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unusual facts about Lord of the Bedchamber


Henry Herbert, 10th Earl of Pembroke

Henry was appointed a Lord of the Bedchamber to George III in 1769, and advanced to the rank of General in 1782.


Earl of Gosford

His son, the fourth Earl, served as Lord-Lieutenant of County Armagh and was also a Lord of the Bedchamber to the Prince of Wales and Vice-Chamberlain of the Household to Her Majesty Queen Alexandra.

John Claypole

Claypole was appointed by his father-in-law one of the lords of his bed-chamber, clerk of the hanaper, and ranger of Whittlewood Forest) in Northamptonshire, where he built Wakefield Lodge, a magnificent house near Potterspury, (it came into the possession the Dukes of Grafton, the first duke having had a grant of the forest in 1685, with the title of hereditary ranger).


see also

William Pulteney

William Pulteney, Viscount Pulteney (1731–1763), his son, British MP for Old Sarum and Westminster, Lord of the Bedchamber