Lord Great Chamberlain

The Lord Great Chamberlain of England is the sixth of the Great Officers of State, ranking beneath the Lord Privy Seal and above the Lord High Constable. The position is an hereditary one, held in gross, and was originally held by Robert Malet, a son of one of the leading companions of William the Conqueror. In 1133, however, King Henry I declared Malet's estates and titles forfeit, and awarded the office of Lord Great Chamberlain to Aubrey de Vere, whose son was created Earl of Oxford. Thereafter, the Earls of Oxford held the title almost continuously until 1526, with a few intermissions due to the forfeiture of some Earls for treason. In 1526, however, the fourteenth Earl of Oxford died, leaving his aunts as his female heirs. The earldom was inherited by a more distant heir-male, his second cousin. The Sovereign then declared that the office belonged to the Crown, and was not transmitted along with the earldom. The Sovereign appointed the fifteenth and sixteenth Earls to the office, but the appointments were deemed for life and were uninheritable. Then, Queen Mary I ruled that the Earls of Oxford were indeed entitled to the office of Lord Great Chamberlain on a hereditary basis.

Current rotation

The rotation switches to the next person in line at the death of each monarch.

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• The Lord Nunburnholme
• The Marquess of Cholmondeley
• The Baroness Willoughby de Eresby
• The Marquess of Cholmondeley
• Julian Palmer
• The Marquess of Cholmondeley
• The Baroness Willoughby de Eresby
• The Marquess of Cholmondeley
• Lady Mary Findlay
• The Marquess of Cholmondeley
• The Baroness Willoughby de Eresby
• The Marquess of Cholmondeley
• The Earl of Albemarle
• The Marquess of Cholmondeley
• The Baroness Willoughby de Eresby
• The Marquess of Cholmondeley
• William Legge-Bourke
• The Marquess of Cholmondeley
• The Baroness Willoughby de Eresby
• The Marquess of Cholmondeley
• The Lord Nunburnholme
• The Marquess of Cholmondeley
• The Baroness Willoughby de Eresby
• The Marquess of Cholmondeley
• Julian Palmer
• The Marquess of Cholmondeley
• The Baroness Willoughby de Eresby
• The Marquess of Cholmondeley
• Peter Francis Basset
• The Marquess of Cholmondeley
• The Baroness Willoughby de Eresby
• The Marquess of Cholmondeley
• The Earl of Albemarle
• The Marquess of Cholmondeley
• The Baroness Willoughby de Eresby
• The Marquess of Cholmondeley
• William Legge-Bourke
• The Marquess of Cholmondeley
• The Baroness Willoughby de Eresby
• The Marquess of Cholmondeley
• The Lord Nunburnholme
• The Marquess of Cholmondeley
• The Baroness Willoughby de Eresby
• The Marquess of Cholmondeley
• Julian Palmer
• The Marquess of Cholmondeley
• The Baroness Willoughby de Eresby
• The Marquess of Cholmondeley
• James Hamilton-Russell
• The Marquess of Cholmondeley
• The Baroness Willoughby de Eresby
• The Marquess of Cholmondeley
• The Earl of Albemarle
• The Marquess of Cholmondeley
• The Baroness Willoughby de Eresby
• The Marquess of Cholmondeley
• William Legge-Bourke
• The Marquess of Cholmondeley
• The Baroness Willoughby de Eresby
• The Marquess of Cholmondeley
• The Lord Nunburnholme
• The Marquess of Cholmondeley
• The Baroness Willoughby de Eresby
• The Marquess of Cholmondeley
• Julian Palmer
• The Marquess of Cholmondeley
• The Baroness Willoughby de Eresby
• The Marquess of Cholmondeley
• Lady Barbara Kwiatkowski
• The Marquess of Cholmondeley
• The Baroness Willoughby de Eresby
• The Marquess of Cholmondeley
• The Earl of Albemarle
• The Marquess of Cholmondeley
• The Baroness Willoughby de Eresby
• The Marquess of Cholmondeley
• William Legge-Bourke
• The Marquess of Cholmondeley
• The Baroness Willoughby de Eresby
• The Marquess of Cholmondeley
• The Lord Nunburnholme
• The Marquess of Cholmondeley
• The Baroness Willoughby de Eresby
• The Marquess of Cholmondeley
• Julian Palmer
• The Marquess of Cholmondeley
• The Baroness Willoughby de Eresby
• The Marquess of Cholmondeley
• Earl of Belfast
• The Marquess of Cholmondeley
• The Baroness Willoughby de Eresby
• The Marquess of Cholmondeley
• The Earl of Albemarle
• The Marquess of Cholmondeley
• The Baroness Willoughby de Eresby
• The Marquess of Cholmondeley
• William Legge-Bourke
• The Marquess of Cholmondeley
• The Baroness Willoughby de Eresby
• The Marquess of Cholmondeley