Sentence examples for First Lord of the Treasury from inspiring English sources

Some high officials of the cabinet have the word lord prefixed to their titles, e.g., First Lord of the Treasury (the prime minister), Lord High Chancellor, Lord President of the Council, and Lord Privy Seal.

After holding a number of ministerial appointments, Grenville was recommended to George III by Lord Bute to be his successor as first lord of the Treasury (prime minister).

In 1679 he was made first lord of the Treasury and a privy councillor.

He became first lord of the Treasury and chancellor of the Exchequer on October 11 , 1715

Never has he had kitchie-sups cooked for him by the First Lord of the Treasury.

For the next year Charles Watson-Wentworth, marquess of Rockingham, served as first lord of the treasury.

He remained prime minister during the "phony war" period of sporadic military action, taking into his war cabinet his foremost critic, Winston Churchill, as first lord of the Admiralty.

Beginning with Walpole, nearly all first lords of the Treasury have simultaneously held the title of prime minister (though the title was not made official until 1905), and the building has since become identified with the more familiar post.

After employing architect William Kent to join the house with a larger one behind it, Walpole took up occupancy in 1735 on the condition that the building also be made available to future first lords of the Treasury while in office.

Like Brown, the current second lord of the Treasury spreads his tentacles across Whitehall.

You would struggle to find a second lord of the Treasury who promised a flashy and opportunistic budget.