Household of George V and Mary

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 his own separate Household.

King George V (1865–1936) was created Duke of York in 1892, and received a separate household together with his brother. Courtiers appointed to assist the Prince George of Wales until that year had been part of his parents´ household. After his marriage to Princess Mary of Teck in 1893 they shared the Household of the Duke and Duchess of York.

On the accession of his father, King Edward VII in January 1901, George automatically inherited the dukedom of Cornwall and was known as the Duke of Cornwall and York until the following November, when he was appointed Prince of Wales. From 1901 until his accession in 1910 he and his wife shared the Household of the Prince and Princess of Wales, but several appointments were to either the Prince or the Princess (e.g. they each had separate Lords Chamberlain and Private Secretaries).

When he became King, his household was known as the Household of the Sovereign 1910–1936.

Queen Mary (1867–1953) received a separate household upon her husband's accession, the Household of the Queen. From 1936, it was known as the Household of Queen Mary.

Household of the Duke of York 1892–1893 and Household of the Duke and Duchess of York 1893–1901

Controller and Treasurer

• 1892–1901: Major General Sir Francis Walter de Winton, GCMG, CB

Household of the Prince and Princess of Wales 1901–1910

Comptroller and Treasurer

• 1901–?: Lieutenant-Colonel the Hon. Sir William H. P. Carington, KCVO, CB^[1]

Private Secretary to the Prince of Wales

• 1901–1910: Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Arthur Bigge, GCVO, KCB, KCSI, KCMG, ISO^[2] (later Baron Stamfordham)

Lords of the Bedchamber to the Prince of Wales

• 1901–?: Beilby Lawley, 3rd Baron Wenlock, GCSI, GCIE, KCB^[1]
• 1901–1907: Charles Cavendish, 3rd Baron Chesham, KCB^[1]
• 1908–1910: Luke White, 3rd Baron Annaly

Master of the Stables

• 1901–1910: Captain the Hon. William Charles Wentworth-FitzWilliam^[1]

Equerries to the Prince of Wales

• 1901–?: Commander Sir Charles L. Cust, Bart., CMG, MVO, Royal Navy^[1]
• 1901–1910: the Hon. Derek V. G. Keppel, CMG, CIE, MVO, VD^[1]
• 1901–?: Captain the Viscount Crichton, DSO^[1]
• 1901–1910: Captain Bryan G. Godfrey-Faussett, CMG, MVO, Royal Navy^[1]

Extra Equerries to the Prince of Wales

• 1901–1910: Captain Rosslyn Erskine-Wemyss, MVO, Royal Navy^[1]
• 1901–?: Major James Henry Bor, CMG, Royal Marine Artillery^[1]
• 1901–1910: Captain the Hon. William Charles Wentworth-FitzWilliam^[3]

Groom of the bedchamber to the Prince of Wales

• 1902–1910: Edward William Wallington, CMG

Lord Chamberlain to the Princess of Wales

• 1901–1910: Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 9th Earl of Shaftesbury, KCVO^[4]

Private Secretary to the Princess of Wales

• 1901–1910: Honourable Alexander Nelson Hood^[4]

Equerry to the Princess of Wales

• 1901–?: Frank Dugdale, Esq.^[4]

Ladies of the Bedchamber to the Princess of Wales

• 1901–1910: Mabell Ogilvy, Countess of Airlie^[4]
• 1901–1902: Ida Frances Bridgeman, Countess of Bradford^[4]
• 1902–1903: Mary Cochrane-Baillie, Baroness Lamington^[5]

Women of the Bedchamber to the Princess of Wales

• 1901–?: Lady Eva Dugdale^[4]
• 1901–?: Lady Mary Forbes-Trefusis^[4]

Extra Women of the Bedchamber to the Princess of Wales

• 1901–?: Lady Katharine Coke^[4]

Domestic Chaplain

• 1901–1910: Reverend Canon John Neale Dalton, CVO, CMG^[1]

Household of King George V 1910–1936

Master of the Horse

• 1910–1915: Bernard Forbes, 8th Earl of Granard, KP, GCVO
• 1915–1922: Edwyn Scudamore-Stanhope, 10th Earl of Chesterfield, KG, GCVO
• 1922–1924: Thomas Thynne, 5th Marquess of Bath, KG, CB
• 1924–1936: Bernard Forbes, 8th Earl of Granard, KP, GCVO

Lord Steward

• 1910–1915: Edwyn Scudamore-Stanhope, 10th Earl of Chesterfield, KG, GCVO
• 1915–1922: Horace Farquhar, Viscount Farquhar, GCB, GCVO (later Earl Farquhar)
• 1922–1936: Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 9th Earl of Shaftesbury, KP, GCVO, CBE

Lord Chamberlain

• 1910–1912: Charles Spencer, 6th Earl Spencer, GCVO
• 1912–1921: William Mansfield, 1st Viscount Sandhurst, GCSI, GCIE, GCVO
• 1921–1922: John Stewart-Murray, 8th Duke of Atholl, KT, GCVO, CB
• 1922–1936: Rowland Baring, 2nd Earl of Cromer, GCB, GCIE, GCVO

Master of the Household

• 1910–1912: Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Charles Arthur Frederick, GCVO, KCB
• 1912–1936: Lieutenant-Colonel the Hon. Sir Derek W. G. Keppel, GCVO, KCB, CMG, CIE, VD

Deputy Master of the Household

• 1910–1912: the Hon. Sir Derek W. G. Keppel, KCVO, CMG, CIE, VDl

Crown Equerry

• 1910–1924: Captain the Hon. Sir William Charles Wentworth-FitzWilliam, GCVO

Equerries

• 1910–1936: Captain Sir Bryan G. Godfrey-Faussett, GCVO, CMG, Royal Navy
• 1927–? : Colonel George Camborne Beauclerk Paynter, CMG, DSO^[6]

Coroner of the King's Household

• 1934–1936: Lieutenant Colonel William Hilgrove Leslie McCarthy, DSO, MC and bar

Household of Queen Mary 1910–1953

Lord Chamberlain to the Queen

• 1910–1922: Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 9th Earl of Shaftesbury, KP, KCVO, CBE
• 1922–1947: Charles Paget, 6th Marquess of Anglesey, GCVO
• 1947–1953: ?

Treasurers to the Queen

• 1910–19: Honourable Sir Alexander Nelson Hood, KCVO
• 1932–35: Harry Lloyd Verney

Private Secretary to the Queen

• 1919–35: Harry Lloyd Verney
• 1935–39: Honourable Sir Gerald Chichester

Ladies of the Bedchamber to the Queen

• 1910–?: Mabell Ogilvy, Countess of Airlie, GCVO, GBE
• 1910–27: Lady Mary Forbes-Trefusis

See also

• Royal Households of the United Kingdom
• Household of Edward VII and Alexandra

References