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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] 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
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- Hugh Cholmondeley, 1st Earl of Cholmondeley 1708–1712
- George Granville, 1st Baron Lansdown 1712–1714
- Hugh Cholmondeley, 1st Earl of Cholmondeley 1714–1725
- Paul Methuen 1725–1730
- Robert Benson, 1st Baron Bingley 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
- John Bateman, 2nd Viscount Bateman 1756–1757
- Percy Wyndham-O'Brien, 1st Earl of Thomond 1757–1761
- Henry Herbert, 1st Earl of Powis 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
- Charles Francis Greville 1783–1784
- James Stopford, 2nd Earl of Courtown 1784–1793
- James Stopford, Viscount Stopford 1793–1806
- 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 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
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