Master of the Jewel Office
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The Master of the Jewel Office was a position in the British Royal Household. The holders were responsible for running the Jewel Office, which held the Sovereign's jewellery. Below is a list of holders until the abolition of the office in 1782.
[edit] Masters of the Jewel Office
- 1445–1448: John Merston
- 1465–1483: Thomas Vaughan
- 1483–1485: Edmund Chaderton
- bef. 1509–?: Sir Henry Wyatt
- 1532–1533: Thomas Cromwell
- bef. 1545: Sir Anthony Rous
- c. 1620: Sir Henry Mildmay
- 1660: Sir Gilbert Talbot
- 1690: Sir Francis Lawley, 2nd Baronet
- 1696: Hon. Heneage Montagu
- 1698: Col. Charles Godfrey
- 1704: Job Charlton
- 1711: Hon. Heneage Finch
- 1716: Hon. James Brudenell
- 1730: Charles Townshend, Lord Lynn
- 1739: William Nevill, 16th Baron Bergavenny
- 1744: Hon. Henry Clinton
- 1745: John Campbell, Lord Glenorchy
- 1756: Sir Robert Lyttleton
- 1763: Henry Vane, 2nd Earl of Darlington
[edit] References
- Newton, Arthur Percival (July 1917). "The King's Chamber under the Early Tudors". The English Historical Review 32: 348–372. Retrieved on 2006-10-03.
