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  Treasury - LoveToKnow 1911
Since 1714 the office of lord high treasurer has been in commission, and his duties have been administered by a board, consisting of a first lord, a chancellor and four or more junior lords.
There are two joint secretaries to the treasury, one of whom, the patronage secretary, is merely a political officer, acting as chief whip; the other is termed financial secretary and is the chancellor of the exchequer's chief assistant.
The salaries of the first lord of the treasury and of the chancellor of the exchequer are £5000 per annum; of the joint secretaries £ 2000 per annum each; of three of the junior lords boon per annum each, the other junior lords being unpaid.
www.1911encyclopedia.org /Treasury   (696 words)

  
  Lord High Treasurer - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
By convention, the Prime Minister serves as the "First Lord of the Treasury," and the Chancellor of the Exchequer serves as the "Second Lord of the Treasury." Other members of the Government (usually whips in the House of Commons) are appointed to serve as the junior Lords Commissioners.
Exemplifying the power of the Lord High Treasurer is William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley, who served in the post from 1572 to 1598.
Today, the First Lord of the Treasury is as a rule the Prime Minister, and the Second Lord of the Treasury is the Chancellor of the Exchequer, who has inherited most of the functional financial responsibilities.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Lord_High_Treasurer   (517 words)

  
 lord - definition by dict.die.net
A titled nobleman., whether a peer of the realm or not; a bishop, as a member of the House of Lords; by courtesy; the son of a duke or marquis, or the eldest son of an earl; in a restricted sense, a boron, as opposed to noblemen of higher rank.
Lord lieutenant, a representative of British royalty: the lord lieutenant of Ireland being the representative of royalty there, and exercising supreme administrative authority; the lord lieutenant of a county being a deputy to manage its military concerns, and also to nominate to the chancellor the justices of the peace for that county.
Lord Cadde I don't hesitate to declare Unworthy the father-in-legal care Of that elderly sport, notwithstanding the truth That Cadde had renounced all the follies of youth; For, sad to relate, he'd arrived at the stage Of existence that's marked by the vices of age.
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 Great Officers Of State - LoveToKnow 1911
26 strictly applicable only to the lord high steward, _ the lord high chancellor, the lord high treasurer, the lord-president of the (privy) council, the lord (keeper of the) privy seal, the lord great chamberlain, the lord high constable, the earl marshal, and the lord high admiral.
Of these, three - the lord chancellor, the lord-president of the council, and the lord privy seal - the first and second are always, and the third almost always, cabinet ministers.
The four offices of the high steward, the great chamberlain, the high constable, and the earl marshal stand on a different footing, and can be regarded at the present day as little else than survivals from an earlier condition of society.
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 LORD HIGH STEWARD - LoveToKnow Article on LORD HIGH STEWARD   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
The Lord High Steward of England, who must not be confused with the Lord Steward, ranks as the first of the great officers of state.
The court of the lord high steward seems to have been first definitely instituted in 1499 for the trial of Edward Plantagenet, earl of Warwick; only two years earlier Lord Audiley had been condemned by the court of chivalry, a very different and unpopular tribunal.
Lord Delamere was tried in 1685 in the stewards court; since then all trials of peers have taken place before the lords in parliament.
86.1911encyclopedia.org /L/LO/LORD_HIGH_STEWARD.htm   (1506 words)

  
 GENUKI: English Peerage 1790: Barons 4
Michael, elected 1660 lord bishop of Cork, Cloyne and Ross, translated 1663 to the archiepiscopal fee of Dublin, and 1678 to the metropolitan see of Armagh; and constituted 11 July 1665 lord high chancellor of the kingdom of Ireland; which office he resigned in the year 1685, and died 10 December 1702.
Richard, second lord viscount Shannon, his grandson, distinguished himself in the wars of king William the third and queen Anne, and was constituted by king George the second in the year 1720 commander in chief of the forces in the kingdom of Ireland.
Thomas, born 15 March 1754, and elected 1775 and 1780 to represent the borough of Rye in the county of Sussex, and 1784 to represent the borough of Guildford in the county of Surrey.
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 Lord High Treasurer: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
The position of lord high steward of england, not to be confused with the lord steward, a court functionary, is the first of the great officers of state....
The lord high chancellor of great britain, or lord chancellor and in former times chancellor of england, is one of the most senior and important functionaries...
The first lord of the treasury is the head of the commission exercising the ancient office of lord high treasurer in the united kingdom, usually but not...
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/l/lo/lord_high_treasurer.htm   (1785 words)

  
 NationMaster.com - Encyclopedia: Lord High Treasurer   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
The Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain, or Lord Chancellor and in former times the Chancellor of England and the Lord Chancellor of Scotland, is one of the most senior and important functionaries in the government of the United Kingdom, and its predecessor states.
The position of Treasurer of the Household is theoretically held by a household official of the British monarch, under control of the Lord Stewards Department, but is, in fact, a political office held by one of the governments Deputy Chief Whip in the House of Commons.
The Lord High Stewardship was held by the Earls of Leicester until 1399 when the holder became the Sovereign; and since 1421, a Lord High Steward has generally only been appointed temporarily either for the day of a coronation or for the trials of peers (before 1948).
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 Ireland Information Guide , Irish, Counties, Facts, Statistics, Tourism, Culture, How
The Lord Chancellor has the greatest range of functions: he is the Keeper of the Great Seal, the Speaker of the House of Lords, the most senior judge in England and Wales, and a cabinet minister responsible for the Lord Chancellor's Department (now the Department for Constitutional Affairs).
Lord High Chancellor - The Lord Falconer of Thoroton
The Lord High Commissioner is appointed only for the duration of the annual meeting of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland.
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 Peerage and Nobility of the United Kingdom
The Archbishop of Canterbury, Lord Primate of All England.
The Lord High Commissioner to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland during the sitting of the General Assembly.
Wives of Knights Bachelor and Wives of Senators of the College of Justice (Lords of Session), and of the Chairman of the Land Court.
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 SUFFOLK, THOMAS HOWARD, 1ST EARL OF. The Columbia Encyclopedia: Sixth Edition. 2000   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Howard led the squadron that attacked the Spanish treasure fleet off the Azores in 1591 and shared command of the expedition against Cádiz in 1596.
His daughter, Frances Howard, and her husband, Robert Carr, earl of Somerset, were tried and convicted (1616) of the murder of Sir Thomas Overbury.
Suffolk himself was accused (1618) of embezzlement and fraud as treasurer.
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 United Kingdom: Lord High Admiral   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Back when the first lord of the Admiralty was a senior member of the cabinet, the flag was used by the Admiralty Board, to which the powers of lord high admiral had been delegated by the crown.
The Admiralty flag is still flown at the foremast head of a warship whenever the Sovereign is embarked because the Sovereign is, at common law, the Lord High Admiral, and retains those functions of the office not especially delegated to the Secretary of State for Defence and the Defence Council.
As a result, the position of Lord High Admiral was taken out of commission, and now inheres in the Queen, who therefore flew the Admiralty flag on her yacht HMS Britannia when it was still in commission.
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 Clan OGILVY
The son of the Treasurer acquired the lands and castle of Eroly or Airlie in 1459, and his son, Sir James Ogilvie of Airlie, who was sent as Ambassador to Denmark in 1491, was made a Lord of Parliament as Lord Ogilvy in that year.
The fourth Lord’s eldest son fell at Pinkie in 1547, and the seventh Lord was made Earl of Airlie by Charles I. in 1639.
The seventh Earl was a Knight of the Thistle, a representative peer, and Lord High Commissioner to the Church of Scotland from 1872 to 1878.
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 Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for treasurer   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Entering Parliament in 1761, he was adjutant general and governor of Stirling (1763-64), vice treasurer of Ireland (1764-68), treasurer of the navy in the 2d...
He served as treasurer to Alfonso V of Portugal but fled that country when he was implicated (1483) in a plot.
ICM--keeping our members in touch: ICM Treasurer Franka Cadee gives an update on the finances and on moves for midwifery in her home country of the Netherlands.
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 Lord - Wikinfo
In feudalism, a lord (French: seigneur) is an aristocrat who claims dominion over a portion of land and the produce and labour of the serfs living thereon.
In the United Kingdom, the hereditary lords were until recent years automatically members of the House of Lords, the upper house of Parliament.
The title is used by senior judges: the Law Lords or "Lords of Appeal in Ordinary" who are life barons, judges of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales, who are known as "Lords Justices of Appeal" and judges of the Scottish Court of Session who are known as "Lords of Council and Session";
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 Jataka Vol. I: Book I.--Ekanipāta: No. 78. Illīsa-Jātaka
Now the day before, the Lord High Treasurer had gone his way to the palace to wait upon the king, and was on his homeward way when he saw a country-bumpkin, who was quite empty within, eating a cake stuffed with gruel.
Then the Lord High Treasurer poured the Water of Donation over the hands of the Brotherhood with the Buddha at its head, whilst his wife placed a cake in the alms-bowl of the Blessed One.
Now the Treasurer's father, who for his charity and other good works had been re-born as Sakka in the Realm of Devas, was at that moment wondering whether his bounty was still kept up or not, and became aware of the stopping of his bounty, and of his son's behaviour.
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 United Kingdom: Lord High Admiral
The anchor flag of the Lord High Admiral became known as the Admiralty Flag, and after 1850 was flown on land in London; over the old Admiralty Building until 1930, and on the tower of the new Admiralty Building overlooking Horse Guards Parade until 1964.
Back when the first lord of the Admiralty was a senior member of the cabinet, the flag was used by the Admiralty Board, to which the powers of lord high admiral had been delegated by the crown.
As a result, the position of Lord High Admiral was taken out of commission, and now inheres in the Queen, who therefore flew the Admiralty flag on her yacht HMS Britannia when it was still in commission.
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 Order of Precedence in England and Wales   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
House of Lords Precedence Act (1539), which, although deciding only the seats to be occupied in Parliament, and keeping lay and clerics separate, nevertheless affirmed a non-papal source of precedence for ecclesiastics.
House of Lords Precedence Act 1539 and the Ordinance of 1595, both of which were to a large extent codifying current practice, form the canvass of the order of precedence.
Lord High Steward: was attached to the earldom of Leicester; none appointed permanently since 1415.
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My Lord, I Present this ensuing Treatise to your Lordship as its proper Patron, to whom, by vertue of your great Trust (the greatest, doubtless, in this Kingdome) the management of his Majesty's Treasure, and improvement of his Revenue, are most peculiarly committed.
That as the treasure which is brought into the Realm by the ballance of our forraign trade is that money which onely doth abide with us, and by which we are enriched: so by this plenty of money thus gotten (and no otherwise) do our Lands improve.
And the self same loss of treasure must happen if there were no exchange at all permitted: for the Dutch carrying away our mony for their wares, and we bringing in their forraign Coins for their commodities, there will be still one hundred thousand pounds loss.
www.ecn.bris.ac.uk /het/mun/treasure.txt   (7861 words)

  
 First Lord of the Treasury: Encyclopedia topic   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
The First Lord of the Treasury is the head of the commission (commission: The act of granting authority to undertake certain functions) exercising the ancient office of Lord High Treasurer (Lord High Treasurer: the post of lord high treasurer or lord treasurer is an ancient english (after 1707,...
Before 1827, the First Lord of the Treasury, when a commoner, also held the office of Chancellor of the Exchequer (Chancellor of the Exchequer: The British cabinet minister responsible for finance), while if the First Lord was a peer, the Second Lord would usually serve as Chancellor.
By convention, the other Lords Commissioners of the Treasury are Government Whip (Whip: An instrument with a handle and a flexible lash that is used for whipping) s in the House of Commons (House of Commons: The lower house of the British parliament).
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 [No title]
My Lord, I Present this ensuing Treatise to your Lordship as its proper Patron, to whom, by vertue of your great Trust (the greatest, doubtless, in this Kingdome) the management of his Majesty's Treasure, and improvement of his Revenue, are most peculiarly committed.
That as the treasure which is brought into the Realm by the ballance of our forraign trade is that money which onely doth abide with us, and by which we are enriched: so by this plenty of money thus gotten (and no otherwise) do our Lands improve.
And the self same loss of treasure must happen if there were no exchange at all permitted: for the Dutch carrying away our mony for their wares, and we bringing in their forraign Coins for their commodities, there will be still one hundred thousand pounds loss.
socserv2.socsci.mcmaster.ca /~econ/ugcm/3ll3/mun/treasure.txt   (7969 words)

  
 LORD HIGH TREASURER - LoveToKnow Article on LORD HIGH TREASURER   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
LORD HIGH TREASURER - LoveToKnow Article on LORD HIGH TREASURER
The duty of the treasurer originally was to act as keeper of the royal treasure at Winchester, while as officer of the exchequer he sat at Westminster to receive the accounts
See J. Round, The Lord Great Chamberlain (Monthly Review, June 1902) and Notes on the Lord Great Chamberlain Case (Ancestor, No. IV.).
87.1911encyclopedia.org /L/LO/LORD_HIGH_TREASURER.htm   (141 words)

  
 Sir Henry Montagu, 1563?-1642
, 1618; lord high treasurer of England, 1620; was created Baron Montague, Viscount Mandeville; resigned lord-treasureship at insistence of Buckingham, 1620; master of the court of wards, 1624; head of Virginia commission, 1624; lord privy seal, 1628; member of the court of star-chamber.
Phelips accused Members of refraining from confronting the Lord Chancellor and the Lord Treasurer out of respect for their great places, and blamed the Speaker for refusing to charge the to their faces with corruption and illegality.
`High Imperial Majesty, it is not yet a year in days since with acclamations of the people, citizens and nobles, auspiciously here at this Cross was proclaimed your true succession to the Crown.
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 Brief History of Edward VII
Lord Warwick did not make himself Lord Protector, and even encouraged Edward into declaring his majority as soon as he was sixteen.
The rise of Lord Warwick was accompanied by the fall of Catholicism in England.
High civic authorities privately swore their allegiance to the new Queen, who was not publicly proclaimed until 10 July.
www.beadchaser.com /renfaire/history/edward6.htm   (2691 words)

  
 Treasurers and Commissioners of the Treasury 1660—1870 | British History Online
Treasurers and Commissioners of the Treasury 1660—1870
Between 1715 and 1835 it was, except for a brief period in 1743, invariable for the office of First Lord to be combined with that of Chancellor of the Exchequer whenever the holder of the former was drawn from the House of Commons.
During the nineteenth century the activities of the Junior Lords within the Treasury were increasingly confined to formalities and their main function became that of assisting the Parliamentary Secretary in the management of the House of Commons as government whips.
www.british-history.ac.uk /report.asp?compid=16739   (3042 words)

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