The household below stairs: Porters at the Queen's House ?1768-1812

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: Porters at the Queen's House ?1768-1812', in Office-Holders in Modern Britain: Volume 11 (Revised), Court Officers, 1660-1837, (London, 2006) pp. 555-556. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/office-holders/vol11/pp555-556 [accessed 19 April 2024]

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Porters at the Queen's House ?1768–1812

Porters and assistant porters at the Queen's House were appointed by warrant of the lord steward. They were paid £60 per annum. The first assistant porter made £30 per annum, the second and third, £25. (fn. 1) These places were transferred to the Windsor establishment in 1812.

Porters c. 1768–1812

1768c. 27 Jan. Ledley, T.
1768 29 Mar. Davenport, T.
1774 14 June Cross, P.
1788 6 July Clarke, A.

Assistant Porter c.1768–?1771

By 1768 Davenport, T.
1768 7 Apr. Hampson, T.

First Assistant Porter 1771–1812

1771 1 Aug. Thompson, T.
1775 22 Nov. Treherne, D.
1788 6 July Wake, T.
1801 6 Apr. Baker, T.

Second Assistant Porter and Sweeper 1771–1812

1771 1 Aug. Treherne, D.
1775 22 Nov. Harlow, G.
1781 29 Oct. Clarke, A.
1788 6 July Tuckfill, T. (?W).
1791 6 July Baker, T.
1801 6 Apr. Bevan, R.
1804 22 May Wake, T. G.

Third Assistant Porter and Sweeper 1791–1812

1791 2 Apr. Baker, T.
1791 6 July Bevan, R.
1801 6 Apr. Wake, T. G.
1804 22 May Imber, J.

Footnotes

  • 1. LS 2/11; LS 2/28.