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Malcolm Ross (courtier)
Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Walter Hugh Malcolm Ross, (27 October 1943 – 27 October 2019), was a member of the Royal Households of the United Kingdom, British Royal Household, becoming Master of the Household to then-Charles, Prince of Wales, Prince Charles from 2006 to 2008. Sir Malcolm Ross served as Lord-Lieutenant Stewartry, for the Stewartry of Kirkcudbright from 2006 until 2018 and also, from 2016, as Prior (ecclesiastical)#Chivalric orders, Lord Prior Venerable Order of Saint John, of the Order of St John. Early life and background Born in 1943 at Borgue, Dumfries and Galloway, Borgue to Josephine May ''née'' Malcolm Cross, Cross (1915–1982) and Colonel Walter John Macdonald Ross,Burke's Peerage & Baronetage (2003) Volume 3, page 3401 Lord-Lieutenant of Kirkcudbrightshire (1977–1982). A kinsman of Sir Charles Ross, 9th Baronet, his grandfather was Ledgowan Estate, Major Robert Ross of Ledgowan (1877–1935). Ross was educated at Eton College, Eton and Royal Mili ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scots Guards
The Scots Guards (SG) is one of the five Foot guards#United Kingdom, Foot Guards regiments of the British Army. Its origins are as the personal bodyguard of King Charles I of England and Scotland. Its lineage can be traced back to 1642 in the Kingdom of Scotland, although it was only placed on the English Establishment in 1686. History Formation; 17th century The regiment now known as the Scots Guards traces its origins to the Marquis of Argyll's Royal Regiment, a unit raised in 1642 by Archibald Campbell, 1st Marquess of Argyll in response to the Irish Rebellion of 1641, 1641 Irish Rebellion. After the Restoration (England), Restoration of Charles II, the George Livingston, 3rd Earl of Linlithgow, Earl of Linlithgow received a commission dated 23 November 1660 to raise a regiment which was called The Scottish Regiment of Footguards. It served in the Battle of Bothwell Bridge, 1679 Covenanter rising of 1679, as well as Argyll's Rising in June 1685, after which it was expanded ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lord-Lieutenant
A lord-lieutenant ( ) is the British monarch's personal representative in each lieutenancy area of the United Kingdom. Historically, each lieutenant was responsible for organising the county's militia. In 1871, the lieutenant's responsibility over the local militia was removed. However, it was not until 1921 that they formally lost the right to call upon able-bodied men to fight when needed. Lord-lieutenant is now an honorary titular position usually awarded to a notable person in the county, and despite the name, may be either male or female, peer or not. Origins England and Wales Lieutenants were first appointed to a number of English counties by King Henry VIII in the 1540s, when the military functions of the sheriffs were handed over to them. Each lieutenant raised and was responsible for the efficiency of the local militia units of his county, and afterwards of the yeomanry and volunteers. He was commander of these forces, whose officers he appointed. These commissions ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles, Prince Of Wales
Charles III (Charles Philip Arthur George; born 14 November 1948) is King of the United Kingdom and the 14 other Commonwealth realms. Charles was born at Buckingham Palace during the reign of his maternal grandfather, King George VI, and became heir apparent when his mother, Queen Elizabeth II, acceded to the throne in 1952. He was created Prince of Wales in 1958 and his investiture was held in 1969. He was educated at Cheam School and Gordonstoun, and later spent six months at the Timbertop campus of Geelong Grammar School in Victoria, Australia. After completing a history degree from the University of Cambridge, Charles served in the Royal Air Force and the Royal Navy from 1971 to 1976. In 1981, he married Lady Diana Spencer. They had two sons, William and Harry. After years of estrangement, Charles and Diana divorced in 1996, after they had each engaged in well-publicised extramarital affairs. Diana died as a result of injuries sustained in a car crash t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrew Ford (courtier)
Lieutenant Colonel Sir Andrew Charles Ford, GCVO (born 5 February 1957) is a retired British Army officer, and current member of the Royal Households of the United Kingdom. From 6 January 2006 to December 2018, he served as Comptroller of the Lord Chamberlain's Office. Military career Following Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, Ford was commissioned into the Grenadier Guards as a second lieutenant on a Short Service Commission on 8 April 1977. He was promoted lieutenant on 8 April 1979, and switched to a full commission on 21 August 1978. He was promoted captain on 8 October 1983, major on 30 September 1989, and lieutenant-colonel on 30 June 1998. He transferred to the Welsh Guards on 27 August 1999, and retired on 4 October 2005 (retaining a reserve commission), he also attended the Joint Service Defence College. Later life Ford took office as Comptroller of the Lord Chamberlain's Office on 6 January 2006. The Lord Chamberlain's Office is a department within the British Royal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Alston-Roberts-West
Lieutenant-Colonel George Arthur Alston-Roberts-West, (23 November 1937 – 16 July 2023), also known as George West, was a British Army officer and member of the Royal Household of the United Kingdom. He served as Comptroller of the Lord Chamberlain's Office from 1987 to 1990. Early life Alston-Roberts-West was born on 23 November 1937, the younger son of Major William Reginald James Alston-Roberts-West and his wife Constance Isolde Grosvenor, daughter of Lt.-Colonel Lord Arthur Hugh Grosvenor, a younger son of Hugh Grosvenor, 1st Duke of Westminster. His father was killed in action in 1940 during the Second World War. He was educated at Eton College, an all-boys public school in Berkshire.''Burke's Peerage'', volume 3 (2003), page 4133 Career Alston-Roberts-West trained at Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst, and was then commissioned into the Grenadier Guards in December 1957. He saw service in England, Northern Ireland, Germany and Cyprus. He retired from the British Army i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lord Chamberlain's Office
The Lord Chamberlain's Office is a department within the British Royal Household. It is concerned with matters such as protocol, state visits, investitures, garden parties, royal weddings and funerals. For example, in April 2005 it organised the wedding of Charles, Prince of Wales and Camilla Parker Bowles. It is also responsible for authorising use of the Royal Arms and other royal symbols. 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. List of comptrollers * Sir Spencer Ponsonby-Fane (1857–1901) * Major-General Sir Arthur Ellis (1901–1907) * Brigadier-General Sir Douglas Dawson (1907–1920) * Colonel Sir George Crichton (1920–1936) * Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Terence Nugent (1936–1960) * Brigadier Sir Norman Gwatkin (1960–1964) * Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Eric Penn (1964–1981) * Lieutenant-Colonel Sir John Johnston (1981–1987) * Lieutenant-Colonel Geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Comptroller
A comptroller (pronounced either the same as ''controller'' or as ) is a management-level position responsible for supervising the quality of accountancy, accounting and financial reporting of an organization. A financial comptroller is a senior-level executive who acts as the head of accounting, and oversees the preparation of financial reports, such as balance sheets and income statements. In most Commonwealth of Nations, Commonwealth countries, the auditor general, comptroller general, auditor general, or comptroller and auditor general is the external auditor of the budget execution of the government and of government-owned corporation, government-owned companies. Typically, the independent institution headed by the comptroller general is a member of the International Organization of Supreme Audit Institutions. In American government, the comptroller is effectively the chief financial officer of a public body. In business management, the comptroller is closer to a chief audit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Royal Households Of The United Kingdom
The Royal Households of the United Kingdom are the collective departments that support members of the British royal family. Many members of the royal family who undertake public duties have separate households. They vary considerably in size, from the large household that supports the Charles III, sovereign to the household of the William, Prince of Wales, Prince and Catherine, Princess of Wales, Princess of Wales, with fewer members. In addition to the royal officials and support staff, the sovereign's own household incorporates representatives of other estates of the realm, including the government, the military, and the church. Whip (politics), Government whips, Chief of the Defence Staff (United Kingdom), defence chiefs, several Clerk of the Closet, clerics, Astronomer Royal, scientists, Master of the King's Music, musicians, Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom, poets, and Painter and Limner, artists hold honorary positions within the Royal Household. In this way, the Royal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Master Of The Household
The Master of the Household is the operational head (see Chief operating officer) of the "below stairs" elements of the Royal Households of the United Kingdom. The role has charge of the domestic staff, from the Royal Kitchens, the pages and footmen, to the housekeeper and their staff. The appointment has its origin in the household reforms of 1539-40; it is under the (now purely nominal) supervision of the Lord Steward. Since 2004 the Office of the Prince of Wales has included a Master of the Household. History Historically, the Master of the Household was a member of the Lord Steward's Department, and sat on the Board of Green Cloth. Among other duties, he presided at the daily dinners of the suite in waiting on the sovereign. The office is not named in the ''Black Book'' of Edward IV or in the ''Statutes'' of Henry VIII but is entered as Master of the Household and one of the clerks of the Green Cloth in the ''Household Book'' of Queen Elizabeth. Initially there were four Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mentioned In Dispatches
To be mentioned in dispatches (or despatches) describes a member of the armed forces whose name appears in an official report written by a superior officer and sent to the high command, in which their gallant or meritorious action in the face of the enemy is described. In some countries, a service member's name must be mentioned in dispatches as a condition for receiving certain decorations. Being mentioned in dispatches entitles a recipient to wear a small metallic device, but does not include an entitlement to post-nominals. United Kingdom, British Empire and Commonwealth of Nations United Kingdom Servicemen and women of the United Kingdom or the Commonwealth who are mentioned in despatches are not awarded a medal for their actions, but receive a certificate and wear an oak leaf device on the ribbon of the appropriate campaign medal. A smaller version of the oak leaf device is attached to the ribbon when worn alone. Prior to 2014, only one device could be worn on a ribb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
