Lord of the Bedchamber

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The Lord of the Bedchamber was a senior courtier in the British royal household, attending closely to the personal and private needs of the monarch and wielding significant social and political influence.

All labels observed (6)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf court office ⓘ
courtier role ⓘ
position in the British royal household ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction British monarchy ⓘ
attendsTo king ⓘ
monarch ⓘ
queen ⓘ
confers political influence at court ⓘ
social influence at court ⓘ
country Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
duty accompanying the monarch in private apartments ⓘ
acting as intimate personal attendant ⓘ
assistance with the monarch’s private needs ⓘ
attendance in the royal bedchamber ⓘ
close daily attendance on the sovereign ⓘ
personal service to the sovereign ⓘ
hasCharacteristic close physical proximity to the monarch ⓘ
high level of trust from the sovereign ⓘ
hasGenderRestriction male ⓘ
historicalPeriod 18th century ⓘ
19th century ⓘ
early modern period ⓘ
influences access to the monarch ⓘ
court patronage ⓘ
languageOfName English ⓘ
partOf British royal household ⓘ
Royal Household of the United Kingdom ⓘ
relatedPosition Gentleman of the Bedchamber ⓘ
Groom of the Bedchamber ⓘ
Lady of the Bedchamber ⓘ
selectionCriteria aristocratic status ⓘ
royal favour ⓘ
socialStatus member of the aristocracy ⓘ
senior courtier ⓘ
sphereOfActivity court politics ⓘ
royal ceremonial ⓘ
subordinateTo Lord Chamberlain ⓘ
the sovereign ⓘ
typeOf honorary court appointment ⓘ
household office ⓘ
typicalRank nobleman ⓘ
peer ⓘ
usedFor rewarding loyal nobles ⓘ
strengthening political alliances ⓘ
workLocation royal bedchamber ⓘ
royal palaces ⓘ

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Referenced by (59)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

The Duke of Grafton → positionHeld → Lord of the Bedchamber ⓘ
John Montagu, 5th Earl of Sandwich → positionHeld → Lord of the Bedchamber ⓘ
Sir William Ashburnham → positionHeld → Lord of the Bedchamber ⓘ
Sir John Lowther → positionHeld → Lord of the Bedchamber ⓘ
George Townshend, 1st Marquess Townshend → positionHeld → Lord of the Bedchamber ⓘ
subject linked to: George Townshend
Peniston Lamb, 1st Viscount Melbourne → positionHeld → Lord of the Bedchamber ⓘ
Lord of the Bedchamber → relatedPosition → Gentleman of the Bedchamber ⓘ
linked to: Lord of the Bedchamber
John Campbell, 4th Duke of Argyll → positionHeld → Lord of the Bedchamber ⓘ
Lord Stormont → positionHeld → Lord of the Bedchamber ⓘ
Charles Lennox, 1st Duke of Richmond → heldOffice → Lord of the Bedchamber ⓘ
William Stanley, 8th Earl of Derby → positionHeld → Lord of the Bedchamber ⓘ
James Graham, 1st Duke of Montrose → positionHeld → Lord of the Bedchamber ⓘ
William Stanley, 9th Earl of Derby → positionHeld → Lord of the Bedchamber ⓘ
Charles Boyle, 2nd Earl of Burlington → positionHeld → Lord of the Bedchamber ⓘ
Household of Charles II of England → employs → Gentleman of the Bedchamber ⓘ
linked to: Lord of the Bedchamber
John Sheffield, 1st Duke of Buckingham and Normanby → positionHeld → Lord of the Bedchamber ⓘ
subject linked to: John
James Hamilton, 7th Duke of Hamilton → positionHeld → Lord of the Bedchamber ⓘ
Lord George Germain → positionHeld → Lord of the Bedchamber ⓘ
George Hamilton, 1st Earl of Orkney → positionHeld → Lord of the Bedchamber ⓘ
Thomas Coke, 1st Earl of Leicester → positionHeld → Lord of the Bedchamber ⓘ
George Bingham, 4th Earl of Lucan → positionHeld → Lord of the Bedchamber ⓘ
John Hervey, 2nd Baron Hervey → positionHeld → Lord of the Bedchamber ⓘ
Edward Stanley, 11th Earl of Derby → positionHeld → Lord of the Bedchamber ⓘ
subject linked to: 11th Earl of Derby
William Henry Nassau de Zuylestein, 4th Earl of Rochford → positionHeld → First Lord of the Bedchamber ⓘ
subject linked to: 4th Earl of Rochford
linked to: Lord of the Bedchamber
Robert Walpole, 2nd Earl of Orford → positionHeld → Lord of the Bedchamber ⓘ
John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester → positionHeld → Lord of the Bedchamber ⓘ
Thomas Killigrew → positionHeld → Groom of the Bedchamber ⓘ
linked to: Lord of the Bedchamber
Henry Grey, 1st Duke of Kent → heldPosition → Lord of the Bedchamber ⓘ
William Anne Keppel → positionHeld → Groom of the Bedchamber ⓘ
linked to: Lord of the Bedchamber
William Anne Keppel → positionHeld → Lord of the Bedchamber ⓘ
William Anne Keppel → positionHeld → Lord of the Bedchamber to King George II ⓘ
linked to: Lord of the Bedchamber
William Charles Keppel, 4th Earl of Albemarle → positionHeld → Groom of the Bedchamber ⓘ
linked to: Lord of the Bedchamber
Household of James II of England → employs → Gentleman of the Bedchamber ⓘ
linked to: Lord of the Bedchamber