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Appendix V: Officers of State

Published in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1660-1690, ed. B.D. Henning, 1983
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(usually referred to in the Journals by the title of their appointment)

 

SECRETARIES OF STATE

Southern Department
Northern Department
Sir Edward Nicholas1 June 1660  
  (Sir) William Morice I*30 June 1660
Sir Henry Bennet*Oct. 1662  
  (Sir) John Trevor*29 Sept. 1668
  Hon. Henry Coventry*18 July 1672
(Sir) Joseph Williamson*11 Sept. 1674  
Robert Spencer, Earl of Sunderland20 Feb. 1678  
  Sir Leoline Jenkins*11 Feb. 1680
Edward Conway, Earl of Conway9 Mar. 1681  
Robert Spencer, Earl of Sunderland6 Mar. 1683  
  Sidney Godolphin I*1 May 1684
  Charles Middleton*, 2nd Earl of Middleton [S]25 Sept. 1684
  Richard Graham, Viscount Preston [S] (Sir Richard Grahme, 3rd Bt.*)Oct. 1688
  Charles Talbot, Earl of Shrewsbury19 Feb. 1689
Daniel Finch* (Earl of Nottingham)Mar. 1689  

 

CHANCELLORS OF THE EXCHEQUER

Lord Ashley (Sir Anthony Ashley Cooper*)22 Apr. 1661
Sir John Duncombe*Nov. 1672
(Sir) John Ernle*26 Apr. 1676
Lord Delamer (Henry Booth*)Apr. 1689

 

MASTERS OF THE ROLLS

John Colepeper, Lord Colepeper1 June 1660
Sir Harbottle Grimston, 2nd Bt.*3 Nov. 1660
Sir John Churchill*Jan. 1685
John Trevor*by 11 Oct. 1685
Henry Powle*Mar. 1690

 

ATTORNEYS-GENERAL

Sir Geoffrey Palmer31 May 1660
(Sir) Heneage Finch*10 May 1670
Sir Francis North*11 Nov. 1673
Sir William Jones*25 Jan. 1675
Sir Cresswell Leving27 Oct. 1679
(Sir) Robert Sawyer*24 Feb. 1681
Sir Thomas Powys13 Dec. 1687
(Sir) Henry Pollexfen*Feb. 1689
(Sir) George Treby*4 May 1689

 

SOLICITORS-GENERAL

(Sir) Heneage Finch*31 May 1660
(Sir) Edward Turnor*10 May 1670
Sir Francis North*20 May 1671
Sir William Jones*11 Nov. 1673
Sir Francis Winnington*25 Jan. 1675
Hon. Heneage Finch I*13 Jan. 1679
Sir Thomas Powys26 Apr. 1686
(Sir) William Williams*13 Dec. 1687
(Sir) George Treby*Feb. 1689
John Somers*4 May 1689

 

TREASURERS OF THE HOUSEHOLD

Sir Frederick Cornwallis, 1st Bt.*30 May 1660
Sir Charles Berkeley I*1 Feb. 1662
(Sir) Thomas Clifford*13 June 1668
Francis, Lord NewportNov. 1672
William Paston*, Earl of Yarmouth9 Mar. 1687
Francis, Lord Newport13 Feb. 1689

 

COMPTROLLERS OF THE HOUSEHOLD

Sir Charles Berkeley I*June 1660
Sir Hugh Pollard, 2nd Bt.*1 Feb. 1662
(Sir) Thomas Clifford*28 Nov. 1666
Francis, Lord Newport13 June 1668
William, Lord MaynardNov. 1672
Henry, Lord Waldegrave9 Feb. 1687
Hon. Thomas Wharton*Feb. 1689

 

COFFERERS OF THE HOUSEHOLD

William Ashburnham*June 1660
Hon. Henry Brouncker*10 Dec. 1679
Peter Apsley6 Feb. 1685
Lord Herbert of Chirbury (Hon. Henry Herbert*13 Feb. 1689

 

VICE-CHAMBERLAINS OF THE HOUSEHOLD

Sir George Carteret*June 1660
Henry Savile*14 Jan. 1680
James PorterMar. 1687
Sir John Lowther III, 2nd Bt.*19 Feb. 1689

 

RECORDERS OF LONDON

William Wilde*3 Nov. 1659
John HowellApr. 1668
William Dolben1676
Sir George Jeffreys22 Oct. 1678
George Treby*3 Dec. 1680
Sir Thomas Jenner*13 June 1683
Sir John Holt*2 Jan. 1686
Sir John Tate12 May 1687
Sir Bartholomew Shower6 Feb. 1688
(Sir) George Treby*Dec. 1688

 

LIEUTENANTS OF THE TOWER OF LONDON

Herbert Morley*7 Jan. 1660
(Sir) John Robinson I*June 1660
Thomas Cheek12 Apr. 1679
(Sir) Edward Hales II*13 June 1687
Bevill Skelton27 Nov. 1688
Thomas King11 Mar. 1689
John Farwell6 Aug. 1689

 

COMMON SERJEANTS OF LONDON

Henry Proby1643
(Sir) Richard Browne II*1661
George Jeffreys17 Mar. 1671
Henry Crispe*22 Oct. 1678

 

CHANCELLORS OF THE DUCHY OF LANCASTER

Francis Seymour, Lord Seymour of Trowbridgebef. 14 July 1660
Sir Thomas Ingram*21 July 1664
Sir Robert Carr*22 Feb. 1672
(Sir) Thomas Chicheley*21 Nov. 1682
Robert Phelips*25 May 1687
Robert Bertie II*, Lord Willoughby de Eresby21 Mar. 1689

 

ATTORNEYS-GENERAL OF THE DUCHY OF LANCASTER

John Heath*11 July 1660
Edward Northey20 Apr. 1689

Ref Volumes: 1660-1690

Author: Basil Duke Henning

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