Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster

The Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster is a ministerial officeHouse of Commons Disqualification Act 1975 c. 24, Schedule 2 in the Government of the United Kingdom. Outside of the prime minister, the chancellor is the highest ranking minister in the Cabinet Office. 

The role includes as part of its duties the administration of the estates and rents of the Duchy of Lancaster.Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster – Glossary page – UK Parliament . Parliament.uk (21 April 2010). Retrieved 30 September 2011.

Chancellors of the Duchy of Lancaster (1660–present)
17th century

 Portrait Name Term of office 75px Francis Seymour1st Baron Seymour of Trowbridge 1660 1664 75px Sir Thomas Ingram 1664 1672 75px Sir Robert Carr 1672 1682 75px Sir Thomas Chicheley 1682 1687 75px Robert Phelips 1687 1689 75px Robert BertieBaron Willoughby de Eresby 1689 1697 75px Thomas Grey2nd Earl of Stamford 1697 1702

18th century
 Portrait Name Term of office Party 75px John Leveson-Gower1st Baron Gower MP for Newcastle-under-Lyme until 1703; thereafter elevated to the peerage of England as Baron Gower. 1702 1706 Tory  75px James Stanley10th Earl of Derby 1706 1710 —  75px William Berkeley4th Baron Berkeley of Stratton 1710 1714 — 75px Heneage Finch1st Earl of Aylesford 1714 1716 Tory  75px Richard Lumley1st Earl of Scarbrough 1716 1717 —  75px Nicholas Lechmere1st Baron Lechmere MP for Tewkesbury until 1721; thereafter elevated to the peerage of Great Britain as Baron Lechmere. 1717 1727 — 75px John Manners3rd Duke of Rutland 1727 1735 Whig 75px George Cholmondeley3rd Earl of Cholmondeley 1735 1742 Whig  75px Richard Edgcumbe1st Baron Edgcumbe 1742 1758 — 75px Thomas Hay9th Earl of Kinnoull 1759 1762 Whig  75px James Smith-Stanley Commonly styled with the courtesy title Lord Strange, however neither James Smith-Stanley or his father has any right to it. 1762 1771 — 75px Thomas Villiers1st Earl of Clarendon Baron Hyde since 1756; elevated in the peerage of Great Britain as Earl of Clarendon from 1776. 1771 1782 Whig 75px John Dunning1st Baron Ashburton 1782 1783 Whig 75px Edward Smith-Stanley12th Earl of Derby 1783 1783 Whig 75px Thomas Villiers1st Earl of Clarendon 1783 1786 Whig  75px Charles Jenkinson1st Earl of Liverpool Baron Hawkesbury since August 1786; elevated in the peerage of Great Britain as Earl of Liverpool from May 1796. 1786 1803 —

19th–21st centuries
Minister in the House of CommonsMinister in the House of Lords
 Portrait Name Term of office Concurrent office(s) Party Prime Minister 75px Thomas PelhamBaron Pelham 1803 1804 — Whig Henry Addington 75px Henry Phipps3rd Baron Mulgrave 1804 1805 — Tory William Pitt the Younger 75px Robert Hobart4th Earl of Buckinghamshire 1805 1805 — Tory 75px Dudley Ryder2nd Baron Harrowby 1805 1806 — Tory 75px Edward Smith-Stanley12th Earl of Derby 1806 1807 — Whig William Grenville(Ministry of All the Talents) 75px Spencer Perceval 1807 1812 Chancellor of the Exchequer
Leader of the House of Commons Tory  Prime MinisterChancellor of the ExchequerLeader of the House of Commons(from October 1809) Himself 75px Robert Hobart4th Earl of Buckinghamshire 1812 1812 President of the Board of Control Tory    75px Charles Bathurst MP for Bodmin until 1818, thereafter MP for Harwich. 1812 1823 President of the Board of Control (January 1821 – February 1822) — 75px Nicholas Vansittart1st Baron Bexley 1823 1828 Tory George Canning(April–August 1827)   75px George Hamilton-Gordon4th Earl of Aberdeen 1828 1828 — Tory   75px Charles Arbuthnot 1828 1830 — Tory 75px Henry Vassall-Fox3rd Baron Holland 1830 1834 Whig Charles Grey   vacant 1834 1834  (Caretaker) 75px Charles Williams-Wynn 1834 1835 — Conservative Robert Peel 75px Henry Vassall-Fox3rd Baron Holland 1835 1840 — Whig   75px George Villiers4th Earl of Clarendon 1840 1841 Lord Privy Seal Whig 75px Sir George Grey 1841 1841 — Whig 75px Lord Granville Somerset 1841 1846 — Conservative Robert Peel 75px John Campbell1st Baron Campbell 1846 1850 — Whig John Russell 75px George Howard7th Earl of Carlisle 1850 1852 First Commissioner of Woods and Forests (until July 1850) Whig 75px Robert Christopher 1852 1852 — Conservative   75px Edward Strutt 1853 1854 — Whig / Radical George  (Coalition) 75px Granville Leveson-Gower2nd Earl Granville 1854 1855 — Whig vacant 1855 1855  75px Dudley Ryder2nd Earl of Harrowby 1855 1855 — —   75px Matthew Talbot Baines 1855 1858 — Whig 75px James Graham4th Duke of Montrose 1858 1859 — Conservative   75px Sir George Grey 1859 1861 — Whig / Liberal   75px Edward Cardwell 1861 1864 — Liberal 75px George Villiers4th Earl of Clarendon 1864 1865 — Liberal vacant 1865 1866 John Russell 75px George Goschen 1866 1866 Vice-President of the Board of Trade (until March 1866) Liberal 75px William Courtenay11th Earl of Devon 1866 1867 President of the Poor Law Board (from May 1867) Conservative   75px John Wilson-Patten 1867 1868 — Conservative Chief Secretary for Ireland (from September 1868) Benjamin Disraeli(from February 1868) 75px Thomas Edward Taylor 1868 1868 — Conservative 75px Frederick Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood1st Earl of Dufferin Baron Dufferin and Claneboye since 1841. Elevated in the peerage of the United Kingdom as Earl of Dufferin in 1871. 1868 1872 Paymaster General Liberal William Ewart Gladstone 75px Hugh Childers 1872 1873 Liberal 75px John Bright 1873 1874 — Liberal 75px Thomas Edward Taylor 1874 1880 — Conservative Benjamin Disraeli from 1876) 75px John Bright 1880 1882 — Liberal William Ewart Gladstone 75px John Wodehouse1st Earl of Kimberley 1882 1882 Colonial Secretary Liberal 75px John George Dodson 1882 1884 — Liberal 75px George Trevelyan 1884 1885 — Liberal 75px Henry Chaplin 1885 1886 — Conservative   75px Edward Heneage 1886 1886 — Liberal William Ewart Gladstone 75px Sir Ughtred Kay-Shuttleworth 1886 1886 — Liberal 75px Gathorne Gathorne-Hardy1st Viscount Cranbrook 1886 1886 Lord President of the Council Conservative   75px John Manners7th Duke of Rutland MP for Melton until 1888, thereafter succeeded his brother as Duke of Rutland. 1886 1892 — Conservative 75px James Bryce 1892 1894 Liberal William Ewart Gladstone(until March 1894)   75px Edward Marjoribanks2nd Baron Tweedmouth 1894 1895 Lord Privy Seal Liberal 75px R. A. Cross1st Viscount Cross 1895 1895 Conservative   75px Henry James1st Baron James of Hereford 1895 1902 Liberal Unionist Arthur Balfour(from 12 July 1902) 75px Sir William Hood Walrond 1902 1905 — Conservative Arthur BalfourCoalition 75px Sir Henry Fowler 1905 1908 Liberal Henry Campbell-Bannerman H. H. Asquith 75px Edmond Fitzmaurice1st Baron Fitzmaurice 1908 1909 — 75px Herbert Samuel 1909 1910 — 75px Jack Pease 1910 1911 — 75px Charles HobhouseMP for Bristol East(1862–1941) 1911 1914 — 75px Charles Masterman 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. 1914 1915 — 75px Edwin Samuel Montagu 1915 1915 — 75px Winston Churchill 1915 1915 — H. H. Asquith(War coalition) 75px Herbert Samuel 1915 1916 Postmaster-General 75px Edwin Samuel Montagu 1916 1916 — 75px Thomas McKinnon Wood 1916 1916 Financial Secretary to the Treasury 75px Frederick Cawley 1916 1918 — David Lloyd George(Coalition) 75px Max Aitken1st Baron Beaverbrook 1918 1918 Minister of Information Conservative 75px William Hayes Fisher1st Baron Downham 1918 1919 Conservative 75px David Lindsay27th Earl of Crawford 1919 1921 — 75px William Peel2nd Viscount Peel 1921 1922 Minister of Transport 75px Sir William Sutherland 1922 1922 — Liberal 75px James Gascoyne-Cecil4th Marquess of Salisbury 1922 1923 Lord President of the CouncilConservative Bonar Law 75px J. C. C. Davidson 1923 1924 — Stanley Baldwin 75px Josiah Wedgwood 1924 1924 — Labour Ramsay MacDonald 75px Robert Cecil1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood 1924 1927 — Conservative Stanley Baldwin 75px Ronald McNeill1st Baron Cushendun 1927 1929 — 75px Sir Oswald Mosley 1929 1930 responsibility for unemployment Labour Ramsay MacDonald 75px Clement Attlee 1930 1931 — 75px Arthur Ponsonby1st Baron Ponsonby of Shulbrede 1931 1931 — 75px Philip Kerr11th Marquess of Lothian 1931 1931 — Liberal Ramsay MacDonald(1st Nat. coalition) 75px Sir John Davidson 1931 1937 sometime chairman of the Indian States inquiry Conservative Ramsay MacDonald(2nd Nat. coalition) Stanley Baldwin(3rd Nat. coalition) 75px Edward Turnour6th Earl Winterton 1937 1939 Air Ministry spokesperson in the Commons (March – May 1938) Neville Chamberlain(4th Nat. coalition)75px William Morrison 1939 1940 — Minister of Food (from 4 September 1939) Neville Chamberlain(War coalition) 75px George Tryon1st Baron Tryon 1940 1940 — 75px Maurice Hankey1st Baron Hankey 1940 1941 — National Winston Churchill(War coalition) 75px Duff Cooper 1941 1943 — Conservative 75px Ernest Brown 1943 1945 — National Liberal 75px Arthur Salter 1945 1945 — Conservative Winston Churchill(Caretaker coalition) 75px John Hynd 1945 1947 Minister for Germany and Austria Labour Clement Attlee 75px Frank Pakenham1st Baron Pakenham 1947 1948 deputy Foreign Secretary(responsibility for the British zone, Germany) 75px Hugh Dalton 1948 1950 — 75px A. V. Alexander1st Viscount Alexander of Hillsborough 1950 1951 — Labour Co-operative 75px Philip Cunliffe-Lister1st Viscount Swinton 1951 1952 Minister of Materials Conservative Winston Churchill 75px Frederick Marquis1st Viscount Woolton Baron Woolton since 1952, created Viscount Woolton in 1953. 1952 1955 Minister of Materials (1 September 1953 – August 1954)  Anthony Eden 75px George Douglas-Hamilton10th Earl of Selkirk 1955 1957 — 75px Charles Hill 1957 1961 — Harold Macmillan 75px Iain Macleod 1961 1963 Leader of the House of Commons 75px John Hare1st Viscount Blakenham 1963 1964 Deputy Leader of the House of LordsChairman of the Conservative Party Alec Douglas-Home 75px Douglas Houghton 1964 1966 special responsibility for Social Services Labour Harold Wilson 75px George Thomson 1966 1967 — 75px Frederick Lee 1967 1969 — 75px George Thomson 1969 1970 — 75px Anthony Barber 1970 1970 responsibility for UK–EEC relations(chiefly, until 1973, negotiating entry) Conservative Edward Heath 75px Geoffrey Rippon 1970 1972 75px John Davies 1972 1974 75px Harold Lever 1974 1979 Labour Harold Wilson James Callaghan 75px Norman St John-Stevas 1979 1981 Leader of the House of CommonsMinister for the Arts Conservative Margaret Thatcher 75px Francis Pym 1981 1981 Leader of the House of CommonsPaymaster General 75px Janet YoungBaroness Young 1981 1982 Leader of the House of Lords 75px Cecil Parkinson 1982 1983 Paymaster-General 75px Arthur CockfieldBaron Cockfield 1983 1984 — 75px Grey Ruthven2nd Earl of Gowrie 1984 1985 Minister for the Arts 75px Norman Tebbit 1985 1987 Chairman of the Conservative Party 75px Kenneth Clarke 1987 1988 Minister for Inner Cities (DTI) 75px Tony Newton 1988 1989 Minister of State at DTI 75px Kenneth Baker 1989 1990 Chairman of the Conservative Party 75px Chris Patten 1990 1992 75px William Waldegrave 1992 1994 responsibility for public services and science John Major 75px David Hunt 1994 1995 Minister for Public Services 75px Roger Freeman 1995 1997 75px David Clark 1997 1998Minister for the Cabinet Office Labour Tony Blair 75px Jack Cunningham 1998 1999 Labour 75px Mo Mowlam 1999 2001 Labour 75px Gus MacdonaldBaron Macdonald of Tradeston 2001 2003 Minister for the Cabinet Office Labour Tony Blair 75px Douglas Alexander 2003 2004 Labour 75px Alan Milburn 2004 2005 Labour 75px John Hutton 2005 2005 Labour Vacant 2005 2006 75px Hilary Armstrong 2006 2007 Minister for the Cabinet OfficeMinister for Social Exclusion Labour 75px Ed Miliband 2007 2008 Minister for the Cabinet Office Labour Gordon Brown 75px Liam Byrne 2008 2009 Labour 75px Janet RoyallBaroness Royall of Blaisdon 2009 2010 Leader of the House of Lords Labour 75px Thomas Galbraith2nd Baron Strathclyde 2010 2013 Conservative David Cameron 75px Jonathan HillBaron Hill of Oareford 2013 2014 Conservative 75px Oliver Letwin 2014 2016 Minister of State for Government Policy Conservative in charge of the Cabinet Office David Cameron 100x100px Sir Patrick McLoughlin 2016 2018 Chairman of the Conservative Party Conservative Theresa May Theresa May 75px David Lidington 2018 2019 Minister for the Cabinet Office Conservative75pxMichael Gove20192021 Conservative Boris Johnson Boris Johnson Minister for the Cabinet Office99x99pxSteve Barclay2021 2022 Minister for the Cabinet OfficeDowning Street Chief of Staff Conservative99x99pxKit Malthouse 2022 2022  Conservative 99x99px Nadhim Zahawi 2022 2022 Minister for EqualitiesMinister for Intergovernmental Relations Conservative Liz Truss 99x99px Oliver Dowden 2022 2024 Secretary of State in the Cabinet OfficeDeputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Conservative Rishi Sunakframeless|100x100pxPat McFadden 2024 2025Minister for Intergovernmental Relations LabourKeir Starmerframeless|100x100pxDarren Jones 2025IncumbentChief Secretary to the Prime Minister Labour

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