THE PUBLIC ROOMS: Gentlemen Ushers of the Privy Chamber 1660-1837

Office-Holders in Modern Britain: Volume 11 (Revised), Court Officers, 1660-1837. Originally published by University of London, London, 2006.

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'THE PUBLIC ROOMS: Gentlemen Ushers of the Privy Chamber 1660-1837', in Office-Holders in Modern Britain: Volume 11 (Revised), Court Officers, 1660-1837, ed. R O Bucholz( London, 2006), British History Online https://prod.british-history.ac.uk/office-holders/vol11/pp36-38 [accessed 26 November 2024].

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The Public Rooms: Privy Chamber

Gentlemen Ushers of the Privy Chamber 1660–1837

The gentlemen ushers of the privy chamber,

have Power of commanding all Officers under them in the Privy Lodgings, (the Bed-Chamber excepted) and the Honour of leading the Queen in the Absence of the Lord Chamberlain. They likewise attend in the Closet at the Chapel, where no other Gentleman-Usher waits.

They were four in number, appointed by lord chamberlain's warrant. (fn. 1) Their remuneration amounted to £200 consisting of wages of £150 and board wages of £50. Early in the period, they were also entitled to diet and lodging when in attendance, riding wages and fees of honor which averaged about £30 per annum under Anne. (fn. 2) An extra gentleman usher was occasionally appointed.

Gentlemen Ushers 1660–1837

1660 2 June Poley, Sir J.
1660 2 June Fleming, Sir W.
1660 2 June Killigrew, Sir W.
1660 4 June Darcy, Hon. M.
1662 2 June Neale, Sir P.
1664 10 Nov. Stapelton, Sir R.
1669 12 July Sandys, W.
1670 4 Feb. Mitton, J.
1670 8 Feb. Nott, Sir T.
1681 20 Dec. Boyle, C.
1686 17 Feb. Sutton, Sir E.
1687 4 July Jones, W.
1687 29 Nov. Goring, C.
1688 8 Nov. King, Hon. J.
1689 14 Mar. Elwes, Sir J.
1689 27 Mar. Austen, H.
1689 29 Mar. Garrard, S.
1695 30 July Compton, J.
1697 14 July Sherard, B.
1700 19 May Wallis, W.
1700 19 Dec. Lawrence, E.
1702 9 July Sandys, H.
1702 9 July Cooper, R.
1702 9 July Harrison, E.
1702 9 July Anderson, J.
1703 20 Apr. Lawrence, Sir E.
1708 10 Dec. Sherard, B.
1719 3 Feb. Ashley, J.
1728 12 Aug. Whitworth, R.
1728 10 Dec. Hemmington, R.
1729 12 Aug. Cope, J.
1732 17 June Clerke, F.
1749 7 Mar. Saurin, M.A.
1756 30 Jan. Hudson, J.
1760 20 Aug. Bagshaw, R.
1760 12 Dec. Scot, C.
1760 12 Dec. Palmer, H.
1766 24 Sept. Hudson, W.
1771 27 June Colman, E.
1771 14 Nov. Mawhood, C.
1773 31 May Gregory, A.
1775 4 Nov. Tutteridge, T.
1780 30 Aug. Johnson, M.
1789 Sept. Hull, T.
1792 Sebright, T.
1794 5 Feb. Byron, R.
1795 2 Mar. Capel, Hon. E.
1798 14 Apr. Hale, J.
1798 29 July Chester, R.
1808 31 Oct. Master, W.C.
1813 7 Jan. Hatton, G.
1818 27 May Seymour, H.
1819 10 Oct. Hatton, H.J.
1821 25 Aug. Mash, H.T.B.
1823 21 Mar. Russell, J.
1830 18 Dec. Byng, Hon. F.G.
1831 23 Mar. Heneage, C.F.
1832 22 Mar. Beaumont, J.
1834 12 Mar. Smith, Sir J.M.F.

Gentlemen Ushers of the Privy Chamber in Extraordinary

(1660–1681; 1716; 1796–1798; 1833–1834)

1660 2 June Killigrew, Sir P.
1660 2 June Sandys, W.
1660 11 Aug. Clare, Sir R.
1661 9 Mar. Pollard, Sir H.
1673 12 Nov. Russell, E.
1675 1 Feb. Boyle, C.
1716 19 Mar. Henning, F.
1796 25 Feb. Chester, R.
1833 8 Aug. Smith, Sir J.M.F.

Footnotes

  • 1. PSBC, p. 26; LC 3/24, f. 3. See also Beattie, pp. 39–40.
  • 2. LC 3/24 f. 3; calculation explained in Bucholz, p. 319 n. 102.
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