List of Chancellors of the Duchy of Lancaster

The Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster is, in modern times, a sinecure office in the government of the United Kingdom. Patrick McLoughlin is the new Chancellor Duchy under Theresa May

Chancellors of the Duchy of Lancaster, 14th century

Name Portrait Entered office Left office
Henry de Haydock 1361 1373
Ralph de Ergham 1373 16 April 1377
Thomas de Thelwall 16 April 1377 1378
John De Yerborough 1378 10 November 1382
Thomas Stanley
(pro tem)		 10 November 1382 29 November 1382
Thomas Scarle 29 November 1382 October 1383
William Okey October 1383 1400

Chancellors of the Duchy of Lancaster, 15th century

Chancellors of the Duchy of Lancaster, 16th century

Chancellors of the Duchy of Lancaster, 17th century

Name Portrait Entered office Left office
John Fortescue 16 September 1601 1601
in commission 1601 1601
John Fortescue 1601 1607
Thomas Parry 1607 5 June 1616
John Dacombe
& Thomas Parry		 27 May 1615 5 June 1616
John Dacombe 5 June 1616 1618
in commission 1618 23 March 1618
Humphrey May 23 March 1618 16 April 1629
Edward Barrett, 1st Lord Barrett of Newburgh 16 April 1629 10 February 1644
Francis Seymour, 1st Baron Seymour of Trowbridge 1644 1645

Chancellors serving Parliament and the Commonwealth

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

Restoration of the Monarchy

Francis Seymour, 1st Baron Seymour of Trowbridge 9 July 1660 21 July 1664
Thomas Ingram 21 July 1664 22 February 1672
Robert Carr 22 February 1672 21 November 1682
Thomas Chicheley 21 November 1682 1682
vacant 1682 1687
in commission 1687 1687
Robert Phelips 1687 21 March 1689
Robert Bertie, Lord Willoughby of Eresby 21 March 1689 4 May 1697
Thomas Grey, 2nd Earl of Stamford 4 May 1697 12 May 1702

Chancellors of the Duchy of Lancaster, 18th century

Name Portrait Tenure Political party
John Leveson-Gower (created Baron Gower, 1703) 12 May 1702 – 10 June 1706 Tory
James Stanley, 10th Earl of Derby 10 June 1706 – 21 September 1710
William Berkeley, 4th Baron Berkeley of Stratton 21 September 1710 – 6 November 1714
Heneage Finch, 1st Earl of Aylesford 6 November 1714 – 12 March 1716 Tory
Richard Lumley, 1st Earl of Scarbrough 12 March 1716 – 19 June 1717
Nicholas Lechmere (created Baron Lechmere, 1721) 19 June 1717 – 17 July 1727
John Manners, 3rd Duke of Rutland 17 July 1727 – 21 May 1735 Whig
George Cholmondeley, 3rd Earl of Cholmondeley 21 May 1735 – 22 December 1742 Whig
Richard Edgcumbe, 1st Baron Edgcumbe 22 December 1742 – 25 December 1758 (died)
Thomas Hay, 9th Earl of Kinnoull 27 February 1759 – 13 December 1762 Whig
James Smith-Stanley, Lord Strange 13 December 1762 – 14 June 1771
Thomas Villiers, 1st Earl of Clarendon 14 June 1771 – 17 April 1782 Whig
John Dunning, 1st Baron Ashburton 17 April 1782 – 29 August 1783 Whig
Edward Smith-Stanley, 12th Earl of Derby 29 August – 31 December 1783 Whig
Thomas Villiers, 1st Earl of Clarendon 31 December 1783 – 6 September 1786 Whig
Charles Jenkinson, 1st Baron Hawkesbury (created Earl of Liverpool, 1796) 6 September 1786 – 11 November 1803

Chancellors of the Duchy of Lancaster, 19th century

Name Portrait Concurrent office(s) Tenure Political party Prime Minister
Thomas Pelham, 2nd Baron Pelham 11 November 1803 – 6 June 1804 Whig Henry Addington
Henry Phipps, 3rd Baron Mulgrave 6 June 1804 – 14 January 1805 Tory William Pitt the Younger
Robert Hobart, 4th Earl of Buckinghamshire 14 January – 10 July 1805
Dudley Ryder, 1st Earl of Harrowby Ambassador Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Berlin, Vienna and St Petersburg (1805) 10 July 1805 – 12 February 1806
Edward Smith-Stanley, 12th Earl of Derby 12 February 1806 – 30 March 1807 Whig William Grenville
(Ministry of All the Talents)
Spencer Perceval Chancellor of the Exchequer 30 March 1807 – 11 May 1812 Tory William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland
Chancellor of the Exchequer
Prime Minister
Leader of the House of Commons
(from October 1809)		 Himself
Robert Hobart, 4th Earl of Buckinghamshire President of the Board of Control 23 May – 23 June 1812 Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool
Charles Bathurst President of the Board of Control (January 1821–February 1822) 23 June 1812 – 13 February 1823 no party
Nicholas Vansittart, 1st Baron Bexley 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 26 January – 2 June 1828 Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
Charles Arbuthnot 2 June 1828 – 25 November 1830
Henry Vassall-Fox, 3rd Baron Holland 25 November 1830 – 14 November 1834 Whig Charles Grey
William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne
vacant 14 November – 26 December 1834 Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
(Caretaker)
Charles Williams-Wynn 26 December 1834 – 8 April 1835 Conservative Robert Peel
Henry Vassall-Fox, 3rd Baron Holland 23 April 1835 – 31 October 1840 Whig William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne
George Villiers, 4th Earl of Clarendon Lord Privy Seal 31 October 1840 – 23 June 1841
Sir George Grey, Bt. 23 June – 30 August 1841
Lord Granville Somerset 3 September 1841 – 27 June 1846 Conservative Robert Peel
John Campbell, 1st Baron Campbell 6 July 1846 – 6 March 1850 Whig John Russell
George Howard, 7th Earl of Carlisle First Commissioner of Woods and Forests (until July 1850) 6 March 1850 – 21 February 1852
Robert Christopher 1 March – 17 December 1852 Conservative Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby
Edward Strutt 3 January 1853 – 21 June 1854 Whig / Radical George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen
(Coalition)
Granville Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Granville 21 June 1854 – 30 January 1855 Whig
vacant February – March 1855
Dudley Ryder, 2nd Earl of Harrowby 31 March – 7 December 1855 Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston
Matthew Baines 7 December 1855 – 21 February 1858 Whig
James Graham, 4th Duke of Montrose 26 February 1858 – 11 June 1859 Conservative Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby
Sir George Grey, Bt. 22 June 1859 – 25 July 1861 Whig / Liberal Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston
Edward Cardwell 25 July 1861 – 7 April 1864 Liberal
George Villiers, 4th Earl of Clarendon 7 April 1864 – 3 November 1865 Liberal
vacant 3 November 1865 – 26 January 1866 John Russell
George Goschen Vice-President of the Board of Trade (until March 1866) 26 January – 26 June 1866 Liberal
William Courtenay, 11th Earl of Devon President of the Poor Law Board (from May 1867) 10 July 1866 – 26 June 1867 Conservative Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby
John Wilson-Patten 26 June 1867 – 7 November 1868
Chief Secretary for Ireland (from September 1868) Benjamin Disraeli
(from February 1868)
Thomas Taylor 7 November – 1 December 1868
Frederick Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, 5th Baron Dufferin and Claneboye (created Earl of Dufferin in 1871) Paymaster-General 12 December 1868 – 9 August 1872 Liberal William Ewart Gladstone
Hugh Childers 9 August 1872 – 30 September 1873
John Bright 30 September 1873 – 17 February 1874
Thomas Taylor 2 March 1874 – 21 April 1880 Conservative Benjamin Disraeli
(Earl of Beaconsfield from 1876)
John Bright 28 April 1880 – 25 July 1882 Liberal William Ewart Gladstone
John Wodehouse, 1st Earl of Kimberley Colonial Secretary 25 July – 28 December 1882
John George Dodson 28 December 1882 – 29 October 1884
George Trevelyan 29 October 1884 – 9 June 1885
Henry Chaplin 24 June 1885 – 28 January 1886 Conservative Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury
Edward Heneage 6 February – 16 April 1886 Liberal William Ewart Gladstone
Sir Ughtred Kay-Shuttleworth, Bt. 16 April – 20 July 1886
Gathorne Gathorne-Hardy, 1st Viscount Cranbrook Lord President of the Council 3 – 16 August 1886 Conservative Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury
John Manners (7th Duke of Rutland from 1888) 16 August 1886 – 11 August 1892
James Bryce 18 August 1892 – 28 May 1894 Liberal William Ewart Gladstone
(until March 1894)
Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery
Edward Marjoribanks, 2nd Baron Tweedmouth Lord Privy Seal 28 May 1894 – 21 June 1895
R. A. Cross, 1st Viscount Cross 29 June – 4 July 1895 Conservative Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury
Henry James, 1st Baron James of Hereford 4 July 1895 – 8 August 1902 Liberal Unionist
Arthur Balfour
(from 12 July 1902)

Chancellors of the Duchy of Lancaster, 20th century

Edwardian and wartime

Name Portrait Concurrent office(s) Tenure Political party Prime Minister
Sir William Hood Walrond, Bt. 8 August 1902 – 4 December 1905 Conservative Arthur Balfour
Coalition
Sir Henry Fowler 10 December 1905 – 13 October 1908 Liberal Henry Campbell-Bannerman
H. H. Asquith
Edmond Fitzmaurice, 1st Baron Fitzmaurice 13 October 1908 – 25 June 1909
Herbert Samuel 25 June 1909 – 14 February 1910
Jack Pease 14 February 1910 – 23 October 1911
Charles Hobhouse 23 October 1911 – 11 February 1914
Charles Masterman 11 February 1914 – 3 February 1915
Edwin Samuel Montagu 3 February – 25 May 1915
Winston Churchill 25 May – 25 November 1915 H. H. Asquith
(War coalition)
Herbert Samuel Postmaster-General 25 November 1915 – 11 January 1916
Edwin Samuel Montagu 11 January – 9 July 1916
Thomas McKinnon Wood Financial Secretary to the Treasury 9 July – 10 December 1916
Frederick Cawley 10 December 1916 – 10 February 1918 David Lloyd George
(Coalition)
Max Aitken, 1st Baron Beaverbrook Minister of Information 10 February – 4 November 1918 Liberal Unionist
William Hayes Fisher, 1st Baron Downham 4 November 1918 – 10 January 1919 Conservative
David Lindsay, 27th Earl of Crawford 10 January 1919 – 1 April 1921
William Peel, 2nd Viscount Peel Minister of Transport 1 April 1921 – 7 April 1922
William Sutherland 7 April – 19 October 1922 Liberal
James Gascoyne-Cecil, 4th Marquess of Salisbury Lord President of the Council 24 October 1922 – 25 May 1923 Conservative Bonar Law
J. C. C. Davidson 25 May 1923 – 22 January 1924 Stanley Baldwin
Josiah Wedgwood 22 January – 3 November 1924 Labour Ramsay MacDonald
Robert Cecil, 1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood 10 November 1924 – 19 October 1927 Conservative Stanley Baldwin
Ronald McNeill, 1st Baron Cushendun 19 October 1927 – 4 June 1929
Oswald Mosley responsibility for unemployment 7 June 1929 – 19 May 1930 Labour Ramsay MacDonald
Clement Attlee 23 May 1930 – 13 March 1931
Arthur Ponsonby, 1st Baron Ponsonby of Shulbrede 13 March – 24 August 1931
Philip Kerr, 11th Marquess of Lothian 25 August – 10 November 1931 Liberal Ramsay MacDonald
(1st Nat. coalition)
J. C. C. Davidson sometime chairman of the Indian States inquiry 10 November 1931 – 28 May 1937 Conservative Ramsay MacDonald
(2nd Nat. coalition)
Stanley Baldwin
(3rd Nat. coalition)
Edward Turnour, 6th Earl Winterton Air Ministry spokesperson in the Commons (March – May 1938) 28 May 1937 – 29 January 1939 Neville Chamberlain
(4th Nat. coalition)
William Morrison 29 January 1939 – 3 April 1940
Minister of Food (from 4 September 1939) Neville Chamberlain
(War coalition)
George Tryon, 1st Baron Tryon 3 April – 14 May 1940
Maurice Hankey, 1st Baron Hankey 14 May 1940 – 20 July 1941 no party Winston Churchill
(War coalition)
Duff Cooper 20 July 1941 – 11 November 1943 Conservative
Ernest Brown 11 November 1943 – 25 May 1945 National Liberal
Arthur Salter 25 May – 26 July 1945 Conservative Winston Churchill
(Caretaker coalition)

Post-War

Name Portrait Concurrent office(s) Tenure Political party Prime Minister
John Hynd Minister for Germany and Austria 4 August 1945 – 17 April 1947 Labour Clement Attlee
Frank Pakenham, 1st Baron Pakenham deputy Foreign Secretary
(responsibility for the British zone, West Germany)		 17 April 1947 – 31 May 1948
Hugh Dalton 31 May 1948 – 28 February 1950
A. V. Alexander, 1st Viscount Alexander of Hillsborough 28 February 1950 – 26 October 1951 Labour Co-operative
Philip Cunliffe-Lister, 1st Viscount Swinton Minister of Materials 31 October 1951 – 24 November 1952 Conservative Winston Churchill
Frederick Marquis, 1st Baron Woolton (created Viscount Woolton, 1953) Minister of Materials (1 September 1953 – August 1954) 24 November 1952 – 20 December 1955
Anthony Eden
George Douglas-Hamilton, 10th Earl of Selkirk 20 December 1955 – 13 January 1957
Charles Hill 13 January 1957 – 9 October 1961 Harold Macmillan
Iain Macleod Leader of the House of Commons 9 October 1961 – 20 October 1963
John Hare, 1st Viscount Blakenham Deputy Leader of the House of Lords
Chairman of the Conservative Party		 20 October 1963 – 16 October 1964 Alec Douglas-Home
Douglas Houghton special responsibility for Social Services 18 October 1964 – 6 April 1966 Labour Harold Wilson
George Thomson 6 April 1966 – 7 January 1967
Frederick Lee 7 January 1967 – 6 October 1969
vacant or Thomson? 6 October 1969 – 20 June 1970
Anthony Barber responsibility for UK—EEC relations
(chiefly, until 1973, negotiating entry)		 20 June – 28 July 1970 Conservative Edward Heath
Geoffrey Rippon 28 July 1970 – 5 November 1972
John Davies 5 November 1972 – 4 March 1974
Harold Lever 5 March 1974 – 4 May 1979 Labour Harold Wilson
James Callaghan
Norman St John-Stevas Leader of the House of Commons
Minister for the Arts		 5 May 1979 – 5 January 1981 Conservative Margaret Thatcher
Francis Pym Leader of the House of Commons
Paymaster-General		 5 January – 14 September 1981
Janet Young, Baroness Young Leader of the House of Lords 14 September 1981 – 6 April 1982
Cecil Parkinson Paymaster-General 6 April 1982 – 11 June 1983
Arthur Cockfield, Baron Cockfield 11 June 1983 – 11 September 1984
Grey Ruthven, 2nd Earl of Gowrie Minister for the Arts 11 September 1984 – 3 September 1985
Norman Tebbit Chairman of the Conservative Party 3 September 1985 – 13 June 1987
Ken Clarke Minister for Inner Cities (DTI) 13 June 1987 – 25 July 1988
Tony Newton Minister of State at DTI 25 July 1988 – 24 July 1989
Kenneth Baker Chairman of the Conservative Party 24 July 1989 – 28 November 1990
Chris Patten 28 November 1990 – 10 April 1992
William Waldegrave responsibility for public services and science 10 April 1992 – 20 July 1994 John Major
David Hunt Minister for Public Services 20 July 1994 – 5 July 1995
Roger Freeman 5 July 1995 – 2 May 1997
David Clark 3 May 1997 – 27 July 1998 Labour Tony Blair
Jack Cunningham Cabinet Office Minister 27 July 1998 – 11 October 1999
Mo Mowlam 11 October 1999 – 11 June 2001

Chancellors of the Duchy of Lancaster, 21st century

Name Portrait Concurrent office(s) Tenure Political party Prime Minister
Baron Macdonald of Tradeston Cabinet Office Minister 11 June 2001 – 13 June 2003 Labour Tony Blair
Douglas Alexander 13 June 2003 – 8 September 2004 Labour
Alan Milburn 8 September 2004 – 6 May 2005 Labour
John Hutton 6 May 2005 – 2 November 2005 Labour
Vacant 2 November 2005 – 5 May 2006
Hilary Armstrong Cabinet Office Minister
Minister for Social Exclusion		 5 May 2006 – 27 June 2007 Labour
Ed Miliband Cabinet Office Minister 28 June 2007 – 3 October 2008 Labour Gordon Brown
Liam Byrne 3 October 2008 – 5 June 2009 Labour
Baroness Royall of Blaisdon Leader of the House of Lords 5 June 2009 – 11 May 2010 Labour
Baron Strathclyde 12 May 2010 – 7 January 2013 Conservative David Cameron
(Coalition)
Baron Hill of Oareford 7 January 2013 – 14 July 2014 Conservative
Oliver Letwin Minister of State for Government Policy 14 July 2014 – 14 July 2016 Conservative
in charge of the Cabinet Office David Cameron
(II)
Patrick McLoughlin Chairman of the Conservative Party 14 July 2016 – Incumbent Conservative Theresa May

References

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