List of lord chancellors and lord keepers explained

The following is a list of lord chancellors and lord keepers of the Great Seal of England and Great Britain. It also includes a list of commissioners of Parliament's Great Seal during the English Civil War and Interregnum.

Lord chancellors and lord keepers of England, 1050–1707

11th century

• Regenbald (1050 – after 1066)
• Herfast (1068–1070)
• Saint Osmund, count of Sées and bishop of Salisbury (c. 1070)
• Maurice, Archdeacon of Le Mans (c. 1078)
• Gerard, Preceptor of Rouen, later Archbishop of York (c. 1085 – before 1091)
• Robert Bloet (after January 1091)
• William Giffard (1094–1101)

12th century

• Roger of Salisbury (1101–1102)
• Waldric (1102–1107)
• Ranulf (1107–1123)
• Geoffrey Rufus (1123–1133)
• Robert de Sigello (1133–1135) (Keeper of the Great Seal)
• 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)
• Robert of Ghent, Dean of York (1142–1154)
• Thomas Becket, Archdeacon of Canterbury, later Archbishop 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 (1197–1199) (Keeper of the Great Seal)
• Eustace, Dean of Salisbury (1198–1199)

13th century

• Hubert Walter, Archbishop of Canterbury (1199–1205)
• Walter de Gray, at various times Bishop of Lichfield, Bishop of Worcester, Archbishop of York (1205–1214)
• Richard Marsh, later Bishop of Durham (1214–1226)
• Ralph Neville, Bishop of Chichester (1226–1240)
• Richard le Gras, Abbot of Evesham (1240–1242)
• Ralph Neville, Bishop of Chichester (1242–1244)
• Silvester de Everdon, Archdeacon of Chester (1244–1246) (Keeper of the Great Seal)
• John Maunsell, Provost of Beverley (1246–1247) (Keeper of the Great Seal)
• John Lexington (1247–1248) (Keeper of the Great Seal)
• John Maunsell (1248–1249) (Keeper of the Great Seal)
• John Lexington (1249–1253) (Keeper of the Great Seal)
• Eleanor of Provence,^[1] Queen Consort and Regent of England (1253–1254) (Keeper of the Great Seal)
• William of Kilkenny (1254–1255) (Keeper of the Great Seal)
• Henry Wingham, from 1259/1260 Bishop of London (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) (Keeper of the Great Seal)
• 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)
• Thomas Bek, Archdeacon of Dorset (1279) (Keeper of the Great Seal)
• John Langton, Canon of Lincoln (1292–1302)

14th century

• 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 Worcester (1310–1314)
• John Sandale, Canon of Lincoln (1314–1318)
• John Hotham, Bishop of Ely (1318–1320)
• John Salmon, Bishop of Norwich (1320–1323)
• Robert Baldock, Archdeacon of Middlesex (1323–1326)
• William Ayermin, Bishop of Norwich (1326–1327)
• John Hotham, Bishop of Ely (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)
• Robert de Stratford, Bishop of Chichester (1340)
• Robert Bourchier, 1st Baron Bourchier (1340–1341)
• Robert Parning (1341–1343)
• Robert Sadington (1343–1345)
• John de Ufford, 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)
• Robert Thorpe (1371–1372)
• John Knyvet (1372–1377)
• Adam Houghton, Bishop of St David's (1377–1378)
• Lord Scrope of Bolton (1378–1380)
• Simon Sudbury, Archbishop of Canterbury (1380–1381)
• Hugh Segrave (1381) (Keeper of the Great Seal)
• William Courtenay, Bishop of London (1381)
• Lord Scrope of Bolton (1381–1382)
• Robert Braybrooke, Bishop of London (1382–1383)
• Lord de la Pole (later 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)

15th century

• 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)
• 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, 5th 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)
• Robert Stillington, Bishop of Bath (1467–1470)
• George Neville, Archbishop of York (1470–1471)
• Robert Stillington, Bishop of Bath (1471–1473)
• Laurence Booth, Bishop of Durham (1473–1474)
• John Alcock, Bishop of Rochester (1475) (Keeper of the Great Seal)
• 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 (1485–1486)
• John Morton, Cardinal Archbishop of Canterbury (1486–1500)

1500–1654

Image	Name	Term of office		Monarch
	Henry Deane, Archbishop of Canterbury, Keeper	1500	1502	Henry VII
	William Warham, Archbishop of Canterbury, Keeper to 1504	1502	1515
				Henry VIII
	Thomas Wolsey, Cardinal Archbishop of York	1515	1529
	Thomas More	1529	1532
	Thomas Audley (Lord Audley of Walden from 1538)	1532	1544
	Lord Wriothesley	1544	1547
				Edward VI
	Lord St John, Keeper	1547	1547
	Lord Rich	1547	1551
	Thomas Goodrich, Bishop of Ely	1552	1553
	Stephen Gardiner, Bishop of Winchester	1553	1555	Mary I
	Nicholas Heath, Archbishop of York	1555	1558
	Nicholas Bacon, Lord Keeper	1558	1579	Elizabeth I
	Thomas Bromley	1579	1587
	Christopher Hatton	1587	1591
	In commission: Commissioners of the Great Seal Lord Burghley Lord Hunsdon Lord Cobham Lord Buckhurst Commissioners to hear causes Gilbert Gerard and others	1591	1592
	John Puckering, Lord Keeper	1592	1596
	Thomas Egerton, Lord Keeper to 19 July 1603 (Lord Ellesmere from 1603; Viscount Brackley from 1616)	1596	1617
				James I
	Francis Bacon, Lord Keeper to 1618 (Lord Verulam from 1618 Viscount St Alban from 1621)	1617	1621
	In commission: Commissioners to hear causes in the Court of Chancery Julius Caesar and others Commissioners to hear causes in the House of Lords James Ley and others Commissioners to use the Great Seal Viscount Mandeville Duke of Lennox Earl of Arundel	1621	1621
	John Williams, Bishop of Lincoln, Lord Keeper	1621	1625
	Thomas Coventry, Lord Keeper (Lord Coventry from 1628)	1625	1640	Charles I
	Lord Finch, Lord Keeper	1640	1641
	Lord Lyttleton of Mounslow, Lord Keeper (Took Great Seal to the King in 1642)	1641	1645
	Richard Lane, Lord Keeper	1645	1650
				Charles II
Vacant		1650	1653
	Edward Herbert, Lord Keeper	1653	1654

The Great Seal was captured and destroyed by Parliament on 11 August 1646.

Commissioners of Parliament's Great Seal 1643–1660

Image	Name^[2]	Term
	In commission: Earl of Kent Earl of Bolingbroke died July 1646 Oliver St John John Wilde Samuel Browne Edmund Prideaux Earl of Salisbury replacing Bolingbroke	Nov 1643 – Oct 1646
	In commission: Earl of Salisbury Earl of Manchester William Lenthall (as Speaker of the House of Commons)	1646–1648
	In commission: Earl of Kent Lord Grey of Werke Thomas Widdrington Bulstrode Whitelocke	1648–1649
	In commission: Bulstrode Whitelocke John Lisle Richard Keble	1649–1654
	In commission: Bulstrode Whitelocke Thomas Widdrington John Lisle	1654–1656
	In commission: Nathaniel Fiennes John Lisle	1656–1659
	In commission: Nathaniel Fiennes John Lisle Bulstrode Whitelocke	January–June 1659
	In commission: John Bradshaw Thomas Tyrrell John Fountaine	June 1659 – 1660
	In commission: William Lenthall Thomas Widdrington Thomas Tyrrell John Fountaine Earl of Manchester	1660–1660

From the Restoration (1660) to the Act of Union (1707)

Lord Chancellor and Lord Keeper		Term of office		Other peerage(s)	Monarch
	Edward Hyde	1658	1667	Baron Hyde in 1660 Earl of Clarendon in 1661	Charles II
	Orlando Bridgeman	1667	1672	—
	Anthony Ashley Cooper 1st Earl of Shaftesbury	1672	1673
	Heneage Finch (Lord Keeper until 1675)	1673	1682^†	—
	Francis North	1682	1685^†	Baron Guilford in 1683
					James II
	Lord Jeffreys	1685	1688	—
	In commission: John Maynard Anthony Keck William Rawlinson	1689	1690	—	Mary II &<br/>William III
	In commission: John Trevor William Rawlinson George Hutchins	1690	1693	—
	John Somers (Lord Keeper until 1697)	1693	1700	—
	In commission: John Holt, George Treby, Edward Ward,	1700	1700	—
	Nathan Wright	1700	1705	—
					Anne
	William Cowper	1705	1707	Baron Cowper in 1706

Lord high chancellors and lord keepers of Great Britain (1707–present)

High Chancellor and Lord Keeper			Term of office		Party	Ministry	Other peerage(s)	Monarch
		William Cowper 1st Baron Cowper	1707	1710^[3]	—		Godolphin–Marlborough	see below	Anne
Oxford–Bolingbroke
		In commission: Thomas Trevor, Robert Tracy, John Scrope,	1710	1710	—	—
		Simon Harcourt 1st Baron Harcourt	1710	1714		Tory	Viscount Harcourt in 1721
		William Cowper 1st Baron Cowper	1714	1718	—		Townshend	Earl Cowper in 1718	George I
					Stanhope–Sunderland I
		In commission: Robert Tracy, John Pratt, James Montagu,	1718	1718	—	rowspan=2	Stanhope–Sunderland II	—
		Thomas Parker 1st Baron Parker	1718	1725	Whig	Earl of Macclesfield in 1721
Walpole–Townshend
		In commission: Joseph Jekyll, Jeffrey Gilbert, Robert Raymond,	1725	1725	—	—
		Peter King 1st Baron King	1725	1733	—	—
George II
Walpole
			Charles Talbot 1st Baron Talbot	1733	1737^†		—	—
		Philip Yorke 1st Baron Hardwicke	1737	1756	Whig	Earl of Hardwicke in 1754
					Carteret
					Broad Bottom |- style="height:1em"| | Newcastle I |- style="height:1em"! rowspan=2 | | rowspan=2 | | rowspan=2 | In commission: John Willes, Sidney Stafford Smythe, John Eardley Wilmot, | rowspan=2 | 1756| rowspan=2 | 1757| rowspan=2 | —| | Pitt–Devonshire| rowspan=2 | — |- style="height:1em"| | 1757 Caretaker |- style="height:1em"! rowspan=5 style="background-color:" | | rowspan=5 | | rowspan=5 | Robert Henley 1st Baron Henley| rowspan=5 | 1757| rowspan=5 | 1766| rowspan=5 | Whig| rowspan=2 | Pitt–Newcastle| rowspan=5 | Earl of Northington in 1764 |- style="height:1em"| rowspan=22 style="background:#eaecf0" | George III |- style="height:1em"| | Bute |- style="height:1em"| | Grenville |- style="height:1em"| | Rockingham I |- style="height:1em"! rowspan=2 style="background-color:" | | rowspan=2 | | rowspan=2 | Charles Pratt 1st Baron Camden| rowspan=2 | 1766| rowspan=2 | 1770| rowspan=2 | Whig| | Chatham | Earl Camden in 1786 |- style="height:1em"| rowspan=2 | Grafton |- style="height:1em"! style="background-color:" | | | Charles Yorke | 1770| 1770^†| | Whig| |- style="height:1em"! | | In commission: Sidney Stafford Smythe, Henry Bathurst, Richard Aston, | 1770| 1771|—| rowspan=3 | North|— |- style="height:1em"! style="background-color:" | | | Henry Bathurst 1st Baron Apsley| 1771| 1778| | Tory| Succeeded as Earl Bathurst in 1775 |- style="height:1em"! rowspan=3 style="background-color:" | | rowspan=3 | | rowspan=3 | Edward Thurlow 1st Baron Thurlow| rowspan=3 | 1778| rowspan=3 | 1783| rowspan=3 | Tory |- style="height:1em"| | Rockingham II| rowspan=2 | see below |- style="height:1em"| | Shelburne |- style="height:1em"! | | In commission: Lord Loughborough, William Henry Ashurst, Beaumont Hotham, | 1783| 1783|—| | Fox–North |— |- style="height:1em"! style="background-color:" | | | Edward Thurlow 1st Baron Thurlow| 1783| 1792| | Tory| rowspan=3 | Pitt I| Baron Thurlow in 1792 |- style="height:1em"! | |In commission: James Eyre, William Henry Ashurst, John Wilson, | 1792| 1793|—|— |- style="height:1em"! | | | Alexander Wedderburn 1st Baron Loughborough| 1793| 1801| | —| Earl of Rosslyn in 1801 |- style="height:1em"! rowspan=2 style="background-color:" | | rowspan=2 | | rowspan=2 | John Scott 1st Baron Eldon| rowspan=2 | 1801| rowspan=2 | 1806| rowspan=2 | Tory| | Addington| rowspan=2 | see below |- style="height:1em"| | Pitt II |- style="height:1em"! style="background-color:" | | | Thomas Erskine 1st Baron Erskine| 1806| 1807| | Whig| | All the Talents |— |- style="height:1em"! rowspan=4 style="background-color:" | | rowspan=4 | | rowspan=4 | John Scott 1st Baron Eldon| rowspan=4 | 1807| rowspan=4 | 1827| rowspan=4 | Tory| | Portland II| rowspan=4 | Earl of Eldon in 1821 |- style="height:1em"| | Perceval |- style="height:1em"| rowspan=2 | Liverpool |- style="height:1em"| rowspan=4 style="background:#eaecf0" | George IV |- style="height:1em"! rowspan=4 style="background-color:" | | rowspan=4 | | rowspan=4 | John Copley 1st Baron Lyndhurst| rowspan=4 | 1827| rowspan=4 | 1830| rowspan=4 | Tory| | Canning | rowspan=4 | — |- style="height:1em"| | Goderich |- style="height:1em"| rowspan=2 | WellingtonPeel |- style="height:1em"| rowspan=7 style="background:#eaecf0" | William IV |- style="height:1em"! rowspan=2 style="background-color:" | | rowspan=2 | | rowspan=2 | Henry Brougham 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux| rowspan=2 | 1830| rowspan=2 | 1834| rowspan=2 | Whig| | Grey| rowspan=2 | Baron Brougham and Vaux in 1860 |- style="height:1em"| | Melbourne I |- style="height:1em"! rowspan=2 style="background-color:" | | rowspan=2 | | rowspan=2 | John Copley 1st Baron Lyndhurst| rowspan=2 | 1834| rowspan=2 | 1835| rowspan=2 | Conservative| | Wellington Caretaker| rowspan=2 | — |- style="height:1em"| | Peel I |- style="height:1em"! | | In commission: Charles Pepys, Lancelot Shadwell, John Bosanquet, | 1835| 1836|—| rowspan=3 | Melbourne II|— |- style="height:1em"! rowspan=2 style="background-color:" | | rowspan=2 | | rowspan=2 | Charles Pepys 1st Baron Cottenham| rowspan=2 | 1836| rowspan=2 | 1841| rowspan=2 | Whig| rowspan=2 | see below |- style="height:1em"| rowspan=25 style="background:#eaecf0" | Victoria |- style="height:1em"! style="background-color:" | | | John Copley 1st Baron Lyndhurst| 1841| 1846| | Conservative| | Peel II|— |- style="height:1em"! style="background-color:" | | | Charles Pepys 1st Baron Cottenham| 1846| 1850| | Whig| rowspan=3 | Russell I| Earl of Cottenham in 1850 |- style="height:1em"! | | In commission: Lord Langdale, Lancelot Shadwell, Robert Rolfe, | 1850| 1850|—|— |- style="height:1em"! style="background-color:" | | | Thomas Wilde 1st Baron Truro| 1850| 1852| | Whig|— |- style="height:1em"! style="background-color:" | | | Edward Sugden 1st Baron St Leonards| 1852| 1852| | Conservative| | Who? Who?|— |- style="height:1em"! rowspan=2 style="background-color:" | | rowspan=2 | | rowspan=2 | Robert Rolfe 1st Baron Cranworth| rowspan=2 | 1852| rowspan=2 | 1858| rowspan=2 | Whig| | Aberdeen | rowspan=2 | — |- style="height:1em"| | Palmerston I |- style="height:1em"! style="background-color:" | | | Frederic Thesiger 1st Baron Chelmsford| 1858| 1859| | Conservative| | DerbyDisraeli II|— |- style="height:1em"! style="background-color:" | | | John Campbell 1st Baron Campbell| 1859| 1861| | Liberal| rowspan=3 | Palmerston II|— |- style="height:1em"! style="background-color:" | | | Richard Bethell 1st Baron Westbury| 1861| 1865| | Liberal|— |- style="height:1em"! rowspan=2 style="background-color:" | | rowspan=2 | | rowspan=2 | Robert Rolfe 1st Baron Cranworth| rowspan=2 | 1865| rowspan=2 | 1866| rowspan=2 | Liberal| rowspan=2 | — |- style="height:1em"| | Russell II |- style="height:1em"! style="background-color:" | | | Frederic Thesiger 1st Baron Chelmsford| 1866| 1868| | Conservative| rowspan=2 | DerbyDisraeli III|— |- style="height:1em"! style="background-color:" | | | Hugh Cairns 1st Baron Cairns| 1868| 1868| | Conservative|see below |- style="height:1em"! style="background-color:" | | | William Wood 1st Baron Hatherley| 1868| 1872| | Liberal| rowspan=2 | Gladstone I|— |- style="height:1em"! style="background-color:" | | | Roundell Palmer 1st Baron Selborne| 1872| 1874| | Liberal|see below |- style="height:1em"! style="background-color:" | | | Hugh Cairns 1st Baron Cairns| 1874| 1880| | Conservative| | Disraeli II| Earl Cairns in 1878 |- style="height:1em"! style="background-color:" | | | Roundell Palmer 1st Baron Selborne| 1880| 1885| | Liberal| | Gladstone II| Earl of Selborne in 1882 |- style="height:1em"! style="background-color:" | | | Hardinge Giffard 1st Baron Halsbury| 1885| 1886| | Conservative| | Salisbury I|see below |- style="height:1em"! style="background-color:" | | | Farrer Herschell 1st Baron Herschell| 1886| 1886| | Liberal| | Gladstone III|— |- style="height:1em"! style="background-color:" | | | Hardinge Giffard 1st Baron Halsbury| 1886| 1892| | Conservative| | Salisbury II|— |- style="height:1em"! rowspan=2 style="background-color:" | | rowspan=2 | | rowspan=2 | Farrer Herschell 1st Baron Herschell| rowspan=2 | 1892| rowspan=2 | 1895| rowspan=2 | Liberal| | Gladstone IV| rowspan=2 | — |- style="height:1em"| | Rosebery |- style="height:1em"! rowspan=3 style="background-color:" | | rowspan=3 | | rowspan=3 | Hardinge Giffard 1st Baron Halsbury| rowspan=3 | 1895| rowspan=3 | 1905| rowspan=3 | Conservative| rowspan=2 | Salisbury | rowspan=3 | Earl of Halsbury in 1898 |- style="height:1em"| rowspan=4 style="background:#eaecf0" | Edward VII |- style="height:1em"| | Balfour |- style="height:1em"! rowspan=3 style="background-color:" | | rowspan=3 | | rowspan=3 | Robert Reid 1st Baron Loreburn| rowspan=3 | 1905| rowspan=3 | 1912| rowspan=3 | Liberal| | Campbell-Bannerman| rowspan=3 | Earl Loreburn in 1911 |- style="height:1em"| rowspan=3 | Asquith |- style="height:1em"| rowspan=14 style="background:#eaecf0" | George V |- style="height:1em"! style="background-color:" | | | Richard Haldane 1st Viscount Haldane| 1912| 1915| | Liberal|— |- style="height:1em"! style="background-color:" | | | Stanley Buckmaster 1st Baron Buckmaster| 1915| 1916| | Liberal| | Asquith Coalition | Viscount Buckmaster in 1933 |- style="height:1em"! style="background-color:" | | | Robert Finlay 1st Baron Finlay| 1916| 1919| | Conservative| rowspan=2 | Lloyd George | Viscount Finlay in 1919 |- style="height:1em"! style="background-color:" | | | F. E. Smith 1st Baron Birkenhead| 1919| 1922| | Conservative| Viscount Birkenhead in 1921 Earl of Birkenhead in 1922 |- style="height:1em"! rowspan=2 style="background-color:" | | rowspan=2 | | rowspan=2 | George Cave 1st Viscount Cave| rowspan=2 | 1922| rowspan=2 | 1924| rowspan=2 | Conservative| | Law| rowspan=2 | — |- style="height:1em"| | Baldwin I |- style="height:1em"! style="background-color:" | | | Richard Haldane 1st Viscount Haldane| 1924| 1924| | Labour| | MacDonald I|— |- style="height:1em"! style="background-color:" | | | George Cave 1st Viscount Cave| 1924| 1928| | Conservative| rowspan=2 | Baldwin II|— |- style="height:1em"! style="background-color:" | | | Douglas Hogg 1st Baron Hailsham| 1928| 1929| | Conservative| Viscount Hailsham in 1929 |- style="height:1em"! style="background-color:" | | rowspan=3 | | rowspan=3 | John Sankey 1st Baron Sankey| rowspan=3 | 1929| rowspan=3 | 1935| | Labour| | MacDonald II| rowspan=3 | Viscount Sankey in 1932 |- style="height:1em"! rowspan=2 style="background-color:" | | rowspan=2 | National Labour| | National I |- style="height:1em"| | National II |- style="height:1em"! rowspan=3 style="background-color:" | | rowspan=3 | | rowspan=3 | Douglas Hogg 1st Viscount Hailsham| rowspan=3 | 1935| rowspan=3 | 1938| rowspan=3 | Conservative| rowspan=2 | National III | rowspan=3 | — |- style="height:1em"| style="background:#eaecf0" | Edward VIII |- style="height:1em"| rowspan=2 | National IV | rowspan=7 style="background:#eaecf0" | George VI |- style="height:1em"! style="background-color:" | | | Frederic Maugham Baron Maugham| 1938| 1939| | Conservative| Viscount Maugham in 1939 |- style="height:1em"! style="background-color:" | | | Thomas Inskip 1st Viscount Caldecote| 1939| 1940| | Conservative| | Chamberlain War |— |- style="height:1em"! rowspan=2 style="background-color:" | | rowspan=2 | | rowspan=2 | John Simon 1st Viscount Simon| rowspan=2 | 1940| rowspan=2 | 1945| rowspan=2 | National Liberal| | Churchill War | rowspan=2 | — |- style="height:1em"| | Churchill Caretaker |- style="height:1em"! style="background-color:" | | | William Jowitt 1st Baron Jowitt| 1945| 1951| | Labour| | Attlee | Viscount Jowitt in 1947 Earl Jowitt in 1951 |- style="height:1em"! rowspan=2 style="background-color:" | | rowspan=2 || rowspan=2 | Gavin Simonds Baron Simonds| rowspan=2 | 1951| rowspan=2 | 1954| rowspan=2 | Conservative| rowspan=3 | Churchill III| rowspan=2 | Baron Simonds in 1952 Viscount Simonds in 1954 |- style="height:1em"| rowspan=31 style="background:#eaecf0" | Elizabeth II |- style="height:1em"! rowspan=3 style="background-color:" | | rowspan=3 | | rowspan=3 | David Maxwell Fyfe 1st Viscount Kilmuir| rowspan=3 | 1954| rowspan=3 | 1962| rowspan=3 | Conservative| rowspan=3 | Earl of Kilmuir in 1962 |- style="height:1em"| | Eden |- style="height:1em"| rowspan=2 | Macmillan |- style="height:1em"! rowspan=2 style="background-color:" | | rowspan=2 | | rowspan=2 | Reginald Manningham-Buller 1st Baron Dilhorne| rowspan=2 | 1962| rowspan=2 | 1964| rowspan=2 | Conservative| rowspan=2 | Viscount Dilhorne in 1962 |- style="height:1em"| | Douglas-Home |- style="height:1em"! style="background-color:" | | | Gerald Gardiner Baron Gardiner| 1964| 1970| | Labour| | Wilson |— |- style="height:1em"! style="background-color:" | | | Quintin Hogg Baron Hailsham of St Marylebone| 1970| 1974| | Conservative| | Heath|— |- style="height:1em"! rowspan=2 style="background-color:" | | rowspan=2 | | rowspan=2 | Frederick Elwyn Jones Baron Elwyn-Jones| rowspan=2 | 1974| rowspan=2 | 1979| rowspan=2 | Labour| | Wilson | rowspan=2 | — |- style="height:1em"| | Callaghan |- style="height:1em"! rowspan=2 style="background-color:" | | rowspan=2 | | rowspan=2 | Quintin Hogg Baron Hailsham of St Marylebone| rowspan=2 | 1979| rowspan=2 | 1987| rowspan=2 | Conservative| | Thatcher I| rowspan=2 | — |- style="height:1em"| | Thatcher II |- style="height:1em"! style="background-color:" | || Michael Havers Baron Havers| 1987| 1987| | Conservative| rowspan=2 | Thatcher III|— |- style="height:1em"! rowspan=3 style="background-color:" | | rowspan=3 | | rowspan=3 | James Mackay Baron Mackay of Clashfern| rowspan=3 | 1987| rowspan=3 | 1997| rowspan=3 | Conservative| rowspan=3 | — |- style="height:1em"| | Major I |- style="height:1em"| | Major II |- style="height:1em"! rowspan=2 style="background-color:" | | rowspan=2 | | rowspan=2 | Derry Irvine Baron Irvine of Lairg| rowspan=2 | 1997| rowspan=2 | 2003| rowspan=2 | Labour| | Blair I| rowspan=2 | — |- style="height:1em"| rowspan=2 | Blair II |- style="height:1em"! rowspan=2 style="background-color:" | | rowspan=2 | | rowspan=2 | Charlie Falconer Baron Falconer of Thoroton| rowspan=2 | 2003 | rowspan=2 | 2007| rowspan=2 | Labour| rowspan=2 | — |- style="height:1em"| | Blair III |- style="height:1em"! style="background-color:" | | | Jack Straw | 2007| 2010| | Labour| | Brown|— |- style="height:1em"! style="background-color:" | | | Kenneth Clarke | 2010| 2012| | Conservative| rowspan=2 | Cameron–Clegg | Baron Clarke of Nottingham for Life in 2020 |- style="height:1em"! style="background-color:" | | | Chris Grayling | 2012| 2015| | Conservative|— |- style="height:1em"| style="background-color:" | | | Michael Gove | 2015| 2016| | Conservative| | Cameron II|— |- style="height:1em"! style="background-color:" | | | Liz Truss | 2016| 2017| | Conservative| | May I|— |- style="height:1em"! style="background-color:" | | | David Lidington | 2017| 2018| | Conservative| rowspan=2 | May II|— |- style="height:1em"! style="background-color:" | | | David Gauke | 2018| 2019| | Conservative|— |- style="height:1em"! rowspan=2 style="background-color:" | | rowspan=2 | | rowspan=2 | Robert Buckland | rowspan=2 | 2019| rowspan=2 | 2021| rowspan=2 | Conservative| | Johnson I| rowspan=2 | — |- style="height:1em"| rowspan=2 | Johnson II |- style="height:1em"! style="background-color:" | | | Dominic Raab | 2021| 2022| | Conservative|— |- style="height:1em"! rowspan=2 style="background-color:" | | rowspan=2 | | rowspan=2 | Brandon Lewis | rowspan=2 | 2022| rowspan=2 | 2022| rowspan=2 | Conservative| rowspan=2 | Truss| rowspan=2 | — |- style="height:1em"| rowspan=4 style="background:#eaecf0" | Charles III |- style="height:1em"! style="background-color:" | | | Dominic Raab | 2022| 2023^[4] | | Conservative| rowspan=2 | Sunak| — |- style="height:1em"! style="background-color:" | | | Alex Chalk | 2023| 2024| | Conservative| — |- style="height:1em"! style="background-color:" | | | Shabana Mahmood | 2024| Incumbent| | Labour| | Starmer| —|} Sources John Haydn and Horace Ockerby, The Book of Dignities, third edition, W.H. 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Notes and References

1. Web site: Swearing In of the Lord Chancellor . The Right Hon. The Lord Thomas of Cwmgiedd Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales . Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales . 18 April 2022 . 21 July 2016.
2. Cook and Wroughton, English Historical Facts, 1603–1688, pp. 8–9
3. Geoffrey Treasure, ‘Cowper, William, first Earl Cowper (1665–1723)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, September 2004; online edn, January 2009 accessed 27 March 2009
4. News: 2023-04-21 . Dominic Raab resigns over bullying report . en-GB . BBC News . 2023-04-21.