The household below stairs: Treasurer of the Household 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 household below stairs: Treasurer of the Household 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/pp398-399 [accessed 26 November 2024].

'The household below stairs: Treasurer of the Household 1660-1837', in Office-Holders in Modern Britain: Volume 11 (Revised), Court Officers, 1660-1837. Edited by R O Bucholz( London, 2006), British History Online, accessed November 26, 2024, https://prod.british-history.ac.uk/office-holders/vol11/pp398-399.

"The household below stairs: Treasurer of the Household 1660-1837". Office-Holders in Modern Britain: Volume 11 (Revised), Court Officers, 1660-1837. Ed. R O Bucholz(London, 2006), , British History Online. Web. 26 November 2024. https://prod.british-history.ac.uk/office-holders/vol11/pp398-399.

Treasurer of the Household 1660–1837

The office of treasurer of the household was a sinecure for most of the period. He was appointed by royal warrant and received a white staff on entering office. (fn. 1) The remuneration originally amounted to £1,200 consisting of wages of £123 14s 8d and board wages of £1,076 5s 4d., plus lodgings and plate worth £400. (fn. 2) In 1812 the salary was fixed at £904. (fn. 3)

1660 5 July Cornwallis, Sir F.
1662 29 Jan. Berkeley, Sir C.
1668 14 June Clifford, Sir T.
1672 29 Nov. Newport, 2nd Lord
1687 10 Feb. Yarmouth, 2nd Earl of
1689 21 Feb. Newport, 1st Viscount
1708 16 Nov. Cholmondeley, 1st Earl of
1713 17 Aug. Lansdowne, 1st Lord
1714 21 Oct. Cholmondeley, 1st Earl of
1725 22 May Methuen, P.
1730 13 May Bingley, 1st Lord
1731 10 June Delawarr, 7th Lord
1737 20 June Fitzwalter, 1st Earl
1756 16 Jan. Berkeley of Stratton, 5th Lord
1756 19 Nov. Bateman, 2nd Viscount
1757 4 July Thomond, 1st Earl of
1761 27 Nov. Powis, 1st Earl of
1765 19 July Edgcumbe, 3rd Lord
1766 20 Nov. Shelley, J.
1777 11 June Carlisle, 5th Earl of
1779 1 Dec. Onslow, 4th Lord
1780 5 Sept. Cranborne, Viscount
1782 10 Apr. Effingham, 3rd Earl of
1783 9 Apr. Greville, Hon. C.F.
1784 20 Aug. Courtown, 2nd Earl of
1793 20 June Stopford, Viscount
1806 12 Feb. Ossulston, Lord
1807 31 Mar. Stopford, Viscount
1812 8 May Jocelyn, Viscount
1812 29 July Cavendish Bentinck, Lord W.C.
1826 27 May Fremantle, W.H.

Footnotes

  • 1. For this office, see Bucholz, p. 317 n. 94; PSBC, p. 6; Beattie, p. 68.
  • 2. LS 13/38, f. 10; LS 13/39, p. 18; Beattie, p. 211.
  • 3. LS 13/69.