Keeper of the Privy Purse

List of Keepers of the Privy Purse

Henry VIII

• Henry Norris by 1526–?1536 (executed 1536)
• Anthony Denny c. 1536

Edward VI

• Peter Osborne 1551–1552

Elizabeth I

• John Tamworth, 1559–1569
• Henry Seckford 1559–1603

James I

• Sir Richard Molyneux, 1st Baronet, 1607–?
• George Home, 1st Earl of Dunbar, c. 1610–1611
• John Murray, 1st Earl of Annandale 1611–1616

Charles I

• Richard Molyneux, 1st Viscount Molyneux, 1616?–1636
• Robert Carr, 1st Earl of Ancram, 1636?–1639

Charles II

• Henry Bennet, 1st Earl of Arlington, 1661–1662
• Charles Berkeley, 1st Earl of Falmouth, 1662–1665
• Baptist May 1665–1685

James II

• James Graham, 1685–1689

William III

• William Bentinck, 1st Earl of Portland, 1689–1700
• Caspar Frederick Henning, 1700–1702

Anne

• Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough 1702–1711
• Abigail Masham, Baroness Masham 1711–1714

George I

• Caspar Frederick Henning, 1714–1727

George II

• Augustus Schutz, 1727–1757
• The Honourable Edward Finch, 1757–1760

George III

• John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute, 1760–1763
• William Breton, 1763–1773
• James Brudenell, 5th Earl of Cardigan, 1773–1811
• Colonel Sir John McMahon, 1st Baronet, 1812–1817
• Lieutenant-General Benjamin Bloomfield, 1st Baron Bloomfield, 1817–1822

George IV

• Sir William Knighton, 1st Baronet, 1821–1830

William IV

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

Victoria

• George Edward Anson 1847–1849
• Colonel Sir Charles Beaumont Phipps, 1849–1866
• General Sir Charles Grey, 1866–1867 (jointly)
• Colonel Thomas Myddleton-Biddulph, 1866–1878 (jointly to 1867)
• Major-General Sir Henry Ponsonby, 1878–1895
• Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Fleetwood Edwards, 1895–1901

Edward VII

• General Sir Dighton MacNaghton Probyn, 1901–1910

George V

• Lieutenant-Colonel Sir William Carington, 1910–1914
• Lieutenant-Colonel Frederick Ponsonby, 1st Baron Sysonby, 1914–1935
• Colonel Clive Wigram, 1st Baron Wigram, 1935–1936

George VI

• Major Sir Ulick Alexander, 19361952

Elizabeth II

• Brigadier Charles Tryon, 2nd Baron Tryon, 1952–1971
• Major Sir Rennie Maudslay, 1971–1981
• Sir Peter Miles, 1981–1987
• Major Sir Shane Blewitt, 1988–1996
• Sir Michael Peat, 1996–2002
• Sir Alan Reid, 2002–2017
• Sir Michael Stevens 2018–2022

Charles III

• Sir Michael Stevens, 2022–2025
• James Chalmers, 2025–present

Deputies

Deputy Keepers

This list is not complete.

• 1922–1925: Paymaster Rear-Admiral Sir John Henry George Chapple
• 1985–1988: Major Sir Shane Blewitt
• 1988–2002: Sir John Christopher Parsons
• 2002–?: Harold Smith
• ?–2011: Ian Donald McGregor
• 2011–2017: Sir Michael John Stevens
• 2017–present: Sally O'Neill

Deputy Treasurers

• 1923–1935: Sir Ralph Endersby Harwood
• 1941–1958: Commander Sir Dudley Colles
• 1958–1968: Commander Sir Philip John Row
• 1969–1985: Sir Russell Dillon Wood
• 1988–2002: Sir John Christopher Parsons
• 2003–2007: Stephen Ingleby Cawley
• 2007–2017: Sir Michael John Stevens
• 2017–present: Sally O'Neill

References

References

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4. Kinney. "Titled Elizabethans: A Directory of Elizabethan Court, State, and Church".
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11. (24 January 2011). "Sir Michael Peat to step down". [[The Daily Telegraph]].
12. (26 July 2016). "Sir Alan Reid, the Queen's money man, to hand over Royal purse strings next year".
13. (26 July 2016). "Sir Alan Reid, the Queen's money man, to hand over Royal purse strings next year".
14. (1 July 2025). "King has shown 'remarkable resilience' carrying on with royal duties, says aide".