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Treasurers-depute
The Treasurer-depute was a senior post in the pre- Union government of Scotland. It was the equivalent of the English post of Chancellor of the Exchequer. Originally a deputy to the Treasurer, 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 Parliament of Scotland as a Great Officer of State in 1593 and from 1617 onwards. List of treasurers-depute *1547 James Forrester *1584: Sir Robert Melville *1604–1610: Sir John Arnot *1610–1621: Gideon Murray *1622–1631: Archibald Napier, 1st Lord Napier *1631–?: John Stewart, 1st Earl of Traquair *1636-1649: Sir James Carmichael *1661–1671: William Bellenden, 1st Lord Bellenden *1671–1682?: Charles Maitland, Lord Haltoun *1682–1684: John Drummond *1684–1686?: John Keith, 1st Earl of Kintore *1687–1689: Richard Maitland, Viscount Maitland *1690–1698 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Bellenden, 1st Lord Bellenden
William Bellenden, Lord Bellenden PC (died 1671), was Treasurer-depute of Scotland. Early life Bellenden was born before 1606. He was the only son and heir of Sir James Bellenden of Broughton, and Margaret Ker. His mother was the sister of Robert Ker, 1st Earl of Roxburghe, and the second daughter of Sir William Ker of Cessford. Career A staunch adherent of the Royal Family during the Civil Wars, on 10 June 1661 he was created Lord Bellenden, was made Treasurer-depute, and was placed on the privy council of Scotland. He was made heretable Usher of the Exchequer on 13 December 1663 and one of the Treasury Commissioners of Scotland in 1668. In 1662, John Maitland, 1st Duke of Lauderdale, on the advice of his brother, managed to secure Bellenden's interest in his struggle with John Middleton, 1st Earl of Middleton and faction over religious policy; and he is from that time one of his most frequent correspondents. He kept Lauderdale informed on the plans of James Sharp, to whom h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Maitland, 4th Earl Of Lauderdale
Richard Maitland, 4th Earl of Lauderdale (20 June 1653, Haltoun House – 1695, Paris, France) was a Scottish politician. Life He was the eldest son of Charles Maitland, 3rd Earl of Lauderdale, and his spouse Elizabeth Lauder. Before succeeding to the Lauderdale title, Richard Maitland was styled "of Over-Gogar", one of the Haltoun properties. Thereafter he was known as Lord Maitland until his own succession as 4th Earl. On 9 October 1678 he was sworn a Privy Councillor and appointed joint General of the Mint with his father. From 3 April 1680 he was Lord Justice Clerk, but in 1684 he was deprived of that office, on account of suspected communications with his father-in-law, Argyll, who had escaped in 1681 to Holland. However, by 1687 he was restored to favour, appointed Treasurer-depute, and supported James II and VII when he was deposed in a coup by his son-in-law, William, who had been invited to take the throne by a group of nobles who were disaffected by James' Catholicis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Treasurers-depute
The Treasurer-depute was a senior post in the pre- Union government of Scotland. It was the equivalent of the English post of Chancellor of the Exchequer. Originally a deputy to the Treasurer, 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 Parliament of Scotland as a Great Officer of State in 1593 and from 1617 onwards. List of treasurers-depute *1547 James Forrester *1584: Sir Robert Melville *1604–1610: Sir John Arnot *1610–1621: Gideon Murray *1622–1631: Archibald Napier, 1st Lord Napier *1631–?: John Stewart, 1st Earl of Traquair *1636-1649: Sir James Carmichael *1661–1671: William Bellenden, 1st Lord Bellenden *1671–1682?: Charles Maitland, Lord Haltoun *1682–1684: John Drummond *1684–1686?: John Keith, 1st Earl of Kintore *1687–1689: Richard Maitland, Viscount Maitland *1690–1698 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 North Ayrshire, Scotland. He was the son of John Boyle of Kelburn (d. 1685), a Shire Commissioner to the Parliament of Scotland for Bute, and Marion Steuart, daughter of Sir Walter Steuart of Allanton. Career From 1689 to 1699, Boyle was the Commissioner to the Parliament of Scotland from the Bute constituency. In 1697, he was invested as Privy Counsellor. He was Rector of Glasgow University from 1690 to 1691, as well as the last Treasurer-depute before the Union with England. The Earl was a supporter of the Acts of Union, and after their passage, he sat as a Scottish representative peer from 1707 to 1710, serving alongside his first wife's nephew, John Lindsay, 19th Earl of Crawford (d. 1713). In Scotland, some claimed that unio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adam Cockburn Of Ormiston
Adam Cockburn, Laird of Ormiston, Lord Ormiston (1656 – 16 April 1735), was a Scottish administrator, politician and judge. He served as Commissioner for Haddington Constabulary in the parliaments of 1681-2 and 1689, and in the conventions of 1678 and 1689. He was appointed Lord Justice Clerk on 28 November 1692. Cockburn served as a member of the Privy Council, Treasurer Depute from 1699 until the accession of Anne, Lord Justice Clerk for a second term (1705–10), and a Lord of Session from 1705. Career He was Commissioner for Haddingtonshire at the Conventions of Estates in the years 1678, 1681, and 1689, and in Parliament of Scotland for the year 1690. He was nominated one of the Commissioners to treat on the Union of Parliaments, on 19 April 1689. Adam Cockburn was appointed Lord Justice Clerk in place of Sir George Campbell of Cessnock on 28 November 1692 and at about the same time was sworn a Privy Councillor. He was one of the Commissioners named to inqui ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Melville, 1st Lord Melville
Robert Melville, 1st Lord Melville (c. 1527–1621) was a Scottish diplomat, administrator, jurist, and intriguer, and uncle of the poet Elizabeth Melville. Family Known as Sir Robert Melville of Murdocairnie or Murdochcairnie, Robert was the second son of John Melville of Raith, Sir John Melville of Raith, Fife, Raith in Fife and Helen Napier of Merchiston. His younger brother Sir James Melville of Halhill wrote a famous political memoir. Another brother, Andrew Melville of Garvock, joined the household of Mary, Queen of Scots in Scotland. Robert married firstly; Katherine Adamson; secondly Mary Leslie, daughter of Andrew Leslie, 5th Earl of Rothes, Andrew Leslie, Earl of Rothes; thirdly, Jean Stewart, daughter of Robert Stewart, 1st Earl of Orkney, Robert Stewart, Earl of Orkney. He had a daughter Christiane and his son and heir with Katherine Adamson, Robert Melville, 2nd Lord Melville. Career During the Scottish Reformation, Robert Melville sided with the Protestant Lords of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir John Arnot
John Arnot of Birswick (Orkney) (1530–1616) was a 16th-century Scottish merchant and landowner who served as Lord Provost of Edinburgh from 1587 to 1591 and from 1608 to death. He was Deputy Treasurer to King James VI. Career He was born in 1530 the son of William Arnot and his wife, Margaret Wallace. At the Reformation of 1560 the family converted to Protestantism. In August 1574 he submitted a petition to the English ambassador Henry Killigrew who was returning to London. He wanted redress for a cargo of textiles from Flanders. He was tricked by English pirates off Great Yarmouth, led by William Hudson of Colchester, who pretended to be searching for pirates. They stole his own clothes as well as a stock of fabric including velvets, the most costly being a figured black velvet, gold and silver thread, silk thread, gold and silver passementerie, and various silk chamlets and Spanish taffetas. Arnot mentioned that he had talked with Killigrew at Glamis Castle, but was n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gideon Murray
Sir Gideon Murray of Elibank (died 1621), was a Scottish courtier and landowner, who served as Treasurer-Depute of Scotland. Family Gideon Murray was the third son of Sir Andrew Murray of Black Barony (died 1572), and Grisel Beaton, a daughter of Sir John Beaton of Creich, John Beaton of Creich Castle, Creich, Fife. Regent Arran paid a dowry for her of £133. Gideon was a grandson of Isobel Hoppar. In July 1595 his sister Margaret Murray married Robert Halkett, Laird of Pitfirrane, and there was a banquet in Edinburgh attended by Anne of Denmark. Their son James married the writer, Anne Halkett, Anne Murray, Lady Halkett. Career He was educated at the University of Glasgow. He was a prisoner in Edinburgh Castle in October 1585, and released with a caution of £5,000 Pounds Scots, Scots from his brother, James Murray of Blackbarony, to remain in Edinburgh. In July 1592 Murray was commanded to demolish the towers of Harden Castle, Harden and Dryhope Tower, Dryhope, belonging to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Archibald Napier, 1st Lord Napier
Archibald Napier, 1st Lord Napier, the 9th Laird Napier of Merchiston (c. 1576 – November 1645), was a Scottish politician and judge. In 1627 he was created Lord Napier of Merchiston and Baronet of Nova Scotia. Biography Archibald Napier was the son of John Napier and Elizabeth Stirling. In 1619, he married Margaret Graham, who was a daughter of John Graham, 4th Earl of Montrose and Lady Margaret Ruthven, and sister of James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose. They had four children: * John Napier, who died young. * Archibald Napier, 2nd Lord Napier, Archibald Napier, who succeeded his father as Lord Napier. * Margaret Napier, who married Sir George Clan Stirling, Stirling of Keir. * Lilias Napier, who died unmarried. Offices and honors Throughout his political career, he held many offices. Among these were: * Gentleman of the Privy Chamber to James I of England, King James VI. Napier accompanied him to London in 1603 to be crowned at Westminster Abbey. * Treasurer-depute of Sco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 branch, originally illegitimate, of the house of Buchan. His mother was Margaret Stewart, a daughter of Andrew, Master of Ochiltree, and Margaret Stewart. She was a lady-in-waiting in the household of Anne of Denmark. He was appointed Treasurer-depute of Scotland and an Extraordinary Lord of Session in 1630. In February 1633 Traquair visited building and repair works at Linlithgow Palace, Dunfermline Palace, and Stirling Castle. In 1633 Charles I was crowned in Edinburgh, and Traquair was involved in repairing the Scottish crown jewels and the royal wardrobe. Traquair is said to have given the casting vote against John Elphinstone, 2nd Lord Balmerino at his trial in 1634, but afterwards obtained his pardon. From 1636 to 1641 he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Maitland, 3rd Earl Of Lauderdale
Charles Maitland, 3rd Earl of Lauderdale (c. 1620 – 9 June 1691), was the second son (''The Great Seal of Scotland'' gives him as third son) of John Maitland, 1st Earl of Lauderdale (died 1645) and his wife Isabel Seton. Maitland was born at Lethington in East Lothian. Following the death of his father-in-law, Richard Lauder of Haltoun, in November 1675, he formally adopted the territorial designation Charles Maitland of Haltoun, although he had the barony of Haltoun settled upon him ''in fee'' on 4 December 1660. Shortly after the Restoration of King Charles II (4 December 1660), Charles Maitland was created sole Captain-General of The Mint for life, and appointed a Privy Counsellor 15 June 1661. He was elected one of the Commissioners for Edinburghshire and Lord of the Articles in the parliament of 1669. On the 1 (or 8) June 1670 he was admitted an Ordinary Lord and Senator of the College of Justice as Lord Haltoun. In February 1671, he succeeded Sir William Bellenden ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Drummond, 1st Earl Of Melfort
John Drummond, 1st Earl of Melfort, styled Duke of Melfort in the Jacobite peerage (8 August 1650 – 25 January 1715), was a Scotland, Scottish politician and close advisor to James II of England, James VII & II. A Catholic convert, Melfort and his brother the James Drummond, 4th Earl of Perth, Earl of Perth consistently urged James not to compromise with his opponents, contributing to his increasing isolation and ultimate deposition in the 1688 Glorious Revolution. In exile, Melfort became the first Jacobitism, Jacobite Secretary of State (Jacobite), Secretary of State but his unpopularity with other Jacobites led to his resignation in 1694. He served as James' Pope, Papal Ambassador in Rome but failed to regain his former influence and retired from active politics. He died in Paris on 25 January 1715. Life John Drummond, later Earl of Melfort, was born in 1649, probably at Stobhall, Stobhall in Perthshire since the family home Drummond Castle was then occupied by the New Mod ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
