The Treasurer of the Household is a member of the Royal Household of the

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. The position is usually held by one of the government deputy

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. The current holder of the office is

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MP. The position had its origin in the office of Treasurer (or Keeper) of the Wardrobe and was ranked second after the

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. The office was often staffed by the promotion of the

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. 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

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, and in the 18th and 19th centuries it was usually occupied by peers who were members of the Government. The Treasurer was automatically a member of the privy council. They were a member of the

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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.

Treasurers of the Household

15th century

* John Tiptoft, 1st Baron Tiptoft 1406–1408 * Roger Leche 1413–1416 * Walter Beauchamp 1421–1430 *Sir John Tyrrell of Heron May 1431 – April 1437 * John Popham 1437–1439 *Sir Roger Fiennes 1439–1446 * John Stourton, 1st Baron Stourton 1446–1453 *Sir

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1458 *Sir John Fogge 1461–1468 *Sir

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1468–1474. *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

*Sir Andrew Windsor 1513 *Sir Thomas Lovell 1502 (by)-c. 1519 *Sir

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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 * Roger North, 2nd Baron North 1596–1600

17th century

*''vacant'' 1600–1602 *Sir William Knollys 1602–1616 * Edward Wotton, 1st Baron Wotton 1616–1618 *Sir Thomas Edmonds 1618–1639 *Sir Henry Vane 1639–1641 * Thomas Savile, 1st Viscount Savile 1641–1649 *Sir Frederick Cornwallis 1660–1663 *

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1663–1668 *Sir Thomas Clifford 1668–1672 * Francis Newport, 1st Viscount Newport 1672–1686 *

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1686–1689 *Francis Newport, 1st Earl of Bradford 1689–1708

18th century

Hugh Cholmondeley, 1st Earl of Cholmondeley Hugh Cholmondeley, 1st Earl of Cholmondeley, PC (1662 – 18 January 1725), styled The Honourable from birth until 1681 and then known as Viscount Cholmondeley to 1706, was an English peer and politician. Cholmondeley was the eldest son of Rob ...

1708–1712 * George Granville, 1st Baron Lansdown 1712–1714 *Hugh Cholmondeley, 1st Earl of Cholmondeley 1714–1725 * Paul Methuen 1725–1730 *

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1730–1731 * John West, 7th Baron De La Warr 1731–1737 * Benjamin Mildmay, 1st Earl FitzWalter 1737–1755 * John Berkeley, 5th Baron Berkeley of Stratton 1755–1756 *

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1756–1757 * Percy Wyndham-O'Brien, 1st Earl of Thomond 1757–1761 *

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1761–1765 * George Edgcumbe, 3rd Baron Edgcumbe 1765–1766 * John Shelley 1766–1777 * Frederick Howard, 5th Earl of Carlisle 1777–1779 * George Onslow, 4th Baron Onslow 1779–1780 * James Cecil, Viscount Cranborne 1780–1782 * Thomas Howard, 3rd Earl of Effingham 1782–1783 *

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1783–1784 * James Stopford, 2nd Earl of Courtown 1784–1793 * James Stopford, Viscount Stopford 1793–1806

19th century

* Charles Bennet, Lord Ossulston 1806–1807 * James Stopford, Viscount Stopford 1807–1812 * Robert Jocelyn, Viscount Jocelyn 1812 * Lord Charles Bentinck 1812–1826 *Sir William Henry Fremantle 1826–1837 * Henry Fitzalan-Howard, Earl of Surrey 1837–1841 * George Byng 1841 * Frederick Hervey, Earl Jermyn 1841–1846 * Lord Robert Grosvenor 1846–1847 * Lord Marcus Hill 1847–1852 * Lord Claud Hamilton 1852 * George Phipps, Earl of Mulgrave 1853–1858 *Lord Claud Hamilton 1858–1859 * William Keppel, Viscount Bury 1859–1866 * Lord Otho FitzGerald 1866 * William Cecil, Lord Burghley 1866–1867 * Percy Egerton Herbert 1867–1868 * George Warren, 2nd Baron de Tabley 1868–1872 * Augustus Bampfylde, 2nd Baron Poltimore 1872–1874 * William Monson, 7th Baron Monson 1874 * Henry Percy, Earl Percy 1874–1875 * Lord Henry Thynne 1875–1880 * Gavin Campbell, 7th Earl of Breadalbane and Holland 1880–1885 * William Pleydell-Bouverie, Viscount Folkestone 1885–1886 *

Victor Bruce, 9th Earl of Elgin Victor Alexander Bruce, 9th Earl of Elgin, 13th Earl of Kincardine (16 May 184918 January 1917), known as Lord Bruce until 1863, was a right-wing British Liberal politician who served as Viceroy of India from 1894 to 1899. He was appointed by Pr ...

1886 *William Pleydell-Bouverie, Viscount Folkestone 1886–1891 * Lord Walter Gordon-Lennox 1891–1892 * Edwyn Scudamore-Stanhope, 10th Earl of Chesterfield 1892–1894 * Arthur Brand 1894–1895 * George Osborne, Marquess of Carmarthen 1895–1896 * Richard Curzon, Viscount Curzon 1896–1900

20th century

21st century

References

*1484–1649
Green Cloth Officeholders
*1660–1837
Officeholders database

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