Master of the Ceremonies

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Master of the Ceremonies was a former British royal household official responsible for overseeing court protocol and the reception of foreign dignitaries.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Master of the Ceremonies canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf court office ⓘ
position in the British Royal Household ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction British court ⓘ
country Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
employer British monarch ⓘ
Crown of the United Kingdom ⓘ
hasDomain court etiquette ⓘ
diplomatic protocol ⓘ
hasDuty advising on matters of precedence ⓘ
introducing foreign envoys at court ⓘ
liaising with foreign ambassadors ⓘ
organizing ceremonial receptions ⓘ
overseeing court protocol ⓘ
reception of foreign dignitaries ⓘ
supervising formal court presentations ⓘ
hasSuccessorOffice Marshal of the Diplomatic Corps ⓘ
hierarchicalSuperior Lord Chamberlain ⓘ
inception 16th century ⓘ
officeType ceremonial office ⓘ
diplomatic liaison role ⓘ
partOf Royal Household of the United Kingdom ⓘ
positionHeldBy Sir Anthony Figgis ⓘ
Sir Arthur Bigge ⓘ
Sir Arthur Penn ⓘ
Sir Charles Cotterell ⓘ
Sir Charles Gray ⓘ
Sir Charles Lodowick Cotterell ⓘ
Sir Clement Cotterell ⓘ
Sir Edward Knollys ⓘ
Sir George Clive ⓘ
linked to: George Clive

Sir John Jenkins ⓘ
Sir John Johnston ⓘ
Sir John Miller ⓘ
Sir Lionel Cust ⓘ
Sir Michael Adeane ⓘ
Sir Patrick Ramsay ⓘ
Sir Robert Chester ⓘ
Sir Robin Janvrin ⓘ
Sir Stephen Fox ⓘ
Sir William James Colville ⓘ
Sir William Knollys ⓘ
replacedBy Marshal of the Diplomatic Corps ⓘ
seat Royal Court in London ⓘ
linked to: Royal Court House
significantPeriod 18th century ⓘ
19th century ⓘ
early modern period ⓘ
status defunct office ⓘ
usedLanguage English ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

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

Marshal of the Diplomatic Corps → replaces → Master of the Ceremonies ⓘ
Marshal of the Diplomatic Corps → precededByOffice → Master of the Ceremonies ⓘ
Household of Charles I of England → hasPart → Master of the Ceremonies ⓘ