The master of the harriers was a position in the British Royal Household, responsible for overseeing the Royal harriers. It was allowed to lapse in 1701, but was revived in 1730 as the "master of the harriers and foxhounds". The position was abolished in a reorganization of the Royal Household in 1782."Hunting, sporting and gaming: The harriers, hawks and otterhounds," in Office-Holders in Modern Britain: Volume 11 (Revised), Court Officers, 1660-1837, ed. R O Bucholz (London: University of London, 2006), 216-221. British History Online, accessed October 6, 2023, http://www.british-history.ac.uk/office-holders/vol11/pp216-221.
Masters of the Harriers (from 1660) 1660: Thomas Elliott (senior) 1677: Thomas Elliott (junior) 1683: William Ryder 1689: Christopher Tancred 1701 Vacant 1730: Charles Howard, 3rd Earl of Carlisle 1738: Robert Walpole, 1st Baron Walpole 1751: Vacant 1754: Lord Robert Manners-Sutton 1756: Vacant 1761: Basil Feilding, 6th Earl of Denbigh
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