Keeper of the Privy Purse

Lord Bloomfield as Keeper, carrying the Privy Purse at the Coronation of George IV.

The Keeper of the Privy Purse and Treasurer to the King/Queen (or Financial Secretary to the King) is responsible for the financial management of the Royal Household of the Sovereign of the United Kingdom.

He or she is assisted by the Deputy Treasurer to the King/Queen for the management of the Sovereign Grant.

He or she is also assisted by the Deputy Keeper of the Privy Purse for semi-private concerns, such as racing stables, the Royal Philatelic Collection, Royal Ascot, the Chapel Royal, Page of Honour, Military Knights of Windsor, Royal Maundy, the Royal Victorian Order, grace and favour apartments, and the Duchy of Lancaster. These are funded from the Privy Purse, which is drawn largely from the Duchy of Lancaster. The Keeper of the Privy Purse meets the Sovereign at least weekly.

The current Keeper of the Privy Purse and Treasurer to The Queen is Sir Alan Reid, GCVO. The Deputy Treasurer to The Queen & Deputy Keeper of the Privy Purse is Sir Michael Stevens. Stevens took up both positions after Reid retired in December 2017.

At coronations in recent centuries the holders of this office have invariably carried a ceremonial purse, embroidered with the royal coat of arms.^[1]

Contents

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  1 List of Keepers of the Privy Purse
  
  
  
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    1.1 Henry VIII
    
  
  
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    1.2 Edward VI
    
  
  
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    1.3 Elizabeth I
    
  
  
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    1.4 James I
    
  
  
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    1.5 Charles I
    
  
  
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    1.6 Charles II
    
  
  
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    1.7 James II
    
  
  
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    1.8 William III
    
  
  
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    1.9 Queen Anne
    
  
  
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    1.10 George I
    
  
  
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    1.11 George II
    
  
  
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    1.12 George III
    
  
  
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    1.13 George IV
    
  
  
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    1.14 William IV
    
  
  
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    1.15 Victoria
    
  
  
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    1.16 Edward VII
    
  
  
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    1.17 George V
    
  
  
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    1.18 George VI
    
  
  
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    1.19 Elizabeth II
    
  
  
  
  


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  2 See also
  


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  3 References
  

List of Keepers of the Privy Purse

Henry VIII

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  Henry Norris by 1526–?1536 (executed 1536)


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  Anthony Denny c.1536 ^[2]
  

Edward VI

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  Peter Osborne 1551–1552

Elizabeth I

• John Tamworth, 1559-1569 ^[3]
  


• Henry Seckford 1559–1603 ^[3]
  

James I

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  Sir Richard Molyneux, 1st Baronet, 1607–?


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  George Home, 1st Earl of Dunbar, c.1610–1611 ^[4]
  


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  John Murray, 1st Earl of Annandale 1611–1616 ^[4]
  

Charles I

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  Richard Molyneux, 1st Viscount Molyneux, PC 1616?–1636


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  Robert Carr, 1st Earl of Ancram, PC 1636?–1639

Charles II

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  Henry Bennet, 1st Earl of Arlington, KG, PC (1661–1662)


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  Charles Berkeley, 1st Earl of Falmouth, PC 1662–1665


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  Baptist May 1665–1685

James II

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  James Graham, 1685–1689

William III

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  William Bentinck, 1st Earl of Portland, KG, PC 1689–1700


• Caspar Frederick Henning, 1700–1702

Queen Anne

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  Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough 1702–1711


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  Abigail Masham, Baroness Masham 1711–1714

George I

• Caspar Frederick Henning, 1714–1727

George II

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  Augustus Schutz, 1727–1757


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  The Honourable Edward Finch, 1757–1760

George III

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  John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute, KG, PC 1760–1763


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  William Breton, 1763–1773


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  James Brudenell, 5th Earl of Cardigan, PC 1773–1811


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  The Right Honourable Colonel Sir John McMahon, 1st Baronet, 1812–1817


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  Lieutenant-General Benjamin Bloomfield, 1st Baron Bloomfield, GCB GCH PC 1817–1822

George IV

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  The Right Honourable Sir William Knighton, 1st Baronet, GCH 1821–1830

William IV

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  Major-General Sir Henry Wheatley, 1st Baronet, GCH, CB 1830–1846

Victoria

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  George Edward Anson 1847–1849


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  Colonel The Honourable Sir Charles Beaumont Phipps KCB 1849–1866


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  General The Honourable Sir Charles Grey 1866–1867 (jointly)


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  Colonel Thomas Myddleton-Biddulph KCB 1866–1878 (jointly to 1867)


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  Major-General Sir Henry Ponsonby GCB 1878–1895


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  The Right Honourable Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Fleetwood Edwards GCVO, KCB, ISO 1895–1901

Edward VII

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  The Right Honourable General Sir Dighton Probyn, VC, GCB, GCSI, GCVO, ISO 1901–1910

George V

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  The Right Honourable Lieutenant-Colonel Sir William Carington GCVO KCB JP 1910^[5][6]–1914


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  Lieutenant-Colonel Frederick Ponsonby, 1st Baron Sysonby GCB GCVO PC 1914–1935


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  Colonel Clive Wigram, 1st Baron Wigram GCB GCVO CSI PC 1935^[7]–1936

George VI

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  Major Sir Ulick Alexander 1936^[8][9]–1952

Elizabeth II

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  Brigadier-General Charles George Vivian Tryon, 2nd Baron Tryon, GCVO, KCB, DSO, DL, OStJ 1952–1971


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  Major Sir Rennie Maudslay, GCVO KCB MBE 1971–1981


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  Sir Peter Miles, KCVO 1981–1987


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  Major Sir Shane Blewitt, GCVO 1988–1996


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  Sir Michael Peat, GCVO 1996–2002^[10]
  


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  Sir Alan Reid, GCVO 2002–2017


• Sir Michael Stevens 2018–^[11]
  

See also

• Treasurer of the Household

References

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   ^ The British Monarchy: The Privy Purse
   


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   ^ ^ab Kinney. Titled Elizabethans: A Directory of Elizabethan Court, State, and Church.
   


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   ^ ^ab Lemon, Robert. Calendar of State Papers, Domestic Series, of the Reigns of Edward VI., Mary ...
   


5. 
   ^ "No. 28383". The London Gazette. 10 June 1910. p. 4073.
   


6. 
   ^ "No. 12258". The Edinburgh Gazette. 10 June 1910. p. 621.
   


7. 
   ^ "No. 34220". The London Gazette. 15 November 1935. p. 7224.
   


8. 
   ^ "No. 34306". The London Gazette (Supplement). 20 July 1936. p. 4663.
   


9. 
   ^ "No. 15301". The Edinburgh Gazette. 20 July 1936. p. 623.
   


10. 
    ^ "Sir Michael Peat to step down". The Daily Telegraph. London. 24 January 2011.
    


11. 
    ^ http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/14643043.Sir_Alan_Reid__the_Queen_s_money_man__to_hand_over_Royal_purse_strings_next_year/
    

• 
  "The Privy Purse and Treasurer's Office". Monarchy Today. Archived from the original on 16 April 2008.
  


• 
  "Keeper of the Privy Purse 1660–1837". Office-Holders in Modern Britain: Volume 11 (Revised), Court Officers, 1660-1837. London: University of London. 2006 – via British History Online.
  


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  "The Civil List". BBC News Online.
  

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