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 Marcus Jones 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. 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

15th century

16th century

17th century

18th century

19th century

20th century

Portrait Name Term of office Party Prime Minister
Victor Cavendish 1900 1903 Conservative
(Lib.U)		 Marquess of Salisbury
Arthur Balfour
The Marquess of Hamilton 1903 1905
Sir Edward Strachey, Bt 1905 1909 Liberal Party Henry Campbell-Bannerman
H. H. Asquith
William Dudley Ward 1909 1912
Hon. Frederick Edward Guest 1912 1915
James Hope 1915 1916 Conservative
(UUP)
David Lloyd George
James Craig 28 December 1916 22 January 1918
vacancy 22 January 1918 June 1918
Robert Sanders 1918 1919 Conservative
Bolton Eyres-Monsell 1919 1921
George Gibbs 1921 1924
Bonar Law
Stanley Baldwin
Thomas Griffiths 1924 1924 Labour Ramsay MacDonald
George Gibbs 1924 1928 Conservative Stanley Baldwin
George Hennessy 1928 1929
Ben Smith 1929 1931 Labour Ramsay MacDonald
George Hennessy 1931 Conservative
Sir Frederick Charles Thomson, Bt 1931 21 April 1935 Conservative
(Scot.U)
Sir Frederick Penny, Bt 1935 1937 Conservative
Stanley Baldwin
Sir Lambert Ward 1 June 1937 1937 Neville Chamberlain
Arthur Hope 15 October 1937 1939
Charles Waterhouse 11 April 1939 1939
Hon. Robert Grimston 14 November 1939 1942
Winston Churchill
Sir James Edmondson 1942 1945
George Mathers 1945 1946 Labour Clement Attlee
Arthur Pearson 1946 1951
Cedric Drewe 1951 1955 Conservative Winston Churchill
Tam Galbraith 1955 1957 Anthony Eden
Hendrie Oakshott 1957 1959 Harold Macmillan
Hon. Peter Legh 1959 1960
Edward Wakefield 1960 1962
Michael Hughes-Young 1962 1964
Alec Douglas-Home
Sydney Irving 1964 1966 Labour Harold Wilson
John Silkin 1966
Charles Grey 1966 1969
Charles Richard Morris 1969 1970
Humphrey Atkins 1970 1973 Conservative Ted Heath
Bernard Weatherill 1973 1974
Walter Harrison 1974 1979 Labour Harold Wilson
James Callaghan
John Stradling Thomas 1979 1983 Conservative Margaret Thatcher
Anthony Berry 1983
John Cope 1983 1987
David Hunt 1987 1989
Tristan Garel-Jones 1989 1990
Alastair Goodlad 14 July 1990 15 April 1992
John Major
David Heathcoat-Amory 1992 1993
Greg Knight 1993 1996
Andrew MacKay 1996 2 May 1997
George Mudie 2 May 1997 1998 Labour Tony Blair
Keith Bradley 1998 2001

21st century

Portrait Name Term of office Party Prime Minister
Keith Hill 8 June 2001 13 June 2003 Labour Tony Blair
Bob Ainsworth 13 June 2003 28 June 2007 Labour
Nick Brown 28 June 2007 3 October 2008 Labour Gordon Brown
Tommy McAvoy 5 October 2008 11 May 2010 Labour
Sir John Randall 11 May 2010 6 October 2013 Conservative David Cameron
Greg Hands 7 October 2013 11 May 2015 Conservative
Anne Milton 11 May 2015 12 June 2017 Conservative
Theresa May
Julian Smith 13 June 2017 2 November 2017 Conservative
Esther McVey 2 November 2017 9 January 2018 Conservative
Christopher Pincher 9 January 2018 25 July 2019 Conservative
Amanda Milling 28 July 2019 13 February 2020 Conservative Boris Johnson
Stuart Andrew 13 February 2020 8 February 2022 Conservative
Christopher Pincher 8 February 2022 30 June 2022 Conservative
Kelly Tolhurst 1 July 2022 7 September 2022 Conservative
Craig Whittaker 8 September 2022 27 October 2022 Conservative Liz Truss
Marcus Jones 27 October 2022 Incumbent Conservative Rishi Sunak

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Ministerial Appointments: September 2022". GOV.UK. Retrieved 9 September 2022.
  2. ↑ Office Holders in Modern Britain (vol. 11). London: University of London. 2006. pp. 398–399. Retrieved 28 September 2022.
  3. ↑ "Lord Steward" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 17 (11th ed.). 1911. p. 6.
  4. ↑ Astington, John (1999). English Court Theatre, 1558–1642. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. p. 177. ISBN 978-0-521-64065-7.
  5. ↑ Clerk, Linda. "Tiptoft, John". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/27470. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  6. ↑ "LECHE, Roger (D.1416), of Chatsworth and Nether Haddon, Derbys. | History of Parliament Online".
  7. ↑ Curry, Anne. "Popham, Sir John". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/22542. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  8. ↑ "FIENNES, Sir Roger (1384-1449), of Herstmonceux, Suss". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 4 June 2017.
  9. ↑ Harriss, G. L. "Stourton family". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/52797. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  10. ↑ Castor, Helen. "Tuddenham, Sir Thomas (1401–1462)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/50241. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  11. ↑ Horrox, Rosemary. "Fogge, Sir John". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/57617. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  12. ↑ Allen, E.W. The Antiquary, Volume 3, 1873, pg 313.
  13. ↑ "Norfolk, Earls and Dukes of" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 19 (11th ed.). 1911. pp. 742–744.
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