Crown Equerry

The Crown Equerry (left, on horseback) escorts The Queen when carriages are used in procession.

The Crown Equerry is the operational head of the Royal Mews of the Royal Household of the Sovereign of the United Kingdom. He is responsible for the provision of vehicular transport for the Sovereign, both cars and horse-drawn carriages. Train travel is arranged by the Royal Travel Office, which also co-ordinates air transport.

The position of Crown Equerry should not be confused with that of the Equerry: although both are nominally under the Master of the Horse, equerries are effectively independent, performing distinct tasks, and are personal assistants to the Sovereign and senior members of the Royal Family.

The Royal Mews Department[]

List of Crown Equerries[]

• Lieutenant General Sir George Augustus Quentin 1825–1851
• Major John Groves 1854–1859
• Lieutenant Colonel Sir George Ashley Maude, KCB 1859–1894
• Major General Sir Henry Ewart 1894–1910
• Captain Sir Charles Wentworth-FitzWilliam 1910–1924
• Colonel Sir Arthur Erskine, GCVO DSO 1924–1941
• Colonel Sir Dermot McMorrough Kavanagh, GCVO 1941–1955
• Brigadier Walter Sale, CVO OBE 1955–1961
• Lieutenant Colonel Sir John Mansel Miller, GCVO DSO MC 1961–1987^[1]
• Lieutenant Colonel Charles Stephens, 1987
• Lieutenant Colonel Sir Seymour Gilbart-Denham, KCVO 1987–2002 ^[2]
• Major Felix Wheeler 2002–2005
• Major Simon Robinson LVO 2005–2010
• Colonel Toby Browne 2010—^[3]

See also[]

• Gentleman of the Horse for a preceding post
• Master of the Horse for equivalents in other countries

References[]

General[]

• Hoey, Brian (1992). All The Queen's Men: Inside The Royal Household. London: Harper Collins. ISBN 0-246-13851-3.