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Aitken, William Maxwell
Alexander, Albert
Anderson, John
Asquith, Henry Herbert
Attlee, Clement Richard
Baldwin, Stanley
Barber, Anthony
Bathurst, Henry
Birkenhead, Frederick Edwin
Bright, John
Brown, George
Brown, Gordon
Butler, Richard Austen
Callaghan, James
Chamberlain, Austen
Chamberlain, Neville
Churchill, Randolph
Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer
Clarke, Kenneth
Cornewall Lewis, George
Cowper, William
Cripps, Stafford
Cunningham, Jack
Dalton, Edward Hugh John Neale
Dashwood, Francis
Disraeli, Benjamin
Gaitskell, Hugh Todd Naylor
Gardiner, Gerald
Gascoyne-Cecil, Robert Arthur Talbot
Gibson, Edward
Giffard, Hardinge Stanley
Gladstone, William Ewart
Goderich
Goschen
Haldane, Robert Anthony
Hamilton, James
Harcourt, William
Healey, Denis
Heathcoat Amory, Derick
Hicks Beach
Hogg
Howe, Geoffrey
Inskip, Thomas
Jenkins, Roy
Lamont, Norman
Law, Andrew Bonar
Lawson, Nigel
Lever, Harold
Lloyd George, David
Lloyd, Selwyn
Lowe
MacLeod, Iain Norman
MacMillan, Maurice Harold
Major, John Roy
Maudling, Reginald
Northcote, Stafford
Pelham, Henry
Perceval, Spencer
Pitt the Younger, William
Pratt
Scott
Simon
Snowden, Philip
Spencer-Churchill, Randolph Henry
Tebbit, Norman
Thesiger
Thomson, George
Thorneycroft, George Edward Peter
Walpole, Robert
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History of Great Britain

              


1707
Cowper, William
May When the union with Scotland comes into operation the Queen in Council names Cowper Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain
1715
Walpole, Robert
12th Oct Appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer
1743
Pelham, Henry
27th Aug London Appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer
1762
Dashwood, Francis
Appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer
1766
Pratt
Appointed Lord Chancellor
1771
Bathurst, Henry
23rd Jan Appointed Lord Chancellor
1782
Pitt the Younger, William
Appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer, 1st term
1783
Pitt the Younger, William
Appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer, 2nd term
1801
Scott
Appointed Lord Chancellor, 1st term
1807
Perceval, Spencer
London Appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer
1807
Scott
Appointed Lord Chancellor, 2nd term
1823
Goderich
London Appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer
1852
Disraeli, Benjamin
Appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer, 1st term
1852
Gladstone, William Ewart
London Appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer
1855
Cornewall Lewis, George
Appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer
1858
Disraeli, Benjamin
London Appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer, 2nd term
1858
Thesiger
Appointed Lord Chancellor, 1st term
1859
Gladstone, William Ewart
London Appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer
1865
Disraeli, Benjamin
London Appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer, 3rd term
1866
Thesiger
Appointed Lord Chancellor, 2nd term
1867
Gascoyne-Cecil, Robert Arthur Talbot
Oxford Appointed Chancellor of the University of Oxford
1868
Lowe
London Appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer
1873
Bright, John
Appointed Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, 1st term
1873
Gladstone, William Ewart
12th Aug London Appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer
1874
Northcote, Stafford
18th Feb Appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer
1880
Bright, John
Appointed Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, 2nd term
1881
Hamilton, James
Appointed Chancellor of the University of Ireland
1885
Gibson, Edward
Appointed Lord Chancellor for Ireland, 1st term
1885
Giffard, Hardinge Stanley
Appointed Lord Chancellor, 1st term
Halbsbury Created Baron Halsbury, of Halsbury in the County of Devon, and appointed Lord Chancellor, thus forming a remarkable exception to the rule that no criminal lawyer ever reaches the woolsack
1885
Hicks Beach
London Appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer, 1st term
1886
Churchill, Randolph
3rd Aug Appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer
1886
Gibson, Edward
Appointed Lord Chancellor for Ireland, 2nd term
1886
Giffard, Hardinge Stanley
Appointed Lord Chancellor, 2nd term
1886
Goschen
14th Jan London Appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer
1886
Spencer-Churchill, Randolph Henry
3rd Aug London Appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer
1892
Harcourt, William
18th Aug London Appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer
1895
Gibson, Edward
Appointed Lord Chancellor for Ireland, 3rd term
1895
Giffard, Hardinge Stanley
Appointed Lord Chancellor, 3rd term
1895
Hicks Beach
London Appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer, 2nd term
1898
Giffard, Hardinge Stanley
Tiverton Created Earl of Halsbury and Viscount Tiverton, of Tiverton in the County of Devon
1901
Chamberlain, Austen
Birmingham Appointed Chancellor of Birmingham University
1903
Chamberlain, Austen
Appointed Foreign Minister
1905
Asquith, Henry Herbert
Appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer
1908
Lloyd George, David
London Appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer
1912
Haldane, Robert Anthony
Appointed Lord Chancellor
1915
Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer
27th May Appointed Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, stays in position for 5 months
18th Nov Boulogne Arrives at Boulogne to take up duties
18th Nov St Omer Taken to General HQ at St Omer
1915
Haldane, Robert Anthony
London Dismissed for alleged German sympathies
1916
Aitken, William Maxwell
Appointed Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
1916
Law, Andrew Bonar
London Appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer
1918
Aitken, William Maxwell
Appointed Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
1919
Birkenhead, Frederick Edwin
Appointed Lord Chancellor
1919
Chamberlain, Austen
Appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer, 2nd term
1922
Baldwin, Stanley
Appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer
1923
Chamberlain, Neville
Aug Appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer, 1st term
1924
Chamberlain, Austen
Appointed Foreign Minister
1924
Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer
7th Nov Appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer, although not a member of the Conservative Party
1924
Haldane, Robert Anthony
Appointed Lord Chancellor, 2nd term
1924
Snowden, Philip
Appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer, 1st term
1928
Hogg
Appointed Lord Chancellor
1929
Attlee, Clement Richard
Appointed Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
1929
Snowden, Philip
Appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer, 2nd term
1931
Chamberlain, Neville
9th Nov Appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer, 2nd term
1931
Snowden, Philip
Appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer, 3rd term
1937
Simon
London Appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer
1940
Inskip, Thomas
Appointed Lord Chancellor
1940
Simon
London Created Viscount Simon
12th May Appointed Lord Chancellor
1943
Anderson, John
25th Dec Appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer, 1st term
1945
Anderson, John
Appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer, 2nd term
1945
Cripps, Stafford
Appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer
1945
Dalton, Edward Hugh John Neale
Appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer
1947
Dalton, Edward Hugh John Neale
Resigns as Chancellor of the Exhchequer
1950
Alexander, Albert
Appointed Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
1950
Gaitskell, Hugh Todd Naylor
19th Oct London Appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer
1951
Butler, Richard Austen
Appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer
1955
MacMillan, Maurice Harold
London Appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer
1957
Thorneycroft, George Edward Peter
8th Jan London Appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer
1958
Heathcoat Amory, Derick
9th Jan London Appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer
1960
Lloyd, Selwyn
London Appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer
1963
Maudling, Reginald
London Appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer
1964
Callaghan, James
Appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer
1964
Gardiner, Gerald
Appointed Lord Chancellor
1966
Thomson, George
Appointed Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
1967
Jenkins, Roy
29th Nov London Appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer
1970
Barber, Anthony
20th July Appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer
1970
Hogg
Appointed Lord Chancellor
1970
MacLeod, Iain Norman
20th June London Appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer
1974
Healey, Denis
5th Mar London Appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer, 1st term
Oct London Appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer, 2nd term
1974
Lever, Harold
Appointed Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
1979
Hogg
Appointed Lord Chancellor
1979
Howe, Geoffrey
5th May London Appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer
1983
Lawson, Nigel
11th June London Appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer
1985
Tebbit, Norman
Appointed Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
1987
Jenkins, Roy
Oxford Appointed Chancellor of the University of Oxford
1989
Major, John Roy
26th Oct London Appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer
1990
Lamont, Norman
30th Nov London Appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer
1992
Lamont, Norman
11th April London Appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer
1993
Clarke, Kenneth
30th Nov Appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer
1997
Brown, George
Appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer, 1st term
1997
Brown, Gordon
Appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer
1998
Cunningham, Jack
Appointed Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
2001
Brown, George
Appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer, 2nd term

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