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The Lord High Treasurer of Ireland was the head of the Exchequer of Ireland, and chief financial officer of the Kingdom of Ireland. The designation High was added in 1695.

After the Acts of Union 1800 created the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Consolidated Fund Act 1816 merged the Irish Inferior Exchequer into the British Treasury with effect from 1817.

The act also mandated that the post of Lord High Treasurer of Ireland could only be held together with the post of Treasurer of the Exchequer, with the person holding both being Lord High Treasurer. If no person is appointed to the combined positions, then the Lord High Treasurer of Ireland is placed in commission and represented by the Lords Commissioners of the Treasury, as has been the case continuously since 1816.

The Superior Irish Exchequer, or Court of Exchequer, remained, led by the Chief Baron of the Irish Exchequer.

Lord Treasurers of Ireland 1217–1695

  • 1217–1232: John de St John, Bishop of Ferns
  • 1232–1233: Peter de Rivaux
  • 1233–1235: Eustace, Canon of Chichester
  • 1235–1250: Geoffrey de Turville, Bishop of Ossory
  • 1251–1258: Hugh de Mapilton, Bishop of Ossory
  • 1258–1274: Hugh de Tachmon, or Taghmon, Bishop of Meath
  • 1274–1277: Stephen de Fulbourn, Bishop of Waterford
  • 1277–1278: Robert de Poer
  • 1278–1281: Stephen de Fulbourn
  • 1281–1289: Hugh, Bishop of Meath
  • 1289–1294: Nicholas de Clere, or le Clerk
  • 1294–1300: Sir William de Essendon, also called de Estdene or Eastdene
  • 1300–1304: Richard de Beresford
  • 1304–1305: Sir William de Essendon, also called de Estdene or Eastdene
  • 1305–1307: Richard de Beresford
  • 1307–1312: Alexander de Bicknor
  • 1312–1315: John de Leche
  • 1315–1316:Walter de Islip
  • 1316–1317: John de Hotham
  • 1317–1325:Walter de Islip
  • 1325–1326: Adam de Harvington
  • 1326:Walter de Islip
  • 1326–1330: Robert FitzEustace
  • 1330–1332:Robert le Poer
  • 1332–1334: Sir Thomas de Burgh
  • 1334–1336: William de Cogan
  • 1336–1337: Sir John Ellitker
  • 1337–1340: John ap Rees/Rice
  • 1340–1344: Hugh de Burgh
  • 1344–1348: John de Burnham, Canon of St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin
  • 1348–1349:Robert de Emeldon
  • 1349-1350: Nicholas Allen, Abbot of St Thomas the Martyr, later Bishop of Meath
  • 1350–1354: Hugh de Burgh
  • 1354–1356: William de Bromley
  • 1356–1357: John Colton, Dean of St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin and later Archbishop of Armagh
  • 1357–1361: Nicholas Allen, Bishop of Meath
  • 1361–1362: William Chernels, Bishop of Ferns
  • 1362–1364: Thomas Minot, Prior of Mulhuddart and later Archbishop of Dublin
  • 1364–1371: John de Troye, Chancellor of St Patrick's Cathedral
  • 1371–1372: Stephen de Valle, or Wall, Bishop of Meath
  • 1372–1374: Alexander de Balscot, Bishop of Ossory
  • 1374–1375: John Colton second term
  • 1375–1376: Thomas Scurlock, Abbot of St Thomas the Martyr, Dublin
  • 1376–1385: Alexander de Balscot, Bishop of Ossory
  • 1385–1386: William de Chambre, Archdeacon of Dublin
  • 1386–1388: Robert Crick
  • 1388–1392: Richard White, Prior of Kilmainham
  • 1392–1393: Richard Mitford, Bishop of Chichester
  • 1393–1394: John de Thorpe
  • 1394–1395: Richard Mitford, Bishop of Chichester
  • 1395–1396: Stephen, Abbot of St Mary's Abbey, Dublin
  • 1396–1397: William Baltham
  • 1397–1398: Richard Mitford, Bishop of Salisbury
  • 1398–1399: Richard Macclesfield
  • 1399–1400: Robert de Faryngton, or de Farrington
  • 1400–1402: Thomas Bache, Archdeacon of Meath
  • 1402–1409: Sir Laurence Merbury
  • 1409–1412: Sir William Alington, later Treasurer of Normandy and Speaker of the House of Commons(1429)
  • 1412–1413: Sir Laurence Merbury
  • 1413–1414: Hugh de Burgh
  • 1414–1415: John Coryngham
  • 1415–1417: Hugh de Burgh
  • 1417–1421: John Swift
  • 1421: Sir Thomas Strange
  • 1421–1424: William Tynbegh
  • 1424–1426: Hugh Banent
  • 1426: Edward Dantsey, Bishop of Meath
  • 1426–1427: John Blackston
  • 1427–1429: Sir Nicholas Plunket
  • 1429: Thomas de Barry, Bishop of Ossory
  • 1429: Sir Nicholas Plunket
  • 1429–1430: Thomas Scurlock, Prior of St Peter's, near Trim
  • 1430–1437: Sir Thomas Strange
  • 1437–1444: Giles Thorndon
  • 1444–1445: William Chevir or Cheevers
  • 1445–1446: Robert Dyke, Archdeacon of Dublin
  • 1446–1450: Giles Thorndon
  • 1450–1452: John Blackston
  • 1452–1454: Sir Henry Bruin
  • 1454–1492: Sir Rowland FitzEustace (with Sir John Wenlock 1461–1471)
  • 1492–1494: Sir James Ormond
  • 1494–1504: Sir Hugh Conway
  • 1504–1514: Gerald FitzGerald
  • 1514–1517: Christopher Fleming, 8th Baron Slane
  • 1517–1524: John Rawson, Prior of Kilmainham (later Viscount Clontarf)
  • 1524–1530: John Barnewall, 3rd Baron Trimlestown
  • 1530–1532: John Rawson, Prior of Kilmainham
  • 1532–1540: James Butler, Lord Butler
  • 1540–1542: James Butler
  • 1542–1553: James FitzGerald, 14th/15th Earl of Desmond
  • 1553: Sir Edmund Rouse
  • 1553–1558: James FitzGerald, 14th/15th Earl of Desmond
  • 1559–1614: Thomas Butler, 10th Earl of Ormonde
  • 1616–1625: Arthur Chichester, 1st Baron Chichester
  • 1625–1630: Oliver St John, 1st Viscount Grandison
  • 1631–1643: Richard Boyle, 1st Earl of Cork
  • 1643–1660: Interregnum
  • 1660–1695: Richard Boyle, 2nd Earl of Cork

Lord High Treasurers of Ireland 1695–1793

Commissioners of the Treasury for Ireland 1793–1817

Vice-Treasurers of Ireland

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