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Master of the Robes

{{Short description|Office within the British Royal Household}}

The Master of the Robes is an office in the British Royal Household. He is responsible for the King's robes at times such as a coronation, the annual Order of the Garter service and the State Opening of Parliament. Since the reign of Edward VII, the office has only been filled for coronations (note, the office is not allocated during the reign of a queen regnant). Below is a list of known office holders:

Henry VII

  • 1496: Sir Edward Burton{{cite book

| title = The Gentleman's and London Magazine: Or Monthly Chronologer, 1741–1794

| publisher = J. Exshaw.

| year = 1791

| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=LP0RAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA77

| access-date = 30 April 2019

| page = 77

| quote = .. living in 1496, and Master of the Robes to K. Henry VII. ...

}}

James I

  • 1603-1612: Roger Aston.John S. Brewer, The Court of King James the First by Godfrey Goodman, vol. 1 (London, 1839), p. 18.
  • 1617–1625: Christopher Villiers{{cite book

| last = Doyle

| first = J.E.

| title = The Official Baronage of England: Showing the Succession, Dignities, and Offices of Every Peer from 1066 to 1885, with Sixteen Hundred Illustrations

| publisher = Longmans, Green

| series = The Official Baronage of England: Showing the Succession, Dignities, and Offices of Every Peer from 1066 to 1885, with Sixteen Hundred Illustrations

| issue = v. 1

| year = 1886

| url = https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_B-kIAAAAIAAJ

| access-date = 30 April 2019

| page = [https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_B-kIAAAAIAAJ/page/n62 46]

}}

Charles, Prince of Wales, later Charles I

Charles II

James II

William III

Queen Anne

{{See|Mistress of the Robes}}

George I

George II

George III

George IV

William IV

Victoria

{{Further|Mistress of the Robes}}

Edward VII

George V

| title = Debrett's Peerage, Baronetage, Knightage, and Companionage

| publisher = Kelly's Directories

| issue = v. 1931

| year = 1931

| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=pFEMAQAAMAAJ

| access-date = 30 April 2019

| page = 220

}}

Edward VIII

| last = Cokayne

| first = G.E.

| last2 = Gibbs

| first2 = V.

| title = The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom: Peers created 1901 to 1938

| publisher = St. Catherine Press, Limited

| series = The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom: Extant, Extinct, Or Dormant

| year = 1940

| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=rFhmAAAAMAAJ

| access-date = 30 April 2019

| page = 67

}}{{London Gazette |issue=34319 |date=1 September 1936 |page=5657 }}{{cite web |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1939/03/01/94685084.html?pageNumber=27 |title=Lord Colebrooke, Official of Court |date=1 March 1939 |work=The New York Times |quote=Edward VIII in September, 1936, appointed him Master of the Robes. It was announced at the time that he would attend to the present Duke of Windsor's dress for the coronation.}}

George VI

  • 1936: Post vacant

Elizabeth II

{{Further|Mistress of the Robes}}

Charles III

  • 2022: Post vacant

References

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External links

  • [http://courtofficers.ctsdh.luc.edu/ Database of Court Officers]
  • [http://www.burkes-peerage.net/ Burke's Peerage & Gentry]

{{British Monarchy Household}}

Category:Positions within the British Royal Household