Lord Steward

The Lord Steward or Lord Steward of the Household is a title in the British royal court. It should not be confused with the Lord High Steward, the highest of the Great Officers of State in England.

The Office had until 1782 considerable political importance, and the carrier was assimilated members of the Cabinet rank. By 1924, the carrier must have the peerage was ever a member of the government. He is appointed directly by the king and bears as a sign of his office a white rod. He is the chief dignitaries of the royal courtiers, in front of the " Treasurer of the Household " and the " Comptroller of the Household ", and sat until 2003 the "Board of Green Cloth " before, the governing body ( and formerly Court ) of the Royal Household which, for example, travel prepared.

The title His practical tasks is mentioned in a ranking of Henry VIII in the year 1539. At the court (Financial Affairs and Administration of the court ) has today acquired the " Master of the Household ." Previously, he also brought messages from the King to Parliament and vowed a Members of Parliament.

The title still exists, and the Lord Steward appoints today the Coroner of the Queen's Household. Current incumbent is James Hubert Ramsay, 17th Earl of Dalhousie.

List of Lord Stewards since 1502

• Sir Gilbert Talbot 1502-1509
• George Talbot, 4th Earl of Shrewsbury 1509-1538
• Robert Radcliffe, 1st Earl of Sussex
• Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk 1541-1544
• William Paulet, 1st Lord St John 1544-1551
• John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland 1551-1553
• Henry Fitzalan, 19th Earl of Arundel 1553-1568
• William Herbert, 1st Earl of Pembroke 1568-1570
• Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester 1570-1588
• William Paulet, Lord St John of Basing 1588-1603
• Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Nottingham 1603-1618
• Ludovic Stuart, 1st Duke of Richmond 1618-1623
• James Hamilton, 2nd Marquess of Hamilton 1623-1625
• William Herbert, 3rd Earl of Pembroke 1625-1630
• Office vacant 1630-1640
• Thomas Howard, 21st Earl of Arundel 1640-1644
• James Stuart, 1st Duke of Richmond 1644-1655
• Office vacant 1655-1660
• James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormonde 1660-1688
• William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Devonshire 1689-1707
• William Cavendish, 2nd Duke of Devonshire 1707-1710
• John Sheffield, 1st Duke of Buckingham and Normanby 1710-1711
• John Poulett, 1st Earl Poulett 1711-1714
• William Cavendish, 2nd Duke of Devonshire 1714-1716
• Henry Grey, 1st Duke of Kent from 1716 to 1718
• John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll 1718-1725
• Lionel Cranfield Sackville, 1st Duke of Dorset 1725-1730
• Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield 1730-1733
• William Cavendish, 3rd Duke of Devonshire 1733-1737
• Lionel Cranfield Sackville, 1st Duke of Dorset 1737-1744
• William Cavendish, 3rd Duke of Devonshire 1744-1749
• Charles Spencer, 3rd Duke of Marlborough 1749-1755
• John Manners, 3rd Duke of Rutland 1755-1761
• William Talbot, 1st Earl Talbot 1761-1782
• Frederick Howard, 5th Earl of Carlisle 1782-1783
• Charles Manners, 4th Duke of Rutland in 1783
• William Legge, 2nd Earl of Dartmouth 1783
• James Brydges, 3rd Duke of Chandos 1783-1789
• John Frederick Sackville, 3rd Duke of Dorset 1789-1799
• George Townshend, 1st Earl of Leicester 1799-1802
• George Legge, 3rd Earl of Dartmouth 1802-1804
• Heneage Finch, 4th Earl of Aylesford 1804-1812
• George James Cholmondeley, 1st Marquess of Cholmondeley 1812-1821
• Henry Conyngham, 1st Marquess Conyngham 1821-1830
• Richard Temple - Nugent - Brydges - Chandos - Grenville, 1st Duke of Buckingham and Chandos 1830
• Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquess Wellesley 1830-1833
• George William Campbell, 6th Duke of Argyll 1833-1834
• Thomas Egerton, 2nd Earl of Wilton 1835
• George William Campbell, 6th Duke of Argyll 1835-1839
• William Hay, 18th Earl of Erroll 1839-1841
• Charles Cecil Cope Jenkinson, 3rd Earl of Liverpool 1841-1846
• Hugh Fortescue, 2nd Earl Fortescue 1846-1850
• Richard Grosvenor, 2nd Marquess of Westminster 1850-1852
• James Graham, 4th Duke of Montrose 1852-1853
• Henry Charles Howard, 13th Duke of Norfolk 1853-1854
• Frederick Spencer, 4th Earl Spencer 1854-1857
• Edward Granville Eliot, 3rd Earl of St. Germans 1857-1858
• Brownlow Cecil, 2nd Marquess of Exeter 1858-1859
• Edward Eliot, 3rd Earl of St Germans 1859-1866
• John George Brabazon Ponsonby, 5th Earl of Bessborough 1866
• John Spencer - Churchill, 7th Duke of Marlborough 1866-1867
• Charles Bennet, 7th Baron Ossulston 1867-1868
• John George Brabazon Ponsonby, 5th Earl of Bessborough 1868-1874
• Frederick Lygon, 6th Earl Beauchamp from 1874 to 1880
• John Robert Townshend, 1st Earl Sydney 1880-1885
• William Henry Edgcumbe, 4th Earl of Mount Edgcumbe 1885-1886
• John Robert Townshend, 1st Earl Sydney in 1886
• William Henry Edgcumbe, 4th Earl of Mount Edgcumbe 1886-1892
• Gavin Campbell, 1st Marquess of Breadalbane 1892-1895
• Sidney Herbert, 14th Earl of Pembroke 1895-1905
• Cecil Foljambe, 1st Earl of Liverpool 1905-1907
• William Lygon, 7th Earl Beauchamp from 1907 to 1910
• Edwyn Scudamore - Stanhope, 10th Earl of Chesterfield 1910-1915
• Horace Brand Farquhar, 1st Viscount Farquhar 1915-1922
• Anthony Ashley -Cooper, 9th Earl of Shaftesbury 1922-1936
• George Sutherland - Leveson - Gower, 5th Duke of Sutherland 1936-1937
• Walter John Montagu -Douglas -Scott, 8th Duke of Buccleuch 1937-1940
• Douglas Douglas - Hamilton, 14th Duke of Hamilton 1940-1964
• Gerald Hugh Grosvenor, 4th Duke of Westminster 1964-1967
• Charles John Lyttelton, 10th Viscount Cobham 1967-1972
• Hugh Algernon Percy, 10th Duke of Northumberland 1973-1988
• Matthew Ridley, 4th Viscount Ridley 1989-2001
• James Hamilton, 5th Duke of Abercorn 2001-2009
• James Ramsay, 17th Earl of Dalhousie, 2009 -

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