The Treasurer-depute was a senior post in the pre-Union government of Scotland. It was the equivalent of the English post of Chancellor of the Exchequer.
Originally a deputy to the Treasurer, the Treasurer-depute became a distinct Crown appointment in the early 17th century.. Although originally serving as a deputy to the Treasurer, the office-holder gained independent membership in the Privy Council in 1587, before the position became a distinct Crown appointment in the early 17th century. and sat in the Parliament of Scotland as a Great Officer of State in 1593 and from 1617 onwards.
List of treasurers-depute
1547 James Forrester 1584: Sir Robert Melville 1604–1610: Sir John Arnot 1610–1621: Gideon Murray 1622–1631: Archibald Napier, 1st Lord Napier 1631–?: John Stewart, 1st Earl of Traquair 1636-1649: Sir James Carmichael 1661–1671: William Bellenden, 1st Lord Bellenden 1671–1682?: Charles Maitland, Lord Haltoun 1682–1684: John Drummond 1684–1686?: John Keith, 1st Earl of Kintore 1687–1689: Richard Maitland, Viscount Maitland 1690–1698: Alexander Melville, Lord Raith 1699–1703: Adam Cockburn of Ormiston, Lord Ormiston 1703: David Boyle, 1st Earl of Glasgow