<P> The Master of the Household is the operational head of the "below stairs" elements of the Royal Household of the Sovereign of the United Kingdom . He has charge of the domestic staff, from the Royal Kitchens, the pages and footmen, to the housekeeper and her staff . </P> <P> Since 2004 the Office of the Prince of Wales has included a Master of the Household . </P> <Ul> <Li> Richard Browne 1603 - 1604 </Li> <Li> Sir Robert Vernon bef. 1608 - c. 1625 </Li> <Li> Charles Glemham c. 1625--1625 </Li> <Li> Roger Palmer 1626--1632 </Li> <Li> In abeyance 1632 - 1645 </Li> <Li> George Lisle c. 1645 - 1648 </Li> <Li> In abeyance? 1648--1660 </Li> <Li> Sir Herbert Price, 1st Baronet 1660--1665 and 1666--1678 </Li> <Li> Honourable Henry Bulkeley 1678--1688 </Li> <Li> Sir Thomas Felton, 4th Baronet 1689--1708 </Li> <Li> Edmund Dunch 1708--1712 </Li> <Li> Sir William Pole, 4th Baronet 1712--1714 </Li> <Li> Edmund Dunch 1714--1719 </Li> <Li> Sir Conyers Darcy, KB 1720--1730 </Li> <Li> Sir George Treby 1730--1741 </Li> <Li> Sir John Harris 1741--1767 </Li> <Li> The Right Honourable Henry Thynne 1768--1771 </Li> <Li> Sir Francis Henry Drake, 5th Baronet 1771--1794 </Li> <Li> Sir Henry Strachey, 1st Baronet 1794--1810 </Li> <Li> Sir William Kenrick 1810--1812 </Li> <Li> Samuel Hulse 1812--1827 </Li> <Li> Sir Frederick Beilby Watson 1827--1838 </Li> <Li> The Right Honourable Sir Charles Murray, KCB 1838--1844 </Li> <Li> Captain Henry Meynell 1844--1845 </Li> <Li> Major - General Sir George Bowles 1845--1851 </Li> <Li> The Right Honourable General Sir Thomas Biddulph 1851--1866 </Li> <Li> The Right Honourable Major - General Sir John Cowell KCB 1866--1894 </Li> <Li> Lieutenant - Colonel Lord Edward Pelham - Clinton, GCVO KCB 1894--1901 </Li> <Li> The Right Honourable Horace Farquhar, Lord Farquhar, GCB, GCVO 1901--1907 (later Earl Farquhar) </Li> <Li> Lieutenant Colonel Sir Charles Arthur Andrew Frederick, GCVO, KCB 1907--1912 </Li> <Li> Lieutenant - Colonel The Honourable Sir Derek Keppel, GCVO, KCB, CMG, CIE, VD, OWL 1913--1936 </Li> <Li> Brigadier Sir Smith Child, 2nd Baronet, GCVO, CB, CMG, DSO 1936--1941 </Li> <Li> Lieutenant - Colonel The Honourable Sir Piers Legh, GCVO KCB CMG CIE OBE 1941--1953 </Li> <Li> Major Sir Mark Milbank, 4th Baronet, KCVO MC 1954--1967 </Li> <Li> Brigadier Sir Geoffrey Hardy - Roberts, KCVO CB CBE 1967--1973 </Li> <Li> Vice-Admiral Sir Peter Ashmore, KCB KCVO DSC 1973--1986 </Li> <Li> Rear - Admiral Sir Paul Greening, GCVO 1986--1992 </Li> <Li> Major - General Sir Simon Cooper, GCVO 1992--2000 </Li> <Li> Vice-Admiral Sir Anthony Blackburn, KCVO CB 2000--2004 </Li> <Li> Air Marshal Sir David Walker, KCVO OBE 2005 - 2013 </Li> <Li> Vice-Admiral Tony Johnstone - Burt, CB, OBE 2013 - </Li> </Ul> <Li> Richard Browne 1603 - 1604 </Li>

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