The Master of the Household is the operational head (see Chief operating officer) of the "below stairs" elements of the Royal Households of the United Kingdom. The role has charge of the domestic staff, from the Royal Kitchens, the pages and footmen, to the housekeeper and their staff. Since 2004 the Office of the Prince of Wales has included a Master of the Household. List of Masters of the Household Richard Browne 1603–1604 Sir Robert Vernon bef. 1608 – c.1625 Charles Glemham c. 1625 – 1625 Roger Palmer 1626–1632 In abeyance 1632–1645 George Lisle c. 1645 – 1648 In abeyance? 1648–1660 Sir Herbert Price, 1st Baronet 1660–1665 and 1666–1678 Honourable Henry Bulkeley 1678–1688 Sir Thomas Felton, 4th Baronet 1689–1708 Edmund Dunch 1708–1712 Sir William Pole, 4th Baronet 1712–1714 Edmund Dunch 1714–1719 Sir Conyers Darcy, 1720–1730 Sir George Treby 1730–1741 Sir John Harris 1741–1767 The Right Honourable Henry Thynne 1768–1771 Sir Francis Henry Drake, 5th Baronet 1771–1794 Sir Henry Strachey, 1st Baronet 1794–1810 Sir William Kenrick 1810–1812 Samuel Hulse 1812–1827 Sir Frederick Beilby Watson 1827–1838 The Right Honourable Sir Charles Murray, 1838–1844 Captain Henry Meynell 1844–1845 Major-General Sir George Bowles 1845–1851 The Right Honourable General Sir Thomas Biddulph 1851–1866 The Right Honourable Major-General Sir John Cowell, 1866–1894 Lieutenant-Colonel Lord Edward Pelham-Clinton, 1894–1901 The Right Honourable Horace Farquhar, Lord Farquhar, 1901–1907 (later Earl Farquhar) Lieutenant Colonel Sir Charles Arthur Andrew Frederick, 1907–1912 Lieutenant-Colonel The Honourable Sir Derek Keppel, 1913–1936 Brigadier Sir Smith Child, 2nd Baronet, 1936–1941 Lieutenant-Colonel The Honourable Sir Piers Legh, 1941–1953 Major Sir Mark Milbank, 4th Baronet, 1954–1967 Brigadier Sir Geoffrey Hardy-Roberts, 1967–1973 Vice-Admiral Sir Peter Ashmore, 1973–1986 Rear-Admiral Sir Paul Greening, 1986–1992 Major-General Sir Simon Cooper, 1992–2000 Vice-Admiral Sir Anthony Blackburn, 2000–2004 Air Marshal Sir David Walker, 2005–2013 Vice-Admiral Sir Tony Johnstone-Burt, 2013– List of Deputy Masters of the Household Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Charles Arthur Andrew Frederick, 1901–1907 Harry Lloyd-Verney, 1907–1911 Lieutenant-Colonel Honourable Sir Derek Keppel, 1911–1912 Captain Lord Arthur John Hamilton 1913–1914 Honourable Sir Harry Stonor, 1918–1921 Captain Lord Claud Nigel Hamilton, 1922–1924 Brigadier-General Sir Smith Child, 2nd Baronet 1929–1936 Lieutenant-Colonel Ririd Myddleton, 1937–1939 Group Captain Peter Townsend, 1950–52 Major Mark Milbank, 1952–1954 Lieutenant-Colonel Lord Plunket, 1954–1975 Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Blair Stewart-Wilson, 1976–1994 Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Guy Acland, 1994–1999 Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Richards, 1999– The Staff Master of the Household | ------------------ | | Deputy Master Master's Secretary | |-------------------------------------------------------------- | | | | Lady Clerk to the Deputy Master Chief Clerk