# Groom of the Chamber

Groom of the Chamber was a position in the Household of the monarch in early modern England. Other Ancien Régime royal establishments in Europe had comparable officers, often with similar titles. In France, the Duchy of Burgundy, and in England while French was still the language of the court, the title was varlet or valet de chambre. In German, Danish and Russian the term was "Kammerjunker" and in Swedish the similar "Kammarjunkare".
In England after the Restoration, appointments in the King's Household included Groom of the Great Chamber, Groom of the Privy Chamber and Groom of the Bedchamber. The first two positions were appointed by Lord Chamberlain's warrant; the third, of greater importance, was a Crown appointment.

## Medieval and early-modern England

Traditionally, the English Court was organized into three branches or departments:
* the Household, primarily concerned with fiscal more than domestic matters, the "royal purse;"
* the Chamber, concerned with the Presence Chamber, the Privy chamber, and other more public rooms of the royal palaces, as the Bedchamber was concerned with the innermost;
* the Bedchamber, focused on the most direct and intimate aspects of the lives of the royal family, with its own offices, like the Groom of the Body and the Squire of the Body.
The Chamber organization was controlled by the Lord Chamberlain; if he was the general of a small army of servitors, the Grooms of the Chamber were his junior officers, with ushers and footmen the footsoldiers. The Grooms wore the royal livery (in earlier periods), served as general attendants, and fulfilled a wide range of specific functions. (One Groom of the Chamber had the job of handing the "King's Stuff" to a Squire of the Body, who would then dress the King.) Grooms ranked below Gentlemen of the Chamber, usually important noblemen, but above Yeomen of the Chamber. They were mostly well-born, on a first rung of a courtier's career. The office of Groom of the Chamber could also be bestowed in a more honorific manner, upon people who served the royal household in some less direct way; the early Tudor poet Stephen Hawes became a Groom of the Chamber in 1502, under Henry VII.
Under James I, the Bedchamber was established as a semi-autonomous department (overseen by the Groom of the Stole) with its own hierarchy of Gentlemen, Grooms and Yeomen, which usurped those of the Privy Chamber in terms of their influence with and closeness to the King. (The old Bedchamber office of Esquire to the Body was finally abolished in 1702).

      ### Grooms Extraordinary

In the reigns of the early monarchs of the House of Stuart, James I and Charles I, the actors of the King's Men, the playing company under royal patronage, were officially "Grooms extraordinary of the Chamber". They did not usually fulfill the normal functions of the office; rather, they served the King by performing plays for him. Although on busy occasions, the King's Men appear to have acted as more ordinary servants: in August 1604 they were "waiting and attending" upon the Spanish ambassador at Somerset House, "on his Majesty's service" — but no plays were performed.) They were also turned out to bulk up the Household for grand ceremonial occasions. A similar arrangement held for some of Queen Anne's Men, including their playwright Thomas Heywood; they became Grooms of the Queen's Chamber, under the Queen's Chamberlain. On some occasions, Shakespeare, Heywood, and their compatriots wore the royal livery, marched in processions, and played other roles in the ceremonial life of the monarchy. (Grooms could not be arrested for debt without the permission of the Lord Chamberlain — a big advantage for sometimes-struggling actors.) In at least two cases, those of George Bryan (Lord Chamberlain's Men) and John Singer (Queen Elizabeth's Men; Admiral's Men), professional actors became "normal" Grooms of the Chamber, with the normal duties, after retiring from the stage.

### List of Grooms of the Chamber

* Stephen Hawes, 1502–?
* William Sharington, 1542–1544
* Thomas Streete, c.1547(-1553?)
* John Fowler, 1548
* William Goring, 1553
* George Brediman or Bridgeman, c.1553-1580

      #### Elizabeth I (1558–1603)

* Thomas Astley, 1558-1595
* John Baptist Castilion, 1558-1597
* Thomas Commander, 1558-1559
* Henry Seckford, 1558-1610
* Thomas Lichfield, 1559-1586
* John Tamworth, 1559–1569
* Edward Cary, 1562-1618
* Henry Middlemore, 1566-1593
* Thomas Knyvett, 1570-1622
* Thomas Gorges, 1571-1610
* William Killigrew, 1578-1622
* Edward Darcy, 1579-1612
* Edward Denny, 1582-1600
* Michael Stanhope, c.1583–1603
* Ferdinando Richardson (alias Heyborne), 1586-1618

      #### James I (1603–1625)

* Sir John Holles, 1603–1610
* Sir Henry Bromley, 1603–>1609
* Humphrey May, 1604–1611
* Sir Thomas Gerard, 1st Baronet, 1603–1621
* William Woodhouse, 1603–1625
* Henry Goodyer, 1603–1626
* Sir Oliver Cromwell, 1603–1636
* Sir Robert Mansell, by 1604–>1615
* Sir Walter Cope, by 1607–1614
* Sir John Kay, by 1608–>1615
* Sir William Uvedale, by 1612–>1618
* Sir John Eyre, by 1612–>1632
* George Chaworth, 1st Viscount Chaworth, 1621–?
* John Maynard, by 1621–>1641
Queen Anne of Denmark
* Samuel Daniel
* John Florio, by 1604 - 1619
* Matthew Hairstanes
Charles I (1625–1649)
* John Trevor, 1625–? (died 1630)
* Sir William Walter, 1633–1646

### List of Grooms of the Bedchamber

James I (1603–1625)
* John Murray, (1603-1622)
Charles I (1625–1649)
* George Kirke, 1625–1646
* William Murray, 1625->1643
* William Legge, 1645–1647
Commonwealth (1649–1660)
No Grooms of the Bedchamber appointed

## Post-Restoration England and Great Britain

Fourteen Grooms of the Great Chamber were appointed under Charles II (later reduced to ten); they served as internal court messengers and were in attendance in the guard room.
The Grooms of the Privy Chamber were six in number (reduced to two under James I); initially responsible for manning the doors to the Privy Chamber, by 1720 the office largely lost its function, but attendance was still required for Coronations and other 'extraordinary Occasions'.
There were usually a dozen or so Grooms of the Bedchamber appointed (though under different monarchs the number varied from as many as fifteen or as few as eight), two of whom were on duty at any one time. They served for a week at a time in rotation and were responsible for attending the King in the Chamber when he dressed, and at Dinner when he dined privately (taking food and wine from the servants to give it to the Lords, who would serve The King). They would also deputise for the Lords of the Bedchamber if required to do so. Grooms of the Bedchamber were close to the King and were occasionally sent overseas as special envoys to negotiate royal marriages and such. During the exile of James II a court was maintained by that king in France and certain of his grooms joined him there. Similarly, during the last years of the reign of King George III, when he withdrew from public life in consequence of his poor mental health, several of his grooms followed him to Windsor Castle, whilst others remained in London to serve the Prince Regent, later to become King George IV. When the Monarch was a Queen, the positions of Groom of the Bedchamber were not filled (though Prince Albert, consort to Queen Victoria, did appoint his own Grooms of the Bedchamber).

### List of Grooms of the Privy Chamber

Charles II (1660–1685)
| Date | | | | | | |
| 6 June 1660 | Maurice Wynn | James Elliott | Robert Thompson |
| 7 June 1660 | Maurice Wynn | James Elliott | Robert Thompson | Adam Hill |
| 10 June 1660 | Maurice Wynn | James Elliott | Robert Thompson | Adam Hill | Adrian May |
| 12 June 1660 | Maurice Wynn | James Elliott | Robert Thompson | Adam Hill | Adrian May | James Progers |
| 17 May 1661 | Maurice Wynn | James Elliott | Robert Thompson | Roger Burgess | Adrian May | James Progers |
| 27 January 1669 | Maurice Wynn | James Elliott | Robert Thompson | Thomas Ross | Adrian May | James Progers |
| 30 April 1670 | Maurice Wynn | James Elliott | Robert Thompson | Thomas Ross | Arthur Ingram | James Progers |
| 15 May 1671 | Maurice Wynn | James Elliott | Robert Thompson | Thomas Ross | Arthur Ingram | Thomas Cooke |
| 15 May 1672 | Maurice Wynn | James Elliott | Robert Thompson | Thomas Ross | Paul French | Thomas Cooke |
| 17 May 1673 | Maurice Wynn | James Elliott | Robert Thompson | Thomas Ross | Paul French | John Lowther |
| 25 June 1673 | Maurice Wynn | James Elliott | Robert Thompson | Christopher Jeffreys | Paul French | John Lowther |
| 8 July 1676 | Maurice Wynn | James Elliott | Robert Thompson | Christopher Jeffreys | John Bellingham | John Lowther |
| 18 December 1676 | Maurice Wynn | James Elliott | Robert Thompson | Christopher Jeffreys | John Bellingham | Humphrey Graves |
| 11 October 1677 | Maurice Wynn | Richard Binns | Robert Thompson | Christopher Jeffreys | John Bellingham | Humphrey Graves |
| 20 May 1678 | Maurice Wynn | Yelverton Peyton | Robert Thompson | Christopher Jeffreys | John Bellingham | Humphrey Graves |
| 23 October 1680 | Edward Lloyd | Yelverton Peyton | Robert Thompson | Christopher Jeffreys | John Bellingham | Humphrey Graves |
| 20 August 1683 | Edward Lloyd | John Radcliffe | Robert Thompson | Christopher Jeffreys | John Bellingham | Humphrey Graves |
James II 1685–1688
| Date | | |
| February 1685 | Robert Thompson | Christopher Jeffreys |
William III 1689–1702
| Date | | | | |
| February 1689 | Robert Thompson | Christopher Jeffreys |
| 28 March 1689 | Robert Thompson | Christopher Jeffreys | Thomas Duppa | Humphrey Graves |
| 12 January 1694 | David Carbonell | Christopher Jeffreys | Thomas Duppa | Humphrey Graves |
| 29 July 1695 | David Carbonell | William Wallis | Thomas Duppa | Humphrey Graves |
| 30 November 1695 | William Whitmore | William Wallis | Thomas Duppa | Humphrey Graves |
| 22 December 1699 | William Whitmore | William Wallis | Thomas Duppa | Robert Barkham |
| 19 May 1700 | William Whitmore | Robert Wallis | Thomas Duppa | Robert Barkham |
| 25 October 1701 | William Whitmore | Cornelius Tilburgh | Thomas Duppa | Robert Barkham |
1702–1901
| Date | | | | |
| 9 July 1702 | John Bonning | Robert Hemmington |
| 26 March 1711 | John Bonning | Robert Hemmington | Cornelius Tilburgh |
| 28 May 1715 | Joseph Ashley | Robert Hemmington | Cornelius Tilburgh |
| 3 February 1719 | James Trymmer | Robert Hemmington | Cornelius Tilburgh |
| 12 August 1719 | James Trymmer | Robert Hemmington | Cornelius Tilburgh | Edward Parsons |
| 25 November 1720 | James Trymmer | Robert Hemmington | Cornelius Tilburgh | John Parsons |
| 10 December 1728 | James Trymmer | Langham Edwards | Cornelius Tilburgh | John Parsons |
| 11 May 1729 | James Trymmer | Wentworth Odiarne | Cornelius Tilburgh | John Parsons |
| 2 June 1740 | James Trymmer | Wentworth Odiarne | Charles Collins | John Parsons |
| 7 June 1745 | James Trymmer | Wentworth Odiarne | Charles Collins | Edward Capell |
| 24 February 1750 | James Trymmer | Wentworth Odiarne | Charles Husband Collins | Edward Capell |
| 3 June 1762 | James Trymmer | Strelley Pegge | Charles Husband Collins | Edward Capell |
| 8 October 1762 | Samuel Pegge | Strelley Pegge | Charles Husband Collins | Edward Capell |
| 5 July 1774 | Samuel Pegge | Strelley Pegge | John Larpent | Edward Capell |
| 6 July 1774 | Samuel Pegge | Thomas Collins | John Larpent | Edward Capell |
| 24 October 1778 | Samuel Pegge | Thomas Collins | William Fordyce | Edward Capell |
| 24 February 1781 | Samuel Pegge | Thomas Collins | William Fordyce | James Trail |
| 18 November 1781 | Samuel Pegge | James Hawkins | William Fordyce | James Trail |
| 7 March 1785 | Samuel Pegge | James Hawkins | Hale Young Wortham | James Trail |
| March 1788 | Samuel Pegge | James Hawkins | Richard Byron | James Trail |
| 5 February 1794 | Samuel Pegge | James Hawkins | Edmund Armstrong | James Trail |
| 19 October 1797 | Samuel Pegge | James Hawkins | Robert Chester | James Trail |
| 29 July 1798 | Samuel Pegge | James Hawkins | James Meller | James Trail |
| 1799 | Samuel Pegge | James Whitshed | James Meller | James Trail |
| 23 May 1800 | John Hunter | James Whitshed | James Meller | James Trail |
| 18 May 1802 | John Hunter | William Chapman Fowle | James Meller | James Trail |
| 19 August 1808 | John Hunter | William Chapman Fowle | James Meller | Frederick Chapman |
| 3 June 1812 | William Fenton Scott | William Chapman Fowle | James Meller | Frederick Chapman |
| 6 July 1814 | Robert Powell | William Chapman Fowle | James Meller | Frederick Chapman |
| 12 August 1818 | Robert Powell | William Chapman Fowle | William Beresford | Frederick Chapman |
| 12 December 1823 | Robert Powell | William Chapman Fowle | William Beresford | Charles Dashwood |
| 21 April 1832 | Robert Powell | William Chapman Fowle | William Beresford | Courtenay Edmund William Boyle |
| 23 April 1833 | Thomas Shiffner | William Chapman Fowle | William Beresford | Courtenay Edmund William Boyle |
| 6 May 1836 | Arthur Johnstone Blackwood | William Chapman Fowle | William Beresford | Courtenay Edmund William Boyle |
| 1 November 1839 | Arthur Johnstone Blackwood | Stewart Henry Paget | William Beresford | Courtenay Edmund William Boyle |
| 24 February 1840 | Arthur Johnstone Blackwood | Thomas Noel Harris | William Beresford | Courtenay Edmund William Boyle |
| 1 March 1852 | Arthur Johnstone Blackwood | Thomas Noel Harris | Mortimer Sackville-West | Courtenay Edmund William Boyle |
| 13 July 1852 | Arthur Johnstone Blackwood | Thomas Noel Harris | Samuel Randall | Courtenay Edmund William Boyle |
| 16 February 1859 | Arthur Johnstone Blackwood | Thomas Noel Harris | Samuel Randall | John Home Purves |
| 31 March 1860 | Arthur Johnstone Blackwood | John Francis Campbell, of Islay | Samuel Randall | John Home Purves |
| 2 October 1862 | Arthur Johnstone Blackwood | John Francis Campbell, of Islay | Edward Stopford Claremont | John Home Purves |
| 3 July 1867 | Arthur Johnstone Blackwood | John Francis Campbell, of Islay | Edward Stopford Claremont | Roden Berkeley Wriothesley Noel |
| 14 January 1871 | Arthur Johnstone Blackwood | John Francis Campbell, of Islay | Edward Stopford Claremont | Charles George Cornwallis Eliot |
| 8 January 1874 | James Bontein | John Francis Campbell, of Islay | Edward Stopford Claremont | Charles George Cornwallis Eliot |
| 16 February 1874 | James Bontein | Nathaniel George Philips | Edward Stopford Claremont | Charles George Cornwallis Eliot |
| 24 October 1884 | Arnold Royle | Nathaniel George Philips | Edward Stopford Claremont | Charles George Cornwallis Eliot |
| 25 July 1890 | Arnold Royle | Nathaniel George Philips | Malcolm Drummond, of Megginch | Charles George Cornwallis Eliot |
| 1 October 1893 | Arnold Royle | Nathaniel George Philips | Otway Frederick Seymour Cuffe | Charles George Cornwallis Eliot |
| 14 November 1899 | Arnold Royle | Nathaniel George Philips | Otway Frederick Seymour Cuffe | Sir Francis Knollys |

### List of Grooms of the Bedchamber

Charles II (1660–1685)
| Date of appointment | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 1 Feb 1661 | John Ashburnham | Daniel O'Neill | Henry Seymour |
| 2 Feb 1661 | John Ashburnham | Daniel O'Neill | Henry Seymour | Thomas Elliot | Thomas Killigrew | Richard Lane | Robert Phillips | Silius Titus | David Walter |
| 3 Feb 1661 | John Ashburnham | Daniel O'Neill | Henry Seymour | Thomas Elliot | Thomas Killigrew | Richard Lane | Robert Phillips | Silius Titus | David Walter | Edward Proger |
| 6 Feb 1661 | John Ashburnham | Daniel O'Neill | Henry Seymour | Thomas Elliot | Thomas Killigrew | Richard Lane | Robert Phillips | Silius Titus | David Walter | Edward Proger | William Legge |
| 1 Jan 1662 | John Ashburnham | Daniel O'Neill | Henry Seymour | Thomas Elliot | Thomas Killigrew | Richard Lane | Robert Phillips | Silius Titus | David Walter | Edward Proger | William Legge | Henry Coventry |
| 28 Oct 1664 | John Ashburnham | James Hamilton | Henry Seymour | Thomas Elliot | Thomas Killigrew | Richard Lane | Robert Phillips | Silius Titus | David Walter | Edward Proger | William Legge | Henry Coventry |
| 1 Oct 1670 | John Ashburnham | James Hamilton | Henry Seymour | Thomas Elliot | Thomas Killigrew | Richard Lane | Robert Phillips | Silius Titus | David Walter | Edward Proger | Sidney Godolphin | Henry Coventry |
| 16 Jun 1671 | Thomas Felton | James Hamilton | Henry Seymour | Thomas Elliot | Thomas Killigrew | Richard Lane | Robert Phillips | Silius Titus | David Walter | Edward Proger | Sidney Godolphin | Henry Coventry |
| 21 Jun 1672 | Thomas Felton | James Hamilton | Henry Seymour | Thomas Elliot | Thomas Killigrew | Richard Lane | Robert Phillips | Silius Titus | David Walter | Edward Proger | Sidney Godolphin | Bernard Granville |
| 7 Jun 1673 | Thomas Felton | Henry Savile | Henry Seymour | Thomas Elliot | Thomas Killigrew | Richard Lane | Robert Phillips | Silius Titus | David Walter | Edward Proger | Sidney Godolphin | Bernard Granville |
| 8 Jul 1675 | Thomas Felton | Henry Savile | Henry Seymour | Thomas Elliot | Thomas Killigrew | Richard Lane | Robert Phillips | Henry Guy | David Walter | Edward Proger | Sidney Godolphin | Bernard Granville |
| Aug 1677 | Thomas Felton | Henry Savile | Henry Seymour | George Porter | Thomas Killigrew | Richard Lane | Robert Phillips | Henry Guy | David Walter | Edward Proger | Sidney Godolphin | Bernard Granville |
| 18 Jul 1678 | Thomas Felton | Henry Savile | Henry Seymour | George Porter | Thomas Killigrew | Richard Lane | Robert Phillips | Henry Guy | David Walter | Edward Proger | George Rodney Bridges | Bernard Granville |
| Apr 1679 | Thomas Felton | Henry Savile | Henry Seymour | George Porter | Thomas Killigrew | Richard Lane | Robert Phillips | Henry Guy | Thomas Wyndham | Edward Proger | George Rodney Bridges | Bernard Granville |
| 16 May 1679 | Thomas Lee | Henry Savile | Henry Seymour | George Porter | Thomas Killigrew | Richard Lane | Robert Phillips | Henry Guy | Thomas Wyndham | Edward Proger | George Rodney Bridges | Bernard Granville |
| 26 Nov 1679 | Thomas Lee | Henry Savile | Henry Seymour | George Porter | Thomas Killigrew | Richard Lane | Robert Phillips | Thomas Neale | Thomas Wyndham | Edward Proger | George Rodney Bridges | Bernard Granville |
| Mar 1683 | Thomas Lee | Henry Savile | Henry Seymour | George Porter | Bevil Skelton | Richard Lane | Robert Phillips | Thomas Neale | Thomas Wyndham | Edward Proger | George Rodney Bridges | Bernard Granville |
| 15 May 1683 | Thomas Lee | Francis Gwyn | Henry Seymour | George Porter | Bevil Skelton | Richard Lane | Robert Phillips | Thomas Neale | Thomas Wyndham | Edward Proger | George Rodney Bridges | Bernard Granville |
| 19 Dec 1683 | Thomas Lee | Francis Gwyn | Henry Seymour | Henry Killigrew | Bevil Skelton | Richard Lane | Robert Phillips | Thomas Neale | Thomas Wyndham | Edward Proger | George Rodney Bridges | Bernard Granville |
James II (1685–1688)
| Date of appointment | | | | | | | | |
| 2 May 1685 | James Fortrey | Oliver Nicholas | Henry Slingsby | Heneage Finch | Richard Leveson | James Griffin | Francis Russell | David Lloyd |
| 1686 | James Fortrey | Oliver Nicholas | Henry Slingsby | Heneage Finch | Richard Leveson | James Griffin | James Porter | David Lloyd |
| 9 Mar 1687 | James Fortrey | Oliver Nicholas | Henry Slingsby | Heneage Finch | Richard Leveson | James Griffin | Richard Bagot | David Lloyd |
William III (1689–1702)
| Date of appointment | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 Jun 1689 | Percy Kirke | Hatton Compton | Charles Trelawny | Emanuel Howe | John Sayers | Adrian van Borselen | James Stanley |
| Mar 1690 | Percy Kirke | Hatton Compton | Charles Trelawny | Emanuel Howe | John Sayers | Adrian van Borselen | James Stanley | Arnold Joost van Keppel |
| 29 Apr 1691 | Percy Kirke | Hatton Compton | Charles Trelawny | Emanuel Howe | John Sayers | Adrian van Borselen | James Stanley | Arnold Joost van Keppel | Thomas Windsor |
| Jan 1692 | George Cholmondeley | Hatton Compton | | Emanuel Howe | John Sayers | Adrian van Borselen | James Stanley | Arnold Joost van Keppel | Thomas Windsor |
| 6 May 1695 | George Cholmondeley | Hatton Compton | | Emanuel Howe | John Sayers | Adrian van Borselen | James Stanley | Thomas Wentworth | Thomas Windsor |
Anne (1702–1714) No Grooms of the Bedchamber appointed
George I (1714–1727)
| Date of appointment | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 20 Sep 1714 | William Kerr | James Tyrrell |
| 16 Oct 1714 | William Kerr | James Tyrrell | James Dormer | HCharles Howard | William Breton | George Feilding |
| 21 Oct 1714 | William Kerr | James Tyrrell | James Dormer | HCharles Howard | William Breton | George Feilding | Henry Cornewall | Philip Honywood |
| 15 Jun 1715 | William Kerr | James Tyrrell | James Dormer | HCharles Howard | Sir Gustavus Hume | George Feilding | Henry Cornewall | Philip Honywood |
| 13 May 1719 | William Kerr | James Tyrrell | James Dormer | HCharles Howard | Sir Gustavus Hume | George Feilding | Henry Cornewall | Philip Honywood | William Finch |
| 11 Jun 1720 | William Kerr | James Tyrrell | James Dormer | HCharles Howard | Sir Gustavus Hume | George Feilding | Henry Cornewall | Philip Honywood | William Finch | Sir Wilfrid Lawson |
| 10 Aug 1721 | William Kerr | James Tyrrell | James Dormer | HCharles Howard | Sir Gustavus Hume | George Feilding | Henry Cornewall | Philip Honywood | William Finch | Sir Wilfrid Lawson | Charles Cornwallis |
| 24 Jun 1722 | William Kerr | James Tyrrell | James Dormer | HCharles Howard | Sir Gustavus Hume | George Feilding | Henry Cornewall | Philip Honywood | William Finch | Sir Wilfrid Lawson | |
| 25 May 1723 | William Kerr | James Tyrrell | James Dormer | HCharles Howard | Sir Gustavus Hume | George Feilding | Henry Cornewall | Philip Honywood | William Finch | Robert Sawyer Herbert | |
George II (1727–1760)
| Date of appointment | | | | | | | | | |
| 21 Aug 1727 | Sir Robert Rich |
| 14 Sep 1727 | Sir Robert Rich | Thomas Paget | Charles Lumley | John Selwyn | Charles Churchill | Charles Cathcart | John Campbell | Sir James Campbell | Sir Charles Hotham |
| 7 May 1731 | Sir Robert Rich | Thomas Paget | | John Clavering | Charles Churchill | Charles Cathcart | John Campbell | Sir James Campbell | Sir Charles Hotham |
| 7 May 1733 | Sir Robert Rich | Thomas Paget | | John Clavering | Charles Churchill | James Brudenell | John Campbell | Sir James Campbell | Sir Charles Hotham |
| 22 Apr 1740 | Sir Robert Rich | Thomas Paget | William Herbert | John Clavering | Charles Churchill | James Brudenell | John Campbell | Sir James Campbell |
| 14 Jul 1742 | Sir Robert Rich | Edward Finch | William Herbert | John Clavering | Charles Churchill | James Brudenell | John Campbell | Sir James Campbell |
| 20 Jan 1746 | Sir Robert Rich | Edward Finch | William Herbert | John Clavering | John Mostyn | James Brudenell | John Campbell |
| 22 Jan 1747 | Sir Robert Rich | Edward Finch | William Herbert | John Clavering | John Mostyn | Edward Cornwallis | John Campbell | John Waldegrave, 3rd Earl Waldegrave |
| 5 Apr 1757 | Sir Robert Rich | Edward Finch | Henry Seymour Conway | John Clavering | John Mostyn | Edward Cornwallis | John Campbell | John Waldegrave, 3rd Earl Waldegrave |
| 4 Jun 1757 | Sir Robert Rich | John Offley | Henry Seymour Conway | John Clavering | John Mostyn | Edward Cornwallis | John Campbell | John Waldegrave, 3rd Earl Waldegrave |
| 16 Jan 1760 | Charles FitzRoy | John Offley | Henry Seymour Conway | John Clavering | John Mostyn | Edward Cornwallis | John Campbell | John Waldegrave, 3rd Earl Waldegrave |
| 19 Jan 1760 | Charles FitzRoy | John Offley | Henry Seymour Conway | John Clavering | John Mostyn | Edward Cornwallis | John Campbell | John Waldegrave, 3rd Earl Waldegrave | Richard Savage Nassau |
George III (1760–1820)
| Date of appointment | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 27 Nov 1760 | John Mostyn | John Waldegrave | John Offley | Charles FitzRoy | George Schutz | Sir James Peachey | Edmund Nugent | Sir William Breton | Edward Cornwallis | Henry Seymour Conway |
| 10 Dec 1760 | John Mostyn | John Waldegrave | John Offley | Charles FitzRoy | George Schutz | Sir James Peachey | Edmund Nugent | Sir William Breton | Edward Cornwallis | Henry Seymour Conway | Spencer Compton |
| 11 Dec 1760 | John Mostyn | John Waldegrave | John Offley | Charles FitzRoy | George Schutz | Sir James Peachey | Edmund Nugent | Sir William Breton | Edward Cornwallis | Henry Seymour Conway | Spencer Compton | George Pitt | Norborne Berkeley | William Northey |
| 17 Feb 1761 | John Mostyn | John Waldegrave | John Offley | Charles FitzRoy | George Schutz | Sir James Peachey | Edmund Nugent | Sir William Breton | Edward Cornwallis | Henry Seymour Conway | Spencer Compton | George Pitt | Norborne Berkeley | William Northey | Augustus Keppel |
| 10 Oct 1762 | John Mostyn | John Waldegrave | | | | Sir James Peachey | Edmund Nugent | Sir William Breton | Edward Cornwallis | Henry Seymour Conway | Spencer Compton | George Pitt | Norborne Berkeley | William Northey | Augustus Keppel |
| 21 Dec 1762 | John Mostyn | John Waldegrave | Sir James Wright | | | Sir James Peachey | Edmund Nugent | Sir William Breton | Edward Cornwallis | Henry Seymour Conway | Spencer Compton | George Pitt | Norborne Berkeley | William Northey | Augustus Keppel |
| 19 Jan 1763 | John Mostyn | John Waldegrave | Sir James Wright | Sir John Mordaunt | | Sir James Peachey | Edmund Nugent | Sir William Breton | Edward Cornwallis | Henry Seymour Conway | Spencer Compton | George Pitt | Norborne Berkeley | William Northey | Augustus Keppel |
| 16 Feb 1763 | John Mostyn | John Waldegrave | Sir James Wright | Sir John Mordaunt | Henry Seymour | Sir James Peachey | Edmund Nugent | Sir William Breton | Edward Cornwallis | Henry Seymour Conway | Spencer Compton | George Pitt | Norborne Berkeley | William Northey | Augustus Keppel |
| 5 May 1763 | John Mostyn | Sir Charles Hotham-Thompson | Sir James Wright | Sir John Mordaunt | Henry Seymour | Sir James Peachey | Edmund Nugent | Sir William Breton | Edward Cornwallis | Henry Seymour Conway | Spencer Compton | George Pitt | Norborne Berkeley | William Northey | Augustus Keppel |
| 5 Nov 1763 | John Mostyn | Sir Charles Hotham-Thompson | Sir James Wright | Sir John Mordaunt | Henry Seymour | Sir James Peachey | Edmund Nugent | Sir William Breton | Edward Cornwallis | Henry Seymour Conway | Augustus John Hervey | George Pitt | Norborne Berkeley | William Northey | Augustus Keppel |
| April 1764 | John Mostyn | Sir Charles Hotham-Thompson | Sir James Wright | Sir John Mordaunt | Henry Seymour | Sir James Peachey | Edmund Nugent | Sir William Breton | | | Augustus John Hervey | George Pitt | * | William Northey | Augustus Keppel |
| 24 Aug 1765 | John Mostyn | Sir Charles Hotham-Thompson | Sir James Wright | Sir John Mordaunt | Henry Wallop | Sir James Peachey | Edmund Nugent | Sir William Breton | | | Augustus John Hervey | George Pitt | * | William Northey | Augustus Keppel |
| 3 Dec 1766 | John Mostyn | Sir Charles Hotham-Thompson | Sir James Wright | Sir John Mordaunt | Henry Wallop | Sir James Peachey | Edmund Nugent | Sir William Breton | | | Augustus John Hervey | George Pitt | * | William Northey | William Harcourt |
| 23 Apr 1770 | John Mostyn | Sir Charles Hotham-Thompson | Sir James Wright | Sir John Mordaunt | Henry Wallop | Sir James Peachey | Edmund Nugent | Sir William Breton | | | Augustus John Hervey | George Pitt | * | Henry Vernon | William Harcourt |
| 16 May 1770 | John Mostyn | Sir Charles Hotham-Thompson | Sir James Wright | Sir John Mordaunt | Henry Wallop | Sir James Peachey | Edmund Nugent | Sir William Breton | | | Augustus John Hervey | Sir George Osborn | * | Henry Vernon | William Harcourt |
| 10 May 1771 | John Mostyn | Sir Charles Hotham-Thompson | Sir James Wright | Sir John Mordaunt | Henry Wallop | Sir James Peachey | Thomas de Grey | Sir William Breton | | | Augustus John Hervey | Sir George Osborn | * | Henry Vernon | William Harcourt |
| 17 May 1771 | John Mostyn | Sir Charles Hotham-Thompson | Sir James Wright | Sir John Mordaunt | Henry Wallop | Sir James Peachey | Thomas de Grey | Sir William Breton | Henry St John | | Augustus John Hervey | Sir George Osborn | * | Henry Vernon | William Harcourt |
| 3 Dec 1771 | John Mostyn | Sir Charles Hotham-Thompson | Sir James Wright | Sir John Mordaunt | Philip Hales | Sir James Peachey | Thomas de Grey | Sir William Breton | Henry St John | | Augustus John Hervey | Sir George Osborn | * | Henry Vernon | William Harcourt |
| 8 Feb 1773 | John Mostyn | Sir Charles Hotham-Thompson | Sir James Wright | Sir John Mordaunt | Philip Hales | Sir James Peachey | Thomas de Grey | * | Henry St John | | Augustus John Hervey | Sir George Osborn | * | Henry Vernon | William Harcourt |
| 28 Mar 1775 | John Mostyn | Sir Charles Hotham-Thompson | Sir James Wright | Sir John Mordaunt | Philip Hales | Sir James Peachey | Thomas de Grey | * | Henry St John | | William Gordon | Sir George Osborn | * | Henry Vernon | William Harcourt |
| 18 Jun 1777 | John Mostyn | Sir Charles Hotham-Thompson | Sir James Wright | Sir John Mordaunt | Philip Hales | Sir James Peachey | Charles Herbert | * | Henry St John | | William Gordon | Sir George Osborn | * | Henry Vernon | William Harcourt |
| 22 Feb 1779 | Francis Lascelles | Sir Charles Hotham-Thompson | Sir James Wright | Sir John Mordaunt | Philip Hales | Sir James Peachey | Charles Herbert | * | Henry St John | | William Gordon | Sir George Osborn | * | Henry Vernon | William Harcourt |
| 17 Jan 1783 | Francis Lascelles | Sir Charles Hotham-Thompson | Sir James Wright | Sir John Mordaunt | Philip Hales | Sir James Peachey | Charles Herbert | * | Henry St John | George Villiers | William Gordon | Sir George Osborn | * | Henry Vernon | William Harcourt |
| 19 Aug 1784 | Francis Lascelles | Sir Charles Hotham-Thompson | Sir James Wright | Sir John Mordaunt | Philip Hales | Sir James Peachey | Charles Herbert | * | Robert Waller | George Villiers | William Gordon | Sir George Osborn | * | Henry Vernon | William Harcourt |
| 20 Jan 1788 | Francis Lascelles | James Whorwood Adeane | Sir James Wright | Sir John Mordaunt | Philip Hales | Sir James Peachey | Charles Herbert | * | Robert Waller | George Villiers | William Gordon | Sir George Osborn | * | Henry Vernon | William Harcourt |
| 3 Jun 1791 | Francis Lascelles | James Whorwood Adeane | Sir James Wright | Sir John Mordaunt | Philip Hales | Robert Digby | Charles Herbert | * | Robert Waller | George Villiers | William Gordon | Sir George Osborn | * | Henry Vernon | William Harcourt |
| 26 Jan 1793 | Francis Lascelles | James Whorwood Adeane | Sir James Wright | Thomas Fane | Philip Hales | Robert Digby | Charles Herbert | * | Robert Waller | George Villiers | William Gordon | Sir George Osborn | * | Henry Vernon | William Harcourt |
| 29 Mar 1800 | Robert Fulke Greville | James Whorwood Adeane | Sir James Wright | Thomas Fane | Philip Hales | Robert Digby | Charles Herbert | * | Robert Waller | George Villiers | William Gordon | Sir George Osborn | * | Henry Vernon | William Harcourt |
| 30 May 1801 | Robert Fulke Greville | James Whorwood Adeane | Arthur Kaye Legge | Thomas Fane | Philip Hales | Robert Digby | Charles Herbert | * | Sir Harry Burrard-Neale | George Villiers | William Gordon | Sir George Osborn | * | Henry Vernon | William Harcourt |
| 27 Apr 1802 | Robert Fulke Greville | Edward Finch | Arthur Kaye Legge | Thomas Fane | Philip Hales | Robert Digby | Charles Herbert | * | Sir Harry Burrard-Neale | George Villiers | William Gordon | Sir George Osborn | * | Henry Vernon | William Harcourt |
| 24 May 1804 | Robert Fulke Greville | Edward Finch | Arthur Kaye Legge | Thomas Fane | Philip Hales | Robert Digby | Charles Herbert | * | Sir Harry Burrard-Neale | George Villiers | William Gordon | Sir George Osborn | * | Henry Vernon | William Harcourt |
| 15 Apr 1807 | Robert Fulke Greville | Edward Finch | Arthur Kaye Legge | * | Philip Hales | Robert Digby | Charles Herbert | * | Sir Harry Burrard-Neale | George Villiers | William Gordon | Sir George Osborn | * | Henry Vernon | William Harcourt |
| 31 Oct 1808 | Robert Fulke Greville | Edward Finch | Arthur Kaye Legge | * | Philip Hales | Edward Capel | Charles Herbert | * | Sir Harry Burrard-Neale | George Villiers | William Gordon | Sir George Osborn | * | Henry Vernon | William Harcourt |
| 1 Nov 1808 | Robert Fulke Greville | Edward Finch | Arthur Kaye Legge | * | Philip Hales | Edward Capel | Charles Herbert | * | Sir Harry Burrard-Neale | George Villiers | William Gordon | Sir George Osborn | * | Henry Vernon | Edward Pery Buckley |
| 4 Mar 1809 | Robert Fulke Greville | Edward Finch | Arthur Kaye Legge | * | Philip Hales | Edward Capel | Charles Herbert | * | Sir Harry Burrard-Neale | George Villiers | William Gordon | Sir George Osborn | * | Henry Vernon | Henry Frederick Campbell |
| 2 June 1809 | Robert Fulke Greville | Edward Finch | Arthur Kaye Legge | * | Philip Hales | Edward Capel | Charles Herbert | * | Sir Harry Burrard-Neale | George Villiers | William Gordon | Sir George Osborn | * | Frederick West | Henry Frederick Campbell |
| 18 Feb 1812 | Robert Fulke Greville | Edward Finch | | * | Philip Hales | | Charles Herbert | * | | George Villiers | William Gordon | Sir George Osborn | * | Frederick West |
| 10 Mar 1812 | William Keppel | Edward Finch | Gen. Thomas Slaughter Stanwix | * | Gen. Edmund Stevens | Wilson Braddyll | Charles Herbert | * | William Lumley | Charles Nassau Thomas | Henry Fitzroy Stanhope | Gen. Charles Leigh | * |
| 10 Apr 1812 | William Keppel | Edward Finch | Gen. Thomas Slaughter Stanwix | Sir John Francis Cradock | Gen. Edmund Stevens | Wilson Braddyll | Charles Herbert | | William Lumley | Charles Nassau Thomas | Henry Fitzroy Stanhope | Gen. Charles Leigh |
| 28 Jul 1812 | William Keppel | Edward Finch | Gen. Thomas Slaughter Stanwix | Sir John Francis Cradock | Gen. Edmund Stevens | Wilson Braddyll | Charles Herbert | Augustus Cavendish-Bradshaw | William Lumley | Charles Nassau Thomas | Henry Fitzroy Stanhope | Gen. Charles Leigh | Charles William Stewart | Tomkyns Hilgrove Turner |
| 6 Jun 1816 | William Keppel | Edward Finch | Sir Edward Paget | Sir John Francis Cradock | Gen. Edmund Stevens | Wilson Braddyll | Charles Herbert | Augustus Cavendish-Bradshaw | William Lumley | Charles Nassau Thomas | Henry Fitzroy Stanhope | | | Tomkyns Hilgrove Turner |
| 6 Sep 1816 | William Keppel | Edward Finch | Sir Edward Paget | Sir John Francis Cradock | Gen. Edmund Stevens | Wilson Braddyll | Sir George Campbell | Augustus Cavendish-Bradshaw | William Lumley | Charles Nassau Thomas | Henry Fitzroy Stanhope | | | Tomkyns Hilgrove Turner |
| 5 Jan 1817 | William Keppel | Edward Finch | Sir Edward Paget | Sir John Francis Cradock | Gen. Edmund Stevens | Wilson Braddyll | Sir George Campbell | Augustus Cavendish-Bradshaw | William Lumley | Charles Nassau Thomas | Henry Fitzroy Stanhope | Henry King | | Tomkyns Hilgrove Turner |
| 21 Nov 1818 | William Keppel | Edward Finch | Sir Edward Paget | Sir John Francis Cradock | Gen. Edmund Stevens | Joseph Whatley | Sir George Campbell | Augustus Cavendish-Bradshaw | William Lumley | Charles Nassau Thomas | Henry Fitzroy Stanhope | Henry King | | Tomkyns Hilgrove Turner |
| 19 Oct 1819 | William Keppel | Edward Finch | Sir Edward Paget | Sir Edmund Nagle | Gen. Edmund Stevens | Joseph Whatley | Sir George Campbell | Augustus Cavendish-Bradshaw | William Lumley | Charles Nassau Thomas | Henry Fitzroy Stanhope | Henry King | | Tomkyns Hilgrove Turner |
George IV (1820–1830)
| Date of appointment | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Jan 1820 | Edward Finch | William Keppel | Edmund Stevens | William Lumley | Charles Nassau Thomas | Henry Fitzroy Stanhope | Augustus Cavendish-Bradshaw | Tomkyns Hilgrove Turner | Sir Edward Paget | Sir George Campbell | Henry King | Joseph Whatley | Sir Edmund Nagle |
| 4 Apr 1820 | Edward Finch | William Keppel | Edmund Stevens | William Lumley | Lord Francis Nathaniel Conyngham | Henry Fitzroy Stanhope | Augustus Cavendish-Bradshaw | Tomkyns Hilgrove Turner | Sir Edward Paget | Sir George Campbell | Henry King | Joseph Whatley | Sir Edmund Nagle |
| 24 Jan 1821 | Edward Finch | William Keppel | Edmund Stevens | William Lumley | Lord Francis Nathaniel Conyngham | Henry Fitzroy Stanhope | Augustus Cavendish-Bradshaw | Tomkyns Hilgrove Turner | Sir Edward Paget | Sir Andrew Barnard | Henry King | Joseph Whatley | Sir Edmund Nagle |
| 11 Oct 1821 | Edward Finch | William Keppel | Edmund Stevens | William Lumley | Lord Francis Nathaniel Conyngham | Henry Fitzroy Stanhope | Augustus Cavendish-Bradshaw | Tomkyns Hilgrove Turner | Sir Charles Paget | Sir Andrew Barnard | Henry King | Joseph Whatley | Sir Edmund Nagle |
| 7 Sep 1825 | Edward Finch | William Keppel | Sir William Houston | William Lumley | Lord Francis Nathaniel Conyngham | Henry Fitzroy Stanhope | Augustus Cavendish-Bradshaw | Tomkyns Hilgrove Turner | Sir Charles Paget | Sir Andrew Barnard | Henry King | Joseph Whatley | Sir Edmund Nagle |
| 27 May 1828 | Edward Finch | William Keppel | Sir William Houston | William Lumley | Lord Francis Nathaniel Conyngham | Henry Fitzroy Stanhope | Augustus Cavendish-Bradshaw | Tomkyns Hilgrove Turner | Sir Charles Paget | Thomas Armstrong | Henry King | Joseph Whatley | Sir Edmund Nagle |
| 24 Sep 1828 | Edward Finch | William Keppel | Sir William Houston | William Lumley | Lord Francis Nathaniel Conyngham | John Robert Townshend | Augustus Cavendish-Bradshaw | Tomkyns Hilgrove Turner | Sir Charles Paget | Thomas Armstrong | Henry King | Joseph Whatley | Sir Edmund Nagle |
| 14 Feb 1830 | Edward Finch | William Keppel | Sir William Houston | William Lumley | Lord Francis Nathaniel Conyngham | John Robert Townshend | Augustus Cavendish-Bradshaw | Tomkyns Hilgrove Turner | Sir Charles Paget | Thomas Armstrong | George Cecil Weld-Forester | Joseph Whatley | Sir Edmund Nagle |
| 15 Mar 1830 | Edward Finch | William Keppel | Sir William Houston | William Lumley | Lord Francis Nathaniel Conyngham | John Robert Townshend | Augustus Cavendish-Bradshaw | Tomkyns Hilgrove Turner | Sir Charles Paget | Thomas Armstrong | George Cecil Weld-Forester | Joseph Whatley | Henry Thomas Hope |
William IV (1830–1837)
| Date of appointment | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| June 1830 | Edward Finch | William Keppel | William Lumley | Augustus Cavendish-Bradshaw | Tomkyns Hilgrove Turner | Joseph Whatley | Sir Charles Paget | Sir William Houston | Thomas Armstrong | John Robert Townshend | George Cecil Weld-Forester | Henry Thomas Hope |
| 17 Jul 1830 | Edward Finch | Sir Hussey Vivian | William Lumley | Augustus Cavendish-Bradshaw | Tomkyns Hilgrove Turner | Joseph Whatley | Sir Charles Paget | Sir William Houston | Thomas Armstrong | John Robert Townshend | George Cecil Weld-Forester | Henry Thomas Hope |
| 24 Jul 1830 | Edward Finch | Sir Hussey Vivian | William Lumley | Augustus Cavendish-Bradshaw | Tomkyns Hilgrove Turner | Joseph Whatley | Sir Charles Paget | Sir William Houston | Thomas Armstrong | John Robert Townshend | George Cecil Weld-Forester | Henry Thomas Hope | Sir Robert Cavendish Spencer |
| 30 Nov 1830 | Edward Finch | Sir Hussey Vivian | William Lumley | Augustus Cavendish-Bradshaw | Tomkyns Hilgrove Turner | Joseph Whatley | Sir Charles Paget | Sir William Houston | Thomas Armstrong | John Robert Townshend | George Cecil Weld-Forester | Sir Henry Blackwood, 1st Baronet |
| 23 Dec 1830 | Edward Finch | Sir Hussey Vivian | William Lumley | Augustus Cavendish-Bradshaw | Tomkyns Hilgrove Turner | Joseph Whatley | Sir Charles Paget | Sir William Houston | Thomas Armstrong | John Robert Townshend | George Cecil Weld-Forester | Sir Henry Blackwood, 1st Baronet | Sir Robert Otway |
| 31 Jan 1831 | Edward Finch | Sir Hussey Vivian | William Lumley | Augustus Cavendish-Bradshaw | Tomkyns Hilgrove Turner | Joseph Whatley | Sir Charles Paget | Sir William Houston | Thomas Armstrong | Sir James Reynett | George Cecil Weld-Forester | Sir Henry Blackwood, 1st Baronet | Sir Robert Otway |
| 24 Feb 1831 | Edward Finch | Sir Hussey Vivian | William Lumley | Augustus Cavendish-Bradshaw | Tomkyns Hilgrove Turner | Joseph Whatley | Sir Charles Paget | Sir William Houston | Thomas Armstrong | Sir James Reynett | George Pryse Campbell | Sir Henry Blackwood, 1st Baronet | Sir Robert Otway |
| 12 Nov 1832 | Edward Finch | Sir Hussey Vivian | William Lumley | Sir Charles Rowley, 1st Baronet | Tomkyns Hilgrove Turner | Joseph Whatley | Sir Charles Paget | Sir William Houston | Thomas Armstrong | Sir James Reynett | George Pryse Campbell | Sir Henry Blackwood, 1st Baronet | Sir Robert Otway |
| 15 Dec 1832 | Edward Finch | Sir Hussey Vivian | William Lumley | Sir Charles Rowley, 1st Baronet | Tomkyns Hilgrove Turner | Joseph Whatley | Sir Charles Paget | Sir William Houston | Thomas Armstrong | Sir James Reynett | George Pryse Campbell | Thomas William Taylor | Sir Robert Otway |
| 20 Jun 1837 | Accession of Queen Victoria. | Accession of Queen Victoria. | Accession of Queen Victoria. | Accession of Queen Victoria. | Accession of Queen Victoria. | Accession of Queen Victoria. | Accession of Queen Victoria. | Accession of Queen Victoria. | Accession of Queen Victoria. | Accession of Queen Victoria. | Accession of Queen Victoria. | Accession of Queen Victoria. |
Victoria (1837–1901) No Grooms of the Bedchamber appointed
Edward VII (1901–1910) The term "Groom-in-Waiting" was employed
George V (1910–1936)
| Date appointed | | | | | | | |
| 10 Jun 1910 | Captain Walter Douglas Somerset Campbell | Captain Seymour John Fortescue | Commander Charles Elphinstone Fleeming Cunninghame Graham | Sidney Robert Greville | Colonel William Lambton | Harry Stonor | Edward William Wallington Esq. |
The above-mentioned were gazetted as "Grooms of the Bedchamber in Waiting"; subsequently, the term "Groom in Waiting in Ordinary" was used.
Edward VIII (1936) The term "Groom-in-Waiting" was employed.
George VI (1936–1952) The term "Groom-in-Waiting" was employed.
Elizabeth (1952–2022) No Grooms of the Bedchamber appointed.
Charles III (2022–) No Grooms of the Bedchamber appointed.

## In France

The French portrait painter Jean Clouet (c. 1485–1540) was appointed a valet de chambre groom of the chamber of the French monarchy in 1523 by Francis I of France, as was his son François Clouet later. The office could serve as a sinecure to provide a minimum income and social place for someone who enjoyed royal favor.
Many noble households in Europe had their own grooms of the chamber, known by various titles. See Valet de chambre for a fuller account.