See also:

• LORD
• LORD (O. Eng. hldford, i.e. hldfweard, the warder or keeper of bread, hlIf, loaf; the word is not represented in any other Teutonic language)
• LORD, JOHN (1810-1894)

LORD See also:

• GREAT

GREAT See also:

• CHAMBERLAIN (0. Fr. chamberlain, chamberlenc, Mod. Fr. chambellan, from O. H. Ger. Chamarling, Chamarlinc, whence also the Med. Lat. cambellanus, camerlingus, camerlengus; Ital. camerlingo; Span. camerlengo, compounded of 0. H. Ger. Chamara, Kamara [Lat.
• CHAMBERLAIN, JOSEPH (1836— )
• CHAMBERLAIN, JOSHUA LAWRENCE (1828– )
• CHAMBERLAIN, SIR NEVILLE BOWLES (1820-1902)

CHAMBERLAIN  , in See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England, a functionary who must be carefully distinguished from the See also:

• LORD
• LORD (O. Eng. hldford, i.e. hldfweard, the warder or keeper of bread, hlIf, loaf; the word is not represented in any other Teutonic language)
• LORD, JOHN (1810-1894)

lord See also:

• CHAMBERLAIN (0. Fr. chamberlain, chamberlenc, Mod. Fr. chambellan, from O. H. Ger. Chamarling, Chamarlinc, whence also the Med. Lat. cambellanus, camerlingus, camerlengus; Ital. camerlingo; Span. camerlengo, compounded of 0. H. Ger. Chamara, Kamara [Lat.
• CHAMBERLAIN, JOSEPH (1836— )
• CHAMBERLAIN, JOSHUA LAWRENCE (1828– )
• CHAMBERLAIN, SIR NEVILLE BOWLES (1820-1902)

chamberlain; he is one of the See also:

• GREAT

great See also:

• OFFICERS

officers of See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state, whose See also:

• OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")

office See also:

• DATES

dates from See also:

• NORMAN
• NORMAN, SIR HENRY WYLIE (1826-1904)

Norman times; and the only one who still holds it under a creation of that See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period . As his name implies, he was specially connected by his duties with the See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king's chamber (See also:

• CAMERA (a Latin adaptation of Gr. Kagapa, an arched chamber)

camera See also:

• CURIE, PIERRE (1859-1906)

curie); but this phrase was also used to denote the king's privy See also:

• PURSE (Late Lat. bursa, adapted from Gr. Gupta, hide, skin; possibly O. Eng. pusa, bag, has influenced the change from b to p)

purse, and the chamberlain may be considered as originally the See also:

• FINANCIAL

financial officer of the See also:

• HOUSEHOLD, ROYAL

household . But as he was always a great See also:

• BARON
• BARON (1835-1895)
• BARON, MICHEL (1653—1729)

baron, deputies performed his financial See also:

• WORK

work, and his functions became, as they are now, mainly ceremonial, though the See also:

• EMBLEM (Gr. Eµ3Xysa, something put in or inserted, from EµfiiXAew, to throw in)

emblem of his office is still a See also:

• KEY
• KEY (in O. Eng. tang; the ultimate origin of the word is unknown; it appears only in Old Frisian kei of other Teutonic languages; until the end of the 17th century the pronunciation was kay, as in other words in O. Eng. ending in aeg; cf. daeg, day; clang
• KEY (the phraseograms being indicated by hyphens)
• KEY, SIR ASTLEY COOPER (1821-1888)
• KEY, THOMAS HEWITT (1799-1875)

key . The office had been held by See also:

• ROBERT
• ROBERT (1275—1343)
• ROBERT, HUBERT (1753-1808)
• ROBERT, LOUIS LEOPOLD (1794-1835)

Robert See also:

• MALET, LUCAS

Malet, son of a leading See also:

• COMPANION (through the O. Fr. compaignon or compagnon, from the Late Lat. companio,—cum, with, and panis, bread,—one who shares meals with another; the word has been wrongly derived from the Late Lat. compagnus, one of the same pages or district)

companion of the Conqueror, but he was forfeited by See also:

• HENRY
• HENRY (1129-1195)
• HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
• HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
• HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
• HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
• HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
• HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
• HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
• HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
• HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
• HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
• HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
• HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)

Henry I., who, in 1133, gave the great chamberlainship to See also:

• AUBREY, JOHN (1626-1697)

Aubrey de See also:

• VERE
• VERE, SIR FRANCIS (1560-1609)

Vere and his heirs . Aubrey's son was created See also:

• EARL

earl of See also:

• OXFORD
• OXFORD, EARLS OF
• OXFORD, EDWARD DE VERE, 17TH EARL
• OXFORD, JOHN DE VERE, 13TH EARL OF (1443-1513)
• OXFORD, PROVISIONS OF
• OXFORD, ROBERT DE VERE, 9TH EARL OF (1362-1392)
• OXFORD, ROBERT HARLEY, 1ST

Oxford, and the earls held the office, with some intermission, till 1526, when the then earl See also:

• LEFT

left See also:

• FEMALE

female heirs . His See also:

• HEIR (Lat. heres, from a root meaning to grasp, seen in heres or erus, master of a house, Gr. xeip, hand, Sans. hat ana, hand)

heir-male succeeded to the earldom, but the See also:

• CROWN

crown, as is now established, denied his right to the office, which was thenceforth held under grants for See also:

• LIFE

life till See also:

• QUEEN
• QUEEN (O.E. cwen, wife, related to "quean," O.E. cwene, a hussy; cf. Gr. yvvi7: from root gan-, to produce; cf. genus, " kin," &c.)

Queen See also:

• MARY
• MARY (1457-1482)
• MARY (1496-1533)
• MARY, QUEEN OF SCOTS

Mary and See also:

• ELIZABETH
• ELIZABETH (1533-1603)
• ELIZABETH (1596-1662)
• ELIZABETH (1635–1650)
• ELIZABETH [ AMELIE EUGENIE ] (1837—1898)
• ELIZABETH [1lisabeth Philippine Marie Helene of France] (1764—1794)
• ELIZABETH [PAULINE ELIZABETH OTTILIE LOUISE] (1843– )
• ELIZABETH [PETROVNA] (1709-1762), EMPRESS
• ELIZABETH, SAINT (1207-1231)

Elizabeth admitted in See also:

• ERROR (Lat. error, from errare, to wander, to err)

error the right of the earls on the strength of their own allegation . So matters continued till 1626, when an. earl died and again left an heir-male and an heir-female . After an historic contest the office was adjudged to the former, Lord See also:

• WILLOUGHBY

Willoughby d'Eresby . No further question arose till 1779, when his heirs were two sisters . In 178-1 the See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

House of Lords decided that it belonged to them jointly, and that they could appoint a See also:

• DEPUTY (through the Fr. from a Late Lat. use of deputare, to cut off, allot; putare having the original sense of to trim, prune)

deputy, which they did . Under a See also:

• FAMILY

family arrangement the heirs of the two sisters respectively appointed deputies in alternate reigns till the See also:

• DEATH

death of Queen See also:

• VICTORIA
• VICTORIA (or VITTORIA), TOMMASSO LUDOVICO DA (C. I540-C. 1613)
• VICTORIA [ALEXANDRINA VICTORIA]

Victoria, when Lord Ancaster, the heir of the See also:

• ELDER (0. Eng. ellarn; Ger. Holunder; Fr. sureau)
• ELDER (Gr. 1rpev(3iTepos)

elder, who was then in See also:

• POSSESSION
• POSSESSION (Lat. possessio, possidere, to possess)

possession, claimed that he, as such, had See also:

• SOLE (Solea)

sole right to the office . Lord Cholmondeley and Lord See also:

• CARRINGTON, CHARLES

Carrington as co-heirs of the younger See also:

• SISTER

sister, opposed his claim, and the crown also claimed for itself on the ground of the See also:

• ACTION

action taken by the king in 1526 .

After a See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long and historic contest, the House of Lords (1902) declined to re-open the question, and merely re-affirmed the decision of 1781, and the office, therefore, is now vested jointly in the three peers named and their heirs . The lord great chamberlain has See also:

• CHARGE
• CHARGE (through the Fr. from the Late Lat. carricare, to load in a carrus or wagon; cf. " cargo ")

charge of the See also:

• PALACE (Lat. Palatium, the name given by Augustus to his residence on the Palatine Hill)

palace of See also:

• WESTMINSTER
• WESTMINSTER, MARQUESSES AND DUKES OF
• WESTMINSTER, STATUTES OF
• WESTMINSTER, SYNODS OF

Westminster, especially of the House of Lords, in which he has an office; and when the See also:

• SOVEREIGN

sovereign opens See also:

• PARLIAMENT (Anglo-Lat. parliamentum, Fr. parlement, from parler, to speak)

parliament in See also:

• PERSON, OFFENCES AGAINST THE

person he is responsible for the arrangements . At the opening or closing of the session of parliament by the sovereign in person he disposes of the See also:

• SWORD (0. Eng. sweord; ultimately from an Indo-European root meaning to wound)

sword of state to be carried by any peer he may select, and walks himself in the procession on the right of the sword of state, a little before it and next to the sovereign . He issues the tickets of See also:

• ADMISSION

admission on the same occasions . He assists at the introduction of all peers into the House of Lords on their creation, and at the See also:

• HOMAGE (from homo, through the Low Lat. hominaticum, which occurs in a document of 1035)

homage of all bishops after their See also:

• CONSECRATION (Lat. consecrallo, from con and sacrare, " to make sacred ")

consecration . At coronations he emerges into See also:

• SPECIAL

special importance; he still asserts before the See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

court of claims his archaic right to bring the king his " See also:

• SHIRT

shirt, stockings and drawers " and to See also:

• DRESS (from the Fr. dresser, to set out, arrange, formed from Lat. directus, arranged, dirigere, to direct, arrange)

dress him on See also:

• CORONATION (Lat. corona, crown)

coronation See also:

• DAY (O. Eng. dreg, Ger. Tag; according to the New English Dictionary, " in no way related to the Lat. dies")
• DAY, JOHN (1574-1640?)
• DAY, THOMAS (1748-1789)

day and to receive his See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

ancient fees, which include the king's See also:

• BED
• BED (a common Teutonic word, cf. German Bett, probably connected with the Indo-European root bhodh, seen in the Lat. fodere, to dig; so " a dug-out place " for safe resting, or in the same sense as a garden " bed ")

bed and " See also:

• NIGHT

night robe." He also claims in error to serve the king Notes and Queries, See also:

• SERIES (a Latin word from serere, to join)

series 1, vol. ii . ; series 4, vols. ii. ix. x.; series 6, vols. ii. iii.; See also:

• MANCHE

Manche, See also:

• DICTIONARY

Dictionary of See also:

• COSTUME
• COSTUME (through the Fr. costume, from Ital. costume, Late Lat. costuma, a contracted form of Lat. consuetudinem, ace. of consuetudo, custom, habit, manner, &c.)

Costume, p . 126; See also:

• FOSS, EDWARD (1787-1870)

Foss, Lives of the See also:

• JUDGES, THE BOOK OF

Judges, vol. vii.; See also:

• DUGDALE, SIR WILLIAM (16o5-1686)

Dugdale, Orig . See also:

• JUD, LEO (1482–1542)

Jud. fol . 102 . High Court . He presides over the See also:

• HEARING (formed from the verb " to hear," O. Eng. hyran, heron, &c., a common Teutonic verb; cf. Ger. Koren, Dutch hooren, &c.; the O. Tent. form is seen in Goth. hausjan; the initial h makes any connexion with " ear," Lat. audire, or Gr. &Kobew very doub

hearing of appeals in the House of Lords .

His proper See also:

• TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title is " Lord High See also:

• CHANCELLOR (M. Eng. and Anglo-Fr. canceler, chanceler, Fr. chancelier, Lat. cancellarius)

Chancellor of Great See also:

• BRITAIN (Gr. Hperavuml vi7vot, Bperravia; Lat. Britannia, rarely Britannia)

Britain and See also:

• IRELAND
• IRELAND, CHURCH
• IRELAND, CHURCH OF
• IRELAND, JOHN (1761-1842)
• IRELAND, JOHN (1838- )
• IRELAND, WILLIAM HENRY (1777-1835)

Ireland." His See also:

• SALARY

salary is £ro,000 per annum, and he is entitled to a See also:

• PENSION (Lat. pensio, a payment, from pendere, to weigh, to pay)

pension of £5000 per annum . See also:

• AUTH0RITIES

AuTH0RITIES.-Observations concerning the Office of Lord Chancellor (1651), attributed to Lord Chancellor See also:

• ELLESMERE

Ellesmere; See also:

• BLACKSTONE, SIR WILLIAM (1723-1780)

Blackstone's Commentaries; See also:

• CAMPBELL, ALEXANDER (1788–1866)
• CAMPBELL, BEATRICE STELLA (Mrs PATRICK CAMPBELL) (1865– )
• CAMPBELL, GEORGE (1719–1796)
• CAMPBELL, JOHN
• CAMPBELL, JOHN (1708-1775)
• CAMPBELL, JOHN CAMPBELL, BARON (1779-1861)
• CAMPBELL, JOHN FRANCIS
• CAMPBELL, LEWIS (1830-1908)
• CAMPBELL, REGINALD JOHN (1867— )
• CAMPBELL, THOMAS (1777—1844)

Campbell's Lives of the Chancellors; and D . M . Kerly, See also:

• HISTORICAL

Historical See also:

• SKETCH (directly adapted from Dutch schets, which was taken from Ital. schizzo, a rough draft, Lat. schedium, something hastily made, Gr. oxE&os, sudden, off-hand, axeb6v, near by; Ger. Skizze and Fr. esquisse are from the same source)

Sketch of the Equitable See also:

• JURISDICTION
• JURISDICTION, CRIMINAL LAW, DIVORCE

Jurisdiction of the Court of See also:

• CHANCERY

Chancery (189o) .