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government of Scotland. It was the equivalent of the English post of Chancellor of the Exchequer. Originally a deputy to the

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, the Treasurer-depute emerged as a separate Crown appointment by 1614. Its holder attended the Privy Council in the absence of the Treasurer, but gained independent membership of the Council in 1587 and sat in the

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as a

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in 1593 and from 1617 onwards.

List of Treasurers-depute

*1547 James Forrester *1584: Sir Robert Melville *1604–1610: Sir John Arnot *1610–1621:

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*1622–1631:

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*1631–?:

John Stewart, 1st Earl of Traquair John Stewart, 1st Earl of Traquair (died 27 March 1659) was a Scottish statesman who was created Baron Stewart of Traquair in 1628 and Earl of Traquair in 1633. Life He was the son of John Stewart, the Younger, of Traquair in Peeblesshire, of a ...

*1636-1649: Sir James Carmichael *1661–1671: William Bellenden, 1st Lord Bellenden *1671–1682?: Charles Maitland, Lord Haltoun *1682–1684: John Drummond *1684–1686?:

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*1687–1689: Richard Maitland, Viscount Maitland *1690–1698: Alexander Melville, Lord Raith *1699–1703: Adam Cockburn of Ormiston, Lord Ormiston *1703:

David Boyle, 1st Earl of Glasgow David Boyle, 1st Earl of Glasgow (c. 1666 – 31 October 1733) was a Scottish politician and peer. He was the last Treasurer-depute before the Union with England. Early life David Boyle was born circa 1666 at Kelburn Castle, Fairlie, in Nor ...

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