Master of the Mint

Master of the Mint was an important office in the governments of Scotland and England, and later Great Britain, between the 16th and 19th centuries. The Master was the highest officer in the Royal Mint. Until 1699, appointment was usually for life. Its holder occasionally sat in the cabinet. The office was abolished as an independent position in 1870, thereafter being held as a subsidiary office of the Chancellor of the Exchequer.

Masters of the Mint in England

• Sir John York 1547–1553^[1]
• John Lonyson 1571–1582
• Sir Richard Martin 1582–1617^[2]
• Sir Edward Villiers 1617–1623
• Sir Randal Cranfield 1623–1626
• Sir Robert Harley 1626–1635
• Commission 1635–1643:
  • Sir Ralph Freeman
  • Sir Thomas Aylesbury
• Sir Robert Harley 1643–1649
• Aaron Guerdon 1649–1653
• Sir Ralph Freeman 1660–1662
• Sir Ralph Freeman and Henry Slingsby 1662–1667
• Henry Slingsby 1667–1680
• Commission 1680–1684
  • Sir John Buckworth
  • Charles Duncombe^{[disambiguation needed ]}
  • James Hoare^{[disambiguation needed ]}
• Commission 1684–1686
  • Thomas Neale
  • Charles Duncombe
  • James Hoare
• Thomas Neale 1686–1699
• Sir Isaac Newton 1700–1727
• John Conduitt 1727–1737
• Richard Arundell 1737–1745
• Hon. William Chetwynd^[3] 1745–1769
• Hon. Charles Cadogan^[4] 1769–1784
• The Earl of Effingham 1784–1789
• The Earl of Chesterfield 1789–1790
• The Earl of Leicester 1790–1794
• Sir George Yonge 1794–1799
• Lord Hawkesbury 1799–1801
• The Lord Arden 1801–1802
• John Smyth 1802–1804
• The Earl Bathurst 1804–1806
• Lord Charles Spencer 1806
• Charles Bathurst 1806–1807
• The Earl Bathurst 1807–1812
• The Earl of Clancarty 1812–1814
• Hon. William Wellesley-Pole 1814–1823
• Thomas Wallace, 1st Baron Wallace 1823–1827
• George Tierney 1827–1828
• John Charles Herries 1828–1830
• The Lord Auckland 1830–1834
• Hon. James Abercrombie 1834–1835
• Alexander Baring 1835
• Henry Labouchere 1835–1841
• William Ewart Gladstone 1841–1845
• Sir George Clerk 1845–1846
• Richard Lalor Sheil 1846–1850
• Sir John Herschel 1850–1855
• Thomas Graham 1855–1869

See also

• Münzmeister
• Warden of the Mint

Notes

1. ^ Dictionary of National Biography
2. ^ Challis 1992, p. 259
3. ^ Succeeded as 3rd Viscount Chetwynd in 1767.
4. ^ (Succeeded as 3rd Baron Cadogan in 1776.

References

• Challis, C. E. (1992). A new history of the Royal Mint. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0521240263. http://books.google.com/books?id=Zz89AAAAIAAJ. Retrieved 2008-12-30.