Lord High Treasurer

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The Lord High Treasurer was a senior English and later British government official historically responsible for overseeing the kingdom’s finances and the royal treasury.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf Crown office
minister of the Crown
political office
appliesToJurisdiction England
Great Britain
United Kingdom
appointedBy monarch of England
monarch of Great Britain
monarch of the United Kingdom
associatedWith Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
belongsTo Great Offices of State of England
Great Offices of State of the United Kingdom
ceremonialBearer white staff of office
country Kingdom of England
Kingdom of Great Britain
United Kingdom
createdFor centralization of royal financial administration
hasJurisdictionOver royal revenue courts
hasPower issue warrants for payment from the treasury
supervise accounting officers
historicalFunction chief financial minister of the Crown
control of government spending
head of the royal treasury
management of royal revenue
supervision of tax collection
memberOf Privy Council of England
Privy Council of Great Britain
Privy Council of the United Kingdom
officeHoldersCollectivelyKnownAs Treasury
oversees Exchequer
partOf British government
English government
rank Great Officer of State
reportsTo monarch
responsibleFor financial administration of the realm
public expenditure
revenue collection
royal finances
royal treasury
seat Court of Exchequer
status largely ceremonial in modern times
style The Right Honourable
succeededBy First Lord of the Treasury
Lords Commissioners of the Treasury
symbolizes control of the royal purse
traditionallyHeldBy peer of the realm
traditionallyMemberOf House of Lords


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