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Master of the Mint is a title within the
Royal Mint The Royal Mint is the United Kingdom's oldest company and the official maker of British coins. Operating under the legal name The Royal Mint Limited, it is a limited company that is wholly owned by His Majesty's Treasury and is under an exclus ...
given to the most senior person responsible for its operation. It was an important office in the governments of
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and
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, and later
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and then the
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, between the 16th and 19th centuries. Until 1699, appointment was usually for life. Its holder occasionally sat in the cabinet. During the
interregnum An interregnum (plural interregna or interregnums) is a period of discontinuity or "gap" in a government, organization, or social order. Archetypally, it was the period of time between the reign of one monarch and the next (coming from Latin '' ...
(1643–1660) the last Master of the Mint to King Charles,
Sir Robert Harley ''Sir'' is a formal honorific address in English language, English for men, derived from Sire in the High Middle Ages. Both are derived from the old French "Sieur" (Lord), brought to England by the French-speaking Normans, and which now exist i ...
, transferred his allegiance to Parliament and remained in office. After his death in 1656 Aaron Guerdon was appointed. In 1870 the role was amalgamated into the office of the
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, making the Chancellor, by virtue of his position, the Master of the Mint. The duty of running the mint was given to the Deputy Master of the Mint; who is now the mint's Chief Executive.


Masters of the Mint in England

*1331 Richard de Snowshill and Richard of Grimsby *1351–? Henry de Bruselee and John Chichester Google Books *1361–1361 Walter dei Bardi *1365–1367 John Chichester *1375–1391 Walter dei Bardi *1391–1391 John Wildeman *1411–1414 Richard Garner *1413–1414 Sir Lewis John *1418–1420 Sir Lewis John *1421–1432 Bartholomew Goldbeter *1435–1446 John Paddesley *1446–1459 Robert Manfield *1459–1461 Sir Richard Tonstall *1461–1483 William Hastings (executed 1483) *1483–1485 Sir Robert Brackenbury (killed at Bosworth, 1485) *1485–1490 Sir Giles Daubeney *1492–1493 Sir Bartholomew Reed and Sir John Shaa *1493–1494 Sir Bartholomew Reed and Robert Fenrother *1495–1498 Sir Bartholomew Reed and Sir John Shaa *1509–1534
William Blount, 4th Baron Mountjoy William Blount, 4th Baron Mountjoy (8 November 1534), KG, of Barton Blount, Derbyshire, was an extremely influential English courtier, a respected humanistic scholar and patron of learning. He was one of the most influential and perhaps the we ...
*1543 Ralph Rowlet and Sir
Martin Bowes Sir Martin Bowes (1496/97 – 1566) was a very prominent and active civic dignitary of Tudor London whose career continued through the reigns of Henry VIII, Edward VI, Mary I and Elizabeth I.C.E. Challis, 'Bowes, Sir Martin (1496/7–1566)', ''Ox ...
*1544 Sir
Martin Bowes Sir Martin Bowes (1496/97 – 1566) was a very prominent and active civic dignitary of Tudor London whose career continued through the reigns of Henry VIII, Edward VI, Mary I and Elizabeth I.C.E. Challis, 'Bowes, Sir Martin (1496/7–1566)', ''Ox ...
*1547–1553 Sir John York *1553–1555 Thomas Egerton *1560–1571 Sir Thomas Stanley *1571–1582 John Lonyson *1582–1599 Sir Richard Martin *1599–1609 Sir Richard Martin (died 1616) and Richard Martin *1617–1623 Sir Edward Villiers *1623–1626 Sir
Randal Cranfield Randal may refer to: People ;Given name * Randal and Randall (given names), English-language masculine given names. *Randal Gaines, American politician *Rand Paul, United States Senator ;Surname *Allison Randal, a linguist, software developer and ...
*1626–1635 Sir Robert Harley *1635–1643 In Commission: **Sir Ralph Freeman **Sir Thomas Aylesbury *1643–1649 Sir Robert Harley *1649–1653 Aaron Guerdon *1660–1662 Sir Ralph Freeman *1662–1667 Sir Ralph Freeman and Henry Slingsby *1667–1680 Henry Slingsby (suspended 1680) *1680–1684 In Commission: **Sir John Buckworth **
Charles Duncombe Charles Duncombe may refer to: *Charles Duncombe (English banker) (1648–1711), English banker, MP and Lord Mayor *Charles Duncombe, 1st Baron Feversham (1764–1841), English MP *Charles Duncombe (Upper Canada Rebellion) (1792–1867), American p ...
**
James Hoare James Edward Hoare (born 1943) is a British academic and historian specialising in Korean and Chinese studies, and a career diplomat in the British Foreign Office. Academia Dr. Hoare is a graduate of London's School of Oriental and African Studi ...
*1684–1686 In Commission: **
Thomas Neale Thomas Neale (1641–1699) was an English project-manager and politician who was also the first person to hold a position equivalent to postmaster-general of the North American colonies. Neale was a Member of Parliament for thirty years, Maste ...
**
Charles Duncombe Charles Duncombe may refer to: *Charles Duncombe (English banker) (1648–1711), English banker, MP and Lord Mayor *Charles Duncombe, 1st Baron Feversham (1764–1841), English MP *Charles Duncombe (Upper Canada Rebellion) (1792–1867), American p ...
**
James Hoare James Edward Hoare (born 1943) is a British academic and historian specialising in Korean and Chinese studies, and a career diplomat in the British Foreign Office. Academia Dr. Hoare is a graduate of London's School of Oriental and African Studi ...
*1686–1699
Thomas Neale Thomas Neale (1641–1699) was an English project-manager and politician who was also the first person to hold a position equivalent to postmaster-general of the North American colonies. Neale was a Member of Parliament for thirty years, Maste ...
*1700–1727
Sir Isaac Newton Sir Isaac Newton (25 December 1642 – 20 March 1726/27) was an English mathematician, physicist, astronomer, alchemist, theologian, and author (described in his time as a "natural philosopher"), widely recognised as one of the great ...
*1727–1737
John Conduitt John Conduitt (; c. 8 March 1688 – 23 May 1737), of Cranbury Park, Hampshire, was a British landowner and Whig politician. He sat in the House of Commons from 1721 to 1737. He was married to the half-niece of Sir Isaac Newton, whom Conduitt s ...
*1737–1745 Hon. Richard Arundell *1745–1769 Hon. William Chetwynd *1769–1784 Hon. Charles Cadogan< *1784–1789 The Earl of Effingham *1789–1790 The Earl of Chesterfield *1790–1794 The Earl of Leicester *1794–1799
Sir George Yonge, 5th Baronet Sir George Yonge, 5th Baronet, KCB, PC (17 July 1731 – 25 September 1812), of Escot House in the parish of Talaton in Devon, England, was a British Secretary at War (1782–1783 and 1783–1794). He succeeded to his father's baronetcy in ...
*1799–1801
Lord Hawkesbury Robert Banks Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool, (7 June 1770 – 4 December 1828) was a British Tory statesman who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1812 to 1827. He held many important cabinet offices such as Foreign Secret ...
*1801–1802 The Lord Arden *1802–1804 John Smyth *1804–1806 The Earl Bathurst *1806
Lord Charles Spencer Lord Charles Spencer PC (31 March 1740 – 16 June 1820) was a British courtier and politician from the Spencer family who sat in the House of Commons between 1761 and 1801. Background Spencer was the second son of Charles Spencer, 3rd Duke of ...
*1806–1807 Charles Bathurst *1807–1812 The Earl Bathurst *1812–1814 The Earl of Clancarty *1814–1823 William Wellesley-Pole *1823–1827 Thomas Wallace *1827–1828
George Tierney George Tierney PC (20 March 1761 – 25 January 1830) was an Irish Whig politician. For much of his career he was in opposition to the governments of William Pitt and Lord Liverpool. From 1818 to 1821 he was Leader of the Opposition in the ...
*1828–1830
John Charles Herries John Charles Herries PC (November 1778 – 24 April 1855), known as J. C. Herries, was a British politician and financier and a frequent member of Tory and Conservative cabinets in the early to mid-19th century. Background and education Herri ...
*1830–1834 The Lord Auckland *1834–1835 Hon. James Abercrombie *1835 Alexander Baring *1835–1841
Henry Labouchere Henry may refer to: People *Henry (given name) *Henry (surname) * Henry Lau, Canadian singer and musician who performs under the mononym Henry Royalty * Portuguese royalty ** King-Cardinal Henry, King of Portugal ** Henry, Count of Portugal, ...
*1841–1845
William Ewart Gladstone William Ewart Gladstone ( ; 29 December 1809 – 19 May 1898) was a British statesman and Liberal politician. In a career lasting over 60 years, he served for 12 years as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, spread over four non-conse ...
*1845–1846
Sir George Clerk, 6th Baronet Sir George Clerk of Pennycuik, 6th Baronet (19 November 1787 – 23 December 1867) was a Scottish politician who served as the Tory MP for Edinburghshire, Stamford and Dover. Background Clerk was the son of Cpt. James Clerk (d.1793), t ...
*1846–1850
Richard Lalor Sheil Richard Lalor Sheil (17 August 1791 – 23 May 1851), Irish politician, writer and orator, was born at Drumdowney, Slieverue, County Kilkenny, Ireland. The family was temporarily domiciled at Drumdowney while their new mansion at Bellevue, near ...
*1850–1855 Sir
John Herschel Sir John Frederick William Herschel, 1st Baronet (; 7 March 1792 – 11 May 1871) was an English polymath active as a mathematician, astronomer, chemist, inventor, experimental photographer who invented the blueprint and did botanical wor ...
*1855–1869 Thomas Graham *1870– Office amalgamated into the office of
Chancellor of the Exchequer The chancellor of the Exchequer, often abbreviated to chancellor, is a senior minister of the Crown within the Government of the United Kingdom, and head of His Majesty's Treasury. As one of the four Great Offices of State, the Chancellor is ...


Deputy Master of the Mint

Now a private company; the job of Deputy Master is held by the Royal Mint's Chief Executive. * 1868–94 Charles Fremantle * 1894–1902 Sir Horace Seymour * 1902–13 ? * 1913–17 Sir Thomas H. Elliott * 1917–22 ? * 1922–38 Sir Robert A. Johnson * 1938–49 Sir John Craig * 1949–57 ? * 1957–70 Sir John Hastings James * 1994 Anthony Garratt * 1999–2001 Roger Holmes * 2001–2007 Gerald Sheehan * 2007–2010 Andrew Stafford * 2010–2018 Adam Lawrence * 2018–present Anne Jessopp


See also

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Münzmeister In medieval and early modern Germany, the ''Münzmeister'' ("mint master", the Latin term is ''monetarius'') was the head or manager of a mint, a moneyer with responsibility for the minting of coins, or specie. His duties were defined differently a ...
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Warden of the Mint Warden of the Mint was a high-ranking position at the Royal Mint in England from 1216 to 1829. The warden was responsible for a variety of minting procedures and acted as the immediate representative of the current monarch inside the mint. The role ...


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Master of the Mint Master of the Mint is a title within the Royal Mint given to the most senior person responsible for its operation. It was an important office in the governments of Scotland and England, and later Great Britain and then the United Kingdom, between ...
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