Master of the Mint

Name 	Entered office 	Left office 	Party 	Notes
John Lonyson 	18 April 1572 	21 August 1582 	 	
Richard Martinfrom 1592, Sir Richard Martin 	21 August 1582 	28 September 1599	 	
Sir Richard Martin and Richard Martin 	28 September 1599	1616 	 	
Richard Martin 	1616 	July 1617 	 	
Sir Edward Villiers 	23 December 1617 	11 July 1623 	 	
Sir Randal Cranfield 	11 July 1623 	25 December 1635 	 	disputed with Sir Robert Harley from 1626
Sir Robert Harley 	12 September 1626	3 August 1635 	 	
in commission 	3 August 1635 	5 May 1643 	 	
Sir Robert Harley 	6 May 1643 	15 May 1649 	 	Parliamentary
Aaron Guerdon 	16 May 1649 	30 November 1653 	 	parliamentary
Sir Ralph Freeman 	9 July 1660 	20 December 1662 	 	
Sir Ralph Freeman and Henry Slingsby 	31 December 1662 	12 June 1667 	 	
Henry Slingsby 	12 June 1667 	14 July 1680 	 	
in commission 	15 July 1680 	20 July 1686 	 	
Thomas Neale 	20 April 1686 	December 1699 	 	
Isaac Newtonfrom 1705, Sir Isaac Newton 	3 February 1700 	20 March 1727 	 	
John Conduitt 	14 April 1727 	23 May 1737 	 	
Richard Arundell 	23 June 1737 	3 January 1745 	 	
William Chetwyndfrom 1776, the Lord Cadogan'' 	31 May 1769 	27 January 1784 	 	
The Earl of Effingham 	27 January 1784 	15 September 1789	Tory 	
Philip Stanhope, 5th Earl of Chesterfield 	15 September 1789	17 April 1790 	Tory 	
The Earl of Leicester 	17 April 1790 	28 July 1794 	Tory 	
Sir George Yonge 	28 July 1794 	12 August 1799 	Tory 	
Lord Hawkesbury 	12 August 1799 	18 April 1801 	Tory 	
The Lord Arden 	18 April 1801 	1 July 1802 	Tory 	
John Smyth 	1 July 1802 	7 July 1804 	Tory 	
The Earl Bathurst 	7 July 1804 	20 February 1806 	Tory 	
Lord Charles Spencer 	20 February 1806 	27 October 1806 	Whig 	
Charles Bathurst 	27 October 1806 	March 1807 	Tory 	
The Earl Bathurst 	March 1807 	June 1812 	Tory 	
The Earl of Clancarty 	June 1812 	September 1814 	Tory 	
William Wellesley-Polefrom 17 July 1821, the Lord Maryborough	28 September 1814	9 October 1823 	Tory 	
Thomas Wallace 	9 October 1823 	29 May 1827 	Tory 	
George Tierney 	29 May 1827 	12 February 1828 	Whig 	
John Herries 	12 February 1828 	14 December 1830 	Tory 	
The Lord Auckland 	14 December 1830 	13 June 1834 	Whig 	
James Abercromby 	13 June 1834 	14 November 1834 	Whig 	
Alexander Baring 	23 December 1834 	8 April 1835 	Tory 	
Henry Labouchere 	25 April 1835 	30 August 1841 	Whig 	
William Gladstone 	9 September 1841 	12 February 1845 	Conservative	
Sir George Clerk 	12 February 1845 	27 June 1846 	Conservative	
Richard Sheil 	14 July 1846 	16 December 1850 	 	
Sir John Herschel 	16 December 1850 	27 April 1855 	 	
Thomas Graham 	27 April 1855 	11 September 1869	 	
Since 1870, the post has been held ex officio by the Chancellor of the Exchequer.