
- WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
- WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
- WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
- WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
- WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)
white See also:staff, and wears a See also:golden or jewelled See also:key, typical of the key of the See also:palace, which is supposed to be in his See also:charge, as the ensigns of his office. He is responsible for the necessary arrangements connected with See also:state ceremonies, such as coronations and royal marriages, christenings and funerals; he examines the claims of those who See also:desire to be presented at court; all invitations are sent out in his name by command of the See also:sovereign, and at See also:drawing-rooms and levees he stands next to the sovereign and announces the persons who are approaching the See also:throne. It is also See also:part of his See also:duty to conduct the sovereign to and from his See also:carriage.' The bedchamber, privy chamber and presence chamber, the See also:- WARD
- WARD, ADOLPHUS WILLIAM (1837- )
- WARD, ARTEMUS
- WARD, EDWARD MATTHEW (1816-1879)
- WARD, ELIZABETH STUART PHELPS (1844-1911)
- WARD, JAMES (1769--1859)
- WARD, JAMES (1843– )
- WARD, JOHN QUINCY ADAMS (1830-1910)
- WARD, LESTER FRANK (1841– )
- WARD, MARY AUGUSTA [MRS HUMPHRY WARD]
- WARD, WILLIAM (1766-1826)
- WARD, WILLIAM GEORGE (1812-1882)
ward-robe, the housekeeper's See also:room, the guardroom and the chapels royal are in the lord chamberlain's See also:department. He is regarded as See also:chief officer of the royal household, and he has charge of a large number of appointments, such as those of the royal physicians, tradesmen and private attendants of the sovereign. All theatres in the cities of See also:London and See also:Westminster (except patent theatres), in certain of the London boroughs and in the towns of See also:Windsor and See also:Brighton, are licensed by him and he is also licenser of plays (see See also:THEATRE: See also:Law; and See also:REVELS, See also:MASTER OF THE). HIS See also:salary is £2000 a See also:year.
The See also:vice-chamberlain of the household is the lord chamberlain's assistant and See also:deputy. He also is one of the See also:ministry, a white-staff officer and the See also:bearer of a key; and he is generally a peer or the son of a peer as well as a privy councillor. He receives £700 a year. Next to the vice-chamberlain comes the See also:groom of the See also:stole, an office only in use during the reign of a king. He has the charge of the vestment called the stole worn by the sovereign on state occasions.
' The lord chamberlain of the household at one See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time discharged some .important See also:political functions, which are described by See also:Sir See also:Harris See also:Nicolas (Proceedings of the Privv See also:Council, vol. vi., See also:Preface, p. See also:xxiii).
' The office of master of the ceremonies was created by See also:- JAMES
- JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
- JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
- JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
- JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
- JAMES, EPISTLE OF
- JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
- JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
- JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
- JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)
James I. The master of the ceremonies wears a See also:medal attached to a See also:gold See also:chain See also:round his See also:neck, on one See also:side being an See also:emblem of See also:peace with the See also:motto " Beati pacifici," and on the other an emblem of See also:war with the motto " Dieu et mon See also:droit " (see Finetti Philoxensis, by Sir See also:John Finett, master of the ceremonies to James I. and See also:Charles I., 1656; and D'See also:Israeli'S Curiosities of Literature, loth ed., p. 242 seq.).
' See May, See also:Parliamentary Practice, pp. 236, 244.
The See also:queen See also:consort's household is also in the department of the lord chamberlain of the household. It comprises a lord chamberlain, a vice-chamberlain and treasurer, See also:equerry and the various ladies of the royal household, a groom and a clerk of the See also:robes. The ladies of the household are the See also:mistress of the robes, the ladies of the bedchamber, the bedchamber See also:women and the maids of See also:honour. The mistress of the robes in some measure occupies the position of the groom of the stole.' She is the only See also:lady of the court who comes into office and goes out with the See also:administration. She is always a duchess, and attends the queen consort at all state ceremonies and entertainments, but is never in permanent See also:residence at the palace s The ladies of the bedchamber See also:share the See also:personal attendance on
' The offices of master of the great See also:wardrobe and master of the See also:jewel See also:house in the lord chamberlain's department were abolished in 1782.
s In the reign of Queen See also:Anne, Sarah duchess of See also:Marlborough from 1704, and See also:Elizabeth duchess of See also:Somerset from 1710, held the combined offices of mistress of the robes and groom of the stole.
e Since the great " bedchamber question " of 1839 the settled practice has been for all the ladies of the court except the mistress of the robes to receive and continue in their appointments independently of the political connexions of their husbands, fathers and See also:brothers (see See also:Gladstone's Gleanings of Past Years, i. 4o; and See also:Torrens's See also:Memoirs of Lord See also:Melbourne, ii. 304).
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the queen consort throughout the year. Of these there are eight, always peeresses, and each is in waiting for a fortnight or three See also:weeks at a time. But the women of the bedchamber, of whom there are also eight, appear only at court ceremonies and entertainments according to a roster annually issued under the authority of the lord chamberlain of the queen consort. They are usually the daughters of peers or the wives of the sons of peers, and formerly, like the mistress of the robes and the ladies of the bedchamber, habitually assisted the queen at her daily toilette. But this has See also:long ceased to be done by any of them. The eight maids of honour have the same terms of waiting as the ladies of the bedchamber. They are commonly if not always the daughters or granddaughters of peers, and when they have no See also:superior See also:title and See also:precedence by See also:birth are called " See also:honourable " and placed next after the daughters of barons.
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