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  Lord Chamberlain - LoveToKnow 1911   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
The vice-chamberlain of the household is the lord chamberlain's assistant and deputy.
In the lord chamberlain's department also are the master, assistant master, marshal of the ceremonies and deputy-marshal of the ceremonies, officers whose special function it is to enforce the observance of the etiquette of the court.
It comprises a lord chamberlain, a vice-chamberlain and treasurer, equerry and the various ladies of the royal household, a groom and a clerk of the robes.
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 Lord Great Chamberlain - LoveToKnow 1911   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
LORD GREAT CHAMBERLAIN, in England, a functionary who must be carefully distinguished from the lord chamberlain; he is one of the great officers of state, whose office dates from Norman times; and the only one who still holds it under a creation of that period.
Lord Cholmondeley and Lord Carrington as coheirs of the younger sister, opposed his claim, and the crown also claimed for itself on the ground of the action taken by the king in 1526.
The lord great chamberlain has charge of the palace of Westminster, especially of the House of Lords, in which he has an office; and when the sovereign opens parliament in person he is responsible for the arrangements.
83.1911encyclopedia.org /L/LO/LORD_GREAT_CHAMBERLAIN.htm   (638 words)

  
 Lord Chamberlain of the Household
The Lord Chamberlain or Lord Chamberlain is one of the chief officers of the royal household in the United Kingdom, and is to be distinguished from the Lord Great Chamberlain, one of the Great Officers of State.
The Lord Chamberlain is always a peer and a privy councillor, and before 1782 was of cabinet rank.
The Lord Chamberlain is the chief functionary of the court, and is generally responsible for organizing all court functions.
www.tudorplace.com.ar /Documents/lord_chamberlain.htm   (113 words)

  
 [No title]
In addition to the service and allegiance due his liege lord and people by custom and law, it shall be the duty of the Lord Chamberlain to see to oversee the details of, and aid in, matters of diplomacy both foreign and domestic.
Upon resignation, the crown under the advisement of the Chamberlain Emeritus and the Council of Peers shall appoint the Lord Chamberlain's successor.
As the position of Lord Chamberlain is by appointment, the crown shall act as the full and only heir to all properties of the Lord Chamberlain and forfeit to the crown upon resignation or death.
www.wright.edu /~travis.doom/pub/BR/Edict-Chamberlain.doc   (390 words)

  
 Lord Chamberlain - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Lord Chamberlain or Lord Chamberlain of the Household is one of the chief officers of the Royal Household in the United Kingdom, and is to be distinguished from the Lord Great Chamberlain, one of the Great Officers of State.
This role made the Lord Chamberlain effectively the official censor of theatrical performances, though the responsibility was in practice delegated to the Lord Chamberlain's Office.
Although the senior officer of the Royal Household on a daily basis is the Private Secretary to the Sovereign, the Lord Chamberlain exercises a major co-ordination role.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Lord_Chamberlain   (463 words)

  
 Lord - definition from Biology-Online.org
a titled nobleman, whether a peer of the realm or not; a bishop, as a member of the house of Lords; by courtesy; the son of a duke or marquis, or the eldest son of an earl; in a restricted sense, a boron, as opposed to noblemen of higher rank.
One of whom a fee or estate is held; the male owner of feudal land; as, the lord of the soil; the lord of the manor.
lord lieutenant, a representative of British royalty: the lord lieutenant of Ireland being the representative of royalty there, and exercising supreme administrative authority; the lord lieutenant of a county being a deputy to manage its military concerns, and also to nominate to the chancellor the justices of the peace for that county.
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 Lord Cromwell
Catherine Cromwell married Sir Lionel, Lord Tollemache of Helmingham, Suffolk, Godson to Queen Elizabeth and ancestor by Catherine to the Earls of Dysart.
Lord Burleigh may have been instrumental in the arrangements with the Earl of Bedford for Thomas Cromwell to have the seats of Fowey and Bodmin.
With a "Warrant for Lord Cromwell's commission to be governor and commander as well of all the country of Lecale", granted on 26 September 1605, Lord Cromwell arrived in Ireland as the new Governor of Lecale.
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 Encyclopedia Brittanica: chamberlain
In these cases, as in that of the apostolic chamberlain of the Roman see, the title was borrowed from the usage of the courts of the western secular princes.
A royal chamberlain is now a court official whose function is in general to attend on the person of the sovereign and to regulate the etiquette of the palace.
England is the chamberlain of the corporation of the city of London, who is treasurer of the corporation, admits persons entitled to the freedom of the city, and, in the chamberlains court, of which he and the vice-chamberlain are judges, exercises concurrent jurisdiction with the police court in.
www.catholic-forum.com /saints/eb001844.htm   (707 words)

  
 Wikinfo | Lord
In feudalism, a lord (French: seigneur) is an aristocrat who claims dominion over a portion of land and the produce and labour of the serfs living thereon.
In the United Kingdom, the hereditary lords were until recent years automatically members of the House of Lords, the upper house of Parliament.
The title is used by senior judges: the Law Lords or "Lords of Appeal in Ordinary" who are life barons, judges of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales, who are known as "Lords Justices of Appeal" and judges of the Scottish Court of Session who are known as "Lords of Council and Session";
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 Appointment of Lord Chamberlain of HM's Household
The Queen has been pleased to approve that The Earl Peel DL be appointed Lord Chamberlain of Her Majesty's Household upon the retirement of The Right Honourable The Lord Luce GCVO, with effect from 16 October.
Lord Peel, who is 58, has been a member of the Prince's Council, Duchy of Cornwall since 1993 and Lord Warden of the Stannaries, Duchy of Cornwall, since 1994.
Lord Peel is married and has two daughters and one son.
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 Lord Chamberlain's Men - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Henry Carey, Lord Hunsdon sponsored a troupe of players as early as the mid-1560s; Lord Hunsdon's Men were touring the provinces in 1564-7, with stops in Norwich, Malden, Plymouth, Canterbury, Bristol, and elsewhere.
The initial form of the Chamberlain's men arose largely from the departure of Edward Alleyn from Lord Strange's Men and the subsequent death of Lord Strange himself, in the spring of 1594.
The Chamberlain's Men comprised a core of between six and eight "sharers," who split profits and debts; perhaps an equal number of hired men who acted minor and doubled parts; and a slightly smaller number of boy players, who were sometimes bound apprentices to an adult actor.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/The_Lord_Chamberlain's_Men   (2905 words)

  
 Order of Precedence in England and Wales
House of Lords Precedence Act (1539), which, although deciding only the seats to be occupied in Parliament, and keeping lay and clerics separate, nevertheless affirmed a non-papal source of precedence for ecclesiastics.
House of Lords Precedence Act 1539 and the Ordinance of 1595, both of which were to a large extent codifying current practice, form the canvass of the order of precedence.
In 1714 the Lord Great Chamberlain, who was a marquess, was made duke of Ancaster; but his precedence remained that of his creation except when in the actual execution of his office, lest he always precede the duke of Norfolk (Earl Marshal).
www.heraldica.org /topics/britain/order_precedence.htm   (5531 words)

  
 In Search of Shakespeare . Lord Hunsdon | PBS
Henry Carey, later the Lord Chamberlain, was rumored to be an illegitimate son of Henry VIII.
When he became Lord Chamberlain, the group of actors he had been giving occasional aid to became The Chamberlain's Men, under the leadership of James and Richard Burbage and featuring William Shakespeare.
Lord Hunsdon sired ten sons and, as if he really needed to prove his virility, took the young, attractive Emilia Lanier, possibly Shakespeare's Dark Lady, as his mistress.
www.pbs.org /shakespeare/players/player39.html   (110 words)

  
 Appeasement   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Chamberlain believed that Germany had been badly treated by the Allies after it was defeated in the First World War.
Halifax and Chamberlain are doubtless very great men, who dwarf their colleagues; they are the greatest Englishmen alive, certainly; but aside from them we have a mediocre crew; I fear that England is on the decline, and that we shall dwindle for a generation or so.
Chamberlain informed me of his intention to fly to Germany to see Hitler, which he thought was a possible way of averting war.
www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /2WWappeasement.htm   (6781 words)

  
 Charles Wisner Barrell - Lord Oxford As Supervising Patron of Shakespeare's Theatrical Company
He was prominent in the counsels of the Lord Chamberlain's servants through 1598 and was recognized as one of its chieftains in 1603.
But Henry Carey was Lord Chamberlain of the Royal Household from June 1583, until his death in the summer of 1596, while his eldest son George filled the same office from April 1597, until December 1602, when his duties were taken over by Lord Thomas Howard, later Earl of Suffolk.
It should be abundantly apparent from the record here briefly given of the high mortality of Lords Chamberlain of the Household during the so-called heyday of Shakespearean stage enterprise, that the name under which the Bard's fellows carried on their operations is not subject to the narrow interpretation it has been accorded.
www.sourcetext.com /sourcebook/library/barrell/21-40/23patron.htm   (4588 words)

  
 LORD CHAMBERLAIN - Online Information article about LORD CHAMBERLAIN
consort's household is also in the department of the lord chamberlain of the household.
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house in the lord chamberlain's department were abolished in 1782.
encyclopedia.jrank.org /LOB_LUP/LORD_CHAMBERLAIN.html   (1526 words)

  
 Lord Great Chamberlain   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
The office of Lord Great Chamberlain is distinct from the non-hereditary office of Lord Chamberlain of the Household, a position in the monarch's household.
The Lord Great Chamberlain has charge over the Palace of Westminster, and especially of the House of Lords, and technically bears the Sword of State at state openings and closings of Parliament, though this duty is usually delegated to a Lord of Parliament who is also a Field Marshal.
The Lord Great Chamberlain also has a major part to play in royal coronations, having the right to dress the monarch on coronation day and to serve the monarch water before and after the coronation banquet, and also being involved in investing the monarch with the insignia of rule.
lord-great-chamberlain.iqnaut.net   (691 words)

  
 The Lord Chamberlain's Men
The company was originally formed under the patronage of Lord Strange, but when he died in 1594, the players found a patron in Henry Carey, the Lord Chamberlain.*
On 19 May, 1603, the Lord Chamberlain's Men became the King's Men, and Letters Patent were issued.
As Lord Chamberlain from 1585 to 1596, he was an officer of the Privy Council, in charge of Her Majesty's indoor entertainment.
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 The Monarchy Today > The Royal Household > Lord Chamberlain's Office   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
The Lord Chamberlain's Office is responsible for organising ceremonial events with Royal associations.
Despite its name, it is as independent of the Lord Chamberlain as the other departments.
The Lord Chamberlain's Office is responsible for dealing with Royal Warrants (granted to companies whose goods or services are used by some royal households) and with commercial use of royal photographs and royal emblems.
www.royal.gov.uk /output/Page362.asp   (295 words)

  
 Companies of players - Shakespeare in quarto
The company known as Lord Howard’s Men was formed in 1576 by Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Nottingham and 2nd Baron Howard of Effingham.
Lord Strange’s Men are linked to the first performances of Shakespeare’s Richard III and Henry VI, Part 2.
The players were known as Lord Hunsdon’s Men until George Carey became Lord Chamberlain in 1597.
www.bl.uk /treasures/shakespeare/companies.html   (664 words)

  
 LORD CHAMBERLAIN
The Queen has been pleased to approve that The Right Honourable Sir Richard Luce, PC, DL, be appointed Lord Chamberlain of Her Majesty's Household in succession to The Lord Camoys, DL, with effect from 1st October 2000.
Following his appointment as Lord Chamberlain, Sir Richard Luce will be made a Life Peer to enable him to fulfill the Lord Chamberlain's full range of duties.
Lord Camoys retired from his position as Lord Chamberlain on medical advice with effect from 31st May 2000, having served in that position since 1st January 1998.
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 TIME.com: Exit the Censor -- Oct. 11, 1968 -- Page 1
As the royal censor, the Lord Chamberlain could summarily order an offending word, line or scene stricken from a script, or he could ban a play altogether by refusing to license it for performance.
With offices in the Palace of St. James's, the Lord Chamberlain is the senior officer of the royal household.
The present Lord Chamberlain, Lord Cobbold, 64, is a former governor of the Bank of England.
www.time.com /time/magazine/article/0,9171,902398,00.html   (737 words)

  
 The Lord Chamberlain's Men - TLCM1594   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
The Lord Chamberlain's Men was the most successful theatre company of its day and was favoured by public and royalty alike.
Founded by the Lord Chamberlain Henry Carey, support for the company was continued by his son and successor George.
The company was also invited to perfom at the COurt - and records show that Queen Elizabeth I preferred The Lord Chamberlain's Men above all other companies.
www.lordchamberlainsmen.co.uk /tlcm.html   (121 words)

  
 Gwynneth Bowen - The Incomparable Pair and "The Works of William Shakespeare"
That either the King's Men or the Lord Chamberlain (whoever was responsible for the venture of F.1.) would have given their consent at this stage is unthinkable, and no loyal and honest master of the Revels, in his senses, would have acted as Buck is known to have acted.
It seems that the Lord Chamberlain was already aware of the urgent need of finding a suitable successor, but in the end, it was Astley who won.
Now, the suggestion that Jaggard and his colleagues were doing a job, not for Heminge and Condell, but the Lord Chamberlain and his brother is familiar enough to Oxfordians, and it is surely a reasonable inference that their chief agent, and perhaps editor, was the Master of the Revels.
www.sourcetext.com /sourcebook/library/bowen/12pair.htm   (2181 words)

  
 MY LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S CONSORT
MY LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S CONSORT was formed in 1997 to present a complete performance of John Dowland's landmark First Book of Songs or Ayres in its 400th anniversary year.
Carey also was a patron of William Shakespeare's acting troupe, The Lord Chamberlain's Men.
My Lord Chamberlain's Consort presents a new program each fall at its home venue in New York, the Church of St. Luke in the Fields.
www.angelfire.com /music7/mylordchamberlains   (1356 words)

  
 LORD GREAT CHAMBERLAIN - Online Information article about LORD GREAT CHAMBERLAIN
England, a functionary who must be carefully distinguished from the lord chamberlain; he is one of the great See also:
House of Lords decided that it belonged to them jointly, and that they could appoint a See also:
long and historic contest, the House of Lords (1902) declined to re-open the question, and merely re-affirmed the decision of 1781, and the office, therefore, is now vested jointly in the three peers named and their heirs.
encyclopedia.jrank.org /LOB_LUP/LORD_GREAT_CHAMBERLAIN.html   (1175 words)

  
 Lord Chamberlain's Office - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.umd.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
The Lord Chamberlain's Office is a department within the British Royal Household.
The Lord Chamberlain's Office had a more significant role in British society prior to 1968, as it was the official censor for virtually all theatre performed in Britain.
As the Lord Chamberlain is a part-time position the day-to-day work of the Office is conducted by the Comptroller of the Lord Chamberlain's Office.
en.wikipedia.org.cob-web.org:8888 /wiki/Lord_Chamberlain's_Office   (326 words)

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