Comptroller of Scotland


The Comptroller of Scotland was a post in the pre-Union government of Scotland.
The Treasurer and Comptroller had originated in 1425 when the Chamberlain's financial functions were transferred to them.
From 1466 the Comptroller had sole responsibility for financing the royal household to which certain revenues were appropriated, with the Treasurer being responsible for the remaining revenue and other expenditure.
The offices of Lord High Treasurer, Comptroller, Collector-General and Treasurer of the New Augmentation were held by the same person from 1610 onwards, but their separate titles survived the effective merging of their functions in 1635. From 1667 to 1682 the Treasury was in commission, and again from 1686 to 1708, when the separate Scottish Treasury was abolished. From 1690 the Crown nominated one person to sit in Parliament as Treasurer.

Comptrollers of Scotland