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–