Appendix V: Principal office-holders
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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*
