Comptroller of the Household

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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 is an ex officio member of the Board of Green Cloth.

History

The archaic spelling of Controller, recorded since c.1500 (in a number of British titles, later also in the USA), is a variant of controller, with bad spelling due to 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 Thomas McAvoy.

Known incumbents

c.1536 : William Paulet, 1st Marquess of Winchester
1537–1539: John Russell, 1st Earl of Bedford
1547–1550: William Paget, 1st Baron Paget
1550?–1553: Sir John Gage
1596–1600: William Knollys, 1st Earl of Banbury
1629 : Henry Vane the Elder
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 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 Forester
1853–1856: Viscount Drumlanrig
1856–1858: Viscount Castlerosse
1858–1859: George 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
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 Frederick 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–present : Tommy McAvoy

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