Lords and Gentlemen of the Bedchamber
Such functions became less important over time, but provided proximity to the monarch; the holders were thus trusted confidants and often extremely powerful.The offices were in the gift of The Crown and were originally sworn by Royal Warrant directed to the Lord Chamberlain.This is an incomplete list of noblemen who have served as Lord of the Bedchamber and Gentleman of the Bedchamber: There were always several holders of the office, who were invariably gentlemen and almost invariably peers, often important ones, as the regular access to the monarch which the role brought was the most valuable commodity of the courtier.[2] The duties of the office involved waiting on the King when he ate in private, helping him to dress, guarding the bedchamber and water closet, and providing companionship.Following Edward's accession to the throne, Baron Suffield was gazetted as a "Lord in Waiting" to the King.
Groom of the ChamberRoyal HouseholdKingdom of EnglandKingdom of Great BritainThe CrownRoyal WarrantLord ChamberlaingentlemenmonarchcourtierGroom of the StoolJames Hay, 1st Earl of CarlisleRobert CarrRobert CareyHenry GibbGeorge VilliersJohn MurrayJames Erskine, 6th Earl of BuchanJames StewartRichard TichborneMontagu BertieJames HarringtonGeorge Villiers, 2nd Duke of BuckinghamWilliam Crofts, 1st Baron CroftsSir John GranvilleGroom of the StoleCharles Gerard, 1st Earl of MacclesfieldThomas Wentworth, 5th Baron WentworthJohn Maitland, 2nd Earl of LauderdaleWilliam Cavendish, 1st Marquess of NewcastleGeorge Monck, 1st Duke of AlbemarleJames Butler, 1st Marquess of OrmondeMountjoy Blount, 1st Earl of NewportCharles Stewart, 3rd Duke of RichmondHenry Cavendish, Viscount MansfieldJames Howard, 3rd Earl of SuffolkRobert Montagu, Viscount MandevilleThomas Butler, 6th Earl of OssoryJohn Wilmot, 2nd Earl of RochesterCharles Sackville, Lord BuckhurstJohn Sheffield, 3rd Earl of MulgraveChristopher Monck, 2nd Duke of AlbemarleLionel Cranfield, 3rd Earl of MiddlesexRobert Spencer, 2nd Earl of SunderlandRobert Bertie, 3rd Earl of LindseyAubrey de Vere, 20th Earl of OxfordRichard Jones, 1st Earl of RanelaghJames Hamilton, Earl of ArranPeregrine Osborne, Viscount LatimerThomas Lennard, 1st Earl of SussexLouis de Duras, 2nd Earl of FevershamEdward Lee, 1st Earl of LichfieldThomas Bruce, Lord BruceFrancis Hawley, 1st Baron HawleyJohn Churchill, 1st Baron ChurchillCharles Seymour, 6th Duke of SomersetThomas Bruce, 2nd Earl of AilesburyHenry Somerset, 1st Duke of BeaufortJames Butler, Earl of OssoryGeorge Douglas, 1st Earl of DumbartonGeorge FitzRoy, 1st Duke of NorthumberlandJames Cecil, 4th Earl of SalisburyCharles Mordaunt, 1st Earl of MonmouthJames Butler, 2nd Duke of OrmondeRichard Lumley, 2nd Viscount LumleyHenry Sydney, 1st Earl of RomneyJohn Holles, 4th Earl of ClareJames Douglas, Earl of DrumlanrigCharles Douglas, 2nd Earl of SelkirkAlgernon Capell, 2nd Earl of EssexCharles Granville, Viscount GranvilleRobert Sutton, 2nd Baron LexintonCharles Boyle, 4th Viscount DungarvanCharles Butler, 1st Earl of ArranJames Hamilton, 4th Duke of HamiltonCharles Howard, 3rd Earl of CarlisleWriothesley Russell, 2nd Duke of BedfordArnold van Keppel, 1st Earl of AlbemarleScroop Egerton, 4th Earl of BridgwaterThomas Fane, 6th Earl of WestmorlandHenry Clinton, 7th Earl of LincolnArchibald Primrose, 1st Earl of Rosebery2nd Earl of ButeHenry Grey, 1st Duke of KentCharles Boyle, 4th Earl of OrreryCharles FitzRoy, 2nd Duke of GraftonJohn Carteret, 2nd Baron CarteretCharles Montagu, 4th Earl of ManchesterCharles Lennox, 1st Duke of RichmondJames Berkeley, 3rd Earl of BerkeleyJohn Dalrymple, 2nd Earl of StairFrancis Godolphin, 2nd Earl of GodolphinGeorge Hamilton, 1st Earl of OrkneyJohn Sidney, 6th Earl of LeicesterHenry Bentinck, 1st Duke of PortlandHenry Lowther, 3rd Viscount LonsdaleEdward Rich, 7th Earl of WarwickRobert Darcy, 3rd Earl of HoldernessPeregrine Bertie, Marquess of LindseyCharles Douglas, 3rd Duke of QueensberryAnthony Grey, Earl of HaroldJohn Manners, 3rd Duke of RutlandWilliam Montagu, 2nd Duke of ManchesterTalbot Yelverton, 1st Earl of SussexHenry Roper, 8th Baron TeynhamCharles Townshend, Lord LynnJames Waldegrave, 1st Earl WaldegraveJohn West, 7th Baron De La WarrCharles Lennox, 2nd Duke of RichmondJames Hamilton, 5th Duke of Hamilton2nd Earl of AlbemarleLord Philip StanhopeThomas Paget, Lord PagetLord William MannersGeorge Coventry, 6th Earl of CoventryJohn Hobart, 2nd Earl of BuckinghamshireCharles Paulet, 3rd Duke of BoltonHenry Herbert, Lord HerbertPhilip Stanhope, 4th Earl of ChesterfieldEdward Watson, Viscount SondesHenry Paget, Lord PagetHenry Scott, 1st Earl of DeloraineWilliam Capell, 3rd Earl of EssexHugh Fortescue, 1st Earl ClintonJohn Murray, 2nd Earl of Dunmore