Lord Chamberlain's Office

[3] This included Terence Rattigan's Follow My Leader, which was submitted to the Lord Chamberlain's office in 1938 but was not granted a license due to its farcical depiction of the German government "not being in the best interests of the country".Rowland Baring, 2nd Earl of Cromer, then Lord Chamberlain, regularly consulted the Foreign Office and sometimes, the German Embassy.Edward Bond's Saved and John Osborne's A Patriot for Me played a large role in the build up to the Theatres Act 1968.Director William Gaskill was discharged and the company were fined but the publicity surrounding the case called into question the necessity of the Lord Chamberlain's role in theatre.The committee met between 1966 and 1967 over the course of sixteen meetings and it eventually resulted in the abolition of the role of official censor in the Theatres Act 1968.
Lt-Col. Michael Vernon, Comptroller of the Lord Chamberlain's Office, whose ceremonial responsibilities include conveying the Imperial State Crown to and from the Palace of Westminster for the State Opening of Parliament .
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