

The British Crown Jewels
Master of the Jewel Office and Resident Governors
The Master of the Jewel Office was a position in the Royal Households of England, the Kingdom of Great Britain and the United Kingdom. The office holder was responsible for running the Jewel House, which houses the Crown Jewels. This role has, at various points in history, been called
On 6 May 1671 Colonel Thomas Blood attempted to steal the Crown Jewels.
The former Keeper of the Jewels, Mr Talbot Edwards, reported that Blood, disguised as a parson, first visited the Tower three weeks before the robbery, with his ‘wife’. Edwards showed his guests the Crown Jewels and invited them into his apartments.
A few days later Blood and his wife returned with a present of gloves for Mrs Edwards and a friendship developed. On the 6 May, Blood and three friends arrived for dinner and Edwards was persuaded to show them the Crown Jewels.
Edwards was attacked, bound and gagged. Blood and his associates made off but the alarm was sounded and the thieves captured.
Blood would only confess to Charles II who pardoned him and even granted him Irish estates worth £500 a year. - Read more at: http://scl.io/6KG9nZt2#gs.ttbEoK8
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In 1967, the role was combined with Resident Governor of the Tower of London.
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1042: Abbot and monks of Westminster Abbey
1216: First official Keeper of the Regalia appointed by Henry III
Sir Henry Wyatt
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Sir John Astley Keeper of the Jewel House
Resident Governor of the Tower of London and Keeper of the Jewel House
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The Resident Governor of the Tower of London and Keeper of the Jewel House is responsible for the day-to-day running of the Tower of London.
The Constable of the Tower (Project to follow) is the most senior appointment at the Tower of London. Under the Queen's Regulations for the Army, the office of constable is conferred on a field marshal or retired general officer for a five-year term. At the conclusion of the Constable's installation ceremony, the Lord Chamberlain symbolically hands the palace over to the Constable. He in turn entrusts it to the Resident Governor.
The offices of Resident Governor of the Tower of London and Keeper of the Jewel House were amalgamated in 1967.