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The '''Treasurer-depute''' was 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 became a distinct Crown appointment in the early 17th century.. Although originally serving as a deputy to the Treasurer, the office-holder gained independent membership in the Privy Council in 1587, before the position became a distinct Crown appointment in the early 17th century. and sat in the Parliament of Scotland as a Great Officer of State in 1593 and from 1617 onwards.
== List of treasurers-depute == {{incomplete list|date=October 2012}} *1547 James Forrester *1584: Sir Robert Melville *1604–1610: Sir John Arnot *1610–1621: Gideon Murray *1622–1631: Archibald Napier, 1st Lord Napier *1631–?: John Stewart, 1st Earl of Traquair *1636-1649: Sir James Carmichael *1661–1671: William Bellenden, 1st Lord Bellenden *1671–1682?: Charles Maitland, Lord Haltoun *1682–1684: John Drummond *1684–1686?: John Keith, 1st Earl of Kintore *1687–1689: Richard Maitland, Viscount Maitland *1690–1698: Alexander Melville, Lord Raith *1699–1703: Adam Cockburn of Ormiston, Lord Ormiston *1703: David Boyle, 1st Earl of Glasgow
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