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 Sir Mark Tami MP.
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, and in the 18th and 19th centuries it was usually occupied by peers who were members of the Government. 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.
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Treasurers of the Household
15th century
John Tiptoft, 1st Baron Tiptoft 1406–1408
Roger Leche 1413–1416
Walter Beauchamp 1421–1430
Sir John Tyrrell of Heron May 1431 – April 1437
John Popham 1437–1439
Sir Roger Fiennes 1439–1446
John Stourton, 1st Baron Stourton 1446–1453
Sir Thomas Tuddenham 1458
Sir John Fogge 1461–1468
Sir John Howard 1468–1474.
Sir John Elrington 1474–1483
Sir William Hopton 1483–1484
Sir Richard Croft 1484–1488
vacant 1488 on: office performed by cofferers:
John Payne 1488–1492
William Fisher 1492–1494
William Cope 1494-?1508 (died 1513)
16th century
Sir Andrew Windsor 1513
Sir Thomas Lovell 1502 (by)-c. 1519
Sir Edward Poynings 1519–1521
Sir Thomas Boleyn 1521–1525
Sir William FitzWilliam 1525–1537
Sir William Paulet 1537–1539
Sir Thomas Cheney 1539–1558
Sir Thomas Parry 1559–1560
vacant 1560–1570
Sir Francis Knollys 1570–1596
Roger North, 2nd Baron North 1596–1600
17th century
vacant 1600–1602
Sir William Knollys 1602–1616
Edward Wotton, 1st Baron Wotton 1616–1618
Sir Thomas Edmonds 1618–1639
Sir Henry Vane 1639–1641
Thomas Savile, 1st Viscount Savile 1641–1649
Sir Frederick Cornwallis 1660–1663
Charles Berkeley, 2nd Viscount Fitzhardinge 1663–1668
Sir Thomas Clifford 1668–1672
Francis Newport, 1st Viscount Newport 1672–1686
William Paston, 2nd Earl of Yarmouth 1686–1689
Francis Newport, 1st Earl of Bradford 1689–1708
18th century
Hugh Cholmondeley, 1st Earl of Cholmondeley 1708–1712
George Granville, 1st Baron Lansdown 1712–1714
Hugh Cholmondeley, 1st Earl of Cholmondeley 1714–1725
Paul Methuen 1725–1730
Robert Benson, 1st Baron Bingley 1730–1731
John West, 7th Baron De La Warr 1731–1737
Benjamin Mildmay, 1st Earl FitzWalter 1737–1755
John Berkeley, 5th Baron Berkeley of Stratton 1755–1756
John Bateman, 2nd Viscount Bateman 1756–1757
Percy Wyndham-O'Brien, 1st Earl of Thomond 1757–1761
Henry Herbert, 1st Earl of Powis 1761–1765
George Edgcumbe, 3rd Baron Edgcumbe 1765–1766
John Shelley 1766–1777
Frederick Howard, 5th Earl of Carlisle 1777–1779
George Onslow, 4th Baron Onslow 1779–1780
James Cecil, Viscount Cranborne 1780–1782
Thomas Howard, 3rd Earl of Effingham 1782–1783
Charles Francis Greville 1783–1784
James Stopford, 2nd Earl of Courtown 1784–1793
19th century
Charles Bennet, Lord Ossulston 1806–1807
James Stopford, Viscount Stopford 1807–1812
Robert Jocelyn, Viscount Jocelyn 1812
Lord Charles Bentinck 1812–1826
Sir William Henry Fremantle 1826–1837
Henry Fitzalan-Howard, Earl of Surrey 1837–1841
George Byng 1841
Frederick Hervey, Earl Jermyn 1841–1846
Lord Robert Grosvenor 1846–1847
Lord Marcus Hill 1847–1852
Lord Claud Hamilton 1852
George Phipps, Earl of Mulgrave 1853–1858
Lord Claud Hamilton 1858–1859
William Keppel, Viscount Bury 1859–1866
Lord Otho FitzGerald 1866
William Cecil, Lord Burghley 1866–1867
Percy Egerton Herbert 1867–1868
George Warren, 2nd Baron de Tabley 1868–1872
Augustus Bampfylde, 2nd Baron Poltimore 1872–1874
William Monson, 7th Baron Monson 1874
Henry Percy, Earl Percy 1874–1875