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ei imsdn Velvet for his own robes. ’ This 
officer, on the coronation-day, is to bring 
the king his shirt; coif, and wearing 
clothes; and after the king is dressed, he 
claims his bed, and all the turniturc of his 
chamber for his fees ; he also carries at the 
coronation, the coif, gloves, and linen to 
be used by the king on that occasion ; also 
the sword and scabbai'd, the gold to be 
offered by the king, and the robes royal 
and crown: he dresses and undresses the 
king on that day, waits on him before and 
after dinner, &c. To tliis officer belongs 
the care of providing all things in the 
House of Lords, in the time of the Parlia- 
ment : to him also belongs the government 
of the palace of Westminster : he disposes 
likewise of the sword of state, to be car- 
ried before the king, to what lord he pleases. 
The office of Lord Great Clianiberlain of 
England is hereditary ; and where a person 
dies seized in fee of this office, leaving two 
sisters, the office belongs to both, and they 
may execute it by deputy, but such deputy 
must be approved of by the king, and 
must not be of a degree inferior to a knight. 
To the Lord Chamberlain the keys of 
Westminster Hall, and the Court of Re- 
quests, are delivered upon all solemn occa- 
sions. He goes on the right hand of the 
sword next the king’s person. Tlie Gen- 
tleman Usher of the Black Rod, Yeoman 
Usher, &:c. are under his autliority. 
Chamberlain, Lord, of the Household, 
an officer who has the oversight and direc- 
tion of all the officers belonging to the 
king’s chambers, except the precinct of 
the king’s bed-chamber. 
■ He has the oversight of the officers of 
the wardrobe at all his Majesty’s houses, 
and of the removing wardrobes, or of beds, 
tents, revels, music, comedians, hunting, 
messengers, &c. retained in the king’s ser- 
vice. He moreover has the oversight and 
direction of the serjeants at arms, of all 
physicians, apothecaries, surgeons, barbers, 
the king’s chaplains, &c. and administers the 
oath to all officers above stairs. 
CHAMBERI.AIN of London keeps the city 
money, which is laid up in the chamber of 
London : he also presides over the affairs 
of masters and apprentices, and makes free 
of the city, ic. His office lasts only a 
year, but the custom usuaily obtains to re- 
choose the same person, unless charged 
with any misdemeanor in his office. 
CHAMBERS (Ephraim), author of the 
dictionary of sciences called the “ Cyclo- 
paedia”. He was born at Milton in the 
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county of Westmoreland, where, he received 
the common edudiition for qualifying a 
youth for trade and commerce. When he 
became of a proper age, he was put appren- 
tice Jp Mr, Senex, the globe-maker, a busi- 
ness which is connected with literature, 
especially with geography and astronomy. 
It was during Mr. Chambers’s residence 
with this skilful artist, that he acquired 
that taste for literature which accompanied 
him through life, and directed all his pur- 
suits. It was even at this time that he 
formed the design of his grand work, the 
Cyclopajdia; some of the first articles of 
which were written behind the counter. 
To have leisure to pursue this work, he 
((uitted Mr. Senex, and took chambers at 
Gray's Inn, where he chiefly resided dur- 
ing the rest of his life. The first edition 
of the Cyclopaedia, which was the result of 
many years intense application, appeared 
in 1728, in 2 vols. folio. The reputation 
that Mr. Chambers acquired by the execu- 
tion of this work, procured him the honour 
of being elected F. R. S. Nov. 6, 1729. In 
less than ten years time, a second edition 
became necessary ; which accordingly was 
printed, with corrections and additions, in 
1738 ; and this was followed by a third 
edition the very next year. 
Mr. Chambers’s close and unremitting 
attention to his studies at length impaired 
his health, and obliged him occasionally to 
take a country lodging, but without much 
benefit ; he afterw'ards visited the south of 
France, but still with little effect ; he there- 
fore returned to England, where he soon 
after died, at Islington, May 15, 1740, and 
was buried at Westminster Abbey. 
After the author’s death, two more edi- 
tions of his Cyclopmdia were published. 
The proprietors afterwards procured a sup- 
plement to be compiled, by Mr. Scott and 
Ur. Hill, but chiefly by the latter, which 
extended to two volumes more ; and the 
whole has since been reduced into one 
alphabet in four volumes, by Dr. Rees, 
forming a very valuable body of the sciences. 
A new edition of the same work, or ra- 
ther a new work under the title of the 
“ New Cyclopmdia,” is now publishing by 
the same learned Editor. This work, of 
which Dr. Rees has published already nine 
volumes, will probably extend to thirty 
volumes quarto. It will, when complete, 
be unquestionably ffic most comprehensive 
body of science ever presented to the world. 
CHAMELEON. See Lacerta. 
CHAMPION, a person who undertakes 
