Presence Chamber: Gentlemen Ushers Daily Waiters 1660-1837

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

'Presence Chamber: Gentlemen Ushers Daily Waiters 1660-1837', in Office-Holders in Modern Britain: Volume 11 (Revised), Court Officers, 1660-1837, (London, 2006) pp. 42-45. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/office-holders/vol11/pp42-45 [accessed 24 April 2024]

Gentlemen Ushers Daily Waiters 1660–1837

The four gentlemen ushers daily waiters attended in the presence chamber. They swore in officials nominated by the lord chamberlain and received the orders of the lord or vice chamberlain for the public rooms. Thus, `all under Officers above stairs are to obey them.'

The gentlemen ushers daily waiters were appointed by lord chamberlain's warrant. (fn. 1) The senior gentleman usher customarily held the post of gentleman usher of the black rod, an officer of the order of the garter. The two offices were held concurrently except in the case of Sir John Ayton who resigned the office of black rod to the second usher, Sir Edward Carteret, in 1671 while remaining senior usher until the following year. (fn. 2) Until 1765 the senior usher and black rod was chosen from amongst the existing ushers; thereafter he was selected from elsewhere. Each gentleman usher received a salary of £150 consisting of wages of £20 and board wages of £130. Early in the period, they also received diet and lodging when in attendance, riding wages, fees upon swearing in new officers worth about £30 under George I, and fees of honour worth about £30 per annum early in the eighteenth century. (fn. 3) The gentleman usher, black rod received an additional fee of £44 6s 8d, a gold chain and medal worth £60, and a robe worth £29 as well as other perquisites. (fn. 4) An extra gentleman usher served 1715–16.

From 1662, except for the reign of James II, an assistant gentleman usher daily waiter served. He was also appointed by lord chamberlain's warrant and enjoyed a salary of £66 13s 4d, and, early in the period, riding wages and fees of honour worth £30 under Anne. (fn. 5)

Gentlemen Ushers 1660–1837



1660	June	Newton, P.
1660	June	Ayton, J.
1660	June	Carteret, E.
1660	June	March, R.
1661	Jan.	Mercer, Sir J.
1671	19 Feb.	Duppa, T.
1672	9 Mar.	Cranfield, E.
1672	2 Oct.	Innes, W.
1673	15 Apr.	Radley, C.
1680	21 Jan.	Carr, H.
1682	4 Feb.	Turner, B.
1683	2 Mar.	Bulstrode, H.
1685	30 Mar.	Carteret, C.
1687	8 Aug.	Loving, J.
1689	11 Mar.	Sheppard, F.
1689	11 Mar.	Bubb, J.
1689	11 Mar.	Mitchell, D.
1692	2 Mar.	Aston, F.
1694	27 Apr.	Chaplin, J.
1698	16 Sept.	Earle, T.
1702	9 July	Oldes, W.
1710	6 June	Sanderson, W.
1715	14 June	Dalton, C.
1716	24 Mar.	Brand, T.
1718	24 Nov.	Saurin, M.A.
1727	17 May	de Sauniers, H.
1727	11 Sept.	Stewart, J.
1728	15 May	Bellenden, Hon. H.
1743	29 Apr.	de Sauniers, H.
1747	7 Sept.	Bacon, Sir E.
1750	3 July	Playters, J.
1759	12 Apr.	Fitzherbert, W.
1760	12 Dec.	Robinson, S.
1760	12 Dec.	Davis, G.
1761	30 May	Simpson, L.
1763	23 Dec.	Sneyd, E.
1765	22 July	Molyneux, F.
1765	16 Sept.	Fitzherbert, W.
1782	9 July	Cooke, G.A.
1782	21 Dec.	Warner, V.
1788	Mar.	Wortham, H.Y.
1802	27 July	Osmer, T.
1812	10 June	Tyrwhitt, Sir T.
1812	28 July	Scott, W.F.
1813	28 Mar.	Seymour, G.H.
1816	14 Aug.	Ramsden, T.
1820	3 Mar.	Mash, T.B.
1822	23 July	Pole Tilney Long Wellesley, Hon. W.
1824		Ramsden, T.
1832	25 July	Clifford, Sir A.W.J.
1836	21 Oct.	Lyster, J.
1837	10 Jan.	Martins, W.

Supernumerary Gentleman Ushers Daily Waiters 1660–?1685



1660	8 June	Sanders, C. [?Assistant]
1660	14 July	Gardiner, R.
1660	27 July	Wakerlin, R.
1661	3 Oct.	Hopton, G.
1680	24 Nov.	Busltrode, H. [?Assistant]

Gentleman Ushers Daily Waiters in Extraordinary 1660–?; 1675–1683; 1715–1716



[1660]		Gardner, R.
1675	16 June	Bulstrode, H.
1715	29 July	Brand, T.

Assistant Gentleman Usher 1662–1837



1662	11 Oct.	Duppa, T.
1671	19 Sept.	Cranfield, E.
1672	20 Mar.	Innes, W.
1672	2 Oct.	Robert, G.
1673	13 June	Purcell, E.
1683	9 July	Hammond, N.
1685	6 Feb.	Office vacant
1689	22 Mar.	Hammond, N.
1692	3 Mar.	Chaplin, J.
1694	31 May	Ellis, R.
1698	14 July	Earle, T.
1698	16 Sept.	Sanderson, W.
1710	7 June	Dalton, C.
1715	27 July	Saurin, M.A.
1718	24 Nov.	de Sauniers, H.
1727	17 May	Gardie, H.
1741	18 Dec.	Buckworth, E.
1779	8 Feb.	Cooke, G.A.
1782	9 July	Warner, V.
1782	21 Dec.	Sneyd, E.
1831	6 Oct.	Duff Gordon, Sir A.C.

Assistant Gentleman Usher Daily Waiter in Ordinary w/o fee 1672



1672	23 July	Robert, G.

Assistant Gentleman Usher Daily Waiter in Extraordinary 1660–?



[1660]		Wackerlin, R.