Treasurer of the 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. He was a member of the Board of Green Cloth, until the Board of Green Cloth disappeared in the reform of local government licensing in 2004, brought about by the Licensing Act 2003 (section 195).

The position had its origin in the office of Keeper of the Wardrobe of the Household and was ranked second after the Lord Steward. On occasion (e.g. 1488–1503) the office was vacant for a considerable period and its duties undertaken by the Cofferer. The office was often staffed by the promotion of the Comptroller and was normally held by a commoner (except in 1603–1618 and 1641–1645 when it was occupied by peers). The Treasurer was automatically a member of the privy council. The current holder of the role is the Rt Hon Anne Milton MP.

Treasurers of the Household

15th century

• John Tiptoft, 1st Baron Tiptoft 1406–1408^[1]
• Roger Leche 1413–1416 ^[2]
• Walter Beauchamp 1421–1430
• Sir John Tyrrell of Heron May 1431 – April 1437
• John Popham 1437–1439^[3]
• Sir Roger Fiennes 1439–1446
• John Stourton, 1st Baron Stourton 1446–1453^[4]
• Sir Thomas Tuddenham 1458^[5]
• Sir John Fogge 1461–1468^[6][7]
• Sir John Howard 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

16th century

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• Victor Cavendish 1900–1903
• The Marquess of Hamilton 1903–1905
• Sir Edward Strachey, Bt 1905–1909
• William Dudley Ward 1909–1912
• Hon. Frederick Edward Guest 1912–1915
• James Hope 1915–1916
• James Craig 1916–1918
• vacancy January–June 1918
• Robert Sanders 1918–1919
• Bolton Eyres-Monsell 1919–1921
• George Gibbs 1921–1924
• Thomas Griffiths 1924
• George Gibbs 1924–1928
• George Hennessy 1928–1929
• Ben Smith 1929–1931
• George Hennessy 1931
• Sir Frederick Charles Thomson, Bt 1931–1935
• Sir Frederick Penny, Bt 1935–1937
• Sir Lambert Ward 1937
• Arthur Hope 1937–1939
• Charles Waterhouse 1939
• Hon. Robert Grimston 1939–1942
• Sir James Edmondson 1942–1945
• George Mathers 1945–1946
• Arthur Pearson 1946–1951
• Cedric Drewe 1951–1955
• Tam Galbraith 1955–1957
• Hendrie Oakshott 1957–1959
• Hon. Peter Legh 1959–1960
• Edward Wakefield 1960–1962
• Michael Hughes-Young 1962–1964
• Sydney Irving 1964–1966
• John Silkin 1966
• Charles Grey 1966–1969
• Charles Richard Morris 1969–1970
• Humphrey Atkins 1970–1973
• Bernard Weatherill 1973–1974
• Walter Harrison 1974–1979
• John Stradling Thomas 1979–1983
• Anthony Berry 1983
• John Cope 1983–1987
• David Hunt 1987–1989
• Tristan Garel-Jones 1989–1990
• Alastair Goodlad 1990–1992
• David Heathcoat-Amory 1992–1993
• Greg Knight 1993–1996
• Andrew MacKay 1996–1997
• George Mudie 1997–1998
• Keith Bradley 1998–2001

21st century

• Keith Hill 2001–2003
• Bob Ainsworth 2003–2007
• Nick Brown 2007–2008
• Tommy McAvoy 2008–2010
• Sir John Randall 2010–2013
• Greg Hands 2013–2015
• Anne Milton 2015–

References

• 1484–1649: Green Cloth Officeholders
• 1660–1837: Officeholders database

• Whips 1970–1997