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Lord-in-waiting

government whip in the House of Lords
Intangible position Q5212367
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Summary

Lord-in-waiting is a position[1]. Lord-in-waiting ranks in the top 8% of position entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,121 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Country: United Kingdom[3]
  • Instance of: public office[4]
  • Part of: Government of the United Kingdom[5]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Baronesses- and Lords-in-Waiting[6]
  • Applies to jurisdiction: United Kingdom[7]
  • Position holder: Sharon Taylor, Baroness Taylor of Stevenage[8], Sonny Leong, Baron Leong[9], Fiona Twycross[10], Ruth Smeeth, Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent[11], Judith Blake, Baroness Blake of Leeds[12], Phil Wilson[13], Mike Katz[14], Gerard Lemos[15], Alison Levitt[16]
  • Female form of label: Baroness-in-waiting[17]
  • Male form of label: Lord-in-waiting[18]

Why It Matters

Lord-in-waiting has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19] Lord-in-waiting is known by 15 alternative names across languages and contexts.[20]

Related Entities

United Kingdom

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . en.wikipedia.org. Retrieved . en.wikipedia.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . Institute for Government ministerial database ID. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . Institute for Government ministerial database ID. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . Institute for Government ministerial database ID. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . Institute for Government ministerial database ID. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . Institute for Government ministerial database ID. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . Institute for Government ministerial database ID. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . Institute for Government ministerial database ID. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . Institute for Government ministerial database ID. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . Institute for Government ministerial database ID. wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [19] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [20] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 1d ago · PAAR29 · 2026-10-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Male form of label → {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'Lord-in-waiting'}
    Claims rich → —
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  2. 5d ago · Pudox · 2026-10-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['de', 'en', 'fr', 'pnb', 'ru', 'ur', 'zh']
    Applies to jurisdiction → United Kingdom
    Commons category → —
    Sitelink count → 7
    + 1 other property edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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  3. 9d ago · Sam11333 · 2026-10-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['de', 'en', 'fr', 'pnb', 'ru', 'ur', 'zh']
    Topic's main category → Category:Baronesses- and Lords-in-Waiting
    Female form of label → {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Baroness-in-waiting'}
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Topic's main category: Category:Baronesses- and Lords-in-Waiting"
  4. 20w ago · ~2026-31968-11 · 2026-05-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Aliases → —
    Female form of label → {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Baroness-in-waiting'}
    Instance of → —
    Country → United Kingdom
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Female form of label: Lady-in-waiting"
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