List of lord high treasurers of England and Great Britain


This is a list of lord high treasurers of England and later of Great Britain.

Early

  • Nigel, nephew of Roger, Bishop of Salisbury
  • Adelelm, nephew of Roger, Bishop of Salisbury

    Plantagenet

  • Nigel, nephew of Roger, Bishop of Salisbury
  • Richard FitzNeal, Dean of Lincoln, Bishop of London
  • William of Ely, Archdeacon of Cleveland
  • Eustace of Fauconberg, Bishop of London
  • Walter Mauclerk, Bishop of Carlisle
  • Peter des Rivaux, Canon of St. Paul's
  • Hugh de Pateshull, Bishop of Coventry
  • William Haverhill, Canon of Lichfield
  • Philip Lovel, Archdeacon of Coventry
  • John Crakehall, Archdeacon of Bedford
  • John of Caux, Abbot of Peterborough
  • Nicholas of Ely
  • Henry, Prior of St. Radegund
  • John Chishull, acting
  • Roger de la Leye, acting
  • Henry, Prior of St. Radegund
  • Thomas Wymondham, Preceptor of Lichfield
  • John Chishull
  • Philip of Eye, Canon of St. Paul's
  • Sir Joseph of Chauncy, Prior of the Knights of St. John in England
  • Richard de Ware, Abbot of Westminster
  • John Kirkby, Bishop of Ely
  • William of March, Bishop of Bath and Wells
  • John Droxford, acting
  • Walter Langton, Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield
  • Walter Reynolds, Bishop of Worcester
  • John Sandall, Provost of Wells
  • Walter Norwich, acting
  • Walter Langton, Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield
  • Walter Norwich, acting
  • John Sandall, acting
  • Walter Norwich
  • John Hotham, Bishop of Ely
  • John Walwayn, Canon of St. Paul's and Hereford
  • John Sandall, Bishop of Winchester
  • Walter Norwich, acting
  • Walter de Stapledon, Bishop of Exeter
  • Walter Norwich, acting
  • Walter de Stapledon, Bishop of Exeter
  • William Melton, Archbishop of York
  • John de Stratford, Bishop of Winchester
  • Adam Orleton, Bishop of Hereford
  • Henry Burghersh, Bishop of Lincoln
  • Thomas Charlton, Bishop of Hereford
  • Robert Wodehouse, Archdeacon of Richmond
  • William Melton, Archbishop of York
  • William Ayermin, Bishop of Norwich
  • Robert Ayleston, Archdeacon of Berkshire
  • Richard Bury, Bishop of Durham
  • Henry Burghersh, Bishop of Lincoln
  • William de la Zouche, Dean of York
  • Robert Wodehouse, Archdeacon of Richmond
  • William de la Zouche, Dean of York
  • Sir Robert Sadington
  • Roger Northburgh, Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield
  • Sir Robert Parning
  • William Cusance
  • William Edington, Bishop of Winchester
  • John Sheppey, Bishop of Rochester
  • Simon Langham, Bishop of Ely
  • John Barnet, Bishop of Bath and Wells, later Bishop of Ely
  • Thomas Brantingham, Bishop of Exeter
  • Richard Scrope, 1st Baron Scrope of Bolton
  • Sir Robert Assheton
  • Henry Wakefield, Bishop of Worcester
  • Thomas Brantingham, Bishop of Exeter
  • Sir Robert Hales, Prior of the Order of St. John in England
  • Sir Hugh Segrave
  • John Fordham, Bishop of Durham
  • John Gilbert, Bishop of Hereford
  • Thomas Brantingham
  • John Gilbert, Bishop of St David's
  • John Waltham, Bishop of Salisbury
  • Roger Walden, Archbishop of Canterbury
  • Guy Mone, Bishop of St. David's
  • William Scrope, 1st Earl of Wiltshire

    Lancaster and York

  • Sir John Norbury
  • Laurence Allerthorp, Canon of London, Dean of Wolverhampton
  • Henry Bowet, Bishop of Bath and Wells
  • Guy Mone, Bishop of St. David's
  • William de Ros, 6th Baron de Ros
  • Thomas Nevill, 5th Baron Furnivall
  • Nicholas Bubwith, Bishop of London
  • Sir John Tiptoft
  • Henry Scrope, 3rd Baron Scrope of Masham
  • Sir John Pelham
  • Thomas FitzAlan, 12th Earl of Arundel
  • Sir Hugh Mortimer
  • Sir Roger Leche
  • Henry FitzHugh, 3rd Baron FitzHugh
  • William Kinwolmarsh, Dean of St. Martin's le-Grand
  • John Stafford, Bishop of Bath and Wells
  • Walter Hungerford, 1st Baron Hungerford
  • John Scrope, 4th Baron Scrope of Masham
  • Ralph de Cromwell, 3rd Baron Cromwell
  • Ralph Boteler, 1st Baron Sudeley
  • Marmaduke Lumley, Bishop of Carlisle
  • James Fiennes, 1st Baron Saye and Sele
  • John Beauchamp, 1st Baron Beauchamp of Powick
  • John Tiptoft, 1st Earl of Worcester
  • James Butler, 5th Earl of Ormond and 1st Earl of Wiltshire
  • Henry Bourchier, 1st Viscount Bourchier, later created Earl of Essex
  • John Talbot, 2nd Earl of Shrewsbury
  • James Butler, 5th Earl of Ormond and 1st Earl of Wiltshire
  • Henry Bourchier, 1st Viscount Bourchier, 1st Earl of Essex
  • John Tiptoft, 1st Earl of Worcester
  • Edmund Grey, 4th Baron Grey de Ruthin
  • Walter Blount, 1st Baron Mountjoy
  • Richard Woodville, 1st Earl Rivers
  • Sir John Langstrother
  • William Grey, Bishop of Ely
  • John Tiptoft, 1st Earl of Worcester
  • Sir John Langstrother
  • Henry Bourchier, 1st Viscount Bourchier, 1st Earl of Essex
  • Sir John Wood
  • John Tuchet, 6th Baron Audley

    Tudor

  • John Dynham, 1st Baron Dynham
  • Thomas Howard, 2nd Duke of Norfolk
  • Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk
  • Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset
  • William Paulet, 1st Marquess of Winchester
  • William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley
  • Thomas Sackville, 1st Earl of Dorset

    Stuart

1603–1649

  • Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury
  • Commission of the Treasury
  • *Henry Howard, 1st Earl of Northampton, First Lord
  • *Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Suffolk
  • *Edward Somerset, 4th Earl of Worcester
  • *Edward la Zouche, 11th Baron Zouche
  • *Edward Wotton, 1st Baron Wotton
  • *Sir Julius Caesar
  • Commission of the Treasury
  • *Thomas Egerton, 1st Baron Ellesmere, First Lord
  • Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Suffolk
  • Commission of the Treasury
  • *George Abbot, Archbishop of Canterbury, First Lord
  • *Francis Bacon, 1st Baron Verulam
  • *Sir Robert Naunton
  • *Sir Fulke Greville
  • *Sir Julius Caesar
  • *Sir Edward Coke
  • Henry Montagu, 1st Viscount Mandeville
  • Lionel Cranfield, 1st Earl of Middlesex
  • James Ley, 1st Earl of Marlborough
  • Richard Weston, 1st Earl of Portland
  • Commission of the Treasury
  • *William Laud, Archbishop of Canterbury, First Lord
  • *Henry Montagu, 1st Earl of Manchester
  • *Francis Cottington, 1st Baron Cottington
  • *Sir John Coke
  • *Sir Francis Windebank
  • William Juxon, Bishop of London
  • Commission of the Treasury
  • *Edward Littleton, 1st Baron Lyttleton of Mounslow, First Lord
  • *Henry Montagu, 1st Earl of Manchester
  • *Sir John Bankes
  • *Edward Barrett, 1st Lord Barrett of Newburgh
  • *Sir Henry Vane
  • Francis Cottington, 1st Baron Cottington

    1660–1689

  • Commission of the Treasury
  • *Sir Edward Hyde, also Lord Chancellor
  • *James Butler, 1st Marquess of Ormonde, also Lord Steward of the Household
  • *Sir George Monck, also General of the Forces
  • *Thomas Wriothesley, 4th Earl of Southampton
  • *John Robartes, 2nd Baron Robartes, also Lord Privy Seal
  • *Thomas Colepeper, 2nd Baron Colepeper
  • *Sir Edward Montagu
  • *Sir Edward Nicholas, principal Secretary of State
  • *Sir William Morice, principal Secretary of State
  • Thomas Wriothesley, 4th Earl of Southampton
  • Commission of the Treasury
  • *George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle, First Lord
  • *Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 1st Baron Ashley, also Chancellor of the Exchequer
  • *Sir Thomas Clifford, Comptroller of the Household
  • *Sir William Coventry
  • *Sir John Duncombe
  • Thomas Clifford, 1st Baron Clifford of Chudleigh
  • Thomas Osborne, 1st Viscount Latimer
  • Commission of the Treasury
  • *Arthur Capell, 1st Earl of Essex, First Lord
  • *Laurence Hyde
  • *Sir John Ernle, also Chancellor of the Exchequer
  • *Sir Edward Dering, 2nd Baronet
  • *Sidney Godolphin
  • Commission of the Treasury
  • *Laurence Hyde, 1st Earl of Rochester, First Lord
  • *Sir John Ernle, also Chancellor of the Exchequer
  • *Sir Edward Dering, 2nd Baronet
  • *Sidney Godolphin
  • *Sir Stephen Fox
  • *Sir Dudley North
  • *Henry Frederick Thynne
  • Commission of the Treasury
  • *Sidney Godolphin, 1st Baron Godolphin, First Lord
  • *Sir John Ernle, also Chancellor of the Exchequer
  • *Sir Stephen Fox
  • *Sir Dudley North
  • *Henry Frederick Thynne
  • Laurence Hyde, 1st Earl of Rochester
  • Commission of the Treasury
  • *John Belasyse, 1st Baron Belasyse, First Lord
  • *Sidney Godolphin, 1st Baron Godolphin
  • *Henry Jermyn, 1st Baron Dover
  • *Sir John Ernle, also Chancellor of the Exchequer
  • *Sir Stephen Fox

    1689–1714

  • Commission of the Treasury
  • *Charles Mordaunt, 1st Earl of Monmouth, First Lord
  • *Henry Booth, 2nd Baron Delamere, also Chancellor of the Exchequer
  • *Sidney Godolphin, 1st Baron Godolphin
  • *Sir Henry Capell
  • *Richard Hampden
  • Commission of the Treasury
  • *Sir John Lowther, MP for Westmorland, First Lord
  • *Richard Hampden, also Chancellor of the Exchequer
  • *Sir Stephen Fox
  • *Thomas Pelham
  • Commission of the Treasury
  • *Sidney Godolphin, 1st Baron Godolphin, First Lord
  • *Sir John Lowther
  • *Richard Hampden, also Chancellor of the Exchequer
  • *Sir Stephen Fox
  • *Charles Montagu, also Chancellor of the Exchequer
  • *Sir Edward Seymour, 4th Baronet
  • *Sir William Trumbull
  • *John Smith MP for Bere Alston
  • *Sir Thomas Littleton
  • Commission of the Treasury
  • *Charles Montagu, MP for Westminster, First Lord, also Chancellor of the Exchequer
  • *Sir Stephen Fox
  • *Sir Thomas Littleton, 3rd Baronet, MP for Woodstock
  • *Thomas Pelham, MP for Lewes
  • *Ford Grey, 1st Earl of Tankerville
  • *John Smith, MP for Andover
  • *Henry Boyle, MP for Cambridge University
  • Commission of the Treasury
  • *Ford Grey, 1st Earl of Tankerville, First Lord
  • *John Smith, MP for Andover, also Chancellor of the Exchequer
  • *Sir Stephen Fox, MP for Cricklade
  • *Richard Hill
  • *Henry Boyle, MP for Cambridge University
  • Commission of the Treasury
  • *Sidney Godolphin, 1st Lord Godolphin, First Lord
  • *John Smith, MP for Andover, also Chancellor of the Exchequer
  • *Sir Stephen Fox, MP for Cricklade
  • *Henry Boyle, MP for Cambridge University, also Chancellor of the Exchequer since March 1701
  • *Richard Hill
  • *Thomas Pelham, MP for Lewes
  • Commission of the Treasury
  • *Charles Howard, 3rd Earl of Carlisle, First Lord
  • *Henry Boyle, MP for Cambridge University, also Chancellor of the Exchequer
  • *Sir Stephen Fox, MP for Cricklade
  • *Richard Hill
  • *Thomas Pelham, MP for Lewes
  • Sidney Godolphin, 1st Earl of Godolphin
  • Commission of the Treasury
  • *John Poulett, 1st Earl Poulett
  • *Robert Harley, MP for Radnor until 23 May 1711, then 1st Earl of Oxford and Mortimer, also Chancellor of the Exchequer
  • *Henry Paget, MP for Staffordshire
  • *Sir Thomas Mansel, 5th Baronet, MP for Glamorganshire
  • *Robert Benson, MP for York
  • Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford and Mortimer
  • Charles Talbot, 1st Duke of Shrewsbury
For later officers of the treasury, see List of lords commissioners of the Treasury.