In the United Kingdom, there are several Secretaries to the Treasury, who are junior Treasury Ministers nominally acting as secretaries to HM Treasury. The origins of the office are unclear, although it probably originated during Lord Burghley's tenure as Lord Treasurer in the 16th century. The number of secretaries was expanded to two by 1714 at the latest.

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  • United States Secretary of the Treasury
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  • In the United Kingdom, there are several Secretaries to the Treasury, who are junior Treasury Ministers nominally acting as secretaries to HM Treasury. The origins of the office are unclear, although it probably originated during Lord Burghley's tenure as Lord Treasurer in the 16th century. The number of secretaries was expanded to two by 1714 at the latest. (The Prime Minister remains First Lord of the Treasury, and this is the official title on the door to 10 Downing Street; the junior Lords of the Treasury are in fact Government Whips, and not Treasury Ministers. ) The Treasury Ministers together discharge all the former functions of the Lord Treasurer, which are nowadays nominally vested in the Lords Commissioners of the Treasury. The Chancellor is the senior treasury minister, followed by a Minister of State, then the secretaries: Chief Secretary to the Treasury, Financial Secretary to the Treasury, Economic Secretary to the Treasury and, at present,Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury and Financial Services Secretary to the Treasury. One of the present-day secretaries, the Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury, commonly known as the Patronage Secretary, is the Government Chief Whip in the House of Commons. This is because the Chief Whip is a political appointment rather than a government one, so the holder of the position is also required to hold a government offfice in order to attend cabinet. As with the Permanaent Secretary to every Government Department, the Permanent Secretary to the Treasury, is not a minister but is the senior Treasury civil servant.
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  • In the United Kingdom, there are several Secretaries to the Treasury, who are junior Treasury Ministers nominally acting as secretaries to HM Treasury. The origins of the office are unclear, although it probably originated during Lord Burghley's tenure as Lord Treasurer in the 16th century. The number of secretaries was expanded to two by 1714 at the latest.
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  • Secretary to the Treasury
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