Household of The Queen Mother
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This is an incomplete list of those who served in The Queen Mother's Household (as Duchess of York 1923-1936; Queen 1936-1952 and Queen Mother 1952-2002)
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[edit] Comptroller
- 1952-1953: Peter Townsend
- 1953-1974: Lord Adam Gordon
- 1974-2002: Sir Alastair Aird
[edit] Equerries
- 1950-1956: Capt. Oliver Dawnay
- 1955-1956: Sir Martin Gilliat
- 1956-1984: Sir Francis Legh
- 1959-2002: Sir Ralph Anstruther, 7th Baronet
- 1968-1970: Richard Jenkins
- 1984-2002: Maj. George Seymour
- 1992-1994: Hon. Edward Dawson-Damer
- 1993-2002: Sir Alastair Aird
[edit] Extra Equerries
- 1953-2002: Charles St Clair, 17th Lord Sinclair
- 1955-?: Sir Robert Kearsley
- 1956: Maj. Raymond Seymour
- 1956-1962: Capt. Oliver Dawnay
- 1958-?: Major Arthur Griffin
- 1964-1973: Alastair Aird
- 1998-2002: Hon. Nicholas Assheton
[edit] Temporary Equerries
- 1956-1958: Major Arthur Griffin
- 1958-1960: Captain William Richardson
- 1960-1964: Captain Alastair Aird
- 1980-1982: Major Ashe Wyndham
- 1982-1984: Hon. Jeremy Stopford
- 2000-2002: Captain Mark Grayson
[edit] Ladies-in-Waiting
- 1932-1936: Hon. Lettice Bowlby
- 1985-2002: Jane Walker-Okeover
- 1990-2002: Lady Margaret Colville
- 1991-2002: Hon. Margaret Rhodes
- 1993-2002: Jennifer Gordon-Lennox
[edit] Ladies of the Bedchamber
- 1937–1941: Dorothy Wood, Viscountess Halifax
- 1937–1947: Mary Wilson, Baroness Nunburnholme
- 1937–1972: Cynthia Spencer, Countess Spencer
- 1937–1994: Patricia Smith, Viscountess Hambleden
- 1945–1967: Beatrice Ormsby-Gore, Baroness Harlech (extra 1941-1945)
- 1947–1979: Katharine Lumley, Countess of Scarbrough
- 1973–2002: Elizabeth Beckett, Baroness Grimthorpe
- 1994–2002: Elizabeth Lumley, Countess of Scarbrough
[edit] Lord Chamberlain
- 1937-1965: David Ogilvy, 12th Earl of Airlie
- 1965-1992: Simon Ramsay, 16th Earl of Dalhousie
- 1992-2002: Robert Lindsay, 29th Earl of Crawford and Balcarres
[edit] Mistress of the Robes
- 1937-1964: Helen Percy, Duchess of Northumberland
- 1964-1990: Kathleen Hamilton, Duchess of Abercorn
- 1990-2002: Vacant
[edit] Pages of Honour
- 1962-1964: James Charteris, Lord Neidpath
- 1964-1966: John Dalrymple-Hamilton Esq.
- 1966-1967: Hon. Valentine Cecil
- 1967-1969: Richard Scott, Lord Eskdaill (later styled Earl of Dalkeith)
- 1969-1971: Simon Mulholland, Esq.
- 1971-1973: Michael Bowes-Lyon, Lord Glamis (later Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne)
- 1973-1974: George Clayton Esq.
- 1974-1975: Colin Campbell-Preston
- 1975-1977: Charles Bruce, Lord Bruce
- 1977-1979: Gavin Rankin Esq.
- 1979-1982: Henry Beaumont Esq.
- 1982-1984: Hon. Maurice Roche (later Baron Fermoy)
- 1984-1986: Andrew Hope, Viscount Aithrie
- 1987-1989: Andrew Lillingston, Esq.
- 1989-1991: Richard Lumley, Viscount Lumley (later Earl of Scarbrough)
- 1991-1993: John Carew-Pole Esq.
- 1993-1995: Arthur Wellesley, Earl of Mornington
- 1995-1998: Hon. Thomas Lumley
- 1998-1999: Harry Bengough, Esq.
- 1999-2002: Andrew Matheson Esq.
[edit] Press Secretary
- 1956-2001: Sir John Griffin
[edit] Private Secretaries
- 1946-1951: Maj. Thomas Harvey
- 1951-1956: Capt. Oliver Dawnay
- 1956-1993: Sir Martin Gilliat
- 1993-2002: Sir Alastair Aird
[edit] Assistant Private Secretaries
- 1953-1974: Lord Adam Gordon
- 1955-1956: Martin Gilliat
- 1956-1959: Hon. Francis Legh
- 1959-1964: Sir Ralph Anstruther, 7th Baronet
- 1964-1973: Alastair Aird
- 1993-2002: Maj. George Seymour
[edit] Treasurers
- ?-1961: Sir Arthur Penn
- 1961-1998: Sir Ralph Anstruther, 7th Baronet
- 1998-2002: Hon. Nicholas Assheton
[edit] Women of the Bedchamber
- 1937-1960: Lady Katherine Seymour
- 1937-1961: Marion Hyde, Lady Hyde
- 1946-2001: Lady Jean Rankin
- 1951-1961: Hon. Olivia Mulholland
- 1960-1993: Ruth Burke Roche, Baroness Fermoy
- 1961-1963: Lady Mary Harvey
- 1965-2002: Dame Frances Campbell-Preston
- 1981-2002: Lady Angela Oswald
[edit] Extra Women of the Bedchamber
- 1956-1960: Ruth Burke Roche, Baroness Fermoy
- 1959-1981: Lady Elizabeth Basset
- 1960-?: Lady Katherine Seymour
[edit] Temporary Women of the Bedchamber
- 1963-1965: Lady Caroline Douglas-Home
[edit] Apothecaries
- 1954-?: John Loring
[edit] Surgeon-Apothecaries
- 1956-?: Richard May, Esq.
