Gentleman of the Bedchamber
The gentleman of the bedchamber was an important official in the 11th century court of the English Kingdom . This title was later used in the Kingdom of Great Britain .
Duties
Important duties included serving the king at private meals, helping with dressing, guarding the bedchamber and toilet, and keeping the king company.
Since 1660 the office of First Gentleman of the Bedchamber was closely linked to that of Groom of the Stool .
Gentlemen of the Bedchamber of King Charles II (1660–1685)
- 1650–1657 & 1661–1667 & 1667–1674: George Villiers, 2nd Duke of Buckingham
- 1652–1677: William Crofts, 1st Baron Crofts
- 1660–1679: Charles Gerard, 1st Earl of Macclesfield
- 1660 - Sir J. Granville
- 1660–1665: Thomas Wentworth, 5th Baron Wentworth
- 1660–1673: John Maitland, 2nd Earl of Lauderdale
- 1660–1677: William Cavendish, 1st Marquess of Newcastle (Duke of Newcastle from 1665)
- 1660– ?: George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle
- 1660–1666: James Butler, 1st Marquess of Ormonde (Duke of Ormonde from 1661)
- 1660– ?: Mountjoy Blount, 1st Earl of Newport
- 1661– ?: Charles Stewart, 3rd Duke of Richmond
- 1662–1685: Henry Cavendish, Viscount Mansfield (Duke of Newcastle from 1676)
- 1665–1681: James Howard, 3rd Earl of Suffolk
- 1666–1681: Robert Montagu, Viscount Mandeville (Earl of Manchester from 1671)
- 1666-1680: Thomas Butler, 6th Earl of Ossory
- 1667-1680: John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester
- 1669–1685: Charles Sackville, Lord Buckhurst
- 1672–1683 (extra) & 1673–1682: John Sheffield, 3rd Earl of Mulgrave
- 1673– ?: Christopher Monck, 2nd Duke of Albemarle
- 1673-1674: Lionel Cranfield, 3rd Earl of Middlesex
- 1673–1674 (extra) & 1674– ?: Robert Spencer, 2nd Earl of Sunderland
- 1674–1685: Robert Bertie, 3rd Earl of Lindsey
- 1677– ?: Aubrey de Vere, 20th Earl of Oxford
- 1679– ?: Richard Jones, 1st Earl of Ranelagh
- 1679–1682 (extra) & 1682–1685: James Hamilton, Earl of Arran
- 1680– ?: Peregrine Osborne, Viscount Latimer
- 1680–1685: Thomas Lennard, 1st Earl of Sussex
- 1682–1685: Louis de Duras, 2nd Earl of Feversham (extra)
- 1683–1685: Edward Lee, 1st Earl of Lichfield
- 1685: Thomas Bruce, Lord Bruce
Gentlemen of the Bedchamber of Jacob, Duke of York, later King Jacob II (1685–1688)
- 1673– ?: John Churchill, 1st Baron Churchill
- 1685–1687: Charles Seymour, 6th Duke of Somerset
- 1685–1688: Thomas Bruce, 2nd Earl of Ailesbury
- 1685–1688: Edward Lee, 1st Earl of Lichfield
- 1685–1688: Henry Somerset, 1st Duke of Beaufort
- 1685–1688: James Butler, Earl of Ossory
- 1685– ?: John Sheffield, 3rd Earl of Mulgrave
- 1685–1688: Louis de Duras, 2nd Earl of Feversham
- 1687– ?: George Douglas, 1st Earl of Dumbarton
- 1688: George FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Northumberland
- 1688: James Cecil, 4th Earl of Salisbury
Gentlemen of the Bedchamber of King Wilhelm III. (1689–1702)
- 1689–1697: Charles Mordaunt, 1st Earl of Monmouth
- 1689–1699: James Butler, 2nd Duke of Ormonde
- 1689- ?: Hon. H. Sydney
- 1689– ?: Aubrey de Vere, 20th Earl of Oxford
- 1689– ?: John Churchill, 1st Baron Churchill
- 1689– ?: Richard Lumley, 2nd Viscount Lumley (Earl of Scarbrough from 1690)
- 1689–1700: Henry Sydney, 1st Earl of Romney
- 1689– ?: John Holles, 4th Earl of Clare
- 1689– ?: James Douglas, Earl of Drumlanrig
- 1689–1702: Charles Douglas, 2nd Earl of Selkirk
- 1691–1702: Algernon Capell, 2nd Earl of Essex
- 1692-1693: Charles Granville, Viscount Granville
- 1692-1702: Robert Sutton, 2nd Baron Lexinton
- 1697–1702: Charles Boyle, 4th Viscount Dungarvan (Earl of Cork and Burlington from 1698)
- 1699–1702: Charles Butler, 1st Earl of Arran
- 1699-1702: James Hamilton, 4th Duke of Hamilton
- 1700-1702: Charles Howard, 3rd Earl of Carlisle
- 1701-1702: Wriothesley Russell, 2nd Duke of Bedford
- 1701–1702: Arnold van Keppel, 1st Earl of Albemarle
Gentlemen of the Bedchamber of Prince George of Denmark and Norway (1702–1708)
- 1703-1705: Scroop Egerton, 4, Earl of Bridgwater
- 1704– ?: Thomas Fane, 6, Earl of Westmorland
- 1706–1708: Thomas Howard, 6, Baron Howard of Effingham
- 1708: Henry Clinton, 7, Earl of Lincoln
- ? - ?: Archibald Primrose, 1, Earl of Rosebery
Gentlemen of the Bedchamber of King George I (1714–1727)
- 1714-1716: Henry Gray, 1st Duke of Kent
- 1714-1716: Charles Boyle, 4th Earl of Orrery
- 1714-1717: Charles FitzRoy, 2nd Duke of Grafton
- 1714–1721: John Carteret, 2nd Baron Carteret
- 1714–1722: Charles Montagu, 4th Earl of Manchester (Duke of Manchester from 1719)
- 1714-1723: Charles Lennox, 1st Duke of Richmond
- 1714-1727: James Berkeley, 3rd Earl of Berkeley
- 1714-1727: Henry Clinton, 7th Earl of Lincoln
- 1714-1727: John Dalrymple, 2nd Earl of Stair
- 1714–1727: Charles Douglas, 2nd Earl of Selkirk
- 1716-1723: Francis Godolphin, 2nd Earl of Godolphin
- 1716-1727: George Hamilton, 1st Earl of Orkney
- 1717-1727: John Sidney, 6th Earl of Leicester
- 1717-1726: Henry Bentinck, 1st Duke of Portland
- 1717-1727: Henry Lowther, 3rd Viscount Lonsdale
- 1719–1721: Edward Rich, 7th Earl of Warwick
- 1719–1721: Robert Darcy, 3rd Earl of Holderness
- 1719–1727: Scroop Egerton, 4th Earl of Bridgwater (Duke of Bridgwater from 1720)
- 1719– ?: Peregrine Bertie, Marquess of Lindsey
- 1720– ?: Charles Douglas, 3rd Duke of Queensberry
- 1720-1723: Anthony Gray, Earl of Harold
- 1721–1723: James Stuart, 2nd Earl of Bute
- 1721–1727: John Manners, 3rd Duke of Rutland
- 1721–1727: William Montagu, 2nd Duke of Manchester
- 1722-1727: Talbot Yelverton, 1st Earl of Sussex
- 1723– ?: Henry Roper, 8th Baron Teynham
- 1723-1727: Charles Townshend, Lord Lynn
- 1723– ?: James Waldegrave, 1st Earl Waldegrave
- 1725– ?: John West, 7th Baron De La Warr
- 1726-1727: Charles Lennox, 2nd Duke of Richmond
- 1727: James Hamilton, 5th Duke of Hamilton
Gentlemen of the Bedchamber of King George II (1714–1760)
- 1714-1721: John Hamilton, 3rd Lord Belhaven and Stenton
- 1714-1722: Charles Paulet, 3rd Duke of Bolton
- 1714–1735: Henry Herbert, Lord Herbert (Earl of Pembroke from 1733)
- 1715-1730: Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield
- 1719–1736: Henry Paget, Lord Paget
- 1722–1751: Willem van Keppel, 2nd Earl of Albemarle
- 1727-1730: Henry Scott, 1st Earl of Deloraine
- 1727– ?: William Capell, 3rd Earl of Essex
- 1727-1733: James Hamilton, 5th Duke of Hamilton
- 1727–1739: Charles Douglas, 2nd Earl of Selkirk
- 1727– ?: Lord William Manners
- 1727– ?: Hugh Fortescue, 14th Baron Clinton
- 1727– ?: James Waldegrave, 1st Earl Waldegrave
- 1731-1752: John Murray, 2nd Earl of Dunmore
- 1733–1755: John Poulett, 2nd Earl Poulett
- 1733-1747: William Clavering-Cowper, 2nd Earl Cowper
- 1735–1751: Simon Harcourt, 2nd Viscount Harcourt (Earl Harcourt from 1749)
- 1737– ?: Charles Bennet, 2nd Earl of Tankerville
- 1738–1743: Charles Spencer, 3rd Duke of Marlborough
- 1738–1755: William Nassau de Zuylestein, 4th Earl of Rochford
- 1738–1751: Charles Beauclerk, 2nd Duke of St Albans
- 1738–1760: Thomas Belasyse, 4th Viscount Fauconberg (Earl Fauconberg from 1756)
- 1739–1760: Robert Montagu, 3rd Duke of Manchester
- 1741–1751: Robert Darcy, 4th Earl of Holderness
- 1741– ?: Evelyn Pierrepont, 2nd Duke of Kingston-upon-Hull
- 1743–1752: James Waldegrave, 2nd Earl Waldegrave
- 1743-1760: Henry Clinton, 9th Earl of Lincoln
- 1748-1760: John Ashburnham, 2nd Earl of Ashburnham
- 1751-1760: Francis Seymour-Conway, 1st Earl of Hertford
- 1751–1756: William FitzWilliam, 3rd Earl FitzWilliam
- 1751-1760: Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham
- 1752-1760: George Coventry, 6th Earl of Coventry
- 1752– ?: James Carmichael, 3rd Earl of Hyndford
- 1753-1760: Hugh Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland
- 1755-1760: Peregrine Bertie, 3rd Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven
- 1755-1760: William Capell, 4th Earl of Essex
- 1755-1760: George Walpole, 3rd Earl of Orford
- 1756– ?: John Hobart, 2nd Earl of Buckinghamshire
Gentlemen of the Bedchamber by Friedrich Ludwig von Hannover (Prince of Wales) (1729–1751)
- 1729-1731: John Ashburnham, 1st Earl of Ashburnham
- 1729-1742: Henry Brydges, Marquess of Carnarvon
- 1729-1730: Lord Charles Cavendish
- 1729–1751: Harry Paulet, 4th Duke of Bolton
- 1730–1733: Charles Bennet, 2nd Earl of Tankerville
- 1730–1751: Francis North, 4th Baron Guilford
- 1731–1749: Charles Calvert, 5th Baron Baltimore
- 1733-1738: William Villiers, 3rd Earl of Jersey
- 1738–1751: Charles Douglas, 3rd Duke of Queensberry
- 1742–1743: George Montagu-Dunk, 2nd Earl of Halifax
- 1742-1745: Edward Bligh, 2nd Earl of Darnley
- 1744–1751: William O'Brien, 4th Earl of Inchiquin
- 1747-1750: Arthur St Leger, 3rd Viscount Doneraile
- 1748–1751: John Perceval, 2nd Earl of Egmont
- 1749–1751: Lord Robert Manners-Sutton
- 1750–1751: John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute
References to France
The expression Gentleman of the Bedchamber is called Gentilhomme de la Chambre in French . This exercised the duties and functions of the Grand Chamberlain of France during his absence from the court. These included u. a. the supervision of the royal doctors and the hospitality of the king.
Individual evidence
- ^ A b R. O. Bucholz, 'The bedchamber: Gentlemen of the Bedchamber', Office-Holders in Modern Britain: Volume 11 (revised): Court Officers, 1660-1837 (2006), pp. 14-19 accessed 28 December 2009.
- ^ François R. Velde: La Maison du Roi (The King's Household) . In: French Heraldry and Related Topics . Heraldica.org. August 24, 2004. Retrieved November 22, 2007.