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. Michael Gove has been Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster since 24 July 2019.

Chancellors of the Duchy of Lancaster (1361–1644)

Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office
Sir Henry de Haydock	1361	1373
Ralph de Ergham Bishop of Sarum (–1400) [Note 1]	1373	16 April 1377
Thomas de Thelwall (–1382)	16 April 1377	1378
Sir John De Yerborough	1378	10 November 1382
Sir Thomas Stanley pro temp.	10 November 1382	29 November 1382
Sir Thomas Scarle	29 November 1382	October 1383
Sir William Okey	October 1383	1400
John de Wakering	1400	1400
William Burgoyne	1400	15 May 1404
Sir Thomas Stanley	15 May 1404	30 March 1410
John Springthorpe	30 March 1410	4 April 1413
John Wodehouse	4 April 1413	10 June 1424
William Troutbecke	10 June 1424	16 February 1431
Walter Sherington	16 February 1431	3 July 1442
William Tresham MP for Northamptonshire (1404–1450)	3 July 1442	10 June 1449
John Say MP for Cambridgeshire (–1478)	10 June 1449	10 June 1462
Sir Richard Fowler Chancellor of the Exchequer (c. 1425–1477) [Note 2]	10 June 1462	3 November 1477
Sir John Say MP for Cambridgeshire (–1478)	3 November 1477	2 April 1478
Thomas Thwaites Chancellor of the Exchequer (c. 1435–1503)	2 April 1478	7 July 1483
Thomas Metcalfe (–c. 1504)	7 July 1483	13 September 1486
Sir Reginald Bray (c. 1440–1503)	13 September 1486	24 June 1503
Sir John Mordaunt (–c. 1505)	24 June 1503	3 October 1505
Sir Richard Empson (c. 1450–1510)	3 October 1505	14 May 1509
Sir Henry Marney (c. 1447–1523)	14 May 1509	14 April 1523
Sir Richard Wingfield (c. 1469–1525)	14 April 1523	31 December 1525
Sir Thomas More (1478–1535)	31 December 1525	3 November 1529
Sir William Fitzwilliam (c. 1490–1542)	3 November 1529	10 May 1533
Sir John Gage (1479–1556)	10 May 1533	1 July 1547
William Paget 1st Baron Paget Secretary of State (1506–1563) [Note 3]	1 July 1547	7 July 1552
Sir John Gates MP for Essex (1504–1553)	7 July 1552	1553
Sir Robert Rochester MP for Essex (c. 1516–1561)	1553	1557
Sir Edward Waldegrave MP for Essex (c. 1516–1561)	22 June 1558	1559
Sir Ambrose Cave MP for Warwickshire (–1568)	1559	16 May 1568
Sir Ralph Sadler MP for Hertfordshire (1507–1587)	16 May 1568	15 June 1587
Sir Francis Walsingham Secretary of State (c. 1532–1590)	15 June 1587	1590
Sir Thomas Heneage MP for Essex (1532–1595)	1590	7 October 1595
Seal in commission	1595	1597
Sir Robert Cecil Secretary of State Lord Privy Seal (1563–1612) [Note 4]	8 October 1597	1599
Seal in commission	1599	16 September 1601
Sir John Fortescue Chancellor of the Exchequer MP for Middlesex (c. 1531–1607) [Note 5]	16 September 1601	23 December 1607
Sir Thomas Parry MP for Berkshire (1541–1616) [Note 6]	December 1607	May 1616
Sir John Dacombe (1570–1618)	27 May 1616	January 1618
Sir Humphrey May MP for Leicester (1573–1630) [Note 7]	23 March 1618	16 April 1629
Edward Barrett 1st Baron Barrett of Newburgh (1581–1645)	16 April 1629	10 February 1644
Francis Seymour 1st Baron Seymour of Trowbridge (c. 1590–1664) [Note 8]	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

Chancellors of the Duchy of Lancaster (1660–present)

Chancellors of the Duchy of Lancaster, 17th century

Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office
Francis Seymour 1st Baron Seymour of Trowbridge (c. 1590–1664)	9 July 1660	21 July 1664
Sir Thomas Ingram MP for Thirsk (1614–1672)	21 July 1664	22 February 1672
Sir Robert Carr MP for Lincolnshire (c. 1637–1682)	22 February 1672	21 November 1682
Sir Thomas Chicheley (1614–1699)	21 November 1682	1687
Robert Phelips (1619–1707)	May 1687	March 1689
Robert Bertie Baron Willoughby de Eresby (1660–1723)	21 March 1689	4 May 1697
Thomas Grey 2nd Earl of Stamford (c. 1654–1720)	4 May 1697	12 May 1702

Chancellors of the Duchy of Lancaster, 18th century

Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office		Party
John Leveson-Gower 1st Baron Gower (1675–1709) [Note 9]	12 May 1702	10 June 1706	Tory
James Stanley 10th Earl of Derby (1664–1736)	10 June 1706	21 September 1710
William Berkeley 4th Baron Berkeley of Stratton (c. 1692–1741)	21 September 1710	6 November 1714
Heneage Finch 1st Earl of Aylesford (c. 1649–1719)	6 November 1714	12 March 1716	Tory
Richard Lumley 1st Earl of Scarbrough (1650–1721)	12 March 1716	19 June 1717
Nicholas Lechmere 1st Baron Lechmere (1675–1727) [Note 10]	19 June 1717	17 July 1727
John Manners 3rd Duke of Rutland (1696–1779)	17 July 1727	21 May 1735	Whig
George Cholmondeley 3rd Earl of Cholmondeley (1703–1770)	21 May 1735	22 December 1742	Whig
Richard Edgcumbe 1st Baron Edgcumbe (1680–1758)	22 December 1742	5 December 1758
Thomas Hay 9th Earl of Kinnoull (1710–1787)	27 February 1759	13 December 1762	Whig
James Smith-Stanley MP for Lancashire (1716–1771) [Note 11]	13 December 1762	14 June 1771
Thomas Villiers 1st Earl of Clarendon (1709–1786) [Note 12]	14 June 1771	17 April 1782	Whig
John Dunning 1st Baron Ashburton (1731–1783)	17 April 1782	29 August 1783	Whig
Edward Smith-Stanley 12th Earl of Derby (1752–1834)	29 August 1783	31 December 1783	Whig
Thomas Villiers 1st Earl of Clarendon (1709–1786)	31 December 1783	6 September 1786	Whig
Charles Jenkinson 1st Earl of Liverpool (1752–1834) [Note 13]	6 September 1786	11 November 1803

Chancellors of the Duchy of Lancaster, 19th century

	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office		Concurrent office(s)	Party
	Thomas Pelham Baron Pelham (1756–1826)	11 November 1803	6 June 1804		Whig	Henry Addington
	Henry Phipps 3rd Baron Mulgrave (1744–1792)	6 June 1804	14 January 1805		Tory	William Pitt the Younger
	Robert Hobart 4th Earl of Buckinghamshire (1760–1816)	14 January 1805	10 July 1805		Tory
	Dudley Ryder 2nd Baron Harrowby (1762–1847)	10 July 1805	12 February 1806		Tory
	Edward Smith-Stanley 12th Earl of Derby (1752–1834)	12 February 1806	30 March 1807		Whig	William Grenville (Ministry of All the Talents)
	Spencer Perceval MP for Northampton (1762–1812)	30 March 1807	11 May 1812	Chancellor of the Exchequer Leader of the House of Commons	Tory	William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland
	Spencer Perceval MP for Northampton (1762–1812)	30 March 1807	11 May 1812	Prime Minister Chancellor of the Exchequer Leader of the House of Commons (from October 1809)	Tory	Himself
	Robert Hobart 4th Earl of Buckinghamshire (1760–1816)	23 May 1812	23 June 1812	President of the Board of Control	Tory	Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool
	Charles Bathurst MP for Harwich (1754–1831) [Note 14]	23 June 1812	13 February 1823	President of the Board of Control (January 1821–February 1822)
	Nicholas Vansittart 1st Baron Bexley (1766–1851)	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 (1784–1860)	26 January 1828	2 June 1828		Tory	Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
	Charles Arbuthnot MP for St Ives (1767–1850)	2 June 1828	25 November 1830		Tory	Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
	Henry Vassall-Fox 3rd Baron Holland (1773–1840)	25 November 1830	14 November 1834		Whig	Charles Grey
	Henry Vassall-Fox 3rd Baron Holland (1773–1840)	25 November 1830	14 November 1834		Whig	William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne
vacant		14 November 1834	26 December 1834			Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington (Caretaker)
	Charles Williams-Wynn MP for Montgomeryshire (1775–1850)	26 December 1834	8 April 1835		Conservative	Robert Peel
	Henry Vassall-Fox 3rd Baron Holland (1773–1840)	23 April 1835	31 October 1840		Whig	William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne
	George Villiers 4th Earl of Clarendon (1800–1870)	31 October 1840	23 June 1841	Lord Privy Seal	Whig
	Sir George Grey MP for Devonport (1799–1882)	23 June 1841	30 August 1841		Whig
	Lord Granville Somerset MP for Monmouthshire (1792–1848)	3 September 1841	27 June 1846		Conservative	Robert Peel
	John Campbell 1st Baron Campbell (1779–1861)	6 July 1846	6 March 1850		Whig	John Russell
	George Howard 7th Earl of Carlisle (1802–1864)	6 March 1850	21 February 1852	First Commissioner of Woods and Forests (until July 1850)	Whig	John Russell
	Robert Christopher MP for North Lincolnshire (1804–1887)	1 March 1852	17 December 1852		Conservative	Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby
	Edward Strutt MP for Nottingham (1801–1880)	3 January 1853	21 June 1854		Whig / Radical	George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen (Coalition)
	Granville Leveson-Gower 2nd Earl Granville (1815–1891)	21 June 1854	30 January 1855		Whig
vacant		February 1855	March 1855
	Dudley Ryder 2nd Earl of Harrowby (1798–1882)	31 March 1855	7 December 1855			Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston
	Matthew Talbot Baines MP for Leeds (1799–1860)	7 December 1855	21 February 1858		Whig	Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston
	James Graham 4th Duke of Montrose (1799–1874)	26 February 1858	11 June 1859		Conservative	Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby
	Sir George Grey MP for Morpeth (1799–1882)	22 June 1859	25 July 1861		Whig / Liberal	Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston
	Edward Cardwell MP for Oxford (1813–1886)	25 July 1861	7 April 1864		Liberal
	George Villiers 4th Earl of Clarendon (1800–1870)	7 April 1864	3 November 1865		Liberal
vacant		3 November 1865	26 January 1866			John Russell
	George Goschen MP for City of London (1831–1907)	26 January 1866	26 June 1866	Vice-President of the Board of Trade (until March 1866)	Liberal	John Russell
	William Courtenay 11th Earl of Devon (1807–1888)	10 July 1866	26 June 1867	President of the Poor Law Board (from May 1867)	Conservative	Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby
	John Wilson-Patten MP for North Lancashire (1802–1892)	26 June 1867	7 November 1868		Conservative	Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby
	John Wilson-Patten MP for North Lancashire (1802–1892)	26 June 1867	7 November 1868	Chief Secretary for Ireland (from September 1868)	Conservative	Benjamin Disraeli (from February 1868)
	Thomas Edward Taylor MP for Dublin County (1811–1883)	7 November 1868	1 December 1868		Conservative	Benjamin Disraeli (from February 1868)
	Frederick Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood 1st Earl of Dufferin (1826–1902) [Note 15]	12 December 1868	9 August 1872	Paymaster-General	Liberal	William Ewart Gladstone
	Hugh Childers MP for Pontefract (1827–1896)	9 August 1872	30 September 1873	Paymaster-General	Liberal
	John Bright MP for Birmingham (1811–1889)	30 September 1873	17 February 1874		Liberal
	Thomas Edward Taylor MP for Dublin County (1811–1883)	2 March 1874	21 April 1880		Conservative	Benjamin Disraeli (Earl of Beaconsfield from 1876)
	John Bright MP for Birmingham (1811–1889)	28 April 1880	25 July 1882		Liberal	William Ewart Gladstone
	John Wodehouse 1st Earl of Kimberley (1826–1902)	25 July 1882	28 December 1882	Colonial Secretary	Liberal
	John George Dodson MP for Scarborough (1825–1897)	28 December 1882	29 October 1884		Liberal
	George Trevelyan MP for Hawick Burghs (1838–1928)	29 October 1884	9 June 1885		Liberal
	Henry Chaplin MP for Sleaford (1840–1923)	24 June 1885	28 January 1886		Conservative	Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury
	Edward Heneage MP for Great Grimsby (1840–1922)	6 February 1886	16 April 1886		Liberal	William Ewart Gladstone
	Sir Ughtred Kay-Shuttleworth MP for Clitheroe (1844–1939)	16 April 1886	20 July 1886		Liberal	William Ewart Gladstone
	Gathorne Gathorne-Hardy 1st Viscount Cranbrook (1814–1906)	3 August 1886	16 August 1886	Lord President of the Council	Conservative	Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury
	John Manners 7th Duke of Rutland (1818–1906) [Note 16]	16 August 1886	11 August 1892		Conservative	Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury
	James Bryce MP for Aberdeen South (1838–1922)	18 August 1892	28 May 1894		Liberal	William Ewart Gladstone (until March 1894)
	James Bryce MP for Aberdeen South (1838–1922)	18 August 1892	28 May 1894		Liberal	Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery
	Edward Marjoribanks 2nd Baron Tweedmouth (1849–1909)	28 May 1894	21 June 1895	Lord Privy Seal	Liberal	Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery
	R. A. Cross 1st Viscount Cross (1823–1914)	29 June 1895	4 July 1895	Lord Privy Seal	Conservative	Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury
	Henry James 1st Baron James of Hereford (1828–1911)	4 July 1895	11 August 1902		Liberal Unionist	Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury
	Henry James 1st Baron James of Hereford (1828–1911)	4 July 1895	11 August 1902		Liberal Unionist	Arthur Balfour (from 12 July 1902)

Chancellors of the Duchy of Lancaster, 20th century

Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office		Concurrent office(s)	Party
Sir William Hood Walrond Bt PC MP for Tiverton (1849–1925)	11 August 1902	4 December 1905		Conservative	Arthur Balfour Coalition
Sir Henry Fowler GCSI MP for Wolverhampton East (1830–1911)	10 December 1905	13 October 1908		Liberal	Henry Campbell-Bannerman
	10 December 1905	13 October 1908			H. H. Asquith
Edmond Fitzmaurice 1st Baron Fitzmaurice (1846–1935)	13 October 1908	25 June 1909
Herbert Samuel MP for Cleveland (1870–1963)	25 June 1909	14 February 1910
Jack Pease MP for Rotherham (1860–1943)	14 February 1910	23 October 1911
Charles Hobhouse TD MP for Bristol East (1862–1941)	23 October 1911	11 February 1914
Charles Masterman (1873–1927) [Note 17]	11 February 1914	3 February 1915
Edwin Samuel Montagu MP for Chesterton (1879–1924)	3 February 1915	25 May 1915
Winston Churchill MP for Dundee (1874–1965)	25 May 1915	25 November 1915			H. H. Asquith (War coalition)
Herbert Samuel MP for Cleveland (1870–1963)	25 November 1915	11 January 1916	Postmaster-General
Edwin Samuel Montagu MP for Chesterton (1879–1924)	11 January 1916	9 July 1916
Thomas McKinnon Wood MP for Glasgow St Rollox (1855–1927)	9 July 1916	10 December 1916	Financial Secretary to the Treasury
Frederick Cawley MP for Prestwich (1850–1937)	10 December 1916	10 February 1918			David Lloyd George (Coalition)
Max Aitken 1st Baron Beaverbrook (1879–1964)	10 February 1918	4 November 1918	Minister of Information	Conservative
William Hayes Fisher 1st Baron Downham (1853–1920)	4 November 1918	10 January 1919	Minister of Information	Conservative
David Lindsay 27th Earl of Crawford KT PC (1871–1940)	10 January 1919	1 April 1921
William Peel 2nd Viscount Peel GCSI TD PC (1867–1937)	1 April 1921	7 April 1922	Minister of Transport
Sir William Sutherland KCB MP for Argyllshire (1880–1949)	7 April 1922	9 October 1922		Liberal
James Gascoyne-Cecil 4th Marquess of Salisbury KG GCVO CB PC DL (1861–1947)	24 October 1922	25 May 1923	Lord President of the Council	Conservative	Bonar Law
J. C. C. Davidson CH CB MP for Hemel Hempstead (1889–1970)	25 May 1923	22 January 1924		Conservative	Stanley Baldwin
Josiah Wedgwood DSO PC DL MP for Newcastle-under-Lyme (1872–1943)	22 January 1924	3 November 1924		Labour	Ramsay MacDonald
Robert Cecil 1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood KC PC (1864–1958)	10 November 1924	19 October 1927		Conservative	Stanley Baldwin
Ronald McNeill 1st Baron Cushendun PC (1861–1934)	19 October 1927	4 June 1929		Conservative	Stanley Baldwin
Sir Oswald Mosley Bt MP for Smethwick (1896–1980)	7 June 1929	19 May 1930	responsibility for unemployment	Labour	Ramsay MacDonald
Clement Attlee MP for Limehouse (1883–1967)	23 May 1930	13 March 1931
Arthur Ponsonby 1st Baron Ponsonby of Shulbrede (1871–1946	13 March 1931	24 August 1931
Philip Kerr 11th Marquess of Lothian CH (1882–1940	25 August 1931	10 November 1931		Liberal	Ramsay MacDonald (1st Nat. coalition)
Sir John Davidson GCVO CH CB PC MP for Hemel Hempstead (1889–1970)	10 November 1931	28 May 1937	sometime chairman of the Indian States inquiry	Conservative	Ramsay MacDonald (2nd Nat. coalition)
	10 November 1931	28 May 1937	sometime chairman of the Indian States inquiry		Stanley Baldwin (3rd Nat. coalition)
Edward Turnour 6th Earl Winterton PC (1883–1962)	28 May 1937	29 January 1939	Air Ministry spokesperson in the Commons (March – May 1938)		Neville Chamberlain (4th Nat. coalition)
William Morrison MC PC QC MP for Cirencester and Tewkesbury (1893–1961)	29 January 1939	3 April 1940			Neville Chamberlain (4th Nat. coalition)
	29 January 1939	3 April 1940	Minister of Food (from 4 September 1939)		Neville Chamberlain (War coalition)
George Tryon 1st Baron Tryon PC (1871–1940)	3 April 1940	14 May 1940			Neville Chamberlain (War coalition)
Maurice Hankey 1st Baron Hankey GCB GCMG GCVO PC (1877–1963	14 May 1940	20 July 1941		National	Winston Churchill (War coalition)
Duff Cooper DSO MP for Westminster St George's (1890–1954)	20 July 1941	11 November 1943		Conservative
Ernest Brown CH MC MP for Leith (1881–1962)	11 November 1943	25 May 1945		National Liberal
Arthur Salter GBE KCB PC MP for Oxford University (1881–1975)	25 May 1945	26 July 1945		Conservative	Winston Churchill (Caretaker coalition)
John Hynd MP for Sheffield Attercliffe (1902–1971)	4 August 1945	17 April 1947	Minister for Germany and Austria	Labour	Clement Attlee
Frank Pakenham 1st Baron Pakenham PC (1905–2001)	17 April 1947	31 May 1948	deputy Foreign Secretary (responsibility for the British zone, Germany)
Hugh Dalton MP for Bishop Auckland (1887–1962)	31 May 1948	28 February 1950
A. V. Alexander 1st Viscount Alexander of Hillsborough CH PC (1885–1965)	28 February 1950	26 October 1951		Labour Co-operative
Philip Cunliffe-Lister 1st Viscount Swinton GBE CH MC PC (1884–1972)	31 October 1951	24 November 1952	Minister of Materials	Conservative	Winston Churchill
Frederick Marquis 1st Viscount Woolton CH PC (1883–1965) [Note 18]	24 November 1952	20 December 1955	Minister of Materials (1 September 1953 – August 1954)		Winston Churchill
	24 November 1952	20 December 1955			Anthony Eden
George Douglas-Hamilton 10th Earl of Selkirk AFC AE PC (1906–1994)	20 December 1955	13 January 1957			Anthony Eden
Charles Hill MP for Luton (1904–1989)	13 January 1957	9 October 1961			Harold Macmillan
Iain Macleod MP for Enfield West (1913–1970)	9 October 1961	20 October 1963	Leader of the House of Commons		Harold Macmillan
John Hare 1st Viscount Blakenham OBE PC DL (1911–1982)	20 October 1963	16 October 1964	Deputy Leader of the House of Lords Chairman of the Conservative Party		Alec Douglas-Home
Douglas Houghton CH MP for Sowerby (1898–1996)	18 October 1964	5 October 1969	special responsibility for Social Services	Labour	Harold Wilson
George Thomson MP for Dundee East (1921–2008)	6 April 1969	24 June 1970		Labour	Harold Wilson
Anthony Barber TD MP for Altrincham and Sale (1920–2005)	20 June 1970	25 July 1970	responsibility for UK—EEC relations (chiefly, until 1973, negotiating entry)	Conservative	Edward Heath
Geoffrey Rippon QC MP for Hexham (1924–1997)	28 July 1970	5 November 1972
John Davies MBE MP for Knutsford (1916–1979)	5 November 1972	4 March 1974
Harold Lever MP for Manchester Central (1914–1995)	5 March 1974	4 May 1979		Labour	Harold Wilson
Harold Lever MP for Manchester Central (1914–1995)	5 March 1974	4 May 1979		Labour	James Callaghan
Norman St John-Stevas MP for Cambridgeshire (1929–2012)	5 May 1979	5 January 1981	Leader of the House of Commons Minister for the Arts	Conservative	Margaret Thatcher
Francis Pym MC MP for Cambridgeshire (1922–2008)	5 January 1981	14 September 1981	Leader of the House of Commons Paymaster-General
Janet Young Baroness Young PC DL (1926–2002)	14 September 1981	6 April 1982	Leader of the House of Lords
Cecil Parkinson MP for South Hertfordshire (1931–2016)	6 April 1982	11 June 1983	Paymaster-General
Arthur Cockfield Baron Cockfield PC (1916–2007)	11 June 1983	11 September 1984
Grey Ruthven 2nd Earl of Gowrie PC (1939–)	11 September 1984	3 September 1985	Minister for the Arts
Norman Tebbit CH MP for Chingford (1931–)	3 September 1985	13 June 1987	Chairman of the Conservative Party
Kenneth Clarke CH QC MP for Rushcliffe (1940–)	13 June 1987	25 July 1988	Minister for Inner Cities (DTI)
Tony Newton OBE MP for Braintree (1937–2012)	25 July 1988	24 July 1989	Minister of State at DTI
Kenneth Baker CH MP for Mole Valley (1934–)	24 July 1989	28 November 1990	Chairman of the Conservative Party
Chris Patten CH MP for Bath (1944–)	28 November 1990	10 April 1992	Chairman of the Conservative Party
William Waldegrave MP for Bristol West (1946–)	10 April 1992	20 July 1994	responsibility for public services and science		John Major
David Hunt MBE MP for Wirral West (1942–)	20 July 1994	5 July 1995	Minister for Public Services
Roger Freeman MP for Kettering (1942–)	5 July 1995	2 May 1997	Minister for Public Services
David Clark MP for South Shields (1939–)	2 May 1997	27 July 1998	Cabinet Office Minister	Labour	Tony Blair
Jack Cunningham MP for Copeland (1939–)	27 July 1998	11 October 1999		Labour
Mo Mowlam MP for Redcar (1949–2005)	11 October 1999	11 June 2001		Labour

Chancellors of the Duchy of Lancaster, 21st century

	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office		Concurrent office(s)	Party
	Gus Macdonald Baron Macdonald of Tradeston CBE PC (1940–)	11 June 2001	13 June 2003	Cabinet Office Minister	Labour	Tony Blair
	Douglas Alexander MP for Paisley South (1967–)	13 June 2003	8 September 2004		Labour
	Alan Milburn MP for Darlington (1958–)	8 September 2004	6 May 2005		Labour
	John Hutton MP for Barrow and Furness (1955–)	6 May 2005	2 November 2005		Labour
Vacant		2 November 2005	5 May 2006
	Hilary Armstrong MP for North West Durham (1945–)	5 May 2006	28 June 2007	Cabinet Office Minister Minister for Social Exclusion	Labour
	Ed Miliband MP for Doncaster North (1969–)	28 June 2007	3 October 2008	Cabinet Office Minister	Labour	Gordon Brown
	Liam Byrne MP for Birmingham Hodge Hill (1970–)	3 October 2008	5 June 2009	Cabinet Office Minister	Labour
	Janet Royall Baroness Royall of Blaisdon PC (1955–)	5 June 2009	11 May 2010	Leader of the House of Lords	Labour
	Thomas Galbraith 2nd Baron Strathclyde CH PC (1960–)	12 May 2010	7 January 2013		Conservative	David Cameron (Coalition)
	Jonathan Hill Baron Hill of Oareford CBE PC (1960–)	7 January 2013	14 July 2014		Conservative
	Oliver Letwin MP for West Dorset (1956–)	14 July 2014	14 July 2016	Minister of State for Government Policy	Conservative
	Oliver Letwin MP for West Dorset (1956–)	14 July 2014	14 July 2016	in charge of the Cabinet Office	Conservative	David Cameron (II)
	Sir Patrick McLoughlin MP for Derbyshire Dales (1957–)	14 July 2016	8 January 2018	Chairman of the Conservative Party	Conservative	Theresa May (I)
	Sir Patrick McLoughlin MP for Derbyshire Dales (1957–)	14 July 2016	8 January 2018	Chairman of the Conservative Party	Conservative	Theresa May (II)
	David Lidington CBE MP for Aylesbury (1956–)	8 January 2018	24 July 2019	Minister for the Cabinet Office	Conservative	Theresa May (II)
	Michael Gove MP for Surrey Heath (1967-)	24 July 2019	Incumbent		Conservative	Boris Johnson (I)
						Boris Johnson (II)
				Minister for the Cabinet Office (13 February 2020-)		Boris Johnson (II)

Notes

Served as Bishop of Sarum from 1375.
Served as Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1469 to c. April 1471.
Served as Secretary of State until 1548. Created Baron Paget in the peerage of England in 1549.
Served as Lord Privy Seal from 1598.
Served as Chancellor of the Exchequer until 1603. MP for Middlesex during 1601 Parliament.
MP for Berkshire during the 1614 Parliament.
Elected to Parliament as MP for Lancaster in 1621 and 1625, and as MP for Leicester in 1624 and 1626.
Royalist appointee during the Oxford Parliament, re-appointed Chancellor in 1660 after the Restoration.
MP for Newcastle-under-Lyme until 1703; thereafter elevated to the peerage of England as Baron Gower.
MP for Tewkesbury until 1721; thereafter elevated to the peerage of Great Britain as Baron Lechmere.
Commonly styled with the courtesy title Lord Strange, however neither James Smith-Stanley or his father has any right to it.
Baron Hyde since 1756; elevated in the peerage of Great Britain as Earl of Clarendon from 1776.
Baron Hawkesbury since August 1786; elevated in the peerage of Great Britain as Earl of Liverpool from May 1796.
MP for Bodmin until 1818, thereafter MP for Harwich.
Baron Dufferin and Claneboye since 1841. Elevated in the peerage of Great Britain as Earl of Dufferin in 1871.
MP for Melton until 1888, thereafter succeeded his brother as Duke of Rutland.
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.
Baron Woolton since 1952, created Viscount Woolton in 1953.

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Baines, Edward (1836). The History of the County Palatine and Duchy of Lancaster. Vol. I. London, Paris, and New York: Fisher, Son, & Co.
"Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster". Hansard 1803–2005. UK Parliament. Retrieved 6 November 2017.
Venning, Timothy (2005). Compendium of British Office Holders. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.

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[1] Served as Bishop of Sarum from 1375.

[2] Served as Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1469 to c. April 1471.

[3] Served as Secretary of State until 1548. Created Baron Paget in the peerage of England in 1549.

[4] Served as Lord Privy Seal from 1598.

[5] Served as Chancellor of the Exchequer until 1603. MP for Middlesex during 1601 Parliament.

[6] MP for Berkshire during the 1614 Parliament.

[7] Elected to Parliament as MP for Lancaster in 1621 and 1625, and as MP for Leicester in 1624 and 1626.

[8] Royalist appointee during the Oxford Parliament, re-appointed Chancellor in 1660 after the Restoration.

[9] MP for Newcastle-under-Lyme until 1703; thereafter elevated to the peerage of England as Baron Gower.

[10] MP for Tewkesbury until 1721; thereafter elevated to the peerage of Great Britain as Baron Lechmere.

[11] Commonly styled with the courtesy title Lord Strange, however neither James Smith-Stanley or his father has any right to it.

[12] Baron Hyde since 1756; elevated in the peerage of Great Britain as Earl of Clarendon from 1776.

[13] Baron Hawkesbury since August 1786; elevated in the peerage of Great Britain as Earl of Liverpool from May 1796.

[14] MP for Bodmin until 1818, thereafter MP for Harwich.

[15] Baron Dufferin and Claneboye since 1841. Elevated in the peerage of Great Britain as Earl of Dufferin in 1871.

[16] MP for Melton until 1888, thereafter succeeded his brother as Duke of Rutland.

[17] 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.

[18] Baron Woolton since 1952, created Viscount Woolton in 1953.