THE KING’S HOUSEHOLD
Long List of Appointments (British Official Wireless.) Rugby, March 2. A long list of appointments to the King’s Household is gazetted to-night. Among the principal appointments are the following:— Lord Chamberlain—The Earl of Cromer. Lord Steward—The Duke of Buccleueh and Queensberry. Master of the Horse —The Duke of Beaufort. Treasurer of the Household —Sir George Penny. Comptroller of the Household—Sir Lambert Ward. Vice-Chamberlain of the Household —Sir George Davies. Private Secretary—Major Alexander Hardinge. Assistant Private Secretaries —Mr. F. H. Mitchell. Mr. A. F. Lascelles, and Sir Eric Melville. Keeper of the King's Archives —Lord Wigram. Keeper of the Privy Purse—Major Click Alexander. Financial Secretary to the King— Mr. F. P. Robinson. High Almoner—The Archbishop of Canterbury. Prebendary Archvllle is appointed Precentor of the Chapels Royal, and under the heading of medical household there are 35 appointments, headed by Lord Dawson of Penn, Lord Horder, Sir John Weir, and Sir Maurice Cassidy, find including the Australian surgeon, Sir Thomas Dunhill, and the New Zealander, Dr. Arthur Porritt. The Earl of Athlone is to be Constable and Governor of Windsor Castle. Mr. John Masefield continues to be Poet Laureate.
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Dominion, Volume 30, Issue 135, 4 March 1937, Page 11
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