List of chancellors of the Duchy of Lancaster
Appearance
The chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster is, in modern times, a sinecure office in the government of the United Kingdom.
Pat McFadden has been chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster since 5 July 2024.
Chancellors of the Duchy of Lancaster (1361–1644)
[edit]Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | |
---|---|---|
Sir Henry de Haydock | 1361 | 1373 |
Ralph de Ergham Bishop of Sarum (–1400) [Note 1] |
1373 | 16 April 1377 |
Thomas de Thelwall (–1382) |
16 April 1377 |
1378 |
Sir John De Yerborough | 1378 | 10 November 1382 |
Sir Thomas Stanley pro temp. |
10 November 1382 |
29 November 1382 |
Sir Thomas Scarle | 29 November 1382 |
October 1383 |
Sir William Okey | October 1383 |
1400 |
John de Wakering | 1400 | 1400 |
William Burgoyne | 1400 | 15 May 1404 |
Sir Thomas Stanley | 15 May 1404 |
30 March 1410 |
John Springthorpe | 30 March 1410 |
4 April 1413 |
John Wodehouse | 4 April 1413 |
10 June 1424 |
William Troutbecke | 10 June 1424 |
16 February 1431 |
Walter Sherington | 16 February 1431 |
3 July 1442 |
William Tresham MP for Northamptonshire (1404–1450) |
3 July 1442 |
10 June 1449 |
John Say MP for Cambridgeshire (–1478) |
10 June 1449 |
10 June 1462 |
Sir Richard Fowler Chancellor of the Exchequer (c. 1425–1477) [Note 2] |
10 June 1462 |
3 November 1477 |
Sir John Say MP for Cambridgeshire (–1478) |
3 November 1477 |
2 April 1478 |
Thomas Thwaites Chancellor of the Exchequer (c. 1435–1503) |
2 April 1478 |
7 July 1483 |
Thomas Metcalfe (–c. 1504) |
7 July 1483 |
13 September 1486 |
Sir Reginald Bray (c. 1440–1503) |
13 September 1486 |
24 June 1503 |
Sir John Mordaunt (–c. 1505) |
24 June 1503 |
3 October 1505 |
Sir Richard Empson (c. 1450–1510) |
3 October 1505 |
14 May 1509 |
Sir Henry Marney (c. 1447–1523) |
14 May 1509 |
14 April 1523 |
Sir Richard Wingfield (c. 1469–1525) |
14 April 1523 |
31 December 1525 |
Sir Thomas More (1478–1535) |
31 December 1525 |
3 November 1529 |
Sir William Fitzwilliam (c. 1490–1542) |
3 November 1529 |
10 May 1533 |
Sir John Gage (1479–1556) |
10 May 1533 |
1 July 1547 |
William Paget 1st Baron Paget Secretary of State (1506–1563) [Note 3] |
1 July 1547 |
7 July 1552 |
Sir John Gates MP for Essex (1504–1553) |
7 July 1552 |
1553 |
Sir Robert Rochester MP for Essex (c. 1516–1561) |
1553 | 1557 |
Sir Edward Waldegrave MP for Essex (c. 1516–1561) |
22 June 1558 |
1559 |
Sir Ambrose Cave MP for Warwickshire (–1568) |
1559 | 16 May 1568 |
Sir Ralph Sadler MP for Hertfordshire (1507–1587) |
16 May 1568 |
15 June 1587 |
Sir Francis Walsingham Secretary of State (c. 1532–1590) |
15 June 1587 |
1590 |
Sir Thomas Heneage MP for Essex (1532–1595) |
1590 | 7 October 1595 |
Seal in commission | 1595 | 1597 |
Sir Robert Cecil Secretary of State Lord Privy Seal (1563–1612) [Note 4] |
8 October 1597 |
1599 |
Seal in commission | 1599 | 16 September 1601 |
Sir John Fortescue Chancellor of the Exchequer MP for Middlesex (c. 1531–1607) [Note 5] |
16 September 1601 |
23 December 1607 |
Sir Thomas Parry MP for Berkshire (1541–1616) [Note 6] |
December 1607 |
May 1616 |
Sir John Dacombe (1570–1618) |
27 May 1616 |
January 1618 |
Sir Humphrey May MP for Leicester (1573–1630) [Note 7] |
23 March 1618 |
16 April 1629 |
Edward Barrett 1st Baron Barrett of Newburgh (1581–1645) |
16 April 1629 |
10 February 1644 |
Francis Seymour 1st Baron Seymour of Trowbridge (c. 1590–1664) [Note 8] |
1644 | 1645 |
Chancellors serving Parliament and the Commonwealth
[edit]William Grey, 1st Baron Grey of Werke & William Lenthall (commission) |
(Lenthall) | 10 February 1644 | 1648 |
Gilbert Gerard | 1648 | 1 August 1649 | |
John Bradshaw | 1 August 1649 | 1653 | |
John Bradshaw & Thomas Fell (commissioners) |
(Bradshaw) | 1653 | 1654 |
Thomas Fell | 1654 | 1658 | |
John Bradshaw | 1658 | 1659 | |
William Lenthall | 1659 | 1659 | |
Gilbert Gerard | 14 May 1659 | 9 July 1659 |
Chancellors of the Duchy of Lancaster (1660–present)
[edit]17th century
[edit]Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | |
---|---|---|---|
Francis Seymour 1st Baron Seymour of Trowbridge (c. 1590–1664) |
9 July 1660 |
21 July 1664 | |
Sir Thomas Ingram MP for Thirsk (1614–1672) |
21 July 1664 |
22 February 1672 | |
Sir Robert Carr MP for Lincolnshire (c. 1637–1682) |
22 February 1672 |
21 November 1682 | |
Sir Thomas Chicheley (1614–1699) |
21 November 1682 |
1687 | |
Robert Phelips (1619–1707) |
May 1687 |
March 1689 | |
Robert Bertie Baron Willoughby de Eresby (1660–1723) |
21 March 1689 |
4 May 1697 | |
Thomas Grey 2nd Earl of Stamford (c. 1654–1720) |
4 May 1697 |
12 May 1702 |
18th century
[edit]Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Party | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
John Leveson-Gower 1st Baron Gower (1675–1709) [Note 9] |
12 May 1702 |
10 June 1706 |
Tory | ||
James Stanley 10th Earl of Derby (1664–1736) |
10 June 1706 |
21 September 1710 |
— | ||
William Berkeley 4th Baron Berkeley of Stratton (c. 1692–1741) |
21 September 1710 |
6 November 1714 |
— | ||
Heneage Finch 1st Earl of Aylesford (c. 1649–1719) |
6 November 1714 |
12 March 1716 |
Tory | ||
Richard Lumley 1st Earl of Scarbrough (1650–1721) |
12 March 1716 |
19 June 1717 |
— | ||
Nicholas Lechmere 1st Baron Lechmere (1675–1727) [Note 10] |
19 June 1717 |
17 July 1727 |
— | ||
John Manners 3rd Duke of Rutland (1696–1779) |
17 July 1727 |
21 May 1735 |
Whig | ||
George Cholmondeley 3rd Earl of Cholmondeley (1703–1770) |
21 May 1735 |
22 December 1742 |
Whig | ||
Richard Edgcumbe 1st Baron Edgcumbe (1680–1758) |
22 December 1742 |
5 December 1758 |
— | ||
Thomas Hay 9th Earl of Kinnoull (1710–1787) |
27 February 1759 |
13 December 1762 |
Whig | ||
James Smith-Stanley MP for Lancashire (1716–1771) [Note 11] |
13 December 1762 |
14 June 1771 |
— | ||
Thomas Villiers 1st Earl of Clarendon (1709–1786) [Note 12] |
14 June 1771 |
17 April 1782 |
Whig | ||
John Dunning 1st Baron Ashburton (1731–1783) |
17 April 1782 |
29 August 1783 |
Whig | ||
Edward Smith-Stanley 12th Earl of Derby (1752–1834) |
29 August 1783 |
31 December 1783 |
Whig | ||
Thomas Villiers 1st Earl of Clarendon (1709–1786) |
31 December 1783 |
6 September 1786 |
Whig | ||
Charles Jenkinson 1st Earl of Liverpool (1752–1834) [Note 13] |
6 September 1786 |
11 November 1803 |
— |
19th–21st centuries
[edit]Minister in the House of Commons | Minister in the House of Lords |
Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Concurrent office(s) | Party | Prime Minister | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Thomas Pelham Baron Pelham (1756–1826) |
11 November 1803 |
6 June 1804 |
— | Whig | Henry Addington | |||
Henry Phipps 3rd Baron Mulgrave (1744–1792) |
6 June 1804 |
14 January 1805 |
— | Tory | William Pitt the Younger | |||
Robert Hobart 4th Earl of Buckinghamshire (1760–1816) |
14 January 1805 |
10 July 1805 |
— | Tory | ||||
Dudley Ryder 2nd Baron Harrowby (1762–1847) |
10 July 1805 |
12 February 1806 |
— | Tory | ||||
Edward Smith-Stanley 12th Earl of Derby (1752–1834) |
12 February 1806 |
30 March 1807 |
— | Whig | William Grenville (Ministry of All the Talents) | |||
Spencer Perceval MP for Northampton (1762–1812) |
30 March 1807 |
11 May 1812 |
Chancellor of the Exchequer | Tory | William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland | |||
Prime Minister Chancellor of the Exchequer Leader of the House of Commons (from October 1809) |
Himself | |||||||
Robert Hobart 4th Earl of Buckinghamshire (1760–1816) |
23 May 1812 |
23 June 1812 |
President of the Board of Control | Tory | Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool | |||
Charles Bathurst MP for Harwich (1754–1831) [Note 14] |
23 June 1812 |
13 February 1823 |
President of the Board of Control (January 1821 – February 1822) | — | ||||
Nicholas Vansittart 1st Baron Bexley (1766–1851) |
13 February 1823 |
26 January 1828 |
Tory | |||||
George Canning (April–August 1827) | ||||||||
F. J. Robinson, 1st Viscount Goderich | ||||||||
George Hamilton-Gordon 4th Earl of Aberdeen (1784–1860) |
26 January 1828 |
2 June 1828 |
— | Tory | Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington | |||
Charles Arbuthnot MP for St Ives (1767–1850) |
2 June 1828 |
25 November 1830 |
— | Tory | ||||
Henry Vassall-Fox 3rd Baron Holland (1773–1840) |
25 November 1830 |
14 November 1834 |
Whig | Charles Grey | ||||
William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne | ||||||||
vacant | 14 November 1834 |
26 December 1834 |
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington (Caretaker) | |||||
Charles Williams-Wynn MP for Montgomeryshire (1775–1850) |
26 December 1834 |
8 April 1835 |
— | Conservative | Robert Peel | |||
Henry Vassall-Fox 3rd Baron Holland (1773–1840) |
23 April 1835 |
31 October 1840 |
— | Whig | William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne | |||
George Villiers 4th Earl of Clarendon (1800–1870) |
31 October 1840 |
23 June 1841 |
Lord Privy Seal | Whig | ||||
Sir George Grey MP for Devonport (1799–1882) |
23 June 1841 |
30 August 1841 |
— | Whig | ||||
Lord Granville Somerset MP for Monmouthshire (1792–1848) |
3 September 1841 |
27 June 1846 |
— | Conservative | Robert Peel | |||
John Campbell 1st Baron Campbell (1779–1861) |
6 July 1846 |
6 March 1850 |
— | Whig | John Russell | |||
George Howard 7th Earl of Carlisle (1802–1864) |
6 March 1850 |
21 February 1852 |
First Commissioner of Woods and Forests (until July 1850) | Whig | ||||
Robert Christopher MP for North Lincolnshire (1804–1887) |
1 March 1852 |
17 December 1852 |
— | Conservative | Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby | |||
Edward Strutt MP for Nottingham (1801–1880) |
3 January 1853 |
21 June 1854 |
— | Whig / Radical | George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen (Coalition) | |||
Granville Leveson-Gower 2nd Earl Granville (1815–1891) |
21 June 1854 |
30 January 1855 |
— | Whig | ||||
vacant | February 1855 |
March 1855 |
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Dudley Ryder 2nd Earl of Harrowby (1798–1882) |
31 March 1855 |
7 December 1855 |
— | — | Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston | |||
Matthew Talbot Baines MP for Leeds (1799–1860) |
7 December 1855 |
21 February 1858 |
— | Whig | ||||
James Graham 4th Duke of Montrose (1799–1874) |
26 February 1858 |
11 June 1859 |
— | Conservative | Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby | |||
Sir George Grey MP for Morpeth (1799–1882) |
22 June 1859 |
25 July 1861 |
— | Whig / Liberal | Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston | |||
Edward Cardwell MP for Oxford (1813–1886) |
25 July 1861 |
7 April 1864 |
— | Liberal | ||||
George Villiers 4th Earl of Clarendon (1800–1870) |
7 April 1864 |
3 November 1865 |
— | Liberal | ||||
vacant | 3 November 1865 |
26 January 1866 |
John Russell | |||||
George Goschen MP for City of London (1831–1907) |
26 January 1866 |
26 June 1866 |
Vice-President of the Board of Trade (until March 1866) | Liberal | ||||
William Courtenay 11th Earl of Devon (1807–1888) |
10 July 1866 |
26 June 1867 |
President of the Poor Law Board (from May 1867) | Conservative | Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby | |||
John Wilson-Patten MP for North Lancashire (1802–1892) |
26 June 1867 |
7 November 1868 |
— | Conservative | ||||
Chief Secretary for Ireland (from September 1868) | Benjamin Disraeli (from February 1868) | |||||||
Thomas Edward Taylor MP for County Dublin (1811–1883) |
7 November 1868 |
1 December 1868 |
— | Conservative | ||||
Frederick Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood 1st Earl of Dufferin (1826–1902) [Note 15] |
12 December 1868 |
9 August 1872 |
Paymaster General | Liberal | William Ewart Gladstone | |||
Hugh Childers MP for Pontefract (1827–1896) |
9 August 1872 |
30 September 1873 |
Liberal | |||||
John Bright MP for Birmingham (1811–1889) |
30 September 1873 |
17 February 1874 |
— | Liberal | ||||
Thomas Edward Taylor MP for County Dublin (1811–1883) |
2 March 1874 |
21 April 1880 |
— | Conservative | Benjamin Disraeli (Earl of Beaconsfield from 1876) | |||
John Bright MP for Birmingham (1811–1889) |
28 April 1880 |
25 July 1882 |
— | Liberal | William Ewart Gladstone | |||
John Wodehouse 1st Earl of Kimberley (1826–1902) |
25 July 1882 |
28 December 1882 |
Colonial Secretary | Liberal | ||||
John George Dodson MP for Scarborough (1825–1897) |
28 December 1882 |
29 October 1884 |
— | Liberal | ||||
George Trevelyan MP for Hawick Burghs (1838–1928) |
29 October 1884 |
9 June 1885 |
— | Liberal | ||||
Henry Chaplin MP for Sleaford (1840–1923) |
24 June 1885 |
28 January 1886 |
— | Conservative | Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury | |||
Edward Heneage MP for Great Grimsby (1840–1922) |
6 February 1886 |
16 April 1886 |
— | Liberal | William Ewart Gladstone | |||
Sir Ughtred Kay-Shuttleworth MP for Clitheroe (1844–1939) |
16 April 1886 |
20 July 1886 |
— | Liberal | ||||
Gathorne Gathorne-Hardy 1st Viscount Cranbrook (1814–1906) |
3 August 1886 |
16 August 1886 |
Lord President of the Council | Conservative | Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury | |||
John Manners 7th Duke of Rutland (1818–1906) [Note 16] |
16 August 1886 |
11 August 1892 |
— | Conservative | ||||
James Bryce MP for Aberdeen South (1838–1922) |
18 August 1892 |
28 May 1894 |
Liberal | William Ewart Gladstone (until March 1894) | ||||
Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery | ||||||||
Edward Marjoribanks 2nd Baron Tweedmouth (1849–1909) |
28 May 1894 |
21 June 1895 |
Lord Privy Seal | Liberal | ||||
R. A. Cross 1st Viscount Cross (1823–1914) |
29 June 1895 |
4 July 1895 |
Conservative | Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury | ||||
Henry James 1st Baron James of Hereford (1828–1911) |
4 July 1895 |
11 August 1902 |
Liberal Unionist | |||||
Arthur Balfour (from 12 July 1902) | ||||||||
Sir William Hood Walrond Bt PC MP for Tiverton (1849–1925) |
11 August 1902 |
4 December 1905 |
— | Conservative | Arthur Balfour Coalition | |||
Sir Henry Fowler GCSI MP for Wolverhampton East (1830–1911) |
10 December 1905 |
13 October 1908 |
Liberal | Henry Campbell-Bannerman | ||||
H. H. Asquith | ||||||||
Edmond Fitzmaurice 1st Baron Fitzmaurice (1846–1935) |
13 October 1908 |
25 June 1909 |
— | |||||
Herbert Samuel MP for Cleveland (1870–1963) |
25 June 1909 |
14 February 1910 |
— | |||||
Jack Pease MP for Rotherham (1860–1943) |
14 February 1910 |
23 October 1911 |
— | |||||
Charles Hobhouse TD MP for Bristol East (1862–1941) |
23 October 1911 |
11 February 1914 |
— | |||||
Charles Masterman (1873–1927) [Note 17] |
11 February 1914 |
3 February 1915 |
— | |||||
Edwin Samuel Montagu MP for Chesterton (1879–1924) |
3 February 1915 |
25 May 1915 |
— | |||||
Winston Churchill MP for Dundee (1874–1965) |
25 May 1915 |
25 November 1915 |
— | H. H. Asquith (War coalition) | ||||
Herbert Samuel MP for Cleveland (1870–1963) |
25 November 1915 |
11 January 1916 |
Postmaster-General | |||||
Edwin Samuel Montagu MP for Chesterton (1879–1924) |
11 January 1916 |
9 July 1916 |
— | |||||
Thomas McKinnon Wood MP for Glasgow St Rollox (1855–1927) |
9 July 1916 |
10 December 1916 |
Financial Secretary to the Treasury | |||||
Frederick Cawley MP for Prestwich (1850–1937) |
10 December 1916 |
10 February 1918 |
— | David Lloyd George (Coalition) | ||||
Max Aitken 1st Baron Beaverbrook (1879–1964) |
10 February 1918 |
4 November 1918 |
Minister of Information | Conservative | ||||
William Hayes Fisher 1st Baron Downham (1853–1920) |
4 November 1918 |
10 January 1919 |
Conservative | |||||
David Lindsay 27th Earl of Crawford KT PC (1871–1940) |
10 January 1919 |
1 April 1921 |
— | |||||
William Peel 2nd Viscount Peel GCSI TD PC (1867–1937) |
1 April 1921 |
7 April 1922 |
Minister of Transport | |||||
Sir William Sutherland KCB MP for Argyllshire (1880–1949) |
7 April 1922 |
9 October 1922 |
— | Liberal | ||||
James Gascoyne-Cecil 4th Marquess of Salisbury KG GCVO CB PC DL (1861–1947) |
24 October 1922 |
25 May 1923 |
Lord President of the Council | Conservative | Bonar Law | |||
J. C. C. Davidson CH CB MP for Hemel Hempstead (1889–1970) |
25 May 1923 |
22 January 1924 |
— | Stanley Baldwin | ||||
Josiah Wedgwood DSO PC DL MP for Newcastle-under-Lyme (1872–1943) |
22 January 1924 |
3 November 1924 |
— | Labour | Ramsay MacDonald | |||
Robert Cecil 1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood KC PC (1864–1958) |
10 November 1924 |
19 October 1927 |
— | Conservative | Stanley Baldwin | |||
Ronald McNeill 1st Baron Cushendun PC (1861–1934) |
19 October 1927 |
4 June 1929 |
— | |||||
Sir Oswald Mosley Bt MP for Smethwick (1896–1980) |
7 June 1929 |
19 May 1930 |
responsibility for unemployment | Labour | Ramsay MacDonald | |||
Clement Attlee MP for Limehouse (1883–1967) |
23 May 1930 |
13 March 1931 |
— | |||||
Arthur Ponsonby 1st Baron Ponsonby of Shulbrede (1871–1946) |
13 March 1931 |
24 August 1931 |
— | |||||
Philip Kerr 11th Marquess of Lothian CH (1882–1940) |
25 August 1931 |
10 November 1931 |
— | Liberal | Ramsay MacDonald (1st Nat. coalition) | |||
Sir John Davidson GCVO CH CB PC MP for Hemel Hempstead (1889–1970) |
10 November 1931 |
28 May 1937 |
sometime chairman of the Indian States inquiry | Conservative | Ramsay MacDonald (2nd Nat. coalition) | |||
Stanley Baldwin (3rd Nat. coalition) | ||||||||
Edward Turnour 6th Earl Winterton PC (1883–1962) |
28 May 1937 |
29 January 1939 |
Air Ministry spokesperson in the Commons (March – May 1938) | Neville Chamberlain (4th Nat. coalition) | ||||
William Morrison MC PC KC MP for Cirencester and Tewkesbury (1893–1961) |
29 January 1939 |
3 April 1940 |
— | |||||
Minister of Food (from 4 September 1939) | Neville Chamberlain (War coalition) | |||||||
George Tryon 1st Baron Tryon PC (1871–1940) |
3 April 1940 |
14 May 1940 |
— | |||||
Maurice Hankey 1st Baron Hankey GCB GCMG GCVO PC (1877–1963) |
14 May 1940 |
20 July 1941 |
— | National | Winston Churchill (War coalition) | |||
Duff Cooper DSO MP for Westminster St George's (1890–1954) |
20 July 1941 |
11 November 1943 |
— | Conservative | ||||
Ernest Brown CH MC MP for Leith (1881–1962) |
11 November 1943 |
25 May 1945 |
— | National Liberal | ||||
Arthur Salter GBE KCB PC MP for Oxford University (1881–1975) |
25 May 1945 |
26 July 1945 |
— | Conservative | Winston Churchill (Caretaker coalition) | |||
John Hynd MP for Sheffield Attercliffe (1902–1971) |
4 August 1945 |
17 April 1947 |
Minister for Germany and Austria | Labour | Clement Attlee | |||
Frank Pakenham 1st Baron Pakenham PC (1905–2001) |
17 April 1947 |
31 May 1948 |
deputy Foreign Secretary (responsibility for the British zone, Germany) | |||||
Hugh Dalton MP for Bishop Auckland (1887–1962) |
31 May 1948 |
28 February 1950 |
— | |||||
A. V. Alexander 1st Viscount Alexander of Hillsborough CH PC (1885–1965) |
28 February 1950 |
26 October 1951 |
— | Labour Co-operative | ||||
Philip Cunliffe-Lister 1st Viscount Swinton GBE CH MC PC (1884–1972) |
31 October 1951 |
24 November 1952 |
Minister of Materials | Conservative | Winston Churchill | |||
Frederick Marquis 1st Viscount Woolton CH PC (1883–1965) [Note 18] |
24 November 1952 |
20 December 1955 |
Minister of Materials (1 September 1953 – August 1954) | |||||
Anthony Eden | ||||||||
George Douglas-Hamilton 10th Earl of Selkirk AFC AE PC (1906–1994) |
20 December 1955 |
13 January 1957 |
— | |||||
Charles Hill MP for Luton (1904–1989) |
13 January 1957 |
9 October 1961 |
— | Harold Macmillan | ||||
Iain Macleod MP for Enfield West (1913–1970) |
9 October 1961 |
20 October 1963 |
Leader of the House of Commons | |||||
John Hare 1st Viscount Blakenham OBE PC DL (1911–1982) |
20 October 1963 |
16 October 1964 |
Deputy Leader of the House of Lords Chairman of the Conservative Party |
Alec Douglas-Home | ||||
Douglas Houghton CH MP for Sowerby (1898–1996) |
18 October 1964 |
6 April 1966 |
special responsibility for Social Services | Labour | Harold Wilson | |||
George Thomson MP for Dundee East (1921–2008) |
6 April 1966 |
7 January 1967 |
— | |||||
Frederick Lee PC MP for Newton (1898–1996) |
7 January 1967 |
6 October 1969 |
— | |||||
George Thomson MP for Dundee East (1921–2008) |
6 October 1969 |
20 June 1970 |
— | |||||
Anthony Barber TD MP for Altrincham and Sale (1920–2005) |
20 June 1970 |
25 July 1970 |
responsibility for UK–EEC relations (chiefly, until 1973, negotiating entry) |
Conservative | Edward Heath | |||
Geoffrey Rippon QC MP for Hexham (1924–1997) |
28 July 1970 |
5 November 1972 | ||||||
John Davies MBE MP for Knutsford (1916–1979) |
5 November 1972 |
4 March 1974 | ||||||
Harold Lever MP for Manchester Central (1914–1995) |
5 March 1974 |
4 May 1979 |
Labour | Harold Wilson | ||||
James Callaghan | ||||||||
Norman St John-Stevas MP for Cambridgeshire (1929–2012) |
5 May 1979 |
5 January 1981 |
Leader of the House of Commons Minister for the Arts |
Conservative | Margaret Thatcher | |||
Francis Pym MC MP for Cambridgeshire (1922–2008) |
5 January 1981 |
14 September 1981 |
Leader of the House of Commons Paymaster General | |||||
Janet Young Baroness Young PC DL (1926–2002) |
14 September 1981 |
6 April 1982 |
Leader of the House of Lords | |||||
Cecil Parkinson MP for South Hertfordshire (1931–2016) |
6 April 1982 |
11 June 1983 |
Paymaster-General | |||||
Arthur Cockfield Baron Cockfield PC (1916–2007) |
11 June 1983 |
11 September 1984 |
— | |||||
Grey Ruthven 2nd Earl of Gowrie PC (1939–2021) |
11 September 1984 |
3 September 1985 |
Minister for the Arts | |||||
Norman Tebbit CH MP for Chingford (1931–) |
3 September 1985 |
13 June 1987 |
Chairman of the Conservative Party | |||||
Kenneth Clarke CH QC MP for Rushcliffe (1940–) |
13 June 1987 |
25 July 1988 |
Minister for Inner Cities (DTI) | |||||
Tony Newton OBE MP for Braintree (1937–2012) |
25 July 1988 |
24 July 1989 |
Minister of State at DTI | |||||
Kenneth Baker CH MP for Mole Valley (1934–) |
24 July 1989 |
28 November 1990 |
Chairman of the Conservative Party | |||||
Chris Patten CH MP for Bath (1944–) |
28 November 1990 |
10 April 1992 | ||||||
William Waldegrave MP for Bristol West (1946–) |
10 April 1992 |
20 July 1994 |
responsibility for public services and science | John Major | ||||
David Hunt MBE MP for Wirral West (1942–) |
20 July 1994 |
5 July 1995 |
Minister for Public Services | |||||
Roger Freeman MP for Kettering (1942–) |
5 July 1995 |
2 May 1997 | ||||||
David Clark MP for South Shields (1939–) |
2 May 1997 |
27 July 1998 |
Minister for the Cabinet Office | Labour | Tony Blair | |||
Jack Cunningham MP for Copeland (1939–) |
27 July 1998 |
11 October 1999 |
Labour | |||||
Mo Mowlam MP for Redcar (1949–2005) |
11 October 1999 |
11 June 2001 |
Labour | |||||
Gus Macdonald Baron Macdonald of Tradeston CBE PC (1940–) |
11 June 2001 |
13 June 2003 |
Minister for the Cabinet Office | Labour | Tony Blair | |||
Douglas Alexander MP for Paisley South (1967–) |
13 June 2003 |
8 September 2004 |
Labour | |||||
Alan Milburn MP for Darlington (1958–) |
8 September 2004 |
6 May 2005 |
Labour | |||||
John Hutton MP for Barrow and Furness (1955–) |
6 May 2005 |
2 November 2005 |
Labour | |||||
Vacant | 2 November 2005 |
5 May 2006 | ||||||
Hilary Armstrong MP for North West Durham (1945–) |
5 May 2006 |
28 June 2007 |
Minister for the Cabinet Office Minister for Social Exclusion |
Labour | ||||
Ed Miliband MP for Doncaster North (1969–) |
28 June 2007 |
3 October 2008 |
Minister for the Cabinet Office | Labour | Gordon Brown | |||
Liam Byrne MP for Birmingham Hodge Hill (1970–) |
3 October 2008 |
5 June 2009 |
Labour | |||||
Janet Royall Baroness Royall of Blaisdon PC (1955–) |
5 June 2009 |
11 May 2010 |
Leader of the House of Lords | Labour | ||||
Thomas Galbraith 2nd Baron Strathclyde CH PC (1960–) |
12 May 2010 |
7 January 2013 |
Conservative | David Cameron (Coalition) | ||||
Jonathan Hill Baron Hill of Oareford CBE PC (1960–) |
7 January 2013 |
14 July 2014 |
Conservative | |||||
Oliver Letwin MP for West Dorset (1956–) |
14 July 2014 |
14 July 2016 |
Minister of State for Government Policy | Conservative | ||||
in charge of the Cabinet Office | David Cameron (II) | |||||||
Sir Patrick McLoughlin MP for Derbyshire Dales (1957–) |
14 July 2016 |
8 January 2018 |
Chairman of the Conservative Party | Conservative | Theresa May (I) | |||
Theresa May (II) | ||||||||
David Lidington CBE MP for Aylesbury (1956–) |
8 January 2018 |
24 July 2019 |
Minister for the Cabinet Office | Conservative | ||||
Michael Gove MP for Surrey Heath (1967–) |
24 July 2019 |
15 September 2021 |
Conservative | Boris Johnson (I) | ||||
Boris Johnson (II) | ||||||||
Minister for the Cabinet Office (13 February 2020 – 16 September 2021) | ||||||||
Steve Barclay MP for North East Cambridgeshire (1972–) |
16 September 2021 |
5 July 2022 |
Minister for the Cabinet Office (16 September 2021 – 8 February 2022) Downing Street Chief of Staff (8 February 2022 – 5 July 2022) |
Conservative | ||||
Kit Malthouse MP for North West Hampshire (1966–) |
7 July 2022 |
6 September 2022 |
Conservative | |||||
Nadhim Zahawi MP for Stratford on Avon (1967–) |
6 September 2022 |
25 October 2022 |
Minister for Equalities Minister for Intergovernmental Relations |
Conservative | Liz Truss | |||
Oliver Dowden MP for Hertsmere (1978–) |
25 October 2022 |
5 July 2024 |
Secretary of State in the Cabinet Office (9 February 2023–5 July 2024) Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (21 April 2023–5 July 2024 ) |
Conservative | Rishi Sunak | |||
Pat McFadden MP for Wolverhampton South East (1965–) |
5 July 2024 |
Incumbent | Labour | Keir Starmer |
Timeline
[edit]1361 ― 1702
[edit]1702 ― Present
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ Served as Bishop of Sarum from 1375.
- ^ Served as Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1469 to c. April 1471.
- ^ Served as Secretary of State until 1548. Created Baron Paget in the peerage of England in 1549.
- ^ Served as Lord Privy Seal from 1598.
- ^ Served as Chancellor of the Exchequer until 1603. MP for Middlesex during 1601 Parliament.
- ^ MP for Berkshire during the 1614 Parliament.
- ^ Elected to Parliament as MP for Lancaster in 1621 and 1625, and as MP for Leicester in 1624 and 1626.
- ^ Royalist appointee during the Oxford Parliament, re-appointed Chancellor in 1660 after the Restoration.
- ^ MP for Newcastle-under-Lyme until 1703; thereafter elevated to the peerage of England as Baron Gower.
- ^ MP for Tewkesbury until 1721; thereafter elevated to the peerage of Great Britain as Baron Lechmere.
- ^ Commonly styled with the courtesy title Lord Strange, however neither James Smith-Stanley or his father has any right to it.
- ^ Baron Hyde since 1756; elevated in the peerage of Great Britain as Earl of Clarendon from 1776.
- ^ Baron Hawkesbury since August 1786; elevated in the peerage of Great Britain as Earl of Liverpool from May 1796.
- ^ MP for Bodmin until 1818, thereafter MP for Harwich.
- ^ Baron Dufferin and Claneboye since 1841. Elevated in the peerage of the United Kingdom as Earl of Dufferin in 1871.
- ^ MP for Melton until 1888, thereafter succeeded his brother as Duke of Rutland.
- ^ On appointment to office a ministerial by-election was triggered in the Bethnal Green South West constituency that Masterman had represented since 1911. Masterman unsuccessfully contested the seat, narrowly losing to the Conservative candidate. Masterman then unsuccessful stood in the 1914 Ipswich by-election. Masterman resigned as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster after failing to be returned to Parliament.
- ^ Baron Woolton since 1952, created Viscount Woolton in 1953.
References
[edit]Bibliography
[edit]- Baines, Edward (1836). 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). Retrieved 6 November 2017.
- Venning, Timothy (2005). Compendium of British Office Holders. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.