Treasurer of Scotland


The Treasurer was a senior post in the pre-Union government of Scotland, the Privy Council of Scotland.


The full title of the post was Lord High Treasurer, Comptroller, Collector-General and Treasurer of the New Augmentation, formed as it was from the amalgamation of four earlier offices. Of these, the Treasurer and Comptroller had originated in 1425 when the Chamberlain's financial functions were transferred to them.[1] From 1466 the Comptroller had sole responsibility for financing the royal household to which certain revenues (the property) were appropriated, with the Treasurer being responsible for the remaining revenue (the casualty) and other expenditure. The Collector-General, created in 1562, handled the Crown's revenue from the thirds of benefices, and the Treasurer of the New Augmentation was responsible for the former church lands annexed to the Crown in 1587.


All four offices were held by the same person from 1610 onwards, but their separate titles survived the effective merging of their functions in 1635. From 1667 to 1682 the Treasury was in commission, and again from 1686 to 1708, when the separate Scottish Treasury was abolished. From 1690 the Crown nominated one person to sit in Parliament as Treasurer.


The Treasurer-depute was also a senior post in the pre-Union government of Scotland. It was the equivalent of the English post of Chancellor of the Exchequer.


Originally a deputy to the Treasurer, the Treasurer-depute emerged as a separate Crown appointment by 1614. Its holder attended the Privy Council in the absence of the Treasurer, but gained independent membership of the Council in 1587 and sat in the Parliament of Scotland as a Great Officer of State in 1593 and from 1617 onwards.




Contents





  • 1 List of Treasurers


  • 2 Notes


  • 3 Accounts of the Lord High Treasurer


  • 4 External links




List of Treasurers


The following have been identified as Treasurers of Scotland.[2]




































































































































































































































































1420
Sir Walter Ogilvie of Lintrethan


Thomas de Myrton, Dean of Glasgow Cathedral
1430

Patrick de Ogilvie
1433
Walter Stewart, Dean of Moray
1439
Sir Walter de Haliburton, Knt.


Robert Livingston, son of Sir Alexander Livingston of Callendar, Governor of the Kingdom
1440

Walter de Haliburton, 1st Lord Haliburton of Dirleton
1449
Andrew Hunter, Abbot of Melrose
1455

James Stewart, Dean of Moray
1466
Sir William Knowlys, Preceptor of Torphichen Preceptory
1473

John Laing, parson of Kenland
1480

Archibald Crawford, Abbot of Holyrood

Sir John Ramsay of Balmaine
1490

Henry Arnot, Abbot of Cambuskenneth
1499
Sir Robert Lundie of Balgony
1507
Sir David Beaton of Creich
1509

George Hepburn, Abbot of Arbroath, later Bishop of the Isles


Andrew Stewart, Bishop of Caithness
1512

Cuthbert Baillie, Commendator of Glenluce
1515

James Hepburn, Bishop of Moray
1516
Sir Walter Ogilvie of Strathearn
1517

John Campbell of Lundy
1520

Archibald Douglas of Kilspindie
1526

William Cunningham, 4th Earl of Glencairn (26 June 1526 - 29 October 1526)
1528

Robert Cairncross, Abbot of Holyrood, later Bishop of Ross
1529
Sir Robert Barton of Over Barnton
1530

William Stewart, Bishop of Aberdeen
1537

Robert Cairncross, Abbot of Holyrood
1538
Sir James Kirkcaldy of Grange (Hallyards, Fife)
1546

John Hamilton, brother of Regent, Abbot of Paisley, later Bishop of St Andrews
1555

Gilbert Kennedy, 3rd Earl of Cassilis
1561

Robert Richardson, Commendator of St Mary Isle
1564

William Stewart, Provost of Lincluden
1571

William Ruthven, 1st Earl of Gowrie
1584

John Graham, 3rd Earl of Montrose[3]
1585

Sir Thomas Lyon of Auldbar and Baldukie, Master of Glamis
1595

Walter Stewart, 1st Lord Blantyre
1599

Alexander Elphinstone, 4th Lord Elphinstone
1601
Sir George Hume, 1st Earl of Dunbar, first holder of the four combined treasury offices.[4]
1611
Sir Robert Carr, Earl of Somerset
1616

John Erskine, Earl of Mar
3 April 1630

William Douglas, 7th Earl of Morton
21 May 1636

John Stewart, 1st Earl of Traquair
17 November 1641

in commission


John Campbell, 1st Earl of Loudoun, Lord Chancellor


Archibald Campbell, 1st Marquess of Argyll


William Cunningham, 9th Earl of Glencairn


John Lindsay, 1st Earl of Lindsay


Sir James Carmichael
23 July 1644

John Lindsay, Earl of Crawford and Lindsay, dismissed 13 February 1649
1660

in commission


John Lindsay, Earl of Crawford and Lindsay


John Leslie, 7th Earl of Rothes
19 January 1661
John Lindsay reappointed
4 June 1663

John Leslie, 7th Earl of Rothes - appointed Chancellor 16 April 1667
20 June 1667

in commission


John Leslie, 7th Earl of Rothes, Lord Chancellor


John, Earl of Lauderdale


John Hay, 2nd Earl of Tweeddale


Alexander Bruce, 2nd Earl of Kincardine


John, Lord Cochrane (eldest son of Earl of Dundonald)

Sir Robert Murray, Lord Justice Clerk
1674

in commission


John Leslie, 7th Earl of Rothes, Lord Chancellor


John, Earl of Lauderdale

John, Earl of Dundonald


Colin, Earl of Balcarres


Hon Charles Maitland, Deputy Treasurer and Master of the Mint
1 May 1682

William Douglas, Marquess of Queensberry, later Duke
24 February 1686

in commission


William Douglas, Duke of Queensberry,


James, Earl of Perth, Lord Chancellor


William, Duke of Hamilton


John, Earl of Kintore, Treasurer Depute


George, Viscount Tarbat, Lord Clerk Register


Hon William Drummond, after Viscount Strathallan

1687

in commission


James, Earl of Perth, Lord Chancellor


John, Marquess of Atholl, Lord Privy Seal


William, Duke of Hamilton


George, Duke of Gordon


John, Earl of Tweeddale


Colin, Earl of Balcarres


George, Viscount Tarbat


Hon William Drummond, after Viscount Strathallan


Richard, Viscount Maitland, eldest son to the Earl of Lauderdale, Treasurer Depute.
1689

in commission


William, Earl of Crawford


John, Earl of Cassilis


John, Earl of Tweeddale


David, Lord Ruthven


Hon Alexander Melville,[n 1] eldest son to Lord Melville
1692

in commission


John, Earl of Tweeddale, Chancellor


James, Earl of Drumlanrig,[n 1] eldest son to the Duke of Queensberry


John, Earl of Cassilis


George, Earl of Linlithgow


John, Earl of Breadalbane


Alexander, Lord Raith, eldest son of the Earl of Melville, treasurer-depute
1695

in commission


John, Marquess of Tweeddale, Chancellor


James, Earl of Drumlanrig, eldest son to the Duke of Queensberry


John, Earl of Cassilis


George, Earl of Linlithgow


John, Earl of Breadalbane


John, Lord Yester,[n 1] eldest son of the Marquess of Tweeddale
30 January 1696

in commission


John, Marquess of Tweeddale, Chancellor


James, Duke of Queensberry


Archibald, Earl of Argyll


William, Earl of Annandale


Alexander, Lord Raith, treasurer-depute


Sir John Maxwell, of Pollock, Bt.[n 1]
24 May 1696
in commission


Patrick, Lord Polwarth, Lord Chancellor
James, Duke of Queensberry
Archibald, Earl of Argyll
William, Earl of Annandale
Hon. Alexander Hume, treasurer-depute
Sir John Maxwell, of Pollock, Bt.[n 1]
1698
in commission


Patrick, Earl of Marchmont, Lord Chancellor
James, Duke of Queensberry
Archibald, Earl of Argyll
William, Earl of Annandale
Adam Cockburn of Ormiston, treasurer-depute
Sir John Maxwell, of Pollock, Bt.[n 1]
1702
in commission


James, Earl of Seafield, Lord Chancellor
James, Duke of Queensberry
Archibald, Earl of Argyll
William, Earl of Annandale
Alexander, Earl of Eglinton
Hugh, Earl of Loudoun
David, Lord Boyle, treasurer-depute
David, Lord Elcho[n 1]
1703
in commission


James, Earl of Seafield, Lord Chancellor
James, Duke of Queensberry
Archibald, Duke of Argyll
William, Marquess of Annandale
Alexander, Earl of Eglinton
Hugh, Earl of Loudoun
David, Lord Boyle
Hon. Francis Montgomerie[n 1]
1704
in commission

John, Marquess of Tweeddale, Lord Chancellor
William, Marquess of Annandale
Hugh, Earl of Loudoun
Charles, Earl of Selkirk
John, Lord Belhaven
George Baillie, treasurer-depute
Hon. Francis Montgomerie[n 1]
Sir John Hume, baronet
1705
in commission


James, Earl of Seafield, Lord Chancellor
James, Duke of Queensberry
James, Duke of Montrose
James, Earl of Galloway
David, Earl of Northesk
Archibald, Earl of Forfar
David, Earl of Glasgow, treasurer-depute
Lord Archibald Campbell[n 1]
William, Lord Ross
Hon. Francis Montgomerie
1706
in commission


James, Earl of Seafield, Lord Chancellor
James, Duke of Montrose
James, Duke of Queensberry
David, Earl of Northesk
Archibald, Earl of Forfar
David, Earl of Glasgow, treasurer-depute
William, Lord Ross
Hon. Francis Montgomerie[n 1]
1707
in commission


James, Earl of Seafield, Lord Chancellor
James, Duke of Montrose, president of the privy council
James, Duke of Queensberry, keeper of the privy seal
David, Earl of Glasgow, treasurer-depute
William, Lord Ross
Hon. Francis Montgomerie[n 1]


Notes




  1. ^ abcdefghijkl Commissioner nominated to sit as Treasurer in Parliament.





  1. ^ Accounts of the Lord High Treasurer, vol. 1, (1877), xiv.


  2. ^ Haydn's Book of Dignities, 1851, pages 402-3.


  3. ^ The Complete Peerage. London: The St. Catherine Press. 1936. pp. 9:148..mw-parser-output cite.citationfont-style:inherit.mw-parser-output .citation qquotes:"""""""'""'".mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registrationcolor:#555.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration spanborder-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output code.cs1-codecolor:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-errordisplay:none;font-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-errorfont-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-maintdisplay:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-formatfont-size:95%.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-leftpadding-left:0.2em.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-rightpadding-right:0.2em


  4. ^ Accounts of the Lord High Treasurer, Vol. 1, (1877), xxvii n.6




Accounts of the Lord High Treasurer


The final audited accounts of the Lord High Treasurer were public records of Scotland. These survive as an almost complete record from 1473 to 1635 at General Register House in Edinburgh. The manuscripts were published between 1877 and 1978 in thirteen volumes covering up to 1580.



  • Accounts of the Lord High Treasurer of Scotland, 1473–1498, HM General Register House, (1877)


  • Accounts of the Lord High Treasurer of Scotland, 1506-1507, HM Register House, vol. 3 (1901)


  • Accounts of the Lord High Treasurer of Scotland, 1541-1546, HM Register House, vol. 8, (1908)


  • Accounts of the Treasurer of Scotland, 1566–1574, vol. 12, Scottish Record Office, (1970)


  • Accounts of the Treasurer of Scotland, 1574–1580, vol. 13, Scottish Record Office, (1978)


External links


  • Guide to the Exchequer records at the National Archives of Scotland







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