Appendix V: Principal office-holders

Published in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1690-1715, ed. D. Hayton, E. Cruickshanks, S. Handley, 2002
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Principal office-holders


Lord president:

14 Feb. 1689 Marquess of Carmarthen (Sir Thomas Osborne+)

18 May 1699 Earl of Pembroke (Thomas Herbert+)

29 Jan. 1702 Duke of Somerset

9 July 1702 Earl of Pembroke

25 Nov. 1708 Lord Somers (Sir John*)

21 Sept. 1710 Earl of Rochester (Laurence Hyde+)

14 June 1711 Duke of Buckinghamshire

 

Lord privy seal:

8 Mar. 1689 Marquess of Halifax (William Savile+)

1690-2 in commission

7 Mar. 1692 Earl of Pembroke

22 May 1699 Viscount Lonsdale (Sir John Lowther, 2nd Bt. II*)

15 Nov. 1700 Earl of Tankerville

1701-2 in commission

27 Apr. 1702 Marquess of Normanby

21 Mar 1705 Duke of Newcastle (John Holles+)

31 Aug. 1711 Bishop of Bristol (John Robinson)

21 Aug. 1713 Earl of Dartmouth

 

Secretaries of state:

Duke of Shrewsbury (South) Feb. 1689 - June 1690

Earl of Nottingham (Daniel Finch+) (North) Mar. 1689 - June 1690

Earl of Nottingham (sole) June - Dec. 1690

Earl of Nottingham (South) Dec. 1690 - Mar. 1692

Viscount Sydney (Henry+) (North) Dec. 1690 - Mar. 1692

Earl of Nottingham (sole) Mar. 1692 - Mar. 1693

Earl of Nottingham (South) Mar. - Nov. 1693

Sir John Trenchard* (North) Mar. - Nov. 1693

Sir John Trenchard (sole) Nov. 1693 - Mar. 1694

Sir John Trenchard (South) Mar. 1694 - Apr. 1695

Earl of Shrewsbury (North) Mar. 1694 - Apr. 1695

Earl of Shrewsbury (South) Apr. 1695 - Dec. 1698

Sir William Trumbull* (North) May 1695 - Dec. 1697

James Vernon I* (North) Dec. 1697 - Dec. 1698

James Vernon I (sole) Dec. 1698 - May 1699

Earl of Jersey (South) May 1699 - June 1700

James Vernon I (North) May 1699 - June 1700

James Vernon I (sole) June - Nov. 1700

James Vernon I (South) Nov. 1700 - Jan. 1702

Sir Charles Hedges* (North) Nov. 1700 - Dec. 1701

Earl of Manchester (South) Jan. - May 1702

James Vernon I (North) Jan. - May 1702

Earl of Nottingham (South) May 1702 - Apr. 1704

Sir Charles Hedges (North) May 1702 - May 1704

Sir Charles Hedges (South) May 1704 - Dec. 1706

Robert Harley* (North) May 1704 - Feb. 1708

Earl of Sunderland (Charles, Lord Spencer*) (South) Dec. 1706 - June 1710

Hon. Henry Boyle* (North) Feb. 1708 - Sept. 1710

Earl of Dartmouth (South) June 1710 - Aug. 1713

Henry St. John II* (North) Sept. 1710 - Aug. 1713

Viscount Bolingbroke (Henry St. John II) (South) Aug. 1713 - Sept. 1714

William Bromley II* (North) Aug. 1713 - Sept. 1714

 

Lord chancellor/lord keeper:

1689-93 in commission

23 Mar. 1693 Sir John Somers* lord keeper; 22 Apr. 1697 lord chancellor

21 May 1700 Sir Nathan Wright lord keeper

11 Oct. 1705 William Cowper* lord keeper; 4 May 1707 lord chancellor

19 Oct. 1710 (Sir) Simon Harcourt I* lord keeper; 7 Apr. 1713 lord chancellor

 

Master of the rolls:

13 Mar. 1689 Henry Powle*

13 Jan. 1692 Sir John Trevor*

 

Attorney-general:

4 May 1689 Sir George Treby*

3 May 1692 Sir John Somers*

30 Mar. 1693 Sir Edward Ward

8 June 1695 Sir Thomas Trevor*

28 June 1701 Sir Edward Northey*

26 Apr. 1707 (Sir) Simon Harcourt I*

22 Oct. 1708 (Sir) James Montagu I*

19 Sept. 1710 (Sir) Simon Harcourt I

19 Oct. 1710 Sir Edward Northey

 

Solicitor-general:

4 May 1689 Sir John Somers

3 May 1692 Sir Thomas Trevor

8 June 1695 (Sir) John Hawles*

1 June 1702 (Sir) Simon Harcourt I

26 Apr. 1707 (Sir) James Montagu I

22 Oct. 1708 Robert Eyre*

13 May 1710 Sir Robert Raymond*

 

Lords of the treasury:

9 Apr. 1689 Lord Mordaunt (first lord), Lord Delamer, Lord Godolphin (Sidney+), Sir Henry Capell*, Richard Hampden I*

18 Mar. 1690 Sir John Lowther, 2nd Bt. II* (first lord), Hampden, Sir Stephen Fox*, Thomas Pelham I*

15 Nov. 1690 Lord Godolphin (first lord), Lowther, Hampden, Fox, Pelham

21 Mar. 1692 Godolphin (first lord), Hampden, Fox, Pelham

3 May 1694 Godolphin (first lord), Fox, Charles Montagu*, Sir William Trumbull*, John Smith I*

1 Nov. 1695 Godolphin (first lord), Fox, Montagu, Smith

2 May 1696 Godolphin (first lord), Fox, Montagu, Smith, Sir Thomas Littleton, 3rd Bt.*

31 Oct. 1696 Fox (first lord), Montagu, Smith, Littleton

1 May 1697 Montagu, Fox, Smith, Littleton,Thomas Pelham I

1 June 1699 Montagu* (first lord), Earl of Tankerville, Fox, Smith, Hon. Henry Boyle*, Richard Hill

9 Dec. 1700 Lord Godolphin (first lord), Fox, Smith, Boyle, Hill

29 Mar. 1701 Godolphin (first lord), Fox, Boyle, Hill, Thomas Pelham I*

30 Dec. 1701 Earl of Carlisle (first lord), Fox, Boyle, Hill, Pelham

8 May 1702 Lord Godolphin (lord treasurer)

10 Aug. 1710 Earl Poulett (first lord), Robert Harley*, Hon. Henry Paget*, (Sir) Thomas Mansel I* (5th Bt.), Robert Benson*

30 May 1711 Earl of Oxford (Robert Harley*) (lord treasurer)

30 July 1714 Duke of Shrewsbury (lord treasurer)

 

Chancellor of the Exchequer:

9 Apr. 1689 Earl of Warrington (Henry Booth+)

18 Mar. 1690 Richard Hampden I*

27 Apr. 1694 Charles Montagu*

31 May 1699 John Smith I*

26 Mar. 1701 Hon. Henry Boyle*

11 Feb. 1708 John Smith I

10 Aug. 1710 Robert Harley*

14 June 1711 Robert Benson*

1 Nov. 1713 Sir William Wyndham, 3rd Bt.*

 

Lord steward:

1689 Earl of Devonshire (William Cavendish+, later 1st Duke)

1707 2nd Duke of Devonshire (William Cavendish*)

1710 Duke of Buckinghamshire

1711 Earl Poulett

 

Comptroller of the Household:

1689 Hon. Thomas Wharton*

1702 Sir Edward Seymour, 4th Bt.*

1704 Thomas Mansel I*

May 1708 Earl of Cholmondeley

Oct. 1708 (Sir) Thomas Felton* (4th Bt.)

1709 Sir John Holland, 2nd Bt.*

1711 (Sir) Thomas Mansel I* (5th Bt.)

1712 Lord Lansdown (George Granville*)

1713 Sir John Stonhouse, 3rd Bt.*

 

Vice-chamberlain of the Household:

1689 Sir John Lowther, 2nd Bt. II*

1694 Hon. Peregrine Bertie II*

1706 Thomas Coke*

Ref Volumes: 1690-1715

Author: D. W. Hayton

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