Treasurer-depute
The Treasurer-depute was 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.
List of treasurers-depute
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- 1547 James Forrester
- 1584: Sir Robert Melville
- 1604–1610: Sir John Arnot
- 1610–1621: Gideon Murray
- 1622–1631: Archibald Napier, 1st Lord Napier
- 1631–?: John Stewart, 1st Earl of Traquair
- 1636-1649: Sir James Carmichael
- 1661–1671: William Bellenden, 1st Lord Bellenden
- 1671–1682?: Charles Maitland, Lord Haltoun
- 1682–1684: John Drummond
- 1684–1686?: John Keith, 1st Earl of Kintore
- 1687–1689: Richard Maitland, Viscount Maitland
- 1690–1698: Alexander Melville, Lord Raith
- 1699–1703: Adam Cockburn of Ormiston, Lord Ormiston
- 1703: David Boyle, 1st Earl of Glasgow
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Great Officers of State of England and Scotland
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Lord High Treasurer |
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Lord President of the Council |
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Lord Privy Seal | |
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Lord High Constable |
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Lord High Admiral |
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Lord High Chamberlain |
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Lord High Constable | |
Knight Marischal |
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Earl Marischal |
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Lord High Admiral2 |
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Keeper of the Great Seal of Scotland2 |
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1 Office is either vested in the Crown, or vacant. Status is currently debated.
2 There is debate around whether these offices constitute Officers of the Crown.
2 There is debate around whether these offices constitute Officers of the Crown.
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