Lieutenant-Colonel William Chaine, MVO (1 January 1838 - 3 July 1916)[1] was a British military officer and courtier.
He was commissioned as a Cornet in the 7th Dragoon Guards in December 1856,[2] promoted to Lieutenant in October 1857,[3] and Captain (by purchase) in May 1864.
[4] One month later, in June 1864, he exchanged from the Dragoon guards to the 10th Hussars,[5] where he remained until he retired from the army.
[11] Chaine was married, in the Private Chapel, Kensington Palace, on 4 December 1872,[12] to Maria Henrietta Sophia Phipps (1837-1915), widow of Captain Frederick Sayer, and the daughter of Sir Charles Beaumont Phipps, KCB (1801-1866) by his wife Margaret Anne (née Bathurst).
Mrs. Chaine held the office of Keeper of the State Apartments at Kensington Palace, and was close to Queen Alexandra and other royal family members.