Lady of the Bedchamber
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This is an incomplete list of those who have served as Lady of the Bedchamber (also styled Gentlewoman of Her Majesty's Bedchamber) in the British
Royal Household
. See also Ladies-in-Waiting
, Women of the Bedchamber
and Mistress of the Robes
.
Ladies of the Bedchamber to Henrietta Maria of France
Ladies of the Bedchamber to Catherine of Braganza
Ladies of the Bedchamber to Queen Anne
Ladies of the Bedchamber to Caroline, Princess of Wales, later Queen Caroline
Ladies of the Bedchamber to Queen Charlotte
Ladies of the Bedchamber to Queen Adelaide
Ladies of the Bedchamber to Queen Victoria
Ladies of the Bedchamber to Queen Alexandra
Ladies of the Bedchamber to Mary, Princess of Wales, later Queen Mary
Ladies of the Bedchamber to Queen Elizabeth, later Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother
Ladies of the Bedchamber to Queen Elizabeth II
United Kingdom
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Royal Household
Royal Household
A Royal Household in ancient and medieval monarchies formed the basis for the general government of the country as well as providing for the needs of the sovereign and his relations....
. See also Ladies-in-Waiting
Lady-in-waiting
A lady-in-waiting is a female personal assistant at a royal court, attending on a queen, a princess, or a high-ranking noblewoman. Historically, in Europe a lady-in-waiting was often a noblewoman from a family highly thought of in good society, but was of lower rank than the woman on whom she...
, Women of the Bedchamber
Woman of the Bedchamber
In the Royal Household of the United Kingdom the term Woman of the Bedchamber is used to describe a woman attending either a queen regnant or queen consort, in the role of Lady-in-Waiting...
and Mistress of the Robes
Mistress of the Robes
The Mistress of the Robes is the senior lady of the British Royal Household. Formerly responsible for the Queen's clothes and jewellery, the post now has the responsibility for arranging the rota of attendance of the Ladies in Waiting on the Queen, along with various duties at State ceremonies...
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Ladies of the Bedchamber to Elizabeth I, 1558-1603
- 1558–1565: Katherine Ashley (née Champernowne), Lady AshleyKatherine ChampernowneKatherine Ashley née Champernowne was governess to Elizabeth I and was a close friend in later life, known to the Queen as 'Kat'. She should not be confused with her niece Catherine Champernowne, mother of Sir Walter Raleigh and Sir Humphrey Gilbert.-Early life:Katherine Champernowne’s parentage...
- 1559–1569: Catherine Carey, Lady Knollys
- c.1580–1581: Anne VavasourAnne VavasourAnne Vavasour was a Maid of Honour ) to Queen Elizabeth I of England, and the mistress of two aristocratic men. Her first lover was Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford, by whom she had an illegitimate son - Edward. For that offence, both she and the earl were sent to the Tower of London by the...
Ladies of the Bedchamber to Henrietta Maria of FranceHenrietta Maria of FranceHenrietta Maria of France ; was the Queen consort of England, Scotland and Ireland as the wife of King Charles I...
, 1625-1649
- c.1625: Elizabeth Conquest (née Thimbelby), daughter of Sir Richard Thimelby of IrnhamIrnhamIrnham is a village in Lincolnshire in South Kesteven, Lincolnshire, England. It is about ten miles south east of Grantham, To the north is Osgodby, to the south Swinstead, and to the west Corby Glen. The village is on a high limestone ridge that forms the southern part of the Lincolnshire...
, married Sir Richard Conquest of Houghton ConquestHoughton ConquestHoughton Conquest is a village and civil parish located in the Central Bedfordshire district of Bedfordshire, England. The parish also includes the hamlet of How End.-History:...
Ladies of the Bedchamber to Catherine of BraganzaCatherine of BraganzaCatherine of Braganza was a Portuguese infanta and queen consort of England, Scotland and Ireland as the wife of King Charles II.She married the king in 1662...
, 1662-1688
- 1663–1667: Katherine Stanhope, Countess of ChesterfieldKatherine Stanhope, Countess of ChesterfieldKatherine Stanhope, Countess of Chesterfield was the governess and confidante of Mary, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange.She was born eldest daughter to Thomas Wotton, 2nd Baron Wotton and his wife, Mary, daughter of Sir Arthur Throckmorton of Paulerspury, Northamptonshire.She first married...
- 1663–1673: Barbara Palmer, Countess of CastlemaineBarbara Palmer, 1st Duchess of ClevelandBarbara Palmer, 1st Duchess of Cleveland was an English courtesan and perhaps the most notorious of the many mistresses of King Charles II of England, by whom she had five children, all of which were acknowledged and subsequently ennobled...
- 1663–1681: Barbara Howard, Countess of Suffolk
- 1663–1688: Mary Villiers, Duchess of Buckingham
- 1663–1688: Jane Granville, Countess of Bath
Ladies of the Bedchamber to Queen AnneAnne of Great BritainAnne ascended the thrones of England, Scotland and Ireland on 8 March 1702. On 1 May 1707, under the Act of Union, two of her realms, England and Scotland, were united as a single sovereign state, the Kingdom of Great Britain.Anne's Catholic father, James II and VII, was deposed during the...
, 1704-1714
- 1704–1714: Abigail Masham, Baroness Masham
- 1704–1712: Anne Spencer, Countess of Sunderland
- 1704–1714: Anne Venables-Bertie, Countess of Abingdon
Ladies of the Bedchamber to Caroline, Princess of Wales, later Queen CarolineCaroline of AnsbachCaroline of Brandenburg-Ansbach was the queen consort of King George II of Great Britain.Her father, John Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach, was the ruler of a small German state...
, 1714-1737
- 1714–1717: Louisa Berkeley, Countess of Berkeley
- 1714–1717 & 1726: Diana Beauclerk, Duchess of St AlbansDiana Beauclerk, Duchess of St AlbansDiana Beauclerk, Duchess of St Albans was born Lady Diana de Vere, was a British courtier. She was Mistress of the Robes to Caroline, Princess of Wales from 1714 to 1717....
- 1714–1717: Henrietta Paulet, Duchess of Bolton
- 1714–1717: Mary Montagu, Duchess of Montagu
- 1714–1724: Mary Cowper, Countess Cowper
- 1714–1726: Adelaide Talbot, Duchess of Shrewsbury
- 1714–1737: Elizabeth Sackville, Duchess of Dorset
- 1717: Elizabeth Seymour, Viscountess Hinchingbrooke
- 1718–1721: Barbara Herbert, Countess of Pembroke
- 1718–1724: Henrietta d'Auverquerque, Countess of Grantham
- 1718–1737: Elizabeth Hervey, Countess of Bristol
- 1718–1720: Anne Scott, Countess of Deloraine
- 1722: Jane Capell, Countess of Essex
- 1724–1737: Frances Seymour, Countess of Hertford
- 1724–1737: Sarah Lennox, Duchess of RichmondSarah Lennox, Duchess of RichmondSarah Lennox , was born Sarah Cadogan as the eldest daughter of William Cadogan and his wife Margaret Cecilia Munter...
- 1725–1737: Anne van Keppel, Countess of AlbemarleAnne van Keppel, Countess of AlbemarleAnne van Keppel was born Lady Anne Lennox, the daughter of the 1st Duke of Richmond and Anne Brudenell...
- 1725–1737: Henrietta Fermor, Countess of Pomfret
- 1725–1737: Mary Herbert, Countess of PembrokeMary Herbert, Countess of PembrokeMary Herbert, Countess of Pembroke may refer to:*Mary Sidney, married name Mary Herbert, Countess of Pembroke, , one of the first English women to achieve a major reputation for her literary works...
(extra) - ?–1737: Dorothy Boyle, Countess of Cork (extra)
Ladies of the Bedchamber to Augusta, Princess of Wales, 1736-1763
- 1736: Annie Howard, Countess of Effingham
- 1736–1764: Anne Ingram, Viscountess Irvine
- 1736–1739 & 1742–1759: Charlotte Byng, Viscountess Torrington
- 1737–1772: Lady Charlotte Edwyn
- 1743–1772: Frances Lumley-Saunderson, Countess of ScarbroughFrances Lumley-Saunderson, Countess of ScarbroughFrances Douglas-Hamilton was the daughter of George Hamilton, 1st Earl of Orkney and his wife, Elizabeth Villiers. She was a lady of the bedchamber to Caroline, Princess of Wales, later Queen Caroline of Great Britain and Princess Augusta of Wales.On 27 June 1724, she married Thomas...
- 1743–1772: Maria Howe, Viscountess Howe
- 1745–1772: Elizabeth Berkeley, Countess Berkeley
Ladies of the Bedchamber to Queen CharlotteCharlotte of Mecklenburg-StrelitzCharlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz was the Queen consort of the United Kingdom as the wife of King George III...
, 1761-1818
- 1761–1768: Diana St John, Viscountess BolingbrokeLady Diana BeauclerkNot to be confused with the 20th-century Princess of Wales of the same maiden nameLady Diana Beauclerk was an English noblewoman and artist....
- 1761–1770: Elizabeth Percy, Countess of NorthumberlandElizabeth Percy, Duchess of NorthumberlandElizabeth Percy, née Seymour, Duchess of Northumberland, heiress to the earldom of Northumberland and 2nd Baroness Percy was a British peeress....
(Duchess of Northumberland from 1766) - 1761–1784: Elizabeth Campbell, Duchess of Hamilton (Duchess of Argyll from 1770)
- 1761–1791: Elizabeth Howard, Countess of Effingham
- 1761–1793: Elizabeth Thynne, Viscountess Weymouth (Marchioness of Bath from 1789)
- 1761–1794: Alicia Wyndham, Countess of Egremont
- 1768–1782: Isabella Seymour, Countess of Hertford
- 1770–1801: Mary Darcy, Countess of Holderness
- 1783–1818: Elizabeth Herbert, Countess of Pembroke and MontgomeryElizabeth Herbert, Countess of Pembroke and MontgomeryElizabeth Herbert, Countess of Pembroke and Montgomery was the daughter of Charles Spencer and Elizabeth Trevor.-Biography:Born Elizabeth Spencer to Charles Spencer, 3rd Duke of Marlborough and Elizabeth Trevor....
- 1784–1818: Elizabeth Harcourt, Countess Harcourt
- 1791–1818: Elizabeth Townshend, Viscountess Sydney
- 1793–1807: Elizabeth Brudenell, Countess of Cardigan
- 1794–1818: Jane Stanhope, Countess of Harrington
- 1801–1818: Mary Parker, Countess of Macclesfield
- 1807–1813: Henrietta Stanhope, Countess of Chesterfield
- 1813–1818: Anne Dundas, Viscountess Melville
Ladies of the Bedchamber to Queen AdelaideAdelaide of Saxe-MeiningenPrincess Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen was the queen consort of the United Kingdom and of Hanover as spouse of William IV of the United Kingdom. Adelaide, the capital city of South Australia, is named after her.-Early life:Adelaide was born on 13 August 1792 at Meiningen, Thuringia, Germany...
, 1830-1837
- 1830–1837: Emily Nugent, Marchioness of Westmeath
- 1830–1837: Arabella Bourke, Countess of Mayo
- 1830–1849: Marianne Wellesley, Countess of Mornington
- 1830–1834: Anna Loftus, Marchioness of Ely (extra 1834-1837)
- 1830–1837: Emma Brownlow, Countess Brownlow
- 1830–1837: Lady Harriet Clinton
- 1833–1836: Harriet Howe, Countess Howe
- 1836–1837: Harriet Baker-Holroyd, Countess of Sheffield
Ladies of the Bedchamber to Queen VictoriaVictoria of the United KingdomVictoria was the monarch of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 20 June 1837 until her death. From 1 May 1876, she used the additional title of Empress of India....
, 1837-1901
- 1837–1838: Louisa Petty-FitzMaurice, Marchioness of Lansdowne
- 1837–1838: Louisa Lambton, Countess of Durham
- 1837–1841: Maria Phipps, Marchioness of Normanby
- 1837–1841: Anna Russell, Duchess of BedfordAnna Russell, Duchess of BedfordAnna Maria Russell, Duchess of Bedford was a lifelong friend of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom, whom she served as a Lady of the Bedchamber between 1837 and 1841. She was also the originator of the British meal "afternoon tea."Anna was the daughter of Charles Stanhope, 3rd Earl of Harrington...
- 1837–1842: Sarah Lyttelton, Baroness LytteltonSarah Lyttelton, Baroness LytteltonSarah Lyttelton, Baroness Lyttelton was a British courtier, governess to Edward VII of the United Kingdom and wife of William Lyttelton, 3rd Baron Lyttelton....
, then Governess (Lady Superintendent) of the Royal Children 1842–1850. - 1837–1842: Frances Noel, Countess of Gainsborough
- 1837–1851: Emma Portman, Baroness PortmanEmma Portman, Viscountess PortmanEmma Lascelles Portman, Viscountess Portman , was an English aristocrat. She was the daughter of Henry Lascelles, 2nd Earl of Harewood and Henrietta Sebright....
- 1837–1854: Anne Caulfield, Countess of Charlemont
- 1838–1840: Blanche Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire
- 1839: Elizabeth Campbell, Marchioness of Breadalbane
- 1839–1842: Mary Montagu, Countess of Sandwich
- 1840–1854 & 1863–1865: Carolina Edgcumbe, Countess of Mount Edgcumbe
- 1841–1845: Catherine Murray, Countess of DunmoreCatherine Murray, Countess of DunmoreCatherine Murray, Countess of Dunmore , was a British peeress and promoter of Harris Tweed.-Family:...
- 1841–1867: Frances Jocelyn, Viscountess JocelynFrances Jocelyn, Viscountess JocelynFrances Elizabeth Jocelyn, Viscountess Jocelyn, VA was a British courtier and amateur photographer.The former Lady Frances Elizabeth Cowper was the daughter of Peter Cowper, 5th Earl Cowper and his wife, Emily...
(extra 1867-1880) - 1842: Susan Broun-Ramsay, Countess of Dalhousie
- 1842–1843: Charlotte Fitzalan-Howard, Duchess of NorfolkCharlotte Fitzalan-Howard, Duchess of NorfolkCharlotte Sophia Fitzalan-Howard , Duchess of Norfolk was a daughter of the 1st Duke of Sutherland and his wife, Elizabeth....
- 1842–1855: Charlotte Canning, Countess CanningCharlotte Canning, Countess CanningCharlotte Canning , one of the most prolific women artists in India, was the wife of Charles Canning, 1st Earl Canning. Two portfolios in the V&A, contain some three hundred and fifty watercolours, the result of four major tours in India...
- 1843–1858: Elizabeth Wellesley, Duchess of WellingtonElizabeth Wellesley, Duchess of WellingtonElizabeth, Duchess of Wellington was born Lady Elizabeth Hay, a daughter of the eighth Marquess of Tweeddale. One of her brothers was the ornithologist Viscount Walden, and another the Admiral of the Fleet Lord John Hay...
- 1845–1864: Elizabeth Cuffe, Countess of Desart
- 1851–1889: Jane Loftus, Marchioness of ElyJane Loftus, Marchioness of ElyJane Loftus , Marchioness of Ely was an English lady of the bedchamber and a close friend of Queen Victoria. Her parents were James Hope-Vere and Lady Elizabeth Hay, and through her mother she was a cousin of Arthur Wellesley, the first Duke of Wellington...
- 1854–1897: Anne Murray, Duchess of AthollAnne Murray, Duchess of AthollAnne Murray, Duchess of Atholl , born Anne Home-Drummond and known as The Lady Glenlyon between 1839 and 1846, as The Duchess of Atholl between 1846 and 1864 and as The Dowager Duchess of Atholl between 1864 and 1897, was a Scottish courtier and close friend of Queen Victoria.Murray was born at...
- 1854–1900: Jane Spencer, Baroness ChurchillJane Spencer, Baroness ChurchillJane Spencer, Baroness Churchill, VA , born Lady Jane Conyngham, daughter of the Earl of Mount Charles , married, on 19 May 1849, the Francis Spencer, 2nd Baron Churchill, at Bifrons House, Kent.From 1854 to her death, Lady Churchill was a Lady of the Bedchamber to Queen Victoria...
- 1855–1863: Maria Bosville-Macdonald, Baroness Macdonald
- 1858–1878: Jane Alexander, Countess of Caledon
- 1864–1890: Elizabeth Cavendish, Baroness Waterpark
- 1865–1895: Susanna Innes-Ker, Duchess of Roxburghe
- 1867–1872: Eliza Agar-Ellis, Viscountess Clifden
- 1872–1874: Blanche Bourke, Countess of Mayo
- 1873–1901: Eliza Hay, Countess of Erroll
- 1874–1885: Julia Abercromby, Baroness Abercromby
- 1878–1901: Ismania FitzRoy, Baroness Southampton
- 1885–1901: Emily Russell, Baroness AmpthillEmily Russell, Baroness AmpthillEmily Theresa Russell, Baroness Ampthill, VA was a British courtier.Born Lady Emily Theresa Villiers, she was the third daughter of George Villiers, 4th Earl of Clarendon and his wife, Katherine...
- 1889–1901: Cecilia Dawnay, Viscountess Downe
- 1890–1901: Louisa McDonnell, Countess of AntrimLouisa McDonnell, Countess of AntrimLouisa Jane McDonnell, née Grey VA , was the daughter of Hon. Charles Grey and his wife, Caroline Eliza née Farquhar....
- 1895–1901: Edith Bulwer-Lytton, Countess of Lytton
- 1897–1901: Anne Innes-Ker, Duchess of RoxburgheAnne Innes-Ker, Duchess of RoxburgheAnne Emily Innes-Ker, Duchess of Roxburghe VA OBE was born Anne Emily Spencer-Churchill, and was the daughter of the seventh Duke of Marlborough, who served in Conservative governments as Lord President of the Council and Lord Lieutenant of Ireland...
Ladies of the Bedchamber to Queen AlexandraAlexandra of DenmarkAlexandra of Denmark was the wife of Edward VII of the United Kingdom...
, 1901-1925
- 1900–1910: Alice Stanley, Countess of DerbyAlice Stanley, Countess of DerbyAlice Stanley was born as Lady Alice Maud Olivia Montagu, the daughter of the 7th Duke of Manchester and his wife, Countess Louise von Alten....
- 1901–1905: Edith Bulwer-Lytton, Countess of Lytton
- 1901–1905: Maud Petty-FitzMaurice, Marchioness of LansdowneMaud Petty-FitzMaurice, Marchioness of LansdowneMaud Evelyn Petty-Fitzmaurice, Marchioness of Lansdowne, GBE, CH, VA, CI , née Lady Maud Evelyn Hamilton, was a British courtier. She vice-regal spouce of Canada while her husband was Governor General of Canada from 1883-1888...
(extra) - 1901–1907: Alice Douglas, Countess of Morton (extra)
- 1901–1910: Louisa McDonnell, Countess of AntrimLouisa McDonnell, Countess of AntrimLouisa Jane McDonnell, née Grey VA , was the daughter of Hon. Charles Grey and his wife, Caroline Eliza née Farquhar....
- 1901–1911: Cecilia Harbord, Baroness Suffield
- 1901–1912: Mary Parker, Countess of Macclesfield (extra)
- 1901–1925: Louisa Acheson, Countess of GosfordLouisa Acheson, Countess of GosfordLouisa Augusta Beatrice Acheson, Countess of Gosford DBE , née Lady Louisa Augusta Beatrice Montagu, was the wife of the 4th Earl of Gosford.Lady Gosford was the daughter of the Duke of Manchester...
- 1905–1910: Maud Petty-FitzMaurice, Marchioness of LansdowneMaud Petty-FitzMaurice, Marchioness of LansdowneMaud Evelyn Petty-Fitzmaurice, Marchioness of Lansdowne, GBE, CH, VA, CI , née Lady Maud Evelyn Hamilton, was a British courtier. She vice-regal spouce of Canada while her husband was Governor General of Canada from 1883-1888...
- 1905–1910: Constance Ashley-Cooper, Countess of Shaftesbury (extra)
- 1907–1910: Cecily Gascoyne-Cecil, Marchioness of Salisbury
- 1910–1914: Winifred Hardinge, Baroness Hardinge of Penshurst (extra)
- 1910–1925: Maud Petty-FitzMaurice, Marchioness of LansdowneMaud Petty-FitzMaurice, Marchioness of LansdowneMaud Evelyn Petty-Fitzmaurice, Marchioness of Lansdowne, GBE, CH, VA, CI , née Lady Maud Evelyn Hamilton, was a British courtier. She vice-regal spouce of Canada while her husband was Governor General of Canada from 1883-1888...
(extra) - 1910– 1925: Cecily Gascoyne-Cecil, Marchioness of Salisbury (extra)
- 1910–1925: Alice Stanley, Countess of DerbyAlice Stanley, Countess of DerbyAlice Stanley was born as Lady Alice Maud Olivia Montagu, the daughter of the 7th Duke of Manchester and his wife, Countess Louise von Alten....
(extra) - 1911–1925: Cecilia Carington, Marchioness of Lincolnshire (Countess Carrington 1911-1912)
Ladies of the Bedchamber to Mary, Princess of Wales, later Queen MaryMary of TeckMary of Teck was the queen consort of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Empress of India, as the wife of King-Emperor George V....
, 1901-1953
- 1901–1902: Ida Bridgeman, Countess of Bradford
- 1901–1910: Mabell Ogilvy, Countess of AirlieMabell Ogilvy, Countess of AirlieMabell Frances Elizabeth Ogilvy, Countess of Airlie, GCVO, GBE was a British courtier and author.-Early life:...
- 1902–1910: Mary Cochrane-Baillie, Baroness Lamington
- 1905–1906: Constance Ashely-Cooper, Countess of Shaftesbury (extra)
- 1905–1936: Ida Bridgeman, Countess of Bradford (extra)
- 1906–1913: Constance Ashley-Cooper, Countess of Shaftesbury
- 1910–1916: Mabell Ogilvy, Countess of AirlieMabell Ogilvy, Countess of AirlieMabell Frances Elizabeth Ogilvy, Countess of Airlie, GCVO, GBE was a British courtier and author.-Early life:...
(extra) - 1910–1917: Mary Cochrane-Baillie, Baroness Lamington(extra)
- 1911–1916: Ethel Grenfell, Baroness Desborough
- 1911–1936: Mary Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, Countess of Minto
- 1911–1953: Margaret Russell, Baroness AmpthillMargaret Russell, Baroness AmpthillMargaret Russell, Baroness Ampthill, GCVO, CI, GBE was the daughter of the 6th Earl Beauchamp.Born as Margaret Lygon, she married the 2nd Baron Ampthill, in Madresfield, Worcestershire on 6 October 1894 .She was a Lady of the Bedchamber to Queen Mary, and in 1918 was made a Dame Grand Cross of the...
- 1913–1924: Emily Fortescue, Countess Fortescue
- 1913–1953: Constance Ashley-Cooper, Countess of Shaftesbury (extra)
- 1916–1924: Ethel Grenfell, Baroness Desborough (extra)
- 1916–1953: Mabell Ogilvy, Countess of AirlieMabell Ogilvy, Countess of AirlieMabell Frances Elizabeth Ogilvy, Countess of Airlie, GCVO, GBE was a British courtier and author.-Early life:...
- 1924–1929: Emily Fortescue, Countess Fortescue (extra)
- 1924–1936: Ethel Grenfell, Baroness Desborough
- 1936–1940: Mary Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, Countess of Minto (extra)
- 1936–1952: Ethel Grenfell, Baroness Desborough (extra)
Ladies of the Bedchamber to Queen Elizabeth, later Queen Elizabeth the Queen MotherElizabeth Bowes-LyonElizabeth Angela Marguerite Bowes-Lyon was the queen consort of King George VI from 1936 until her husband's death in 1952, after which she was known as Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, to avoid confusion with her daughter, Queen Elizabeth II...
, 1937-2002
- 1937–1947: Mary Wilson, Baroness Nunburnholme
- 1937–1972: Cynthia Spencer, Countess SpencerCynthia Spencer, Countess SpencerCynthia Elinor Beatrix Spencer, Countess Spencer, DCVO, OBE , known as Lady Cynthia Hamilton until her marriage, and from then as Viscountess Althorp until 1922 when her husband inherited his father's title of Earl Spencer, was a British peeress and the paternal grandmother of Diana, Princess of...
- 1937–1941: Dorothy Wood, Viscountess Halifax
- 1937–1994: Patricia Smith, Viscountess HambledenPatricia Smith, Viscountess HambledenPatricia Smith, Viscountess Hambleden GCVO was a Lady of the Bedchamber to Queen Elizabeth from 1937–94....
- 1941–1945: Beatrice Ormsby-Gore, Baroness Harlech
- 1945–1967: Beatrice Ormsby-Gore, Baroness Harlech
- 1947–1979: Katharine Lumley, Countess of Scarbrough
- 1973–2002: Elizabeth Beckett, Baroness Grimthorpe
- 1994–2002: Elizabeth Lumley, Countess of Scarbrough
Ladies of the Bedchamber to Queen Elizabeth IIElizabeth II of the United KingdomElizabeth II is the constitutional monarch of 16 sovereign states known as the Commonwealth realms: the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Jamaica, Barbados, the Bahamas, Grenada, Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Belize,...
, 1953-present
- 1953–1966: Fortune FitzRoy, Countess of EustonFortune FitzRoy, Duchess of GraftonAnn Fortune FitzRoy, Duchess of Grafton GCVO is the widow of Hugh FitzRoy, 11th Duke of Grafton...
(now the Duchess of Grafton) - 1953–1973: Elizabeth Coke, Countess of Leicester
- 1960–1966: Patricia Nevill, Marchioness of AbergavennyPatricia Nevill, Marchioness of AbergavennyMary Patricia Nevill, Marchioness of Abergavenny, DCVO was a friend and Lady of the Bedchamber to Queen Elizabeth II.-Life:She was born Mary Patricia Harrison, the daughter of John Harrison and his wife, Hon...
(extra) - 1966–1987: Patricia Nevill, Marchioness of AbergavennyPatricia Nevill, Marchioness of AbergavennyMary Patricia Nevill, Marchioness of Abergavenny, DCVO was a friend and Lady of the Bedchamber to Queen Elizabeth II.-Life:She was born Mary Patricia Harrison, the daughter of John Harrison and his wife, Hon...
- 1967–1971: Esmé Baring, Countess of Cromer (temporary)
- 1967: Sonia Fairfax, Lady Fairfax of Cameron (temporary)
- 1971–1993: Esme Baring, Countess of Cromer (extra)
- 1973–present: Virginia Ogilvy, Countess of AirlieVirginia Ogilvy, Countess of AirlieVirginia Fortune Ogilvy, Countess of Airlie, DCVO is a Lady of the Bedchamber to Queen Elizabeth II. On 23 October 1952, she married David Ogilvy, who in 1968 became Earl of Airlie. She has been a Lady of the Bedchamber since 1973. She was appointed a Dame Commander of the Royal Victorian Order ...
- 1987–2005: Patricia Nevill, Marchioness of AbergavennyPatricia Nevill, Marchioness of AbergavennyMary Patricia Nevill, Marchioness of Abergavenny, DCVO was a friend and Lady of the Bedchamber to Queen Elizabeth II.-Life:She was born Mary Patricia Harrison, the daughter of John Harrison and his wife, Hon...
(extra) - 1987–present: Diana Maxwell, Baroness Farnham
- 1987–present: Richenda Elton, Baroness Elton