{{Short description|Office within the British Royal Household}} The '''Master of the Robes''' is an office in the British Royal Household. He is responsible for the King's robes at times such as a coronation, the annual Order of the Garter service and the State Opening of Parliament. Since the reign of Edward VII, the office has only been filled for coronations (note, the office is not allocated during the reign of a queen regnant). Below is a list of known office holders:
== Henry VII == * 1496: Sir Edward Burton<ref name="The Gentlemans and London Magazine: Or Monthly Chronologer, 1741–1794 1791 p. 77">{{cite book | title = The Gentleman's and London Magazine: Or Monthly Chronologer, 1741–1794 | publisher = J. Exshaw. | year = 1791 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=LP0RAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA77 | access-date = 30 April 2019 | page = 77 | quote = .. living in 1496, and Master of the Robes to K. Henry VII. ... }}</ref>
== James I == * 1603-1612: Roger Aston.<ref>John S. Brewer, ''The Court of King James the First by Godfrey Goodman'', vol. 1 (London, 1839), p. 18.</ref> * 1617–1625: Christopher Villiers<ref name="Doyle 1886 p. 46">{{cite book | last = Doyle | first = J.E. | title = The Official Baronage of England: Showing the Succession, Dignities, and Offices of Every Peer from 1066 to 1885, with Sixteen Hundred Illustrations | publisher = Longmans, Green | series = The Official Baronage of England: Showing the Succession, Dignities, and Offices of Every Peer from 1066 to 1885, with Sixteen Hundred Illustrations | issue = v. 1 | year = 1886 | url = https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_B-kIAAAAIAAJ | access-date = 30 April 2019 | page = [https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_B-kIAAAAIAAJ/page/n62 46] }}</ref>
== Charles, Prince of Wales, later Charles I == * 1611–1622: Robert Carey * 1622–1628: Spencer Compton, Lord Compton * 1628–1649: ?
== Charles II == * 1660–1662: Henry Cavendish, Viscount Mansfield * 1662–1678: Laurence Hyde * 1678-1679: Sidney Godolphin * 1679–1685: Henry Sydney
== James II == * 1685–1687: Arthur Herbert * 1687–1688: Lord Thomas Howard
== William III == * 1690–1695: William Nassau de Zuylestein * 1695–1701: Arnold van Keppel * 1701: Cornelius Nassau == Queen Anne == {{See|Mistress of the Robes}}
== George I == * 1714–1726: William Cadogan * 1727: George Cholmondeley, Viscount Malpas
== George II == * 1727–1757: Augustus Schutz * 1757–1760: Edward Finch
== George III == * 1760–1791: James Brudenell * 1791–1808: Sir James Peachey * 1808–1809: William Harcourt * 1809–1812: Henry Sedley * 1812–1820: Charles Nassau Thomas
== George IV == * 1820–1830: Lord Francis Conyngham
== William IV == * 1830: Sir Charles Pole, 1st Baronet * 1830–1837: Sir George Seymour
== Victoria == {{Further|Mistress of the Robes}}
== Edward VII == * 1902: Charles Harbord, 5th Baron Suffield
== George V == * 1911: Victor Spencer, 1st Viscount Churchill<ref name="Debretts Peerage, Baronetage, Knightage, and Companionage 1931 p. 220">{{cite book | title = Debrett's Peerage, Baronetage, Knightage, and Companionage | publisher = Kelly's Directories | issue = v. 1931 | year = 1931 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=pFEMAQAAMAAJ | access-date = 30 April 2019 | page = 220 }}</ref>
== Edward VIII == * 1936: Edward Colebrooke, 1st Baron Colebrooke<ref name="Cokayne Gibbs 1940 p. 67">{{cite book | last = Cokayne | first = G.E. | last2 = Gibbs | first2 = V. | title = The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom: Peers created 1901 to 1938 | publisher = St. Catherine Press, Limited | series = The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom: Extant, Extinct, Or Dormant | year = 1940 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=rFhmAAAAMAAJ | access-date = 30 April 2019 | page = 67 }}</ref><ref>{{London Gazette |issue=34319 |date=1 September 1936 |page=5657 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1939/03/01/94685084.html?pageNumber=27 |title=Lord Colebrooke, Official of Court |date=1 March 1939 |work=The New York Times |quote=Edward VIII in September, 1936, appointed him Master of the Robes. It was announced at the time that he would attend to the present Duke of Windsor's dress for the coronation.}}</ref>
==George VI== *1936: Post vacant
== Elizabeth II == {{Further|Mistress of the Robes}}
== Charles III == *2022: Post vacant
== References == {{Reflist}}
== External links == * [http://courtofficers.ctsdh.luc.edu/ Database of Court Officers] * [http://www.burkes-peerage.net/ Burke's Peerage & Gentry]
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Category:Positions within the British Royal Household