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.

'The household below stairs: Treasurer of the Household 1660-1837', in Office-Holders in Modern Britain: Volume 11 (Revised), Court Officers, 1660-1837, (London, 2006) pp. 398-399. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/office-holders/vol11/pp398-399 [accessed 20 April 2024]

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.