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The Treasurer was a senior post in the pre Union government of Scotland, the Privy Council of Scotland.

The full title of the post was Lord High Treasurer, Comptroller, Collector General and Treasurer of the New Augmentation, formed as it was from the amalgamation of four earlier offices. Of these, the Treasurer and Comptroller had originated in 1425 when the Chamberlain's financial functions were transferred to them. From 1466 the Comptroller had sole responsibility for financing the royal household to which certain revenues (the property) were appropriated, with the Treasurer being responsible for the remaining revenue (the casualty) and other expenditure. The Collector General, created in 1562, handled the Crown's revenue from the thirds of benefices, and the Treasurer of the New Augmentation was responsible for the former church lands annexed to the Crown in 1587. From 1581 Queen Elizabeth sent James VI an annual sum of money. In February 1599 the Privy Council declared that the Treasurer would administer this English subsidy, spending it on clothes for the royal family and the household of Prince Henry. In previous years the goldsmith Thomas Foulis and cloth merchant Robert Jousie accounted this money. All four offices were held by the same person from 1610 onwards, but their separate titles survived the effective merging of their functions in 1635. From 1667 to 1682 the Treasury was in commission, and again from 1686 to 1708, when the separate Scottish Treasury was abolished. From 1690 the Crown nominated one person to sit in Parliament as Treasurer. The Treasurer depute was also 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.

The following have been identified as treasurers of Scotland. 1420Sir Walter Ogilvie of LintrethanThomas de Myrton, Dean of Glasgow Cathedral1430Patrick de Ogilvie1433Walter Stewart, Dean of Moray1437Sir Walter de Haliburton, Knt. Robert Livingston, son of Sir Alexander Livingston of Callendar, Governor of the Kingdom1440Walter de Haliburton, 1st Lord Haliburton of Dirleton1449Andrew Hunter, Abbot of Melrose1455James Stewart, Dean of Moray1466Sir William Knowlys, Preceptor of Torphichen Preceptory1473John Laing, parson of Kenland1480Archibald Crawford, Abbot of HolyroodSir John Ramsay of Balmaine1490Henry Arnot, Abbot of Cambuskenneth1499Sir Robert Lundie of Balgony1507David Beaton of Creich1509George Hepburn, Abbot of Arbroath, later Bishop of the IslesAndrew Stewart, Bishop of Caithness1512Cuthbert Baillie, Commendator of Glenluce1515James Hepburn, Bishop of Moray1516Sir Walter Ogilvie of Strathearn1517John Campbell of Lundy1520Archibald Douglas of Kilspindie1526 William Cunningham, 4th Earl of Glencairn (26 June 1526 – 29 October 1526)1528Robert Cairncross, Abbot of Holyrood, later Bishop of Ross1529Sir Robert Barton of Over Barnton1530William Stewart, Bishop of Aberdeen1537Robert Cairncross, Abbot of Holyrood1538Sir James Kirkcaldy of Grange (Hallyards, Fife)1546John Hamilton, brother of Regent, Abbot of Paisley, later Bishop of St Andrews1555Gilbert Kennedy, 3rd Earl of Cassilis1561Robert Richardson, Commendator of St Mary Isle1564William Stewart, Provost of Lincluden1571William Ruthven, 1st Earl of Gowrie1584John Graham, 3rd Earl of Montrose1585Sir Thomas Lyon of Auldbar and Baldukie, Master of Glamis1595Walter Stewart, 1st Lord Blantyre1599Alexander Elphinstone, 4th Lord Elphinstone1601Sir George Hume, 1st Earl of Dunbar, first holder of the four combined treasury offices.1611Sir Robert Carr, Earl of Somerset1616John Erskine, Earl of Mar 3 April 1630William Douglas, 7th Earl of Morton21 May 1636John Stewart, 1st Earl of Traquair17 November 1641in commissionJohn Campbell, 1st Earl of Loudoun, Lord ChancellorArchibald Campbell, 1st Marquess of ArgyllWilliam Cunningham, 9th Earl of GlencairnJohn Lindsay, 1st Earl of LindsaySir James Carmichael23 July 1644John Lindsay, Earl of Crawford and Lindsay, dismissed 13 February 16491660in commission John Lindsay, Earl of Crawford and Lindsay John Leslie, 7th Earl of Rothes19 January 1661John Lindsay reappointed 4 June 1663John Leslie, 7th Earl of Rothes appointed Chancellor 16 April 166720 June 1667in commissionJohn Leslie, 7th Earl of Rothes, Lord ChancellorJohn, Earl of LauderdaleJohn Hay, 2nd Earl of TweeddaleAlexander Bruce, 2nd Earl of KincardineJohn, Lord Cochrane (eldest son of Earl of Dundonald)Sir Robert Murray, Lord Justice Clerk1674in commissionJohn Leslie, 7th Earl of Rothes, Lord ChancellorJohn, Earl of LauderdaleJohn, Earl of DundonaldColin, Earl of BalcarresHon Charles Maitland, Deputy Treasurer and Master of the Mint 1 May 1682William Douglas, Marquess of Queensberry, later Duke24 February 1686in commissionWilliam Douglas, Duke of Queensberry, James, Earl of Perth, Lord ChancellorWilliam, Duke of HamiltonJohn, Earl of Kintore, Treasurer DeputeGeorge, Viscount Tarbat, Lord Clerk RegisterHon William Drummond, after Viscount Strathallan1687in commissionJames, Earl of Perth, Lord ChancellorJohn, Marquess of Atholl, Lord Privy SealWilliam, Duke of Hamilton George, Duke of GordonJohn, Earl of TweeddaleColin, Earl of BalcarresGeorge, Viscount TarbatHon William Drummond, after Viscount Strathallan Richard, Viscount Maitland, eldest son to the Earl of Lauderdale, Treasurer Depute.1689in commissionWilliam, Earl of CrawfordJohn, Earl of CassilisJohn, Earl of TweeddaleDavid, Lord RuthvenHon Alexander Melville,