List of Lord Chancellors and Lord Keepers
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The following is a list of Lord Chancellors and Lord Keepers of the Great Seal of England and Great Britain.
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[edit] Early Chancellors of England
- Angmendus (605)
- Cenmora (?)
- Bosa (?)
- Swithulplus (?)
- St. Swithin (827)
- Turketel (920)
- Adolphus (959)
- Alfric (978)
- Lesfric (1043)
- Reinhildus (1050)
[edit] Lord Chancellors and Lord Keepers of England, 1068–1707
- Herfast (1068–1070)
- Osmund (1070–1078)
- Maurice, Archdeacon of Le Mans (1078–1085)
- Gerard, Preceptor of Rouen (1085–1092)
- Robert Blouet (1092–1093)
- William Giffard (1093–1101)
- Roger (1101–1102)
- Waldric (1102–1107)
- Ranulf (1107–1123)
- Geoffrey Rufus (1123–1133)
- Robert de Sigillo (1133–1135)
- Roger le Poer (1135–1139)
- Philip de Harcourt, Dean of Lincoln (1139–1140)
- Robert of Ghent, Dean of York (1140–1141)
- William FitzGilbert (1141–1142)
- William de Vere (1142)
- Robert of Ghent, Dean of York (1142–1154)
- Thomas Becket, Archdeacon of Canterbury (1155–1162)
- Geoffrey Ridel, Archdeacon of Canterbury (1162–1173)
- Ralph de Warneville, Treasurer of York (1173–1181)
- Geoffrey, the Bastard, Plantagenet (1181–1189)
- William Longchamp, Bishop of Ely (1189–1197)
- Eustace, Dean of Salisbury (1197–1198)
- Eustace, Bishop of Ely (1198–1199)
- Hubert Walter, Archbishop of Canterbury (1199–1205)
- Walter de Gray (1205–1214)
- Richard Marsh (1214–1226)
- Ralph Neville (1226–1240)
- Richard le Gras, Abbot of Evesham (1240–1242)
- Ralph Neville (1242–1244)
- Silvester de Everdon, Archdeacon of Chester (1244–1246)
- John Maunsell, Provost of Beverley (1246–1247)
- Sir John Lexington (1247–1248)
- John Maunsell (1248–1249)
- Sir John Lexington (1249–1250)
- William of Kilkenny (1250–1255)
- Henry Wingham (1255–1260)
- Nicholas of Ely, Archdeacon of Ely (1260–1261)
- Walter de Merton, Archdeacon of Bath (1261–1263)
- Nicholas of Ely, Archdeacon of Ely (1263)
- John Chishull, Archdeacon of London (1263–1264)
- Thomas Cantilupe, Archdeacon of Stafford (1264–1265)
- Ralph Sandwich (1265)
- Walter Giffard, Bishop of Bath and Wells (1265–1266)
- Godfrey Giffard, Archdeacon of Wells (1266–1268)
- John Chishull, Dean of St Paul’s (1268–1269)
- Richard Middleton, Archdeacon of Northumberland (1269–1272)
- Walter de Merton, Archdeacon of Bath (1272–1274)
- Robert Burnell, Bishop of Bath (1274–1292)
- John Langton, Canon of Lincoln (1292–1302)
- William Greenfield, Dean of Chichester (1302–1305)
- William Hamilton, Dean of York (1305–1307)
- Ralph Baldock, Bishop of London (1307)
- John Langton, Bishop of Chichester (1307–1310)
- Walter Reynolds, Bishop of Worceter (1310–1314)
- John Sandall, Canon of Lincoln (1314–1318)
- John Hotham, Bishop of Ely (1318–1320)
- John Salmon, Bishop of Norwich (1320–1323)
- Robert Baldock, Archdeacon of Middlesex (1323–1327)
- William Airmyn, Bishop of Norwich (1327–1328)
- Henry Burghersh, Bishop of Lincoln (1328–1330)
- John de Stratford, Bishop of Winchester (1330–1334)
- Richard Bury, Bishop of Durham (1334–1335)
- John de Stratford, Archbishop of Canterbury (1335–1337)
- Robert de Stratford, Bishop of Chichester (1337–1338)
- Richard Bintworth, Bishop of London (1338–1339)
- John de Stratford, Archbishop of Canterbury (1340)
- Sir Robert Bourchier (1340–1341)
- Sir Robert Parning (1341–1343)
- Sir Robert Sadington (1343–1345)
- John Offord, Dean of Lincoln (1345–1349)
- John Thoresby, Bishop of Worcester (1349–1356)
- William Edington, Bishop of Winchester (1356–1363)
- Simon Langham, Bishop of Ely (1363–1367)
- William of Wykeham, Bishop of Winchester (1367–1371)
- Sir Robert Thorp (1371–1372)
- Sir John Knyvet (1372–1377)
- Adam Houghton, Bishop of St David's (1377–1378)
- Richard Scrope, 1st Baron Scrope of Bolton (1378–1380)
- Simon Sudbury, Archbishop of Canterbury (1380–1381)
- Hugh Segrave (1381)
- William Courtenay, Bishop of London (1381)
- Richard Scrope, 1st Baron Scrope of Bolton (1381–1382)
- Robert Braybrook, Bishop of London (1382–1383)
- Michael de la Pole, 1st Earl of Suffolk (1383–1386)
- Thomas Arundel, Bishop of Ely (1386–1389)
- William of Wykeham, Bishop of Winchester (1389–1391)
- Thomas Arundel, Archbishop of York (1391–1396)
- Edmund Stafford, Bishop of Exeter (1396–1399)
- Thomas Arundel, Archbishop of Canterbury (1399)
- John Scarle, Archdeacon of Lincoln (1399–1401)
- Edmund Stafford, Bishop of Exeter (1401–1403)
- Henry Beaufort, Bishop of Lincoln (1403–1405)
- Thomas Langley, Dean of York (1405–1407)
- Thomas Arundel, Archbishop of Canterbury (1407–1410)
- Sir Thomas Beaufort (1410–1412)
- Thomas Arundel, Archbishop of Canterbury (1412–1413)
- Henry Beaufort, Bishop of Winchester (1413–1417)
- Thomas Langley, Bishop of Durham (1417–1424)
- Henry Beaufort, Bishop of Winchester (1424–1426)
- John Kemp, Archbishop of York (1426–1432)
- John Stafford, Bishop of Bath (later Archbishop of Canterbury) (1432–1450)
- John Kemp, Archbishop of York (1450–1454)
- Richard Neville, Earl of Salisbury (1454–1455)
- Thomas Bourchier, Archbishop of Canterbury (1455–1456)
- William Waynflete, Bishop of Winchester (1456–1460)
- George Neville, Bishop of Exeter (1460–1467)
- Richard Stillington, Bishop of Bath (1467–1470)
- George Neville, Archbishop of York (1470–1471)
- Richard Stillington, Bishop of Bath (1471–1473)
- Laurence Booth, Bishop of Durham (1473–1475)
- John Alcock, Bishop of Rochester (1475)
- Thomas Rotheram, Bishop of Lincoln (1475–1483)
- John Russell, Bishop of Lincoln (1483–1485)
- Thomas Rotheram, Archbishop of York (1485)
- John Alcock, Bishop of Worcester (1485–1487)
- John Morton, Archbishop of Canterbury (1487–1500)
- Henry Deane, Archbishop of Canterbury (1500–1502)
- William Warham, Archbishop of Canterbury (1502–1515)
- Thomas Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop of York (1515–1529)
- Sir Thomas More (1529–1532)
- Thomas Audley, 1st Baron Audley of Walden (1532–1544)
- Thomas Wriothesley, 1st Baron Wriothesley (1544–1547)
- William Paulet, 1st Baron St John (1547)
- Richard Rich, 1st Baron Rich (1547–1551)
- Thomas Goodrich, Bishop of Ely (1552–1553)
- Stephen Gardiner, Bishop of Winchester (1553–1555)
- Nicholas Heath, Archbishop of York (1555–1558)
- Sir Nicholas Bacon (1558–1579) (Lord Keeper)
- Sir Thomas Bromley (1579–1587)
- Sir Christopher Hatton (1587–1591)
- In Commission (1591–1592)
- Sir John Puckering (1592–1596)
- Sir Thomas Egerton (1596–1617)
- Francis Bacon, 1st Baron Verulam (1617–1621)
- In Commission (1621)
- John Williams, Bishop of Lincoln (1621–1625)
- Thomas Coventry, 1st Baron Coventry (1625–1640)
- John Finch, 1st Baron Finch (1640–1641)
- Edward Littleton, 1st Baron Lyttleton of Mounslow (1641–1642)
- Sir Richard Lane (1645–1653)
- Sir Edward Herbert (1653–1658)
- Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon (1658–1667)
- Orlando Bridgeman (1667–1672) (Lord Keeper)
- Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury (1672–1673)
- Heneage Finch, 1st Earl of Nottingham (1673–1682) (Lord Keeper to 1675)
- Francis North, 1st Baron Guilford (1682–1685) (Lord Keeper)
- George Jeffreys, 1st Baron Jeffreys (1685–1688)
- In Commission (1689–1693)
- John Somers, 1st Baron Somers (1693–1700) (Lord Keeper to 1697)
- Sir Nathan Wright (1700–1705) (Lord Keeper)
- William Cowper, 1st Baron Cowper (1705–1707) (Lord Keeper)
[edit] Lord Chancellors and Lord Keepers of Great Britain, 1707–present
- William Cowper, 1st Baron Cowper (1707–1708)
- In Commission (1708–1710)
- Simon Harcourt, 1st Baron Harcourt (1710–1714) (Lord Keeper to 1713)
- William Cowper, 1st Baron Cowper (1714–1718)
- Thomas Parker, 1st Earl of Macclesfield (1718–1725)
- In Commission (1725)
- Peter King, 1st Baron King (1725–1733)
- Charles Talbot, 1st Baron Talbot of Hensol (1733–1737)
- Philip Yorke, 1st Earl of Hardwicke (1737–1756)
- In Commission (1756–1757)
- Robert Henley, 1st Earl of Northington (1757–1766) (Lord Keeper to 1761)
- Charles Pratt, 1st Baron Camden (1766–1770)
- Charles Yorke (1770)
- In Commission (1770–1771)
- Henry Bathurst, 1st Baron Apsley (1771–1778)
- Edward Thurlow, 1st Baron Thurlow (1778–1783)
- In Commission (1783)
- Edward Thurlow, 1st Baron Thurlow (1783–1792)
- In Commission (1792–1793)
- Alexander Wedderburn, 1st Baron Loughborough (1793–1801)
- John Scott, 1st Baron Eldon (1801–1806)
- Thomas Erskine, 1st Baron Erskine (1806–1807)
- John Scott, 1st Earl of Eldon (1807–1827)
- John Singleton Copley, 1st Baron Lyndhurst (1827–1830)
- Henry Peter Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux (1830–1834)
- John Singleton Copley, 1st Baron Lyndhurst (1834–1835)
- In Commission (1835–1836)
- Charles Pepys, 1st Baron Cottenham (1836–1841)
- John Singleton Copley, 1st Baron Lyndhurst (1841–1846)
- Charles Pepys, 1st Baron Cottenham (1846–1850)
- Thomas Wilde, 1st Baron Truro (1850–1852)
- Edward Burtenshaw Sugden, 1st Baron St Leonards (1852)
- Robert Monsey Rolfe, 1st Baron Cranworth (1852–1858)
- Frederic Thesiger, 1st Baron Chelmsford (1858–1859)
- John Campbell, 1st Baron Campbell of St Andrews (1859–1861)
- Richard Bethell, 1st Baron Westbury (1861–1865)
- Robert Monsey Rolfe, 1st Baron Cranworth (1865–1866)
- Frederic Thesiger, 1st Baron Chelmsford (1866–1868)
- Hugh McCalmont Cairns, 1st Baron Cairns (1868)
- William Page Wood, 1st Baron Hatherley (1868–1872)
- Roundell Palmer, 1st Baron Selborne (1872–1874)
- Hugh McCalmont Cairns, 1st Earl Cairns (1874–1880)
- Roundell Palmer, 1st Earl of Selborne (1880–1885)
- Hardinge Giffard, 1st Baron Halsbury (1885–1886)
- Farrer Herschell, 1st Baron Herschell (1886)
- Hardinge Giffard, 1st Baron Halsbury (1886–1892)
- Farrer Herschell, 1st Baron Herschell (1892–1895)
- Hardinge Giffard, 1st Earl of Halsbury (1895–1905)
- Robert Threshie Reid, 1st Earl of Loreburn (1905–1912)
- Richard Burdon Haldane, 1st Viscount Haldane (1912–1915)
- Stanley Buckmaster, 1st Baron Buckmaster (1915–1916)
- Robert Bannatyne Finlay, 1st Baron Finlay (1916–1919)
- Frederick Edwin Smith, 1st Earl of Birkenhead (1919–1922)
- George Cave, 1st Viscount Cave (1922–1924)
- Richard Burdon Haldane, 1st Viscount Haldane (1924)
- George Cave, 1st Viscount Cave (1924–1928)
- Douglas Hogg, 1st Baron Hailsham (1928–1929)
- John Sankey, 1st Viscount Sankey (1929–1935)
- Douglas Hogg, 1st Viscount Hailsham (1935–1938)
- Frederic Herbert Maugham, 1st Baron Maugham (1938–1939)
- Thomas Inskip, 1st Viscount Caldecote (1939–1940)
- John Allsebrook Simon, 1st Viscount Simon (1940–1945)
- William Allen Jowitt, 1st Viscount Jowitt (1945–1951)
- Gavin Turnbull Simonds, 1st Baron Simonds (1951–1954)
- David Patrick Maxwell Fyfe, 1st Viscount Kilmuir (1954–1962)
- Reginald Manningham-Buller, 1st Baron Dilhorne (1962–1964)
- Gerald Gardiner, Baron Gardiner (1964–1970)
- Quintin Hogg, Baron Hailsham of St Marylebone (1970–1974)
- Elwyn Jones, Baron Elwyn-Jones (1974–1979)
- Quintin Hogg, Baron Hailsham of St Marylebone (1979–1987)
- Michael Havers, Baron Havers (1987)
- James Mackay, Baron Mackay of Clashfern (1987–1997)
- Derry Irvine, Baron Irvine of Lairg (1997–2003)
- Charles Falconer, Baron Falconer of Thoroton (2003–)
