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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Sir_Robert_Harley.jpg/220px-Sir_Robert_Harley.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="363" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Sir_Robert_Harley.jpg/330px-Sir_Robert_Harley.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f1/Sir_Robert_Harley.jpg 2x" data-file-width="429" data-file-height="707" /></a><figcaption>Sir Robert Harley</figcaption></figure> <p><b>Sir Robert Harley</b> <span class="nobold noexcerpt nowraplinks" style="font-size:;"><span style="font-size: 85%;"><a href="/wiki/Knight_of_the_Bath_(1399%E2%80%931725)" class="mw-redirect" title="Knight of the Bath (1399–1725)">KB</a></span></span> (baptised 1 March 1579 – 6 November 1656) was an <a href="/wiki/England" title="England">English</a> statesman who served as <a href="/wiki/Master_of_the_Mint" title="Master of the Mint">Master of the Mint</a> for <a href="/wiki/Charles_I_of_England" title="Charles I of England">Charles I</a>. A devout <a href="/wiki/Puritan" class="mw-redirect" title="Puritan">Puritan</a>, he supported <a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_England" title="Parliament of England">Parliament</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Wars_of_the_Three_Kingdoms" title="Wars of the Three Kingdoms">Wars of the Three Kingdoms</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-hop_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hop-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Life">Life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Robert_Harley_(1579%E2%80%931656)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>He was the son of Thomas Harley of <a href="/wiki/Brampton_Bryan_Castle" title="Brampton Bryan Castle">Brampton Bryan Castle</a> in <a href="/wiki/Herefordshire" title="Herefordshire">Herefordshire</a> and his wife Margaret, daughter of Sir <a href="/wiki/Andrew_Corbet_(died_1578)" title="Andrew Corbet (died 1578)">Andrew Corbet</a>. He entered <a href="/wiki/Oriel_College,_Oxford" title="Oriel College, Oxford">Oriel College, Oxford</a> in 1595, earning a BA in 1599. He entered <a href="/wiki/Middle_Temple" title="Middle Temple">Middle Temple</a> in 1599. He was invested as a <a href="/wiki/Knight_of_the_Bath" class="mw-redirect" title="Knight of the Bath">Knight of the Bath</a> on 25 July 1603.<sup id="cite_ref-hop_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hop-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After his first marriage in 1603, he served in various local offices in Herefordshire and <a href="/wiki/Radnorshire" title="Radnorshire">Radnorshire</a>, including representing <a href="/wiki/Radnor_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Radnor (UK Parliament constituency)">Radnor</a> in <a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_England" title="Parliament of England">Parliament</a> in 1604, <a href="/wiki/Herefordshire_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Herefordshire (UK Parliament constituency)">Herefordshire</a> in 1624 and 1626 and <a href="/wiki/Evesham_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Evesham (UK Parliament constituency)">Evesham</a> in 1628. In 1623 he had married <a href="/wiki/Brilliana,_Lady_Harley" title="Brilliana, Lady Harley">Brilliana</a>, daughter of Sir <a href="/wiki/Edward_Conway,_1st_Viscount_Conway" title="Edward Conway, 1st Viscount Conway">Edward Conway</a>, one of the <a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_(England)" title="Secretary of State (England)">Secretaries of State</a>, and acted as his aide in Parliament. He was rewarded for this by being appointed <a href="/wiki/Master_of_the_Mint" title="Master of the Mint">Master of the Mint</a>. He was deprived of this office in 1635 but reinstated in 1643. During this period, his attitude was more that of a country gentleman than of a courtier. </p><p>In religion (like Brilliana), Harley was a <a href="/wiki/Puritan" class="mw-redirect" title="Puritan">puritan</a>, taking an anti-<a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic" class="mw-redirect" title="Roman Catholic">Catholic</a> and later also anti-<a href="/wiki/Arminian" class="mw-redirect" title="Arminian">Arminian</a> line. He was successively elected to both <a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_England" title="Parliament of England">Parliaments</a> in 1640 (<a href="/wiki/Short_Parliament" title="Short Parliament">Short Parliament</a> and <a href="/wiki/Long_Parliament" title="Long Parliament">Long Parliament</a>), where he opposed <a href="/wiki/Ship_money" title="Ship money">ship money</a>, <a href="/wiki/Laudian" class="mw-redirect" title="Laudian">Laudian</a> ecclesiastical innovations and the <a href="/wiki/Bishops_Wars" class="mw-redirect" title="Bishops Wars">Scottish War</a>. This led him to join the Parliamentary party. Harley was in charge of the Committee for the Demolition of Monuments of Superstition and Idolatry, and presided over the destruction of a great deal of religious art and architecture.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He was an active member of that party both in Parliament and in Herefordshire, <a href="/wiki/Brampton_Bryan_Castle" title="Brampton Bryan Castle">Brampton Bryan Castle</a> undergoing siege in 1643 and 1644. On 30 September 1642, Parliamentarians led by Harley and <a href="/wiki/Henry_Grey,_1st_Earl_of_Stamford" title="Henry Grey, 1st Earl of Stamford">Henry Grey, 1st Earl of Stamford</a> occupied <a href="/wiki/Hereford" title="Hereford">Hereford</a> without opposition.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In December, they withdrew to <a href="/wiki/Gloucester" title="Gloucester">Gloucester</a> because of the presence in the area of a <a href="/wiki/Cavalier" title="Cavalier">Royalist</a> army under <a href="/wiki/Edward_Somerset,_2nd_Marquess_of_Worcester" title="Edward Somerset, 2nd Marquess of Worcester">Lord Herbert</a>. </p><p>His support for reconciliation with the king led to his being excluded from the <a href="/wiki/British_House_of_Commons" class="mw-redirect" title="British House of Commons">House of Commons</a> in <a href="/wiki/Pride%27s_Purge" title="Pride's Purge">Pride's Purge</a>. He and his son <a href="/wiki/Edward_Harley_(Parliamentarian)" title="Edward Harley (Parliamentarian)">Edward</a>, a colonel in the Parliamentarian army, were imprisoned until after the king's execution. He resigned as <a href="/wiki/Master_of_the_Mint" title="Master of the Mint">Master of the Mint</a> in May 1649 and took no further part in politics. </p><p>He left several sons, his heir <a href="/wiki/Edward_Harley_(Parliamentarian)" title="Edward Harley (Parliamentarian)">Edward</a> being the father of <a href="/wiki/Anne,_Queen_of_Great_Britain" title="Anne, Queen of Great Britain">Queen Anne</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Lord_Treasurer" class="mw-redirect" title="Lord Treasurer">Lord Treasurer</a>, <a href="/wiki/Robert_Harley,_1st_Earl_of_Oxford_and_Mortimer" class="mw-redirect" title="Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford and Mortimer">Robert Harley</a>, who was raised to the peerage as the <a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Oxford_and_Earl_Mortimer" title="Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer">Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Robert_Harley_(1579%E2%80%931656)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-hop-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-hop_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-hop_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1604-1629/member/harley-sir-robert-1579-1656">"HARLEY, Sir Robert (1579-1656), of Brampton Bryan, Herefs.; Stanage Lodge, Herefs. and Aldermanbury, London"</a>. History of Parliament Online.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=HARLEY%2C+Sir+Robert+%281579-1656%29%2C+of+Brampton+Bryan%2C+Herefs.%3B+Stanage+Lodge%2C+Herefs.+and+Aldermanbury%2C+London&rft.pub=History+of+Parliament+Online&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.historyofparliamentonline.org%2Fvolume%2F1604-1629%2Fmember%2Fharley-sir-robert-1579-1656&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARobert+Harley+%281579%E2%80%931656%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Julie Spraggon, <i><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/1349283/1/340127.pdf">Puritan Iconoclasm in England 1640-1660</a></i>, University of London, 2000</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Ron Shoesmith,<i>The Civil War in Hereford</i> (Logaston Press, Almeley, Herefordshire), pp.40 47.</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sources">Sources</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Robert_Harley_(1579%E2%80%931656)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Sources"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jacqueline_Eales" title="Jacqueline Eales">Jacqueline Eales</a>, 'Harley, Sir Robert (1579–1656)' <i><a href="/wiki/Oxford_Dictionary_of_National_Biography" class="mw-redirect" title="Oxford Dictionary of National Biography">Oxford Dictionary of National Biography</a></i>, Oxford University Press, 2004 (article 12343).</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFCraig1953" class="citation book cs1">Craig, John (1953). <span class="id-lock-registration" title="Free registration required"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/minthistoryoflon0000crai"><i>The Mint: A History of the London Mint from A.D. 287 to 1948</i></a></span>. <a href="/wiki/Cambridge" title="Cambridge">Cambridge</a>, <a href="/wiki/England" title="England">England</a>: <a href="/wiki/Cambridge_University_Press" title="Cambridge University Press">Cambridge University Press</a>. pp. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/minthistoryoflon0000crai/page/143">143</a>–152. <a href="/wiki/ASIN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ASIN (identifier)">ASIN</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0000CIHG7">B0000CIHG7</a>.</cite><span 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Cranfield</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/Master_of_the_Mint" title="Master of the Mint">Master of the Mint</a> </b><br />1626–1635 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold">In Commission to <br /><a href="/wiki/Ralph_Freeman_(lawyer)" title="Ralph Freeman (lawyer)">Sir Ralph Freeman</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/Sir_Thomas_Aylesbury,_1st_Baronet" title="Sir Thomas Aylesbury, 1st Baronet">Sir Thomas Aylesbury</a></div> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold">In Commission to <br /><a href="/wiki/Ralph_Freeman_(lawyer)" title="Ralph Freeman (lawyer)">Sir Ralph Freeman</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/Sir_Thomas_Aylesbury,_1st_Baronet" title="Sir Thomas Aylesbury, 1st Baronet">Sir Thomas Aylesbury</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/Master_of_the_Mint" title="Master of the Mint">Master of the Mint</a> </b><br />1649–1649 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Aaron_Guerdon&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Aaron Guerdon (page does not exist)">Aaron Guerdon</a></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #cccccc"><a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_England" title="Parliament of England">Parliament of England</a> </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stephen_Price_(born_1572)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Stephen Price (born 1572) (page does not exist)">Stephen Price</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament" class="mw-redirect" title="Member of Parliament">Member of Parliament</a> for <a href="/wiki/Radnor_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Radnor (UK Parliament constituency)">Radnor</a> </b><br />1604–1611 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rowland_Meyrick_(MP)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Rowland Meyrick (MP) (page does not exist)">Rowland Meyrick</a></div> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/John_Scudamore,_1st_Viscount_Scudamore" title="John Scudamore, 1st Viscount Scudamore">Sir John Scudamore</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Fitzwilliam_Coningsby" title="Fitzwilliam Coningsby">Fitzwilliam Coningsby</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament" class="mw-redirect" title="Member of Parliament">Member of Parliament</a> for <a href="/wiki/Herefordshire_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Herefordshire 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style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Richard de Snowshill/Richard of Grimsby (1331)</li> <li>Henry de Bruselee and John Chichester (1351–?)</li> <li>Walter dei Bardi (1361–1361)</li> <li>John Chichester (1365–1367)</li> <li>Walter dei Bardi (1375–1391)</li> <li>John Wildeman (1391–1391)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Houses of <a href="/wiki/House_of_Lancaster" title="House of Lancaster">Lancaster</a> and <a href="/wiki/House_of_York" title="House of York">York</a><br />(1399–1485)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Richard Garner (1411–1414)</li> <li>Sir Lewis John (1413–1414)</li> <li>Sir Lewis John (1418–1420)</li> <li>Bartholomew Goldbeter (1421–1432)</li> <li>John Paddesley (1435–1446)</li> <li>Robert Manfield (1446–1459)</li> <li>Sir Richard Tonstall (1459–1461)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Hastings,_1st_Baron_Hastings" title="William Hastings, 1st Baron Hastings">William Hastings</a> (1461–April 1483)</li> <li>Sir <a href="/wiki/Robert_Brackenbury" title="Robert Brackenbury">Robert Brackenbury</a> (April–June 1483)</li> <li>Sir <a href="/wiki/Robert_Brackenbury" title="Robert Brackenbury">Robert Brackenbury</a> (June 1483–1485)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/House_of_Tudor" title="House of Tudor">House of Tudor</a><br />(1485–1603)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Sir Giles Daubeney (1485–1490)</li> <li>Sir Bartholomew Reed and Robert Fenrother (1492–1498)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Blount,_4th_Baron_Mountjoy" title="William Blount, 4th Baron Mountjoy">4th Baron Mountjoy</a> (1509–1534)</li> <li>Ralph Rowlet/Sir <a href="/wiki/Martin_Bowes" title="Martin Bowes">Martin Bowes</a> (1543)</li> <li>Sir <a href="/wiki/Martin_Bowes" title="Martin Bowes">Martin Bowes</a> (1544)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_York_(Master_of_the_Mint)" title="John York (Master of the Mint)">Sir John York</a> (1547–1553)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Egerton_(mercer)" title="Thomas Egerton (mercer)">Thomas Egerton</a> (1553–1555)</li> <li>Sir <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Stanley_(Royal_Mint)" title="Thomas Stanley (Royal Mint)">Thomas Stanley</a> (1560–1571)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Lonyson" title="John Lonyson">John Lonyson</a> (1571–1582)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Martin_(Lord_Mayor_of_London)" title="Richard Martin (Lord Mayor of London)">Sir Richard Martin</a> (1582–1603)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/House_of_Stuart" title="House of Stuart">House of Stuart</a><br />(1603–1649)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Martin_(Lord_Mayor_of_London)" title="Richard Martin (Lord Mayor of London)">Sir Richard Martin</a> (1603–1609)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edward_Villiers_(Master_of_the_Mint)" title="Edward Villiers (Master of the Mint)">Sir Edward Villiers</a> (1617–1623)</li> <li>Sir <a href="/w/index.php?title=Randal_Cranfield&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Randal Cranfield (page does not exist)">Randal Cranfield</a> (1623–1626)</li> <li>Sir <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Robert Harley</a> (1626–1635)</li> <li>Sir <a href="/wiki/Ralph_Freeman_(lawyer)" title="Ralph Freeman (lawyer)">Ralph Freeman</a>/Sir <a href="/wiki/Sir_Thomas_Aylesbury,_1st_Baronet" title="Sir Thomas Aylesbury, 1st Baronet">Thomas Aylesbury</a> (1635–1643)</li> <li>Sir <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Robert Harley</a> (1643–1649)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Interregnum_(1649%E2%80%931660)" class="mw-redirect" 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(1662–1667)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_Slingsby_(Master_of_the_Mint)" title="Henry Slingsby (Master of the Mint)">Henry Slingsby</a> (1667–1680)</li> <li>Sir <a href="/wiki/Buckworth-Herne-Soame_baronets" title="Buckworth-Herne-Soame baronets">John Buckworth</a>/<a href="/wiki/Charles_Duncombe_(English_banker)" title="Charles Duncombe (English banker)">Charles Duncombe</a>/<a href="/w/index.php?title=James_Hoare_(gold_merchant)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="James Hoare (gold merchant) (page does not exist)">James Hoare</a> (1680–1684)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Neale" title="Thomas Neale">Thomas Neale</a>/<a href="/wiki/Charles_Duncombe_(Lord_Mayor_of_the_City_of_London)" class="mw-redirect" title="Charles Duncombe (Lord Mayor of the City of London)">Charles Duncombe</a>/<a href="/w/index.php?title=James_Hoare_(gold_merchant)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="James Hoare (gold merchant) (page does not exist)">James Hoare</a> (1684–1686)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Neale" title="Thomas Neale">Thomas Neale</a> (1686–1699)</li> <li>Sir <a href="/wiki/Isaac_Newton" title="Isaac Newton">Isaac Newton</a> (1700–1714)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/House_of_Hanover" title="House of Hanover">House of Hanover</a><br />(1714–1901)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Sir <a href="/wiki/Isaac_Newton" title="Isaac Newton">Isaac Newton</a> (1714–1727)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Conduitt" title="John Conduitt">John Conduitt</a> (1727–1737)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Arundell_(died_1758)" title="Richard Arundell (died 1758)">Hon. Richard Arundell</a> (1737–1745)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Chetwynd,_3rd_Viscount_Chetwynd" title="William Chetwynd, 3rd Viscount Chetwynd">3rd Viscount Chetwynd</a> (1745–1769)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Cadogan,_1st_Earl_Cadogan" title="Charles Cadogan, 1st Earl Cadogan">1st Earl Cadogan</a> (1769–1784)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Howard,_3rd_Earl_of_Effingham" title="Thomas Howard, 3rd Earl of Effingham">3rd Earl of Effingham</a> (1784–1789)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Philip_Stanhope,_5th_Earl_of_Chesterfield" title="Philip Stanhope, 5th Earl of Chesterfield">5th Earl of Chesterfield</a> (1789–1790)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Townshend,_2nd_Marquess_Townshend" title="George Townshend, 2nd Marquess Townshend">2nd Marquess Townshend</a> (1790–1794)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sir_George_Yonge,_5th_Baronet" title="Sir George Yonge, 5th Baronet">Sir George Yonge</a> (1794–1799)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Jenkinson,_2nd_Earl_of_Liverpool" title="Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool">2nd Earl of Liverpool</a> (1799–1801)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Perceval,_2nd_Baron_Arden" title="Charles Perceval, 2nd Baron Arden">2nd Baron Arden</a> (1801–1802)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Smyth_(1748%E2%80%931811)" title="John Smyth (1748–1811)">John Smyth</a> (1802–1804)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_Bathurst,_3rd_Earl_Bathurst" title="Henry Bathurst, 3rd Earl Bathurst">3rd Earl Bathurst</a> (1804–1806)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lord_Charles_Spencer" title="Lord Charles Spencer">Lord Charles Spencer</a> (1806)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Bathurst" title="Charles Bathurst">Charles Bathurst</a> (1806–1807)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_Bathurst,_3rd_Earl_Bathurst" title="Henry Bathurst, 3rd Earl Bathurst">3rd Earl Bathurst</a> (1807–1812)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Trench,_2nd_Earl_of_Clancarty" title="Richard Trench, 2nd Earl of Clancarty">2nd Earl of Clancarty</a> (1812–1814)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Wellesley-Pole,_3rd_Earl_of_Mornington" title="William Wellesley-Pole, 3rd Earl of Mornington">3rd Earl of Mornington</a> (1814–1823)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Wallace,_1st_Baron_Wallace" title="Thomas Wallace, 1st Baron Wallace">1st Baron Wallace</a> (1823–1827)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Tierney" title="George Tierney">George Tierney</a> (1827–1828)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Charles_Herries" title="John Charles Herries">John Charles Herries</a> (1828–1830)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Eden,_1st_Earl_of_Auckland" title="George Eden, 1st Earl of Auckland">1st Earl of Auckland</a> (1830–1834)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Abercromby,_1st_Baron_Dunfermline" title="James Abercromby, 1st Baron Dunfermline">1st Baron Dunfermline</a> (1834–1835)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alexander_Baring,_1st_Baron_Ashburton" title="Alexander Baring, 1st Baron Ashburton">1st Baron Ashburton</a> (1835)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_Labouchere,_1st_Baron_Taunton" title="Henry Labouchere, 1st Baron Taunton">1st Baron Taunton</a> 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