lady of the bedchamber
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And once or twice, when my face unconsciously expressed my indignation, my husband was at hand to remind me that my lady of the bedchamber had married with my consent and approbation!
From Prince Eugene and His Times by Mühlbach, L. (Luise)
My new lady of the bedchamber has just arrived in Paris, where she is a perfect stranger.
From Prince Eugene and His Times by Mühlbach, L. (Luise)
The lady of the bedchamber to the Empress was the Countess of Luçay, who had been a lady-in-waiting since the beginning of the Consulate.
From The Happy Days of the Empress Marie Louise by Imbert de Saint-Amand, Arthur Léon, baron
The queen agreed to carry her lady of the bedchamber in waiting, with Miss Planta and F. B., and none others but wardrobe-women for herself and the princesses.
From The Diary and Letters of Madame D'Arblay — Volume 2 by Burney, Fanny
Since that, he wrote a letter to the King, and sent it by his son, Lord Beauchamp, resigning his regiment, his government, and his wife's pension, as lady of the bedchamber to the late Queen.
From The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 1 by Cunningham, Peter