The Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster is, in modern times, a sinecure office in the government of the United Kingdom.
Name | Portrait | Entered office | Left office | |
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Sir Henry de Haydock | 1361 | 1373 | ||
Ralph de Ergham | 1373 | 16 April 1377 | ||
Thomas de Thelwall | 16 April 1377 | 1378 | ||
Sir John De Yerborough | 1378 | 10 November 1382 | ||
Sir Thomas Stanley (pro term) |
10 November 1382 | 29 November 1382 | ||
Sir Thomas Scarle | 29 November 1382 | October 1383 | ||
Sir William Okey | October 1383 | 1400 |
Name | Portrait | Entered office | Left office | |
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Sir John Fortescue | 16 September 1601 | 1601 | ||
In Commission | 1601 | 1601 | ||
Sir John Fortescue | 1601 | 1607 | ||
Sir Thomas Parry | 1607 | 5 June 1616 | ||
Sir John Dacombe and Sir Thomas Parry |
27 May 1615 | 5 June 1616 | ||
Sir John Dacombe | 5 June 1616 | 1618 | ||
In commission | 1618 | 23 March 1618 | ||
Sir Humphrey May | 23 March 1618 | 16 April 1629 | ||
The Lord Barrett of Newburgh | 16 April 1629 | 10 February 1644 | ||
The Lord Seymour of Trowbridge | 1644 | 1645 |
The Lord Grey of Warke and William Lenthall (commission) |
10 February 1644 | 1648 | ||
Sir Gilbert Gerard | 1648 | 1 August 1649 | ||
John Bradshaw | 1 August 1649 | 1653 | ||
John Bradshaw and Thomas Fell (commissioners) |
1653 | 1654 | ||
Thomas Fell | 1654 | 1658 | ||
John Bradshaw | 1658 | 1659 | ||
William Lenthall | 1659 | 1659 | ||
Sir Gilbert Gerard | 14 May 1659 | 9 July 1659 |
The Lord Seymour of Trowbridge | 9 July 1660 | 21 July 1664 | ||
Sir Thomas Ingram | 21 July 1664 | 22 February 1672 | ||
Sir Robert Carr, Bt | 22 February 1672 | 21 November 1682 | ||
Sir Thomas Chicheley | 21 November 1682 | 1682 | ||
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1682 | 1687 | ||
In commission | 1687 | 1687 | ||
Robert Phelipps | 1687 | 21 March 1689 | ||
The Lord Willoughby of Eresby | 21 March 1689 | 4 May 1697 | ||
The Earl of Stamford | 4 May 1697 | 12 May 1702 |
Name | Portrait | Entered office | Left office | Political party | |
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Sir John Leveson-Gower, Bt [1] | 12 May 1702 | 10 June 1706 | Tory | ||
The Earl of Derby | 10 June 1706 | 21 September 1710 | |||
The Lord Berkeley of Stratton | 21 September 1710 | 6 November 1714 | |||
The Earl of Aylesford | 6 November 1714 | 12 March 1716 | Tory | ||
The Earl of Scarborough | 12 March 1716 | 19 June 1717 | |||
The Lord Lechmere | 19 June 1717 | 17 July 1727 | |||
The Duke of Rutland | 17 July 1727 | 21 May 1735 | Whig | ||
The Earl of Cholmondeley | 21 May 1735 | 22 December 1742 | Whig | ||
The Lord Edgcumbe | 22 December 1742 | 27 February 1759 | |||
The Earl of Kinnoull | 27 February 1759 | 13 December 1762 | Whig | ||
Lord Strange | 13 December 1762 | 14 June 1771 | |||
The Earl of Clarendon | 14 June 1771 | 17 April 1782 | Whig | ||
The Lord Ashburton | 17 April 1782 | 29 August 1783 | Whig | ||
The Earl of Derby | 29 August 1783 | 31 December 1783 | Whig | ||
The Earl of Clarendon | 31 December 1783 | 6 September 1786 | Whig | ||
The Lord Hawkesbury [2] | 6 September 1786 | 11 November 1803 |
Name | Portrait | Entered office | Left office | Political party | |
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Lord Pelham | 11 November 1803 | 6 June 1804 | Whig | ||
The Lord Mulgrave | 6 June 1804 | 14 January 1805 | Tory | ||
The Earl of Buckinghamshire | 14 January 1805 | 10 July 1805 | Tory | ||
The Lord Harrowby | 10 July 1805 | 12 February 1806 | Tory | ||
The Earl of Derby | 12 February 1806 | 30 March 1807 | Whig | ||
Hon. Spencer Perceval | 30 March 1807 | 11 May 1812 | Tory | ||
The Earl of Buckinghamshire | 23 May 1812 | 23 June 1812 | Tory | ||
Charles Bathurst | 23 June 1812 | 13 February 1823 | |||
The Lord Bexley | 13 February 1823 | 26 January 1828 | Tory | ||
The Earl of Aberdeen | 26 January 1828 | 2 June 1828 | Tory | ||
Charles Arbuthnot | 2 June 1828 | 25 November 1830 | Tory | ||
The Lord Holland | 25 November 1830 | 14 November 1834 | Whig | ||
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14 November 1834 | 26 December 1834 | |||
Charles Watkin Williams-Wynn | 26 December 1834 | 8 April 1835 | Conservative | ||
The Lord Holland | 23 April 1835 | 31 October 1840 | Whig | ||
The Earl of Clarendon | 31 October 1840 | 23 June 1841 | Whig | ||
Sir George Grey, Bt | 23 June 1841 | 30 August 1841 | Whig | ||
Lord Granville Somerset | 3 September 1841 | 27 June 1846 | Conservative | ||
The Lord Campbell | 6 July 1846 | 6 March 1850 | Whig | ||
The Earl of Carlisle | 6 March 1850 | 21 February 1852 | Whig | ||
Robert Adam Christopher | 1 March 1852 | 17 December 1852 | Conservative | ||
Edward Strutt | 3 January 1853 | 21 June 1854 | Whig / Radical | ||
The Earl Granville | 21 June 1854 | 30 January 1855 | Whig | ||
The Earl of Harrowby | 31 March 1855 | 7 December 1855 | |||
Matthew Talbot Baines | 7 December 1855 | 21 February 1858 | Whig | ||
The Duke of Montrose | 26 February 1858 | 11 June 1859 | Conservative | ||
Sir George Grey, Bt | 22 June 1859 | 25 July 1861 | Whig / Liberal | ||
Edward Cardwell | 25 July 1861 | 7 April 1864 | Conservative | ||
The Earl of Clarendon | 7 April 1864 | 3 November 1865 | Liberal | ||
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3 November 1865 | 26 January 1866 | |||
George Goschen | 26 January 1866 | 26 June 1866 | Liberal | ||
The Earl of Devon | 10 July 1866 | 26 June 1867 | Conservative | ||
John Wilson-Patten | 26 June 1867 | 7 November 1868 | Conservative | ||
Thomas Edward Taylor | 7 November 1868 | 1 December 1868 | Conservative | ||
The Lord Dufferin and Claneboye [3] | 12 December 1868 | 9 August 1872 | Liberal | ||
Hugh Childers | 9 August 1872 | 30 September 1873 | Liberal | ||
John Bright | 30 September 1873 | 17 February 1874 | Liberal | ||
Thomas Edward Taylor | 2 March 1874 | 21 April 1880 | Conservative | ||
John Bright | 28 April 1880 | 25 July 1882 | Liberal | ||
The Earl of Kimberley | 25 July 1882 | 28 December 1882 | Liberal | ||
John George Dodson | 28 December 1882 | 29 October 1884 | Liberal | ||
George Trevelyan | 29 October 1884 | 9 June 1885 | Liberal | ||
Henry Chaplin | 24 June 1885 | 28 January 1886 | Conservative | ||
Edward Heneage | 6 February 1886 | 16 April 1886 | Liberal | ||
Sir Ughtred Kay-Shuttleworth, Bt | 16 April 1886 | 20 July 1886 | Liberal | ||
The Viscount Cranbrook | 3 August 1886 | 16 August 1886 | Conservative | ||
Lord John Manners | 16 August 1886 | 11 August 1892 | Conservative | ||
James Bryce | 18 August 1892 | 28 May 1894 | Liberal | ||
The Lord Tweedmouth | 28 May 1894 | 21 June 1895 | Liberal | ||
The Viscount Cross | 29 June 1895 | 4 July 1895 | Conservative | ||
Sir Henry James (Baron James of Hereford from August 1895) |
4 July 1895 | 8 August 1902 | Liberal Unionist |
Name | Portrait | Entered office | Left office | Political party | |
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Sir William Walrond, Bt | 8 August 1902 | 4 December 1905 | Conservative | ||
Sir Henry Fowler | 10 December 1905 | 13 October 1908 | Liberal | ||
The Lord FitzMaurice | 13 October 1908 | 25 June 1909 | Liberal | ||
Herbert Samuel | 25 June 1909 | 14 February 1910 | Liberal | ||
Jack Pease | 14 February 1910 | 23 October 1911 | Liberal | ||
Charles Hobhouse | 23 October 1911 | 11 February 1914 | Liberal | ||
Charles Masterman | 11 February 1914 | 3 February 1915 | Liberal | ||
Hon. Edwin Samuel Montagu | 3 February 1915 | 25 May 1915 | Liberal | ||
Winston Churchill | 25 May 1915 | 25 November 1915 | Liberal | ||
Herbert Samuel | 25 November 1915 | 11 January 1916 | Liberal | ||
Hon. Edwin Samuel Montagu | 11 January 1916 | 9 July 1916 | Liberal | ||
Thomas McKinnon Wood | 9 July 1916 | 10 December 1916 | Liberal | ||
Sir Frederick Cawley, Bt | 10 December 1916 | 10 February 1918 | Liberal | ||
The Lord Beaverbrook | 10 February 1918 | 4 November 1918 | Liberal Unionist | ||
The Lord Downham | 4 November 1918 | 10 January 1919 | Conservative | ||
The Earl of Crawford | 10 January 1919 | 1 April 1921 | Conservative | ||
The Viscount Peel | 1 April 1921 | 7 April 1922 | Conservative | ||
Sir William Sutherland | 7 April 1922 | 19 October 1922 | Conservative | ||
The Marquess of Salisbury | 24 October 1922 | 25 May 1923 | Conservative | ||
J. C. C. Davidson | 25 May 1923 | 22 January 1924 | Conservative | ||
Josiah Wedgwood | 22 January 1924 | 3 November 1924 | Labour | ||
The Viscount Cecil of Chelwood | 10 November 1924 | 19 October 1927 | Conservative | ||
The Lord Cushendun | 19 October 1927 | 4 June 1929 | Conservative | ||
Sir Oswald Mosley, Bt | 7 June 1929 | 19 May 1930 | Labour | ||
Clement Attlee | 23 May 1930 | 13 March 1931 | Labour | ||
The Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede | 13 March 1931 | 24 August 1931 | Labour | ||
The Marquess of Lothian | 25 August 1931 | 10 November 1931 | |||
J. C. C. Davidson | 10 November 1931 | 28 May 1937 | Conservative | ||
The Earl Winterton | 28 May 1937 | 29 January 1939 | Conservative | ||
William Morrison | 29 January 1939 | 3 April 1940 | Conservative | ||
The Lord Tryon | 3 April 1940 | 14 May 1940 | Conservative | ||
The Lord Hankey | 14 May 1940 | 20 July 1941 | |||
Duff Cooper | 20 July 1941 | 11 November 1943 | Conservative | ||
Ernest Brown | 11 November 1943 | 25 May 1945 | National Liberal | ||
Sir Arthur Salter | 25 May 1945 | 26 July 1945 | Conservative | ||
John Burns Hynd | 4 August 1945 | 17 April 1947 | Labour | ||
The Lord Pakenham | 17 April 1947 | 31 May 1948 | Labour | ||
Hugh Dalton | 31 May 1948 | 28 February 1950 | Labour | ||
The Viscount Alexander of Hillsborough | 28 February 1950 | 26 October 1951 | Labour Co-operative | ||
The Viscount Swinton | 31 October 1951 | 24 November 1952 | Conservative | ||
The Lord Woolton (Viscount Woolton from 1953) |
24 November 1952 | 20 December 1955 | Conservative | ||
The Earl of Selkirk | 20 December 1955 | 13 January 1957 | Conservative | ||
Charles Hill | 13 January 1957 | 9 October 1961 | Conservative | ||
Iain Macleod | 9 October 1961 | 20 October 1963 | Conservative | ||
The Viscount Blakenham | 20 October 1963 | 16 October 1964 | Conservative | ||
Douglas Houghton | 18 October 1964 | 6 April 1966 | Labour | ||
George Thomson | 6 April 1966 | 7 January 1967 | Labour | ||
Frederick Lee | 7 January 1967 | 6 October 1969 | Labour | ||
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6 October 1969 | 20 June 1970 | |||
Anthony Barber | 20 June 1970 | 28 July 1970 | Conservative | ||
Geoffrey Rippon | 28 July 1970 | 5 November 1972 | Conservative | ||
John Davies | 5 November 1972 | 4 March 1974 | Conservative | ||
Harold Lever | 5 March 1974 | 4 May 1979 | Labour | ||
Norman St John-Stevas | 5 May 1979 | 5 January 1981 | Conservative | ||
Francis Pym | 5 January 1981 | 14 September 1981 | Conservative | ||
The Baroness Young | 14 September 1981 | 6 April 1982 | Conservative | ||
Cecil Parkinson | 6 April 1982 | 11 June 1983 | Conservative | ||
The Lord Cockfield | 11 June 1983 | 11 September 1984 | Conservative | ||
The Earl of Gowrie | 11 September 1984 | 3 September 1985 | Conservative | ||
Norman Tebbit | 3 September 1985 | 13 June 1987 | Conservative | ||
Kenneth Clarke | 13 June 1987 | 25 July 1988 | Conservative | ||
Tony Newton | 25 July 1988 | 24 July 1989 | Conservative | ||
Kenneth Baker | 24 July 1989 | 28 November 1990 | Conservative | ||
Chris Patten | 28 November 1990 | 10 April 1992 | Conservative | ||
Hon. William Waldegrave | 10 April 1992 | 20 July 1994 | Conservative | ||
David Hunt | 20 July 1994 | 5 July 1995 | Conservative | ||
Roger Freeman | 5 July 1995 | 2 May 1997 | Conservative | ||
David Clark | 3 May 1997 | 27 July 1998 | Labour | ||
Jack Cunningham | 27 July 1998 | 11 October 1999 | Labour | ||
Mo Mowlam | 11 October 1999 | 11 June 2001 | Labour |
Name | Portrait | Entered office | Left office | Political party | |
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The Lord Macdonald of Tradeston | 11 June 2001 | 13 June 2003 | Labour | ||
Douglas Alexander | 13 June 2003 | 8 September 2004 | Labour | ||
Alan Milburn | 8 September 2004 | 6 May 2005 | Labour | ||
John Hutton | 6 May 2005 | 2 November 2005 | Labour | ||
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2 November 2005 | 5 May 2006 | |||
Hilary Armstrong | 5 May 2006 | 27 June 2007 | Labour | ||
Ed Miliband | 28 June 2007 | 3 October 2008 | Labour | ||
Liam Byrne | 3 October 2008 | 5 June 2009 | Labour | ||
The Baroness Royall of Blaisdon | 5 June 2009 | 11 May 2010 | Labour | ||
The Lord Strathclyde | 12 May 2010 | incumbent | Conservative |
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