Lord High Treasurer

E11158

Crown office minister of the Crown political office

The Lord High Treasurer was a senior English and later British government official historically responsible for overseeing the kingdom’s finances and the royal treasury.

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All labels observed (11)

Label	Occurrences
Lord High Treasurer of England	35
Lord High Treasurer canonical	20
Lord Treasurer	5
Lord High Treasurer of Great Britain	4
Lord High Treasurer of Scotland	3
Lord Treasurer of Great Britain	2
Lord High Treasurer (acting)	1
Lord High Treasurer of the Realm	1
Lord Treasurer of England	1
Treasurer of England	1
Treasurer of the Exchequer	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T99045 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Lord High Treasurer
Context triple: [First Lord of the Treasury, precededBy, Lord High Treasurer]

A. Lord Privy Seal
The Lord Privy Seal is a senior ministerial office in the British government, historically responsible for the monarch’s privy seal but now largely a sinecure often combined with other cabinet duties.
B. Junior Lords of the Treasury
The Junior Lords of the Treasury are government whips in the British House of Commons who formally serve as subordinate Treasury ministers while primarily managing party discipline and parliamentary business.
C. Chancellor of the Exchequer
The Chancellor of the Exchequer is the British government minister responsible for overseeing the Treasury and managing the United Kingdom’s economic and financial policy.
D. First Lord of the Treasury
The First Lord of the Treasury is a senior British government office that has historically evolved into and is now typically held by the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
E. Usher of the Black Rod
The Usher of the Black Rod is a senior ceremonial officer in the United Kingdom responsible for maintaining order and performing formal duties in the House of Lords and at state occasions.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Lord High Treasurer
Target entity description: The Lord High Treasurer was a senior English and later British government official historically responsible for overseeing the kingdom’s finances and the royal treasury.

A. Lord Privy Seal
The Lord Privy Seal is a senior ministerial office in the British government, historically responsible for the monarch’s privy seal but now largely a sinecure often combined with other cabinet duties.
B. Junior Lords of the Treasury
The Junior Lords of the Treasury are government whips in the British House of Commons who formally serve as subordinate Treasury ministers while primarily managing party discipline and parliamentary business.
C. Chancellor of the Exchequer
The Chancellor of the Exchequer is the British government minister responsible for overseeing the Treasury and managing the United Kingdom’s economic and financial policy.
D. First Lord of the Treasury
The First Lord of the Treasury is a senior British government office that has historically evolved into and is now typically held by the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
E. Usher of the Black Rod
The Usher of the Black Rod is a senior ceremonial officer in the United Kingdom responsible for maintaining order and performing formal duties in the House of Lords and at state occasions.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Crown office ⓘ minister of the Crown ⓘ political office ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	England ⓘ Great Britain ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ
appointedBy	monarch of England ⓘ monarch of Great Britain ⓘ monarch of the United Kingdom ⓘ
associatedWith	Prime Minister of the United Kingdom ⓘ linked to: Prime Minister
belongsTo	Great Offices of State of England ⓘ linked to: Great Office of State Great Offices of State of the United Kingdom ⓘ
ceremonialBearer	white staff of office ⓘ
country	Kingdom of England ⓘ Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ
createdFor	centralization of royal financial administration ⓘ
hasJurisdictionOver	royal revenue courts ⓘ
hasPower	issue warrants for payment from the treasury ⓘ supervise accounting officers ⓘ
historicalFunction	chief financial minister of the Crown ⓘ control of government spending ⓘ head of the royal treasury ⓘ management of royal revenue ⓘ supervision of tax collection ⓘ
memberOf	Privy Council of England ⓘ linked to: Privy Council Privy Council of Great Britain ⓘ linked to: Privy Council Privy Council of the United Kingdom ⓘ linked to: Privy Council
officeHoldersCollectivelyKnownAs	Treasury ⓘ
oversees	Exchequer ⓘ linked to: HM Treasury
partOf	British government ⓘ linked to: UK government English government ⓘ linked to: Government of England
rank	Great Officer of State ⓘ
reportsTo	monarch ⓘ
responsibleFor	financial administration of the realm ⓘ public expenditure ⓘ revenue collection ⓘ royal finances ⓘ royal treasury ⓘ
seat	Court of Exchequer ⓘ
status	largely ceremonial in modern times ⓘ
style	The Right Honourable ⓘ
succeededBy	First Lord of the Treasury ⓘ Lords Commissioners of the Treasury ⓘ
symbolizes	control of the royal purse ⓘ
traditionallyHeldBy	peer of the realm ⓘ
traditionallyMemberOf	House of Lords ⓘ

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Referenced by (74)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

First Lord of the Treasury → precededBy → Lord High Treasurer ⓘ

First Lord of the Treasury → replaces → Lord High Treasurer ⓘ

Warden of the Royal Mint → subordinateTo → Lord High Treasurer of England ⓘ