The Households of Edward VII and Alexandra supported the work of the monarch and his consort between January 1901 and May 1910. The Royal Households of the United Kingdom consist of royal officials, office-holders and staff; members of the Royal Family who undertake public duties each have their own (separate or joint) Households.
King Edward VII (1841–1910) had been created Prince of Wales shortly after his birth. The household of the Prince of Wales was first formed in 1843, with appointments being made 'for the time being' by his mother, Queen Victoria. On attaining his majority, in 1862, the Prince of Wales began making his own household appointments. When he was married, the following year, his wife Alexandra (1844–1925) established her own household of the Princess of Wales.
When Edward became king his household expanded significantly, becoming the household of the Sovereign. Queen Alexandra received a separate household upon her husband's accession: the household of the Queen; after her husband's death in 1910, it was known as the household of Queen Alexandra.
Household of the Prince of Wales 1843–1901
1843–1862 Treasurer and Cofferer of the Household of the Prince of Wales 1843–1856: George Edward Anson, Esq. 1856–1862: Lt-Col. the Hon. Charles Beaumont Phipps
Governor to the Prince of Wales 1858–1862: Colonel the Honourable Robert Bruce
Equerry to the Prince of Wales 1858–1859: Brevet-Major Robert James Lindsay 1858–1862: Brevet-Major Christopher Teesdale 1858–1862: Capt. George Henry Grey 1859–1862: Capt. Frederick Charles Keppel
Extra Equerry to the Prince of Wales 1858–1862: Viscount Valletort
1862–1901 Groom of the Stole to the Prince of Wales 1863–1877: John Spencer, 5th Earl Spencer 1877–1886: General Right Honourable Sir William T. Knollys 1886–1901: James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Abercorn
Lords of the Bedchamber in Waiting to the Prince of Wales 1863–1879: William Edgcumbe, 4th Earl of Mount Edgcumbe 1863–1872: Lord Alfred Hervey 1866–1886: Viscount (later Marquis of) Hamilton (afterwards Duke of Abercorn) 1872–1901: Charles Harbord, 5th Baron Suffield 1886–1901: Archibald Acheson, 4th Earl of Gosford
Comptroller of the Household and Treasurer to the Prince of Wales 1863–1877: Lieut.-General W. T. Knollys 1877–1901: Lt-Gen. Sir Dighton Macnaghten Probyn
Grooms of the Bedchamber in Waiting to the Prince of Wales 1862–1867: The Hon. Robert Henry Meade(Extra 1867-1898) 1862–1877: the Hon. Charles Lindley Wood 1867–1895: the Hon. Alexander Temple Fitzmaurice 1877–1886: Andrew Pepys Cockerell, Esq. 1886–1901: Sir Francis Knollys 1895–1901: the Hon. Henry Stonor
Equerries in Waiting to the Prince of Wales 1862–1890: Major-General Sir Christopher Charles Teesdale 1862–1875: Major George Henry Grey 1862–1872: Lieutenant-Colonel F. C. Keppel 1867–1899: Major-General Sir Arthur Ellis 1872 Major-General the Hon. A. Harding 1872–1877: Major-General Dighton Probyn 1875–1878: Major John Cecil Russell 1878–1881, 1890–1893: Captain Henry Frederick Stephenson 1881–1891: the Hon. Harry Tyrwhitt Tyrwhitt-Wilson 1882–1901: Col. Stanley de Astel Calvert Clarke 1892: Lt Count Albert Edward Gleichen 1892–1901: Captain George Lindsay Holford 1893–1901: Cdr the Hon. Seymour John Fortescue 1899–1901: the Hon. Sidney Greville
Extra Equerries to the Prince of Wales 1867–1901: Col. Sir R. Nigel F. Kingscote 1874–1901: Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Loyd-Lindsay, 1st Baron Wantage 1874–1876: Lieutenant-Colonel Frederick Charles Keppel 1878–1901: Col. John Cecil Russell 1881–1890, 1893–1901: Capt. Henry F. Stephenson 1885–1889: Major Lord Henry Arthur George Somerset 1886–1901: Capt. the Hon. Alwyn Henry Fulke Greville 1890–1893: Major-General Sir Christopher Charles Teesdale 1899–1901: Major-General Sir Arthur Ellis
Private Secretary to the Prince of Wales 1863–1870: Herbert W. Fisher, Esq. 1870–1901: Sir Francis Knollys
Librarian to the Prince of Wales 1864: Maurice Holzmann
Superintendent of the Prince of Wales's Stables –1885: Col. Robert Nigel Fitzhardinge Kingscote 1885–1889: Maj. Lord Henry Arthur George Somerset 1889–1901: Lord Suffield
Honorary Chaplains to the Prince of Wales 1863–1881: the Reverend Arthur Penrhyn Stanley 1863–1875: The Reverend Charles Kingsley 1863–: the Reverend Henry Mildred Birch 1863–: the Reverend Charles Feral Tarver 1867–: the Reverend William Lake Onslow 1875–1901: the Reverend Robinson Duckworth 1892–1901: the Reverend Canon J. Fleming 1900–1901: the Reverend James William Adams 1900–1901: the Reverend Francis Stanley ffolkes
Medical household Physicians in Ordinary to the Prince of Wales 1863–1898: Sir William Jenner, 1st Baronet 1863–1901: Edward Sieveking, Esq. 1872–1890: Sir William W. Gull, Bart. 1892–1901: William Henry Broadbent, Esq. 1899–1901: Sir James Reid, 1st Baronet
Surgeons in Ordinary to the Prince of Wales 1863–1899: James Paget, Esq. 1863–1899: George Pollock, Esq. 1868–1892: Oscar Clayton, Esq. (Extra) 1874–1891: Prescott Gardiner Hewett, Esq. 1897–1901: Sir William MacCormac, Bart. 1897–1901: Alfred Downing Fripp
Surgeon to the Prince of Wales's Household 1898–1901: Herbert William Allingham, Esq.
Surgeon Extraordinary 1863–: John Minter, Esq.
Honorary Physicians 1863–1889: Thomas King Chambers, Esq. 1863–1899: Alexander Armstong, Esq. 1863–1900: Henry Wentworth Acland, Esq. 1876–1901: Surgeon-General Sir Joseph Fayrer 1885–1901: John Lowe, Esq. 1890–1901: Sir Dyce Duckworth 1899–1901: Fleet Surgeon Alfred Gideon Delmege
Honorary Surgeon to the Prince of Wales in Scotland 1876–: Professor Perrie
Surgeon Dentist 1863–1901: Edwin Saunders, Esq.
Surgeon Apothecary to the Household 1863–: Claudius F. Du Pasquier, Esq. 1879–1901: Francis Henry Laking
Household of the Princess of Wales 1863–1901
Chamberlain to the Princess of Wales 1863–1873: George Harris, 3rd Baron Harris 1873–1901: Charles Colville, 10th Lord Colville of Culross
Ladies of the Bedchamber to the Princess of Wales 1863–1873: Fanny Osborne, Marchioness of Carmarthen (Duchess of Leeds from 1871) 1863–1866: Henrietta Robinson, Countess de Grey 1863–1901: Helen Douglas, Countess of Morton 1863–1901: Mary Parker, Countess of Macclesfield 1872–1901: Lady Emily Kingscote 1873–1901: Cecilia Harbord, Baroness Suffield 1895–1901: Edith Bulwer-Lytton, Countess of Lytton
Women of the Bedchamber to the Princess of Wales 1863–1865: Mrs Robert Bruce (Extra 1865–1889) 1863–1873: Mrs William George Grey (Extra 1873–1901) 1863–?: Mrs Edward Coke 1863–?: Mrs. Francis Stonor 1865–1901: the Hon. Mrs Arthur Hardinge 1873–1901: (Elizabeth) Charlotte Knollys 1893–1901: the Hon. Mrs Charles Hardinge
Private secretary to the Princess of Wales 1863–1870: Herbert W. Fisher 1870–1889: Maurice Holzmann 1889–1901: Stanley de A. C. Clarke
Household of King Edward VII 1901–1910
Personal appointments Keeper of the Privy Purse 1901–1910: General Sir Dighton Probyn Private Secretary 1901–1910: Sir Francis Knollys (from 1902 Baron Knollys, later Viscount Knollys)
Lord Steward's Department (Board of Green Cloth, Buckingham Palace)
Lord Steward of the King's Household 1901–1905: Sidney Herbert, 14th Earl of Pembroke 1905–1907: Cecil Foljambe, 1st Earl of Liverpool 1907–1910: William Lygon, 7th Earl Beauchamp
Treasurer of the King's Household 1901–1903: Victor Cavendish (later Duke of Devonshire) 1903–1905: James Hamilton, Marquess of Hamilton (later Duke of Abercorn) 1905–1909: Sir Edward Strachey, 4th Baronet. (later Baron Strachie) 1909–1910: William Dudley Ward
Comptroller of the King's Household 1901–1905: Arthur Annesley, 11th Viscount Valentia 1905–1909: Alexander Murray, Master of Elibank (later Baron Murray of Elibank) 1909–1910: Arthur Foljambe, 2nd Earl of Liverpool
Master of the King's Household 1901–1907: Horace Farquhar, 1st Baron Farquhar (later Earl Farquhar) 1907–1910: Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Charles Arthur Frederick
Deputy Master of the King's Household 1901–1907: Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Arthur Frederick (app Master of the Household 1907) 1907–1910: Harry Lloyd-Verney, Esq.
Secretary of the King's Board of Green Cloth 1901–1903: George Courroux 1903–1907: Charles Frederick (Acting Secretary)
Gentleman of the Cellars to the King 1901–1910: Thomas Kingscote
Coroner of the King's Household 1901–1910: Arthur Walter Mills
Lord High Almoner to the King 1901–1906: Lord Alwyne Compton, Bishop of Ely 1906–1910: Armitage Robinson, Dean of Westminster
Sub-Almoner to the King 1901–1910: Edgar Sheppard
Lord Chamberlain's Department (St James's Palace)
Lord Chamberlain 1901–1905: Edward Villiers, 5th Earl of Clarendon 1905–1910: Charles Spencer, Viscount Althorp (later Earl Spencer)
Vice-Chamberlain 1901–1902: Sir Alexander Acland-Hood, 4th Baronet (later Baron St. Audries) 1902–1905: Frederick Glyn, 4th Baron Wolverton 1905–1907: Wentworth Beaumont (Baron Allendale from 1907, later Viscount Allendale) 1907–1910: Sir John Fuller, 1st Baronet
Comptroller of Accounts 1901–1907: Major-General Sir Arthur Ellis 1907–1910: Colonel Douglas Frederick Rawdon Dawson (Comptroller in the Lord Chamberlain's Department)
Lords-in-Waiting 1901–1910: Charles Harbord, 5th Baron Suffield 1901–1903: Richard Curzon, 4th Earl Howe 1901–1905: Rudolph Feilding, 9th Earl of Denbigh 1901–1905: Algernon Keith-Falconer, 9th Earl of Kintore 1901–1905: Lloyd Tyrell-Kenyon, 4th Baron Kenyon 1901–1905: Victor Spencer, 3rd Baron Churchill (from 1902 Viscount Churchill) 1901–1905: John Lawrence, 2nd Baron Lawrence 1903–1905: Charles Hay, 20th Earl of Erroll 1905–1910: Granville Leveson-Gower, 3rd Earl Granville 1905–1907: Bernard Forbes, 8th Earl of Granard 1905–1910: Gavin Hamilton, 2nd Baron Hamilton of Dalzell 1905–1910: Richard Lyon-Dalberg-Acton, 2nd Baron Acton 1905–1907: Thomas Denman, 3rd Baron Denman 1905–1910: Edward Colebrooke, 1st Baron Colebrooke 1907–1910: Richard Herschell, 2nd Baron Herschell 1907–1910: Maurice Towneley-O'Hagan, 3rd Baron O'Hagan 1910: Dudley Marjoribanks, 3rd Baron Tweedmouth
Grooms-in-Waiting 1901–1907: Colonel Lord Edward Clinton 1901–1910: Sidney Greville 1901–1910: Henry Julian Stonor 1901–1905: Vice-Admiral Sir John Reginald Thomas Fullerton 1901–1908: Sir Alexander Condie Stephen 1901–1908: General Sir Godfrey Clerk 1901–1910: Captain Walter Douglas Somerset Campbell 1905–1907: The Hon. Arthur Henry John Walsh 1907–1910: Sir Archibald Edmonstone, Bart 1907–1908: Rear-Admiral Sir Archibald Berkeley Milne, Bart 1908–1910: Sir John Pepys Lister-Kaye, Bart 1908: Colonel Henry Streatfeild 1908–1910: Commander Charles Elphinstone Cunninghame-Graham 1908–1910: Montague Eliot, Esq.
Extra Grooms-in-Waiting 1901–1910: Alexander Grantham Yorke 1901–1910: Major-General Sir Thomas Dennehy 1901–1909: Sir Maurice Holzmann 1901–1904: General Sir Michael Biddulph 1905–1910: Admiral Sir John Reginald Thomas Fullerton 1909–1910: Sir Donald Mackenzie Wallace
Master of the Ceremonies 1901–1903: Colonel Sir William James Colville 1903–1907: Sir Douglas Dawson 1907–1910: Sir Arthur Walsh
Marshal of the Ceremonies 1901–1910: Richard Charles Moreton
Assistant-Marshal of the Ceremonies 1901–1910: Robert Follett Synge
Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod 1901–1904: General Sir Michael Biddulph 1904–1910: Admiral Sir Henry Stephenson
Gentleman Usher to the Sword of State 1901–1910: Sir Spencer Ponsonby-Fane
Gentlemen Ushers 1901–1902: Aubrey FitzClarence (later Earl of Munster) 1901–1903: Major-General John Ramsay Slade 1901–1905: Charles James Innes-Ker 1901–1908: Montague Eliot (later Earl of St Germans) 1901–1908: Captain Walter Stopford 1901–1909: Major-General John Brabazon 1901–1910?: Colonel Cuthbert Larking 1901–1910: Sir Spencer Ponsonby-Fane 1901–1910: Major Arthur Hay 1901–1910: Captain Otway Cuffe 1901–1910: Henry Julian Stonor 1901–1910: Arthur Collins 1901–1910: Sir Lionel Cust 1901–1910: Sir Henry Erskine 1901–1910: Arnold Royle 1901–1910: Brook Taylor 1901–1910: Horace West 1902–1905: Arthur Walsh (replacing FitzClarence)