Loyola University Chicago Loyola eCommons The Database of Court Officers 1660-1837 History: Faculty Publications and Other Works 1-1-2019 Household of Frederick, Prince of Wales (1729-1751) Robert Bucholz Loyola University Chicago,
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[email protected]. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 License. © 2019 Robert Bucholz Household of Frederick Lewis, Prince of Wales 1729-1751 (omits officers of the Duchy of Cornwall) Frederick’s household was paid for out of the hereditary revenues of the Prince of Wales and an allowance of £24,000 per annum paid out of the Civil List. This was raised following his marriage to Princess Augusta in 1736 to £50,000 per annum, and then in 1742 to £100,000 per annum. He also borrowed extensively from private German sources.1 1. A. C. Thompson, George II: Elector and King (New Haven, 2011), pp. 85, 112, 117, 143, 219-20. The Prince’s Council Chancellor and Keeper of the Great Seal 1729-1751 In 1729 the chancellor and keeper of the great seal made £400 per annum.