Apothecary to the Household

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The Apothecary to the Household is an officer of the

Royal Household of the Sovereign of the United Kingdom. He has a salaried daily surgery.[clarification needed
]

The Apothecary to the Household was originally responsible for providing medicine to members of the Royal Household; a separate officer, the

Great Seal.[1]

From the

Restoration until 1727, a single Apothecary to the Household was appointed.[2] For the next century, two or occasionally three individuals jointly held the office.[1] The joint appointments came to an end on the resignation of Claudius du Pasquier in 1879.[3] The original salary consisted of wages of £40 and board wages of £60, which had risen to a total of £160 and was fixed at £106 13s 4d during the reign of Queen Anne. During the earlier Stuart era, the Apothecary to the Household was also entitled to riding wages and sometimes lodging.[1]

List of Apothecaries to the Household

  • 7 June 1660: George Solby[4]
  • 23 June 1660: Francis Metcalfe (held a grant in reversion from 1639; does not appear again)
  • 20 March 1661: John Jones
  • 20 September 1685: Charles Giffard
  • 5 July 1686: John Jones (reappointed after Giffard's death)
  • 14 February 1693: John Soames
  • 31 March 1697: William Jones (obtained a reversion of the office on his father's death 7 June 1677; proved his claim against Soames)[5]
  • 17 March 1720 – 27 March 1727: Hugh Trimnell
  • 14 April 1727 – bef. 1776: John Allen[6]
  • 1 December 1727 – 1738: Marmaduke Lilly[7]
  • 19 December 1738 – 11 April 1766: Benjamin Charlewood
  • 16 January 1761 – bef. 1776: Michael Crane
  • 16 August 1776 – bef. 1784: Robert Halifax
  • 16 August 1776 – 1814: Edward Holdich
  • 13 April 1814 – 29 January 1820: W. Alfred Jones
  • 31 January 1820 – 11 October 1823: Richard Walker
  • 31 January 1820 – 26 June 1830: John Nussey
  • 1824 – bef. 1831: William Walker
  • 24 July 1830 – 1858: Charles Craddock
  • 8 August 1837 – 1862: John Nussey (reappointed)[8]
  • 23 February 1858 – 1 August 1879: Claudius Francis du Pasquier[9]
  • 23 July 1874: – 6 May 1910: Sir Francis Laking, Bt., GCVO, KCB, MD[10][11]
  • vacant under George V?
  • 21 July 1936 – 4 October 1949: Sir Stanley Hewett[12]
  • 4 October 1949 – 1 October 1964:
    Sir John Nigel Loring[13][14][15][16]
  • 1 October 1964 – 3 January 1975: Colonel Sir Ralph Southward[17]
  • 3 January 1975 – 12 February 2003: Sir Nigel Southward[18]
  • 2003–present: Timothy Evans LVO[19]

References

  1. ^ a b c Bucholz, Robert O., ed. (2006). "The medical establishment: Apothecaries 1660–1837". Office-Holders in Modern Britain: Volume 11 (Revised), Court Officers, 1660–1837. London: University of London.
  2. ISBN 978-1-871348-40-8
    . Retrieved 30 April 2019. The office of apothecary to the household was held singly until 1727. Thereafter it was ...
  3. ^ "No. 24748". The London Gazette. 1 August 1879. p. 4751.
  4. ^ Great Britain. Public Record Office; Daniell, F.H.B.; Green, M.A.E. (1860). Calendar of state papers, domestic series, of the reign of Charles II: preserved in the state paper department of Her Majesty's Public Record Office. Calendar of State Papers, Domestic Series, of the Reign of Charles II: Preserved in the State Paper Department of Her Majesty's Public Record Office. Longman, Green, Longman & Roberts. p. 24. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
  5. ISBN 1-58046-051-8
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  6. ^ "No. 6640". The London Gazette. 9 January 1727. p. 1.
  7. ^ "No. 6640". The London Gazette. 9 January 1727. p. 1.
  8. ^ "No. 19530". The London Gazette. 1837. p. 2072.
  9. ^ "No. 22113". The London Gazette. 12 March 1858. p. 1415.
  10. ^ "No. 24116". The London Gazette. 24 July 1874. p. 3669.
  11. ^ "No. 27300". The London Gazette. 29 March 1901. p. 2194.
  12. ^ "No. 34306". The London Gazette (Supplement). 20 July 1936. p. 4666.
  13. ^ "No. 38729". The London Gazette. 4 October 1949. p. 4250.
  14. ^ "No. 39616". The London Gazette (Supplement). 1 August 1952. p. 4200.
  15. ^ "Society of Apothecaries' Awards", British Medical Journal (July 31, 1954), p. 298 accessed 20 July 2011
  16. ^ Barrier Miner, "Palace Duties"(Broken Hill, New South Wales, 2 August 1954, p.9 accessed 20 July 2012
  17. ^ "No. 43464". The London Gazette. 16 October 1964. p. 8725.
  18. ^ "No. 46453". The London Gazette. 3 January 1975. p. 109.
  19. ^ "The Queen's doctor spreads his wings". 12 November 2012. Retrieved 30 April 2019 – via www.telegraph.co.uk.

Further reading

  • Matthews, L.G. (1967). The Royal apothecaries. Publications of the Wellcome Historical Medical Library. Wellcome Historical Medical Library. Retrieved 30 April 2019.



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