Master of the Great Wardrobe
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The Master of the Great Wardrobe was a position in the British Royal Household. The holders were responsible for running the Great Wardrobe, an office which provided clothing and textiles to the British Royal Family. Below is a list of known holders until the abolition of the office in 1782.
[edit] Masters of the Great Wardrobe
- 13??: William de Retford
- 1603–1612?: George Home, 1st Earl of Dunbar
- 1613–1618: James Hay, 1st Earl of Carlisle
- 1622–?: William Feilding, 1st Earl of Denbigh
- 1660: Sir Edward Montagu
- 1671: Sir Ralph Montagu
- 1685: Richard Graham, 1st Viscount Preston
- 1688: Brig. Gen. Sir James Douglas-Hamilton , Earl of Arran
- 1689: Ralph Montagu, 3rd Earl of Montagu
- 1709: John Montagu, 2nd Duke of Montagu
- 1749: Sir Thomas Robinson
- 1754: William Barrington, 2nd Viscount Barrington
- 1755: Sir Thomas Robinson
- 1760: Granville Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Gower
- 1763: Francis Dashwood, 15th Baron le Despencer
- 1765: John Ashburnham, 2nd Earl of Ashburnham
- 1775: Thomas Pelham, 2nd Baron Pelham of Stanmer
