- Keeper of the Privy Purse
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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 is assisted by the Deputy Treasurer to the King/Queen for the management of the civil list, and the royal palaces presentation fund. The Director of Finance also has charge of financial management of all funds covered by civil list and grant-in-aid.
He is 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 KCVO.
List of Keepers of the Privy Purse
- Sir Alan Reid, KCVO 2002-
- Sir Michael Peat, KCVO 1996-2002
- Major Sir Shane Blewitt, GCVO 1988-1996
- Sir Peter Miles, KCVO 1981-1987
- Major Sir Rennie Maudsley, GCVO KCB MBE 1971-1981
- Brigadier Lord Tryon, GCVO KCB DSO 1952-1971
- Major Sir Ulick Alexander 1936-1952
- Sir Frederick Ponsonby[disambiguation needed
] 1936 - Colonel The Lord Wigram 1935-1936
- Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Frederick Ponsonby 1914-1935
- Lieutenant-Colonel Sir William Carington 1910-1914
- General Sir Deighton Probyn, VC 1901-1910
- Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Fleetwood Edwards 1895-1901
- Major-General Sir Henry Ponsonby 1878-1895
- Colonel Sir Thomas Myddleton-Biddulph 1866-1878
- General Sir Charles Grey 1866-1867
- Colonel Honourable Sir Charles Beaumont Phipps 1849-1866
- George Edward Anson 1847-1849
- Sir Henry Wheatley, Bt 1830-1846
- Sir William Knighton, Bt 1821-1830
- Major-General Sir Benjamin Bloomfield 1817-1822
- Colonel Sir John McMahon, 1st Baronet, 1812-1817
- James Brudenell, 5th Earl of Cardigan, 1773-1812
- Sir William Breton, 1763-1773
- John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute, 1760-1763
- Hon. Edward Finch, 1757-1760
- Augustus Schutz, 1727-1757
- Caspar Frederick Henning, 1714-1727
- Abigail Masham, Baroness Masham 1711-1714
- Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough 1702-1711
- Caspar Frederick Henning, 1700-1702
- William Bentinck, 1st Earl of Portland, 1689-1700
- James Graham, 1685-1689
- Baptist May 1665-1685
- Charles Berkeley, 1st Earl of Falmouth, 1662-1665
- Sir Henry Bennet, later 1st Earl of Arlington (1661-1662)
- Robert Carr, 1st Earl of Ancram, 1636?-1639
- Richard Molyneux, 1st Viscount Molyneux, 1616?-1636
- Peter Osborne 1551-1552
See also
Categories:- Positions within the British Royal Household
- Ceremonial officers in the United Kingdom
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