Master of the Mint was an important office in the British government between the 16th and 19th centuries. The Master was the highest officer in the royal mint. Until 1699, appointment was usually for life. Its holder occasionally sat in the cabinet. The office was abolished as an independent position in 1870, thereafter being held as a subsidiary office of the Chancellor of the Exchequer
Richard Le Poer Trench, 2nd Earl of Clancarty 1812-1814
William Wellesley-PoleWilliam Wellesley-Pole, 3rd Earl of Mornington ( 1763 1845) was an Irish politician and an elder brother of the Duke of Wellington. Career He was educated at Eton ( 1774 1776) before entering the Royal Navy, where he served between 1778 and 1782. A Tory, (later 1st Baron Maryborough) 1814-1823
George Tierney 1827-1828
John Charles HerriesJohn Charles Herries ( 1778 1855) was an English politician and financier and a frequent member of Tory and Conservative cabinets in the early to mid 19th century. Herries was Secretary to the Treasury ( 1823 1827), Chancellor of the Exchequer in Lord God 1828-1830
George Eden, 2nd Baron AucklandGeorge Eden, 1st Earl of Auckland, 2nd Baron Auckland ( 1784 January 1, 1849), until 1839 was a politician of the United Kingdom. He was the son of the first Baron Auckland. He studied at the University of Oxford and was admitted to the bar in 1809. On th 1830-1834