and actually fitted the door-locks of chamber rooms. Since the eighteenth century, it has turned into a merely symbolic, albeit splendid, rank-insignia of gilded bronze. In many countries there are ceremonial posts associated with the household of the sovereign.

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Historically, many institutions and governments - monasteries, cathedrals and cities - also had the post of chamberlain, who usually had charge of finances. The Finance Director of the City of London

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