Lady of the Bedchamber
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This is an incomplete list of those who have served as Lady of the Bedchamber in the British Royal Household. See also Ladies-in-Waiting, Women of the Bedchamber and Mistress of the Robes.
[edit] Ladies of the Bedchamber to Catherine of Braganza, 1662-1688
- 1663–1688: Mary Villiers, Duchess of Buckingham
- 1663–1688: Jane Granville, Countess of Bath
- 1663–1681: Barbara Howard, Countess of Suffolk
- 1663–1673: Barbara Palmer, Countess of Castlemaine
- 1663–1667: Catherine Stanhope, 1st Countess of Chesterfield
[edit] Ladies of the Bedchamber to Queen Anne, 1704-1714
- 1704–1714: Abigail Masham, Baroness Masham
- Anne Venables-Bertie, Countess of Abingdon
- Anne Spencer, Countess of Sunderland
[edit] Ladies of the Bedchamber to Caroline, Princess of Wales, later Queen Caroline, 1714-1735
- 1714–1737: Elizabeth Sackville, Duchess of Dorset
- 1714–1717: Louisa Berkeley, Countess of Berkeley
- 1714–1717 & 1726: Diana Beauclerk, Duchess of St Albans
- 1714–1717: Henrietta Paulet, Duchess of Bolton
- 1714–1717: Mary Montagu, Duchess of Montagu
- 1714–1724: Mary Cowper, Countess Cowper
- 1714–1726: Adelaide Talbot, Duchess of Shrewsbury
- 1717: Elizabeth Seymour, Viscountess Hinchinbroke
- 1718–1722: Barbara Herbert, Countess of Pembroke
- 1718–1724: Henrietta d'Auverquerque, Countess of Grantham
- 1718–1737: Elizabeth Hervey, Countess of Bristol
- 1718–1720: Anne Scott, Countess of Deloraine
- 1722: Jane Capell, Countess of Essex
- 1724–1737: Frances Seymour-Conway, Countess of Hertford
- 1724–1737: Sarah Lennox, Duchess of Richmond
- 1725–1737: Anne van Keppel, Countess of Albemarle
- ?–1737: Henrietta Fermor, Countess of Pomfret
- ?–1737: Mary Pembroke, Countess of Pembroke (extra)
- ?–1737: Dorothy Herbert, Countess of Cork (extra)
[edit] Ladies of the Bedchamber to Augusta, Princess of Wales, 1736-1763
- 1736: Annie Howard, Countess of Effingham
- 1736–1764: Anne Ingram, Viscountess Irvine
- 1736–1739 & 1742–1759: Charlotte Byng, Viscountess Torrington
- 1737–1772: Lady Charlotte Edwyn
- 1743–1772: Frances Lumley-Saunderson, Countess of Scarbrough
- 1743–1772: Maria Howe, Viscountess Howe
- 1745–1772: Elizabeth Berkeley, Countess Berkeley
[edit] Ladies of the Bedchamber to Queen Charlotte, 1761-1818
- 1761–1784: Elizabeth Campbell, Duchess of Argyll
- 1761–1791: Elizabeth Howard, Countess of Effingham
- 1761–1770: Elizabeth Percy, Duchess of Northumberland
- 1761–1794: Alicia Wyndham, Countess of Egremont
- 1761–1793: Elizabeth Thynne, Marchioness of Bath
- 1761–1768: Diana St John, Viscountess Bolingbroke
- 1768–1782: Isabella Seymour, Countess of Hertford
- 1770–1801: Mary Darcy, Countess of Holderness
- 1783–1818: Elizabeth Herbert, Countess of Pembroke
- 1784–1818: Elizabeth Harcourt, Countess Harcourt
- 1791–1818: Elizabeth Townshend, Viscountess Sydney
- 1793–1807: Elizabeth Brudenell, Countess of Cardigan
- 1794–1818: Jane Stanhope, Countess of Harrington
- 1801–1818: Mary Parker, Countess of Macclesfield
- 1807–1813: Henrietta Stanhope, Countess of Chesterfield
- 1813–1818: Anne Dundas, Viscountess Melville
[edit] Ladies of the Bedchamber to Queen Adelaide, 1830-1837
- 1830–1837: Emily Nugent, Marchioness of Westmeath
- 1830–1837: Arabella Bourke, Countess of Mayo
- 1830–1849: Marianne Wellesley, Countess of Mornington
- 1830–1834: Anna Loftus, Marchioness of Ely (extra 1834-1837)
- 1830–1837: Emma Brownlow, Countess Brownlow
- 1830–1837: Lady Harriet Clinton
- 1833–1836: Harriet Howe, Countess Howe
- 1836–1837: Harriet Baker-Holroyd, Countess of Sheffield
[edit] Ladies of the Bedchamber to Queen Victoria, 1837-1901
- 1837–1841: Maria Phipps, Marquess of Normanby
- Louisa Petty-FitzMaurice, Marchioness of Lansdowne
- 1837–1841: Anna Russell, Duchess of Bedford
- 1837–1854: Anne Caulfield, Countess of Charlemont
- 1837–1842: Sarah Lyttelton, Baroness Lyttelton, then Governess (Lady Superintendent) of the Royal Children 1842–1850
- 1837–1842: Frances Noel, Countess of Gainsborough
- 1837–1851: Emma Portman, Lady Portman
- Elizabeth Campbell, Marchioness of Breadalbane
- Elizabeth Wellesley, Duchess of Wellington
- Anne Murray, Duchess of Atholl
- Maria Bosville-Macdonald, Lady Macdonald
- Eliza Hay, Countess of Erroll
- 1854–1900: Jane Spencer, Baroness Churchill of Whichwood
- 1874–1885: Julia Abercromby, Baroness Abercromby
- 1878–1901: Ismania FitzRoy, Baroness Southampton
- 1885–1901: Emily Russell, Baroness Ampthill (extra)
- 1890–1901: Louisa McDonnell, Countess of Antrim
- Edith Bulwer-Lytton, Countess of Lytton
[edit] Ladies of the Bedchamber to Queen Alexandra, 1901-1925
- 1900–1910: Alice Stanley, Countess of Derby (extra 1910-1925)
- 1901–1905: Edith Bulwer-Lytton, Countess of Lytton
- 1901–1910: Louisa McDonnell, Countess of Antrim
- 1901–1925: Louisa Acheson, Countess of Gosford
- 1901–1911: Cecilia Harbord, Baroness Suffield
- 1901–1907: Alice Douglas, Countess of Morton (extra)
- 1901–1912: Mary Parker, Countess of Macclesfield (extra)
- 1905–1910: Maud Petty-FitzMaurice, Marchioness of Lansdowne (extra 1901-05 & 1910-1925)
- 1907–1910: Cecily Gascoyne-Cecil, Marchioness of Salisbury (extra 1910-1925)
- 1905–1910: Constance Ashley-Cooper, Countess of Shaftesbury (extra)
- 1910–1914: Winifred Hardinge, Baroness Hardinge of Penshurst (extra)
- 1911–1925: Cecilia Carington, Marchioness of Lincolnshire (Countess Carrington 1911-1912)
[edit] Ladies of the Bedchamber to Mary, Princess of Wales, later Queen Mary, 1901-1953
- 1901–1902: Ida Bridgeman, Countess of Bradford (extra 1905-1936)
- 1901–1910 & 1916–1953: Mabell Ogilvy, Countess of Airlie (extra 1910-1916)
- 1902–1910: Annabella Cochrane-Wishart-Baillie, Baroness Lamington (extra 1910-1917)
- 1906–1913: Constance Ashley-Cooper, Countess of Shaftesbury (extra 1905-1906 & 1913-1953)
- 1911–1916 & 1924–1936: Ethel Grenfell, Baroness Desborough (extra 1916-1924 and 1936-1952)
- 1911–1936: Mary Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, Countess of Minto (extra 1936-1940)
- 1911–1953: Margaret Russell, Baroness Ampthill
- 1913–1924: Emily Fortescue, Countess Fortescue (extra 1924-1929)
[edit] Ladies of the Bedchamber to Queen Elizabeth, later Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, 1937-2002
- 1937–1947: Mary Wilson, Baroness Nunburnholme
- 1937–1972: Cynthia Spencer, Countess Spencer
- 1937–1941: Dorothy Wood, Viscountess Halifax
- 1937–1994: Patricia Smith, Viscountess Hambleden
- 1945–1967: Beatrice Ormsby-Gore, Baroness Harlech (extra 1941-1945)
- 1947–1979: Katharine Lumley, Countess of Scarbrough
- 1973–2002: Elizabeth Beckett, Baroness Grimthorpe
- 1994–2002: Elizabeth Lumley, Countess of Scarbrough
[edit] Ladies of the Bedchamber to Queen Elizabeth II, 1953-present
- 1953–1966: Fortune FitzRoy, Countess of Euston (now the Duchess of Grafton)
- 1953–1973: Elizabeth Coke, Countess Leicester of Holkham
- 1966–1987: Patricia Nevill, Marchioness of Abergavenny (extra 1960-1966 & 1987-present)
- 1967–1971: Esmé Baring, Countess of Cromer (temporary, extra 1971-1993)
- 1967: Sonia Fairfax, Lady Fairfax of Cameron (temporary)
- 1973–present: Virginia Ogilvy, Countess of Airlie
- 1987–present: Diana Maxwell, Baroness Farnham