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Royal Household Long And Faithful Service Medal
The Royal Household Long and Faithful Service Medal is a Civil awards and decorations, civil decoration awarded by the Monarchy of the United Kingdom, British monarch to servants of their Royal Households of the United Kingdom, royal household for long and faithful service. Only those serving in the household of the monarch or their consort (or in a Queen dowager's household) are eligible. Queen Victoria established the first version of the medal in 1872. Subsequently, George V, George VI and Elizabeth II each instituted their own version of the medal; each constitutes its own separate award, and medals from more than one reign may be worn if the criteria (including time served) are achieved in each reign. The medal is awarded to only those in service; those working at a more senior level, specifically those who are eligible for appointment to the Royal Victorian Order, are not awarded the medal or bars (though a recipient who is subsequently promoted to a more senior rank retai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Queen Victoria Royal Household Long And Faithful Service Medal
Queen most commonly refers to: * Queen regnant, a female monarch of a kingdom * Queen consort, the wife of a reigning king * Queen (band), a British rock band Queen or QUEEN may also refer to: Monarchy * Queen dowager, the widow of a king * Queen mother, a queen dowager who is the mother of a reigning monarch * List of queens regnant Arts and entertainment Fictional characters * Queen (Marvel Comics), Adrianna "Ana" Soria * Evil Queen, from ''Snow White'' * Red Queen (Through the Looking-Glass), Red Queen (''Through the Looking-Glass'') * Queen of Hearts (Alice's Adventures in Wonderland), Queen of Hearts (''Alice's Adventures in Wonderland'') * Queen, a character from the video game ''Deltarune'' * Queen, the codename for Makoto Niijima, a character from ''Persona 5'' Gaming * Queen (chess), the most powerful chess piece that moves horizontally, vertically and diagonally * Queen (playing card), a playing card with a picture of a woman on it * Queen (carrom), a piece in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Brown (servant)
John Brown (8 December 1826 – 27 March 1883) was a Scottish personal attendant and favourite of Queen Victoria for many years after working as a ghillie for Prince Albert. He was appreciated by many (including the Queen) for his competence and companionship, and resented by others (most notably her son and heir apparent, the future Edward VII, the rest of the Queen's children, ministers, and the palace staff) for his influence and informal manner. The exact nature of his relationship with Victoria was the subject of great speculation by contemporaries. Early life Brown was born on 8 December 1826 at Crathienaird, Crathie and Braemar Aberdeenshire, to Margaret Leys and John Brown, and went to work as an outdoor servant (in Scots '' ghillie'' or ''gillie'') at Balmoral Castle, which Queen Victoria and Prince Albert leased in February 1848, and purchased outright in November 1851. Brown had several younger brothers and a sister, three of whom also entered the royal service. H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charlotte Knollys
Hon. Elizabeth Charlotte Knollys (5 January 1835 – 24 April 1930) was an English courtier and member of the Knollys family. She was Lady of the Bedchamber, and the first woman private secretary, to Princess Alexandra of Denmark, later Queen Alexandra of the United Kingdom, consort of Edward VII. Biography The daughter of Sir William Thomas Knollys, a successful military figure and Comptroller of the Household to Edward VII, when he was the Prince of Wales, and his wife, Elizabeth St. Aubyn, Charlotte Knollys was born in London on 5 January 1835. Her parents lived at 13 Portman St. in Marylebone. At 28, was sent into Alexandra's service as a Lady of the Bedchamber. The Princess of Wales came to rely heavily on her. By the late 1880s she began to perform duties as a private secretary. Alexandra required her services more when she was in mourning, for example when her son, Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and Avondale, died in 1892. Upon Edward's ascension to the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lady Emily Kingscote
Lady Emily Marie Kingscote (''née'' Curzon-Howe; 14 September 1836 – 9 December 1910) was a British courtier and part of the royal household as a lady-in-waiting to Princess Alexandra of Denmark when she was Princess of Wales and later Queen. Life Lady Emily was one of ten children born to Richard Curzon-Howe, 1st Earl Howe, and Lady Harriet Georgiana Brudenell, daughter of the 6th Earl of Cardigan. Lady Emily served as Woman of the Bedchamber to Alexandra of Denmark, who was England's longest-serving Princess of Wales from 1863 to 1901. With the death of Queen Victoria in 1901, the Prince of Wales succeeded to the throne as King Edward VII, and Alexandra became queen consort. Lady Emily was re-appointed a Woman of the bedchamber to the Queen, and served as such until 1907. Lady Emily married on 5 February 1856 at Congerston, Leicestershire, becoming the second wife of Colonel Sir Nigel Kingscote, whose first wife had died in childbirth. They had two sons and two d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Susanna Innes-Ker, Duchess Of Roxburghe
Susanna Innes-Ker, Duchess of Roxburghe (''née'' Dalbiac; 1814 – 7 May 1895) was a friend and Lady of the Bedchamber to Queen Victoria. Born into a military family, she married the 6th Duke of Roxburghe in 1836. Innes-Ker was one of Victoria's longest serving ladies-in-waiting, holding the appointment from 1865 until her death. Early life and family Born in 1814, Susanna Stephania Dalbiac was the only child of James Charles Dalbiac – then a colonel in the British Army – by his wife Susanna Dalton, a daughter of Lt Col John Dalton. Her father had a distinguished career serving with the 4th Light Dragoons during the Peninsular War, but ended active military service after the Battle of Salamanca (1812) and returned to England, where he was knighted by King William IV in 1831. Marriage and issue On 29 December 1836 Susanna married James Innes-Ker, 6th Duke of Roxburghe. To afford her dowry, her father sold Moulton Hall, a manor house in North Yorkshire he had purchased ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maurice Holzmann
Sir Maurice Holzmann, KCB, KCVO, ISO (born Moritz Holzmann; 28 January 1835 – 1 April 1909) was a German-born member of the British royal household who served Edward VII (as Prince of Wales and King) for 45 years. He was also a keen mountaineer actively involved with the Alpine Club. Early life and education Moritz Holzmann was born in 1835 in Köthen in the German Duchy of Anhalt, to Victor Friedrich Holzmann and Friederika Dorothee Wilhelmine Schöner. His father was an official in the Courts of Justice."Sir Maurice Holzmann, K.C.B., K.C.V.O., I.S.O.", ''The Alpine Journal'', vol. 25 (1911), p. 347.C. R. Dod and R. P. Dod, ''Dod's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage'' (1904), p. 492. He read chemistry and medicine at the Universities at Leipzig and Heidelberg. Career In 1859, he arrived in London and took up a position at Hofmann's laboratory, where he met the Belgian diplomat Sylvain Van de Weyer. He subsequently became Van de Weyer's private secretary, hoping that it woul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Rivington Holmes
Sir Richard Rivington Holmes, KCVO (16 November 1835 – 22 March 1911) was a British archivist and courtier. Biography Holmes was Royal Librarian at Windsor Castle, 1870–1905. He was appointed by Queen Victoria and was reappointed by King Edward VII in 1901. He was a lieutenant-colonel of the 1st Volunteer Battalion, Berkshire Regiment. He was appointed Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order in January 1905. He died in London on 22 March 1911, and was buried at Upton, Buckinghamshire. Family In 1880, Holmes married Evelyn Gee, eldest daughter of the Reverend Richard Gee, Vicar of New Windsor and Canon of St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle. Ethiopian collection Holmes was part of the British Expedition to Abyssinia in 1868, during which many Ethiopian documents, cultural artefacts, and art objects were looted as spoils of war by British soldiers. Holmes himself took a large cache of loot from the Battle of Magdala back to Great Britain, much of which found i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Harbord, 5th Baron Suffield
Charles Harbord, 5th Baron Suffield (2 January 1830 – 9 April 1914), was a British peer, courtier and Liberal politician. A close friend of Edward VII, he served as a Lord of the Bedchamber and Lord-in-waiting to the King. He also held political office as Master of the Buckhounds under William Gladstone between February and July 1886. Background and education Harbord was a son of Edward Harbord, 3rd Baron Suffield. He was educated at King's College School. His father died in 1835 and in 1853, his childless, elder half-brother (his father's successor) died and Harbord inherited the title. He served for a few years as an officer in the 7th Hussars.''Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage,'' 100th Edn, London, 1953: 'Suffield'. Political career Lord Suffield was appointed a Lord-in-waiting in 1868 in William Gladstone's first administration, a post he held until 1872. The latter year he was appointed Lord of the Bedchamber to the Prince of Wales, to whom he was a close fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Hamilton, 2nd Duke Of Abercorn
James may refer to: People * James (given name) * James (surname) * James (musician), aka Faruq Mahfuz Anam James, (born 1964), Bollywood musician * James, brother of Jesus * King James (other), various kings named James * Prince James (other) * Saint James (other) Places Canada * James Bay, a large body of water * James, Ontario United Kingdom * James College, a college of the University of York United States * James, Georgia, an unincorporated community * James, Iowa, an unincorporated community * James City, North Carolina * James City County, Virginia ** James City (Virginia Company) ** James City Shire * James City, Pennsylvania * St. James City, Florida Film and television * ''James'' (2005 film), a Bollywood film * ''James'' (2008 film), an Irish short film * ''James'' (2022 film), an Indian Kannada-language film * "James", a television episode of ''Adventure Time'' Music * James (band), a band from Manchester ** ''James'', ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Colville, 1st Viscount Colville Of Culross
Charles John Colville, 1st Viscount Colville of Culross, (23 November 1818 – 1 July 1903), known as The Lord Colville of Culross between 1849 and 1902, was a British nobleman, Conservative politician, courtier, and painter. Background and education Colville was the son of General the Honourable Sir Charles Colville and the grandson of John Colville, 8th Lord Colville of Culross. He was educated at Harrow. Career Colville served as a captain in the 11th Hussars. He succeeded his uncle in the lordship of Colville of Culross 1849 and was elected a Scottish representative peer in 1851. He served under Lord Derby as Chief Equerry and Clerk Marshal from February to December 1852 and again from 1858 to 1859 and under Derby and subsequently Benjamin Disraeli as Master of the Buckhounds from 1866 to 1868. In 1866 he was sworn of the Privy Council. He was later Lord Chamberlain to the Princess of Wales from 1873 to 1901 and was appointed in the same capacity to her as Queen Alexan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meritorious Service Medal (United Kingdom)
The Meritorious Service Medal is a British medal awarded to Senior Non Commissioned Officers and Warrant Officers of the British armed forces for long and meritorious service. From 1916 to 1928, eligibility was extended to cover both valuable services by selected other ranks irrespective of length of service, and for gallantry not in the face of the enemy. Eligibility was widened in December 1977, with the medal now awarded on the same basis to all arms of the British armed forces. History The Meritorious Service Medal was instituted on 19 December 1845 for the British Army, to recognise long and meritorious service by warrant officers and non-commissioned officers of the rank of sergeant and above, with a small number of early awards bestowed for gallantry. Recipients were granted an annuity, the amount of which was based on rank. The first woman to be awarded the medal was Warrant Officer Marion Dickson Mackay, Women's Royal Army Corps, in 1966. First World War During t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
King Charles III Coronation Medal
The King Charles III Coronation Medal () is a commemorative medal created to mark the coronation of King Charles III and Queen Camilla, which took place on 6 May 2023. The UK issued more than 400,000 coronation medals, awarded to individuals who contributed to the coronation, recipients of the UK's highest honours, and select British military personnel, frontline emergency workers, and public prison service staff with five years of service. The British coronation medal was also gifted to a select number of Australians, Canadians and New Zealanders. Canada issued 30,000 coronation medals, awarding them to select members of the Canadian Armed Forces and Public Service of Canada, Public Service, as well as individuals who made significant contributions to the country or achieved accomplishments that brought credit to Canada. The British and Canadian medals are both made of nickel silver and have identical ribbons. However, the two medal designs differ. The British medal features ef ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
