Master of the Household

List of Masters of the Household

Richard Browne 1603-1604

Sir Robert Vernon bef. 1608-c.1625

Charles Glemham c.1625–1625

Roger Palmer 1626–1632

In abeyance 1632-1645

George Lisle c.1645-1648

In abeyance? 1648–1660

Sir Herbert Price, 1st Baronet 1660–1665 and 1666–1678

Honourable Henry Bulkeley 1678–1688

Sir Thomas Felton, 4th Baronet 1689–1708

Edmund Dunch 1708–1712

Sir William Pole, 4th Baronet 1712–1714

Edmund Dunch 1714–1719

Sir Conyers Darcy, KB 1720–1730

Sir George Treby 1730–1741

Sir John Harris 1741–1767

The Right Honourable Henry Thynne 1768–1771

Sir Francis Henry Drake, 5th Baronet 1771–1794

Sir Henry Strachey, 1st Baronet 1794–1810

Sir William Kenrick 1810–1812

Samuel Hulse 1812–1827

Sir Frederick Beilby Watson 1827–1838

The Right Honourable Sir Charles Murray, KCB 1838–1844

Captain Henry Meynell 1844–1845

Major-General Sir George Bowles 1845–1851

The Right Honourable General Sir Thomas Biddulph 1851–1866

The Right Honourable Major-General Sir John Cowell KCB 1866–1894

Lieutenant-Colonel Lord Edward Pelham-Clinton, GCVO KCB 1894–1901

The Right Honourable Horace Farquhar, Lord Farquhar, GCB, GCVO 1901–1907 (later Earl Farquhar)

Lieutenant Colonel Sir Charles Arthur Andrew Frederick, GCVO, KCB 1907–1912

Lieutenant-Colonel The Honourable Sir Derek Keppel, GCVO, KCB, CMG, CIE, VD, OWL 1913–1936

Brigadier Sir Smith Child, 2nd Baronet, GCVO, CB, CMG, DSO 1936–1941

Lieutenant-Colonel The Honourable Sir Piers Legh, GCVO KCB CMG CIE OBE 1941–1953

Major Sir Mark Milbank, 4th Baronet, KCVO MC 1954–1967

Brigadier Sir Geoffrey Hardy-Roberts, KCVO CB CBE 1967–1973

Vice-Admiral Sir Peter Ashmore, KCB KCVO DSC 1973–1986

Rear-Admiral Sir Paul Greening, GCVO 1986–1992

Major-General Sir Simon Cooper, GCVO 1992–2000

Vice-Admiral Sir Anthony Blackburn, KCVO CB 2000–2004

Air Marshal Sir David Walker, KCVO OBE 2005-2013

Vice-Admiral Tony Johnstone-Burt, CB, OBE 2013-

List of Deputy Masters of the Household

Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Charles Arthur Andrew Frederick 1901–1907

Harry Lloyd-Verney, MVO 1907–1911

Lieutenant-Colonel Honourable Sir Derek Keppel, KCVO CMG CIE VD 1911–1912

Captain Lord Arthur John Hamilton 1913–1914

Honourable Sir Harry Stonor, GCVO 1918–1921

Captain Lord Claud Nigel Hamilton, GCVO CMG DSO 1922–1924

Brigadier-General Sir Smith Child, 2nd Baronet 1929–1936

Lieutenant-Colonel Ririd Myddleton, MVO 1937–1939

Group Captain Peter Townsend, CVO DSO DFC 1950–52

Major Mark Milbank, MVO MC 1952–1954

Lieutenant-Colonel Lord Plunket, KCVO 1954–1975

Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Blair Stewart-Wilson, KCVO 1976–1994

Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Guy Acland, Bt MVO 1994–1999

Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Richards, LVO 1999-

The Staff

The Master of the Household | ------------------ | | Deputy Master Master's Secretary | |-------------------------------------------------------------- | | | | Lady Clerk to the Deputy Master Chief Clerk | | |------------------------- Queen's Flag Sergeant | | | Assistant to the Master(Food) | | | ---------------------------------------------- | | | | Deputy Assistant Master (Food) Lady Clerk to the Assistant Master (Food) | | | Catering Office Administrator | | | Senior Clerk | | | Clerk | | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | | | | | Royal Chef Head Coffee Room Maid Dining Room Canteen Senior | | | Supervisor Supervisor Storeman | Senior Sous Chef Deputy Head | | | | | Coffee Room Maid Senior Canteen Storemen | Pastry Sous Chef | Dining Room Assistants | | Coffee Room Maids Assistants | | Sous Chef | Daily Ladies | | Dining Room | Senior Cooks Assistants | | | | Cooks Wash-up | | Assistants | Apprentices | | | Kitchen Porters | |------------------------- | | | Assistant to the Master (General) | | | --------------------------------------- | | | | | Lady Clerk to the Assistant Master (General) | | | | |------------------------- |---- Royal Florist | | | | | | Palace Foreman |---- Senior Clerk | | | | | | -----------------| --------------------- | | | | | | | | | | Palace Fendersmith Clerk Basement Night | | | Attendants Cleaners Patrolmen | | | | | |----------------------------------------------------------------- | | | | | | | | | | French Carpet Locksmith Gilders Cabinet Upholsterers | | Polisher Planners Makers | | | Palace Steward | | | --------------------------------------- | | | | Page of the Yeoman of the Royal Pantries | Chambers | | | -------------------------------------------------- | | | | | | | Assistant Yeoman Assistant Yeoman Assistant Yeoman | | of the Plate Pantry of Windsor Castle of the Glass & China Pantry | | | | | | Underbutlers Underbutlers | | | |------------------------------------------------------------------ | | | | | | Deputy Page Pages of the Yeoman of the Travelling Yeoman | of the Chamber Backstairs Royal Cellars | | | | ------------------------------- | |------------ Assistant | | | | | Yeoman Sergeant Luggage Porters | Pages of the Queen's | Footman | Presence Piper Underbutlers | | Deputy |------------------------------------ Sergeant | | | Footman | Superintendent Superintendent | | of Windsor Castle of Holyroodhouse |-------------- | | | | | | Assistant Office & Security Staff Footmen Livery Porters | Superintendent | | | Office Staff |Chief Housekeeper | |----------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | | | Deputy Housekeeper of Housekeeper of Housekeeper of Housekeeper of Housekeeper of Windsor Castle Holyroodhouse Sandringham House Balmoral CastleBuckingham Palace | | | | | Housemaids Housemaids Housemaids Housemaids Housemaids