Treasurer of the Household: Difference between revisions

The '''Treasurer of the Household''' is a member of the [[Royal Households of the United Kingdom|Royal Household]] of the [[Monarchy of the United Kingdom|Sovereign]] of the [[United Kingdom]]. The position is usually held by one of the government deputy [[Chief Whip]]s in the [[British House of Commons|House of Commons]]. TheyThe werecurrent a memberholder of the office is [[BoardMark of Green ClothTami]] untilMP.<ref>{{Cite thatweb was|title=Ministerial abolishedAppointments: byJuly reform of local2024 |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/ministerial-appointments-july-2024 licensing|access-date=10 inJuly 20042024 under|website=GOV.UK section 195 of the [[Licensing Act 2003]].|language=en}}</ref>

The position had its origin in the office of [[Keeper of the wardrobe|Treasurer (or Keeper) of the Wardrobe of the Household]] 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|Cofferer]]. TheBy officethe wasend oftenof staffedthe by17th century the promotionoffice of theTreasurer was more or less a [[Comptrollersinecure]],<ref>{{cite ofbook the|title=Office Holders in Modern Britain (vol. 11) Household|Comptroller]]date=2006 and|publisher=University wasof normallyLondon held|location=London by|pages=398–399 a|url=https://www.british-history.ac.uk/office-holders/vol11/pp398-399 commoner|access-date=28 (exceptSeptember 2022}}</ref> and in 1603–1618the 18th and 1641–164519th whencenturies it was usually occupied by peers) who were members of the Government.<ref name="EB1911">{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Lord Steward | volume= 17 | page = 6 |short= 1}}</ref> The Treasurer was automatically a member of the privy council.{{citation Theneeded|date=July role2022}}{{when|date=July is2022}} currentlyThey vacantwere anda wasmember lastof held bythe [[ChristopherBoard Pincherof Green Cloth]], whountil resignedthat thewas postabolished onby 30reform Juneof 2022local government licensing in 2004 under section 195 of the [[Licensing Act 2003]].

*[[Roger Leche]] 1413–1416 <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1386-1421/member/leche-roger-1416|title=LECHE, Roger (D.1416), of Chatsworth and Nether Haddon, Derbys. &#124; History of Parliament Online}}</ref>

*Sir [[John Tyrrell (died 1437)|Sir John Tyrrell of Heron]] May 1431 – April 1437

*Sir [[Roger Fiennes]] 1439–1446 <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1386-1421/member/fiennes-sir-roger-1384-1449|title=FIENNES, Sir Roger (1384-1449), of Herstmonceux, Suss.|publisher= History of Parliament Online|access-date=4 June 2017}}</ref>

*Sir [[Thomas Tuddenham|Sir Thomas Tuddenham]] 1458<ref>{{Cite ODNB |last=Castor |first=Helen |id=50241 |title=Tuddenham, Sir Thomas (1401–1462)}}</ref>

*[[Sir [[John Fogge]] 1461–1468<ref>{{Cite ODNB |last=Horrox |first=Rosemary |id=57617 |title=Fogge, Sir John}}</ref><ref>Allen, E.W. ''The Antiquary, Volume 3'', 1873, pg 313.</ref>

*Sir [[John Howard, 1st Duke of Norfolk|Sir John Howard]] 1468–1474.<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Norfolk, Earls and Dukes of | volume= 19 | pages = 742&ndash;744 |short= 1}}</ref>

*Sir [[Andrew Windsor, 1st Baron Windsor|Sir Andrew Windsor]] 1513

*Sir [[Thomas Lovell|Sir Thomas Lovell]] 1502 (by)-c. 1519

*Sir [[Edward Poynings|Sir Edward Poynings]] 1519–1521

*Sir [[Thomas Boleyn, 1st Earl of Wiltshire|Sir Thomas Boleyn]] 1521–1525

*Sir [[William FitzWilliam, 1st Earl of Southampton|Sir William FitzWilliam]] 1525–1537

*Sir [[William Paulet, 1st Marquess of Winchester|Sir William Paulet]] 1537–1539

*Sir [[Thomas Cheney|Sir Thomas Cheney]] 1539–1558

*Sir [[Thomas Parry (Comptroller of the Household)|Sir Thomas Parry]] 1559–1560

*Sir [[Francis Knollys (the elder)|Sir Francis Knollys]] 1570–1596

*[[Roger North, 2nd Baron North|The Lord North]] 1596–1600

*Sir [[William Knollys, 1st Earl of Banbury|Sir William Knollys]] 1602–1616

*[[Edward Wotton, 1st Baron Wotton|The Lord Wotton]] 1616–1618

*Sir [[Thomas Edmonds (MP)|Sir Thomas Edmonds]] 1618–1639

*Sir [[Henry Vane the Elder|Sir Henry Vane]] 1639–1641

*[[Thomas Savile, 1st Earl of Sussex|TheThomas Savile, 1st Viscount Savile]] 1641–1649

*Sir [[Frederick Cornwallis, 1st Baron Cornwallis|Sir Frederick Cornwallis]] 1660–1663

*[[Charles Berkeley, 2nd Viscount Fitzhardinge|The Viscount Fitzhardinge]] 1663–1668

*Sir [[Thomas Clifford, 1st Baron Clifford of Chudleigh|Sir Thomas Clifford]] 1668–1672

*[[Francis Newport, 1st Earl of Bradford|TheFrancis LordNewport, 1st Viscount Newport]] 1672–1686

*[[William Paston, 2nd Earl of Yarmouth|The Earl of Yarmouth]] 1686–1689

*[[Francis Newport, 1st Earl of Bradford|The Earl of Bradford]] 1689–1708

*[[Hugh Cholmondeley, 1st Earl of Cholmondeley|The Earl of Cholmondeley]] 1708–1712

*[[George Granville, 1st Baron Lansdown|The Lord Lansdown]] 1712–1714

*[[Hugh Cholmondeley, 1st Earl of Cholmondeley|The Earl of Cholmondeley]] 1714–1725

*[[Robert Benson, 1st Baron Bingley|The Lord Bingley]] 1730–1731

*[[John West, 1st Earl De La Warr|TheJohn LordWest, 7th Baron De La Warr]] 1731–1737

*[[Benjamin Mildmay, 1st Earl FitzWalter|The Earl FitzWalter]] 1737–1755

*[[John Berkeley, 5th Baron Berkeley of Stratton|The Lord Berkeley of Stratton]] 1755–1756

*[[John Bateman, 2nd Viscount Bateman|The Viscount Bateman]] 1756–1757

*[[Percy Wyndham-O'Brien, 1st Earl of Thomond|The Earl of Thomond]] 1757–1761

*[[Henry Herbert, 1st Earl of Powis|The Earl of Powis]] 1761–1765

*[[George Edgcumbe, 1st Earl of Mount Edgcumbe|LordGeorge Edgcumbe, 3rd Baron Edgcumbe]] 1765–1766

*[[Frederick Howard, 5th Earl of Carlisle|The Earl of Carlisle]] 1777–1779

*[[George Onslow, 1st Earl of Onslow|TheGeorge LordOnslow, 4th Baron Onslow]] 1779–1780

*[[James Cecil, 1st Marquess of Salisbury|James Cecil, Viscount Cranborne]] 1780–1782

*[[Thomas Howard, 3rd Earl of Effingham|The Earl of Effingham]] 1782–1783

*[[James Stopford, 2nd Earl of Courtown|The Earl of Courtown]] 1784–1793

*[[James Stopford, 3rd Earl of Courtown|James Stopford, Viscount Stopford]] 1793–1806

*[[Charles Bennet, 5th Earl of Tankerville|Charles Bennet, Lord Ossulston]] 1806–1807

*[[James Stopford, 3rd Earl of Courtown|James Stopford, Viscount Stopford]] 1807–1812

*[[Robert Jocelyn, 3rd Earl of Roden|Robert Jocelyn, Viscount Jocelyn]] 1812

*Sir [[William Henry Fremantle|Sir William Henry Fremantle]] 1826–1837

*[[Henry Fitzalan-Howard, 13th Duke of Norfolk|TheHenry Fitzalan-Howard, Earl of Surrey]] 1837–1841

*[[George Byng, 2nd Earl of Strafford|Hon. George Byng]] 1841

*[[Frederick Hervey, 2nd Marquess of Bristol|Frederick Hervey, Earl Jermyn]] 1841–1846

*[[George Phipps, 2nd Marquess of Normanby|TheGeorge Phipps, Earl of Mulgrave]] 1853–1858

*[[Lord Claud Hamilton (1813–1884)|Lord Claud Hamilton]] 1858–1859

*[[William Keppel, 7th Earl of Albemarle|William Keppel, Viscount Bury]] 1859–1866

*[[William Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Exeter|William Cecil, Lord Burghley]] 1866–1867

*[[Percy Egerton Herbert|Hon. Percy Egerton Herbert]] 1867–1868

*[[George Warren, 2nd Baron de Tabley|The Lord de Tabley]] 1868–1872

*[[Augustus Bampfylde, 2nd Baron Poltimore|The Lord Poltimore]] 1872–1874

*[[William Monson, 1st Viscount Oxenbridge|TheWilliam LordMonson, 7th Baron Monson]] 1874

*[[Henry Percy, 7th Duke of Northumberland|Henry Percy, Earl Percy]] 1874–1875

*[[Gavin Campbell, 1st Marquess of Breadalbane|TheGavin Campbell, 7th Earl of Breadalbane and Holland]] 1880–1885

*[[William Pleydell-Bouverie, 5th Earl of Radnor|William Pleydell-Bouverie, Viscount Folkestone]] 1885–1886

*[[Victor Bruce, 9th Earl of Elgin|The Earl of Elgin]] 1886

*[[William Pleydell-Bouverie, 5th Earl of Radnor|Viscount Folkestone]] 1886–1891

*[[Edwyn Scudamore-Stanhope, 10th Earl of Chesterfield|The Earl of Chesterfield]] 1892–1894

*[[George Osborne, 10th Duke of Leeds|TheGeorge Osborne, Marquess of Carmarthen]] 1895–1896

*[[Richard Curzon, 4th Earl Howe|Richard Curzon, Viscount Curzon]] 1896–1900

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