Around the time of Luang Sorasak's appointment King Phetracha also appointed a Krom Phrarajawang Bovorn Sathan Phimuk or the Rear Palace Wang Lang. Nai Chobkojprasit, a commoner was appointed to the position, however sometime during King Phetracha's reign he fell out of favour and was executed. Around 1703 King Sanpet VIII decided to appoint his first son Prince Petch the Front Palace and his younger son Prince Porn the Rear Palace. However because of the inauspicious end of the first Rear Palace the King decided to change the title of the Front and Rear Palaces to Phra Bantoon Yai พระบัณฑูรใหญ่ and Phra Bantoon Noi พระบัณฑูรน้อย respectively. The word Bantoon meant command and the title translates as the great command and the minor command, afterwards the titles were merged.
Only one Rear Palace was appointed during the Rattanakosin period, in 1785 Prince Anurak Devesh a nephew of King Rama I was appointed to the office. After his death in 1806 the office went vacant. The site of the Rear Palace วังหลัง: Wang Lang in Bangkok is now Siriraj Hospital.
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