Crown Equerry

The Crown Equerry is the operational head of the Royal Mews of the Royal Household of the Sovereign of the United Kingdom. He is responsible for the provision of vehicular transport for the sovereign, both cars and horse-drawn carriages. Train travel is arranged by the Royal Travel Office, which also co-ordinates air transport. The position of Crown Equerry should not be confused with that of the Equerry: although both are nominally under the Master of the Horse, equerries are effectively independent, performing distinct tasks, and are personal assistants to the sovereign and senior members of the royal family. The Royal Mews Department List of Crown Equerries Lieutenant General Sir George Augustus Quentin 1825–1851 Major John Groves 1854–1859 Lieutenant Colonel Sir George Ashley Maude, KCB 1859–1894 Major General Sir Henry Ewart 1894–1910 Captain Sir Charles Wentworth-FitzWilliam 1910–1924 Colonel Sir Arthur Erskine, GCVO DSO 1924–1941 Colonel Sir Dermot McMorrough Kavanagh, GCVO 1941–1955 Brigadier Walter Sale, CVO OBE 1955–1961 Lieutenant Colonel Sir John Mansel Miller, GCVO DSO MC 1961–1987 Lieutenant Colonel Charles Stephens, 1987 Lieutenant Colonel Sir Seymour Gilbart-Denham, KCVO 1987–2002 Major Felix Wheeler 2002–2005 Major Simon Robinson LVO 2005–2010 Colonel Toby Browne CVO 2010—