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Master of the Mint is a title within the Royal Mint given to the most senior person responsible for its operation. It was an office in the governments of Scotland and England , and later Great Britain and then the United Kingdom , between the 16th and 19th centuries.
Edward Villiers, born about 1585, was the second son of Sir George Villiers by his first wife, Audrey Saunders (d. 1587), the daughter and heir of William Saunders (d. 14 July 1582) of Harrington, Northamptonshire, [1] by Frances Zouche, the daughter of William Zouche of Bulwick, Northamptonshire, son of John Zouche, 7th Baron Zouche (c.1440-1527) of Harringworth, [2] who fought for King ...
In 1544 he was appointed assay master to the Mint. In 1547 he was promoted to be Master of the Mint at Southwark, established in the former mansion of Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk. In 1549, he was sheriff of London. In October of this year the quarrel had broken out between the Protector Somerset and John Dudley, Earl of Warwick.
Sir Charles William Fremantle KCB JP FRSA (12 August 1834 – 8 October 1914) was a British governmental official who served 26 years as deputy master of the Royal Mint.As the chancellor of the exchequer was ex officio master of the Royal Mint beginning in 1870, Fremantle was its executive head for almost a quarter century.
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Sir Henry Slingsby (c.1621 – c.1688) was an English Master of the Mint. He was the third son of Sir William Slingsby of Kippax, West Yorkshire and was educated at Exeter College, Oxford. He was appointed Deputy Master of the Mint (based in the Tower of London) to Sir Ralph Freeman from 1662 to 1667 and sole Master from 1667 to 1680. Slingsby ...
Edward Villiers (Master of the Mint) (ca. 1585–1626), English political figure, highest officer of the Royal Mint; half-brother to George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham Edward Villiers (1620–1689) , member of English noble family; fourth son of Edward Villiers, Master of the Mint
He was appointed High Sheriff of Hampshire for 1665–66 and served in 1677 as a commissioner on an inquiry into the Royal Mint. He was a Commissioner of the Mint from 1684 to 1686 and Master of the Mint from 1686 to the date of his death, when he was succeeded by Sir Isaac Newton.