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The Duchy of Lancaster is an estate of the British sovereign.The estate has its origins in the lands held by the medieval Dukes of Lancaster, which came under the direct control of the monarch when Henry Bolingbroke, the then duke of Lancaster, ascended the throne in 1399.
The Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster is a ministerial office [3] in the Government of the United Kingdom.Excluding the prime minister, the chancellor is the highest ranking minister in the Cabinet Office, immediately after the prime minister, and senior to the Minister for the Cabinet Office. [4]
The History of the County Palatine and Duchy of Lancaster. Vol. I. London, Paris, and New York: Fisher, Son, & Co. "Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard) Venning, Timothy (2005). Compendium of British Office Holders. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.
The Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster is normally a member of the British Cabinet. The income of the Duchy of Lancaster accrues to the Duke of Lancaster, a title which has been held by the reigning monarch since 1413, whether male or female; King Charles III is the current Duke of Lancaster.
The monarch’s multi-million-pound net surplus from the landed estate is separate from the taxpayer-funded Sovereign Grant.
Duke of Lancaster, 4th Earl of Lancaster, 4th Earl of Leicester: Joan of Lancaster c. 1312 –1349: John (II) de Mowbray 1310–1361 3rd Baron Mowbray: Eleanor of Lancaster 1318–1372: Mary of Lancaster c. 1320 –1362: Earl of Worcester (2nd creation), 1397: John of Gaunt 1340–1399 Duke of Lancaster, 5th Earl of Lancaster, (6th) Earl of ...
The probe focused on the Duchy of Lancaster, a private estate of 44,748 acres of land in England and Wales owned by King Charles as sovereign, and the Duchy of Cornwall, a private estate of almost ...
The area was a parcel of the Duchy of Lancaster. It was divided into four wards, Church, Middle, Royal and Savoy. It was governed by a court leet. [4] The liberty of the Savoy was part of Middlesex, and those connected with it eligible to vote at parliamentary elections were electors for the seats of Westminster. [5]