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The Great Seal attached to the 2006 reissuance of the BBC Charter. The Great Seal of the Realm is a seal that is used to symbolise the sovereign 's approval of state documents. It is also known as the Great Seal of the United Kingdom (known prior to the Treaty of Union of 1707 as the Great Seal of England; and from then until the Union of 1801 ...
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 .
Robert Bacon, Isabel Cage. Arms of Bacon: Gules, on a chief argent two mullets pierced sable 1. Sir Nicholas Bacon (28 December 1510 – 20 February 1579) was Lord Keeper of the Great Seal during the first half of the reign of Queen Elizabeth I of England. He was the father of the philosopher and statesman Sir Francis Bacon.
Lord Keeper of the Great Seal. The Lord Keeper of the Great Seal of England, and later of Great Britain, was formerly an officer of the English Crown charged with physical custody of the Great Seal of England. [ 1 ] This position evolved into that of one of the Great Officers of State.
Richard I (8 September 1157 – 6 April 1199), known as Richard Cœur de Lion (Norman French: Quor de Lion) [ 1 ][ 2 ] or Richard the Lionheart because of his reputation as a great military leader and warrior, [ 3 ][ 4 ][ 5 ] was King of England from 1189 until his death in 1199. He also ruled as Duke of Normandy, Aquitaine, and Gascony; Lord ...
The Lord Chancellor, formally titled Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain, is the minister of justice for the whole United Kingdom and the highest-ranking Great Officer of State in Scotland [ a ] and England [ b ], nominally outranking the prime minister. The lord chancellor is appointed and dismissed by the sovereign on the advice of the ...
Early years, 1558–1580. Anthony Bacon was born in 1558, the same year that his father, Sir Nicholas Bacon, was appointed Lord Keeper of the Great Seal by Elizabeth I of England. His mother, Anne, was the daughter of noted humanist Anthony Cooke. His mother's sister was married to William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley, making Burghley Anthony ...
Ceremonial purse at Weston Park, used by Sir Orlando as Lord Keeper of the Great Seal, 1667–1672, and shown in his portrait above. Sir Orlando Bridgeman, 1st Baronet, SL (30 January 1606 – 25 June 1674) was an English common law jurist, lawyer, and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1640 to 1642. He supported the Royalist cause ...