The Lord High Treasurer of Ireland was the head of the Exchequer of Ireland, and chief financial officer of the

Kingdom of Ireland The Kingdom of Ireland (; , ) was a dependent territory of Kingdom of England, England and then of Kingdom of Great Britain, Great Britain from 1542 to the end of 1800. It was ruled by the monarchs of England and then List of British monarchs ...

. The designation ''High'' was added in 1695. After the

Acts of Union 1800 The Acts of Union 1800 were parallel acts of the Parliament of Great Britain and the Parliament of Ireland which united the Kingdom of Great Britain and the Kingdom of Ireland (previously in personal union) to create the United Kingdom of G ...

created the

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland was the union of the Kingdom of Great Britain and the Kingdom of Ireland into one sovereign state, established by the Acts of Union 1800, Acts of Union in 1801. It continued in this form until ...

, the Consolidated Fund Act 1816 merged the Irish Inferior Exchequer into the British Treasury with effect from 1817. The act also mandated that the post of Lord High Treasurer of Ireland could only be held together with the post of

Treasurer of the Exchequer The Lord High Treasurer was an English government position and has been a British government position since the Acts of Union of 1707. A holder of the post would be the third-highest-ranked Great Officer of State in England, below the Lord Hi ...

, with the person holding both being

Lord High Treasurer The Lord High Treasurer was an English government position and has been a British government position since the Acts of Union of 1707. A holder of the post would be the third-highest-ranked Great Officer of State in England, below the Lord H ...

. If no person is appointed to the combined positions, then the Lord High Treasurer of Ireland is placed in commission and represented by the

Lords Commissioners of the Treasury In the United Kingdom there are at least six Lords (or Ladies) Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury, serving as a Government agency, commission for the ancient office of Lord High Treasurer, Treasurer of the Exchequer. The board consists of the ...

, as has been the case continuously since 1816. The Superior Irish Exchequer, or Court of Exchequer, remained, led by the Chief Baron of the Irish Exchequer.

Lord Treasurers of Ireland 1217–1695

*1217–1232: John de St John,

Bishop of Ferns The Bishop of Ferns () is an episcopal title which takes its name after the village of Ferns in County Wexford, Ireland. In the Roman Catholic Church it remains a separate title, but in the Church of Ireland it has been united with other bishopr ...

*1232–1233: Peter de Rivaux *1233–1235: Eustace, Canon of Chichester *1235–1250: Geoffrey de Turville,

Bishop of Ossory . The Bishop of Ossory () is an Episcopal polity, episcopal title which takes its name after the ancient of Kingdom of Ossory in the Provinces of Ireland, Province of Leinster, Ireland. In the Catholic Church it remains a separate title, but i ...

*1251–1258: Hugh de Mapilton,

*1258–1274: Hugh de Tachmon, or Taghmon,

Bishop of Meath The Bishop of Meath is an episcopal title which takes its name after the ancient Kingdom of Meath. In the Catholic Church it remains as a separate title, but in the Church of Ireland it has been united with another bishopric. History Until the ...

*1274–1277:

Stephen de Fulbourn Stephen de Fulbourn (died 3 July 1288) was an English-born cleric and politician in thirteenth-century Ireland: he was Justiciar of Ireland, and Archbishop of Tuam 1286–88. He was a member of the Order of Knights Hospitallers. Biography A nati ...

Bishop of Waterford The Bishop of Waterford was a medieval prelate, governing the Diocese of Waterford from its creation in the 11th century until it was absorbed into the new Roman Catholic Diocese of Waterford and Lismore in the 14th century. After the creation of ...

*1277–1278: Robert de Poer *1278–1281:

*1281–1289: Hugh,

*1289–1294: Nicholas de Clere, or le Clerk *1294–1300: Sir William de Essendon, also called de Estdene or Eastdene *1300–1304: Richard de Beresford *1304–1305: Sir William de Essendon, also called de Estdene or Eastdene *1305–1307: Richard de Beresford *1307–1312: Alexander de Bicknor *1312–1315: John de Leche *1315–1316: Walter de Islip *1316–1317: John de Hotham *1317–1325: Walter de Islip *1325–1326: Adam de Harvington *1326: Walter de Islip *1326–1330: Robert FitzEustace *1330–1332: Robert le Poer *1332–1334: Sir Thomas de Burgh *1334–1336: William de Cogan *1336–1337: Sir John Ellitker *1337–1340: John ap Rees/Rice *1340–1344: Hugh de Burgh *1344–1348: John de Burnham, Canon of

St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin Saint Patrick's Cathedral () in Dublin, Ireland is the national cathedral of the Church of Ireland. Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin, Christ Church Cathedral, also a Church of Ireland cathedral in Dublin, is designated as the local cathedral of ...

*1348–1349: Robert de Emeldon *1349-1350: Nicholas Allen, Abbot of St Thomas the Martyr, later Bishop of Meath *1350–1354: Hugh de Burgh *1354–1356: William de Bromley *1356–1357: John Colton, Dean of

and later

Archbishop of Armagh The Archbishop of Armagh is an Episcopal polity, archiepiscopal title which takes its name from the Episcopal see, see city of Armagh in Northern Ireland. Since the Reformation in Ireland, Reformation, there have been parallel apostolic success ...

*1357–1361: Nicholas Allen,

*1361–1362: William Chernels,

*1362–1364: Thomas Minot, Prior of Mulhuddart and later

Archbishop of Dublin The Archbishop of Dublin () is an Episcopal polity, archiepiscopal title which takes its name from Dublin, Republic of Ireland, Ireland. Since the Reformation in Ireland, Reformation, there have been parallel apostolic successions to the title: ...

*1364–1371: John de Troye, Chancellor of St Patrick's Cathedral *1371–1372: Stephen de Valle, or Wall,

*1372–1374: Alexander de Balscot,

*1374–1375: John Colton second term *1375–1376: Thomas Scurlock, Abbot of St Thomas the Martyr, Dublin *1376–1385: Alexander de Balscot,

*1385–1386: William de Chambre, Archdeacon of Dublin *1386–1388: Robert Crick *1388–1392: Richard White, Prior of Kilmainham *1392–1393:

Richard Mitford Richard Mitford (died 1407) was an English cleric and Public administration, administrator. He was bishop of Chichester from 17 November 1389, consecrated on 10 April 1390, and then bishop of Salisbury. He was translated to the see of Salisbury o ...

Bishop of Chichester The Bishop of Chichester is the Ordinary (officer), ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Chichester in the Province of Canterbury. The diocese covers the counties of East Sussex, East and West Sussex. The Episcopal see, see is based in t ...

*1393–1394: John de Thorpe *1394–1395:

*1395–1396: Stephen, Abbot of St Mary's Abbey, Dublin *1396–1397: William Baltham *1397–1398:

Bishop of Salisbury The Bishop of Salisbury is the Ordinary (officer), ordinary of the Church of England's Diocese of Salisbury in the Province of Canterbury. The diocese covers much of the counties of Wiltshire and Dorset. The Episcopal see, see is in the Salisbur ...

*1398–1399: Richard Macclesfield *1399–1400: Robert de Faryngton, or de Farrington *1400–1402: Thomas Bache, Archdeacon of Meath *1402–1409: Sir Laurence Merbury *1409–1412: Sir William Alington, later Treasurer of Normandy and Speaker of the House of Commons(1429) *1412–1413: Sir Laurence Merbury *1413–1414: Hugh de Burgh *1414–1415: John Coryngham *1415–1417: Hugh de Burgh *1417–1421: John Swift *1421: Sir Thomas Strange *1421–1424: William Tynbegh *1424–1426: Hugh Banent *1426: Edward Dantsey,

*1426–1427: John Blackston *1427–1429: Sir Nicholas Plunket *1429: Thomas de Barry,

*1429: Sir Nicholas Plunket *1429–1430: Thomas Scurlock, Prior of St Peter's, near Trim *1430–1437: Sir Thomas Strange *1437–1444: Giles Thorndon *1444–1445: William Chevir or Cheevers *1445–1446: Robert Dyke, Archdeacon of Dublin *1446–1450: Giles Thorndon *1450–1452: John Blackston *1452–1454: Sir Henry Bruin *1454–1492: Sir Rowland FitzEustace (with Sir John Wenlock 1461–1471) *1492–1494: Sir James Ormond *1494–1504: Sir Hugh Conway *1504–1514: Gerald FitzGerald *1514–1517: Christopher Fleming, 8th Baron Slane *1517–1524: John Rawson, Prior of Kilmainham (later Viscount Clontarf) *1524–1530: John Barnewall, 3rd Baron Trimlestown *1530–1532: John Rawson, Prior of Kilmainham *1532–1540: James Butler, Lord Butler *1540–1542: James Butler *1542–1553: James FitzGerald, 14th/15th Earl of Desmond *1553: Sir Edmund Rouse *1553–1558: James FitzGerald, 14th/15th Earl of Desmond *1559–1614: Thomas Butler, 10th Earl of Ormonde *1616–1625:

Arthur Chichester, 1st Baron Chichester Arthur Chichester, 1st Baron Chichester (May 1563 – 19 February 1625), known between 1596 and 1613 as Sir Arthur Chichester, of Carrickfergus in Ireland, was an English administrator and soldier who served as Lord Deputy of Ireland from 1605 ...

*1625–1630: Oliver St John, 1st Viscount Grandison *1631–1643:

Richard Boyle, 1st Earl of Cork Richard Boyle, 1st Earl of Cork (13 October 1566 – 15 September 1643), also known as 'the Great Earl of Cork', was an English politician who served as Lord Treasurer of the Kingdom of Ireland. Lord Cork was an important figure in the continu ...

*1643–1660: ''Interregnum'' *1660–1695: Richard Boyle, 2nd Earl of Cork

Lord High Treasurers of Ireland 1695–1793

* Charles Boyle, 2nd Earl of Burlington 4 May 1695 – 9 February 1704 *

Henry Boyle, 1st Baron Carleton Henry Boyle, 1st Baron Carleton, (12 July 1669 – 31 March 1725) was an Anglo-Irish Whig politician who sat in the Irish House of Commons from 1692 to 1695 and in the English and British House of Commons between 1689 and 1710. He served as Ch ...

5 May 1704 – 25 August 1715 *

Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington and 4th Earl of Cork (25 April 1694 – 4 December 1753) was a British architect and noble often called the "Apollo of the Arts" and the "Architect Earl". The son of the 2nd Earl of Burlington and 3rd Ear ...

25 August 1715 – 3 December 1753 *

William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire (8 May 1720 – 2 October 1764), styled Lord Cavendish before 1729, and Marquess of Hartington between 1729 and 1755, was a British Whig statesman and nobleman who was briefly nominal Prime Minister of ...

2 March 1754 – 2 October 1764 *''vacant'' *

William Cavendish, 5th Duke of Devonshire William Cavendish, 5th Duke of Devonshire, (14 December 1748 – 29 July 1811), was a British nobleman, aristocrat, and politician. He was the eldest son of William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire, by his wife, the heiress Charlotte Cavendi ...

13 March 1766 – 1793

Commissioners of the Treasury for Ireland 1793–1817

*1793: Commission. ** Richard Boyle, 2nd Earl of Shannon ** Sir John Parnell, 2nd Baronet ** John Beresford **

Sir Henry Cavendish, 2nd Baronet Sir Henry Cavendish, 2nd Baronet Privy Council of Ireland, PC (29 September 1732 – 3 August 1804) was an Anglo-Irish politician noted for his extensive recording of parliamentary debates in the late 1760s and early 1770s. Early life Cavendish ...

** William Burton Conyngham ** Robert Hobart, Lord Hobart *1795: Commission. ** Richard Boyle, 2nd Earl of Shannon ** Sir John Parnell, 2nd Baronet ** William Burton Conyngham ** Hon. Thomas Pelham ** John Monck Mason *1796: Commission. ** Richard Boyle, 2nd Earl of Shannon ** Sir John Parnell, 2nd Baronet ** Hon. Thomas Pelham ** John Monck Mason ** Lodge Morris *1797: Commission. ** Richard Boyle, 2nd Earl of Shannon ** Isaac Corry ** Hon. Thomas Pelham ** John Monck Mason ** Lodge Morris **

Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh Robert Stewart, 2nd Marquess of Londonderry, (18 June 1769 – 12 August 1822), usually known as Lord Castlereagh, derived from the courtesy title Viscount Castlereagh ( ) by which he was styled from 1796 to 1821, was an Kingdom of Ireland, Ir ...

*1800: Commission. ** Richard Boyle, 2nd Earl of Shannon ** Isaac Corry **

** Lodge de Montmorency, 1st Baron Frankfort de Montmorency ** John Loftus, Lord Loftus ** William Wickham ** Maurice FitzGerald *1801: Commission. ** Richard Boyle, 2nd Earl of Shannon ** Isaac Corry ** Charles Abbot ** Lodge de Montmorency, 1st Viscount Frankfort de Montmorency ** John Loftus, Viscount Loftus ** Maurice FitzGerald *1803: Commission. ** Richard Boyle, 2nd Earl of Shannon ** Isaac Corry ** Lodge de Montmorency, 1st Viscount Frankfort de Montmorency ** John Loftus, Viscount Loftus ** Maurice FitzGerald ** William Wickham *1804: Commission. ** John Foster ** Sir Evan Nepean, 1st Baronet ** Lodge de Montmorency, 1st Viscount Frankfort de Montmorency ** John Loftus, Viscount Loftus ** Maurice FitzGerald *1804: Commission. ** John Foster ** Lodge de Montmorency, 1st Viscount Frankfort de Montmorency ** John Loftus, Viscount Loftus ** Maurice FitzGerald ** Hon. George Knox ** Nicholas Vansittart *1805: Commission. ** John Foster ** Lodge de Montmorency, 1st Viscount Frankfort de Montmorency ** John Loftus, Viscount Loftus ** Maurice FitzGerald ** Hon. George Knox ** Sir Laurence Parsons, 5th Baronet ** Charles Long *1806: Commission. **

William Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville William Wyndham Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville (25 October 175912 January 1834) was a British Pittite Tory politician who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1806 to 1807, but was a supporter of the Whigs (British political party), ...

** Sir John Newport, 1st Baronet ** Maurice FitzGerald ** Sir Laurence Parsons, 5th Baronet ** Charles O'Hara ** Henry Parnell ** William Burton ** William Elliot *1807: Commission ** Laurence Parsons, 2nd Earl of Rosse ** John Foster ** Arthur Wellesley ** Hon. Thomas Henry Foster ** Sir George FitzGerald Hill, 2nd Baronet ** John Maxwell-Barry ** Charles Vereker *1810: Commission. ** Hon. Spencer Perceval ** John Foster ** Hon. William Wellesley-Pole ** Laurence Parsons, 2nd Earl of Rosse ** Sir George FitzGerald Hill, 2nd Baronet ** John Maxwell-Barry ** Hon. Thomas Henry Foster ** Charles Vereker **W. W. H. Guarden *1811: Commission. ** Hon. Spencer Perceval ** John Foster ** Hon. William Wellesley-Pole ** Laurence Parsons, 2nd Earl of Rosse ** Sir George FitzGerald Hill, 2nd Baronet ** John Maxwell-Barry ** Hon. Thomas Henry Foster ** Charles Vereker ** William Odell *1812: Commission. ** John Foster ** Hon. William Wellesley-Pole ** Sir George FitzGerald Hill, 2nd Baronet ** John Maxwell-Barry ** Hon. Thomas Henry Foster ** Charles Vereker ** William Odell *1813: Commission. ** John Foster ** Hon. William Wellesley-Pole ** Sir George FitzGerald Hill, 2nd Baronet ** John Maxwell-Barry ** Hon. Thomas Henry Foster ** Charles Vereker ** William Odell ** Henry John Clements ** Edmund Alexander Macnaghten *1814: Commission: **

Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool Robert Banks Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool (7 June 1770 – 4 December 1828) was a British Tories (British political party), Tory statesman who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1812 to 1827. Before becoming Prime Minister ...

William Vesey-FitzGerald Sir William Robert Seymour Vesey-FitzGerald, GCSI, GCIE, PC (1818 – 28 June 1885), was an Anglo-Irish politician and colonial administrator. He served as Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs between 1858 and 1859 and as Governor ...

Robert Peel Sir Robert Peel, 2nd Baronet (5 February 1788 – 2 July 1850), was a British Conservative statesman who twice was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1834–1835, 1841–1846), and simultaneously was Chancellor of the Exchequer (1834–183 ...

** Sir George FitzGerald Hill, 2nd Baronet ** John Maxwell-Barry ** William Odell ** Henry John Clements ** Edmond Alexander Macnaghten *1817: Board abolished the office of Lord High Treasurer of Ireland and placed into commission as

Vice-Treasurers of Ireland

*1430: Christopher Bernevall *1522–: John Barnewall, 3rd Baron Trimlestown *1523: William Darcy *c.1533: William Bathe *1534–1552: Sir William Brabazon *1551–?1553: Andrew Wise *c.1553–?1555 Sir Edmund Rous *1556–1559:

Henry Sidney Sir Henry Sidney (20 July 1529 – 5 May 1586) was an English soldier, politician and Lord Deputy of Ireland. Background He was the eldest son of Sir William Sidney of Penshurst (1482 – 11 February 1553) and Anne Pakenham (1511 – 22 Oc ...

*1559–1571: William Fitzwilliam *1572–1579: Edward Fitton *1579–1582: Sir Henry Wallop *1582–1599: ? *1599–1603: Sir George Carey *1603–1606: Thomas Ridgeway, 1st Earl of Londonderry *1606–1622: ? *1622–1625: Sir Francis Blundell, 1st Baronet *1625–1636: Francis Annesley, 1st Viscount ValentiaHoP
/ref> *1636–?1638: Adam Loftus, 1st Viscount Loftus (died 1643) *1649–1660: James Standish (Parliament) *1660 (August)–1667: Arthur Annesley, 1st Earl of Anglesey *1667–1670:

George Carteret Vice admiral (Royal Navy), Vice-Admiral Sir George Carteret, 1st Baronet ( – 14 January 1680 New Style, N.S.) was a royalist statesman in Jersey and England, who served in the Clarendon ministry, Clarendon Ministry as Treasurer of the Navy. ...

*1670–1673: Francis Lord Angier *1673–1674: Sir John Temple *1676–1682:

Richard Jones, 1st Earl of Ranelagh Richard Jones, 1st Earl of Ranelagh (8 February 1641 – 5 January 1712), known as The Viscount Ranelagh between 1669 and 1677, was an Irish peer, politician both in the Parliaments of England and Ireland. Background He was born in Ireland th ...

*1682–1686: John Price (also Receiver General) *1686–?1689: Thomas Keightley *1689–1692: William Harbord *1692–1710: Thomas Coningsby, 1st Baron Coningsby *1710–1710 (September):

John Annesley, 4th Earl of Anglesey John Annesley, 4th Earl of Anglesey (18 January 1676 – 18 September 1710), was an Kingdom of England, English peerage of England, peer and landowner. A younger son of James Annesley, 2nd Earl of Anglesey (1645–1690), by his marriage to Lady ...

*1710 (September)–1716: Arthur Annesley, 5th Earl of Anglesey *1717 (April–May): Matthew Moreton, 1st Baron DucieHoP
/ref> *1717–1720: Matthew Moreton, 1st Baron Ducie ''(jointly)'' *?1717–1734: Hugh Boscawen ''(jointly)'' *1720–1723: Sir William St Quintin, 3rd Baronet ''(jointly)'' *1724–1742: Richard Edgcumbe ''(jointly)'' *1734–1746: Pattee Byng, 2nd Viscount Torrington ''(jointly)'' *1742–1744: Henry Vane ''(jointly)'' *1744–1757:

George Cholmondeley, 3rd Earl of Cholmondeley George Cholmondeley, 3rd Earl of Cholmondeley ( ; 2 January 1703 – 10 June 1770), styled as Viscount Malpas from 1725 to 1733, was a Kingdom of Great Britain, British Whig (British political party), Whig politician and nobleman who sat in th ...

''(jointly)'' *1746–1755: Sir William Yonge ''(jointly)'' *1755 (December)–1762 (December): Welbore Ellis ''(jointly)''HoP
/ref> *1757 (July)–1759: Thomas Potter ''(jointly)'' *1760–1765: ''(jointly)'' Robert Nugent, 1st Earl Nugent ''(jointly)''HoP
/ref> *1762 (December)–1765 (July): Richard Rigby ''(jointly)''HoP
/ref> *1763–1767: James Oswald ''(jointly)'' *1765 (December)–1766 (July): Lord George Sackville ''(jointly)'' *1766 (April)–1770 (January): James Grenville ''(jointly)'' *1766 (September)–1768 (October): Isaac Barré ''(jointly)'' *1768 (January–June): Richard Rigby ''(jointly)'' *1768 (July)–1782 (March): ''(jointly)'' Robert Nugent, 1st Earl Nugent ''(jointly)'' *1769–1770: Charles Cornwallis, Earl Cornwallis ''(jointly)'' *1770–1772: Hon. George Edgcumbe ''(jointly)''HoP
/ref> *1770–1777: Welbore Ellis ''(jointly)'' *1773 (January)–1775 (October):

Charles Jenkinson, 1st Earl of Liverpool Charles Jenkinson, 1st Earl of Liverpool (26 April 1729 – 17 December 1808), known as Lord Hawkesbury between 1786 and 1796, was a British statesman. He was the father of Prime Minister Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool. Early years, f ...

''(jointly)'' *1775–1781:

Henry Flood Henry Flood (1732 – 2 December 1791) was an Irish people, Irish politician, statesman and Lord Chief Justice of the King's Bench for Ireland. He was educated at Trinity College Dublin, and afterwards at Christ Church, Oxford, where he becam ...

''(jointly)'' *1781–1789: Richard Boyle, 2nd Earl of Shannon *1782 (May–July):

Lord Robert Spencer Lord Robert Spencer (8 May 1747 – 23 June 1831) was a British politician who sat in the House of Commons several times between 1768 and 1818. Early life Spencer was born on 8 May 1747. He was the son of Charles Spencer, 3rd Duke of Marlboroug ...

''(jointly)'' *1782–1784: Lord Charles Spencer ''(jointly)'' *1783 (April–December)

William Eden, 1st Baron Auckland William Eden, 1st Baron Auckland, Privy Council of Ireland, PC (Ire), Royal Society, FRS (3 April 174528 May 1814) was a British diplomat and politician who sat in the British House of Commons, House of Commons from 1774 to 1793. Early life A m ...

''(jointly)'' *1784–1787: Thomas de Grey, 2nd Baron Walsingham ''(jointly)'' *1784–1793: Hon. George Edgcumbe ''(jointly)'' *1787–1793: Lord Frederick Campbell ''(jointly)''HoP
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References

*''A Political Index to the Histories of Great Britain & Ireland'' (1806) *''Haydn's Book of Dignities'' (1894) {{DEFAULTSORT:Lord High Treasurer Of Ireland 1660 establishments in Ireland 1817 disestablishments Political office-holders in pre-partition Ireland