Resident Governor of the Tower of London and Keeper of the Jewel House
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The Resident Governor of the Tower of London and Keeper of the Jewel House is responsible for the day-to-day running of the Tower of London.
The offices of Resident Governor of the Tower of London and Keeper of the Jewel House were amalgamated in 1967.[1] The King's House located within the Tower of London is the home of the Resident Governor.
The Constable of the Tower, a ceremonial appointment, is the most senior appointment at the Tower of London. When the Lord Chamberlain symbolically hands the palace over to an incoming Constable, the Constable in turn entrusts the palace to the Resident Governor.
List of combined office holders
editList of combined office holders:
- 1967: Colonel Sir Thomas Pierce Butler[2]
- 1971: Major General Sir Digby Raeburn[3]
- 1979: Major General Giles Mills[4]
- 1984: Major General Andrew Patrick Withy MacLellan[5]
- 1989: Major General Christopher Tyler[5]
- 1994: Major General Geoffrey Field[6]
- 2006: Major General Keith Cima[7]
- 2011: Colonel Richard Harrold
- 2019: Brigadier Andrew Jackson
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Martin Holmes; Major-General H. D. W. Sitwell (1972). The English Regalia: Their History, Custody and Display. H.M. Stationery Office. p. v. ISBN 978-0-1167-0407-8.
It would perhaps be appropriate at this stage to mention that the in 1967 the Jewel House in the Tower and the staff was increased and reorganised. The Officer-in-Charge is now also the Resident Governor - the two posts having been merged under the title of Resident Governor and Keeper of the Jewel House. He is an officer of the Royal House hold and is responsible, only as far a custody of the Crown Jewels in the Tower is concerned, to the Lord Chamberlain of the Royal Household who has had control of the Jewel House since 1782.
- ^ "State Intelligence" (PDF). The London Gazette. 16 March 1971.
- ^ "Obituary, Major-General Sir Digby Raeburn KCVO". The Telegraph. 12 December 2001.
- ^ "Obituary, Major General Giles Mills". The Telegraph. 18 October 2011.
- ^ a b "State Intelligence" (PDF). The London Gazette. 25 July 1989.
- ^ Edward Impey; Jeremy Ashbee (2008). The White Tower. Yale University Press. p. x. ISBN 978-0-300-11293-1.
- ^ "Ex-Tower of London boss Keith Cima: 'Drug used to frame me'". BBC News. 4 August 2011.