Talk:First Lord of the Treasury

message: Perhaps this page should be merged with HM Treasury and the list of First Lords of the Treasury moved to somewhere else. Any opinions? Mintguy 09:12, 3 Sep 2003 (UTC)
replies: text: It should definitely be merged with HM Treasury; the two pages being essentially duplicates. Andrew Yong 13:22, 5 Oct 2003 (UTC)
thread_title: Merge and Separate?

message: Why does the article say that 10 Downing Street if the Offical Residence of the Prime Minister? The '10 Downing Street' page (correctly) says it's the official residence of the First Lord of the Treasury. 10 Downing Street is not the official residence of the PM - if you think it is you might as well say it's the offical residence of the MP for Maidenhead. For many years this page correctly said that 10 Downing St. was the official residence of the first load of the treasury. Can someone please put this back?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 194.129.64.51 (talk) 13:03, 22 January 2018 (UTC)
thread_title: Residence?

message: What is the purpose of the colours on the left side of the list?  They're not explained anywhere. Fishhead64 17:33, 10 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: They stand for the parties. VM 05:51, 3 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Colours

message: Wasn't the 1st Duke of Wellington during the Caretaker Government of 1834 (Nov-Dec.) also 1st Lord of the Treasury? VM 05:51, 3 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: 1st Duke of Wellington, 1834

message: Was Prime Minister Maggie Thatcher "First Lady of the Treasury?  —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 69.141.82.126 (talk) 22:12:12, August 19, 2007 (UTC) 
:No, she was First Lord of the Treasury. --Zundark (talk) 08:55, 17 December 2019 (UTC)
thread_title: Mrs. Thatcher - "First Lady"?

message: This article doesn't actually say what the powers associated with the office are - surely the most important part? Would anyone be able to set out what they are, and (therefore) why the PM always takes the position? Art Markham (talk) 11:55, 6 February 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Powers 

message: I have looked at the external website and it does not look like anything that should be on a blacklist.  I would actually consider the site a reliable source under most circumstances, due to its editorial policy.  Should this site get white-listed?  What do others think? Nutster (talk) 04:28, 3 October 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Blacklist? 

message: I think James Waldegrave, 2nd Earl Waldegrave inclusion on this list is dubious. On the article for him it states "Lord Waldegrave is not usually counted as Prime Minister or First Lord of the Treasury, but as he was, he is sometimes regarded as the second-shortest-serving Prime Minister in British history." Also if he is included should William Pulteney, 1st Earl of Bath not also be added for his 2 day term (See Short-lived ministry)? Personally I think the case for both is weak, but think having one without the other is very inconsistent. Dunarc (talk) 19:16, 30 March 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: There's no reason to have one and not the other, and the argument for not counting them as PM doesn't apply to 1st Lord. I've added William Pulteney, 1st Earl of Bath. Richard75 (talk) 12:58, 20 October 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  James Waldegrave, 2nd Earl Waldegrave 

message: There is a descripancy between this article and Lords Commissioners of the Treasury. The latter article states:
"It is commonly thought that the Lords Commissioners of HM Treasury serve as commissioners for exercising the office of Lord High Treasurer, however this is not true. The confusion arises because both offices used to be held by the same individual at the same time."
This is contradicted in this article. Which is it? 101090ABC (talk) 16:57, 4 October 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: Neither. The office of Lord High Treasurer is vacant, and the office of Treasurer of the Exchequer is in commission. See the article Lord High Treasurer#Origins. Richard75 (talk) 12:48, 20 October 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Descripancy between articles