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Mistress of the Robes

The mistress of the robes was the senior lady in the Royal Household of the United Kingdom, who would, by appointment, attend on the queen. Queens dowager retained their own mistresses of the robes. In the 18th century, the princesses of Wales had one, too.

List of mistresses of the robes by queen
===Mary I, 1553–1558=== • 1553–1558: Susan Clarencieux ===Elizabeth I, 1558–1603=== • 1559/1562–1603: Dorothy, Lady Stafford ===Henrietta Maria of France, 1625–1669=== • 1626–1652: Susan Feilding, Countess of Denbigh • 1653–1669: Elizabeth Fielding Boyle, Countess of Guilford • 1711–1714: Elizabeth Seymour, Duchess of Somerset ===Caroline of Ansbach, 1714–1737=== • 1714–1717: Diana Beauclerk, Duchess of St Albans • 1717–1723: Possibly vacant • 1723–1731: Elizabeth Sackville, Duchess of Dorset • 1731–1735: Henrietta Howard, Countess of Suffolk (Dowager Countess of Suffolk from 1733) • 1735–1737: Position vacant • 1841–1846: Charlotte Montagu Douglas Scott, Duchess of Buccleuch and Queensberry • 1846–1852: Harriet Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, Duchess of Sutherland • 1852–1853: Anne Murray, Duchess of Atholl • 1853–1858: Harriet Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, Duchess of Sutherland • 1858–1859: Louisa Montagu, Duchess of Manchester • 1859–1861: Harriet Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, Duchess of Sutherland • 1861–1868: Elizabeth Wellesley, Duchess of Wellington • 1868–1870: Elizabeth Campbell, Duchess of Argyll • 1870–1874: Anne Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, Duchess of Sutherland • 1874–1880: Elizabeth Wellesley, Duchess of Wellington • 1880–1883: Elizabeth Russell, Duchess of Bedford • 1883–1885: Anne Innes-Ker, Duchess of Roxburghe • 1885–1886: Louisa Montagu Douglas Scott, Duchess of Buccleuch and Queensberry • 1886: Position vacant • Acting mistress of the robes: Elizabeth Russell, Duchess of Bedford • 1886–1892: Louisa Montagu Douglas Scott, Duchess of Buccleuch and Queensberry • 1892–1895: Position vacant • Acting mistress of the robes: Anne Innes-Ker, Duchess of Roxburghe, and Anne Murray, Dowager Duchess of Atholl (jointly) • 1894: Position vacant • Acting mistress of the robes: Louisa McDonnell, Countess of Antrim • 1895–1901: Louisa Montagu Douglas Scott, Duchess of Buccleuch and Queensberry ===Alexandra of Denmark, 1901–1925=== • 1901–1912: Louisa Montagu Douglas Scott, Duchess of Buccleuch and Queensberry • 1913–1925: Winifred Cavendish-Bentinck, Duchess of Portland ===Mary of Teck, 1910–1953=== • 1910–1916: Evelyn Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire • 1916–1921: Eileen Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, Duchess of Sutherland • 1921–1953: Evelyn Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire (Dowager Duchess of Devonshire from 1938) ===Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, 1937–2002=== • 1937–1964: Helen Percy, Duchess of Northumberland (Dowager Duchess of Northumberland from 1946) • 1964–1990: Kathleen Hamilton, Duchess of Abercorn (Dowager Duchess of Abercorn from 1979) • 1990–2002: Position vacant === Elizabeth II, 1953–2022=== • 1953–1967: Mary Cavendish, Dowager Duchess of Devonshire • 1967–2021: Fortune FitzRoy, Duchess of Grafton (Countess of Euston until 1970, Dowager Duchess of Grafton from 2011) • 2021–2022: Position vacant ==See also==
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