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 Marcus Jones 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] and in the 18th and 19th centuries it was usually occupied by peers who were members of the Government.[3] The Treasurer was automatically a member of the privy council.[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 edit
15th century edit
- John Tiptoft, 1st Baron Tiptoft 1406–1408[5]
- Roger Leche 1413–1416[6]
- Walter Beauchamp 1421–1430
- Sir John Tyrrell of Heron May 1431 – April 1437
- John Popham 1437–1439[7]
- Sir Roger Fiennes 1439–1446[8]
- John Stourton, 1st Baron Stourton 1446–1453[9]
- Sir Thomas Tuddenham 1458[10]
- Sir John Fogge 1461–1468[11][12]
- Sir John Howard 1468–1474.[13]
- Sir John Elrington 1474–1483
- Sir William Hopton 1483–1484
- Sir Richard Croft 1484–1488
- vacant 1488 on: office performed by cofferers:
- John Payne 1488–1492
- William Fisher 1492–1494
- William Cope 1494-?1508 (died 1513)
16th century edit
- Sir Andrew Windsor 1513
- Sir Thomas Lovell 1502 (by)-c. 1519
- Sir Edward Poynings 1519–1521
- Sir Thomas Boleyn 1521–1525
- Sir William FitzWilliam 1525–1537
- Sir William Paulet 1537–1539
- Sir Thomas Cheney 1539–1558
- Sir Thomas Parry 1559–1560
- vacant 1560–1570
- Sir Francis Knollys 1570–1596
- The Lord North 1596–1600
17th century edit
- vacant 1600–1602
- Sir William Knollys 1602–1616
- The Lord Wotton 1616–1618
- Sir Thomas Edmonds 1618–1639
- Sir Henry Vane 1639–1641
- The Viscount Savile 1641–1649
- Sir Frederick Cornwallis 1660–1663
- The Viscount Fitzhardinge 1663–1668
- Sir Thomas Clifford 1668–1672
- The Lord Newport 1672–1686
- The Earl of Yarmouth 1686–1689
- The Earl of Bradford 1689–1708
18th century edit
- The Earl of Cholmondeley 1708–1712
- The Lord Lansdown 1712–1714
- The Earl of Cholmondeley 1714–1725
- Paul Methuen 1725–1730
- The Lord Bingley 1730–1731
- The Lord De La Warr 1731–1737
- The Earl FitzWalter 1737–1755
- The Lord Berkeley of Stratton 1755–1756
- The Viscount Bateman 1756–1757
- The Earl of Thomond 1757–1761
- The Earl of Powis 1761–1765
- Lord Edgcumbe 1765–1766
- John Shelley 1766–1777
- The Earl of Carlisle 1777–1779
- The Lord Onslow 1779–1780
- Viscount Cranborne 1780–1782
- The Earl of Effingham 1782–1783
- Charles Francis Greville 1783–1784
- The Earl of Courtown 1784–1793
- Viscount Stopford 1793–1806
19th century edit
- Lord Ossulston 1806–1807
- Viscount Stopford 1807–1812
- Viscount Jocelyn 1812
- Lord Charles Bentinck 1812–1826
- Sir William Henry Fremantle 1826–1837
- The Earl of Surrey 1837–1841
- Hon. George Byng 1841
- Earl Jermyn 1841–1846
- Lord Robert Grosvenor 1846–1847
- Lord Marcus Hill 1847–1852
- Lord Claud Hamilton 1852
- The Earl of Mulgrave 1853–1858
- Lord Claud Hamilton 1858–1859
- Viscount Bury 1859–1866
- Lord Otho FitzGerald 1866
- Lord Burghley 1866–1867
- Hon. Percy Egerton Herbert 1867–1868
- The Lord de Tabley 1868–1872
- The Lord Poltimore 1872–1874
- The Lord Monson 1874
- Earl Percy 1874–1875
- Lord Henry Thynne 1875–1880
- The Earl of Breadalbane 1880–1885
- Viscount Folkestone 1885–1886
- The Earl of Elgin 1886
- Viscount Folkestone 1886–1891
- Lord Walter Gordon-Lennox 1891–1892
- The Earl of Chesterfield 1892–1894
- Arthur Brand 1894–1895
- The Marquess of Carmarthen 1895–1896
- Viscount Curzon 1896–1900
20th century edit
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21st century edit
| Portrait | Name | Term of office | Party | Prime Minister | |||
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Keith Hill | 8 June 2001 | 13 June 2003 | Labour | Tony Blair | ||
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Bob Ainsworth | 13 June 2003 | 28 June 2007 | Labour | |||
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Nick Brown | 28 June 2007 | 3 October 2008 | Labour | Gordon Brown | ||
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Tommy McAvoy | 5 October 2008 | 11 May 2010 | Labour | |||
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Sir John Randall | 11 May 2010 | 6 October 2013 | Conservative | David Cameron | ||
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Greg Hands | 7 October 2013 | 11 May 2015 | Conservative | |||
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Anne Milton | 11 May 2015 | 12 June 2017 | Conservative | |||
| Theresa May | |||||||
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Julian Smith | 13 June 2017 | 2 November 2017 | Conservative | |||
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Esther McVey | 2 November 2017 | 9 January 2018 | Conservative | |||
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Christopher Pincher | 9 January 2018 | 25 July 2019 | Conservative | |||
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Amanda Milling | 28 July 2019 | 13 February 2020 | Conservative | Boris Johnson | ||
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Stuart Andrew | 13 February 2020 | 8 February 2022 | Conservative | |||
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Christopher Pincher | 8 February 2022 | 30 June 2022 | Conservative | |||
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Kelly Tolhurst | 1 July 2022 | 7 September 2022 | Conservative | |||
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Craig Whittaker | 8 September 2022 | 27 October 2022 | Conservative | Liz Truss | ||
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Marcus Jones | 27 October 2022 | Incumbent | Conservative | Rishi Sunak | ||
See also edit
References edit
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- ^ Office Holders in Modern Britain (vol. 11). London: University of London. 2006. pp. 398–399. Retrieved 28 September 2022.
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- ^ Astington, John (1999). English Court Theatre, 1558–1642. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. p. 177. ISBN 978-0-521-64065-7.
- ^ Clerk, Linda. "Tiptoft, John". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/27470. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ "LECHE, Roger (D.1416), of Chatsworth and Nether Haddon, Derbys. | History of Parliament Online".
- ^ Curry, Anne. "Popham, Sir John". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/22542. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ "FIENNES, Sir Roger (1384-1449), of Herstmonceux, Suss". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 4 June 2017.
- ^ Harriss, G. L. "Stourton family". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/52797. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ Castor, Helen. "Tuddenham, Sir Thomas (1401–1462)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/50241. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ Horrox, Rosemary. "Fogge, Sir John". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/57617. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ Allen, E.W. The Antiquary, Volume 3, 1873, pg 313.
- ^ . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 19 (11th ed.). 1911. pp. 742–744.
- 1484–1649: Green Cloth Officeholders
- 1660–1837: Officeholders database