Lieutenant-Colonel William Chaine, MVO (1 January 1838 - 3 July 1916) [1] was a British military officer and courtier.
Chaine was born in Antrim in 1838, the son of William Chaine, of Moylina, Co. Antrim, and was a Lieutenant of the Antrim Artillery Militia in his early teens. He was commissioned as a Cornet in the 7th Dragoon Guards in December 1856, [2] promoted to Lieutenant in October 1857, [3] and Captain (by purchase) in May 1864. [4]
One month later, in June 1864, he exchanged from the Dragoon guards to the 10th Hussars, [5] where he remained until he retired from the army.
In October 1877 came a Brevet promotion to Major. [6] He retired from the army in July 1881, [7] and received the honorary rank of Lieutenant-colonel. [8] On 4 March 1881 Chaine was appointed Marshal of the Ceremonies to Queen Victoria, [9] and in 1887 he advanced to Assistant Master of the Ceremonies to the Queen. He resigned shortly after the accession of King Edward VII in 1901. [1]
He was appointed a Member of the Royal Victorian Order (MVO) by King Edward VII in July 1901 [10] (the order was gazetted 16 August 1901). [11]
Chaine was married, in the Private Chapel, Kensington Palace, on 4 December 1872, [12] to Maria Henrietta Sophia Phipps (1837-1915), widow of Captain Frederick Sayer, and the daughter of Sir Charles Beaumont Phipps, KCB (1801-1866) by his wife Margaret Anne (née Bathurst). They had a son, W. R. Chaine.
Mrs. Chaine held the office of Keeper of the State Apartments at Kensington Palace, and was close to Queen Alexandra and other royal family members. [13] The couple were allowed the use of a grace and favour appartement at the palace, a rare gift. [14] She died at Kensington Palace 21 December 1915, [15] and he himself died at Kensington Palace in July the following year. [16]
Lieutenant-Colonel William Chaine, MVO (1 January 1838 - 3 July 1916) [1] was a British military officer and courtier.
Chaine was born in Antrim in 1838, the son of William Chaine, of Moylina, Co. Antrim, and was a Lieutenant of the Antrim Artillery Militia in his early teens. He was commissioned as a Cornet in the 7th Dragoon Guards in December 1856, [2] promoted to Lieutenant in October 1857, [3] and Captain (by purchase) in May 1864. [4]
One month later, in June 1864, he exchanged from the Dragoon guards to the 10th Hussars, [5] where he remained until he retired from the army.
In October 1877 came a Brevet promotion to Major. [6] He retired from the army in July 1881, [7] and received the honorary rank of Lieutenant-colonel. [8] On 4 March 1881 Chaine was appointed Marshal of the Ceremonies to Queen Victoria, [9] and in 1887 he advanced to Assistant Master of the Ceremonies to the Queen. He resigned shortly after the accession of King Edward VII in 1901. [1]
He was appointed a Member of the Royal Victorian Order (MVO) by King Edward VII in July 1901 [10] (the order was gazetted 16 August 1901). [11]
Chaine was married, in the Private Chapel, Kensington Palace, on 4 December 1872, [12] to Maria Henrietta Sophia Phipps (1837-1915), widow of Captain Frederick Sayer, and the daughter of Sir Charles Beaumont Phipps, KCB (1801-1866) by his wife Margaret Anne (née Bathurst). They had a son, W. R. Chaine.
Mrs. Chaine held the office of Keeper of the State Apartments at Kensington Palace, and was close to Queen Alexandra and other royal family members. [13] The couple were allowed the use of a grace and favour appartement at the palace, a rare gift. [14] She died at Kensington Palace 21 December 1915, [15] and he himself died at Kensington Palace in July the following year. [16]