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.

1902 to present

• Sir William Hood Walrond (August 8, 1902 - December 4, 1905)
• Sir Henry Hartley Fowler (December 10, 1905 - October 13, 1908)
• Edmund George Petty FitzMaurice, 1st Baron FitzMaurice (October 13, 1908 - June 25, 1909)
• Herbert Samuel (June 25, 1909 - February 14, 1910)
• Joseph Albert Pease (February 14, 1910 - October 23, 1911)
• Sir Charles Edward Henry Hobhouse (October 23, 1911 - February 11, 1914)
• Charles Frederick Gurney Masterman (February 11, 1914 - February 3, 1915)
• Edwin Samuel Montagu (February 3, 1915 - May 25, 1915)
• Winston Churchill (May 25, 1915 - November 25, 1915)
• Herbert Samuel (November 25, 1915 - January 11, 1916)
• Edwin Samuel Montagu (January 11, 1916 - July 9, 1916)
• Thomas McKinnon Wood (July 9, 1916 - December 10, 1916)
• Sir Frederick Cawley (December 10, 1916 - February 10, 1918)
• William Maxwell Aitken, 1st Baron Beaverbrook (February 10, 1918 - November 4, 1918)
• William Hayes Fisher, 1st Baron Downham (November 4, 1918 - January 10, 1919)
• David Alexander Edward Lindsay, 27th Earl of Crawford and 10th Earl of Balcarres (January 10, 1919 - April 1, 1921)
• William Robert Wellesley, 2nd Viscount Peel (April 1, 1921 - April 7, 1922)
• Sir William Sutherland (April 7, 1922 - October 19, 1922)
• James Edward Hubert Gascoyne-Cecil, 4th Marquess of Salisbury (October 24, 1922 - May 25, 1923)
• J. C. C. Davidson (May 25, 1923 - January 22, 1924)
• Josiah Wedgwood (January 22, 1924 - November 3, 1924)
• Robert Cecil, 1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood (November 10, 1924 - October 19, 1927) (resigned)
• Ronald John McNeill, 1st Baron Cushendun (October 19, 1927 - June 4, 1929)
• Sir Oswald Mosley, Bt. (June 7, 1929 - May 19, 1930) (resigned)
• Clement Attlee (May 23, 1930 - March 13, 1931)
• Arthur Augustus William Harry, 1st Baron Ponsonby of Shulbrede (March 13, 1931 - August 24, 1931)
• Philip Kerr, 11th Marquess of Lothian (August 25, 1931 - November 10, 1931)
• J. C. C. Davidson (November 10, 1931 - May 28, 1937)
• Edward Turnour, 6th Earl Winterton (May 28, 1937 - January 29, 1939)
• William Shepherd Morrison (January 29, 1939 - April 3, 1940)
• George Clement Tryon, 1st Baron Tryon (April 3, 1940 - May 14, 1940)
• Maurice Hankey, 1st Baron Hankey (May 14, 1940 - July 20, 1941)
• Alfred Duff Cooper (July 20, 1941 - November 11, 1943)
• Ernest Brown (November 11, 1943 - May 25, 1945)
• Sir James Arthur Salter (May 25, 1945 - July 26, 1945)
• John Burns Hynd (August 4, 1945 - April 17, 1947)
• Francis Aungier Pakenham, 1st Baron Pakenham (April 17, 1947 - May 31, 1948)
• Hugh Dalton (May 31, 1948 - February 28, 1950)
• Lord Alexander (February 28, 1950 - October 26, 1951)
• Philip Cunliffe-Lister, 1st Viscount Swinton (October 31, 1951 - November 24, 1952)
• Frederick James Marquis, 1st Baron Woolton (Viscount Woolton 1953) (November 24, 1952 - December 20, 1955)
• George Douglas-Hamilton, 10th Earl of Selkirk (December 20, 1955 - January 13, 1957)
• Charles Hill (January 13, 1957 - October 9, 1961)
• Iain Macleod (October 9, 1961 - October 20, 1963)
• John Hugh Hare, 1st Viscount Blakenham (October 20, 1963 - October 16, 1964)
• Douglas Houghton (October 18, 1964 - April 6, 1966)
• George Morgan Thomson (April 6, 1966 - January 7, 1967)
• Frederick Lee (January 7, 1967 - October 6, 1969)
• George Morgan Thomson (October 6, 1969 - June 19, 1970)
• Anthony Barber (June 20, 1970 - July 28, 1970)
• Geoffrey Rippon (July 28, 1970 - November 5, 1972)
• John Davies (November 5, 1972 - March 4, 1974)
• Norman Harold Lever (March 5, 1974 - May 4, 1979)
• Norman Arthur Francis St John-Stevas (May 5, 1979 - January 5, 1981)
• Francis Pym (January 5, 1981 - October 27, 1981)
• Janet Mary Young, Baroness Young (October 27, 1981 - April 6, 1982)
• Cecil Parkinson (April 6, 1982 - June 11, 1983)
• Francis Cockfield, Baron Cockfield (June 11, 1983 - September 11, 1984)
• Alexander Patrick Greysteil Ruthven, 2nd Earl of Gowrie (September 11, 1984 - September 3, 1985)
• Norman Tebbit (September 3, 1985 - June 13, 1987)
• Kenneth Clarke (June 13, 1987 - July 25, 1988)
• Tony Newton (July 25, 1988 - July 24, 1989)
• Kenneth Baker (July 24, 1989 - November 28, 1990)
• Chris Patten (November 28, 1990 - April 10, 1992)
• William Waldegrave (April 10, 1992 - July 20, 1994)
• David Hunt (July 20, 1994 - July 5, 1995)
• Roger Freeman (July 5, 1995 - May 2, 1997)
• David G. Clark (May 3, 1997 - July 27, 1998)
• Jack Cunningham (July 27, 1998 - October 11, 1999)
• Mo Mowlam (October 11, 1999 - June 11, 2001)
• Gus Macdonald, Baron Macdonald of Tradeston (June 11, 2001 - June 13, 2003)
• Douglas Alexander (June 13, 2003 - September 8, 2004)
• Alan Milburn (September 8, 2004 - May 6, 2005)
• John Hutton (May 6, 2005 - )