List of Masters of the Horse to British royal consorts

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Below is an incomplete list of those who have served as Master of the Horse to British royal consorts.

After the death of William IV in 1837, the post was discontinued.

Masters of the Horse to Philip II of Spain (1554–1558) edit

1554–1558: Anthony Browne, 1st Viscount Montagu

Masters of the Horse to Anne of Denmark (1603–1619) edit

1603–1619: Hon. Thomas Somerset^[1]

Masters of the Horse to Queen Henrietta Maria (1625–1669) edit

1639-?: Henry Jermyn, 1st Baron Jermyn
1663-1669: Henry Arundell, 3rd Baron Arundell of Wardour

Masters of the Horse to Queen Catherine (1662–1685) edit

1662-1664: Hon. Edward Montagu
1665–1678: Ralph Montagu, 3rd Baron Montagu
1679–1680: Louis de Duras, 2nd Earl of Feversham
1680–1682: Richard Lumley, 2nd Viscount Lumley (Earl of Scarbrough from 1681)
1682–1685: Robert Shirley, 1st Earl Ferrers

Masters of the Horse to Prince George of Denmark (1683–1708) edit

1685–1690: Edward Hyde, Viscount Cornbury
1690–1694: Edward Montagu, 3rd Earl of Sandwich
1694–1697: Basil Feilding, 4th Earl of Denbigh
1694–1705: Edward Montagu, 3rd Earl of Sandwich
1705–1708: Scroop Egerton, 4th Earl of Bridgewater

Masters of the Horse to Queen Caroline (1727–1737) edit

1727: Charles Beauclerk, 2nd Duke of St Albans
1727–1737: Thomas Fermor, 1st Earl of Pomfret

Masters of the Horse to Queen Charlotte (1761–1818)^[2] edit

1761–1763: Simon Harcourt, 1st Earl Harcourt
1763–1765: Thomas Thynne, 3rd Viscount Weymouth
1765–1766: Peregrine Bertie, 3rd Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven
1766–1768: John West, 2nd Earl De La Warr
1768–1770: Henry Somerset, 5th Duke of Beaufort
1770–1784: John Waldegrave, 3rd Earl Waldegrave
1784–1789: George Waldegrave, 4th Earl Waldegrave
1789–1791: Vacant
1791–1809: George Harcourt, 2nd Earl Harcourt
1809–1818: William Harcourt, 3rd Earl Harcourt

Masters of the Horse to Queen Adelaide (1830–1837) edit

1830–1834: William Hay, 18th Earl of Erroll
1834–1837: William Feilding, 7th Earl of Denbigh

References edit

^ Bowen, Lloyd (2010). "SOMERSET, Thomas (c.1579-1644/51), of St. Martin-in-the Fields, Westminster; later of Badminton House, Great Badminton, Glos.". In Ferris, John P.; Thrush, Andrew (eds.). The House of Commons 1604-1629. The History of Parliament Trust. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
^ A Political Index to the Histories of Great Britain and Ireland

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