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Henry Boyle had already been appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer of England in 1701. After the union with Scotland he absorbed the defunct role of Treasurer-Depute.

Chancellors of the Exchequer in the 18th Century

Image	Name of Chancellor and heraldic blazon
	Henry Boyle (later Baron Carleton), Chancellor 1707-1708 Escutcheon: Per bend embattled Argent and Gules a crescent for difference.
	Robert Hardy (later Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer), Chancellor 1710-1711 Escutcheon: Sable a bend cottised Or. Crest: A tower triple-towered Argent and issuant from the centre tower a demi-lion rampant Gules. Supporters: Two angels Proper habited and with wings displayed and inverted Or. Motto: Virtute Et Fide (By Virtue And Faith)
	Robert Benson (later Baron Bingley), Chancellor 1711-1713 Blazon not available
	Sir William Wyndham, Chancellor 1713-1714 Escutcheon: Azure a chevron between three lion's heads erased Or.
	Sir Richard Onslow, Chancellor 1714-1715 Escutcheon: Argent a fess Gules between six Cornish Choughs Proper. Crest: An eagle Sable preying on a partridge proper. Supporters: On either side a falcon close Proper belled Or. Motto: Festina Lente (Be Quick Without Impetuosity)
	Robert Walpole (later Earl of Orford), Chancellor 1715-1717 and 1721-1742 Escutcheon: Or on a fess between two chevrons Sable three cross-crosslets of the field. Crest: A Saracen's head in profile couped at the shoulders Proper ducally-crowned Or and from the coronet flowing a chapeau Rouge turned down in front tasselled and charged with a Catherine wheel Or. Motto: Sibi Constant (Be True Unto Oneself)
	James Stanhope, 1st Viscount Stanhope (later Earl Stanhope), Chancellor 1717-1718 Blazon not available
	John Aislabie, Chancellor 1718-1721 No arms known
	Samuel Sandys (later Baron Sandys), Chancellor 1742-1743 Blazon not available
	Henry Pelham, Chancellor 1743-1754 Escutcheon: Azure three pelicans argent vulning themselves in the breast Gules. Crest: A peacock in its pride Argent. Motto: Vincit Amor Patriæ (Love Of One's Country Prevails)
	Henry Bilson-Legge, Chancellor 1754–1755, 1756-1757 and 1757-1761 Escutcheon: Azure a stag's head caboshed Argent. The arms of his father William Legge, 1st Earl of Dartmouth.
	Sir George Lyttleton (later Baron Lyttleton), Chancellor 1755-1756 Escutcheon: Argent a chevron between three escallops Sable.'
	William Barrington, 2nd Viscount Barrington, Chancellor 1761-1762 Blazon not available
	Francis Dashwood (later Baron le Despencer), Chancellor 1762-1763 Blazon not available
	George Grenville, Chancellor 1763-1765 Escutcheon: Vert on a cross Argent five torteaux. Crest: A garb Vert. Motto: Repetens Exempla Suorum (Following The Example Set By Our Forbears)
	William Dowdeswell, Chancellor 1765-1766 No arms known
	Charles Townshend, Chancellor 1766-1767 Escutcheon: Azure a chevron Ermine between three escallops Argent. Crest: A stag statant Proper attired and unguled Or. Motto: Haec Generi Incrementa Fides (Faith Obtained These Honours For Our Race) The arms of his father Charles Townshend, 3rd Viscount Townshend.
	Frederick North, Lord North (later Earl of Guildford), Chancellor 1767-1782 Escutcheon: Azure a lion passant between three fleurs-de-lis Argent. Crest: A dragon's head erased Sable ducally-gorged and chained Or. Mottoes: La Vertu Est La Seule Noblesse (Virtue Is The Only Nobility); Animo Et Fide (With Courage And Faith)
	Lord John Cavendish, Chancellor 1782 and 1783 Escutcheon: Sable three buck's heads cabossed Argent. Crest: A serpent nowed Proper. Motto: Cavendo Tutus (Safe Through Caution) The arms of his father William Cavendish, 3rd Duke of Devonshire.
	William Pitt the Younger, Chancellor 1782-1783 and 1783-1801 Escutcheon: Sable a fess chequy Argent and Azure between three bezants with a crescent for difference. Crest: A stork Proper beaked and membered Or resting the dexter claw on an anchor erect cabled of the last. Motto: Benigno Numine (By Divine Providence)

Chancellors of the Exchequer in the 19th Century

Image	Name of Chancellor and heraldic blazon
	Henry Addington (later Viscount Sidmouth), Chancellor 1801-1804 Escutcheon: Per pale Ermine and Erminés a chevron charged with five lozenges counterchanged between three fleurs-de-lis Or. Crest: A cat-a-mountain sejant guardant Proper bezanty the dexter forepaw resting on an inescutcheon Azure charged with a mace erect surmounted with a regal crown Or within bordure engrailed Argent. Supporters: On either side a stag the dexter Erminés the sinister Ermine both attired and gorged with a chain pendant therefrom a key all Or. Motto: Libertas Sub Rege Pio (Liberty Under A Pious King)
	Lord Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice (later Marquess of Lansdowne), Chancellor 1806-1807 Escutcheon: 1st and 4th, Ermine, on a Bend Azure, a Magnetic Needle, pointing to the Polar Star Or (Petty); 2nd and 3rd, Argent, a Saltire Gules, and a Chief, Ermine (FitzMaurice). Crest: 1st, A Beehive beset with Bees volant proper (Petty). 2nd, A Centaur drawing a Bow and Arrow proper, the part below the waist Argent (FitzMaurice). Supporters: On either side, Pegasus Ermine, bridled crined winged and unguled Or, each charged on the shoulder with a Fleur-de-lis Azure.
	Spencer Perceval, Chancellor 1807-1812 Escutcheon: Argent on a chief indented Gules three crosses pattées of the field. Crests: A thistle Proper erect. Supporters: On either side an eagle volant Sable. Motto: Sub Cruce Candida (Under The Holy Cross) His supporters were taken from an ancestor Sir Roger de Perceval, who lived in the era of Edward I
	Nicholas Vansittart (later Baron Bexley), Chancellor 1812-1823 Escutcheon: Ermine an eagle displayed Sable on a chief Gules a ducal coronet or between two crosses patée Argent. Crest: 1st, A Beehive beset with Bees volant proper (Petty). 2nd, A Centaur drawing a Bow and Arrow proper, the part below the waist Argent (FitzMaurice). Supporters: Dexter a horse regardant Argent gorged with a ducal coronet Or and pendent therefrom by a gold chain a shield Sable charged with an ostrich feather Argent quilled and escrolled Gold (allusive to the badge or cognizance of John of Gaunt, duke of Lancaster). Sinister an eagle regardant wings elevated and displayed Sable gorged with a ducal coronet and pendent therefrom a portcullis Or. Motto: Grata Quies (Grateful Repose)

In 1916 Vansittart replaced William Vesey-FitzGerald as Chancellor of the Exchequer of Ireland. In 1817 the two offices were merged and he continued as Chancellor of the Exchequer of the United Kingdom.