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The following is a list of '''[[Lord Chancellor]]s''' and '''[[Lord Keeper of the Great Seal|Lord Keepers of the Great Seal]]''' of [[Kingdom of England|England]] and [[Kingdom of Great Britain|Great Britain]]. It also includes a list of '''Commissioners of Parliament's Great Seal''' during the [[English Civil War]] and [[Interregnum (England)|Interregnum]].
The following is a list of '''[[lord chancellor]]s''' and '''[[Lord Keeper of the Great Seal|lord keepers of the Great Seal]]''' of [[Kingdom of England|England]] and [[Kingdom of Great Britain|Great Britain]]. It also includes a list of '''commissioners of Parliament's Great Seal''' during the [[English Civil War]] and [[Interregnum (England)|Interregnum]].


==Lord Chancellors and Lord Keepers of England, 1050–1707==
== Lord chancellors and lord keepers of England, 1050–1707 ==


===11th century===
=== 11th century ===
*[[Regenbald]] (1050–after 1066)
*[[Regenbald]] (1050 – after 1066)
*[[Herfast]] (1068–1070)
*[[Herfast]] (1068–1070)
*[[Saint Osmund]], [[count of Sées]] and [[bishop of Salisbury]] (c. 1070)
*[[Saint Osmund]], [[count of Sées]] and [[bishop of Salisbury]] (c. 1070)
*[[Maurice (Bishop of London)|Maurice]], Archdeacon of Le Mans (c. 1078)
*[[Maurice (Bishop of London)|Maurice]], Archdeacon of Le Mans (c. 1078)
*[[Gerard, Archbishop of York|Gerard]], Preceptor of Rouen (c. 1085–before 1091), later Archbishop of York
*[[Gerard, Archbishop of York|Gerard]], Preceptor of Rouen, later Archbishop of York (c. 1085 – before 1091)
*[[Robert Bloet]] (after January 1091)
*[[Robert Bloet]] (after January 1091)
*[[William Giffard]] (1094–1101)
*[[William Giffard]] (1094–1101)


===12th century===
=== 12th century ===
*[[Roger of Salisbury]] (1101–1102)
*[[Roger of Salisbury]] (1101–1102)
*[[Waldric]] (1102–1107)
*[[Waldric]] (1102–1107)
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*[[William FitzGilbert]] (1141–1142)
*[[William FitzGilbert]] (1141–1142)
*[[Robert of Ghent]], Dean of York (1142–1154)
*[[Robert of Ghent]], Dean of York (1142–1154)
*[[Thomas Becket]], Archdeacon of Canterbury (1155–1162) Later Archbishop of Canterbury (1162-1170)
*[[Thomas Becket]], Archdeacon of Canterbury, later Archbishop of Canterbury (1155–1162)
*[[Geoffrey Ridel (bishop of Ely)|Geoffrey Ridel]], Archdeacon of Canterbury (1162–1173)
*[[Geoffrey Ridel (bishop of Ely)|Geoffrey Ridel]], Archdeacon of Canterbury (1162–1173)
*[[Ralph de Warneville]], Treasurer of York (1173–1181)
*[[Ralph de Warneville]], Treasurer of York (1173–1181)
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*Eustace, Dean of Salisbury (1198–1199)
*Eustace, Dean of Salisbury (1198–1199)


===13th century===
=== 13th century ===
*[[Hubert Walter]], Archbishop of Canterbury (1199–1205)
*[[Hubert Walter]], Archbishop of Canterbury (1199–1205)
*[[Walter de Gray]] ?"Bishop of Lichfield"?, 1214–15 Bishop of Worcester, from 1215 Archbishop of York (1205–1214)
*[[Walter de Gray]], at various times Bishop of Lichfield, Bishop of Worcester, Archbishop of York (1205–1214)
*[[Richard Marsh (bishop)|Richard Marsh]] (1214–1226), from 1217 Bishop of Durham
*[[Richard Marsh (bishop)|Richard Marsh]], later Bishop of Durham (1214–1226)
*[[Ralph Neville]], Bishop of Chichester (1226–1240)
*[[Ralph Neville]], Bishop of Chichester (1226–1240)
*[[Richard le Gras]], Abbot of Evesham (1240–1242)
*[[Richard le Gras]], Abbot of Evesham (1240–1242)
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*[[John Maunsell]] (1248–1249) ''(Keeper of the Great Seal)''
*[[John Maunsell]] (1248–1249) ''(Keeper of the Great Seal)''
*[[John Lexington]] (1249–1253) ''(Keeper of the Great Seal)''
*[[John Lexington]] (1249–1253) ''(Keeper of the Great Seal)''
*[[Eleanor of Provence]],<ref>{{cite web |title=SWEARING IN OF THE LORD CHANCELLOR |url=https://www.judiciary.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/lcj-speech-swearing-in-lord-chancellor-july2016.pdf |website=THE RIGHT HON. THE LORD THOMAS OF CWMGIEDD LORD CHIEF JUSTICE OF ENGLAND AND WALES |publisher=Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales |access-date=18 April 2022 |date=21 July 2016}}</ref>{{Efn|Only woman to hold the office until [[Liz Truss]] in 2016.}} Queen Consort and Regent of England (1253–1254) ''(Keeper of the Great Seal)''
*[[Eleanor of Provence]],<ref>{{cite web |title=Swearing In of the Lord Chancellor |url=https://www.judiciary.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/lcj-speech-swearing-in-lord-chancellor-july2016.pdf |website=The Right Hon. The Lord Thomas of Cwmgiedd Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales |publisher=Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales |access-date=18 April 2022 |date=21 July 2016}}</ref>{{Efn|Not Lord Chancellor as such,<!--source says "You [Truss] ''are'' the first female Lord Chancellor"--> but exercised those functions as regent until she appointed William of Kilkenny; only woman to do so until [[Liz Truss]] was appointed in 2016.}} Queen Consort and Regent of England (1253–1254) ''(Keeper of the Great Seal)''
*[[William of Kilkenny]] (1254–1255) ''(Keeper of the Great Seal)''
*[[William of Kilkenny]] (1254–1255) ''(Keeper of the Great Seal)''
*[[Henry Wingham]] (1255–1260), from 1259/1260 Bishop of London
*[[Henry Wingham]], from 1259/1260 Bishop of London (1255–1260)
*[[Nicholas of Ely]], Archdeacon of Ely (1260–1261)
*[[Nicholas of Ely]], Archdeacon of Ely (1260–1261)
*[[Walter de Merton]], Archdeacon of Bath (1261–1263)
*[[Walter de Merton]], Archdeacon of Bath (1261–1263)
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*[[John Langton]], Canon of Lincoln (1292–1302)
*[[John Langton]], Canon of Lincoln (1292–1302)


===14th century===
=== 14th century ===
*[[William Greenfield]], Dean of Chichester (1302–1305)
*[[William Greenfield]], Dean of Chichester (1302–1305)
*[[William Hamilton (Lord Chancellor)|William Hamilton]], Dean of York (1305–1307)
*[[William Hamilton (Lord Chancellor)|William Hamilton]], Dean of York (1305–1307)
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*[[Thomas Arundel]], Archbishop of Canterbury (1399)
*[[Thomas Arundel]], Archbishop of Canterbury (1399)


===15th century===
=== 15th century ===
*[[John Scarle]], Archdeacon of Lincoln (1399–1401)
*[[John Scarle]], Archdeacon of Lincoln (1399–1401)
*[[Edmund Stafford]], Bishop of Exeter (1401–1403)
*[[Edmund Stafford]], Bishop of Exeter (1401–1403)
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*[[Robert Stillington]], Bishop of Bath (1471–1473)
*[[Robert Stillington]], Bishop of Bath (1471–1473)
*[[Laurence Booth]], Bishop of Durham (1473–1474)
*[[Laurence Booth]], Bishop of Durham (1473–1474)
*[[John Alcock (bishop)|John Alcock]], Bishop of Rochester (1475), ''(Keeper of the Great Seal)''
*[[John Alcock (bishop)|John Alcock]], Bishop of Rochester (1475) ''(Keeper of the Great Seal)''
*[[Thomas Rotheram]], Bishop of Lincoln (1475–1483)
*[[Thomas Rotheram]], Bishop of Lincoln (1475–1483)
*[[John Russell (bishop)|John Russell]], Bishop of Lincoln (1483–1485)
*[[John Russell (bishop)|John Russell]], Bishop of Lincoln (1483–1485)
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*[[John Morton (archbishop)|John Morton]], Cardinal Archbishop of Canterbury (1486–1500)
*[[John Morton (archbishop)|John Morton]], Cardinal Archbishop of Canterbury (1486–1500)


===1500–1654===
=== 1500–1654 ===


{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:Center"
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:Center"
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! Name
! Name
! colspan=2 | Term of office
! colspan=2 | Term of office
! Monarch<br />{{Small|(Reign)}}
! Monarch<br />{{Small|(reign)}}
|-
|-
|
|
| [[Henry Deane (archbishop of Canterbury)|Henry Deane]], [[Archbishop of Canterbury]], Keeper
| [[Henry Deane (archbishop of Canterbury)|Henry Deane]], [[Archbishop of Canterbury]], Keeper
| 1500
| 1500
| 1502
| 1502
! rowspan=2 | [[Henry VII of England|Henry VII]]<br />[[File:Coat of Arms of England (1509-1554).svg|60px]]<br />{{Small|(1485–1509)}}
! rowspan=2 | [[Henry VII of England|Henry VII]]<br />[[File:Coat of Arms of Henry VII of England (1485-1509).svg|60px]]<br />{{Small|(1485–1509)}}
|-
|-
| rowspan=2 | [[File: Hans Holbein d. J. 066.jpg|100px]]
| rowspan=2 | [[File: Hans Holbein d. J. 066.jpg|100px]]
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| rowspan=2 | 1515
| rowspan=2 | 1515
|-
|-
! rowspan=5 | [[Henry VIII of England|Henry VIII]]<br />[[File:Coat of Arms of England (1509-1554).svg|60px]]<br />{{Small|(1509–1547)}}
! rowspan=5 | [[Henry VIII of England|Henry VIII]]<br />[[File:Coat of Arms of England (1509-1554) - Dragon with pizzle.png|60px]]<br />{{Small|(1509–1547)}}
|-
|-
| [[File: Cardinal Thomas Wolsey.jpg|100px]]
| [[File: Cardinal Thomas Wolsey.jpg|100px]]
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| rowspan=2 | 1547
| rowspan=2 | 1547
|-
|-
! rowspan=4 | [[Edward VI of England|Edward VI]]<br />[[File:Coat of Arms of England (1509-1554).svg|60px]]<br />{{Small|(1547–1553)}}
! rowspan=4 | [[Edward VI of England|Edward VI]]<br />[[File:Coat of Arms of England (1509-1554) - Dragon with pizzle.png|60px]]<br />{{Small|(1547–1553)}}
|-
|-
| [[File:William Paulet, 1st Marquess of Winchester from NPG.jpg|100px]]
| [[File:William Paulet, 1st Marquess of Winchester from NPG.jpg|100px]]
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|-
|-
| [[File:Coat of Arms of England (1558-1603).svg|100px]]
| [[File:Coat of Arms of England (1558-1603).svg|100px]]
| '''In Commission:'''
| '''In commission:'''
*''Commissioners of the Great Seal''
*''Commissioners of the Great Seal''
**[[William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley|Lord Burghley]]
**[[William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley|Lord Burghley]]
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**[[William Brooke, 10th Baron Cobham|Lord Cobham]]
**[[William Brooke, 10th Baron Cobham|Lord Cobham]]
**[[Thomas Sackville, 1st Earl of Dorset|Lord Buckhurst]]
**[[Thomas Sackville, 1st Earl of Dorset|Lord Buckhurst]]
**''Commissioners to hear causes''
*''Commissioners to hear causes''
**[[Gilbert Gerard (judge)|Gilbert Gerard]] and others
**[[Gilbert Gerard (judge)|Gilbert Gerard]] and others
| 1591
| 1591
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|-
|-
| rowspan=2 | [[File:Thomas Egerton, 1st Viscount Brackley from NPG.jpg|100px]]
| rowspan=2 | [[File:Thomas Egerton, 1st Viscount Brackley from NPG.jpg|100px]]
| rowspan=2 | [[Thomas Egerton, 1st Viscount Brackley|Thomas Egerton]], Lord Keeper to 19 July 1603<br />(Lord Ellesmere from 1603<br />[[Viscount Brackley]] from 1616)
| rowspan=2 | [[Thomas Egerton, 1st Viscount Brackley|Thomas Egerton]], Lord Keeper to 19 July 1603<br />(Lord Ellesmere from 1603;<br />[[Viscount Brackley]] from 1616)
| rowspan=2 | {{Small|6 May}}<br />1596
| rowspan=2 | {{Small|6 May}}<br />1596
| rowspan=2 | {{Small|5 March}}<br />1617
| rowspan=2 | {{Small|5 March}}<br />1617
|-
|-
! rowspan=4 | [[James VI and I|James I]]<br />[[File:Coat of Arms of England (1603-1649).svg|60px]]<br />{{Small|(1603–1625)}}
! rowspan=4 | [[James VI and I|James I]]<br />[[File:Coat of Arms of England (1603-1649).svg|60px]]<br />{{Small|(1603–1625)}}
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|-
|-
| [[File:Coat of Arms of England (1603-1649).svg|100px]]
| [[File:Coat of Arms of England (1603-1649).svg|100px]]
|'''In Commission:'''
|'''In commission:'''
*''Commissioners to hear causes in the Court of Chancery''
*''Commissioners to hear causes in the Court of Chancery''
**[[Julius Caesar (judge)|Julius Caesar]] and others
**[[Julius Caesar (judge)|Julius Caesar]] and others
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|}
|}


The Great Seal was captured and destroyed by Parliament on 11 August 1646
The Great Seal was captured and destroyed by Parliament on 11 August 1646.


=== Commissioners of Parliament's Great Seal 1643–1660===
=== Commissioners of Parliament's Great Seal 1643–1660===
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|-
|-
!Image
!Image
!Name<ref>Cook and Wroughton, English Historical Facts, 1603–1688, PP 8–9</ref>
!Name<ref>Cook and Wroughton, ''English Historical Facts, 1603–1688'', pp. 8–9</ref>
!Term (From – To)
!Term
|-
|-
| [[File:No image.svg|75px]]
| [[File:No image.svg|75px]]
|''In Commission:''
|''In commission:''
*[[Henry Grey, 10th Earl of Kent|Earl of Kent]]
*[[Henry Grey, 10th Earl of Kent|Earl of Kent]]
*[[Oliver St John, 1st Earl of Bolingbroke|Earl of Bolingbroke]] died July 1646
*[[Oliver St John, 1st Earl of Bolingbroke|Earl of Bolingbroke]] died July 1646
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*[[Edmund Prideaux (Roundhead)|Edmund Prideaux]]
*[[Edmund Prideaux (Roundhead)|Edmund Prideaux]]
*[[William Cecil, 2nd Earl of Salisbury|Earl of Salisbury]] replacing Bolingbroke
*[[William Cecil, 2nd Earl of Salisbury|Earl of Salisbury]] replacing Bolingbroke
||Nov 1643–Oct 1646
||Nov 1643 – Oct 1646
|-
|-
| [[File:No image.svg|75px]]
| [[File:No image.svg|75px]]
|''In Commission:''
|''In commission:''
*[[William Cecil, 2nd Earl of Salisbury|Earl of Salisbury]]
*[[William Cecil, 2nd Earl of Salisbury|Earl of Salisbury]]
*[[Edward Montagu, 2nd Earl of Manchester|Earl of Manchester]]
*[[Edward Montagu, 2nd Earl of Manchester|Earl of Manchester]]
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|-
|-
| [[File:No image.svg|75px]]
| [[File:No image.svg|75px]]
|''In Commission:''
|''In commission:''
*[[Henry Grey, 10th Earl of Kent|Earl of Kent]]
*[[Henry Grey, 10th Earl of Kent|Earl of Kent]]
*[[William Grey, 1st Baron Grey of Werke|Lord Grey of Werke]]
*[[William Grey, 1st Baron Grey of Werke|Lord Grey of Werke]]
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|-
|-
| [[File:No image.svg|75px]]
| [[File:No image.svg|75px]]
|''In Commission:''
|''In commission:''
*[[Bulstrode Whitelocke]]
*[[Bulstrode Whitelocke]]
*[[John Lisle]]
*[[John Lisle]]
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|-
|-
| [[File:No image.svg|75px]]
| [[File:No image.svg|75px]]
|''In Commission:''
|''In commission:''
*[[Bulstrode Whitelocke]]
*[[Bulstrode Whitelocke]]
*[[Thomas Widdrington]]
*[[Thomas Widdrington]]
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|-
|-
| [[File:No image.svg|75px]]
| [[File:No image.svg|75px]]
|''In Commission:''
|''In commission:''
*[[Nathaniel Fiennes (Roundhead)|Nathaniel Fiennes]]
*[[Nathaniel Fiennes (Roundhead)|Nathaniel Fiennes]]
*[[John Lisle]]
*[[John Lisle]]
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|-
|-
| [[File:No image.svg|75px]]
| [[File:No image.svg|75px]]
|''In Commission:''
|''In commission:''
*[[Nathaniel Fiennes (Roundhead)|Nathaniel Fiennes]]
*[[Nathaniel Fiennes (Roundhead)|Nathaniel Fiennes]]
*[[John Lisle]]
*[[John Lisle]]
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|-
|-
| [[File:No image.svg|75px]]
| [[File:No image.svg|75px]]
|''In Commission:''
|''In commission:''
*[[John Bradshaw (judge)|John Bradshaw]]
*[[John Bradshaw (judge)|John Bradshaw]]
*[[Thomas Tyrrell]]
*[[Thomas Tyrrell]]
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|-
|-
| [[File:No image.svg|75px]]
| [[File:No image.svg|75px]]
|''In Commission:''
|''In commission:''
*[[William Lenthall]]
*[[William Lenthall]]
*[[Thomas Widdrington]]
*[[Thomas Widdrington]]
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|}
|}


===From the Restoration, 1660, to the Act of Union, 1707===
=== From the Restoration (1660) to the Act of Union (1707) ===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:Center"
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"


|- style="height:1em"
|- style="height:1em"
! colspan=2 | Lord Chancellor and Lord Keeper
! colspan=2 | Lord Chancellor and Lord Keeper
! colspan=2 | Term of office
! colspan=2 | Term of office
! Other Peerage(s)
! Other peerage(s)
! Monarch<br/>{{Small|(Reign)}}
! Monarch<br/>{{Small|(reign)}}


|- style="height:1em"
|- style="height:1em"
| [[File:WH 1st Earl of Clarendon.png|75px]]
| [[File:Peter Lely (1618-1680) (after) - Sir Edward Hyde (1609–1674), 1st Earl of Clarendon - 1257076 - National Trust.jpg|75px]]
| [[Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon|Edward Hyde]]
| [[Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon|Edward Hyde]]
| {{Small|13 January}}<br/>1658
| {{Small|13 January}}<br/>1658
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|- style="height:1em"
|- style="height:1em"
| [[File:Coat of Arms of England (1694-1702).svg|75px]]
| [[File:Coat of Arms of England (1694-1702).svg|75px]]
| '''In Commission:'''
| '''In commission:'''
*[[John Maynard (1604–1690)|John Maynard]]
*[[John Maynard (1604–1690)|John Maynard]]
*[[Anthony Keck (Tiverton MP)|Anthony Keck]]
*[[Anthony Keck (Tiverton MP)|Anthony Keck]]
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|- style="height:1em"
|- style="height:1em"
| [[File:Coat of Arms of England (1694-1702).svg|75px]]
| [[File:Coat of Arms of England (1694-1702).svg|75px]]
| '''In Commission:'''
| '''In commission:'''
* [[John Trevor (speaker)|John Trevor]]
* [[John Trevor (speaker)|John Trevor]]
* [[William Rawlinson (Commissioner)|William Rawlinson]]
* [[William Rawlinson (Commissioner)|William Rawlinson]]
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|- style="height:1em"
|- style="height:1em"
| [[File:John Somers, Baron Somers by Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt lowres color.jpg|75px]]
| [[File:Portrait of John Somers, Baron Somers.jpg|75px]]
| [[John Somers, 1st Baron Somers|John Somers]] ''(Lord Keeper until 1697)''<br/>{{Small|([[Baron Somers|Lord Somers]] from 1697)}}
| [[John Somers, 1st Baron Somers|John Somers]] ''(Lord Keeper until 1697)''<br/>{{Small|([[Baron Somers|Lord Somers]] from 1697)}}
| {{Small|23 March}}<br/>1693
| {{Small|23 March}}<br/>1693
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|- style="height:1em"
|- style="height:1em"
| [[File:Coat of Arms of England (1694-1702).svg|75px]]
| [[File:Coat of Arms of England (1694-1702).svg|75px]]
| '''In Commission:'''
| '''In commission:'''
* [[John Holt (Lord Chief Justice)|John Holt]],<br/>{{Small|[[Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales|Lord Chief Justice]]}}
* [[John Holt (Lord Chief Justice)|John Holt]],<br/>{{Small|[[Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales|Lord Chief Justice]]}}
* [[George Treby (judge)|George Treby]],<br/>{{Small|[[Chief Justice of the Common Pleas]]}}
* [[George Treby (judge)|George Treby]],<br/>{{Small|[[Chief Justice of the Common Pleas]]}}
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|}
|}


==Lord High Chancellors and Lord Keepers of Great Britain (1707–present)==
== Lord high chancellors and lord keepers of Great Britain (1707–) ==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
! colspan=10 | {{Legend2|{{Party color|Tories (British political party)}} | [[Tories (British political party)|Tory]]|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}{{Nb5}}{{Legend2|{{Party color|Whigs (British political party)}} | [[Whigs (British political party)|Whig]]|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}{{Nb5}}{{Legend2|{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}} | [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}{{Nb5}}{{Legend2|{{Party color|Liberal Party (UK)}} | [[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal]]|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}{{Nb5}}{{Legend2|{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}} | [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}{{Nb5}}{{Legend2|{{Party color|National Labour Organisation}} | [[National Labour Organisation|National Labour]]|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}{{Nb5}}{{Legend2|{{Party color|National Liberal Party (UK, 1931)}} | [[National Liberal Party (UK, 1931)|National Liberal]]|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}
! colspan=10 | {{Legend2|{{Party color|Tories (British political party)}} | [[Tories (British political party)|Tory]]|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}{{Nb5}}{{Legend2|{{Party color|Whigs (British political party)}} | [[Whigs (British political party)|Whig]]|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}{{Nb5}}{{Legend2|{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}} | [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}{{Nb5}}{{Legend2|{{Party color|Liberal Party (UK)}} | [[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal]]|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}{{Nb5}}{{Legend2|{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}} | [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}{{Nb5}}{{Legend2|{{Party color|National Labour Organisation}} | [[National Labour Organisation|National Labour]]|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}{{Nb5}}{{Legend2|{{Party color|National Liberal Party (UK, 1931)}} | [[National Liberal Party (UK, 1931)|National Liberal]]|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}
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! Party
! Party
! Ministry
! Ministry
! Other Peerage(s)
! Other peerage(s)
! Monarch<br/>{{Small|(Reign)}}
! Monarch<br/>{{Small|(Reign)}}


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!
!
| [[File:Coat of Arms of Great Britain (1707-1714).svg|75px]]
| [[File:Coat of Arms of Great Britain (1707-1714).svg|75px]]
| '''In Commission:'''
| '''In commission:'''
* [[Thomas Trevor, 1st Baron Trevor|Thomas Trevor]],<br/>{{Small| [[Chief Justice of the Common Pleas]]}}
* [[Thomas Trevor, 1st Baron Trevor|Thomas Trevor]],<br/>{{Small| [[Chief Justice of the Common Pleas]]}}
*[[Robert Tracy (judge)|Robert Tracy]],<br/>{{Small| [[Justice of the Common Pleas]]}}
*[[Robert Tracy (judge)|Robert Tracy]],<br/>{{Small| [[Justice of the Common Pleas]]}}
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!
!
| [[File:Coat of Arms of Great Britain (1714-1801).svg|75px]]
| [[File:Coat of Arms of Great Britain (1714-1801).svg|75px]]
| '''In Commission:'''
| '''In commission:'''
* [[Robert Tracy (judge)|Robert Tracy]],<br/>{{Small| [[Justice of the Common Pleas]]}}
* [[Robert Tracy (judge)|Robert Tracy]],<br/>{{Small| [[Justice of the Common Pleas]]}}
* [[John Pratt (judge)|John Pratt]],<br/>{{Small| [[Justice of the King's Bench]]}}
* [[John Pratt (judge)|John Pratt]],<br/>{{Small| [[Justice of the King's Bench]]}}
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!
!
| [[File:Coat of Arms of Great Britain (1714-1801).svg|75px]]
| [[File:Coat of Arms of Great Britain (1714-1801).svg|75px]]
| '''In Commission:'''
| '''In commission:'''
* [[Joseph Jekyll]],<br/>{{Small| [[Master of the Rolls]]}}
* [[Joseph Jekyll]],<br/>{{Small| [[Master of the Rolls]]}}
* [[Jeffrey Gilbert (judge)|Jeffrey Gilbert]],<br/>{{Small| [[Baron of the Exchequer]]}}
* [[Jeffrey Gilbert (judge)|Jeffrey Gilbert]],<br/>{{Small| [[Baron of the Exchequer]]}}
* [[Robert Raymond, 1st Baron Raymond|Robert Raymond]],<br/>{{Small| [[Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales]]}}
* [[Robert Raymond, 1st Baron Raymond|Robert Raymond]],<br/>{{Small| [[Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales|Lord Chief Justice of the King's Bench]]}}
| {{Small|7 January}}<br/>1725
| {{Small|7 January}}<br/>1725
| {{Small|1 June}}<br/>1725
| {{Small|1 June}}<br/>1725
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! rowspan=2 |
! rowspan=2 |
| rowspan=2 | [[File:Coat of Arms of Great Britain (1714-1801).svg|75px]]
| rowspan=2 | [[File:Coat of Arms of Great Britain (1714-1801).svg|75px]]
| rowspan=2 | '''In Commission:'''
| rowspan=2 | '''In commission:'''
* [[John Willes (judge)|John Willes]],<br/>{{Small| [[Chief Justice of the Common Pleas]]}}
* [[John Willes (judge)|John Willes]],<br/>{{Small| [[Chief Justice of the Common Pleas]]}}
* [[Sidney Smythe|Sidney Stafford Smythe]],<br/>{{Small| [[Baron of the Exchequer]]}}
* [[Sidney Smythe|Sidney Stafford Smythe]],<br/>{{Small| [[Baron of the Exchequer]]}}
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!
!
| [[File:Coat of Arms of Great Britain (1714-1801).svg|75px]]
| [[File:Coat of Arms of Great Britain (1714-1801).svg|75px]]
| '''In Commission:'''
| '''In commission:'''
* [[Sidney Smythe|Sidney Stafford Smythe]],<br/>{{Small| [[Baron of the Exchequer]]}}
* [[Sidney Smythe|Sidney Stafford Smythe]],<br/>{{Small| [[Baron of the Exchequer]]}}
*[[Henry Bathurst, 2nd Earl Bathurst|Henry Bathurst]],<br/>{{Small| [[Justice of the Common Pleas]]}}
*[[Henry Bathurst, 2nd Earl Bathurst|Henry Bathurst]],<br/>{{Small| [[Justice of the Common Pleas]]}}
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!
!
| [[File:Coat of Arms of Great Britain (1714-1801).svg|75px]]
| [[File:Coat of Arms of Great Britain (1714-1801).svg|75px]]
| '''In Commission:'''
| '''In commission:'''
*[[Alexander Wedderburn, 1st Earl of Rosslyn|Lord Loughborough]],<br/>{{Small| [[Chief Justice of the Common Pleas]]}}
*[[Alexander Wedderburn, 1st Earl of Rosslyn|Lord Loughborough]],<br/>{{Small| [[Chief Justice of the Common Pleas]]}}
* [[William Henry Ashurst (judge)|William Henry Ashurst]],<br/>{{Small| [[Justice of the King's Bench]]}}
* [[William Henry Ashurst (judge)|William Henry Ashurst]],<br/>{{Small| [[Justice of the King's Bench]]}}
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!
!
| [[File:Coat of Arms of Great Britain (1714-1801).svg|75px]]
| [[File:Coat of Arms of Great Britain (1714-1801).svg|75px]]
|'''In Commission:'''
|'''In commission:'''
* [[James Eyre (judge)|James Eyre]],<br/>{{Small| [[Chief Baron of the Exchequer]]}}
* [[James Eyre (judge)|James Eyre]],<br/>{{Small| [[Chief Baron of the Exchequer]]}}
* [[William Henry Ashurst (judge)|William Henry Ashurst]],<br/>{{Small| [[Justice of the King's Bench]]}}
* [[William Henry Ashurst (judge)|William Henry Ashurst]],<br/>{{Small| [[Justice of the King's Bench]]}}
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!
!
| [[File:Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom (1816-1837).svg|75px]]
| [[File:Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom (1816-1837).svg|75px]]
| '''In Commission:'''
| '''In commission:'''
* [[Charles Pepys, 1st Earl of Cottenham|Charles Pepys]],<br/>{{Small| [[Master of the Rolls]]}}
* [[Charles Pepys, 1st Earl of Cottenham|Charles Pepys]],<br/>{{Small| [[Master of the Rolls]]}}
* [[Lancelot Shadwell]],<br/>{{Small| [[Chancellor of the High Court|Vice-Chancellor of England]]}}
* [[Lancelot Shadwell]],<br/>{{Small| [[Chancellor of the High Court|Vice-Chancellor of England]]}}
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!
!
| [[File:Coat of arms of the United Kingdom (1837-1952).svg|75px]]
| [[File:Coat of arms of the United Kingdom (1837-1952).svg|75px]]
| '''In Commission:'''
| '''In commission:'''
*[[Henry Bickersteth, 1st Baron Langdale|Lord Langdale]],<br/>{{Small| [[Master of the Rolls]]}}
*[[Henry Bickersteth, 1st Baron Langdale|Lord Langdale]],<br/>{{Small| [[Master of the Rolls]]}}
* [[Lancelot Shadwell]],<br/>{{Small| [[Chancellor of the High Court|Vice Chancellor of England]]}}
* [[Lancelot Shadwell]],<br/>{{Small| [[Chancellor of the High Court|Vice Chancellor of England]]}}
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|- style="height:1em"<!--to ensure row is non-zero height-->
|- style="height:1em"<!--to ensure row is non-zero height-->
! rowspan=2 style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
! rowspan=2 style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| rowspan=2 |
| rowspan=2 | [[File:Royal Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom.svg|75px]]
| rowspan=2 | [[Gavin Simonds, 1st Viscount Simonds|Gavin Simonds<br/>Baron Simonds]]
| rowspan=2 | [[Gavin Simonds, 1st Viscount Simonds|Gavin Simonds<br/>Baron Simonds]]
| rowspan=2 | {{Small|30 October}}<br/>1951
| rowspan=2 | {{Small|30 October}}<br/>1951
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|- style="height:1em"<!--to ensure row is non-zero height-->
|- style="height:1em"<!--to ensure row is non-zero height-->
! rowspan=2 style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
! rowspan=2 style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| rowspan=2 | [[File:Royal Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom.svg|75px]]
| rowspan=2 | [[File:BullerArms.PNG|75px]]
| rowspan=2 | [[Reginald Manningham-Buller, 1st Viscount Dilhorne|Reginald Manningham-Buller<br/>1st Baron Dilhorne]]
| rowspan=2 | [[Reginald Manningham-Buller, 1st Viscount Dilhorne|Reginald Manningham-Buller<br/>1st Baron Dilhorne]]
| rowspan=2 | [[Night of the Long Knives (1962)|{{Small|13 July}}<br/>1962]]
| rowspan=2 | [[Night of the Long Knives (1962)|{{Small|13 July}}<br/>1962]]
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|- style="height:1em"<!--to ensure row is non-zero height-->
|- style="height:1em"<!--to ensure row is non-zero height-->
! style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
! style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| [[File:Royal Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom.svg|75px]]
| [[File:Gardiner Escutcheon.png|75px]]
| [[Gerald Gardiner, Baron Gardiner|Gerald Gardiner<br/>Baron Gardiner]]
| [[Gerald Gardiner, Baron Gardiner|Gerald Gardiner<br/>Baron Gardiner]]
| {{Small|16 October}}<br/>1964
| {{Small|16 October}}<br/>1964
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|- style="height:1em"<!--to ensure row is non-zero height-->
|- style="height:1em"<!--to ensure row is non-zero height-->
! style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
! style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
|
| [[File:Royal Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom.svg|75px]]
| [[Michael Havers, Baron Havers|Michael Havers<br/>Baron Havers]]
| [[Michael Havers, Baron Havers|Michael Havers<br/>Baron Havers]]
| {{Small|13 June}}<br/>1987
| {{Small|13 June}}<br/>1987
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|- style="height:1em"<!--to ensure row is non-zero height-->
|- style="height:1em"<!--to ensure row is non-zero height-->
! rowspan=2 style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
! rowspan=2 style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| rowspan=2 | [[File:Royal Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom.svg|75px]]
| rowspan=2 | [[File:Irvine of Lairg Escutcheon.png|75px]]
| rowspan=2 | [[Derry Irvine, Baron Irvine of Lairg|Derry Irvine<br/>Baron Irvine of Lairg]]
| rowspan=2 | [[Derry Irvine, Baron Irvine of Lairg|Derry Irvine<br/>Baron Irvine of Lairg]]
| rowspan=2 | {{Small|2 May}}<br/>1997
| rowspan=2 | {{Small|2 May}}<br/>1997
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|- style="height:1em"<!--to ensure row is non-zero height-->
|- style="height:1em"<!--to ensure row is non-zero height-->
! rowspan=2 style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
! rowspan=2 style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| rowspan=2 | [[File:Official portrait of Lord Falconer of Thoroton crop 2.jpg|75px]]
| rowspan=2 | [[File:Portrait_of_Lord_Falconer.jpg|75px]]
| rowspan=2 | [[Charles Falconer, Baron Falconer of Thoroton|Charlie Falconer<br/>Baron Falconer of Thoroton]]
| rowspan=2 | [[Charles Falconer, Baron Falconer of Thoroton|Charlie Falconer<br/>Baron Falconer of Thoroton]]
| rowspan=2 | {{Small|12 June}}<br/>2003
| rowspan=2 | {{Small|12 June}}<br/>2003
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|- style="height:1em"<!--to ensure row is non-zero height-->
|- style="height:1em"<!--to ensure row is non-zero height-->
! style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
! style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[File:Official portrait of Elizabeth Truss crop 2.jpg|75px]]
| [[File:Liz Truss official portrait (cropped)2.jpg|75px]]
| [[Liz Truss]]{{Efn|First woman to hold the office since [[Eleanor of Provence]] in 1254.}}<br/>{{Small|MP for [[South West Norfolk (UK Parliament constituency)|South West Norfolk]]}}
| [[Liz Truss]]{{Efn|First woman to hold the office, and first to exercise its functions since [[Eleanor of Provence]] in 1254.}}<br/>{{Small|MP for [[South West Norfolk (UK Parliament constituency)|South West Norfolk]]}}
| {{Small|14 July}}<br/>2016
| {{Small|14 July}}<br/>2016
| {{Small|11 June}}<br/>2017
| {{Small|11 June}}<br/>2017
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|- style="height:1em"<!--to ensure row is non-zero height-->
|- style="height:1em"<!--to ensure row is non-zero height-->
! rowspan=2 style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
! rowspan=2 style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| rowspan=2 | [[File:Official portrait of Rt Hon Robert Buckland MP crop 2.jpg|75px]]
| rowspan=2 | [[File:Robert Buckland KC official portrait (cropped).jpg|75px]]
| rowspan=2 | [[Robert Buckland]]<br/>{{Small|MP for [[South Swindon (UK Parliament constituency)|South Swindon]]}}
| rowspan=2 | [[Robert Buckland]]<br/>{{Small|MP for [[South Swindon (UK Parliament constituency)|South Swindon]]}}
| rowspan=2 | {{Small|24 July}}<br/>2019
| rowspan=2 | {{Small|24 July}}<br/>2019
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|- style="height:1em"<!--to ensure row is non-zero height-->
|- style="height:1em"<!--to ensure row is non-zero height-->
| rowspan=2 style="background:#eaecf0" | '''[[Charles III]]'''<br/>[[File:Royal Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom.svg|60px]]<br/>{{Small|(2022–present)}}
| rowspan=4 style="background:#eaecf0" | '''[[Charles III]]'''<br>[[File:Royal Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom (Tudor crown).svg|60px]]<br/>{{Small|(2022–present)}}


|- style="height:1em"<!--to ensure row is non-zero height-->
|- style="height:1em"<!--to ensure row is non-zero height-->
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| [[File:Official portrait of Rt Hon Dominic Raab MP crop 2.jpg|75px]]
| [[File:Official portrait of Rt Hon Dominic Raab MP crop 2.jpg|75px]]
| [[Dominic Raab]]<br/>{{Small|MP for [[Esher and Walton (UK Parliament constituency)|Esher and Walton]]}}
| [[Dominic Raab]]<br/>{{Small|MP for [[Esher and Walton (UK Parliament constituency)|Esher and Walton]]}}
| {{Small|25 October}}<br/>2022
| {{Small|27 October}}<br/>2022
| {{Small|21 April}}<br/>2023<ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-04-21 |title=Dominic Raab resigns over bullying report |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-65333983 |access-date=2023-04-21}}</ref>
| Incumbent
| {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
| {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
| {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | [[Sunak ministry|Sunak]]
| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | [[Sunak ministry|Sunak]]
| —
| —


|- style="height:1em"<!--to ensure row is non-zero height-->
! style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[File:Alex_Chalk_(Lord_Chancellor_1.5)_2023.jpg|75px]]
| [[Alex Chalk]]<br/>{{Small|MP for [[Cheltenham (UK Parliament constituency)|Cheltenham]]}}
| {{Small|26 April}}<br/>2023
| {{Small|5 July}}<br/>2024
| {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
| —

|- style="height:1em"<!--to ensure row is non-zero height-->
! style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| [[File:Shabana Mahmood Official Cabinet Portrait, July 2024 (cropped) 2.jpg|75px]]
| [[Shabana Mahmood]]<br/>{{Small|MP for [[Birmingham Ladywood (UK Parliament constituency)|Birmingham Ladywood]]}}
| {{Small|5 July}}<br/>2024
| Incumbent
| {{Party shading/Labour Party (UK)}} | [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]
| {{Party shading/Labour Party (UK)}} | [[Starmer ministry|Starmer]]
| —
|}
|}


==Notes==
== Timeline ==
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from: 1707 till: 1710 color:Independent
from: 1714 till: 1718 color:Independent text:"[[William Cowper, 1st Baron Cowper|William Cowper]]"
bar:Harcourt
from: 1710 till: 1714 color:Tory text:"[[Simon Harcourt, 1st Baron Harcourt|Simon Harcourt]]"
bar:Parker
from: 1718 till: 1725 color:Whig text:"[[Thomas Parker, 1st Baron Parker|Thomas Parker]]"
bar:King
from: 1725 till: 1733 color:Independent text:"[[Peter King, 1st Baron King|Peter King]]"
bar:Talbot
from: 1733 till: 1737 color:Independent text:"[[Charles Talbot, 1st Baron Talbot|Charles Talbot]]"
bar:Hardwicke
from: 1737 till: 1756 color:Whig text:"[[Philip Yorke, 1st Baron Hardwicke|Philip Yorke]]"
bar:Henley
from: 1757 till: 1766 color:Whig text:"[[Robert Henley, 1st Baron Henley|Robert Henley]]"
bar:Camden
from: 1766 till: 1770 color:Whig text:"[[Charles Pratt, 1st Baron Camden|Charles Pratt]]"
bar:Yorke
from: 1770 till: 1770 color:Whig text:"[[Charles Yorke]]"
bar:Apsley
from: 1771 till: 1778 color:Tory text:"[[Henry Bathurst, 1st Baron Apsley|Henry Bathurst]]"
bar:Thurlow
from: 1778 till: 1783 color:Tory
from: 1783 till: 1792 color:Tory text:"[[Edward Thurlow, 1st Baron Thurlow|Edward Thurlow]]"
bar:Loughborough
from: 1793 till: 1801 color:Independent text:"[[Alexander Wedderburn, 1st Baron Loughborough|Alexander Wedderburn]]"
bar:Eldon
from: 1801 till: 1806 color:Tory
from: 1807 till: 1827 color:Tory text:"[[John Scott, 1st Baron Eldon|John Scott]]"
bar:Erskine
from: 1806 till: 1807 color:Whig text:"[[Thomas Erskine, 1st Baron Erskine|Thomas Erskine]]"
bar:Lyndhurst
from: 1827 till: 1830 color:Tory
from: 1834 till: 1835 color:Conservative
from: 1841 till: 1846 color:Conservative text:"[[John Copley, 1st Baron Lyndhurst|John Copley]]"
bar:Vaux
from: 1830 till: 1834 color:Whig text:"[[Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux|Henry Brougham]]"
bar:Cottenham
from: 1836 till: 1841 color:Whig
from: 1846 till: 1850 color:Whig text:"[[Charles Pepys, 1st Baron Cottenham|Charles Pepys]]"
bar:Truro
from: 1850 till: 1852 color:Whig text:"[[Thomas Wilde, 1st Baron Truro|Thomas Wilde]]"
bar:Leonards
from: 1852 till: 1852 color:Conservative text:"[[Edward Sugden, 1st Baron St Leonards|Edward Sugden]]"
bar:Cranworth
from: 1852 till: 1858 color:Whig
from: 1865 till: 1866 color:Liberal text:"[[Robert Rolfe, 1st Baron Cranworth|Robert Rolfe]]"
bar:Chelmsford
from: 1858 till: 1859 color:Conservative
from: 1866 till: 1868 color:Conservative text:"[[Frederic Thesiger, 1st Baron Chelmsford|Frederic Thesiger]]"
bar:Campbell
from: 1859 till: 1861 color:Liberal text:"[[John Campbell, 1st Baron Campbell|John Campbell]]"
bar:Westbury
from: 1861 till: 1865 color:Liberal text:"[[Richard Bethell, 1st Baron Westbury|Richard Bethell]]"
bar:Cairns
from: 1868 till: 1868 color:Conservative
from: 1874 till: 1880 color:Conservative text:"[[Hugh Cairns, 1st Baron Cairns|Hugh Cairns]]"
bar:Hatherley
from: 1868 till: 1872 color:Liberal text:"[[William Wood, 1st Baron Hatherley|William Wood]]"
bar:Selborne
from: 1872 till: 1874 color:Liberal
from: 1880 till: 1885 color:Liberal text:"[[Roundell Palmer, 1st Baron Selborne|Roundell Palmer]]"
bar:Halsbury
from: 1885 till: 1886 color:Conservative
from: 1886 till: 1892 color:Conservative
from: 1895 till: 1905 color:Conservative text:"[[Hardinge Giffard, 1st Baron Halsbury|Hardinge Giffard]]
bar:Herschell
from: 1886 till: 1886 color:Liberal
from: 1892 till: 1895 color:Liberal text:"[[Farrer Herschell, 1st Baron Herschell|Farrer Herschell]]"
bar:Loreburn
from: 1905 till: 1912 color:Liberal text:"[[Robert Reid, 1st Baron Loreburn|Robert Reid]]"
bar:Haldane
from: 1912 till: 1915 color:Liberal
from: 1924 till: 1924 color:Labour text:"[[Richard Haldane, 1st Viscount Haldane|Richard Haldane]]"
bar:Buckmaster
from: 1915 till: 1916 color:Liberal text:"[[Stanley Buckmaster, 1st Baron Buckmaster|Stanley Buckmaster]]"
bar:Finlay
from: 1916 till: 1919 color:Conservative text:"[[Robert Finlay, 1st Baron Finlay|Robert Finlay]]"
bar:Birkenhead
from: 1919 till: 1922 color:Conservative text:"[[F. E. Smith, 1st Earl of Birkenhead|Frederick Smith]]"
bar:Cave
from: 1922 till: 1924 color:Conservative
from: 1924 till: 1928 color:Conservative text:"[[George Cave, 1st Viscount Cave|George Cave]]"
bar:Halisham
from: 1928 till: 1929 color:Conservative
from: 1935 till: 1938 color:Conservative text:"[[Douglas Hogg, 1st Baron Halisham|Douglas Hogg]]"
bar:Sankey
from: 1929 till: 1931 color:Labour
from: 1931 till: 1935 color:NatLabour text:"[[John Sankey, 1st Baron Sankey|John Sankey]]"
bar:Maugham
from: 1938 till: 1939 color:Conservative text:"[[Frederic Maugham, Baron Maugham|Frederick Maugham]]"
bar:Caldecote
from: 1939 till: 1940 color:Conservative text:"[[Thomas Inskip, 1st Viscount Caldecote|Thomas Inskip]]"
bar:Simon
from: 1940 till: 1945 color:NatLiberal text:"[[John Simon, 1st Viscount Simon|John Simon]]"
bar:Jowitt
from: 1945 till: 1951 color:Labour text:"[[William Jowitt, 1st Baron Jowitt|William Jowitt]]"
bar:Simonds
from: 1951 till: 1954 color:Conservative text:"[[Gavin Simonds, 1st Viscount Simonds|Gavin Simonds]]"
bar:Kilmuir
from: 1954 till: 1962 color:Conservative text:"[[David Maxwell Fyfe, 1st Viscount Kilmuir|David Maxwell Fyfe]]"
bar:Dilhorne
from: 1962 till: 1964 color:Conservative text:"[[Reginald Manningham-Buller, 1st Baron Dilhorne|Reginald Manningham-Buller]]"
bar:Gardiner
from: 1964 till: 1970 color:Labour text:"[[Gerald Gardiner, Baron Gardiner|Gerald Gardiner]]
bar:Hogg
from: 1970 till: 1974 color:Conservative
from: 1979 till: 1987 color:Conservative text:"[[Quintin Hogg, Baron Halisham of St Marylebone|Quintin Hogg]]"
bar:Elwyn-Jones
from: 1974 till: 1979 color:Labour text:"[[Frederick Elwyn Jones, Baron Elwyn-Jones|Frederick Elwyn Jones]]"
bar:Havers
from: 1987 till: 1987 color:Conservative text:"[[Michael Havers, Baron Havers|Michael Havers]]"
bar:Clashfern
from: 1987 till: 1997 color:Conservative text:"[[James Mackay, Baron Mackay of Clashfern|James Mackay]]"
bar:Irvine
from: 1997 till: 2003 color:Labour text:"[[Derry Irvine, Baron Irvine of Lairg|Derry Irvine]]"
bar:Falconer
from: 2003 till: 2007 color:Labour text:"[[Charles Falconer, Baron Falconer of Thoroton|Charles Falconer]]"
bar:Straw
from: 2007 till: 2010 color:Labour text:"[[Jack Straw]]"
bar:Clarke
from: 2010 till: 2012 color:Conservative text:"[[Kenneth Clarke]]"
bar:Grayling
from: 2012 till: 2015 color:Conservative text:"[[Chris Grayling]]"
bar:Gove
from: 2015 till: 2016 color:Conservative text:"[[Michael Gove]]"
bar:Truss
from: 2016 till: 2017 color:Conservative text:"[[Liz Truss]]"
bar:Lidington
from: 2017 till: 2018 color:Conservative text:"[[David Lidington]]"
bar:Gauke
from: 2018 till: 2019 color:Conservative text:"[[David Gauke]]"
bar:Buckland
from: 2019 till: 2021 color:Conservative text:"[[Robert Buckland]]"
bar:Raab
from: 2021 till: 2022 color:Conservative
from: 2022 till: 2023 color:Conservative text:"[[Dominic Raab]]"
bar:Lewis
from: 2022 till: 2022 color:Conservative text:"[[Brandon Lewis]]"
bar:Chalk
from: 2023 till: 2024 color:Conservative text:"[[Alex Chalk]]"
bar:Mahmood
from: 2024 till: $now color:Labour text:"[[Shabana Mahmood]]"
}}

== Notes ==
{{reflist|group=nb}}
{{reflist|group=nb}}
{{Notelist}}
{{Notelist}}


==References==
== References ==
{{Reflist}}
{{Reflist}}


==Sources==
== Sources ==
*John Haydn and Horace Ockerby, ''The Book of Dignities'', third edition, W.H. Allen and Co. Ltd, London 1894, reprinted Firecrest Publishing Limited, Bath 1969, p.&nbsp;352–358
*John Haydn and Horace Ockerby, ''The Book of Dignities'', third edition, W.H. Allen and Co. Ltd, London 1894, reprinted Firecrest Publishing Limited, Bath 1969, p.&nbsp;352–358
*John Lord Campbell (1845) ''Lives of the Lords Chancellors and Keepers of the Great Seal of England''. 5th ed. (1868) London: Murray, [https://books.google.com/books?id=951RAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA317#v=onepage&q&f=false vol. 10]
*John Lord Campbell (1845) ''Lives of the Lords Chancellors and Keepers of the Great Seal of England''. 5th ed. (1868) London: Murray, [https://books.google.com/books?id=951RAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA317 vol. 10]
*{{cite book |author1=Fryde, E. B. |author2=Greenway, D. E. |author3=Porter, S. |author4=Roy, I. |title=Handbook of British Chronology|edition=Third revised |publisher=Cambridge University Press |location=Cambridge, UK |year=1996 |isbn=0-521-56350-X }}
*{{cite book |author1=Fryde, E. B. |author2=Greenway, D. E. |author3=Porter, S. |author4=Roy, I. |title=Handbook of British Chronology|edition=Third revised |publisher=Cambridge University Press |location=Cambridge, UK |year=1996 |isbn=0-521-56350-X }}


==External links==
== External links ==
*[http://www.dca.gov.uk/lcfr.htm Department for Constitutional Affairs' list]
*[http://www.dca.gov.uk/lcfr.htm Department for Constitutional Affairs' list]


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The following is a list of lord chancellors and lord keepers of the Great Seal of England and Great Britain. It also includes a list of commissioners of Parliament's Great Seal during the English Civil War and Interregnum.

Lord chancellors and lord keepers of England, 1050–1707

11th century

12th century

13th century

14th century

15th century

1500–1654

Image Name Term of office Monarch
(reign)
Henry Deane, Archbishop of Canterbury, Keeper 1500 1502 Henry VII

(1485–1509)
William Warham, Archbishop of Canterbury, Keeper to 1504 1502 1515
Henry VIII

(1509–1547)
Thomas Wolsey, Cardinal Archbishop of York 1515 1529
Thomas More[b] 1529 1532
Thomas Audley
(Lord Audley of Walden from 1538)[b] 		1532 1544
Lord Wriothesley 1544 1547
Edward VI

(1547–1553)
Lord St John, Keeper 1547 1547
Lord Rich[b] 1547 1551
Thomas Goodrich, Bishop of Ely 1552 1553
Stephen Gardiner, Bishop of Winchester 1553 1555 Mary I

(1553–1558)
Nicholas Heath, Archbishop of York 1555 1558
Nicholas Bacon, Lord Keeper 1558 1579 Elizabeth I

(1558–1603)
Thomas Bromley 1579 1587
Christopher Hatton 1587 1591
In commission: 1591 1592
John Puckering, Lord Keeper[b] 1592 1596
Thomas Egerton, Lord Keeper to 19 July 1603
(Lord Ellesmere from 1603;
Viscount Brackley from 1616) 		6 May
1596 		5 March
1617
James I

(1603–1625)
Francis Bacon, Lord Keeper to 1618
(Lord Verulam from 1618
Viscount St Alban from 1621) 		7 March
1617 		1621
In commission: 1621 1621
John Williams, Bishop of Lincoln, Lord Keeper 1621 1625
Thomas Coventry, Lord Keeper
(Lord Coventry from 1628) 		1625 1640 Charles I

(1625–1649)
Lord Finch, Lord Keeper[b] 1640 1641
Lord Lyttleton of Mounslow, Lord Keeper
(Took Great Seal to the King in 1642) 		1641 1645
Richard Lane, Lord Keeper 1645 1650
Charles II

Court in exile
from 1649
Vacant 1650 1653
Edward Herbert, Lord Keeper 1653 1654

The Great Seal was captured and destroyed by Parliament on 11 August 1646.

Commissioners of Parliament's Great Seal 1643–1660

Image Name[2] Term
In commission: Nov 1643 – Oct 1646
In commission: 1646–1648
In commission: 1648–1649
In commission: 1649–1654
In commission: 1654–1656
In commission: 1656–1659
In commission: January–June 1659
In commission: June 1659 – 1660
In commission: 1660–1660

From the Restoration (1660) to the Act of Union (1707)

Lord Chancellor and Lord Keeper Term of office Other peerage(s) Monarch
(reign)
Edward Hyde 13 January
1658 		30 August
1667 		Baron Hyde in 1660
Earl of Clarendon in 1661 		Charles II

(1660–1685)
Orlando Bridgeman[c] 31 August
1667 		17 November
1672 		—
Anthony Ashley Cooper
1st Earl of Shaftesbury 		17 November
1672 		9 November
1673
Heneage Finch (Lord Keeper until 1675)
(Lord Finch from 10 January 1673,
Earl of Nottingham from 12 May 1681) 		9 November
1673 		18 December
1682† 		—
Francis North[c] 20 December
1682 		5 September
1685† 		Baron Guilford in 1683
James II

(1685–1688)
Lord Jeffreys 28 September
1685 		December
1688 		—
In commission: 4 March
1689 		14 May
1690 		— Mary II

(1689–1694)
&
William III

(1689–1702)
In commission: 14 May
1690 		22 March
1693 		—
John Somers (Lord Keeper until 1697)
(Lord Somers from 1697) 		23 March
1693 		27 April
1700 		—
In commission: 27 April
1700 		31 May
1700 		—
Nathan Wright[c] 31 May
1700 		11 October
1705 		—
Anne

(1702–1714)
William Cowper[c] 11 October
1705 		4 May
1707 		Baron Cowper in 1706

Lord high chancellors and lord keepers of Great Britain (1707–)

   Tory        Whig        Conservative        Liberal        Labour        National Labour        National Liberal
High Chancellor and Lord Keeper Term of office Party Ministry Other peerage(s) Monarch
(Reign)
William Cowper
1st Baron Cowper 		4 May
1707 		23 September
1710[3] 		—  
Godolphin–Marlborough
  		see below Anne

(1702–1714)
Oxford–Bolingbroke
In commission: 26 September
1710 		19 October
1710 		— —
Simon Harcourt
1st Baron Harcourt[d] 		19 October
1710 		21 September
1714 		Tory Viscount Harcourt in 1721
William Cowper
1st Baron Cowper 		21 September
1714 		15 April
1718 		— Townshend Earl Cowper in 1718 George I

(1714–1727)
Stanhope–Sunderland I
In commission: 18 April
1718 		12 May
1718 		— Stanhope–Sunderland II —
Thomas Parker
1st Baron Parker 		12 May
1718 		7 January
1725 		Whig Earl of Macclesfield in 1721
Walpole–Townshend
In commission: 7 January
1725 		1 June
1725 		— —
Peter King
1st Baron King 		1 June
1725 		29 November
1733 		— —
George II

(1727–1760)
Walpole
Charles Talbot
1st Baron Talbot 		29 November
1733 		14 February
1737† 		— —
Philip Yorke
1st Baron Hardwicke 		21 February
1737 		19 November
1756 		Whig Earl of Hardwicke in 1754
Carteret
Broad Bottom
(I & II)
Newcastle I
In commission: 19 November
1756 		30 June
1757 		— Pitt–Devonshire —
1757 Caretaker
Robert Henley
1st Baron Henley[e] 		30 June
1757 		30 July
1766 		Whig Pitt–Newcastle Earl of Northington in 1764
George III

(1760–1820)
[f]
Bute
Grenville
(Whig–Tory)
Rockingham I
Charles Pratt
1st Baron Camden 		30 July
1766 		17 January
1770 		Whig Chatham
(Whig–Tory) 		Earl Camden in 1786
Grafton
(Whig–Tory)
Charles Yorke
MP for Cambridge University 		17 January
1770 		20 January
1770† 		Whig [g]
In commission: 21 January
1770 		23 January
1771 		— North —
Henry Bathurst
1st Baron Apsley 		23 January
1771 		3 June
1778 		Tory Succeeded as Earl Bathurst in 1775
Edward Thurlow
1st Baron Thurlow 		3 June
1778 		7 April
1783 		Tory
Rockingham II see below
Shelburne
(Whig–Tory)
In commission: 9 April
1783 		23 December
1783 		— Fox–North
(Whig–Tory) 		—
Edward Thurlow
1st Baron Thurlow 		23 December
1783 		15 June
1792 		Tory Pitt I Baron Thurlow in 1792
In commission: 15 June
1792 		28 January
1793 		— —
Alexander Wedderburn
1st Baron Loughborough 		28 January
1793 		14 April
1801 		— Earl of Rosslyn in 1801
John Scott
1st Baron Eldon 		14 April
1801 		7 February
1806 		Tory Addington see below
Pitt II
Thomas Erskine
1st Baron Erskine 		7 February
1806 		1 April
1807 		Whig All the Talents
(Whig–Tory) 		—
John Scott
1st Baron Eldon 		1 April
1807 		12 April
1827 		Tory Portland II Earl of Eldon in 1821
Perceval
Liverpool
George IV

(1820–1830)
John Copley
1st Baron Lyndhurst 		2 May
1827 		24 November
1830 		Tory Canning
(Canningite–Whig) 		—
Goderich
(Canningite–Whig)
Wellington–Peel
William IV

(1830–1837)
Henry Brougham
1st Baron Brougham and Vaux 		24 November
1830 		21 November
1834 		Whig Grey Baron Brougham and Vaux in 1860
Melbourne I
John Copley
1st Baron Lyndhurst 		21 November
1834 		8 April
1835 		Conservative Wellington Caretaker —
Peel I
In commission: 23 April
1835 		16 January
1836 		— Melbourne II —
Charles Pepys
1st Baron Cottenham 		16 January
1836 		30 August
1841 		Whig see below
Victoria

(1837–1901)
John Copley
1st Baron Lyndhurst 		3 September
1841 		27 June
1846 		Conservative Peel II —
Charles Pepys
1st Baron Cottenham 		6 July
1846 		19 June
1850 		Whig Russell I Earl of Cottenham in 1850
In commission: 19 June
1850 		15 July
1850 		— —
Thomas Wilde
1st Baron Truro 		15 July
1850 		21 February
1852 		Whig —
Edward Sugden
1st Baron St Leonards[h] 		27 February
1852 		17 December
1852 		Conservative Who? Who? —
Robert Rolfe
1st Baron Cranworth 		28 December
1852 		21 February
1858 		Whig Aberdeen
(Peelite–Whig) 		—
Palmerston I
Frederic Thesiger
1st Baron Chelmsford 		26 February
1858 		11 June
1859 		Conservative Derby–Disraeli II —
John Campbell
1st Baron Campbell[h] 		18 June
1859 		24 June
1861 		Liberal Palmerston II —
Richard Bethell
1st Baron Westbury 		26 June
1861 		7 July
1865 		Liberal —
Robert Rolfe
1st Baron Cranworth 		7 July
1865 		26 June
1866 		Liberal —
Russell II
Frederic Thesiger
1st Baron Chelmsford 		6 July
1866 		29 February
1868 		Conservative Derby–Disraeli III —
Hugh Cairns
1st Baron Cairns 		29 February
1868 		1 December
1868 		Conservative see below
William Wood
1st Baron Hatherley 		9 December
1868 		15 October
1872 		Liberal Gladstone I —
Roundell Palmer
1st Baron Selborne 		15 October
1872 		17 February
1874 		Liberal see below
Hugh Cairns
1st Baron Cairns 		21 February
1874 		21 April
1880 		Conservative Disraeli II Earl Cairns in 1878
Roundell Palmer
1st Baron Selborne 		28 April
1880 		9 June
1885 		Liberal Gladstone II Earl of Selborne in 1882
Hardinge Giffard
1st Baron Halsbury 		24 June
1885 		28 January
1886 		Conservative Salisbury I see below
Farrer Herschell
1st Baron Herschell 		6 February
1886 		20 July
1886 		Liberal Gladstone III —
Hardinge Giffard
1st Baron Halsbury 		3 August
1886 		11 August
1892 		Conservative Salisbury II —
Farrer Herschell
1st Baron Herschell 		18 August
1892 		21 June
1895 		Liberal Gladstone IV —
Rosebery
Hardinge Giffard
1st Baron Halsbury 		29 June
1895 		4 December
1905 		Conservative Salisbury
(III & IV)
(Con.–Lib.U.) 		Earl of Halsbury in 1898
Edward VII

(1901–1910)
Balfour
(Con.–Lib.U.)
Robert Reid
1st Baron Loreburn 		10 December
1905 		10 June
1912 		Liberal Campbell-Bannerman Earl Loreburn in 1911
Asquith
(I–III)
George V

(1910–1936)
Richard Haldane
1st Viscount Haldane 		10 June
1912 		25 May
1915 		Liberal —
Stanley Buckmaster
1st Baron Buckmaster 		25 May
1915 		5 December
1916 		Liberal Asquith Coalition
(Lib.–Con.–Lab.) 		Viscount Buckmaster in 1933
Robert Finlay
1st Baron Finlay 		10 December
1916 		10 January
1919 		Conservative Lloyd George
(I & II)
(Lib.–Con.–Lab.) 		Viscount Finlay in 1919
F. E. Smith
1st Baron Birkenhead 		10 January
1919 		19 October
1922 		Conservative Viscount Birkenhead in 1921
Earl of Birkenhead in 1922
George Cave
1st Viscount Cave 		24 October
1922 		22 January
1924 		Conservative Law —
Baldwin I
Richard Haldane
1st Viscount Haldane 		22 January
1924 		6 November
1924 		Labour MacDonald I —
George Cave
1st Viscount Cave 		6 November
1924 		28 March
1928 		Conservative Baldwin II —
Douglas Hogg
1st Baron Hailsham 		28 March
1928 		4 June
1929 		Conservative Viscount Hailsham in 1929
John Sankey
1st Baron Sankey 		7 June
1929 		7 June
1935 		Labour MacDonald II Viscount Sankey in 1932
National Labour National I
(N.Lab.–Con.–N.Lib.
–Lib.
National II
(N.Lab.–Con.–N.Lib.
–Lib. until 1932)
Douglas Hogg
1st Viscount Hailsham 		7 June
1935 		9 March
1938 		Conservative National III
(Con.–N.Lab.–N.Lib.) 		—
Edward VIII

(1936)
National IV
(Con.–N.Lab.–N.Lib.) 		George VI

(1936–1952)
Frederic Maugham
Baron Maugham 		9 March
1938 		3 September
1939 		Conservative Viscount Maugham in 1939
Thomas Inskip
1st Viscount Caldecote 		3 September
1939 		12 May
1940 		Conservative Chamberlain War
(Con.–N.Lab.–N.Lib.) 		—
John Simon
1st Viscount Simon 		10 May
1940 		27 July
1945 		National Liberal Churchill War
(All parties) 		—
Churchill Caretaker
(Con.–N.Lib.)
William Jowitt
1st Baron Jowitt 		27 July
1945 		26 October
1951 		Labour Attlee
(I & II) 		Viscount Jowitt in 1947
Earl Jowitt in 1951
Gavin Simonds
Baron Simonds 		30 October
1951 		18 October
1954 		Conservative Churchill III Baron Simonds in 1952
Viscount Simonds in 1954
Elizabeth II

(1952–2022)
David Maxwell Fyfe
1st Viscount Kilmuir 		18 October
1954 		13 July
1962 		Conservative Earl of Kilmuir in 1962
Eden
Macmillan
(I & II)
Reginald Manningham-Buller
1st Baron Dilhorne 		13 July
1962 		16 October
1964 		Conservative Viscount Dilhorne in 1962
Douglas-Home
Gerald Gardiner
Baron Gardiner 		16 October
1964 		19 June
1970 		Labour Wilson
(I & II) 		—
Quintin Hogg
Baron Hailsham of St Marylebone 		20 June
1970 		4 March
1974 		Conservative Heath —
Frederick Elwyn Jones
Baron Elwyn-Jones 		5 March
1974 		4 May
1979 		Labour Wilson
(III & IV) 		—
Callaghan
Quintin Hogg
Baron Hailsham of St Marylebone 		4 May
1979 		13 June
1987 		Conservative Thatcher I —
Thatcher II
Michael Havers
Baron Havers 		13 June
1987 		26 October
1987 		Conservative Thatcher III —
James Mackay
Baron Mackay of Clashfern 		28 October
1987 		2 May
1997 		Conservative —
Major I
Major II
Derry Irvine
Baron Irvine of Lairg 		2 May
1997 		12 June
2003 		Labour Blair I —
Blair II
Charlie Falconer
Baron Falconer of Thoroton 		12 June
2003 		27 June
2007 		Labour —
Blair III
Jack Straw[i]
MP for Blackburn 		28 June
2007 		11 May
2010 		Labour Brown —
Kenneth Clarke
MP for Rushcliffe 		12 May
2010 		4 September
2012 		Conservative Cameron–Clegg
(Con.–L.D.) 		Baron Clarke of Nottingham for Life in 2020
Chris Grayling
MP for Epsom and Ewell 		4 September
2012 		9 May
2015 		Conservative —
Michael Gove
MP for Surrey Heath 		9 May
2015 		14 July
2016 		Conservative Cameron II —
Liz Truss[j]
MP for South West Norfolk 		14 July
2016 		11 June
2017 		Conservative May I —
David Lidington
MP for Aylesbury 		11 June
2017 		8 January
2018 		Conservative May II —
David Gauke
MP for South West Hertfordshire 		8 January
2018 		24 July
2019 		Conservative —
Robert Buckland
MP for South Swindon 		24 July
2019 		15 September
2021 		Conservative Johnson I —
Johnson II
Dominic Raab
MP for Esher and Walton 		15 September
2021 		6 September
2022 		Conservative —
Brandon Lewis
MP for Great Yarmouth 		6 September
2022 		25 October
2022 		Conservative Truss —
Charles III

(2022–present)
Dominic Raab
MP for Esher and Walton 		27 October
2022 		21 April
2023[4] 		Conservative Sunak —
Alex Chalk
MP for Cheltenham 		26 April
2023 		5 July
2024 		Conservative —
Shabana Mahmood
MP for Birmingham Ladywood 		5 July
2024 		Incumbent Labour Starmer —

Timeline

Shabana MahmoodAlex ChalkBrandon LewisDominic RaabRobert BucklandDavid GaukeDavid LidingtonLiz TrussMichael GoveChris GraylingKenneth ClarkeJack StrawCharles Falconer, Baron Falconer of ThorotonDerry Irvine, Baron Irvine of LairgJames Mackay, Baron Mackay of ClashfernMichael Havers, Baron HaversFrederick Elwyn Jones, Baron Elwyn-JonesQuintin Hogg, Baron Halisham of St MaryleboneGerald Gardiner, Baron GardinerReginald Manningham-Buller, 1st Baron DilhorneDavid Maxwell Fyfe, 1st Viscount KilmuirGavin Simonds, 1st Viscount SimondsWilliam Jowitt, 1st Baron JowittJohn Simon, 1st Viscount SimonThomas Inskip, 1st Viscount CaldecoteFrederic Maugham, Baron MaughamJohn Sankey, 1st Baron SankeyDouglas Hogg, 1st Baron HalishamGeorge Cave, 1st Viscount CaveF. E. Smith, 1st Earl of BirkenheadRobert Finlay, 1st Baron FinlayStanley Buckmaster, 1st Baron BuckmasterRichard Haldane, 1st Viscount HaldaneRobert Reid, 1st Baron LoreburnFarrer Herschell, 1st Baron HerschellHardinge Giffard, 1st Baron HalsburyRoundell Palmer, 1st Baron SelborneWilliam Wood, 1st Baron HatherleyHugh Cairns, 1st Baron CairnsRichard Bethell, 1st Baron WestburyJohn Campbell, 1st Baron CampbellFrederic Thesiger, 1st Baron ChelmsfordRobert Rolfe, 1st Baron CranworthEdward Sugden, 1st Baron St LeonardsThomas Wilde, 1st Baron TruroCharles Pepys, 1st Baron CottenhamHenry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and VauxJohn Copley, 1st Baron LyndhurstThomas Erskine, 1st Baron ErskineJohn Scott, 1st Baron EldonAlexander Wedderburn, 1st Baron LoughboroughEdward Thurlow, 1st Baron ThurlowHenry Bathurst, 1st Baron ApsleyCharles YorkeCharles Pratt, 1st Baron CamdenRobert Henley, 1st Baron HenleyPhilip Yorke, 1st Baron HardwickeCharles Talbot, 1st Baron TalbotPeter King, 1st Baron KingThomas Parker, 1st Baron ParkerSimon Harcourt, 1st Baron HarcourtWilliam Cowper, 1st Baron Cowper

Notes

  1. ^ Not Lord Chancellor as such, but exercised those functions as regent until she appointed William of Kilkenny; only woman to do so until Liz Truss was appointed in 2016.
  2. ^ a b c d e A former Speaker of the House of Commons.
  3. ^ a b c d Lord Keeper of the Great Seal
  4. ^ Lord Keeper of the Great Seal until 7 April 1713.
  5. ^ Lord Keeper of the Great Seal until 16 January 1761.
  6. ^ The Prince of Wales served as prince regent from 5 February 1811.
  7. ^ Charles Yorke, who had been associated with the opposition, was persuaded to accept appointment as Lord Chancellor and was to have been created Baron Morden. However on meeting with his erstwhile opposition colleagues he became ashamed of his action. He refused to sign the patent conferring the peerage on himself and then committed suicide.
  8. ^ a b A former Lord High Chancellor of Ireland.
  9. ^ First non-peer to serve as Lord Chancellor since Robert Henley as Lord Keeper of the Seal in 1760.
  10. ^ First woman to hold the office, and first to exercise its functions since Eleanor of Provence in 1254.

References

  1. ^ "Swearing In of the Lord Chancellor" (PDF). The Right Hon. The Lord Thomas of Cwmgiedd Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales. Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales. 21 July 2016. Retrieved 18 April 2022.
  2. ^ Cook and Wroughton, English Historical Facts, 1603–1688, pp. 8–9
  3. ^ Geoffrey Treasure, ‘Cowper, William, first Earl Cowper (1665–1723)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, September 2004; online edn, January 2009 accessed 27 March 2009
  4. ^ "Dominic Raab resigns over bullying report". BBC News. 21 April 2023. Retrieved 21 April 2023.

Sources

  • John Haydn and Horace Ockerby, The Book of Dignities, third edition, W.H. Allen and Co. Ltd, London 1894, reprinted Firecrest Publishing Limited, Bath 1969, p. 352–358
  • John Lord Campbell (1845) Lives of the Lords Chancellors and Keepers of the Great Seal of England. 5th ed. (1868) London: Murray, vol. 10
  • Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1996). Handbook of British Chronology (Third revised ed.). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.
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