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

Masters of the Mint, 1572-1869

• John Lonyson 1571-1582
• Sir Richard Martin 1582-1599
• Sir Richard Martin and Richard Martin 1599-1616
• Sir Richard Martin 1616-1617
• Sir Edward Villiers 1617-1623
• Sir Randal Cranfield 1623-1626
• Sir Robert Harley 1626-1635
• Commission 1635-1643:
  • Sir Ralph Freeman
  • Sir Thomas Aylesbury
• Sir Robert Harley 1643-1649
• Aaron Guerdon 1649-1653
• Sir Ralph Freeman 1660-1662
• Sir Ralph Freeman and Henry Slingsby 1662-1667
• Henry Slingsby 1667-1680
• Commission 1680-1684
  • Sir John Buckworth
  • Charles Duncombe
  • James Hoare
• Commission 1684-1686
  • Thomas Neale
  • Charles Duncombe
  • James Hoare
• Thomas Neale 1686-1699
• Isaac Newton 1700-1727
• John Conduitt 1727-1737
• Richard Arundell 1737-1745
• William Richard Chetwynd (3rd Viscount Chetwynd in 1767) 1745-1769
• Charles Sloane Cadogan (3rd Baron Cadogan of Oakley in 1776) 1769-1784
• Thomas Howard, 3rd Earl of Effingham 1784-1789
• Philip Stanhope, 5th Earl of Chesterfield 1789-1790
• George Townshend, 1st Marquess Townshend 1790-1794
• Sir George Yonge 1794-1799
• Robert Banks Jenkinson, Lord Hawkesbury 1799-1801
• Charles George Perceval (1st Baron Arden in 1802) 1801-1802
• John Smyth 1802-1804
• Henry Bathurst, 3rd Earl Bathurst 1804-1806
• Lord Charles Spencer 1806
• Charles Bathurst 1806-1807
• Henry Bathurst, 3rd Earl Bathurst 1807-1812
• Richard Le Poer Trench, 2nd Earl of Clancarty 1812-1814
• William Wellesley-Pole (later 1st Baron Maryborough) 1814-1823
• George Tierney 1827-1828
• John Charles Herries 1828-1830
• George Eden, 2nd Baron Auckland 1830-1834
• James Abercromby 1834-1835
• Alexander Baring 1835
• Henry Labouchere 1835-1841
• William Ewart Gladstone 1841-1845
• Sir George Clerk 1845-1846
• Richard Lalor Sheil 1846-1850
• Sir John Herschel 1850-1855
• Thomas Graham 1855-1869