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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 .
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 .
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.
The chancellor of the exchequer, often abbreviated to chancellor, [3] is a senior minister of the Crown within the Government of the United Kingdom, and the head of His Majesty’s Treasury. As one of the four Great Offices of State , the chancellor is a high-ranking member of the British Cabinet .
Sir Julius Caesar (Chancellor of the Exchequer) Commission of the Treasury (24 June 1613 – 11 July 1614) Thomas Egerton, 1st Baron Ellesmere, First Lord; Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Suffolk (11 July 1614 – 1618) Commission of the Treasury (July 1618 – 14 December 1620) George Abbot, Archbishop of Canterbury, First Lord; Francis Bacon, 1st ...
Lord Chancellor (1068–present) Lord President of the Council (1678–present) Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal (1307–present) Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (and preceding positions, 1889–2001) Minister of Technology (1964–1970) First Lord of the Admiralty (1709–1964) See also Admiralty. Paymaster General (1834–present)
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 ...
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 ...