Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster

The Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster is, in modern times, a sinecure office in the British government. Originally the chief officer of the Duchy of Lancaster, that estate is now run by a deputy, leaving the position of Chancellor to serve in effect as an alternative Minister without Portfolio. The position has often been given to a junior Cabinet minister with responsibilities in a particular area of policy for which there is no portfolioed department.

1803-1902

• Thomas Pelham, Lord Pelham (November 11, 1803 - June 6, 1804)
• Henry Phipps, 3rd Baron Mulgrave (June 6, 1804 - January 14, 1805)
• Robert Hobart, 4th Earl of Buckinghamshire (January 14, 1805 - July 10, 1805)
• Dudley Ryder, 2nd Lord Harrowby (July 10, 1805 - February 12, 1806)
• Edward Smith-Stanley, 12th Earl of Derby (February 12, 1806 - March 30, 1807)
• Spencer Perceval (March 30, 1807 - May 23, 1812)
• Robert Hobart, 4th Earl of Buckinghamshire (May 23, 1812 - June 23, 1812)
• Charles Bathurst (June 23, 1812 - February 13, 1823)
• Nicholas Vansittart, 1st Baron Bexley (February 13, 1823 - January 26, 1828)
• George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen (January 26, 1828 - June 2, 1828)
• Charles Arbuthnot (June 2, 1828 - November 25, 1830)
• Henry Richard Vassall-Fox, 3rd Baron Holland (November 25, 1830 - November 14, 1834)
• Charles Watkins Williams Wynn (December 26, 1834 - April 8, 1835)
• Henry Richard Vassall-Fox, 3rd Baron Holland (April 23, 1835 - October 31, 1840)
• George William Frederick Villiers, 4th Earl of Clarendon (October 31, 1840 - June 23, 1841)
• Sir George Grey, Bt (June 23, 1841 - August 30, 1841)
• Lord Granville Charles Henry Somerset (September 3, 1841 - June 27, 1846)
• John Campbell, 1st Baron Campbell of St Andrews (July 6, 1846 - March 6, 1850)
• George William Frederick Howard, 7th Earl of Carlisle (March 6, 1850 - February 21, 1852)
• Robert Adam Christopher (March 1, 1852 - December 17, 1852)
• Edward Strutt (January 3, 1853 - June 21, 1854)
• Granville Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Granville (June 21, 1854 - January 30, 1855)
• Dudley Ryder, 2nd Earl of Harrowby (March 31, 1855 - December 7, 1855)
• Matthew Talbot Baines (December 7, 1855 - February 21, 1858)
• James Graham, 4th Duke of Montrose (February 26, 1858 - June 11, 1859)
• Sir George Grey, Bt (June 22, 1859 - July 25, 1861)
• Edward Cardwell (July 25, 1861 - April 7, 1864)
• George William Frederick Villiers, 4th Earl of Clarendon (April 7, 1864 - November 3, 1865)
• George Joachim Goschen (January 26, 1866 - June 26, 1866)
• William Reginald Courtenay, 21st Earl of Devon (July 10, 1866 - June 26, 1867)
• John Wilson-Patten (June 26, 1867 - November 7, 1868)
• Thomas Edward Taylor (November 7, 1868 - December 1, 1868)
• Frederick Temple Blackwood, 5th Lord Dufferin, 1st Earl of Dufferin (1871) (December 12, 1868 - August 9, 1872)
• Hugh Culling Eardley Childers (August 9, 1872 - September 30, 1873)
• John Bright (September 30, 1873 - February 17, 1874)
• Thomas Edward Taylor (March 2, 1874 - April 21, 1880)
• John Bright (April 28, 1880 - July 25, 1882)
• John Wodehouse, 1st Earl of Kimberley (July 25, 1882 - December 28, 1882)
• John George Dodson (December 28, 1882 - October 29, 1884)
• George Otto Trevelyan (October 29, 1884 - June 9, 1885)
• Henry Chaplin (June 24, 1885 - January 28, 1886)
• Edward Heneage (February 6, 1886 - April 16, 1886)
• Sir Ughtred James Kay-Shuttleworth (April 16, 1886 - July 20, 1886)
• Gathorne Hardy, 1st Viscount Cranbrook (August 3, 1886 - August 16, 1886)
• Lord John Manners (August 16, 1886 - August 11, 1892)
• James Bryce (August 18, 1892 - May 28, 1894)
• Edward Marjoribanks, 2nd Baron Tweedmouth (May 28, 1894 - June 21, 1895)
• Richard Assheton Cross, 1st Viscount Cross (June 29, 1895 - July 4, 1895)
• Sir Henry James, 1st Baron James of Hereford (1895) (July 4, 1895 - August 8, 1902)