Lord High Steward of England

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:award Great Officer of State
gptkbp:appointedBy	gptkb:the_Sovereign_of_the_United_Kingdom specific occasions
gptkbp:ceremonialFunction	carrying the crown at coronations presiding at the trial of peers
gptkbp:country	gptkb:England
gptkbp:establishedIn	12th century
gptkbp:firstHolder	gptkb:Robert,_1st_Earl_of_Leicester
gptkbp:historicalName	now largely ceremonial once a powerful political office
gptkbp:historicalSignificance	presided at coronations presided at state trials presided over the House of Lords during trials of peers
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Lord High Steward of England
gptkbp:notableHolder	gptkb:Edward_Seymour,_1st_Duke_of_Somerset gptkb:John_of_Gaunt gptkb:William_Cavendish,_1st_Duke_of_Devonshire gptkb:Thomas_Becket gptkb:Henry_Fitzalan,_12th_Earl_of_Arundel
gptkbp:rank	highest among the Great Officers of State
gptkbp:relatedTo	gptkb:Earl_Marshal gptkb:Lord_Steward gptkb:Lord_Great_Chamberlain
gptkbp:status	usually vacant
gptkbp:symbol	white staff
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:James_Butler,_2nd_Duke_of_Ormonde
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6