Treasurer of Scotland

The Treasurer was was a senior post in the pre-Union government of Scotland.

List of Treasurers

• 1420: Sir Walter Ogilvie of Lintrethan
• ....: Thomas de Myrton, Dean of Glasgow
• 1430: Patrick de Ogilvie
• 1439: Sir Walter de Halliburton
• ....: Robert Livingston, son of Sir Alexander Livingston of Callendar, governor of Kingdom
• 1440: Sir Walter de Halliburton
• 1449: Andrew, Abbot of Melrose
• 1455: James Stuart, Dean of Moray
• 1466: Sir William Knowlys, Preceptor of Torphichen
• 1473: John Laing, parson of Kenland
• 1480: Archibald Crawford, Abbot of Holyroodhouse
• ....: Sir John Ramsay of Balmaine
• 1490: Henry Arnot, Abbot of Cambuskenneth
• 1499: Sir Robert Lundin of Balgony
• 1507: Sir David Beaton of Creich
• 1509: George Hepburn, Abbot of Aberbrothock, later Bishop of the Isles
• ....: Andrew Stewart, Bishop of Caithness
• 1512: Cuthbert Baillie, Commendator of Glenluce
• 1515: James Hepburn, Bishop of Moray
• 1516: Sir Walter Ogilvie of Stratheren
• 1517: John Campbell of Lundy
• 1520: Archibald Douglas of Kilspindie
• 1528: Robert Cairncross, Abbot of Holyrood, later Bishop of Ross
• 1529: Sir Robert Barton of Over Barton
• 1530: William Stewart, Bishop of Aberdeen
• 1537: Robert Cairncross, Abbot of Holyrood
• 1546: John Hamilton, brother of Regent, Abbot of Paisley, later Bishop of St Andrews
• 1548: Sir James Kirkaldie of Grange
• 1555: Gilbert Kennedy, 3rd Earl of Cassilis
• 1561: Robert Richards, Commendator of St Mary Isle
• 1564: William Stewart, Provost of Lincluden
• 1572: William Ruthven, 1st Earl of Gowrie
• 1584: John, Earl of Melrose
• 1585: Sir Thomas Lyon of Auld Bar, Master of Glamis
• 1595: Walter Stewart, 1st Lord Blantyre
• 1599: Alexander Elphinstone, 5th Lord Elphinstone
• 1601: Sir George Hume, 1st Earl of Dunbar
• 1611: Sir Robert Carr, Earl of Somerset
• 1616: John Erskine, 2nd Earl of Mar
• 3 Apr 1630: William Douglas, 7th Earl of Morton
• 21 May 1636: John Stewart, 1st Earl of Traquair
• 17 Nov 1641: in commission

:John Campbell, 1st Earl of Loudoun, Lord Chancellor

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:Archibald Campbell, 1st Marquess of Argyll

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:William Cunningham, 8th Earl of Glencairn

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:John Lindsay, 1st Earl of Lindsay

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:Sir James Carmichael

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• 23 Jul 1644: John Lindsay, Earl of Crawford and Lindsay, dismissed 13 Feb 1649
• 1660: in commission

: John Lindsay, Earl of Crawford and Lindsay

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: John Leslie, 7th Earl of Rothes

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• 19 Jan 1661: John Lindsay reappointed
• 4 Jun 1663: John Leslie, 7th Earl of Rothes - appt Chancellor 16 Apt 1667
• 20 Jun 1667: in commission

:John Leslie, 7th Earl of Rothes, Lord Chancellor

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:John, Earl of Lauderdale

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:John Hay, 2nd Earl of Tweeddale

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:Alexander Bruce, 2nd Earl of Kincardine

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:John, Lord Cochrane (eldest son of Earl of Dundonald)

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:Sir Robert Murray, Lord Justice Clerk

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• 1 May 1682: William Douglas, Marquess of Queensberry, later Duke
• 24 Feb 1686: in commission