approximately what time frame did the royals kings and queens and judges quit wearing those powdered wigs?

Answer 1

The Law is still wearing them.

It wasn't only royalty who wore wigs: it was a huge fashion throughout the 18th century, and everyone who could afford them wore them.

The fashion is said to have been started by Louis XIII of France in the 17th century, who went bald. The fashion began as those heavy, full-bottomed wigs you see people like Samuel Pepys wearing; then, as they were too bulky, they became smaller and powdered quite early in the 18th century. White powder - usually starch, but also flour - was used to whiten them, and later grey powder. It was the Fashion, and a great leveller when someone became grey naturally! The wigs for ladies particularly became huge and ornate towards the end of the 18th century, although most used their own hair with wire frames and padding to build up their coiffures to enormous heights; and the macaronis (male dandies) also.

At the very end of the 18th century you can see portraits of people with their own hair, frizzed for volume, powdered grey.

Then, during the French Revolution, the fashion wore out, although many older people continued the trend of their youth.

Charles II, late 17th century:
http://images.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://www.hinchhouse.org.uk/civilwar/media/charles2.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.hinchhouse.org.uk/civilwar/charles2.html&h=300&w=222&sz=10&hl=en&start=5&tbnid=PsPqJPcp0uvyJM:&tbnh=116&tbnw=86&prev=/images%3Fq%3DCharles%2BII%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D

George I, early 18th century:
http://images.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://www.britainexpress.com/images/history/george_I.JPG&imgrefurl=http://www.britainexpress.com/History/George_I.htm&h=175&w=143&sz=5&hl=en&start=4&tbnid=IYV-h_ZkwvVokM:&tbnh=100&tbnw=82&prev=/images%3Fq%3DGeorge%2BI%2Bof%2Bengland%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D

George III, mid-18th century:
http://images.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/adams/peopleevents/images/p_kgeorge_01.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/adams/peopleevents/p_kgeorge.html&h=195&w=160&sz=8&hl=en&start=35&tbnid=uj6y2sL3yjADIM:&tbnh=104&tbnw=85&prev=/images%3Fq%3DGeorge%2BIII%2Bof%2Bengland%26start%3D20%26ndsp%3D20%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26sa%3DN

Late 18th century:
http://www.costumes.org/history/18thcent/accessories/wigs/powder.jpg
http://www.costumes.org/HISTORY/stibbert/217.jpg

Later 18th century:
http://utopia.utexas.edu/project/portraits/images/134.jpg

Answer 2

Our Judges and Barristers in Britain still do. There's a shop just off Fleet Street that sells them and they're very expensive.

Answer 3

The Judges and Barristers (lawyers) haven't yet.

Answer 4

They went out of fashion at the start of the 19th century.

Answer 5

Amm...never.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/2050784.stm (see picture)

Answer 6

They still use them,
every single day,
they can´t go to court
without them.