Master of the Mint

Template:Short description Template:For Master of the Mint is a title within the Royal Mint given to the most senior person responsible for its operation. It was an office in the governments of Scotland and England, and later Great Britain and then the United Kingdom, between the 16th and 19th centuries. Until 1699, the appointment was usually for life. Its holder occasionally sat in the cabinet.

During the interregnum (1643–1660), the last Master of the Mint to Charles I, Sir Robert Harley, transferred his allegiance to Parliament and remained in office. After his death in 1656 Aaron Guerdon was appointed.

In 1870 the role was amalgamated into the office of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, making the Chancellor, by virtue of their position, the Master of the Mint. The duty of running the mint was given to the Deputy Master of the Mint; who is now the mint's Chief Executive.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Masters of the Mint in EnglandEdit

1331 Richard de Snowshill and Richard of Grimsby <ref>Mints and Money in Medieval England

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1351–? Henry de Bruselee and John Chichester <ref name = HLM>Template:Cite book Google Books</ref>
1361–1361 Walter dei Bardi <ref name = HLM/>
1365–1367 John Chichester <ref name = HLM/>
1375–1391 Walter dei Bardi <ref name = HLM/>
1391–1391 John Wildeman <ref name = HLM/>
1411–1414 Richard Garner <ref name = HLM/>
1413–1414 Sir Lewis John <ref name = HLM/>
1418–1420 Sir Lewis John <ref name = HLM/>
1421–1432 Bartholomew Goldbeter <ref name = ACGB>Template:Cite book</ref>
1435–1446 John Paddesley <ref name = ACGB/>
1446–1459 Robert Manfield <ref name = ACGB/>
1459–1461 Sir Richard Tonstall <ref name = HLM/>
1461–1483 William Hastings (executed 1483) <ref name = HLM/>
1483–1485 Sir Robert Brackenbury (killed at Bosworth, 1485) <ref name = HLM/>
1485–1490 Sir Giles Daubeney <ref name = ACGB/>
1492–1493 Sir Bartholomew Reade and Sir John Shaa<ref name = HLM/>
1493–1494 Sir Bartholomew Reade and Robert Fenrother<ref name = ACGB/>
1495–1498 Sir Bartholomew Reade and Sir John Shaa<ref name = ACGB/>
1509–1534 William Blount, 4th Baron Mountjoy<ref name = ACGB/>
1543 Ralph Rowlet and Sir Martin Bowes<ref name = ACGB/>
1544 Sir Martin Bowes<ref name = ACGB/>
1547–1553 Sir John York<ref>Dictionary of National Biography Template:Full citation needed</ref>
1553–1555 Thomas Egerton<ref name = ACGB/>
1560–1571 Sir Thomas Stanley<ref name = ACGB/>
1571–1582 John Lonyson<ref name = ACGB/>
1582–1599 Sir Richard Martin Template:Sfn
1599–1609 Sir Richard Martin (died 1616) and Richard Martin
1617–1623 Sir Edward Villiers
1623–1626 Sir Randal Cranfield
1626–1635 Sir Robert Harley
1635–1643 In Commission:
- Sir Ralph Freeman
- Sir Thomas Aylesbury
1643–1649 Sir Robert Harley
1649–1653 Aaron Guerdon
1660–1662 Sir Ralph Freeman
1662–1667 Sir Ralph Freeman and Henry Slingsby
1667–1680 Henry Slingsby (suspended 1680)
1680–1684 In Commission:
- Sir John Buckworth
- Charles Duncombe
- James Hoare
1684–1686 In Commission:
- Thomas Neale
- Charles Duncombe
- James Hoare
1686–1699 Thomas Neale
1699–1727 Sir Isaac Newton
1727–1737 John Conduitt
1737–1745 Richard Arundell
1745–1769 William Chetwynd Template:Efn
1769–1784 Charles Cadogan Template:Efn
1784–1789 Thomas Howard, 3rd Earl of Effingham
1789–1790 Philip Stanhope, 5th Earl of Chesterfield
1790–1794 George Townshend, Earl of Leicester
1794–1799 Sir George Yonge, 5th Baronet
1799–1801 Robert Jenkinson, Baron Hawkesbury
1801–1802 Charles Perceval, 2nd Baron Arden
1802–1804 John Smyth
1804–1806 Henry Bathurst, 3rd Earl Bathurst
1806 Lord Charles Spencer
1806–1807 Charles Bathurst
1807–1812 Henry Bathurst, 3rd Earl Bathurst
1812–1814 Richard Trench, 2nd Earl of Clancarty
1814–1823 William Wellesley-Pole
1823–1827 Thomas Wallace
1827–1828 George Tierney
1828–1830 John Charles Herries
1830–1834 George Eden, 2nd Baron Auckland
1834–1835 James Abercrombie
1835 Alexander Baring
1835–1841 Henry Labouchere
1841–1845 William Ewart Gladstone
1845–1846 Sir George Clerk, 6th Baronet
1846–1850 Richard Lalor Sheil
1850–1855 Sir John Herschel
1855–1869 Thomas Graham
1870– Office amalgamated into the office of Chancellor of the Exchequer