Lord Chamberlain

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office position in the British Royal Household

The Lord Chamberlain is a senior officer of the British Royal Household responsible for overseeing royal ceremonies, court entertainments, and certain administrative and ceremonial functions of the monarchy.

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Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form Occurrences
Lord Chamberlain of the Household 8
Lord Chamberlain's Office 2
Lord Chamberlain’s Committee 1

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf office ⓘ
position in the British Royal Household ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction British monarchy ⓘ
appointedBy British monarch ⓘ
category British royal titles ⓘ
Ceremonial officers in the United Kingdom ⓘ
Positions within the Royal Household of the United Kingdom ⓘ
censorshipPowersAbolished 1968 ⓘ
ceremonialDress court uniform with key of office ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
distinctFrom Lord Great Chamberlain ⓘ
hasAuthorityOver censorship of stage plays in the United Kingdom (historically) ⓘ
theatre licensing in the United Kingdom (historically) ⓘ
hasRole chief official of the Royal Household ⓘ
senior officer of the Royal Household ⓘ
historicalOrigin medieval English royal household ⓘ
memberOf Royal Household of the United Kingdom ⓘ
surface form: Royal Household of the Sovereign
notableDuty arranging lying-in-state ceremonies ⓘ
coordinating royal mourning observances ⓘ
managing distribution of royal invitations for major events ⓘ
oversees investiture ceremonies ⓘ
organization of royal weddings ⓘ
organization of state funerals ⓘ
organization of state visits ⓘ
royal garden parties ⓘ
State Opening of Parliament ⓘ
surface form: the State Opening of Parliament (ceremonial aspects)
partOf Royal Household of the United Kingdom ⓘ
precedes Vice-Chamberlain of the Household ⓘ
rank one of the Great Officers of the Household ⓘ
reportsTo British monarch ⓘ
residence St James's Palace, London ⓘ
surface form: St James’s Palace (office location)
responsibleFor certain administrative functions of the monarchy ⓘ
certain ceremonial functions of the monarchy ⓘ
court entertainments ⓘ
royal ceremonies ⓘ
state ceremonies ⓘ
seat London, England ⓘ
surface form: London
style The Right Honourable ⓘ
supervises Lord Chamberlain’s Office ⓘ
departments responsible for ceremonial events ⓘ
symbol key of office ⓘ
termLength serves at the monarch’s pleasure ⓘ
worksWith Lord Great Chamberlain ⓘ
surface form: Lord Great Chamberlain (distinct office)

Lord Steward of the Household ⓘ
surface form: Lord Steward

Master of the Household ⓘ

Referenced by (23)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Court of St James's → associatedOffice → Lord Chamberlain ⓘ
The Royal Victorian Order → chancellor → Lord Chamberlain ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lord Chamberlain of the Household
Order of the British Empire → hasChancellor → Lord Chamberlain ⓘ
Court of St James's → hasPart → Lord Chamberlain ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lord Chamberlain's Office
Great Officer of State → hasPart → Lord Chamberlain ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lord Chamberlain of the Household
this entity surface form: Lord Chamberlain of the Household
this entity surface form: Lord Chamberlain’s Office
this entity surface form: Lord Chamberlain’s Committee
this entity surface form: Lord Chamberlain of the Household
subject surface form: Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton
this entity surface form: Lord Chamberlain of the Household
this entity surface form: Lord Chamberlain of the Household
this entity surface form: Lord Chamberlain's Office
this entity surface form: Lord Chamberlain of the Household
Lord Privy Seal → relatedTo → Lord Chamberlain ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lord Great Chamberlain
Master of the Household → reportsTo → Lord Chamberlain ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lord Chamberlain of the Household