Editing HM Treasury (section)

=== Chancellor of the Exchequer ===
{{main|Chancellor of the Exchequer}}
Although the Kingdoms of [[Kingdom of Great Britain|Great Britain]] and [[Kingdom of Ireland|Ireland]] had been united by the [[Acts of Union 1800]], the exchequers of the two kingdoms were not consolidated until 1817 under the [[Consolidated Fund Act 1816]] ([[56 Geo. 3]]. c. 98).<ref name="CA1816">{{Cite act |title=Consolidated Fund Act 1816 |title-link=Consolidated Fund Act 1816  |year=1816 |orig-date=Regnal 56 Geo. 3 |orig-section=c. 98 |pinpoint=[http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo3/56/98/section/2 § 2] <!-- |access-date=18 November 2016 -->}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/bookofdignitiesc00haydrich |title=The Book of Dignities |publisher=W. H. Allen & Co. |year=1890 |editor-last=Haydn |editor-first=Joseph |location=London |page=[https://archive.org/details/bookofdignitiesc00haydrich/page/562 562] |chapter=X (Ireland) |ol=13505280M |editor-last2=Ockerby |editor-first2=Horace |ol-access=free}}</ref> For the holders of the Irish office before this date, see [[Chancellor of the Exchequer of Ireland]].