Lord High Treasurer

The office of Lord High Treasurer or Lord Treasurer is an old English (after 1707 British ) government office. The holder of this post acts as head of treasury or exchequer of your Majesty (Her / His Majesty's Treasury ) and is the third highest among the Great Officers of State. Above him are only the Lord High Steward and Lord High Chancellor ( Lord Chancellor ).

The English Treasury (Treasury) seems to have originated around 1126 during the reign of King Henry I, as the financial responsibility of the remaining tasks of the Lord Great Chamberlain were separated. The treasury was originally part of the Royal Household ( Royal Household ) and intended for protection and safekeeping of the royal assets. 1216 Treasurer ( Treasurer ) has been appointed to take over the control of the treasury at Winchester and to oversee the royal accounts.

Due to the great power and importance of the Lord High Treasurer gained a place among the Great Officers of State in Tudor times. In the reign of Queen Elizabeth I William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley, her main advisor and as Lord High Treasurer from 1572 to 1598 was one of the most influential political figures of that time.

Since 1612, the Treasury ( Treasury high ) was more frequently no single person more before, but a Commission ( Commission) by members of the First Lord of the Treasury as chairman and since 1667 with the Second Lord of the Treasury as a deputy. This was firstly necessary because the administrative tasks had become more and more extensive, but on the other hand should be divided and controlled the power of this office. Since 1714 there is for the members of the treasury the official title of Lord Commissioner of the Treasury. The office of Lord High Treasurer has since no longer vergegeben.

Since 1721 Robert Walpole as First Lord for the first time the function of a Prime Minister (Prime Minister) took over by led practically the business of government, the First Lord of the Treasury usually at the same time Prime Minister. Up to this time the First Lord by no means the most powerful and leading Minister so that the most influential minister and the Lord Privy Seal ( Lord Privy Seal ) or the Lord President of the Council was, because there was no official hierarchy in the government (President of the Privy Council could be ).

Even after the First Lord Walpole was not always the most powerful member of the government: Arthur Balfour was First Lord of the Treasury, while William Ewart Gladstone in 1886 and from 1892 to 1894 and Lord Salisbury from 1895 to 1902 as Lord Privy Seal were prime minister. Previously, two other First Lords not at the same time head of government. The office of "Second Lord of the Treasury " is exercised ex officio today by the Chancellor of the Exchequer ( Chancellor of the Exchequer ).

Since 1902, the Prime Minister is also First Lord of the Treasury, and as such, not as Prime Minister, he resides at 10 Downing Street. The official residence of the Second Lord, and thus the Chancellor is on the 11 Downing Street.

Lord High Treasurer of England 1126-1707

Thomas Egerton, 1st Baron Ellesmere ( First Lord )

George Abbot, Archbishop of Canterbury ( First Lord )

William Laud, Archbishop of Canterbury ( First Lord )

Edward Littleton, 1st Baron Lyttleton of Mounslow ( First Lord )

Sir Edward Hyde ( Lord Chancellor )
James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormonde (Lord Steward of the Household )
John Robartes, 2nd Baron Robartes ( Lord Privy Seal)

George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle ( First Lord )
Anthony Ashley -Cooper, 1st Baron Ashley ( Chancellor of the Exchequer )

Arthur Capell, 1st Earl of Essex ( First Lord )
Laurence Hyde ( Chancellor of the Exchequer )

Laurence Hyde, 1st Earl of Rochester ( First Lord )
Sir John Ernle ( Chancellor of the Exchequer )

Sidney Godolphin, 1st Baron Godolphin ( First Lord )
Sir John Ernle ( Chancellor of the Exchequer )

John Belasyse, 1st Baron Belasyse ( First Lord )
Sir John Ernle ( Chancellor of the Exchequer )

Charles Mordaunt, 1st Earl of Monmouth ( First Lord )
Henry Booth, 2nd Baron Delamere ( Chancellor of the Exchequer )

Sir John Lowther ( First Lord )
Richard Hampden ( Chancellor of the Exchequer )

Sidney Godolphin, 1st Baron Godolphin ( First Lord )
Richard Hampden ( Chancellor of the Exchequer )

Sidney Godolphin, 1st Baron Godolphin ( First Lord )
Charles Montagu ( Chancellor of the Exchequer )

Charles Montagu ( First Lord, Chancellor of the Exchequer )

Ford Grey, 1st Earl of Tankerville ( First Lord )
John Smith ( Chancellor of the Exchequer )

Sidney Godolphin, 1st Baron Godolphin ( First Lord )
John Smith ( Chancellor of the Exchequer )

Sidney Godolphin, 1st Baron Godolphin ( First Lord )
Henry Boyle ( Chancellor of the Exchequer )

Charles Howard, 3rd Earl of Carlisle ( First Lord )
Henry Boyle ( Chancellor of the Exchequer )

Lord High Treasurer and Commissioners of the Treasury of Great Britain 1707-1801

John Poulett, 1st Earl Poulett ( First Lord )
Robert Harley ( Chancellor of the Exchequer )

Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford and Mortimer (Lord High Treasurer )

Charles Talbot, 1st Duke of Shrewsbury (last Lord High Treasurer )

Charles Montagu, 1st Earl of Halifax ( First Lord )
Sir Richard Onslow ( Chancellor of the Exchequer )

Charles Howard, 3rd Earl of Carlisle ( First Lord )
Sir Richard Onslow ( Chancellor of the Exchequer )

Robert Walpole ( First Lord and Chancellor of the Exchequer )

James Stanhope ( First Lord and Chancellor of the Exchequer )

Charles Spencer, 3rd Earl of Sunderland ( First Lord )
John Aislabie ( Chancellor of the Exchequer )

Charles Spencer, 3rd Earl of Sunderland ( First Lord )

Robert Walpole ( First Lord and Chancellor of the Exchequer )

Sir Robert Walpole ( First Lord and Chancellor of the Exchequer )

Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington ( First Lord )
Samuel Sandys ( Chancellor of the Exchequer )

Henry Pelham ( First Lord and Chancellor of the Exchequer )

Thomas Pelham- Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle ( First Lord )
Henry Bilson Legge ( Chancellor of the Exchequer )

William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire ( First Lord )
Henry Bilson Legge ( Chancellor of the Exchequer )

Thomas Pelham- Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle -upon- Tyne ( First Lord )
Henry Bilson Legge ( Chancellor of the Exchequer )

Thomas Pelham- Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle -upon- Tyne ( First Lord )
William Barrington -Shute, 2nd Viscount Barrington ( Chancellor of the Exchequer )

John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute ( First Lord )
Sir Francis Dashwood ( Chancellor of the Exchequer )

George Grenville ( First Lord and Chancellor of the Exchequer )

Charles Watson- Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham ( First Lord )
William Dowdeswell ( Chancellor of the Exchequer )

Charles Townshend ( Chancellor of the Exchequer )

Frederick North, 2nd Earl of Guilford ( Chancellor of the Exchequer )

Frederick North, 2nd Earl of Guilford ( First Lord and Chancellor of the Exchequer )

Charles Watson- Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham ( First Lord )
Lord John Cavendish ( Chancellor of the Exchequer )

William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne ( First Lord )
William Pitt ( Chancellor of the Exchequer )

William Henry Cavendish Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland ( First Lord )
Lord John Cavendish ( Chancellor of the Exchequer )

William Pitt ( First Lord and Chancellor of the Exchequer )

Commissioners of the Treasury of the United Kingdom 1801 -present

William Pitt ( First Lord and Chancellor of the Exchequer )

William Wyndham Grenville ( First Lord )
Lord Henry Petty ( Chancellor of the Exchequer )

William Henry Cavendish Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland ( First Lord )
Spencer Perceval ( Chancellor of the Exchequer )

Spencer Perceval ( First Lord and Chancellor of the Exchequer )

Robert Banks Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool ( First Lord )
Nicholas Vansittart, 1st Baron Bexley ( Chancellor of the Exchequer )

Robert Banks Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool ( First Lord )
Frederick John Robinson ( Chancellor of the Exchequer )

George Canning ( First Lord and Chancellor of the Exchequer )

Frederick John Robinson, 1st Viscount Goderich ( First Lord )
John Charles Herries ( Chancellor of the Exchequer )

Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington ( First Lord )
Henry Goulburn ( Chancellor of the Exchequer )

Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey ( First Lord )
Charles John Spencer, Viscount Althorp ( Chancellor of the Exchequer )

William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne ( First Lord )
Charles John Spencer, Viscount Althorp ( Chancellor of the Exchequer )

Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington ( First Lord )

Sir Robert Peel ( First Lord and Chancellor of the Exchequer )

William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne ( First Lord )
Thomas Spring Rice ( Chancellor of the Exchequer )

William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne ( First Lord )
Francis Thornhill Baring ( Chancellor of the Exchequer )

Sir Robert Peel ( First Lord )
Henry Goulburn ( Chancellor of the Exchequer )

Lord John Russell ( First Lord )
Sir Charles Wood, Bt ( Chancellor of the Exchequer )

Edward Geoffrey Smith Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby ( First Lord )
Benjamin Disraeli ( Chancellor of the Exchequer )

George Hamilton - Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen ( First Lord )
William Ewart Gladstone ( Chancellor of the Exchequer )

Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston ( First Lord )
William Ewart Gladstone ( Chancellor of the Exchequer )

Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston ( First Lord )
Sir George Lewis Cornewall ( Chancellor of the Exchequer )

Edward Geoffrey Smith Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby ( First Lord )
Benjamin Disraeli ( Chancellor of the Exchequer )

Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston ( First Lord )
William Ewart Gladstone ( Chancellor of the Exchequer )

John Russell, 1st Earl Russell ( First Lord )
William Ewart Gladstone ( Chancellor of the Exchequer )

Edward Geoffrey Smith Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby ( First Lord )
Benjamin Disraeli ( Chancellor of the Exchequer )

Benjamin Disraeli ( First Lord )
George Ward Hunt ( Chancellor of the Exchequer )

William Ewart Gladstone ( First Lord )

William Ewart Gladstone ( First Lord and Chancellor of the Exchequer )

Benjamin Disraeli ( First Lord )
Sir Stafford Henry Northcote ( Chancellor of the Exchequer )

William Ewart Gladstone ( First Lord and Chancellor of the Exchequer )
Sir Arthur Hayter Divett

William Ewart Gladstone ( First Lord and Chancellor of the Exchequer )

William Ewart Gladstone ( First Lord )
Hugh Culling Eardley Childers ( Chancellor of the Exchequer )

Stafford Northcote, 1st Earl of Iddesleigh ( First Lord )
Sir Michael Hicks Beach ( Chancellor of the Exchequer )

William Ewart Gladstone ( First Lord )
Sir William Vernon Harcourt ( Chancellor of the Exchequer )

Robert Gascoyne - Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury ( First Lord )
Lord Randolph Henry Spencer Churchill ( Chancellor of the Exchequer )

William Henry Smith ( First Lord )

Arthur James Balfour ( First Lord )

William Ewart Gladstone ( First Lord )
Sir William Vernon Harcourt ( Chancellor of the Exchequer )

Archibald Philip Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery ( First Lord )
Sir William Vernon Harcourt ( Chancellor of the Exchequer )

Arthur James Balfour ( First Lord )
Sir Michael Hicks Beach ( Chancellor of the Exchequer )

Arthur James Balfour ( First Lord )
Sir Michael Hicks Beach ( Chancellor of the Exchequer )

Arthur James Balfour ( First Lord )
Charles Thomson Ritchie ( Chancellor of the Exchequer )

Arthur James Balfour ( First Lord )
Austen Chamberlain ( Chancellor of the Exchequer )

Sir Henry Campbell - Bannerman ( First Lord )
Herbert Henry Asquith ( Chancellor of the Exchequer )

Herbert Henry Asquith ( First Lord )
David Lloyd George ( Chancellor of the Exchequer )

Herbert Henry Asquith ( First Lord )
Reginald McKenna ( Chancellor of the Exchequer )

David Lloyd George ( First Lord )
Andrew Bonar Law ( Chancellor of the Exchequer )

David Lloyd George ( First Lord )
Austen Chamberlain ( Chancellor of the Exchequer )

David Lloyd George ( First Lord )
Sir Robert Horne ( Chancellor of the Exchequer )

Andrew Bonar Law ( First Lord )
Stanley Baldwin ( Chancellor of the Exchequer )

Stanley Baldwin ( First Lord and Chancellor of the Exchequer )

Stanley Baldwin ( First Lord )
Arthur Neville Chamberlain ( Chancellor of the Exchequer )

Ramsay MacDonald ( First Lord )
Philip Snowden ( Chancellor of the Exchequer )

Stanley Baldwin ( First Lord )
Winston Churchill ( Chancellor of the Exchequer )

Ramsay MacDonald ( First Lord )
Philip Snowden ( Chancellor of the Exchequer )

Ramsay MacDonald ( First Lord )
Arthur Neville Chamberlain ( Chancellor of the Exchequer )

Stanley Baldwin ( First Lord )
Arthur Neville Chamberlain ( Chancellor of the Exchequer )

Arthur Neville Chamberlain ( First Lord )
Sir John Simon ( Chancellor of the Exchequer )

Winston Churchill ( First Lord )
Sir Kingsley Wood ( Chancellor of the Exchequer )

Winston Churchill ( First Lord )
Sir John Anderson ( Chancellor of the Exchequer )

Clement Attlee ( First Lord )
Hugh Dalton ( Chancellor of the Exchequer )

Clement Attlee ( First Lord )
Sir Richard Stafford Cripps ( Chancellor of the Exchequer )

Clement Attlee ( First Lord )
Hugh Gaitskell ( Chancellor of the Exchequer )

Winston Churchill ( First Lord )
Rab Butler ( Chancellor of the Exchequer )

Sir Anthony Eden ( First Lord )
Rab Butler ( Chancellor of the Exchequer )

Sir Anthony Eden ( First Lord )
Harold Macmillan ( Chancellor of the Exchequer )

Harold Macmillan ( First Lord )
George Edward Peter Thorneycroft ( Chancellor of the Exchequer )

Harold Macmillan ( First Lord )
Derick Heathcoat -Amory ( Chancellor of the Exchequer )

Harold Macmillan ( First Lord )
Selwyn Lloyd ( Chancellor of the Exchequer )

Harold Macmillan ( First Lord )
Reginald Maudling ( Chancellor of the Exchequer )

Sir Alec Douglas -Home ( First Lord )
Reginald Maudling ( Chancellor of the Exchequer )

Harold Wilson ( First Lord )
James Callaghan ( Chancellor of the Exchequer )

Harold Wilson ( First Lord )
Roy Jenkins ( Chancellor of the Exchequer )

Edward Heath ( First Lord )
Iain Macleod ( Chancellor of the Exchequer )

Edward Heath ( First Lord )
Anthony Barber ( Chancellor of the Exchequer )

Harold Wilson ( First Lord )
Denis Healey ( Chancellor of the Exchequer )

James Callaghan ( First Lord )
Denis Healey ( Chancellor of the Exchequer )

Margaret Thatcher ( First Lord )
Sir Geoffrey Howe ( Chancellor of the Exchequer )

Margaret Thatcher ( First Lord )
Nigel Lawson ( Chancellor of the Exchequer )

Margaret Thatcher ( First Lord )
John Major ( Chancellor of the Exchequer )

John Major ( First Lord )
Norman Lamont ( Chancellor of the Exchequer )

John Major ( First Lord )
Kenneth Clarke ( Chancellor of the Exchequer )

Tony Blair ( First Lord )
Gordon Brown ( Chancellor of the Exchequer )

Gordon Brown ( First Lord )
Alistair Darling ( Chancellor of the Exchequer )

David Cameron ( First Lord )
George Osborne ( Chancellor of the Exchequer )

Great Officer of State Henry I of England Tudor dynasty Simon Langham Robert Hales William de Ros, 6th Baron de Ros John Tiptoft, 1st Earl of Worcester John Talbot, 2nd Earl of Shrewsbury Richard Woodville, 1st Earl Rivers Thomas Howard, 2nd Duke of Norfolk Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset Sidney Godolphin, 1st Earl of Godolphin Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Suffolk Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury Charles Mordaunt, 3rd Earl of Peterborough Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer Richard Onslow, 1st Baron Onslow James Stanhope, 1st Earl Stanhope William Dowdeswell (Chancellor) Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton Frederick North, Lord North William Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville Charles Wood, 1st Viscount Halifax Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby William Henry Smith (1825–1891) Henry Campbell-Bannerman John Simon, 1st Viscount Simon John Anderson, 1st Viscount Waverley Alec Douglas-Home Lord High Constable of England Earl Marshal

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