The Apothecary to the Household is an officer of the Medical Household of the Royal Household of the Sovereign of the United Kingdom . He has a salaried daily surgery.[clarification needed ]
The Apothecary to the Household was originally responsible for providing medicine to members of the Royal Household; a separate officer, the Apothecary to the Person , ministered to the Sovereign. Both were appointed by warrant from the Lord Chamberlain , although the appointment was frequently published, in the form of letters patent under the Great Seal .[ 1]
From the Restoration until 1727, a single Apothecary to the Household was appointed.[ 2] For the next century, two or occasionally three individuals jointly held the office.[ 1] The joint appointments came to an end on the resignation of Claudius du Pasquier in 1879.[ 3] The original salary consisted of wages of £40 and board wages of £60, which had risen to a total of £160 and was fixed at £106 13s 4d during the reign of Queen Anne. During the earlier Stuart era, the Apothecary to the Household was also entitled to riding wages and sometimes lodging.[ 1]
List of Apothecaries to the Household
7 June 1660: George Solby[ 4]
23 June 1660: Francis Metcalfe (held a grant in reversion from 1639; does not appear again)
20 March 1661: John Jones
20 September 1685: Charles Giffard
5 July 1686: John Jones (reappointed after Giffard's death)
14 February 1693: John Soames
31 March 1697: William Jones (obtained a reversion of the office on his father's death 7 June 1677; proved his claim against Soames)[ 5]
17 March 1720 – 27 March 1727: Hugh Trimnell
14 April 1727 – bef. 1776: John Allen[ 6]
1 December 1727 – 1738: Marmaduke Lilly[ 7]
19 December 1738 – 11 April 1766: Benjamin Charlewood
16 January 1761 – bef. 1776: Michael Crane
16 August 1776 – bef. 1784: Robert Halifax
16 August 1776 – 1814: Edward Holdich
13 April 1814 – 29 January 1820: W. Alfred Jones
31 January 1820 – 11 October 1823: Richard Walker
31 January 1820 – 26 June 1830: John Nussey
1824 – bef. 1831: William Walker
24 July 1830 – 1858: Charles Craddock
8 August 1837 – 1862: John Nussey (reappointed)[ 8]
23 February 1858 – 1 August 1879: Claudius Francis du Pasquier[ 9]
23 July 1874: – 6 May 1910: Francis Laking [ 10] [ 11]
vacant under George V?
21 July 1936 – 4 October 1949: Stanley Hewett [ 12]
4 October 1949 – 1 October 1964: John Nigel Loring [ 13] [ 14] [ 15] [ 16]
1 October 1964 – 3 January 1975: Ralph Southward [ 17]
3 January 1975 – 12 February 2003: Nigel Southward [ 18]
2003–present: Timothy Evans[ 19]
References
^ a b c Bucholz, Robert O., ed. (2006). "The medical establishment: Apothecaries 1660–1837" . Office-Holders in Modern Britain: Volume 11 (Revised), Court Officers, 1660–1837 . London: University of London.
^ Sainty, J.C.; O, B.R. (1997). Officials of the Royal Household, 1660-1837: Department of the Lord Chamberlain and associated offices . Office-holders in modern Britain. University of London, Institute of Historical Research. p. 50. ISBN 978-1-871348-40-8 . Retrieved 30 April 2019 . The office of apothecary to the household was held singly until 1727. Thereafter it was ...
^ "No. 24748" . The London Gazette . 1 August 1879. p. 4751.
^ Great Britain. Public Record Office; Daniell, F.H.B.; Green, M.A.E. (1860). Calendar of state papers, domestic series, of the reign of Charles II: preserved in the state paper department of Her Majesty's Public Record Office . Calendar of State Papers, Domestic Series, of the Reign of Charles II: Preserved in the State Paper Department of Her Majesty's Public Record Office. Longman, Green, Longman & Roberts. p. 24. Retrieved 30 April 2019 .
^ Furdell, Elizabeth Lane (2001). The Royal Doctors, 1485–1714: Medical Personnel at the Tudor and Stuart Courts . Rochester, New York: University of Rochester Press. p. 217 . ISBN 1-58046-051-8 .
^ "No. 6640" . The London Gazette . 9 January 1727. p. 1.
^ "No. 6640" . The London Gazette . 9 January 1727. p. 1.
^ "No. 19530" . The London Gazette . 1837. p. 2072.
^ "No. 22113" . The London Gazette . 12 March 1858. p. 1415.
^ "No. 24116" . The London Gazette . 24 July 1874. p. 3669.
^ "No. 27300" . The London Gazette . 29 March 1901. p. 2194.
^ "No. 34306" . The London Gazette (Supplement). 20 July 1936. p. 4666.
^ "No. 38729" . The London Gazette . 4 October 1949. p. 4250.
^ "No. 39616" . The London Gazette (Supplement). 1 August 1952. p. 4200.
^ "Society of Apothecaries' Awards", British Medical Journal (July 31, 1954), p. 298 accessed 20 July 2011
^ Barrier Miner , "Palace Duties" (Broken Hill, New South Wales, 2 August 1954, p.9 accessed 20 July 2012
^ "No. 43464" . The London Gazette . 16 October 1964. p. 8725.
^ "No. 46453" . The London Gazette . 3 January 1975. p. 109.
^ "The Queen's doctor spreads his wings" . 12 November 2012. Retrieved 30 April 2019 – via www.telegraph.co.uk.
Further reading
Matthews, L.G. (1967). The Royal apothecaries . Publications of the Wellcome Historical Medical Library. Wellcome Historical Medical Library. Retrieved 30 April 2019 .