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 Kings and Queen Regnants.
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[edit] List of Grooms of the Robes
(incomplete)
[edit] Henry VIII
- John Copinger [2][unreliable source?]
- Thomas Sternhold 1500–1549 [3]
[edit] Edward VI
- Thomas Sternhold 1500–1549 [3]
[edit] William IV
- Lord Adolphus FitzClarence 1830–1833 [4]
- Francis Seymour 1833-1837
[edit] Victoria
- Francis Seymour 1837-1870 [5]
- 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, 4. ISBN 019816341X.
- ^ John Copynger. Retrieved on 2008-03-26.
- ^ a b Kaufman, Charles H. (1981). Music in New Jersey, 1655-1860. Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press, 46. ISBN 0838622704.
- ^ “Obituary - King William the Fourth”, The Gentleman's Magazine: 196, August 1837, <http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=e-UIAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA196&dq=Lord+Adolphus+FitzClarence+%22groom+of+the+robes%22&as_brr=3>.
- ^ “Domestic Occurances”, The Gentleman's Magazine: 308, March 1840, <http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=_bafTMlsMNoC&pg=PA308&dq=%22Francis+Seymour%22++%22groom+of+the+robes%22&as_brr=3>.
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