Lord Edward Pelham-Clinton

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Lieutenant-Colonel Lord Edward William Pelham-Clinton GCVO KCB (11 August 1836–9 July 1907) was a Groom-in-Waiting to Queen Victoria from 1881 to 1894, then Master of the Household from 1894 until her death. He then reverted to a Groom-in-Waiting under King Edward VII and remained in that post until his death.

Edward was a son of the 5th Duke of Newcastle and on 22 August 1865, he married Matilda Jane Cradock-Hartopp, a daughter of Sir William Cradock-Hartopp, 3rd Baronet, but the couple did not have any children.

Preceded by Sir John Cowell

Master of the Household 1894–1901

Succeeded by Sir Horace Farquhar