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3 unusual facts about lady of the bedchamber


Catherine Murray, Countess of Dunmore

In 1841, Lady Dunmore was appointed a Lady of the Bedchamber to Queen Victoria but resigned upon her husband's death four years later.

Gentlewoman

From the time of Queen Mary I and Queen Elizabeth I, the title Gentlewoman of Her Majesty's Bedchamber was borne by ladies serving the Queen of England, later becoming Lady of the Bedchamber.

Lady Diana Beauclerk

She married Frederick St John, 2nd Viscount Bolingbroke (1734–1787) in 1757, and from 1762–1768 was Lady of the Bedchamber to Queen Charlotte.


Frances Lumley-Saunderson, Countess of Scarbrough

She was a lady of the bedchamber to Caroline, Princess of Wales, later Queen Caroline of Great Britain and Princess Augusta of Wales.

Jane Stanhope, Countess of Harrington

Jane Stanhope, Countess of Harrington (née Fleming; 1755 – 3 February 1824), was a society hostess and heiress who served as a lady of the Bedchamber to the British queen Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz.

Patricia Nevill, Marchioness of Abergavenny

In 1960 it was suggested to her father (who lived at King's Walden and was a neighbour to the Strathmores' home of St. Paul's Walden Bury) that she become an Extra Lady of the Bedchamber to the Queen and she held this position from 1960 to 1966.

Virginia Ogilvy, Countess of Airlie

Virginia Fortune Ogilvy, Countess of Airlie, DCVO (b. 9 February 1933) Newport, New Jersey is an American-born Lady of the Bedchamber to Queen Elizabeth II.


see also

Agnes de Launcekrona

She served in the capacity of Lady of the Bedchamber, and was also the custodian of the jewels and valuables given to Queen Anne by her mother, Elizabeth of Pomerania.

Anne Finch

Anne Vavasour (c. 1560 – c. 1650), married name Finch, Lady of the Bedchamber to Queen Elizabeth I of England

Sarah Lennox

Sarah Lennox, Duchess of Richmond and Lennox (1706–1751), daughter of William Cadogan, Lady of the Bedchamber to Queen Caroline