Lord High Treasurer of Scotland

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The Lord High Treasurer of Scotland was a senior Great Officer of State responsible for overseeing the kingdom’s finances and treasury before the 1707 Union with England.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Great Officer of State
government office
abolishedAsConsequenceOf Acts of Union 1707 NERFINISHED
appliesToJurisdiction Scotland
appointedBy monarch of Scotland
associatedWithBuilding Exchequer of Scotland NERFINISHED
category Defunct Scottish government offices
Great Officers of State of Scotland NERFINISHED
country Kingdom of Scotland
existedUntil 1707
hasDuty collection and disbursement of crown revenues
financial administration of the kingdom
management of the Scottish treasury
oversight of royal finances
historicalPeriod Kingdom of Scotland before 1707 NERFINISHED
jurisdiction crown lands income in Scotland
customs and excise in Scotland
royal revenue of Scotland
officeCreatedInPeriod late Middle Ages
officeType financial ministry
treasury office
partOf Scottish Privy Council NERFINISHED
Scottish government NERFINISHED
positionHeldBy senior Scottish noble
rank senior Great Officer of State
replacedBy Treasury of Great Britain NERFINISHED
reportsTo King of Scots NERFINISHED
seat Edinburgh NERFINISHED
seeAlso Exchequer of Scotland NERFINISHED
Lord High Treasurer NERFINISHED
Treasurer-depute of Scotland NERFINISHED
style Lord High Treasurer NERFINISHED
supervises Exchequer of Scotland NERFINISHED

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James Drummond, 4th Earl of Perth positionHeld Lord High Treasurer of Scotland
1st Earl of Perth positionHeld Lord High Treasurer of Scotland
subject surface form: James Drummond, 1st Earl of Perth
James Douglas, 2nd Earl of Queensberry positionHeld Lord High Treasurer of Scotland
William Douglas, 3rd Earl of Queensberry positionHeld Lord High Treasurer of Scotland
William Douglas, 1st Duke of Queensberry positionHeld Lord High Treasurer of Scotland
William Douglas, 1st Duke of Queensberry positionHeld Lord High Treasurer of Scotland
this entity surface form: Lord of the Treasury of Scotland
Douglas of Queensberry heldOfficeByMembers Lord High Treasurer of Scotland
James Douglas, 3rd Marquess of Queensberry positionHeld Lord High Treasurer of Scotland
James Douglas, 1st Earl of Morton positionHeld Lord High Treasurer of Scotland
William Douglas, 6th Earl of Morton positionHeld Lord High Treasurer of Scotland
Archibald Douglas, 8th Earl of Morton positionHeld Lord High Treasurer of Scotland
Charles Douglas, 3rd Duke of Queensberry positionHeld Lord High Treasurer of Scotland
Charles Maitland, 3rd Earl of Lauderdale positionHeld Lord High Treasurer of Scotland
this entity surface form: Lord Treasurer of Scotland
Charles Maitland, 3rd Earl of Lauderdale notableOffice Lord High Treasurer of Scotland
this entity surface form: Lord Treasurer of Scotland