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The office of Master of the Ceremonies was established by
King James VI and I . The Master's duties were to receive foreign dignitaries and present them to the monarch at court. Below is a list of known holders until the replacement of the office by the
Marshal of the Diplomatic Corps in 1920.
[1]
Masters of the Ceremonies
Assistant Masters of the Ceremonies
Marshals of the Ceremonies
1660: Amice Andros
[9]
1669: Thomas Sambourne
[9]
1673: Richard Le Bas
[9]
1704: John Inglis
[9] (also Assistant Master from 1710)
1740: Robert Cotterell
[9]
1745: Charles Cotterell
[9] (also Assistant Master since 1740)
1759: Thomas Wright
[16]
1761: Stephen Cotterell
[17] (also Assistant Master since 1758)
1796: Robert Chester, senior
[9] (also Assistant Master)
1818: Robert Chester, junior
[9] (also Assistant Master)
1822: William John Crosbie
[9] (also Assistant Master)
1823: Henry Thomas Baucutt Mash
[9] (also Assistant Master)
1825: Thomas Seymour Hyde
[10] (also Assistant Master)
1845: William Henry Cornwall
[11]
1847: Spencer Lyttelton
[3]
1877: Augustus Savile Lumley
[18]
1881: William Chaine
[14]
1887:
Richard Charles Moreton
[15]
1913:
Charles Hubert Montgomery
[19]
Assistant Marshals of the Ceremonies
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"No. 24409" . The London Gazette . 26 January 1877. p. 369.
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"No. 28683" . The London Gazette . 21 January 1913. p. 491.
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"No. 27090" . The London Gazette . 16 June 1899. p. 3801.