Comptroller of the Household
The Comptroller of the Household is an ancient position in the English royal household, currently the second-ranking member of the Lord Steward 's department, and often a cabinet member. He was an ex officio member of the Board of Green Cloth , until that body was abolished in the reform of the local government licensing in 2004.
History
"Comptroller " is the archaic spelling of "controller", recorded since c.1500 (in a number of British titles, later also in the USA). The variant in spelling results from the contaminating influence (so-called popular etymology) of French compte "account".
In modern times, the Comptroller has become a less prominent position in British politics. He is one of the Government whips in the House of Commons , and his responsibilities for the Royal Household are now purely nominal, except being occasionally called upon to act as an usher at Royal Garden Parties . The current Comptroller of the Household is John Spellar .
Known incumbents
1461-?: Sir John Scott
1487?aft. 1509: Sir John Hussey
bef. 1526?1532: Sir Henry Guilford
1532?1537: William Paulet, 1st Marquess of Winchester
1537?1539: John Russell, 1st Earl of Bedford
1539?1540: Sir William Kingston
1540?1547: Sir John Gage
1547?1550: William Paget, 1st Baron Paget
1550??1553: Sir John Gage
1553?1557: Sir Robert Rochester
1557?1558: Sir Thomas Cornwallis
1558?1559: Sir Thomas Parry
1570??: Sir James Croft
1596?1600: William Knollys, 1st Earl of Banbury
1629 : Henry Vane the Elder
bef. 1643: Christopher Hatton, 1st Baron Hatton of Kirkby
1660?1662: Sir Charles Berkeley
1662?1666: Sir Hugh Pollard, 2nd Baronet
1666?1668: Sir Thomas Clifford
1668?1672: Francis Newport, 2nd Baron Newport
1672?1687: William Maynard, 2nd Baron Maynard
1687?1688: Henry Waldegrave, 1st Baron Waldegrave
1689?1702: Thomas Wharton, 5th Baron Wharton
1702?1704: Sir Edward Seymour, 4th Baronet
1704?1708: Sir Thomas Mansell, 5th Baronet
1708: Hugh Cholmondeley, 1st Earl of Cholmondeley
1708?1709: Sir Thomas Felton, 4th Baronet
1709?1711: Sir John Holland, 2nd Baronet
1711?1712: George Granville, 1st Baron Lansdown
1713?1714: Sir John Stonhouse, 3rd Baronet
1714?1720: Hugh Boscawen
1720?1725: Paul Methuen
1725?1730: Daniel Finch, Lord Finch
1730?1754: Sir Conyers Darcy
1754?1756: Wills Hill, 1st Earl of Hillsborough
1756: John Hobart, Lord Hobart
1756?1761: Richard Edgcumbe, 2nd Baron Edgcumbe
1761: Henry Arthur Herbert, 1st Earl of Powis
1761?1762: Lord George Augustus Cavendish
1762?1763: Humphry Morice
1763?1765: Lord Charles Spencer
1765?1774: Thomas Pelham
1774?1777: Sir William Meredith, 3rd Baronet
1777?1779: George Onslow, 4th Baron Onslow
1779?1782: Sir Richard Worsley, 7th Baronet
1782?1784: Peter Ludlow, 1st Earl Ludlow
1784?1787: Robert Monckton-Arundell, 4th Viscount Galway
1787?1790: Hon. John Charles Villiers
1790?1791: Hon. Dudley Ryder
1791?1797: George Parker, 4th Earl of Macclesfield
1797?1804: Lord Charles Henry Somerset
1804?1812: Hon. George Thynne
1812?1830: Lord George Thomas Beresford
1830?1834: Lord Robert Grosvenor
1834?1835: Henry Thomas Lowry-Corry
1835?1841: George Stevens Byng
1841: Lord Arthur Hill
1841?1846: George Dawson-Damer
1846?1847: Lord Arthur Hill
1847?1851: William Saunders Sebright Lascelles
1851?1852: Earl of Mulgrave
1852: George Weld-Forester
1853?1856: Viscount Drumlanrig
1856?1858: Viscount Castlerosse
1858?1859: George Weld-Forester
1859?1866: Lord Proby
1866?1868: Viscount Royston
1868?1874: Lord Otho Fitzgerald
1874?1879: Lord Henry Somerset
1879?1880: Earl of Yarmouth
1880?1885: Lord Kensington
1885?1886: Lord Arthur Hill
1886: Edward Marjoribanks
1886?1892: Lord Arthur Hill
1892?1895: George Leveson-Gower
1895?1898: Lord Arthur Hill
1898?1905: Viscount Valentia
1905?1909: Master of Elibank
1909?1912: Earl of Liverpool
1912?1915: Lord Saye and Sele
1915?1916: Charles Henry Roberts
1916?1919: Sir Edwin Cornwall
1919?1921: George Frederick Stanley
1921?1924: Harry Barnston
1924: John Allen Parkinson
1924?1928: Sir Harry Barnston
1928?1929: Sir William Cope
1929?1931: Thomas Henderson
1931: Goronwy Owen
1931?1932: Walter Rea
1932?1935: Sir Frederick Penny
1935: Victor Warrender
1935: George Bowyer
1935?1937: Sir Lambert Ward
1937: Sir George Frederick Davies
1937?1939: Charles Waterhouse
1939?1940: Charles Kerr
1940?1942: William Whiteley
1942?1945: William John
1945: George Mathers
1945: Leslie Pym
1945?1946: Arthur Pearson
1946: Michael Stewart, Baron Stewart of Fulham
1946?1951: Frank Collindridge
1951?1954: Roger Conant
1954?1955: Tam Galbraith
1955?1957: Hendrie Dudley Oakshott
1957?1958: Gerald Wills
1958?1959: Edward Wakefield
1959?1961: Harwood Harrison
1961?1964: Robin Chichester-Clark
1964?1966: Charles Grey
1966?1967: William Whitlock
1967?1968: William Howie
1968?1970: Ioan Evans
1970: Walter Elliot
1970-1972: Reginald Eyre
1972-1973: Bernard Weatherill
1973?1974: Walter Clegg
1974?1978: Joseph Harper
1978?1979: James Hamilton
1979?1981: Spencer le Marchant
1981-1983: Anthony Berry
1983?1986: Carol Mather
1986-1988: Robert Boscawen
1988-1989: Tristan Garel-Jones
1989-1990: Alastair Goodlad
1990: Sir George Young, 6th Baronet
1990?1995: David Lightbown
1995?1997: Timothy Wood
1997?2008: Tommy McAvoy
2008-present: John Spellar
Sources
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