Lord High Steward

The Lord High Steward of England - not to be confused with the High Steward, a court function - is the leader of the Great Officers of State. Under him, the Lord High Chancellor are ( Lord Chancellor ) and the Lord High Treasurer (Lord Treasurer).

The incumbent had mainly representative functions perceive as presided at the coronation of British monarchs and elevations to the peerage. But he also took an important judicial function true: preside at trials against members of the nobility. Although initially no political function, the importance of this position in the course of time so that the holder last, one of the most powerful men of the kingdom.

The first Lord High Steward seems Robert de Beaumont, 2nd Earl of Leicester, son of Robert de Beaumont, 1st Earl of Leicester to be been. Since then, the office with the noble title Earl of Leicester was connected to Henry Bolingbroke, Earl of Leicester and Duke of Lancaster as Henry IV in 1399 even became king of England. He made his second son, Thomas of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Clarence to the Lord High Steward. After his death in 1421 the office was left vacant, and usually took the Lord Chancellor or other members of the high nobility, the corresponding tasks.

To condemn a nobleman because of crime, it had to be made in the upper house of the process. For this purpose, an occupant was appointed Lord High Steward, who then initiated the procedure. Criminal proceedings against nobles in the House of Lords were only abolished in 1948.

The title should not be confused with that of the Lord Steward (Lord Steward of the Household ).

Lord High Steward of England 1154-1421

Lord High Steward of England at the coronation in 1422 until today

  • Incomplete
  • Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham in 1509 Henry VIII
  • John Russell, 1st Earl of Bedford in 1547 Edward VI.
  • Edward Stanley, 3rd Earl of Derby in 1553 Jane Grey
  • 1559 Elizabeth I
  • 1603 James I.
  • 1626 Charles I
  • James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormonde in 1661 Charles II
  • James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormonde in 1685 James II
  • William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Devonshire in 1689 William III.
  • William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Devonshire in 1702 Anne
  • Charles Fitzroy, 2nd Duke of Grafton 1714 George I.
  • Lionel Cranfield Sackville, 1st Duke of Dorset in 1727 George II
  • William Talbot, 1st Earl Talbot in 1761, George III.
  • Henry William Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey in 1821 George IV
  • Alexander Douglas - Hamilton, 10th Duke of Hamilton in 1831 William IV
  • Alexander Douglas - Hamilton, 10th Duke of Hamilton Victoria 1838
  • Charles Spencer-Churchill, 9th Duke of Marlborough in 1902 Edward VII
  • Henry George Percy, 7th Duke of Northumberland in 1911 George V
  • James Gascoyne - Cecil, 4th Marquess of Salisbury in 1937, George VI.
  • Andrew Cunningham, 1st Viscount Cunningham of Hyndhope 1953 Elizabeth II

Lord High Steward of England in trials against members of the nobility in 1422 until today

  • Incomplete to 1660
  • Henry Stafford, 2nd Duke of Buckingham against the process George Plantagenet, 1st Duke of Clarence in 1478
  • Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham in 1521
  • Anne Boleyn in 1536
  • Lord Wentworth 1559
  • Philip Howard, Earl of Arundel and Surrey 1589
  • Thomas Park, 15th Baron Morley 1666
  • Charles Cornwallis, 3rd Baron Cornwallis 1676
  • Philip Herbert, 7th Earl of Pembroke
  • Thomas Osborne, Earl of Danby 1679
  • William Herbert, 1st Marquess of Powis 1679
  • William Howard, 1st Viscount Stafford 1679
  • Henry Arundell, 3rd Baron Arundell of Wardour in 1679
  • William Petre, 4th Baron Petre 1679
  • John Belasyse, 1st Baron Belasyse 1679
  • William Howard, 1st Viscount Stafford 1680
  • Henry Booth, 1st Earl of Warrington in 1685
  • Charles Mohun, 4th Baron Mohun 1699
  • Edward Rich, 6th Earl of Warwick 1699
  • Charles Mohun, 4th Baron Mohun 1699
  • James Radclyffe, 3rd Earl of Derwentwater 1716
  • William Widdrington, 4th Baron Widdrington 1716
  • William Maxwell, 5th Earl of Nithsdale in 1716
  • Robert Dalzell, 5th Earl of Carnwath 1716
  • William Gordon, 6th Viscount Kenmure 1716
  • William Murray, 2nd Lord Nairne 1716
  • George Seton, 5th Earl of Winton in 1716
  • Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford and Mortimer 1717
  • Thomas Parker, 1st Earl of Macclesfield 1725
  • William Boyd, 4th Earl of Kilmarnock in 1746
  • George Mackenzie, 3rd Earl of Cromartie 1746
  • Arthur Elphinstone, 6th Lord Balmerinoch 1746
  • Simon Fraser, 11th Lord Lovat 1747
  • Lawrence Shirley 1760
  • Elizabeth Chudleigh, Duchess of Kingston 1765
  • Warren Hastings 1793-1795
  • Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville 1806
  • John Francis Stanley Russell, 2nd Earl Russell, 1901
  • Edward Russell, 26th Baron de Clifford, 1935

The trial of Lord de Clifford for manslaughter in traffic was the last that was heard in the House of Lords.

Lord High Steward | Lord High Chancellor | Lord High Treasurer | Lord President of the Council | Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal | Lord Great Chamberlain | Lord High Constable | Earl Marshal | Lord High Admiral

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Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon Great Officer of State Henry IV of England Edward VI of England James VI and I James II of England Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey Alexander Hamilton, 10th Duke of Hamilton John de Vere, 13th Earl of Oxford Thomas Howard, 2nd Duke of Norfolk Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk George Talbot, 6th Earl of Shrewsbury Thomas Howard, 21st Earl of Arundel Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer Thomas Denman, 1st Baron Denman Hardinge Giffard, 1st Earl of Halsbury Frank Russell, 2nd Earl Russell Douglas Hogg, 1st Viscount Hailsham Lord Privy Seal Lord High Constable of England
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