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The Lord High Treasurer of Ireland was the head of the
Exchequer of Ireland The Exchequer of Ireland was a body in the Kingdom of Ireland tasked with collecting royal revenue. Modelled on the English Exchequer, it was created in 1210 after King John of England applied English law and legal structure to his Lordship of ...
, chief financial officer of the
Kingdom of Ireland The Kingdom of Ireland ( ga, label=Classical Irish, an Ríoghacht Éireann; ga, label= Modern Irish, an Ríocht Éireann, ) was a monarchy on the island of Ireland that was a client state of England and then of Great Britain. It existed from ...
. The designation ''High'' was added in 1695. After the
Acts of Union 1800 The Acts of Union 1800 (sometimes incorrectly referred to as a single 'Act of Union 1801') 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 Ir ...
created the
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, the Consolidated Fund Act 1816 merged the Irish Inferior Exchequer into the
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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 post of Lord High Treasurer or Lord 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 i ...
, with the person holding both being
Lord High Treasurer The post of Lord High Treasurer or Lord 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 ...
. 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 Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury, serving as a commission for the ancient office of Treasurer of the Exchequer. The board consists of the First Lord of the Treasury, the Second Lord 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 The Chief Baron of the Irish Exchequer was the Baron (judge) who presided over the Court of Exchequer (Ireland). The Irish Court of Exchequer was a mirror of the equivalent court in England and was one of the four courts which sat in the buildin ...
.


Lord Treasurers of Ireland 1217–1695

*1217–1232: John de St John, Bishop of Ferns *1232–1233:
Peter de Rivaux Peter de Rivaux or Peter de Rivallis (died 1262) was an influential Poitevin courtier at the court of Henry III of England. He was related to Peter des Roches, being a nephew (or possibly a son). From early in his life he was connected to the c ...
*1233–1235: Eustace, Canon of Chichester *1235–1250: Geoffrey de Turville,
Bishop of Ossory The Bishop of Ossory () is an episcopal title which takes its name after the ancient of Kingdom of Ossory in the Province of Leinster, Ireland. In the Roman Catholic Church it remains a separate title, but in the Church of Ireland it has ...
*1251–1258: Hugh de Mapilton,
Bishop of Ossory The Bishop of Ossory () is an episcopal title which takes its name after the ancient of Kingdom of Ossory in the Province of Leinster, Ireland. In the Roman Catholic Church it remains a separate title, but in the Church of Ireland it has ...
*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 Roman Catholic Church it remains as a separate title, but in the Church of Ireland it has been united with another bishopric. History Un ...
*1274–1277: Stephen de Fulbourn,
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: Stephen de Fulbourn *1281–1289: Hugh,
Bishop of Meath The Bishop of Meath is an episcopal title which takes its name after the ancient Kingdom of Meath. In the Roman Catholic Church it remains as a separate title, but in the Church of Ireland it has been united with another bishopric. History Un ...
*1289–1294:
Nicholas de Clere Nicholas de Clere, or le Clerk (died 1303) was an English-born Crown administrator in the late thirteenth-century Ireland. He was a skilled financier who achieved high Government office, becoming Lord Treasurer of Ireland, but faced serious charges ...
, or le Clerk *1294–1300: Sir
William de Essendon Sir William de Essendon, de Estdene or Eastdean (died after 1314) was an English-born cleric, lawyer and Crown official, much of whose career was spent in Ireland in the reign of Edward I of England. He served twice as Lord High Treasurer of Ir ...
, also called de Estdene or Eastdene *1300–1304: Richard de Beresford *1304–1305: Sir
William de Essendon Sir William de Essendon, de Estdene or Eastdean (died after 1314) was an English-born cleric, lawyer and Crown official, much of whose career was spent in Ireland in the reign of Edward I of England. He served twice as Lord High Treasurer of Ir ...
, also called de Estdene or Eastdene *1305–1307: Richard de Beresford *1307–1312:
Alexander de Bicknor Alexander de Bicknor (1260s? – 14 July 1349; usually spelt "Bykenore" in original Middle English sources) was an official in the Plantagenet kingdom under Edward I of England, Edward II of England, and Edward III of England. Best known to histor ...
*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 Adam de Harvington, also called Adam de Herwynton (c.1270-c.1345) was a fourteenth-century Crown official and judge who had a successful career in both England and Ireland. He held office as Chief Baron of the Irish Exchequer and Lord Treasurer o ...
*1326: Walter de Islip *1326–1330:
Robert FitzEustace Sir Robert FitzEustace (c.1420–1486) was an Irish landowner and politician of the fifteenth century. He was born at Coghlanstown, County Kildare, son of Sir Richard FitzEustace, who served briefly as Lord Chancellor of Ireland, and Katherine Pr ...
*1330–1332:
Robert le Poer Robert le Poer (died c.1346) was an Irish judge and Crown official who held the offices of Lord High Treasurer of Ireland and Chief Baron of the Irish Exchequer. Family Francis Elrington Ball, in his definitive study of the pre-1921 Irish judi ...
*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 Hugh de Burgh (; ; died 1352) was an Irish lawyer, Crown official and judge who held the offices of Lord Treasurer of Ireland (1340–44 and 1349–52) and Chief Baron of the Irish Exchequer (1337–39 and 1344–51),Ball, F. Elrington ''The ...
*1344–1348:
John de Burnham John de Burnham (died 1363) was an English-born cleric, judge and Crown official who spent much of his career in Ireland. He held office as Lord High Treasurer of Ireland and Chief Baron of the Irish Exchequer. He spent many years trying to cle ...
, Canon of
St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin Saint Patrick's Cathedral ( ir, Ard-Eaglais Naomh Pádraig) in Dublin, Ireland, founded in 1191 as a Roman Catholic cathedral, is currently the national cathedral of the Church of Ireland. Christ Church Cathedral, also a Church of Ireland ...
*1348–1349:
Robert de Emeldon Robert de Emeldon (died 1355) was an English-born Crown official and judge who spent much of his career in Ireland. He held several important public offices, including Attorney-General for Ireland, Lord High Treasurer of Ireland and Chief Baron ...
*1349–1354:
Hugh de Burgh Hugh de Burgh (; ; died 1352) was an Irish lawyer, Crown official and judge who held the offices of Lord Treasurer of Ireland (1340–44 and 1349–52) and Chief Baron of the Irish Exchequer (1337–39 and 1344–51),Ball, F. Elrington ''The ...
*1354–1356: William de Bromley *1356–1357: John Colton, Dean of
St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin Saint Patrick's Cathedral ( ir, Ard-Eaglais Naomh Pádraig) in Dublin, Ireland, founded in 1191 as a Roman Catholic cathedral, is currently the national cathedral of the Church of Ireland. Christ Church Cathedral, also a Church of Ireland ...
and later
Archbishop of Armagh In Christian denominations, an archbishop is a bishop of higher rank or office. In most cases, such as the Catholic Church, there are many archbishops who either have jurisdiction over an ecclesiastical province in addition to their own archdio ...
*1357–1361: Nicholas Allen,
Bishop of Meath The Bishop of Meath is an episcopal title which takes its name after the ancient Kingdom of Meath. In the Roman Catholic Church it remains as a separate title, but in the Church of Ireland it has been united with another bishopric. History Un ...
*1361–1362: William Chernels, Bishop of Ferns *1362–1364:
Thomas Minot Thomas Minot, also spelt Mynot or Mynyot (died 10 July 1375) was an English-born judge and cleric in fourteenth-century Ireland. He was Archbishop of Dublin from 1363 to 1375. He is chiefly remembered for his extensive restoration works to St Pa ...
, Prior of Mulhuddart and later
Archbishop of Dublin The Archbishop of Dublin is an archepiscopal title which takes its name after Dublin, Ireland. Since the Reformation, there have been parallel apostolic successions to the title: one in the Catholic Church and the other in the Church of Ireland ...
*1364–1371: John de Troye, Chancellor of St Patrick's Cathedral *1371–1372: Stephen de Valle, or Wall,
Bishop of Meath The Bishop of Meath is an episcopal title which takes its name after the ancient Kingdom of Meath. In the Roman Catholic Church it remains as a separate title, but in the Church of Ireland it has been united with another bishopric. History Un ...
*1372–1374:
Alexander de Balscot Alexander de Balscot, also known as Alexander Petit (died 1400) was one of the leading Irish clerics of the late fourteenth century, who held the offices of Bishop of Ossory, Bishop of Meath, Treasurer of Ireland and Lord Chancellor of Ireland. ...
,
Bishop of Ossory The Bishop of Ossory () is an episcopal title which takes its name after the ancient of Kingdom of Ossory in the Province of Leinster, Ireland. In the Roman Catholic Church it remains a separate title, but in the Church of Ireland it has ...
*1374–1375: John Colton second term *1375–1376: Thomas Scurlock, Abbot of St Thomas's, Dublin *1376–1385:
Alexander de Balscot Alexander de Balscot, also known as Alexander Petit (died 1400) was one of the leading Irish clerics of the late fourteenth century, who held the offices of Bishop of Ossory, Bishop of Meath, Treasurer of Ireland and Lord Chancellor of Ireland. ...
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Bishop of Ossory The Bishop of Ossory () is an episcopal title which takes its name after the ancient of Kingdom of Ossory in the Province of Leinster, Ireland. In the Roman Catholic Church it remains a separate title, but in the Church of Ireland it has ...
*1385–1386: William de Chambre,
Archdeacon of Dublin The Archdeacon of Dublin is a senior ecclesiastical officer within the Anglican Diocese of Dublin and Glendalough. The Archdeacon is responsible for the disciplinary supervision of the clergy within the Dublin part of the diocese, which is by far ...
*1386–1388: Robert Crick *1388–1392: Richard White, Prior of Kilmainham *1392–1393:
Richard Mitford Richard Mitford (died 1407) was an English 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 on 25 October 1395. Early records The earliest record of ...
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Bishop of Chichester The Bishop of Chichester is the ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Chichester in the Province of Canterbury. The diocese covers the counties of East and West Sussex. The see is based in the City of Chichester where the bishop's sea ...
*1393–1394: John de Thorpe *1394–1395:
Richard Mitford Richard Mitford (died 1407) was an English 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 on 25 October 1395. Early records The earliest record of ...
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Bishop of Chichester The Bishop of Chichester is the ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Chichester in the Province of Canterbury. The diocese covers the counties of East and West Sussex. The see is based in the City of Chichester where the bishop's sea ...
*1395–1396: Stephen, Abbot of
St Mary's Abbey, Dublin St. Mary's Abbey () was a former Cistercian abbey located near the junction of Abbey Street and Capel Street in Dublin, Ireland. Its territory stretched from the district known as Oxmanstown down along the River Liffey until it met the sea. I ...
*1396–1397: William Baltham *1397–1398:
Richard Mitford Richard Mitford (died 1407) was an English 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 on 25 October 1395. Early records The earliest record of ...
,
Bishop of Salisbury The Bishop of Salisbury is the 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 see is in the City of Salisbury where the bishop's seat ...
*1398–1399: Richard Macclesfield *1399–1400:
Robert de Faryngton Robert de Faryngton, or de Farrington (died 1405) was an English-born cleric, judge and statesman who became Lord High Treasurer of Ireland. As a cleric, he was notorious for pluralism, but he enjoyed the trust of three successive English monarchs ...
, or de Farrington *1400–1402: Thomas Bache, Archdeacon of Meath *1402–1409: Sir Laurence Merbury *1409–1412: William Allington *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 William Tynbegh, or de Thinbegh (c.1370-1424) was an Irish lawyer who had a long and distinguished career as a judge, holding office as Chief Justice of all three of the courts of common law and as Lord High Treasurer of Ireland. His career is unu ...
*1424–1426: Hugh Banent *1426:
Edward Dantsey Edward Dantsey or Dauntsey (c. 1370 - 1430) was a fifteenth-century Bishop of Meath, who also held high political office in Ireland, serving as Lord High Treasurer of Ireland and twice as Deputy to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. In a curious epi ...
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Bishop of Meath The Bishop of Meath is an episcopal title which takes its name after the ancient Kingdom of Meath. In the Roman Catholic Church it remains as a separate title, but in the Church of Ireland it has been united with another bishopric. History Un ...
*1426–1427: John Blackston *1427–1429: Sir Nicholas Plunket *1429: Thomas de Barry,
Bishop of Ossory The Bishop of Ossory () is an episcopal title which takes its name after the ancient of Kingdom of Ossory in the Province of Leinster, Ireland. In the Roman Catholic Church it remains a separate title, but in the Church of Ireland it has ...
*1429: Sir Nicholas Plunket *1429–1430: Thomas Scurlock, Prior of St Peter's, near Trim *1430–1437: Sir Thomas Strange *1437–1444:
Giles Thorndon Giles Thorndon ( 1388 – August 1477) was a senior official of the English Crown in the fifteenth century, who was noted for his long and loyal service to the House of Lancaster and for his troubled and unsuccessful career as Lord Treasurer of Ir ...
*1444–1445:
William Chevir William Chevir (died 1446) was an Irish politician and judge, whose career was marked by accusations of oppression and corruption. Family He was born in Kilkenny city, son of John Chevir, justice of the peace for County Kilkenny;Ball, F. Elrin ...
or Cheevers *1445–1446:
Robert Dyke Robert Dyke, Dyck or Dyche (died 1449) was an English-born cleric and judge who held high office in fifteenth-century Ireland. He was appointed to the offices of Archdeacon of Dublin, Chancellor of the Exchequer of Ireland, Lord High Treasurer of ...
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Archdeacon of Dublin The Archdeacon of Dublin is a senior ecclesiastical officer within the Anglican Diocese of Dublin and Glendalough. The Archdeacon is responsible for the disciplinary supervision of the clergy within the Dublin part of the diocese, which is by far ...
*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 Sir James Ormond ''alias'' Butler (died 17 July 1497) was the son of John Butler, 6th Earl of Ormond. He was Lord Treasurer of Ireland from 1492 to 1494, and helped to defend the Lordship of Ireland against the forces of Perkin Warbeck. He was ...
*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 Thomas Butler, 10th Earl of Ormond and 3rd Earl of Ossory PC (Ire) (;  – 1614), was an influential courtier in London at the court of Elizabeth I. He was Lord Treasurer of Ireland from 1559 to his death. He fought for the crown in th ...
*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 160 ...
*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 continuing ...
*1643–1660: ''Interregnum'' *1660–1695:
Richard Boyle, 2nd Earl of Cork Richard Boyle, 1st Earl of Burlington, 2nd Earl of Cork (20 October 1612 – 15 January 1698) was an Anglo-Irish nobleman who served as Lord High Treasurer of Ireland and was a Cavalier. Early life He was born at ''The College'' in Youghal in ...


Lord High Treasurers of Ireland 1695–1793

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Charles Boyle, 2nd Earl of Burlington Charles Boyle, 3rd Earl of Cork and 2nd Earl of Burlington, 4th Baron Clifford, PC (died 9 February 1704) was an English peer, courtier and politician. Early life Hon. Charles Boyle was the eldest son of Charles Boyle, 3rd Viscount Dungarvan a ...
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 C ...
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 Ea ...
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 5th Prime Mini ...
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 Lady Charlotte B ...
13 March 1766 – 1793


Commissioners of the Treasury for Ireland 1793–1817

*1793: Commission. **
Richard Boyle, 2nd Earl of Shannon Richard Boyle, 2nd Earl of Shannon KP, PC (Ire) (30 January 1727 – 20 May 1807), was an Irish peer and Member of Parliament. He represented Dungarvan and Cork County, and succeeded his father as Earl of Shannon.Sir John Parnell, 2nd Baronet Sir John Parnell, 2nd Baronet (25 December 1744 – December 1801) was an Anglo-Irish Member of Parliament. Biography A Church of Ireland landowner, his family had originally migrated to Ireland from Congleton in Cheshire. Although not from ...
** John Beresford **
Sir Henry Cavendish, 2nd Baronet Sir Henry Cavendish, 2nd Baronet 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 was the son of Sir Henry C ...
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William Burton Conyngham William Burton Conyngham (1733 – 31 May 1796) was an Irish politician and improver. Life He was born William Burton, the second son of Francis Burton and Mary Conyngham, sister of Henry Conyngham, 1st Earl Conyngham. In 1781, his name was ...
** Robert Hobart, Lord Hobart *1795: Commission. **
Richard Boyle, 2nd Earl of Shannon Richard Boyle, 2nd Earl of Shannon KP, PC (Ire) (30 January 1727 – 20 May 1807), was an Irish peer and Member of Parliament. He represented Dungarvan and Cork County, and succeeded his father as Earl of Shannon.Sir John Parnell, 2nd Baronet Sir John Parnell, 2nd Baronet (25 December 1744 – December 1801) was an Anglo-Irish Member of Parliament. Biography A Church of Ireland landowner, his family had originally migrated to Ireland from Congleton in Cheshire. Although not from ...
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William Burton Conyngham William Burton Conyngham (1733 – 31 May 1796) was an Irish politician and improver. Life He was born William Burton, the second son of Francis Burton and Mary Conyngham, sister of Henry Conyngham, 1st Earl Conyngham. In 1781, his name was ...
** Hon. Thomas Pelham **
John Monck Mason John Monck Mason (1726–1809) was an Irish politician and literary scholar. Life Born in Dublin, he was eldest son of Robert Mason of Mason-Brook, County Galway, by Sarah, eldest daughter of George Monck of St. Stephen's Green, Dublin. On 12 ...
*1796: Commission. **
Richard Boyle, 2nd Earl of Shannon Richard Boyle, 2nd Earl of Shannon KP, PC (Ire) (30 January 1727 – 20 May 1807), was an Irish peer and Member of Parliament. He represented Dungarvan and Cork County, and succeeded his father as Earl of Shannon.Sir John Parnell, 2nd Baronet Sir John Parnell, 2nd Baronet (25 December 1744 – December 1801) was an Anglo-Irish Member of Parliament. Biography A Church of Ireland landowner, his family had originally migrated to Ireland from Congleton in Cheshire. Although not from ...
** Hon. Thomas Pelham **
John Monck Mason John Monck Mason (1726–1809) was an Irish politician and literary scholar. Life Born in Dublin, he was eldest son of Robert Mason of Mason-Brook, County Galway, by Sarah, eldest daughter of George Monck of St. Stephen's Green, Dublin. On 12 ...
** Lodge Morris *1797: Commission. **
Richard Boyle, 2nd Earl of Shannon Richard Boyle, 2nd Earl of Shannon KP, PC (Ire) (30 January 1727 – 20 May 1807), was an Irish peer and Member of Parliament. He represented Dungarvan and Cork County, and succeeded his father as Earl of Shannon.Isaac Corry Isaac Corry FRS, PC (I), PCThorne, ''The House of Commons 1790–1820, Vol. 1'', Secker & Warburg London, p. 504 (15 May 1753 – 15 May 1813) was an Irish and British Member of Parliament and lawyer. Early career Born in Newry, he was the so ...
** Hon. Thomas Pelham **
John Monck Mason John Monck Mason (1726–1809) was an Irish politician and literary scholar. Life Born in Dublin, he was eldest son of Robert Mason of Mason-Brook, County Galway, by Sarah, eldest daughter of George Monck of St. Stephen's Green, Dublin. On 12 ...
** 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 Anglo-Irish politician ...
*1800: Commission. **
Richard Boyle, 2nd Earl of Shannon Richard Boyle, 2nd Earl of Shannon KP, PC (Ire) (30 January 1727 – 20 May 1807), was an Irish peer and Member of Parliament. He represented Dungarvan and Cork County, and succeeded his father as Earl of Shannon.Isaac Corry Isaac Corry FRS, PC (I), PCThorne, ''The House of Commons 1790–1820, Vol. 1'', Secker & Warburg London, p. 504 (15 May 1753 – 15 May 1813) was an Irish and British Member of Parliament and lawyer. Early career Born in Newry, he was the so ...
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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 Anglo-Irish politician ...
** Lodge de Montmorency, 1st Baron Frankfort de Montmorency ** John Loftus, Lord Loftus ** William Wickham ** Maurice FitzGerald *1801: Commission. **
Richard Boyle, 2nd Earl of Shannon Richard Boyle, 2nd Earl of Shannon KP, PC (Ire) (30 January 1727 – 20 May 1807), was an Irish peer and Member of Parliament. He represented Dungarvan and Cork County, and succeeded his father as Earl of Shannon.Isaac Corry Isaac Corry FRS, PC (I), PCThorne, ''The House of Commons 1790–1820, Vol. 1'', Secker & Warburg London, p. 504 (15 May 1753 – 15 May 1813) was an Irish and British Member of Parliament and lawyer. Early career Born in Newry, he was the so ...
** Charles Abbot ** Lodge de Montmorency, 1st Viscount Frankfort de Montmorency ** John Loftus, Viscount Loftus ** Maurice FitzGerald *1803: Commission. **
Richard Boyle, 2nd Earl of Shannon Richard Boyle, 2nd Earl of Shannon KP, PC (Ire) (30 January 1727 – 20 May 1807), was an Irish peer and Member of Parliament. He represented Dungarvan and Cork County, and succeeded his father as Earl of Shannon.Isaac Corry Isaac Corry FRS, PC (I), PCThorne, ''The House of Commons 1790–1820, Vol. 1'', Secker & Warburg London, p. 504 (15 May 1753 – 15 May 1813) was an Irish and British Member of Parliament and lawyer. Early career Born in Newry, he was the so ...
** 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 Nicholas Vansittart, 1st Baron Bexley, (29 April 1766 – 8 February 1851) was an English politician, and one of the longest-serving Chancellors of the Exchequer in British history. Background and education The fifth son of Henry 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 served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1806 to 1807, but was a supporter of the Whigs for the duration of ...
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Sir John Newport, 1st Baronet Sir John Newport, 1st Baronet (24 October 1756 – 9 February 1843) was an Anglo-Irish Whig politician who served as Chancellor of the Exchequer of Ireland. Life Born on 24 October 1756, he was the son of Simon Newport, a banker at Waterford, ...
** Maurice FitzGerald ** Sir Laurence Parsons, 5th Baronet **
Charles O'Hara General Charles O'Hara (1740 – 25 February 1802) was a British Army officer who served in the Seven Years' War, the American War of Independence, and the French Revolutionary War and later served as governor of Gibraltar. He served with di ...
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Henry Parnell Henry Brooke Parnell, 1st Baron Congleton PC (3 July 1776 – 8 June 1842), known as Sir Henry Parnell, Bt, from 1812 to 1841, was an Irish writer and Whig politician. He was a member of the Whig administrations headed by Lord Grey and Lord ...
** 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 Sir George FitzGerald Hill, 2nd Baronet (1 June 1763 – 8 March 1839) was an Irish politician. Family and early life He was the oldest son of Sir Hugh Hill, 1st Baronet of Brook Hall, County Londonderry, who had been a member of the Parli ...
** John Maxwell-Barry **
Charles Vereker Charles Vereker, 2nd Viscount Gort PC (Ire) (1768 – 11 November 1842), known as Charles Vereker until 1817, was an Irish soldier and politician. Background Gort was the son of Thomas Vereker by Juliana, daughter of Charles Smyth and sister o ...
*1810: Commission. ** Hon. Spencer Perceval ** John Foster ** Hon. William Wellesley-Pole ** Laurence Parsons, 2nd Earl of Rosse **
Sir George FitzGerald Hill, 2nd Baronet Sir George FitzGerald Hill, 2nd Baronet (1 June 1763 – 8 March 1839) was an Irish politician. Family and early life He was the oldest son of Sir Hugh Hill, 1st Baronet of Brook Hall, County Londonderry, who had been a member of the Parli ...
** John Maxwell-Barry ** Hon. Thomas Henry Foster **
Charles Vereker Charles Vereker, 2nd Viscount Gort PC (Ire) (1768 – 11 November 1842), known as Charles Vereker until 1817, was an Irish soldier and politician. Background Gort was the son of Thomas Vereker by Juliana, daughter of Charles Smyth and sister o ...
**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 Sir George FitzGerald Hill, 2nd Baronet (1 June 1763 – 8 March 1839) was an Irish politician. Family and early life He was the oldest son of Sir Hugh Hill, 1st Baronet of Brook Hall, County Londonderry, who had been a member of the Parli ...
** John Maxwell-Barry ** Hon. Thomas Henry Foster **
Charles Vereker Charles Vereker, 2nd Viscount Gort PC (Ire) (1768 – 11 November 1842), known as Charles Vereker until 1817, was an Irish soldier and politician. Background Gort was the son of Thomas Vereker by Juliana, daughter of Charles Smyth and sister o ...
** William Odell *1812: Commission. ** John Foster ** Hon. William Wellesley-Pole **
Sir George FitzGerald Hill, 2nd Baronet Sir George FitzGerald Hill, 2nd Baronet (1 June 1763 – 8 March 1839) was an Irish politician. Family and early life He was the oldest son of Sir Hugh Hill, 1st Baronet of Brook Hall, County Londonderry, who had been a member of the Parli ...
** John Maxwell-Barry ** Hon. Thomas Henry Foster **
Charles Vereker Charles Vereker, 2nd Viscount Gort PC (Ire) (1768 – 11 November 1842), known as Charles Vereker until 1817, was an Irish soldier and politician. Background Gort was the son of Thomas Vereker by Juliana, daughter of Charles Smyth and sister o ...
** William Odell *1813: Commission. ** John Foster ** Hon. William Wellesley-Pole **
Sir George FitzGerald Hill, 2nd Baronet Sir George FitzGerald Hill, 2nd Baronet (1 June 1763 – 8 March 1839) was an Irish politician. Family and early life He was the oldest son of Sir Hugh Hill, 1st Baronet of Brook Hall, County Londonderry, who had been a member of the Parli ...
** John Maxwell-Barry ** Hon. Thomas Henry Foster **
Charles Vereker Charles Vereker, 2nd Viscount Gort PC (Ire) (1768 – 11 November 1842), known as Charles Vereker until 1817, was an Irish soldier and politician. Background Gort was the son of Thomas Vereker by Juliana, daughter of Charles Smyth and sister o ...
** William Odell **
Henry John Clements Colonel Henry John Clements (16 July 1781 – 12 January 1843) was an Irish Conservative politician. He was born at Ashfield Lodge in County Cavan, the eldest son of the Rt Hon Henry Theophilus Clements and Catharine Beresford, daughter of Joh ...
** 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 Tory statesman who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1812 to 1827. He held many important cabinet offices such as Foreign Secreta ...
** William Vesey-FitzGerald **
Robert Peel Sir Robert Peel, 2nd Baronet, (5 February 1788 – 2 July 1850) was a British Conservative statesman who served twice as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1834–1835 and 1841–1846) simultaneously serving as Chancellor of the Excheque ...
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Sir George FitzGerald Hill, 2nd Baronet Sir George FitzGerald Hill, 2nd Baronet (1 June 1763 – 8 March 1839) was an Irish politician. Family and early life He was the oldest son of Sir Hugh Hill, 1st Baronet of Brook Hall, County Londonderry, who had been a member of the Parli ...
** John Maxwell-Barry ** William Odell **
Henry John Clements Colonel Henry John Clements (16 July 1781 – 12 January 1843) was an Irish Conservative politician. He was born at Ashfield Lodge in County Cavan, the eldest son of the Rt Hon Henry Theophilus Clements and Catharine Beresford, daughter of Joh ...
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Edmond Alexander Macnaghten Edmond Alexander MacNaghten (2 August 1762 – 15 March 1832) was an Irish Tory politician from County Antrim. He sat in the Irish House of Commons from 1797 until the Act of Union in 1800, and then in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom ...
*1817: Board abolished the office of Lord High Treasurer of Ireland and placed into commission as
Lords Commissioners of the Treasury In the United Kingdom there are at least six Lords Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury, serving as a commission for the ancient office of Treasurer of the Exchequer. The board consists of the First Lord of the Treasury, the Second Lord of the ...
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Vice-Treasurers of Ireland

*1430:
Christopher Bernevall Christopher Bernevall, or Barnewall (1370–1446) was an Irish politician and judge of the fifteenth century, who held the offices of Vice-Treasurer of Ireland and Lord Chief Justice of Ireland. He was deeply involved in the political controversies ...
*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), Lord Deputy of Ireland, was the eldest son of Sir William Sidney of Penshurst, a prominent politician and courtier during the reigns of Henry VIII and Edward VI, from both of whom he recei ...
*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 Thomas Ridgeway, 1st Earl of Londonderry (1565? – 1631) was an English administrator active in Ireland, in particular in the Ulster Plantation. Origins He was born in about 1565 either at Torwood House in his father's manor of Tor Mohun, Devo ...
*1606–1622: ? *1622–1625: Sir Francis Blundell, 1st Baronet *1625–1636:
Francis Annesley, 1st Viscount Valentia Francis Annesley, 1st Viscount Valentia, (1 February – 22 November 1660) was an English statesman during the colonisation of Ireland in the seventeenth century. He was a Member of Parliament for both the English and Irish houses, was elevate ...
HoP
/ref> *1636–?1638:
Adam Loftus, 1st Viscount Loftus Adam Loftus, 1st Viscount Loftus (c. 1568–1643), was Lord Chancellor of Ireland from 1619 and from 1622 raised to the peerage of Ireland as Viscount Loftus of Ely, King's County. His uncle, another Adam Loftus, was both Lord Chancellor of Irela ...
(died 1643) *1649–1660: James Standish (Parliament) *1660 (August)–1667:
Arthur Annesley, 1st Earl of Anglesey Arthur Annesley, 1st Earl of Anglesey PC (10 July 16146 April 1686) was an Anglo-Irish royalist statesman. After short periods as President of the Council of State and Treasurer of the Navy, he served as Lord Privy Seal between 1673 and 1682 ...
*1667–1670: George Carteret *1670–1673: Francis Lord Angier *1673–1674: Sir John Temple *1676–1682: Richard Jones, 1st Earl of Ranelagh *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 English peer and landowner. A younger son of James Annesley, 2nd Earl of Anglesey (1645–1690), by his marriage to Lady Elizabeth Manners, daughter of John Manne ...
*1710 (September)–1716:
Arthur Annesley, 5th Earl of Anglesey Arthur Annesley, 5th Earl of Anglesey PC, PC (Ire) ( – 31 March 1737), of Farnborough, Hampshire, Bletchingdon, Oxfordshire, and Knockgrenan, near Camolin, county Wexford, was an Anglo-Irish Tory politician who sat in the English and British ...
*1717 (April–May):
Matthew Moreton, 1st Baron Ducie Matthew Ducie Moreton, 1st Baron Ducie (1663–1735) of Moreton, Staffordshire, and Tortworth, Gloucestershire, was a British Army officer and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1708 and 1720 when he was raised to the peerage as ...
HoP
/ref> *1717–1720:
Matthew Moreton, 1st Baron Ducie Matthew Ducie Moreton, 1st Baron Ducie (1663–1735) of Moreton, Staffordshire, and Tortworth, Gloucestershire, was a British Army officer and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1708 and 1720 when he was raised to the peerage as ...
''(jointly)'' *?1717–1734: Hugh Boscawen ''(jointly)'' *1720–1723:
Sir William St Quintin, 3rd Baronet Sir William St Quintin, 3rd Baronet (c. 1662 – 30 June 1723), of Harpham in Yorkshire, was an English merchant and Whig politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1695 to 1723. He held a succession of public offices. St Quintin was ...
''(jointly)'' *1724–1742: Richard Edgcumbe ''(jointly)'' *1734–1746:
Pattee Byng, 2nd Viscount Torrington Pattee Byng, 2nd Viscount Torrington, (25 May 169923 January 1747), was a British Army officer and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1723 to 1733 when he succeeded to the peerage as Viscount Torrington. His career included servic ...
''(jointly)'' *1742–1744: Henry Vane ''(jointly)'' *1744–1757: George Cholmondeley, 3rd Earl of Cholmondeley ''(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 Robert Craggs-Nugent, 1st Earl Nugent PC (1709 – 13 October 1788) was an Irish politician and poet. He was tersely described by Richard Glover as a jovial and voluptuous Irishman who had left popery for the Protestant religion, money and w ...
''(jointly)''HoP
/ref> *1762 (December)–1765 (July):
Richard Rigby Richard Rigby PC (February 1722 – 8 April 1788), was an English civil servant and politician who sat in the British House of Commons for 43 years from 1745 to 1788. He served as Chief Secretary for Ireland and Paymaster of the Forces. Rigby ...
''(jointly)''HoP
/ref> *1763–1767: James Oswald ''(jointly)'' *1765 (December)–1766 (July):
Lord George Sackville George Germain, 1st Viscount Sackville, PC (26 January 1716 – 26 August 1785), styled The Honourable George Sackville until 1720, Lord George Sackville from 1720 to 1770 and Lord George Germain from 1770 to 1782, was a British soldier and p ...
''(jointly)'' *1766 (April)–1770 (January):
James Grenville James Grenville (12 February 1715 – 14 September 1783) was a British politician. He was born at Wotton House, Buckinghamshire in 1715 into the influential Grenville political family and was one of five brothers who went into politics. He was ...
''(jointly)'' *1766 (September)–1768 (October): Isaac Barré ''(jointly)'' *1768 (January–June):
Richard Rigby Richard Rigby PC (February 1722 – 8 April 1788), was an English civil servant and politician who sat in the British House of Commons for 43 years from 1745 to 1788. He served as Chief Secretary for Ireland and Paymaster of the Forces. Rigby ...
''(jointly)'' *1768 (July)–1782 (March): ''(jointly)''
Robert Nugent, 1st Earl Nugent Robert Craggs-Nugent, 1st Earl Nugent PC (1709 – 13 October 1788) was an Irish politician and poet. He was tersely described by Richard Glover as a jovial and voluptuous Irishman who had left popery for the Protestant religion, money and w ...
''(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, PC (26 April 172917 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), Irish statesman, son of Warden Flood, Lord Chief Justice of the King's Bench for Ireland, was educated at Trinity College, Dublin, and afterwards at Christ Church, Oxford, where he became proficient ...
''(jointly)'' *1781–1789:
Richard Boyle, 2nd Earl of Shannon Richard Boyle, 2nd Earl of Shannon KP, PC (Ire) (30 January 1727 – 20 May 1807), was an Irish peer and Member of Parliament. He represented Dungarvan and Cork County, and succeeded his father as Earl of Shannon.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 Marlborough ...
''(jointly)'' *1782–1784:
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 o ...
''(jointly)'' *1783 (April–December) William Eden, 1st Baron Auckland ''(jointly)'' *1784–1787:
Thomas de Grey, 2nd Baron Walsingham Thomas de Grey, 2nd Baron Walsingham PC (14 July 1748 – 16 January 1818), was a British politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1774 to 1781 when he succeeded to the peerage as Baron Walsingham. He served as Joint Postmaster General ...
''(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