Vice-Chamberlain of the Household
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The Vice-Chamberlain of the Household is a member of the Royal Household of the Sovereign of the United Kingdom. The officeholder is usually a senior government whip in the British House of Commons ranking third or fourth after the Chief Whip and the Deputy Chief Whip. The Vice-Chamberlain is the Deputy to the Lord Chamberlain of the Household and, like the Lord Chamberlain, carries a white staff of office when on duty on state occasions.
Charles Spencer, 6th Earl Spencer; Vice-Chamberlain of the Household 1892–1895
Staff of office
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A staff of office is a staff, the carrying of which often denotes an official's position, a social rank or a degree of social prestige.
Orthodox protodeacon holding a walking stick. Portrait by Ilya Repin, 1877 (Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow).
A beadle, carrying his staff; behind him two churchwardens (coloured aquatint, 1805).
Charles FitzRoy, 2nd Duke of Grafton (d. 1757), carrying the thin white staff of the Lord Chamberlain
A Gold Staff Officer (Lt-Col. Nana Kofi Twumasi-Ankrah) marshalling the Coronation Procession in 2023.