Comptroller of the Household

The Comptroller was an ex officio member of the Board of Green Cloth, until that body was abolished in the reform of local government licensing in 2004.

In recent times, a senior government whip has invariably occupied the office.

[1] "Comptroller" is an alternative spelling of "controller", recorded since around 1500 in a number of British titles, and later also in the United States.

The variant in spelling results from the influence of French compte "account".

The office of Comptroller of the Household derives from the medieval Household office of Controller of the Wardrobe, who was deputy to the Keeper (or Treasurer) of the Wardrobe, as well as an important official in his own right as keeper of the Privy Seal.