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The Lord Steward or Lord Steward of the Household, in England, is an important official of the Royal Household. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland The royal household in all the early medieval monarchies of Western Europe formed the basis for the general government of the country He is always a peer. The Peerage is a system of Titles of Nobility in the United Kingdom, part of the British honours system. Until 1924, he was always a member of the Government. (The Lord Steward is distinct from the (now obsolete, except on coronation day) Lord High Steward, one of the Great Officers of State. The position of Lord High Steward of England is the first of the Great Officers of State. In the United Kingdom, the Great Officers of State are traditional Crown ministers who either inherit their positions or are appointed to exercise certain largely )

Until 1782, the office was one of considerable political importance and carried cabinet rank. Year 1782 ( MDCCLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common The Lord Steward receives his appointment from the Sovereign in person, and bears a white staff as the emblem and warrant of his authority. He is the first dignitary of the court. In an act of Henry VIII (1539) for placing of the lords, he is described as the grand master or lord steward of the king's most honourable household. Henry VIII (28 June 1491 &ndash 28 January 1547 was King of England and Lord of Ireland, later King of Ireland and claimant to the Kingdom of He presided at the Board of Green Cloth, until the Board of Green Cloth disappeared in the reform of local government licensing in 2004, brought about by the Licensing Act 2003 (section 195). The Board of Green Cloth was a board of officials belonging to the Royal Household of England and Great Britain. In his department are the Treasurer of the Household and Comptroller of the Household, who rank next to him. The position of Treasurer of the Household is theoretically held by a household official of the British monarch under control of the Lord Steward's Department but is in fact The Comptroller of the Household is an ancient position in the English royal household currently the second-ranking member of the Lord Steward 's department and often These officials were usually peers or the sons of peers and Privy Councillors. They also sat at the Board of Green Cloth, carry white staves, and belong to the ministry. The offices are now held by Government whips in the House of Commons. Whip is a role in party-based politics whose primary purpose is to ensure control of the formal decision-making process in a parliamentary legislature The duties which in theory belong to the Lord Steward, Treasurer and Comptroller of the Household are in practice performed by the Master of the Household, who is a permanent officer and resides in the palace. 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 However by the Coroners Act the Lord Steward still appoints the Coroner of the Queen's Household. The Coroner of the King's/Queen's Household is an officer of the Medical Household of the Royal Household of the Sovereign of the United

The Master of the Household is a white-staff officer and was a member of the Board of Green Cloth but not of the ministry, and among other things he presided at the daily dinners of the suite in waiting on the sovereign. 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 is not named in the Black Book of Edward IV or in the Statutes of Henry VIII, and is entered as master of the household and clerk of the green cloth in the Household Book of Queen Elizabeth. Edward IV ( 28 April 1442 – 9 April 1483) was King of England from 4 March 1461 until 2 October Henry VIII (28 June 1491 &ndash 28 January 1547 was King of England and Lord of Ireland, later King of Ireland and claimant to the Kingdom of But he has superseded the lord steward of the household, as the lord steward of the household at one time superseded the Lord High Steward of England. The position of Lord High Steward of England is the first of the Great Officers of State.

In the Lord Steward's department were the officials of the Board of Green Cloth, the Coroner ("coroner of the verge", now abolished), and Paymaster of the Household, and the officers of the Royal Almonry. The Royal Almonry is a small office within the Royal Household of the Sovereign of the United Kingdom, headed by the Lord High Almoner an office dating Other offices in the department were those of the Cofferer of the Household, the Treasurer of the Chamber, and the Paymaster of Pensions, but these, with six clerks of the Board of Green Cloth, were abolished in 1782. The Cofferer of the Household was formerly an office in the British Royal Household. The Treasurer of the Chamber was a position in the British royal household separated in 1485 from that of the Master of the Jewel Office and in the department of the Lord In 18th century Britain, the Paymaster of Pensions was the official in charge of payments of Crown pensions and bounties

The Lord Steward had formerly three courts besides the Board of Green Cloth under him - the Lord Steward's Court, superseded in 1541 by the Marshalsea Court, and the Palace Court. The Marshalsea Court (or Court of the Marshalsea) was a court associated with the Royal Household in England The Marshalsea was a notorious prison on the south bank of the River Thames in the London borough of Southwark.

The Lord Steward or his deputies formerly administered the oaths to the members of the House of Commons. An oath (from Anglo-Saxon āð, also called plight) is either a Promise or a Statement of Fact calling In certain cases (messages from the sovereign under the sign-manual) the lords with white staves are the proper persons to bear communications between the Sovereign and the Houses of Parliament. The royal sign manual is the formal name given in the United Kingdom to the autograph signature of the Sovereign

Lord Stewards, 1502–present

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