Groom of the Robes

Groom of the Robes is an obsolete office in the Royal Household of the Sovereign of England, later Great Britain, ultimately the United Kingdom. It is equivalent to a Lady-in-Waiting for Queens Regnant.

List of Grooms of the Robes

(incomplete)

• Thomas Purcell ^[1]
• Piers Curteys
• John Hart

Henry VIII

• Richard Cecil 1530 ^[2]
• John Copinger ^[3]
• William Sharington 1540–1541^[4]
• Thomas Sternhold 1500–1549 ^[5]

Edward VI

• Thomas Sternhold 1500–1549 ^[5]

Elizabeth I

• John Wynyard –1606

James I

• John Wynyard –1606

William IV

• Lord Adolphus FitzClarence 1830–1833 ^[6]
• Francis Seymour 1833-1837

Victoria

• Francis Seymour 1837-1870 ^[7]
• Henry Erskine 1870–1901

Edward VII

• Henry Erskine 1901–1910

George V

• Henry Erskine 1910–1920
• Montague Eliot 1920-1936

George VI

• Sir Harold Campbell 1937-1952

Elizabeth II

• Sir Harold Campbell 1952-1954

References

1. Holman, Peter (1994). Henry Purcell. Oxford University Press. p. 4. ISBN 0-19-816341-X.
2. Chalmers F.S.A., Alexander (1812–1817). The General Biographical Dictionary.
3. "John Copynger". Retrieved 2008-03-26.
4. C. E. Challis, 'Sharington, Sir William (c. 1495–1553), administrator and embezzler', in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, September 2004
5. Kaufman, Charles H. (1981). Music in New Jersey, 1655-1860. Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press. p. 46. ISBN 0-8386-2270-4.
6. "Obituary - King William the Fourth". The Gentleman's Magazine (s.n.): 196. August 1837..
7. "Domestic Occurrences". The Gentleman's Magazine (F. Jefferies): 308. March 1840..

• Who's Who (various dates)

See also

• Groom of the Stole