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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 .
The Lord Chancellor, formally titled Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain, is a senior minister of the Crown within the Government of the United Kingdom.The lord chancellor is the minister of justice for England and Wales and the highest-ranking Great Officer of State in Scotland [a] and England [b], nominally outranking the prime minister.
England portal Articles about people who held the office of Lord Chancellor of England before the Act of Union between England and Scotland in 1707. For holders of the successor office of Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain see category:Lord chancellors of Great Britain .
Lord chancellors of England (112 P) Lord chancellors of Scotland (57 P) Pages in category "Lord chancellors" The following 157 pages are in this category, out of 157 ...
Thomas Audley, 1st Baron Audley of Walden KG, PC, KS, JP (c. 1488 – 30 April 1544), was an English barrister and judge who served as Lord Chancellor of England from 1533 to 1544. Early life [ edit ]
Articles about individuals who have held the office of Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain since the Act of Union between England and Scotland in 1707. For holders of the predecessor offices see: Category:Lord chancellors of England; Category:Lord chancellors of Scotland
Richard Rich, 1st Baron Rich (July 1496 – 12 June 1567), was Lord Chancellor during King Edward VI of England's reign, from 1547 until January 1552. He was the founder of Felsted School with its associated almshouses in Essex in 1564.
Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon PC JP (18 February 1609 – 9 December 1674) was an English statesman, lawyer, diplomat and historian who served as chief advisor to Charles I during the First English Civil War, and Lord Chancellor to Charles II from 1660 to 1667.