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.

Chancellors of the Duchy of Lancaster, 1361-1803

• Sir Henry de Haydock (1361 - 1373)
• Ralph de Ergham (1373 - April 16, 1377)
• Thomas de Thelwall (April 16, 1377 - 1378)
• Sir John De Yerborough (1378 - November 10, 1382)
• Sir Thomas Stanley (November 10, 1382 -November 29, 1382) (pro tem)
• Sir Thomas Scarle (November 29, 1382-October, 1383)
• Sir William Okey (October, 1383 - 1400)
• John de Wakering (1400 - 1400)
• William Burgoyne (1400 - May 15, 1404)
• Sir Thomas Stanley (May 15, 1404 - March 30, 1410)
• John Springthorpe (March 30, 1410 - April 4, 1413)
• John Wodehouse (April 4, 1413 - June 10, 1424)
• William Troutbecke (June 10, 1424 - February 16, 1431)
• Walter Sherington (February 16, 1431 - July 3, 1442)
• William Tresham (July 3, 1442 - June 10, 1449)
• John Say (June 10, 1449 - June 10, 1462)
• Sir Richard Fowler (June 10, 1462 - November 3, 1477)
• Sir John Say (November 3, 1477-April 2, 1478)
• Thomas Thwaites (April 2, 1478 - July 7, 1483)
• Thomas Metcalfe (July 7, 1483 - September 13, 1486)
• Sir Reginald Bray (September 13, 1486 - June 24, 1503)
• Sir John Mordaunt (June 24, 1503 - October 3, 1505)
• Sir Richard Empson (October 3, 1505 - May 14, 1509)
• Sir Henry Marny (May 14, 1509 - April 14, 1523)
• Sir Richard Wingfield (April 14, 1523 - December 31, 1525)
• Sir Thomas More (December 31, 1525 - November 3, 1529)
• Sir William Fitzwilliam (November 3, 1529 - May 10, 1533)
• Sir John Gage (May 10, 1533 - July 1, 1547)
• Sir William Paget, 1st Baron Paget (1549) (July 1, 1547 - July 7, 1552)
• Sir John Gates (July 7, 1552 - 1553)
• Sir Robert Rochester (1553 - 1557)
• Sir Edward Walgrave (June 22, 1558 - 1559)
• Sir Ambrose Cave (1559 - May 16, 1568)
• Sir Ralph Sadler (May 16, 1568 - June 15, 1587)
• Sir Francis Walsingham (June 15, 1587 - 1590)
• Sir Thomas Heneage (1590 - October 7, 1595)
• Seal in commission (1595 - 1597)
• Sir Robert Cecil (October 8, 1597 - 1599)
• Seal in commission (1599 - September 16, 1601)
• Sir John Fortescue (September 16, 1601 - 1601)
• Seal in commission (1601 - 1601)
• Sir John Fortescue (1601 - 1607)
• Sir Thomas Parry (1607 - June 5, 1616)
• Sir John Dacombe (May 27, 1615 - 1618) (joint with Sir Thomas Parry, May 27, 1615 - June 5, 1616)
• Seal in commission (1618 - March 23, 1618)
• Sir Humphrey May (March 23, 1618 - April 16, 1629)
• Edward Barrett, 1st Lord Barrett of Newburgh (April 16, 1629 - February 10, 1644)
• Francis, Lord Seymour (for the king) (1644 - 1645)
• William, 1st Lord Grey of Warke and William Lenthall (for parliament) (February 10, 1644 - 1648)
• Sir Gilbert Gerrard (1648 - August 1, 1649)
• John Bradshaw (August 1, 1649 - 1653)
• John Bradshaw and Thomas Fell (commissioners) (1653 - 1654)
• Thomas Fell (1654 - 1658)
• John Bradshaw (1658 - 1659)
• William Lenthall (1659 - 1659)
• Sir Gilbert Gerrard (May 14, 1659 - July 9, 1660)
• Francis Seymour, 1st Lord Seymour of Trowbridge (July 9, 1660 - July 21, 1664)
• Sir Thomas Ingram (July 21, 1664 - February 22, 1672)
• Sir Robert Carr (February 22, 1672 - November 21, 1682)
• Sir Thomas Chicheley (November 21, 1682 - 1687)
• Seal in commission (1687 - 1687)
• Robert Phelipps (1687 - March 21, 1689)
• Robert Bertie, 16th Baron Willoughby of Eresby (March 21, 1689 - May 4, 1697)
• Thomas Grey, 2nd Earl of Stamford (May 4, 1697 - May 12, 1702)
• Sir John Leveson-Gower, 1st Lord Gower of Stittenham (1703) (May 12, 1702 - June 10, 1706)
• James Stanley, 10th Earl of Derby (June 10, 1706 - September 21, 1710)
• William Berkeley, 4th Lord Berkeley of Stratton (September 21, 1710 - November 6, 1714)
• Heneage Finch, 1st Earl of Aylesford (November 6, 1714 - March 12, 1716)
• Richard Lumley, 1st Earl of Scarborough (March 12, 1716 - June 19, 1717)
• Nicolas Lechmere, Baron Lechmere (June 19, 1717 - July 17, 1727)
• John Manners, 3rd Duke of Rutland (July 17, 1727 - May 21, 1735)
• George Cholmondeley, 3rd Earl of Cholmondeley (May 21, 1735 - December 22, 1742)
• Richard Edgcumbe, 1st Lord Edgcumbe of Mount Edgcumbe (December 22, 1742 - February 27, 1759)
• Thomas Hay, 9th Earl of Kinnoull (February 27, 1759 - December 13, 1762)
• James Stanley, Lord Strange (December 13, 1762 - June 14, 1771)
• Thomas Villiers, 1st Earl of Clarendon (June 14, 1771 - April 17, 1782)
• John Dunning, 1st Baron Ashburton (April 17, 1782 - August 29, 1783)
• Edward Smith-Stanley, 12th Earl of Derby (August 29, 1783 - December 31, 1783)
• Thomas Villiers, 1st Earl of Clarendon (December 31, 1783 - September 6, 1786)
• Charles Jenkinson, 1st Lord Hawkesbury, 1st Earl of Liverpool (1796) (September 6, 1786 - November 11, 1803)