Vice-Chancellor of the County Palatine of Lancaster
The Vice-Chancellor of the County Palatine of Lancaster is an office of the Duchy of Lancaster. The vice-chancellor is appointed by the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster after consultation with the Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain.[1] Since 1987, the vice-chancellor has been a High Court judge of the Chancery Division with a term of approximately three years.
The Vice-Chancellor of the County Palatine of Lancaster exercises general supervision over the conduct of Chancery division business in the North of England and is an ex-officio member of the court of Lancaster University.
Before the implementation of the Courts Act 1971, the appointment of the Vice-Chancellor of the County Palatine was controlled by section 14 of the Administration of Justice Act 1881. From 1973 to 1987, Andrew James Blackett-Ord, a circuit judge held the post.[2] Since then, the office has been held by a Justice of the High Court sitting in the Chancery Division.
List of Vice-Chancellors
Source: (1871 onwards): Northern Circuit
- 1649 and 1651 : Thomas Fell
- ?–?1790 : William Swinnerton (served 33 years, died 1790)
- 1791 : James Allan Park
- 1799-1824: Edward King[3]
- 1826-1844 :Francis Ludlow Holt
- 1849–1851 : William Page Wood [4]
- 1851–1852: Richard Bethell, 1st Baron Westbury
- ?–1868 : William Milbourne James
- 1868–1871 : John Wickens
- 1871–1881 : George Little
- 1881–1893: Henry Fox Bristowe [5]
- 1893–1895 : William Fothergill Robinson [6]
- 1895–1905 : Sir Samuel Hall [7]
- 1905–1912 : Octavius Leigh-Clare
- 1912–1919 : Sir Dudley Stewart-Smith
- 1919–1925 : Roger Bernard Lawrence
- 1925–1936 : Sir (William) Courthope Townshend Wilson
- 1936–1948 : Sir John Bennett
- 1948–1963 : Sir (John) Leonard Stone
- 1963–1973 : Sir Thomas Burgess
- 1973–1987: Andrew James Blackett-Ord
- Since 1987
- 1987–1991: Sir Richard Scott[8]
- 1991–1994: Sir Andrew Morritt[9]
- 1994–1999: Sir Jonathan Parker[10]
- 1999–2002: Sir William Blackburne[11]
- 2002–2005: Sir Timothy Lloyd[12]
- 2005–2008: Sir Nicholas Patten[13]
- 2008–2012: Sir David Richards[14]
- 2012–2013: Sir Michael Briggs[15]
- 2013: Sir Alastair Norris
- 2019: Sir Richard Snowden
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- "Welcome to our new Vice-Chancellor" (PDF). Duchy of Lancaster News. Spring 2012. p. 3. Retrieved 29 October 2012.