Talk:Josephine Somerset Carew, The Duchess of Bedford

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Princess Josephine
Duchess of Bedford and Windsor
JosephineSomersetPrincess.png
Portrait commissioned and painted by her husband The Marquess of Dorchester.
BornJosephine Mary Anne Hyacinth
8 December 2023
(1 year, 323 days)
Spouse The Marquess of Dorchester
(m. 7 January 2024)
IssueAugust Carew, The Earl of Strathmore
Albus Carew, Baron Coleridge
HouseRoyal House of Somerset
FatherGeorge VII
SignatureJosephineSig.png
Clerk of the Crown in Chancery
Assumed office
9 September 2025
(48 days)
Monarch George VII
Preceded by Sir Philip Wright
Crown Offices
Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain
In office
1 January 2025 – 25 May 2025
(145 days)
Monarch George VII
Preceded by The Earl of Durham
Succeeded byTo be decided
In office
1 March 2024 – 12 June 2024
(104 days)
MonarchCharles III
Preceded by The Baron Stafford
Succeeded by The Earl of Durham
Lord President of the Council
In office
27 May 2024 – 12 June 2024
(17 days)
MonarchCharles III
Preceded by The Duke of Westminster
Succeeded by The 2nd Viscount Douglas
Lord-Lieutenant of Wales
In office
29 May 2024 – 3 August 2024
(67 days)
MonarchCharles III
Preceded byPatrick Maniar-Wright
Succeeded byOffice abolished
Ministerial Offices
Prime Minister of Great Britain
First Lord of the Treasury
In office
21 February 2025 – 20 March 2025
(28 days)
MonarchGeorge VII
Deputy The Viscount Clare
Preceded by The 2nd Duke of Cambridge
Succeeded by The Viscount Kirkwall
In office
1 July 2024 – 2 August 2024
(33 days)
MonarchCharles III
Deputy The Duke of Warwick
Preceded by The Baron Knightstone
Succeeded by The Duke of Warwick
Leader of the Opposition
In office
22 April 2024 – 1 May 2024
(10 days)
MonarchCharles III
Prime Minister The Baron Knightstone
Deputy The Countess of Argyll
Preceded by Sir James Kennedy
Succeeded by The Viscount Salisbury
Deputy Prime Minister
In office
5 May 2024 – 1 July 2024
(58 days)
MonarchCharles III
Prime Minister The Baron Knightstone
Preceded byOwain Carew-Grey
Succeeded by The Duke of Warwick
First Secretary of State
In office
20 July 2025 – 28 July 2025
(40 days)
Monarch George VII
Prime Minister The Marquess of Dorchester
The Viscount Marloes
Preceded by The Marquess of Dorchester
Succeeded by Madeline Sherwood-Somerset
In office
27 January 2025 – 21 February 2025
(26 days)
Monarch George VII
Prime Minister The Marquess of Dorchester
Preceded byNicholas Burke
Succeeded by The Earl of Devon
Chancellor of the Exchequer
In office
10 January 2024 – 22 January 2024
(13 days)
Prime Minister The 2nd Viscount Douglas
Preceded by The 2nd Viscount Douglas
Succeeded by Sir Elio Somerset
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs
Assumed office
20 July 2025
(99 days)
MonarchGeorge VII
Prime Minister The Marquess of Dorchester
The Viscount Marloes
Preceded by The Earl of Strathmore
In office
12 May 2025 – 25 May 2025
(14 days)
MonarchGeorge VII
Prime Minister The Duke of Warwick
Preceded by The Marquess of Dorchester
Succeeded by The Earl of Strathmore
In office
14 March 2025 – 20 March 2025
(7 days)
MonarchGeorge VII
Prime MinisterHerself
Deputy Sir Philip Wright
Preceded by The Viscount Clare
Succeeded byTo be decided
Secretary of State for the Home Office
In office
13 November 2024 – 21 February 2025
(101 days)
MonarchCharles III
George VII
Prime Minister The Duke of Somerset
The Earl of Devon
The 2nd Duke of Cambridge
DeputyAnastasia Nelson
Sir Philip Wright
Preceded by The Baron Scarborough
Succeeded by Lady Hereford
In office
5 May 2024 – 1 July 2024
(58 days)
MonarchCharles III
Prime Minister The Baron Knightstone
Deputy The Baron Calder
Preceded by The 2nd Viscount Douglas
Succeeded by The Baron Huntingdon
In office
5 March 2024 – 22 April 2024
(49 days)
MonarchCharles III
Prime Minister The Baron Knightstone
Preceded by The 2nd Duke of Edinburgh
Succeeded by The 2nd Viscount Douglas
Secretary of State for Gameside Development
In office
21 June 2025 – 20 July 2025
(30 days)
Monarch George VII
Prime Minister The Marquess of Dorchester
Preceded by Sir Xavier Sherwood
Succeeded by The Baron Huntingdon
Leader of the House of Commons
In office
21 June 2025 – 20 July 2025
(30 days)
Monarch George VII
Prime Minister The Marquess of Dorchester
Preceded by The Viscount Sidmouth
Succeeded byEsther Sherwood
Minister for the Union
Assumed office
28 August 2025
(60 days)
Monarch George VII
Prime Minister The Viscount Marloes
Preceded byOffice created
Member of the Whitehall Foreign Affairs Council
In office
13 November 2024 – 28 April 2025
(167 days)
Prime Minister The Duke of Somerset
The Earl of Devon
The 2nd Duke of Cambridge
Herself
The Viscount Kirkwall
The Duke of Warwick
Parliamentary Offices
Speaker of the House of Commons
Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal
In office
24 January 2024 – 5 March 2024
(42 days)
MonarchEdward IX
Charles III
Prime Minister The 2nd Viscount Douglas
Sir Thomas Carew
Deputy The 2nd Duke of Edinburgh
Preceded byLlywellyn E.J. Lleyton
Succeeded by The Viscount Salisbury
Senior Deputy Speaker of
the House of Lords
In office
15 November 2024 – 1 January 2025
(48 days)
MonarchCharles III
George VII
Lord Speaker The Earl of Durham
Preceded by The Duke of Westminster
In office
20 April 2025 – 25 May 2025
(36 days)
Monarch George VII
TitleCountess of Strathmore
Marchioness of Harewood
In office
10 November 2024 – 1 January 2025
(53 days)
MonarchCharles III
George VII
TitleCountess of Strathmore
Member of Parliament for
Windsor and Maidenhead
Assumed office
24 August 2025
(64 days)
Preceded byOffice created
Majority22 (78.6%)
Member of Parliament for
Queen's Park and Maida Vale
In office
20 June 2025 – 24 August 2025
(66 days)
Preceded byHerself
Succeeded byOffice abolished
Majority17 (70.8%)
In office
8 January 2024 – 29 June 2024
(174 days)
Preceded byOffice created
Succeeded byHerself
Majority11 (61.11%)
Member of Parliament for East Devon
In office
5 January 2025 – 20 March 2025
(75 days)
Preceded by The Earl of Devon
Succeeded byTo be decided
Majority13 (76.4%)
Member of Parliament for Tavistock
In office
1 July 2024 – 17 August 2024
(48 days)
Preceded byOffice created
Succeeded byOffice abolished
Majority21 (77.8%)
Chairwoman of the Military and International Affairs Committee
In office
8 March 2024 – 11 May 2024
(65 days)
Speaker The Viscount Salisbury
Owain Carew-Grey
Preceded by The 2nd Duke of Edinburgh
Succeeded byFrederick Mountbatten-Urquhart
In office
11 January 2024 – 24 January 2024
(14 days)
SpeakerLlywellyn E.J. Lleyton
Preceded byOffice created
Succeeded by The 2nd Duke of Edinburgh
Senior Political Offices
Leader of the Social Democratic
and Labour Party
In office
7 May 2025 – 25 May 2025
(19 days)
Preceded by The Duchess of Manitoba
Succeeded byOffice abolished
Leader of the Unionist Party
In office
9 February 2025 – 26 March 2025
(46 days)
Chair The Earl of Devon
Preceded by The Baron Calder
Succeeded byTo be decided
In office
27 June 2024 – 2 August 2024
(37 days)
Chair The Baron Calder
Preceded by The Viscount Sidmouth
Succeeded by The Duke of Warwick
Chairwoman of the British Liberal Party
In office
29 February 2024 – 1 May 2024
(63 days)
Preceded by The 2nd Duke of Edinburgh
Succeeded byOffice abolished
Leader of the British Constitutionalist & Unionist Party
In office
23 December 2023 – 17 January 2024
(26 days)
Preceded byOffice created
Succeeded byOffice abolished
Chairwoman of the Unionist Party
In office
1 May 2024 – 27 June 2024
(58 days)
Preceded byOffice created
Succeeded by The Baron Calder
Liaison Secretary of the
British Liberal Party
In office
17 January 2024 – 29 February 2024
(44 days)
Party Chair The 2nd Duke of Edinburgh
Preceded byOffice created
Succeeded by The Countess of Argyll
Juridicial Offices
Barrister of the
Royal Court of Justice
Assumed office
9 December 2023
(1 year, 322 days)
MonarchEdward IX
Charles III
Lord Chief Justice The Baron Helmsdale
Educational Offices
Lecturer of Political Science & Law
Assumed office
5 February 2024
(1 year, 264 days)
Institution United College,
University of St Andrews
Chancellor The 2nd Duke of Edinburgh