It was so called after Sir William Knollys , Treasurer of the Household , who was created Viscount Wallingford in 1616 .
Jump up ^ Cokayne notes that Wallingford House stood at the end of the tilt - yard in Whitehall , on the site of the present Admiralty .
Wallingford House was so called after Sir William Knollys , Treasurer of the Household , who was created Viscount Wallingford in 1616 .
Jump up ^ Cokayne notes that Wallingford House stood at the end of the tilt - yard in Whitehall , on the site of the present Admiralty .