Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster ( English Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster ) - a position in the UK government .
| Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster | |
|---|---|
| Chancellor of the duchy of lancaster | |
 Coat of arms of the Duchy of Lancaster | |
| Position takes Michael Gove from July 24, 2019 | |
| Appeal form | Hon |
| Assigned | the monarch of Great Britain |
| Post has appeared | 1361 |
| First in office | Sir Henry de Haydock |
| Website | |
Historically, this was the representative of the Crown for the management of estates, the personal property of the British Royal House, and located mainly in the county of Lancashire . The separation of the duchy of Lancaster from other crown lands followed in the reign of Henry IV ; since then it has had independent administration and even its own special courts.
Currently, in fact, the range of issues addressed by the person holding this position is not outlined. It can be said that this post is a sinecure for politicians, whose political weight no longer affects government affairs, but which retain respect and respect. Their only clearly established duty is to appoint the magistrates of the kingdom.
List (incomplete)
- 1525-1529 - Thomas More
- 1587-1590 - Francis Walsingham
- 1597-1599 - Robert Cecil (subsequently: 1st Earl of Salisbury)
- 1649–1654, 1758–1659 - John Bradshaw
- 1783, 1806-1807 - Edward Smith-Stanley, 12th Earl of Derby
- 1786-1803 - Charles Jenkinson, 1st Baron of Hawksbury (from 1796 - 1st Earl of Liverpool)
- 1804-1805 - Henry Phips, 1st Earl of Mulgrave
- 1808-1812 - Spencer Percival
- 1828 - George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen
- 1830-1834, 1835-1840 - Henry Richard Wassall-Fox, 3rd Baron Holland
- 1840-1841, 1864-1865 - George Villiers, 4th Earl of Clarendon
- 1846-1850 - John Campbell, 1st Baron Campbell
- 1850–1852 - George William Howard, 7th Earl of Carlisle
- 1854-1855 - Grenville Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl of Grenville
- 1861-1864 - Edward Cardwell (later 1st Viscount Cardwell)
- 1866 - George Joachim Goshen
- 1868-1872 - Frederick Hamilton Temple-Blackwood, 5th Baron Dufferin and Kleinboye (from 1871 - 1st Earl Dufferin; subsequently 1st Marquis Dufferin and Ava)
- 1872-1873 - Hugh Childers
- 1873-1874, 1880-1882 - John Bright
- 1882 - John Woodhouse, 1st Earl of Kimberley
- 1892-1894 - James Bryce (subsequently 1st and last Viscount Bryce)
- 1905-1908 - Henry Fowler (since 1908 - 1st Viscount Wolverhampton)
- 1909-1910, 1915-1916 - Herbert Samuel (subsequently 1st Viscount Samuel)
- 1915 - Winston Churchill
- 1919-1921 - David Lindsay, 27th Earl of Crawford
- 1929-1930 - Oswald Mosley
- 1930-1931 - Clement Attlee
- 1931 - Philip Kerr
- 1941-1943 - Duff Cooper
- 1950-1951 - Alexander, Albert Victor
- 1987-1988 - Clark, Kenneth Harry
Literature
- Deryuzhinsky V.F. Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster // Encyclopedic Dictionary of Brockhaus and Efron : 86 volumes (82 volumes and 4 additional). - SPb. , 1890-1907.