Sir Gilbert Talbot, 1661-91, in the reign of Charles II, James II, and William and Mary. Sir Francis Lawley, 1691-97, in the reign of William and Mary. Heneage Mountague, 1697-98, in the reign of William and Mary. Charles Godfrey, 1698-1716, in the reigns of William and Mary, Queen Anne, and George I. Hon. James Brudenell, 1716-30, in the reigns of George I and George II. Charles Townshend, Lord Lynn, 1730-39, in the reign of George II. William Neville, Lord Abergavenny, 1739-45, in the reign of George II. John Campbell, Lord Glenorchie, 1745-56, in the reign of George II. Sir Richard Lyttleton, 1756-63, in the reigns of George II and George III. Henry Vane, Earl of Darlington, 1763-82, in the reign of George III. _In 1782 the Office was suppressed and its duties transferred to the Lord Chamberlain (Stat. 22, Geo. III, c. 82). The Office was again revived early in the nineteenth century. At the Coronation of George IV, Thomas Baucutt Mash acted as “Officer of the Jewel House.”_ Lieut.-Colonel Charles Wyndham (late Scots Greys), 1852-72, in the reign of Queen Victoria. Colonel John Cox Gawler (late 73rd Foot), 1872-82, in the reign of Queen Victoria. Lieut.-General George Dean-Pitt, C.B., 1882-83, in the reign of Queen Victoria. Captain Arthur John Loftus (late 10th Hussars) 1883-91, in the reign of Queen Victoria. Lieut.-General Sir Michael Biddulph, G.C.B., 1891-96, in the reign of Queen Victoria. Lieut.-General Sir Frederick Middleton, K.C.M.G., C.B., 1896-98, in the reign of Queen Victoria. General Sir Hugh Gough, V.C., G.C.B., 1898-1909, in the reigns of Queen Victoria and Edward VII. General Sir Robert Low, G.C.B., 1909-11, in the reign of Edward VII. General Sir Arthur Wynne, G.C.B., 1911-17, in the reign of George V. Major-General Sir George Younghusband, K.C.M.G., K.C.I.E., C.B., 1917 (present holder), in the reign of George V. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ APPENDIX B A letter written by Queen Anne Boleyn, when a prisoner in the Tower in the early part of May, 1536, to Henry VIII asking for mercy. This letter was apparently intercepted by Thomas Cromwell, Earl of Essex, and never reached the King. After Essex in his turn had been executed, some years later, Queen Anne Boleyn’s letter was found in his portfolio amongst other papers. From Queen Anne Boleyn to Henry VIII: “SIR,—Your Grace’s displeasure and my imprisonment are things so strange unto me as what to write or what to excuse I am altogether ignorant.