of Lansdowne (extra) 1910–1925: Cecily Gascoyne-Cecil, Marchioness of Salisbury (extra) 1910–1925: Alice Stanley, Countess of Derby (extra) 1911–1925: Cecilia Carington, Marchioness of Lincolnshire (Countess Carrington 1911–1912) Mary of Teck, 1901–1953 Mary of Teck was Queen Consort to George V of the United Kingdom 1901–1902: Ida Bridgeman, Countess of Bradford 1901–1910: Mabell Ogilvy, Countess of Airlie 1902–1910: Mary Cochrane-Baillie, Baroness Lamington 1905–1906: Constance Ashley-Cooper, Countess of Shaftesbury (extra) 1905–1936: Ida Bridgeman, Countess of Bradford (extra) 1906–1913: Constance Ashley-Cooper, Countess of Shaftesbury 1910–1916: Mabell Ogilvy, Countess of Airlie (extra) 1910–1917: Mary Cochrane-Baillie, Baroness Lamington(extra) 1911–1916: Ethel Grenfell, Baroness Desborough 1911–1936: Mary Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, Countess of Minto 1911–1953: Margaret Russell, Baroness Ampthill 1913–1924: Emily Fortescue, Countess Fortescue 1913–1953: Constance Ashley-Cooper, Countess of Shaftesbury (extra) 1916–1924: Ethel Grenfell, Baroness Desborough (extra) 1916–1953: Mabell Ogilvy, Countess of Airlie 1924–1929: Emily Fortescue, Countess Fortescue (extra) 1924–1936: Ethel Grenfell, Baroness Desborough 1938-1951: Hon. Margaret Blanche Wyndham 1951-1953: Hon. Margaret Blanche Wyndham (Extra) 1936–1940: Mary Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, Countess of Minto (extra) 1936–1952: Ethel Grenfell, Baroness Desborough (extra) Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, 1937–2002 Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon was Queen Consort to George VI of the United Kingdom 1937–1947: Mary Wilson, Baroness Nunburnholme 1937–1972: Cynthia Spencer, Countess Spencer 1937–1941: Dorothy Wood, Viscountess Halifax 1937–1994: Patricia Smith, Viscountess Hambleden 1941–1945: Beatrice Ormsby-Gore, Baroness Harlech 1945–1967: Beatrice Ormsby-Gore, Baroness Harlech 1947–1979: Katharine Lumley, Countess of Scarbrough 1973–2002: Elizabeth Beckett, Baroness Grimthorpe 1994–2002: Elizabeth Lumley, Countess of Scarbrough Elizabeth II, 1953–2022 1953–1966: Fortune FitzRoy, Countess of Euston (later the Duchess of Grafton and subsequently Dowager Duchess) 1953–1973: Elizabeth Coke, Countess of Leicester, wife of Thomas Coke, 5th Earl of Leicester 1960–1966: Patricia Nevill, Marchioness of Abergavenny (extra) 1966–1987: Patricia Nevill, Marchioness of Abergavenny 1967–1971: Esmé Baring, née Harmsworth, Countess of Cromer (temporary) wife of Rowland Baring 1967–1969: Sonia Fairfax, Lady Fairfax of Cameron (temporary) (widow of Thomas Fairfax, 13th Lord Fairfax of Cameron) 1971–1993: Esmé Baring, née Harmsworth, Countess of Cromer (extra) 1973–2022: Virginia Ogilvy, Countess of Airlie 1987–2005: Patricia Nevill, Marchioness of Abergavenny (extra) 1987–2021: Diana Maxwell, Baroness Farnham See also Dame du Palais, French equivalent Statsfru, Swedish equivalent References External links Positions within the British Royal Household Gendered occupations