Talk:First Lord of the Treasury

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Is this page getting too long? I wanted to try to list all of the Commissioners of the Treasury for as long as I have lists of them (up to 1892), and then at least list the First Lord and the CHancellor of the Exchequer thereafter, up to the present. But now it's giving me the "32 K, hard to edit" deal. I'm not sure how I could break it up to make it of reasonable length. What do others think?

john 07:45 30 May 2003 (UTC)
I think it might be good to part the list out into its own article, if only because the other text has a lot of room to grow. Hephaestos 07:48 30 May 2003 (UTC)

Yes, that's true. But what ought that article to be called. List of Lord Treasurers and Commissioners of the Treasury, or some such? john 08:35 30 May 2003 (UTC)

Okay, I've broken off the list onto two separate pages, and replaced it with a shorter list (mostly duplicating the Prime Minister list, but not quite). I've also acquired from the library a history of the treasury, which I shall take a look at and try to use to add more description of the treasury's function through the years. john 23:05 30 May 2003 (UTC)

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)


It should definitely be merged with HM Treasury; the two pages being essentially duplicates. Andrew Yong 13:22, 5 Oct 2003 (UTC)

[edit] Colours

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)

They stand for the parties. VM 05:51, 3 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] 1st Duke of Wellington, 1834

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)

[edit] Mrs. Thatcher - "First Lady"?

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)