The Clerk of the Green Cloth was a position in the British

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 Royal Household

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. The clerk acted as secretary of the Board of Green Cloth

Board of Green Cloth

The Board of Green Cloth was a board of officials belonging to the Royal Household of England and Great Britain. It took its name from the tablecloth of green baize that covered the table at which its members sat....

, and was therefore responsible for organising royal journeys and assisting in the administration of the Royal Household. From the Restoration

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, there were four clerks (two clerks and two clerks comptrollers). Two additional clerks comptrollers were added in 1761, but one of these was redesignated a clerk in 1762.

Remuneration

Each clerk had a salary of £500, with lodgings, diet, fees on the signing of contracts and ancient rights of 'Wast, Command and Remaines', i.e., leftover provisions, which was replaced with an allowance of £438 in 1701, increased to £518 in 1761 (making a total of £1018). Each clerk had a clerk or writer, who was paid £50 with other fees and allowances, fixed at £150 in 1761 and converted to a salary of £180 in 1769. The offices were all abolished by statute in 1782.

Duties

'All Bills of Comptrolments, &c. relating to the Office, are allotted and allow'd by the Clerks Comptrollers, and summ'd up and Audited by the Clerks of the Green-Cloth'. They also sat with the other officers as part of the board.

List of Clerks

Data from 'The household below stairs: Clerks of the Green Cloth 1660-1782', Office-Holders in Modern Britain: Volume 11 (revised): Court Officers, 1660-1837 (2006), pp. 403–40.British History online.

The position was held by George Stonhouse during the 16th century, though it later became disused.

1660–1761

Date	First Clerk	Second Clerk	First Clerk Comptroller	Second Clerk Comptroller
25 June 1660	Sir Robert Fenn	John Crane	Sir Henry Wood	Sir Stephen Fox Stephen Fox Sir Stephen Fox was an English politician.-Life:Stephen Fox was the son of William Fox, of Farley, in Wiltshire, a yeoman farmer...
22 August 1660	John Crane	Sir Henry Wood	Sir Stephen Fox Stephen Fox Sir Stephen Fox was an English politician.-Life:Stephen Fox was the son of William Fox, of Farley, in Wiltshire, a yeoman farmer...	George Barker
14 January 1661	Sir Henry Wood	Sir Stephen Fox Stephen Fox Sir Stephen Fox was an English politician.-Life:Stephen Fox was the son of William Fox, of Farley, in Wiltshire, a yeoman farmer...	George Barker	William Boreman
13 September 1664			William Boreman	Sir Winston Churchill Winston Churchill (1620-1688) Sir Winston Churchill FRS , known as the Cavalier Colonel, was an English soldier, historian, and politician. He was the father of John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, as well as a mixed-line ancestor of his 20th-century namesake, Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill.Churchill was the son of...
26 May 1671	Sir Stephen Fox Stephen Fox Sir Stephen Fox was an English politician.-Life:Stephen Fox was the son of William Fox, of Farley, in Wiltshire, a yeoman farmer...	Sir William Boreman	Sir Winston Churchill Winston Churchill (1620-1688) Sir Winston Churchill FRS , known as the Cavalier Colonel, was an English soldier, historian, and politician. He was the father of John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, as well as a mixed-line ancestor of his 20th-century namesake, Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill.Churchill was the son of...	John Trethewy
26 June 1671				Sir Richard Mason Richard Mason (politician) Sir Richard Mason was an English Member of Parliament.He held the following offices:*Knight of the Green Cloth*Second Clerk Controller of Charles II's Household...
14 March 1685				Sir Henry Firebrace Sir Henry Firebrace Sir Henry Firebrace was a courtier to Charles I, serving during his conflicts with Parliament throughout the era of the English Civil Wars...
12 July 1686		Sir Winston Churchill Winston Churchill (1620-1688) Sir Winston Churchill FRS , known as the Cavalier Colonel, was an English soldier, historian, and politician. He was the father of John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, as well as a mixed-line ancestor of his 20th-century namesake, Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill.Churchill was the son of...	Sir Henry Firebrace Sir Henry Firebrace Sir Henry Firebrace was a courtier to Charles I, serving during his conflicts with Parliament throughout the era of the English Civil Wars...	Sir John Sparrow
10 April 1688		Sir Henry Firebrace Sir Henry Firebrace Sir Henry Firebrace was a courtier to Charles I, serving during his conflicts with Parliament throughout the era of the English Civil Wars...	Sir John Sparrow	Thomas Morley
21 February 1689		William Forester Sir William Forester Sir William Forester , of Dothill in Wellington, Shropshire, was the son of Francis Forester of Dothill. He was Member of Parliament for the borough constituency of Wenlock from 1679 until his death . He was made a Knight of the Bath.He married Mary daughter of James Cecil, 3rd Earl of Salisbury...	James Forbes	Peter Isaac
12/13 April 1689	Sir William Forester Sir William Forester Sir William Forester , of Dothill in Wellington, Shropshire, was the son of Francis Forester of Dothill. He was Member of Parliament for the borough constituency of Wenlock from 1679 until his death . He was made a Knight of the Bath.He married Mary daughter of James Cecil, 3rd Earl of Salisbury...	Sir James Forbes	Peter Isaac	John Fox
22 January 1690				Thomas Vivian
September 1691				Charles Isaac
1 April 1693			Charles Isaac	Anthony Rowe
16/20 April 1702		Anthony Rowe	Charles Scarburgh	Edward Griffith
25 September 1704		Charles Scarburgh	Edward Griffith	vacant
1 October 1704				Charles Godfrey
18 February 1711			Charles Godfrey	Sir John Walter
21 October 1714		Charles Godfrey	Sir John Walter	John Charlton
1 March 1715		Sir John Walter	John Charlton	Robert Wroth Robert Wroth (Guildford MP) General Robert Wroth was the Member of Parliament for the borough of Guildford in Surrey for three separate terms. He held the seat from 1705 to 1708, and from October 1710 until his election was overturned on petition in February 1711...
17 February 1716		John Charlton	Robert Wroth Robert Wroth (Guildford MP) General Robert Wroth was the Member of Parliament for the borough of Guildford in Surrey for three separate terms. He held the seat from 1705 to 1708, and from October 1710 until his election was overturned on petition in February 1711...	Hon. William Feilding
15 April 1717	John Charlton	Robert Wroth Robert Wroth (Guildford MP) General Robert Wroth was the Member of Parliament for the borough of Guildford in Surrey for three separate terms. He held the seat from 1705 to 1708, and from October 1710 until his election was overturned on petition in February 1711...	Hon. William Feilding	William Coventry William Coventry, 5th Earl of Coventry William Coventry, 5th Earl of Coventry PC , known as William Coventry until 1719, was a British politician.Coventry was the son of Walter Coventry and his wife Anne . His grandfather Walter Coventry was the youngest brother of Thomas Coventry, 1st Baron Coventry...
20 February 1720		Hon. William Feilding	Sir Robert Corbet
17 March 1720	Hon. William Feilding	Sir Robert Corbet	Giles Earle	Robert Bristow
10 April 1724	Sir Robert Corbet	Giles Earle	Robert Bristow	Richard Sutton
26 July 1727	Sir Thomas Reade	Sir Thomas Wynn	Sir Thomas Hales Sir Thomas Hales, 3rd Baronet Sir Thomas Hales, 3rd Baronet , of Beakesbourne in Kent, was an English courtier and Member of Parliament.Hales was the eldest son of Sir Thomas Hales, 2nd Baronet, of Brymore, and was educated at Oriel College, Oxford...	Robert Bristow
1 April 1738				Walter Carey
8 June 1749		Sir Thomas Hales Sir Thomas Hales, 3rd Baronet Sir Thomas Hales, 3rd Baronet , of Beakesbourne in Kent, was an English courtier and Member of Parliament.Hales was the eldest son of Sir Thomas Hales, 2nd Baronet, of Brymore, and was educated at Oriel College, Oxford...	Walter Carey	Sir Richard Wrottesley
20 November 1752	Sir Thomas Hales Sir Thomas Hales, 3rd Baronet Sir Thomas Hales, 3rd Baronet , of Beakesbourne in Kent, was an English courtier and Member of Parliament.Hales was the eldest son of Sir Thomas Hales, 2nd Baronet, of Brymore, and was educated at Oriel College, Oxford...	Walter Carey	Sir Richard Wrottesley	Sir Francis Henry Drake
2 April 1754			Sir Francis Henry Drake	Hon. John Grey John Grey (MP) John Grey was a British politician, the younger son of Harry Grey, 3rd Earl of Stamford. He was the Clerk of the Green Cloth from 1754 until his death, and at the 1754 general election he was elected unopposed as one of the two Members of Parliament for Bridgnorth in Shropshire...
6 May 1757		Sir Francis Henry Drake	Hon. John Grey John Grey (MP) John Grey was a British politician, the younger son of Harry Grey, 3rd Earl of Stamford. He was the Clerk of the Green Cloth from 1754 until his death, and at the 1754 general election he was elected unopposed as one of the two Members of Parliament for Bridgnorth in Shropshire...	Humphry Morice

1761–1782

Date	First Clerk	Second Clerk	First Clerk Comptroller	Second Clerk Comptroller	Third Clerk Comptroller	Fourth Clerk Comptroller
17 March 1761	Thomas Townshend Thomas Townshend, 1st Viscount Sydney Thomas Townshend, 1st Viscount Sydney PC , was a British politician who held several important Cabinet posts in the second half of the 18th century...	John Evelyn	Henry Bridgeman Henry Bridgeman, 1st Baron Bradford Henry Bridgeman, 1st Baron Bradford , known as Sir Henry Bridgeman, 5th Baronet between 1764 and 1794, was a British peer and politician.-Background and education:...	Simon Fanshawe	Sir Francis Henry Drake	Hon. John Grey John Grey (MP) John Grey was a British politician, the younger son of Harry Grey, 3rd Earl of Stamford. He was the Clerk of the Green Cloth from 1754 until his death, and at the 1754 general election he was elected unopposed as one of the two Members of Parliament for Bridgnorth in Shropshire...
Date	First Clerk	Second Clerk	Third Clerk	First Clerk Comptroller	Second Clerk Comptroller	Third Clerk Comptroller
24 December 1762	Sir John Evelyn	Henry Bridgeman Henry Bridgeman, 1st Baron Bradford Henry Bridgeman, 1st Baron Bradford , known as Sir Henry Bridgeman, 5th Baronet between 1764 and 1794, was a British peer and politician.-Background and education:...	Simon Fanshawe	Sir Francis Henry Drake	Hon. John Grey John Grey (MP) John Grey was a British politician, the younger son of Harry Grey, 3rd Earl of Stamford. He was the Clerk of the Green Cloth from 1754 until his death, and at the 1754 general election he was elected unopposed as one of the two Members of Parliament for Bridgnorth in Shropshire...	Hon. Henry Frederick Thynne Henry Carteret, 1st Baron Carteret Henry Frederick Carteret, 1st Baron Carteret PC was a British politician, known as the Honourable Henry Thynne until 1776.-Biography:...
18 April 1764		Simon Fanshawe	Sir Francis Henry Drake	Hon. John Grey John Grey (MP) John Grey was a British politician, the younger son of Harry Grey, 3rd Earl of Stamford. He was the Clerk of the Green Cloth from 1754 until his death, and at the 1754 general election he was elected unopposed as one of the two Members of Parliament for Bridgnorth in Shropshire...	Hon. Henry Frederick Thynne Henry Carteret, 1st Baron Carteret Henry Frederick Carteret, 1st Baron Carteret PC was a British politician, known as the Honourable Henry Thynne until 1776.-Biography:...	Richard Vernon
1 August 1765					George Bridges Brudenell	Sir Alexander Gilmour
13 August 1767	Simon Fanshawe	Sir Francis Henry Drake	Hon. John Grey John Grey (MP) John Grey was a British politician, the younger son of Harry Grey, 3rd Earl of Stamford. He was the Clerk of the Green Cloth from 1754 until his death, and at the 1754 general election he was elected unopposed as one of the two Members of Parliament for Bridgnorth in Shropshire...	George Bridges Brudenell	Sir Alexander Gilmour	Richard Hopkins
15 January 1768	Sir Francis Henry Drake	Hon. John Grey John Grey (MP) John Grey was a British politician, the younger son of Harry Grey, 3rd Earl of Stamford. He was the Clerk of the Green Cloth from 1754 until his death, and at the 1754 general election he was elected unopposed as one of the two Members of Parliament for Bridgnorth in Shropshire...	George Bridges Brudenell	Sir Alexander Gilmour	Richard Hopkins	Richard Vernon
20 January 1771	Hon. John Grey John Grey (MP) John Grey was a British politician, the younger son of Harry Grey, 3rd Earl of Stamford. He was the Clerk of the Green Cloth from 1754 until his death, and at the 1754 general election he was elected unopposed as one of the two Members of Parliament for Bridgnorth in Shropshire...	George Bridges Brudenell	Sir Alexander Gilmour	Richard Hopkins	Richard Vernon	Hon. Richard Savage Nassau Richard Savage Nassau The Hon. Richard Savage Nassau was a British Member of Parliament.He was born at St Osyth Priory, the second son of Frederick Nassau de Zuylestein, 3rd Earl of Rochford, by his wife Bessy, an illegitimate daughter of Richard Savage, 4th Earl Rivers.He was first elected to Parliament at the 1747...
6 June 1777	George Bridges Brudenell	Sir Alexander Gilmour	Richard Hopkins	Richard Vernon	Hon. Richard Savage Nassau Richard Savage Nassau The Hon. Richard Savage Nassau was a British Member of Parliament.He was born at St Osyth Priory, the second son of Frederick Nassau de Zuylestein, 3rd Earl of Rochford, by his wife Bessy, an illegitimate daughter of Richard Savage, 4th Earl Rivers.He was first elected to Parliament at the 1747...	Sir Ralph Payne Ralph Payne, 1st Baron Lavington Ralph Payne, 1st Baron Lavington KB PC was a British politician and Governor of the Leeward Islands.-Early life and education:...
10 December 1777			Richard Vernon	Hon. Richard Savage Nassau Richard Savage Nassau The Hon. Richard Savage Nassau was a British Member of Parliament.He was born at St Osyth Priory, the second son of Frederick Nassau de Zuylestein, 3rd Earl of Rochford, by his wife Bessy, an illegitimate daughter of Richard Savage, 4th Earl Rivers.He was first elected to Parliament at the 1747...	Sir Ralph Payne Ralph Payne, 1st Baron Lavington Ralph Payne, 1st Baron Lavington KB PC was a British politician and Governor of the Leeward Islands.-Early life and education:...	Sir Richard Worsley Sir Richard Worsley, 7th Baronet Sir Richard Worsley, 7th Baronet was an English antiquary and politician.- Early life :Worsley was born on 13 February 1751, Appuldurcombe, the son of Sir Thomas Worsley, 6th Baronet . Worsley succeeded his father as baronet on 23 September 1768...
1 July 1779		Richard Vernon	Hon. Richard Savage Nassau Richard Savage Nassau The Hon. Richard Savage Nassau was a British Member of Parliament.He was born at St Osyth Priory, the second son of Frederick Nassau de Zuylestein, 3rd Earl of Rochford, by his wife Bessy, an illegitimate daughter of Richard Savage, 4th Earl Rivers.He was first elected to Parliament at the 1747...	Sir Ralph Payne Ralph Payne, 1st Baron Lavington Ralph Payne, 1st Baron Lavington KB PC was a British politician and Governor of the Leeward Islands.-Early life and education:...	Sir Richard Worsley Sir Richard Worsley, 7th Baronet Sir Richard Worsley, 7th Baronet was an English antiquary and politician.- Early life :Worsley was born on 13 February 1751, Appuldurcombe, the son of Sir Thomas Worsley, 6th Baronet . Worsley succeeded his father as baronet on 23 September 1768...	Sir William Cunynghame
5 September 1780			Sir Ralph Payne Ralph Payne, 1st Baron Lavington Ralph Payne, 1st Baron Lavington KB PC was a British politician and Governor of the Leeward Islands.-Early life and education:...	Sir William Cunynghame	Sir William Gordon	Lovell Stanhope

In addition, several supernumerary clerks comptrollers were appointed in the 17th century:

• 31 August 1660: William Boreman
• 22 November 1670: John Trethewy
• 23 March 1674: Henry Firebrace
  Sir Henry Firebrace
  Sir Henry Firebrace was a courtier to Charles I, serving during his conflicts with Parliament throughout the era of the English Civil Wars...
  
  
• 11 April 1688: John Fox
• 28 April 1691: Charles Isaac

In 1988, David Becket of Radley

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, Oxfordshire

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received the title as an honorary post.