List of Lord Chancellors and Lord Keepers

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Contents

1 Early Chancellors of England
2 Lord Chancellors and Lord Keepers of England, 1068–1707
3 Lord Chancellors and Lord Keepers of Great Britain, 1707–present
4 External links

Early Chancellors of England

Angmendus (605)
Cenmora (?)
Bosa (?)
Swithulplus (?)
St. Swithin (827)
Turketel (920)
Adolphus (959)
Alfric (978)
Lesfric (1043)
Reinhildus (1050)

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 Parving (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)
Sir 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)

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–)

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