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.

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 1461–1468Allen, E.W. The Antiquary, Volume 3, 1873, pg 313. 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 James Stopford, Viscount Stopford 1793–1806

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 Lord Henry Thynne 1875–1880 Gavin Campbell, 7th Earl of Breadalbane and Holland 1880–1885 William Pleydell-Bouverie, Viscount Folkestone 1885–1886 Victor Bruce, 9th Earl of Elgin 1886 William Pleydell-Bouverie, Viscount Folkestone 1886–1891 Lord Walter Gordon-Lennox 1891–1892 Edwyn Scudamore-Stanhope, 10th Earl of Chesterfield 1892–1894 Arthur Brand 1894–1895 George Osborne, Marquess of Carmarthen 1895–1896 Richard Curzon, Viscount Curzon 1896–1900

20th century Portrait NameTerm of office PartyPrime Minister Victor Cavendish 1900 1903 Conservative(Lib.U) Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury Arthur Balfour James Hamilton, Marquess of Hamilton 1903 1905 Sir Edward Strachey, Bt 1905 1909 Liberal Party Henry Campbell-Bannerman H. H. Asquith William Dudley Ward 1909 1912 Frederick Edward Guest 1912 1915 James Hope 1915 1916 Conservative(UUP) David Lloyd George James Craig 28 December 1916 22 January 1918 vacancy 22 January 1918 June 1918 Robert Sanders 1918 1919 Conservative Bolton Eyres-Monsell 1919 1921 George Gibbs 1921 1924 Bonar Law Stanley Baldwin Thomas Griffiths 1924 1924 Labour Ramsay MacDonald George Gibbs 1924 1928 Conservative Stanley Baldwin George Hennessy 1928 1929 Ben Smith 1929 1931 Labour Ramsay MacDonald George Hennessy 1931 Conservative Sir Frederick Thomson, 1st Baronet 1931 21 April 1935 Conservative(Scot.U) Sir Frederick Penny, Bt 1935 1937 Conservative Stanley Baldwin Sir Lambert Ward 1 June 1937 1937 Neville Chamberlain Arthur Hope 15 October 1937 1939 Charles Waterhouse 11 April 1939 1939 Robert Grimston 14 November 1939 1942 Winston Churchill Sir James Edmondson 1942 1945 George Mathers 1945 1946 Labour Clement Attlee Arthur Pearson 1946 1951 Cedric Drewe 1951 1955 Conservative Winston Churchill Tam Galbraith 1955 1957 Anthony Eden Hendrie Oakshott 1957 1959 Harold Macmillan Peter Legh 1959 1960 Edward Wakefield 1960 1962 Michael Hughes-Young 1962 1964 Alec Douglas-Home Sydney Irving 1964 1966 Labour Harold Wilson John Silkin 1966 Charles Grey 1966 1969 Charles Richard Morris 1969 1970 Humphrey Atkins 1970 1973 Conservative Ted Heath Bernard Weatherill 1973 1974 Walter Harrison 1974 1979 Labour Harold Wilson James Callaghan John Stradling Thomas 1979 1983 Conservative Margaret Thatcher Anthony Berry 1983 John Cope 1983 1987 David Hunt 1987 1989 Tristan Garel-Jones 1989 1990 Alastair Goodlad 14 July 1990 15 April 1992 John Major David Heathcoat-Amory 1992 1993 Greg Knight 1993 1996 Andrew MacKay 1996 2 May 1997 George Mudie 2 May 1997 1998 Labour Tony Blair Keith Bradley 1998 2001

21st century Portrait NameTerm of office PartyPrime MinisterKeith Hill8 June 200113 June 2003LabourTony BlairBob Ainsworth13 June 200328 June 2007LabourNick Brown28 June 20073 October 2008LabourGordon BrownTommy McAvoy5 October 200811 May 2010LabourSir John Randall11 May 20106 October 2013ConservativeDavid CameronGreg Hands7 October 201311 May 2015ConservativeAnne Milton11 May 201512 June 2017ConservativeTheresa MayJulian Smith13 June 20172 November 2017ConservativeEsther McVey2 November 20179 January 2018ConservativeChristopher Pincher9 January 201825 July 2019ConservativeAmanda Milling28 July 201913 February 2020ConservativeBoris JohnsonStuart Andrew13 February 20208 February 2022ConservativeChristopher Pincher8 February 202230 June 2022ConservativeKelly Tolhurst1 July 20227 September 2022ConservativeCraig Whittaker8 September 202227 October 2022Conservative Liz TrussMarcus Jones27 October 20225 July 2024Conservative Rishi SunakMark Tami10 July 2024IncumbentLabour Keir StarmerAndy Burnham

See also List of treasurers to British royal consorts

References

1484–1649: Green Cloth Officeholders 1660–1837: Officeholders database

Whips 1970–1997