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Gold Key
Gold Key n. now historical a golden key as the symbol of the office of Groom of the Stole in a royal household; (hence) the office or title itself.Occasionally with lower-case initials.Cf. groom of the stole n. at stole n.2 1; the office was discontinued in the 19th cent.
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1671 J. Crowne Juliana iii. 26 Till I requite the kindness of the King upon his Daughter, for opposing me in all the Offices of State, I stood candidate for, Great Seal, Gold Key.
1761 Duke of Newcastle Let. 13 Mar. in W. E. Manners Some Acct. Life J. Manners, Marquis of Granby (1899) 196 Lord Bute told me the King wished to give the Gold Key to the Duke of Rutland and the Staff to my Lord Talbot.
1876 Encycl. Brit. IV. 517/2 He received the appointment of groom of the stole [to the Prince of Wales], somewhat to the dissatisfaction of the old king, George II, who gave him the gold key of office in an ungracious way.
1963 Eng. Hist. Rev. 78 687 (note) Before 1782, the Gold key does appear to have figured on occasion as a ‘political’ office.
2002 O. Field Favourite viii. 288 [Lord Dartmouth said] that, when Marlborough had come for her Gold Key, Sarah had torn it from her skirts and hurled it violently to the floor.
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