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.

'THE PUBLIC ROOMS: Gentlemen Ushers of the Privy Chamber 1660-1837', in Office-Holders in Modern Britain: Volume 11 (Revised), Court Officers, 1660-1837, (London, 2006) pp. 36-38. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/office-holders/vol11/pp36-38 [accessed 19 April 2024]

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.