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The lord chancellor is a member of the Cabinet and is, by law, the minister of the Crown responsible for the efficient functioning and independence of the courts. The lord chancellor thus leads the Ministry of Justice and is the judiciary's voice within Cabinet. In 2005, there were a number of changes to the legal system and to the office of ...
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 ...
Theoretically, the Lord Chancellor is the Chancellor of Great Britain. A former office of "Chancellor of Ireland" was abolished in 1922, when all but Northern Ireland left the United Kingdom. The Lord Chancellor is the ceremonially second-highest-ranking non-royal subject in precedence (after the Archbishop of Canterbury).
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The Lord Chancellor of Scotland, formally titled Lord High Chancellor, was an Officer of State in the Kingdom of Scotland.The Lord Chancellor was the principal Great Officer of State, the presiding officer of the Parliament of Scotland, the Keeper of the Great Seal, the presiding officer of the Privy Council (until 1626), and a judge of the College of Justice.
The Lord Chancellor (formally the Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain) is the most senior of the Great Officers other than the Lord High Steward (who is appointed only on a temporary basis for coronations): he is the cabinet minister responsible for the Ministry of Justice (formerly the Lord Chancellor's Department and the Department for ...
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
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