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]

List of Keepers of the Privy Purse


Henry VIII

Edward VI

Elizabeth I

  • John Tamworth, 1559-1569 [3]
  • Henry Seckford 1559–1603 [3]

James I

Charles I

Charles II

James II

William III

Queen Anne

George I

  • Caspar Frederick Henning, 1714–1727

George II

George III

George IV

William IV

Victoria

Edward VII

George V

George VI

Elizabeth II

See also

References

  1. ↑ The British Monarchy: The Privy Purse
  2. ↑ Emerson, Kate. Secrets of the Tudor Court: Between Two Queens.
  3. 1 2 Kinney. Titled Elizabethans: A Directory of Elizabethan Court, State, and Church.
  4. 1 2 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.
  • "The Civil List". BBC News Online.
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