Sentence examples for high stewards from inspiring English sources

Both Mary and Darnley were grandchildren of Margaret Tudor, sister of Henry VIII of England, and patrilineal descendants of the High Stewards of Scotland.

Lord Mandelson, the high steward of Hull, said: "I am absolutely delighted with this news.

The universities Oxford in 1524, Cambridge in 1525 made him their high steward.

From 1804 he was grand marshal (lord high steward of the empire) and kept good order in the palaces.

From 1979 until 2007 he was high steward of Norwich Cathedral; and in 1983, he was deputy lieutenant for Norfolk.

Lord Brabourne resigned from his role as High Steward of Romsey, in Hampshire, to pursue business interests in the islands last year.

Made lord high steward by his pupil, Portia retained his influence with Leopold until his death in 1665.

Then the High Steward's job was to keep an eye on the borough for the monarch.

The office of High Steward dates back to the granting of the town's royal charter in 1607.

He was one of the seven who signed the original paper inviting William of Orange to England and was made lord high steward of the new court.

The Speaker, Mr Selwyn Lloyd, on the other hand, chooses to declare that he is a Deputy High Steward of Cambridge University "whose salary is by tradition £4 per annum".