Chancellor of the Exchequer

The **Chancellor of the Exchequer** is the head of the government treasury and the chief executive of **HM Treasury** who is a high ranking minister in the government of the United Kingdom. The Chancellor of the Exchequer (sometimes shortened to _The Chancellor_, but not the same person as the Lord Chancellor) is responsible for Britain's money and economy.

Well-known Chancellors of the Exchequer include Robert Peel, Winston Churchill, Denis Healey, Geoffrey Howe, Gordon Brown, George Osborne, Philip Hammond and Rishi Sunak.

### Chancellors of the Exchequer of England

- Sir John Baker (date is not known)
- Sir Walter Mildmay (1559–1589)
- Sir John Fortescue (1589–1603)
- George Home, 1st Earl of Dunbar (1603–1606)
- Sir Julius Caesar (1606–1614)
- Sir Fulke Greville (1614–1621)
- Sir Richard Weston (1621–1628)
- Edward Barrett, 1st Lord Barrett of Newburgh (1628–1629)
- Francis Cottington, 1st Baron Cottington (1629–1642)
- Sir John Culpepper (1642–1643)
- Sir Edward Hyde (July 19, 1642 - 1646)
- Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury (May 13, 1661 - November 22, 1672)
- Sir John Duncombe (November 22, 1672 - May 2, 1676)
- Sir John Ernle (May 2, 1676 - April 9, 1689)
- Henry Booth, 2nd Baron Delamere (April 9, 1689 - March 18, 1690)
- Richard Hampden (March 18, 1690 - May 10, 1694)
- Charles Montagu (May 10, 1694 - June 2, 1699)
- John Smith (June 2, 1699 - March 27, 1701)
- Henry Boyle (March 27, 1701 - April 22, 1708)

### Chancellors of the Exchequer of Great Britain

_Many Chancellors were also Prime Minister for some or all of the time they were Chancellor. These are shown with a *_
- John Smith (April 22, 1708 - August 11, 1710)
- Robert Harley (August 11, 1710 - June 4, 1711)
- Robert Benson (June 4, 1711 - August 21, 1713)
- Sir William Wyndham (August 21, 1713 - October 13, 1714)
- Sir Richard Onslow (October 13, 1714 - October 12, 1715)
- Robert Walpole (October 12, 1715 - April 15, 1717)
- James Stanhope, 1st Viscount Stanhope (April 15, 1717 - March 20, 1718)
- John Aislabie (March 20, 1718 - January 23, 1721) (resigned)
- Sir John Pratt (February 2, 1721 - April 3, 1721)
- Sir Robert Walpole (April 3, 1721 - February 12, 1742)*
- Samuel Sandys (February 12, 1742 - December 12, 1743)
- Henry Pelham (December 12, 1743 - March 8, 1754)*
- Sir William Lee (March 8, 1754 - April 6, 1754)
- Henry Bilson Legge (April 6, 1754 - November 25, 1755)
- Sir George Lyttelton (November 25, 1755 - November 16, 1756)
- Henry Bilson Legge (November 16, 1756 - April 13, 1757)
- William Murray, 1st Baron Mansfield (April 13, 1757 - July 2, 1757)
- Henry Bilson Legge (July 2, 1757 - March 19, 1761)
- William Wildman Barrington-Shute, 2nd Viscount Barrington (March 19, 1761 - May 29, 1762)
- Sir Francis Dashwood (May 29, 1762 - April 16, 1763)
- George Grenville (April 16, 1763 - July 16, 1765)*
- William Dowdeswell (July 16, 1765 - August 2, 1766)
- Charles Townshend (August 2, 1766 - September 4, 1767) (died in office)
- Frederick North, Lord North (September 11, 1767 - March 27, 1782)* _(From 1770)_ (resigned)
- Lord John Cavendish (March 27, 1782 - July 10, 1782)
- William Pitt (July 10, 1782 - March 31, 1783) (resigned)
- Lord John Cavendish (April 2, 1783 - December 19, 1783)
- William Pitt (December 19, 1783 - March 14, 1801)*

### Chancellors of the Exchequer of the United Kingdom

- Henry Addington (March 14, 1801 - May 10, 1804)*
- William Pitt (May 10, 1804 - January 23, 1806)* (died in office)
- Lord Henry Petty (February 5, 1806 - March 26, 1807)
- Spencer Perceval (March 26, 1807 - May 12, 1812)* _(From 1809)_ (assassinated)
- Nicholas Vansittart (May 12, 1812 - January 31, 1823)
- Frederick John Robinson (January 31, 1823 - April 20, 1827)
- George Canning (April 20, 1827 - August 8, 1827)* (died in office)
- Charles Abbott, 1st Baron Tenterden (August 8, 1827 - September 3, 1827)
- John Charles Herries (September 3, 1827 - January 26, 1828)
- Henry Goulburn (January 26, 1828 - November 22, 1830)
- John Charles Spencer, Viscount Althorp (November 22, 1830 - November 14, 1834)
- Lord Denman served as Chancellor _pro tem_ (November 15 1834 - December 15 1834)
- Sir Robert Peel (December 2, 1834 - April 8, 1835)*
- Thomas Spring Rice (April 18, 1835 - August 26, 1839)
- Sir Francis Thornhill Baring (August 26, 1839 - August 30, 1841)
- Henry Goulburn (September 3, 1841 - June 27, 1846)
- Sir Charles Wood (July 6, 1846 - February 21, 1852)
- Benjamin Disraeli (February 27, 1852 - December 17, 1852)
- William Ewart Gladstone (December 28, 1852 - February 28, 1855)
- Sir George Cornewall Lewis (February 28, 1855 - February 21, 1858)
- Benjamin Disraeli (February 26, 1858 - June 11, 1859)
- William Ewart Gladstone (June 18, 1859 - June 26, 1866)
- Benjamin Disraeli (July 6, 1866 - February 29, 1868)
- George Ward Hunt (February 29, 1868 - December 1, 1868)
- Robert Lowe (December 9, 1868 - August 11, 1873)
- William Ewart Gladstone (August 11, 1873 - February 17, 1874)*
- Sir Stafford Henry Northcote (February 21, 1874 - April 21, 1880)
- William Ewart Gladstone (April 28, 1880 - December 16, 1882)*
- Hugh Childers (December 16, 1882 - June 9, 1885)
- Sir Michael Hicks Beach (June 24, 1885 - January 28, 1886)
- Sir William Vernon Harcourt (February 6, 1886 - July 20, 1886)
- Lord Randolph Churchill (August 3, 1886 - December 22, 1886) (resigned)
- George Joachim Goschen (January 14, 1887 - August 11, 1892)
- Sir William Vernon Harcourt (August 18, 1892 - June 21, 1895)
- Sir Michael Hicks Beach (June 29, 1895 - August 11, 1902)
- Charles Thomson Ritchie (August 11, 1902 - October 9, 1903)
- Austen Chamberlain (October 9, 1903 - December 4, 1905)
- Herbert Henry Asquith (December 10, 1905 - April 12, 1908)
- David Lloyd George (April 12, 1908 - May 25, 1915)
- Reginald McKenna (May 25, 1915 - December 10, 1916)
- Andrew Bonar Law (December 10, 1916 - January 10, 1919)
- Austen Chamberlain (January 10, 1919 - April 1, 1921)
- Sir Robert Stevenson Horne (April 1, 1921 - October 19, 1922)
- Stanley Baldwin (October 27, 1922 - August 27, 1923)* _(From May 22, 1923)_
- Neville Chamberlain (August 27, 1923 - January 22, 1924)
- Philip Snowden (January 22, 1924 - November 3, 1924)
- Winston Churchill (November 6, 1924 - June 4, 1929)
- Philip Snowden (June 7, 1929 - November 5, 1931)
- Neville Chamberlain (November 5, 1931 - May 28, 1937)
- Sir John Allsebrooke Simon (May 28, 1937 - May 12, 1940)
- Sir Kingsley Wood (May 12, 1940 - September 24, 1943)
- Sir John Anderson (September 24, 1943 - July 26, 1945)
- Hugh Dalton (July 27, 1945 - November 13, 1947) (resigned)
- Sir Stafford Cripps (November 13, 1947 - October 19, 1950)
- Hugh Gaitskell (October 19, 1950 - October 26, 1951)
- Rab Butler (October 28, 1951 - December 20, 1955)
- Harold Macmillan (December 20, 1955 - January 13, 1957)
- Peter Thorneycroft (January 13, 1957 - January 6, 1958) (resigned)
- Derick Heathcoat-Amory (January 6, 1958 - July 27, 1960)
- Selwyn Lloyd (July 27, 1960 - July 13, 1962)
- Reginald Maudling (July 13, 1962 - October 16, 1964)
- James Callaghan (October 16, 1964 - November 30, 1967)
- Roy Jenkins (November 30, 1967 - June 19, 1970)
- Iain Macleod (June 20, 1970 - July 20, 1970) (died in office)
- Anthony Barber (July 25, 1970 - March 4, 1974)
- Denis Healey (March 5, 1974 - May 4, 1979)
- Sir Geoffrey Howe (May 4, 1979 - June 11, 1983)
- Nigel Lawson (June 11, 1983 - October 26, 1989) (resigned)
- John Major (October 26, 1989 - November 28, 1990)
- Norman Lamont (November 28, 1990 - May 27, 1993)
- Kenneth Clarke (May 27, 1993 - May 2, 1997)
- Gordon Brown (May 2, 1997 - June 28, 2007)
- Alistair Darling (June 28, 2007 - 11 May 2010)
- George Osborne (11 May 2010 - 13 July 2016) (sacked)
- Philip Hammond (13 July 2016 - 24 July 2019) (resigned)
- Sajid Javid (24 July 2019 - 13 February 2020) (resigned)
- Rishi Sunak (13 February 2020 - 5 July 2022) (resigned)
- Nadhim Zahawi (5 July 2022 - 6 September 2022)
- Kwasi Kwarteng (6 September 2022 - 14 October 2022) (sacked)
- Jeremy Hunt (14 October 2022 - 5 July 2024)
- Rachel Reeves (5 July 2024 - Present)

## Infobox (official post)

- **post**: Chancellor
- **body**: the Exchequer and Second Lord of the Treasury
- **insignia**: Royal Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom (HM Government).svg
- **insigniacaption**: Royal coat of arms of the United Kingdom, Royal Arms of Government of the United Kingdom, Her Majesty’s Government
- **image**: Rachel Reeves Official Cabinet Portrait, July 2024 (cropped 2) (cropped).jpg
- **incumbent**: Rachel Reeves
- **incumbentsince**: 5 July 2024
- **department**: His Majesty's Treasury
- **reports to**: The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Prime Minister
- **seat**: Westminster
- **appointer**: Monarchy of the United Kingdom, The King (on the advice of the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, prime minister)
- **termlength**: At His Majesty's pleasure
- **formation**: 22 June 1316
- **first**: Hervey de Stanton
(in the Kingdom of England only)
- **deputy**: Chief Secretary to the Treasury
- **salary**: £153,022 (including £81,932 salary as Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Member of Parliament)