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
surface form: Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
belongsTo Great Office of State
surface form: 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
surface form: Privy Council of England

Privy Council
surface form: Privy Council of Great Britain

Privy Council
surface form: Privy Council of the United Kingdom
officeHoldersCollectivelyKnownAs Treasury
oversees HM Treasury
surface form: Exchequer
partOf UK government
surface form: British government

Government of England
surface form: 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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First Lord of the Treasury precededBy Lord High Treasurer
First Lord of the Treasury replaces Lord High Treasurer
Warden of the Royal Mint subordinateTo Lord High Treasurer
this entity surface form: Lord High Treasurer of England
Sidney Godolphin, 1st Earl of Godolphin positionHeld Lord High Treasurer
this entity surface form: Lord High Treasurer of England
Earl Marshal follows Lord High Treasurer
Godolphin associatedWithPoliticalOffice Lord High Treasurer
Sidney positionHeld Lord High Treasurer
subject surface form: Sidney Godolphin, 1st Earl of Godolphin
Earl of Godolphin associatedOffice Lord High Treasurer
this entity surface form: Lord High Treasurer of England
Sir Thomas Osborne positionHeld Lord High Treasurer
subject surface form: Thomas Osborne, 1st Duke of Leeds
Sir Thomas Clifford positionHeld Lord High Treasurer
this entity surface form: Lord High Treasurer of England
James Douglas, 2nd Duke of Queensberry positionHeld Lord High Treasurer
this entity surface form: Lord High Treasurer of Scotland
Dukes of Queensberry politicalRole Lord High Treasurer
this entity surface form: Lord High Treasurer of Scotland
Lords Commissioners of the Treasury replaces Lord High Treasurer
Lords Commissioners of the Treasury hasHistoricalPrecursor Lord High Treasurer
this entity surface form: Treasurer of England
Lords Commissioners of the Treasury hasHistoricalPrecursor Lord High Treasurer
this entity surface form: Treasurer of the Exchequer
Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset positionHeld Lord High Treasurer
this entity surface form: Lord High Treasurer of England
Great Officer of State hasPart Lord High Treasurer
House of Howard heldOffice Lord High Treasurer
this entity surface form: Lord High Treasurer of England
Earl of Manchester positionHeld Lord High Treasurer
subject surface form: Henry Montagu, 1st Earl of Manchester
Government of the Kingdom of Scotland keyOffice Lord High Treasurer
this entity surface form: Lord High Treasurer of Scotland
Gustaf Bonde notableOffice Lord High Treasurer
Lord Oxford positionHeld Lord High Treasurer
subject surface form: Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer
Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer positionHeld Lord High Treasurer
this entity surface form: Lord High Treasurer of Great Britain
Laurence Hyde, 1st Earl of Rochester positionHeld Lord High Treasurer
this entity surface form: Lord High Treasurer of England
Walter de Stapledon positionHeld Lord High Treasurer
this entity surface form: Lord High Treasurer of England
Thomas Osborne, 1st Duke of Leeds positionHeld Lord High Treasurer
Thomas Osborne, 1st Duke of Leeds positionHeld Lord High Treasurer
this entity surface form: Lord High Treasurer of England
Court of James II of England includedOffice Lord High Treasurer
this entity surface form: Lord Treasurer
Earl of Danby positionHeld Lord High Treasurer
subject surface form: Thomas Osborne, 1st Duke of Leeds
this entity surface form: Lord High Treasurer of England
Baron Clifford of Chudleigh positionHeld Lord High Treasurer
subject surface form: Thomas Clifford, 1st Baron Clifford of Chudleigh
this entity surface form: Lord High Treasurer of England
Anne Walmesley positionHeld Lord High Treasurer
subject surface form: Thomas Osborne, 1st Duke of Leeds
this entity surface form: Lord High Treasurer of England
Henry Montagu, 1st Earl of Manchester positionHeld Lord High Treasurer
this entity surface form: Lord High Treasurer of England
William Godolphin, 1st Earl of Godolphin positionHeld Lord High Treasurer
this entity surface form: Lord High Treasurer of England
William Godolphin, 1st Earl of Godolphin positionHeld Lord High Treasurer
this entity surface form: Lord Treasurer of Great Britain
Thomas positionHeld Lord High Treasurer
subject surface form: Thomas Osborne, 1st Duke of Leeds
this entity surface form: Lord High Treasurer of England
William Juxon positionHeld Lord High Treasurer
this entity surface form: Lord High Treasurer of England
Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Suffolk positionHeld Lord High Treasurer
this entity surface form: Lord High Treasurer of England
Thomas Osborne, Earl of Danby positionHeld Lord High Treasurer
this entity surface form: Lord High Treasurer of England
Charles Talbot, 1st Duke of Shrewsbury positionHeld Lord High Treasurer
this entity surface form: Lord Treasurer
Charles Talbot, 1st Duke of Shrewsbury positionHeld Lord High Treasurer
this entity surface form: Lord High Treasurer of Great Britain
Tudor government strengthenedOffice Lord High Treasurer
this entity surface form: Lord Treasurer
Lord Burghley positionHeld Lord High Treasurer
this entity surface form: Lord High Treasurer of England
Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk positionHeld Lord High Treasurer
this entity surface form: Lord High Treasurer of England
Sackville positionHeld Lord High Treasurer
subject surface form: Thomas Sackville, 1st Earl of Dorset
this entity surface form: Lord High Treasurer of England
Exchequer of Account subordinateTo Lord High Treasurer