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Lieutenant-Colonel William Chaine, MVO (1 January 1838 - 3 July 1916)〔CHAINE, Lt-Col William’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007〕 was a British military officer and courtier. ==Military and Court career== Chaine was born in Antrim in 1838, 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, promoted to Lieutenant in October 1857, and Captain (by purchase) in May 1864. One month later, in June 1864, he exchanged from the Dragoon guards to the 10th Hussars, where he remained until he retired from the army. In October 1877 came a Brevet promotion to Major. He retired from the army in July 1881, and received the honorary rank of Lieutenant-colonel. On 4 March 1881 Chaine was appointed Marshal of the Ceremonies to Queen Victoria, 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.〔 He was appointed a Member of the Royal Victorian Order (MVO) by King Edward VII in July 1901 (the order was gazetted 16 August 1901). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「William Chaine」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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