Treasurer of the Household Member of the British Royal Household
The Treasurer of the Household is a member of the Royal Household of the Sovereign of the United Kingdom . The position is usually held by one of the government deputy Chief Whips in the House of Commons . The current holder of the office is Mark Tami MP.[ 1]
The position had its origin in the office of Treasurer (or Keeper) of the Wardrobe and was ranked second after the Lord Steward . The office was often staffed by the promotion of the Comptroller of the Household . On occasion (e.g. 1488–1503) the office was vacant for a considerable period and its duties undertaken by the Cofferer of the Household . By the end of the 17th century the office of Treasurer was more or less a sinecure ,[ 2] [ 3] [citation needed [when? They were a member of the Board of Green Cloth until that was abolished by reform of local government licensing in 2004 under section 195 of the Licensing Act 2003 .
On state occasions, the Treasurer of the Household (in common with certain other senior officers of the Household) carries a white staff of office .[ 4]
Treasurers of the Household
15th century
16th century
17th century
18th century
Hugh Cholmondeley, 1st Earl of Cholmondeley 1708–1712George Granville, 1st Baron Lansdown 1712–1714Hugh Cholmondeley, 1st Earl of Cholmondeley 1714–1725
Paul Methuen 1725–1730Robert Benson, 1st Baron Bingley 1730–1731John West, 7th Baron De La Warr 1731–1737Benjamin Mildmay, 1st Earl FitzWalter 1737–1755John Berkeley, 5th Baron Berkeley of Stratton 1755–1756John Bateman, 2nd Viscount Bateman 1756–1757Percy Wyndham-O'Brien, 1st Earl of Thomond 1757–1761Henry Herbert, 1st Earl of Powis 1761–1765George Edgcumbe, 3rd Baron Edgcumbe 1765–1766John Shelley 1766–1777Frederick Howard, 5th Earl of Carlisle 1777–1779George Onslow, 4th Baron Onslow 1779–1780James Cecil, Viscount Cranborne 1780–1782Thomas Howard, 3rd Earl of Effingham 1782–1783Charles Francis Greville 1783–1784James Stopford, 2nd Earl of Courtown 1784–1793James Stopford, Viscount Stopford 1793–1806
19th century
Charles Bennet, Lord Ossulston 1806–1807James Stopford, Viscount Stopford 1807–1812Robert Jocelyn, Viscount Jocelyn 1812Lord Charles Bentinck 1812–1826Sir William Henry Fremantle 1826–1837
Henry Fitzalan-Howard, Earl of Surrey 1837–1841George Byng 1841Frederick Hervey, Earl Jermyn 1841–1846Lord Robert Grosvenor 1846–1847Lord Marcus Hill 1847–1852Lord Claud Hamilton 1852George Phipps, Earl of Mulgrave 1853–1858Lord Claud Hamilton 1858–1859
William Keppel, Viscount Bury 1859–1866Lord Otho FitzGerald 1866William Cecil, Lord Burghley 1866–1867Percy Egerton Herbert 1867–1868George Warren, 2nd Baron de Tabley 1868–1872Augustus Bampfylde, 2nd Baron Poltimore 1872–1874William Monson, 7th Baron Monson 1874Henry Percy, Earl Percy 1874–1875Lord Henry Thynne 1875–1880Gavin Campbell, 7th Earl of Breadalbane and Holland 1880–1885William Pleydell-Bouverie, Viscount Folkestone 1885–1886Victor Bruce, 9th Earl of Elgin 1886William Pleydell-Bouverie, Viscount Folkestone 1886–1891
Lord Walter Gordon-Lennox 1891–1892Edwyn Scudamore-Stanhope, 10th Earl of Chesterfield 1892–1894Arthur Brand 1894–1895George Osborne, Marquess of Carmarthen 1895–1896Richard Curzon, Viscount Curzon 1896–1900
20th century
21st century
See also
References
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