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The Lord Chamberlain's Men (the company formed in 1594 of which Shakespeare was a charter member) did not change their name. It got changed for them when the identity or title of their patron changed. The actors had no control over the name of their company.

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Shakespeare was a founding member of Lord Hunsdon's Men, who almost immediately changed its name to the Lord Chamberlain's Men upon Hunsdon's elevation. In 1603, King James I became its new patron and it became the King's Men.

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Shakespeare was a charter member of The Lord Chamberlain's Men when it was first formed in 1594 out of members of older companies which had folded during the long theatre closure of the previous year. It took its name (as all Elizabethan and Jacobean acting companies did) from the name of its patron, Henry Carey, Baron Hunsdon, who was the Lord Chamberlain. Henry died and his son, George Carey, also Baron Hunsdon, took over the patronage of the company, which then became Lord Hunsdon's Men. The younger Carey in time also became Lord Chamberlain, so it reverted to the Lord Chamberlain's Men. On the accession of James I, the new king took over patronage of the company which then became the King's Men.

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