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The Countess of Airlie returns to Buckingham Palace in a carriage in 2008, having attended the State Opening of Parliament in her capacity as Lady of the Bedchamber to Queen Elizabeth II (a position she had held since 1973).
Lady of the Bedchamber is the title of a lady-in-waiting holding the official position of personal attendant on a British queen regnant or queen consort . The position is traditionally held by the wife of a peer.[1]
The equivalent title and office has historically been used in most European royal courts (Dutch: Dames du Palais ; French: Dames or Dame de Palais Hofstaatsdame or Palastdame Dame di Corte Hofdame or Statsdame Dueña de honor Statsfru
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In the Middle Ages, Margaret of France is noted to have had seven ladies of the bedchamber: the three married ones were called dominæ and the four unmarried ones were known as maids of honour .[2] lady's companion ) and personal attendants to the royal woman.
In a description from 1728, the task of the ladies of the bedchamber was to act as the go-between for the queen and the women of the bedchamber , who had the task to wait upon the queen by helping her wash, dress and undress, and so forth.[3] [3] [3]
The post of a lady of the bedchamber was considered prestigious, and the appointments have therefore been subjected to controversies. Queen Anne appointed Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough , to this position; the Duchess was widely considered an influential royal favourite . In 1839, concerns that Queen Victoria was determined to surround herself with wives of Whig politicians led to the Bedchamber crisis , preventing the installation of a Tory government under Robert Peel .
Ladies of the bedchamber to the queens of England
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This is an incomplete list of those who have served as Lady of the Bedchamber in the English royal household. In Tudor England, the lady of the Bedchamber was often called Lady of the Privy Chamber .
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Anne of Denmark was Queen Consort to James I of England .
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Henrietta Maria was Queen Consort to Charles I of England . Queen Henrietta Maria had a French Household when she first arrived in England in 1625, and it was not until her French entourage was sent home in 1626-1627 that her English Household was fully installed.[4]
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Catherine of Braganza was Queen Consort to Charles II of England
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Mary of Modena was Queen Consort to James II of England
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Ladies of the bedchamber to the queens of Great Britain
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Caroline of Ansbach was Queen Consort to George II of Great Britain [9] [10]
1714–1717: Louisa Berkeley, Countess of Berkeley
1714–1717 & 1726: Diana Beauclerk, Duchess of St Albans
1714–1717: Henrietta Paulet, Duchess of Bolton
1714–1717: Mary Montagu, Duchess of Montagu
1714–1724: Mary Cowper, Countess Cowper
1714–1726: Adelhida Talbot, Duchess of Shrewsbury
1714–1737: Elizabeth Sackville, Duchess of Dorset
1717–1717: Elizabeth Montagu, Viscountess Hinchingbrooke
1718–1721: Barbara Herbert, Countess of Pembroke
1718–1724: Henrietta d'Auverquerque, Countess of Grantham
1718–1737: Elizabeth Hervey, Countess of Bristol
1718–1720: Anne Scott, Countess of Deloraine
1722–1722: Jane Capell, Countess of Essex
1724–1737: Frances Seymour, Countess of Hertford
1724–1737: Sarah Lennox, Duchess of Richmond
1725–1737: Anne van Keppel, Countess of Albemarle
1725–1737: Henrietta Fermor, Countess of Pomfret
1725–1737: Mary Herbert, Countess of Pembroke (extra)
1727–1737: Henrietta Louisa Fermor
?–1737: Dorothy Boyle, Countess of Cork (extra)
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Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz was Queen Consort to King George III of Great Britain [11]
1761–1768: Diana St John, Viscountess Bolingbroke
1761–1770: Elizabeth Percy, Countess of Northumberland (Duchess of Northumberland from 1766)
1761–1784: Elizabeth Campbell, Duchess of Hamilton (Duchess of Argyll from 1770)
1761–1791: Elizabeth Howard, Countess of Effingham
1761–1793: Elizabeth Thynne, Viscountess Weymouth (Marchioness of Bath from 1789)
1761–1794: Alicia Wyndham, Countess of Egremont
1768–1782: Isabella Seymour, Countess of Hertford
1770–1801: Mary Darcy, Countess of Holderness
1783–1818: Elizabeth Herbert, Countess of Pembroke and Montgomery
1784–1818: Elizabeth Harcourt, Countess Harcourt
1791–1818: Elizabeth Townshend, Viscountess Sydney
1793–1807: Elizabeth Brudenell, Countess of Cardigan
1794–1818: Jane Stanhope, Countess of Harrington
1801–1818: Mary Parker, Countess of Macclesfield
1807–1813: Henrietta Stanhope, Countess of Chesterfield
1813–1818: Anne Dundas, Viscountess Melville
Ladies of the bedchamber to the queens of the United Kingdom
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Caroline of Brunswick was the wife of George, Prince of Wales , Prince Regent and from 1820 Queen Consort to George IV of the United Kingdom . They separated in 1796 and she died in 1821.
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Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen was Queen Consort to William IV of the United Kingdom [14]
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1837–1838: Louisa Petty-FitzMaurice, Marchioness of Lansdowne
1837–1838: Louisa Lambton, Countess of Durham
1837–1841: Maria Phipps, Marchioness of Normanby
1837–1841: Anna Russell, Duchess of Bedford
1837–1842: Sarah Lyttelton, Baroness Lyttelton , then Governess (Lady Superintendent) of the Royal Children 1842–1850.
1837–1842: Frances Noel, Countess of Gainsborough
1837–1851: Emma Portman, Baroness Portman
1837–1854: Anne Caulfield, Countess of Charlemont
1838–1840: Blanche Cavendish, Countess of Burlington
1839-1839: Elizabeth Campbell, Marchioness of Breadalbane
1839–1842: Mary Montagu, Countess of Sandwich
1840–1854 & 1863–1865: Carolina Edgcumbe, Countess of Mount Edgcumbe
1841–1845: Catherine Murray, Countess of Dunmore
1841–1867: Frances Jocelyn, Viscountess Jocelyn (extra 1867–1880)
1842–1842: Susan Broun-Ramsay, Countess of Dalhousie
1842–1843: Charlotte Fitzalan-Howard, Duchess of Norfolk
1842–1855: Charlotte Canning, Countess Canning
1843–1858: Elizabeth Wellesley, Duchess of Wellington
1845–1864: Elizabeth Cuffe, Countess of Desart
1851–1889: Jane Loftus, Marchioness of Ely
1854–1897: Anne Murray, Duchess of Atholl
1854–1900: Jane Spencer, Baroness Churchill
1855–1863: Maria Bosville-Macdonald, Baroness Macdonald
1858–1878: Jane Alexander, Countess of Caledon
1864–1890: Elizabeth Cavendish, Baroness Waterpark
1865–1895: Susanna Innes-Ker, Duchess of Roxburghe
1867–1872: Eliza Agar-Ellis, Viscountess Clifden
1872–1874: Blanche Bourke, Countess of Mayo
1873–1901: Eliza Hay, Countess of Erroll
1874–1885: Julia Abercromby, Baroness Abercromby
1878–1901: Ismania FitzRoy, Baroness Southampton
1885–1901: Emily Russell, Baroness Ampthill
1889–1901: Cecilia Dawnay, Viscountess Downe
1890–1901: Louisa McDonnell, Countess of Antrim
1895–1901: Edith Bulwer-Lytton, Countess of Lytton
1897–1901: Anne Innes-Ker, Duchess of Roxburghe
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Alexandra of Denmark was Queen Consort to Edward VII of the United Kingdom
1900–1910: Alice Stanley, Countess of Derby
1901–1910: Louisa McDonnell, Countess of Antrim [17]
1901–1925: Louisa Acheson, Countess of Gosford [17]
1901–1905: Edith Bulwer-Lytton, Countess of Lytton [17]
1901–1911: Cecilia Harbord, Baroness Suffield [17]
1901–1907: Alice Douglas, Countess of Morton (Extra Lady of the Bedchamber 1901–?)[17]
1901–1912: Mary Parker, Countess of Macclesfield (Extra Lady of the Bedchamber 1901–?)[17]
1901–1905: Maud Petty-FitzMaurice, Marchioness of Lansdowne (extra)
1905–1910: Maud Petty-FitzMaurice, Marchioness of Lansdowne
1905–1910: Constance Ashley-Cooper, Countess of Shaftesbury (extra)
1907–1910: Cecily Gascoyne-Cecil, Marchioness of Salisbury
1910–1914: Winifred Hardinge, Baroness Hardinge of Penshurst (extra)
1910–1925: Maud Petty-FitzMaurice, Marchioness of Lansdowne (extra)
1910–1925: Cecily Gascoyne-Cecil, Marchioness of Salisbury (extra)
1910–1925: Alice Stanley, Countess of Derby (extra)
1911–1925: Cecilia Carington, Marchioness of Lincolnshire (Countess Carrington 1911–1912)
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Mary of Teck was Queen Consort to George V of the United Kingdom
1901–1902: Ida Bridgeman, Countess of Bradford
1901–1910: Mabell Ogilvy, Countess of Airlie
1902–1910: Mary Cochrane-Baillie, Baroness Lamington
1905–1906: Constance Ashley-Cooper, Countess of Shaftesbury (extra)
1905–1936: Ida Bridgeman, Countess of Bradford (extra)
1906–1913: Constance Ashley-Cooper, Countess of Shaftesbury
1910–1916: Mabell Ogilvy, Countess of Airlie (extra)
1910–1917: Mary Cochrane-Baillie, Baroness Lamington(extra)
1911–1916: Ethel Grenfell, Baroness Desborough
1911–1936: Mary Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, Countess of Minto
1911–1953: Margaret Russell, Baroness Ampthill
1913–1924: Emily Fortescue, Countess Fortescue
1913–1953: Constance Ashley-Cooper, Countess of Shaftesbury (extra)
1916–1924: Ethel Grenfell, Baroness Desborough (extra)
1916–1953: Mabell Ogilvy, Countess of Airlie
1924–1929: Emily Fortescue, Countess Fortescue (extra)
1924–1936: Ethel Grenfell, Baroness Desborough
1938-1951: Hon. Margaret Blanche Wyndham
1951-1953: Hon. Margaret Blanche Wyndham (Extra)
1936–1940: Mary Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, Countess of Minto (extra)
1936–1952: Ethel Grenfell, Baroness Desborough (extra)
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Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon was Queen Consort to George VI of the United Kingdom
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1953–1966: Fortune FitzRoy, Countess of Euston (later the Duchess of Grafton and subsequently Dowager Duchess)
1953–1973: Elizabeth Coke, Countess of Leicester , wife of Thomas Coke, 5th Earl of Leicester
1960–1966: Patricia Nevill, Marchioness of Abergavenny (extra)
1966–1987: Patricia Nevill, Marchioness of Abergavenny
1967–1971: Esmé Baring , née Harmsworth, Countess of Cromer (temporary) wife of Rowland Baring
1967–1969: Sonia Fairfax, Lady Fairfax of Cameron (temporary) (widow of Thomas Fairfax, 13th Lord Fairfax of Cameron )
1971–1993: Esmé Baring, née Harmsworth, Countess of Cromer (extra)
1973–2022: Virginia Ogilvy, Countess of Airlie
1987–2005: Patricia Nevill, Marchioness of Abergavenny (extra)
1987–2021: Diana Maxwell, Baroness Farnham
See also
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References
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^ a b c Bucholz, R. O., ed. (2006). "The bedchamber: Women of the Bedchamber 1702–1714" . Office-Holders in Modern Britain: Volume 11 (Revised), Court Officers, 1660–1837 . London: University of London . pp. 24–25. Retrieved 17 August 2016 – via British History Online .
^ Wolfson, S. J. (2013). "The Female Bedchamber of Queen Henrietta Maria: Politics, Familial Networks and Policy, 1626–40". In The Politics of Female Households. Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill. doi: https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004258396_014
^ Wolfson, S. J. (2013). "The Female Bedchamber of Queen Henrietta Maria: Politics, Familial Networks and Policy, 1626–40". In The Politics of Female Households. Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill. doi: https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004258396_014
^ Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003. vol 2. Page 3208
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