The following is a list of Lord Chancellors and Lord Keepers of the Great Seal of England and Great Britain.

Lord Chancellors and Lord Keepers of England, 1068–1707

• Herfast (1068–1070)
• Osmund (1070–1078)
• Maurice, Archdeacon of Le Mans (1078–1085)
• Gerard, Preceptor of Rouen (1085–1092), later Archbishop of York
• Robert Bloet (1092–1093)
• William Giffard (1093–1101)
• Roger of Salisbury (1101–1102)
• Waldric (1102–1107)
• Ranulf, Lord Chancellor (1107–1123)
• Geoffrey Rufus (1123–1133)
• Robert de Sigello (1133–1135)
• Roger le Poer (1135–1139)
• Philip de Harcourt, Dean of Lincoln (1139–1140)
• Robert of Ghent, Dean of York (1140–1141)
• William FitzGilbert (1141–1142)
• William de Vere (1142)
• Robert of Ghent, Dean of York (1142–1154)
• Thomas Becket, Archdeacon of Canterbury (1155–1162)
• Geoffrey Ridel, Archdeacon of Canterbury (1162–1173)
• Ralph de Warneville, Treasurer of York (1173–1181)
• Geoffrey, the Bastard, Plantagenet (1181–1189)
• William Longchamp, Bishop of Ely (1189–1197)
• Eustace, Dean of Salisbury (1197–1199)
• Hubert Walter, Archbishop of Canterbury (1199–1205)
• Walter de Gray (1205–1214)
• Richard Marsh (1214–1226)
• Ralph Neville (1226–1240)
• Richard le Gras, Abbot of Evesham (1240–1242)
• Ralph Neville (1242–1244)
• Silvester de Everdon, Archdeacon of Chester (1244–1246)
• John Maunsell, Provost of Beverley (1246–1247)
• Sir John Lexington (1247–1248)
• John Maunsell (1248–1249)
• Sir John Lexington (1249–1250)
• William of Kilkenny (1250–1255)
• Henry Wingham (1255–1260)
• Nicholas of Ely, Archdeacon of Ely (1260–1261)
• Walter de Merton, Archdeacon of Bath (1261–1263)
• Nicholas of Ely, Archdeacon of Ely (1263)
• John Chishull, Archdeacon of London (1263–1264)
• Thomas Cantilupe, Archdeacon of Stafford (1264–1265)
• Ralph Sandwich (1265)
• Walter Giffard, Bishop of Bath and Wells (1265–1266)
• Godfrey Giffard, Archdeacon of Wells (1266–1268)
• John Chishull, Dean of St Paul?s (1268–1269)
• Richard Middleton, Archdeacon of Northumberland (1269–1272)
• Walter de Merton, Archdeacon of Bath (1272–1274)
• Robert Burnell, Bishop of Bath (1274–1292)
• John Langton, Canon of Lincoln (1292–1302)
• William Greenfield, Dean of Chichester (1302–1305)
• William Hamilton, Dean of York (1305–1307)
• Ralph Baldock, Bishop of London (1307)
• John Langton, Bishop of Chichester (1307–1310)
• Walter Reynolds, Bishop of Worceter (1310–1314)
• John Sandale, Canon of Lincoln (1314–1318)
• John Hotham, Bishop of Ely (1318–1320)
• John Salmon, Bishop of Norwich (1320–1323)
• Robert Baldock, Archdeacon of Middlesex (1323–1327)
• William Ayermin, Bishop of Norwich (1327–1328)
• Henry Burghersh, Bishop of Lincoln (1328–1330)
• John de Stratford, Bishop of Winchester (1330–1334)
• Richard Bury, Bishop of Durham (1334–1335)
• John de Stratford, Archbishop of Canterbury (1335–1337)
• Robert de Stratford, Bishop of Chichester (1337–1338)
• Richard Bintworth, Bishop of London (1338–1339)
• John de Stratford, Archbishop of Canterbury (1340)
• Sir Robert Bourchier (1340–1341)
• Sir Robert Parning (1341–1343)
• Sir Robert Sadington (1343–1345)
• John de Ufford, Dean of Lincoln (1345–1349)
• John Thoresby, Bishop of Worcester (1349–1356)
• William Edington, Bishop of Winchester (1356–1363)
• Simon Langham, Bishop of Ely (1363–1367)
• William of Wykeham, Bishop of Winchester (1367–1371)
• Sir Robert Thorp (1371–1372)
• Sir John Knyvet (1372–1377)
• Adam Houghton, Bishop of St David's (1377–1378)
• Richard Scrope, 1st Baron Scrope of Bolton (1378–1380)
• Simon Sudbury, Archbishop of Canterbury (1380–1381)
• Hugh Segrave (1381)
• William Courtenay, Bishop of London (1381)
• Richard Scrope, 1st Baron Scrope of Bolton (1381–1382)
• Robert Braybrooke, Bishop of London (1382–1383)
• Michael de la Pole, 1st Earl of Suffolk (1383–1386)
• Thomas Arundel, Bishop of Ely (1386–1389)
• William of Wykeham, Bishop of Winchester (1389–1391)
• Thomas Arundel, Archbishop of York (1391–1396)
• Edmund Stafford, Bishop of Exeter (1396–1399)
• Thomas Arundel, Archbishop of Canterbury (1399)
• John Scarle, Archdeacon of Lincoln (1399–1401)
• Edmund Stafford, Bishop of Exeter (1401–1403)
• Henry Beaufort, Bishop of Lincoln (1403–1405)
• Thomas Langley, Dean of York (1405–1407)
• Thomas Arundel, Archbishop of Canterbury (1407–1410)
• Sir Thomas Beaufort (1410–1412)
• Thomas Arundel, Archbishop of Canterbury (1412–1413)
• Henry Beaufort, Bishop of Winchester (1413–1417)
• Thomas Langley, Bishop of Durham (1417–1424)
• Henry Beaufort, Bishop of Winchester (1424–1426)
• John Kemp, Archbishop of York (1426–1432)
• John Stafford, Bishop of Bath (later Archbishop of Canterbury) (1432–1450)
• John Kemp, Archbishop of York (1450–1454)
• Richard Neville, 5th Earl of Salisbury (1454–1455)
• Thomas Bourchier, Archbishop of Canterbury (1455–1456)
• William Waynflete, Bishop of Winchester (1456–1460)
• George Neville, Bishop of Exeter (1460–1467)
• Robert Stillington, Bishop of Bath (1467–1470)
• George Neville, Archbishop of York (1470–1471)
• Robert Stillington, Bishop of Bath (1471–1473)
• Laurence Booth, Bishop of Durham (1473–1475)
• John Alcock, Bishop of Rochester (1475)
• Thomas Rotheram, Bishop of Lincoln (1475–1483)
• John Russell, Bishop of Lincoln (1483–1485)
• Thomas Rotheram, Archbishop of York (1485)
• John Alcock, Bishop of Worcester (1485–1487)
• John Morton, Archbishop of Canterbury (1487–1500)
• Henry Deane, Archbishop of Canterbury (1500–1502)
• William Warham, Archbishop of Canterbury (1502–1515)
• Thomas Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop of York (1515–1529)
• Sir Thomas More (1529–1532)
• Thomas Audley, 1st Baron Audley of Walden (1532–1544)
• Thomas Wriothesley, 1st Baron Wriothesley (1544–1547)
• William Paulet, 1st Baron St John (1547)
• Richard Rich, 1st Baron Rich (1547–1551)
• Thomas Goodrich, Bishop of Ely (1552–1553)
• Stephen Gardiner, Bishop of Winchester (1553–1555)
• Nicholas Heath, Archbishop of York (1555–1558)
• Sir Nicholas Bacon (1558–1579) (Lord Keeper)
• Sir Thomas Bromley (1579–1587)
• Sir Christopher Hatton (1587–1591)
• In Commission (1591–1592)
• Sir John Puckering (1592–1596)
• Sir Thomas Egerton (May 6, 1596–March 5, 1617) (Lord Keeper to July 19, 1603)
• Francis Bacon, 1st Baron Verulam (1617–1621)
• In Commission (1621)
• John Williams, Bishop of Lincoln (1621–1625)
• Thomas Coventry, 1st Baron Coventry (1625–1640)
• John Finch, 1st Baron Finch (1640–1641)
• Edward Littleton, 1st Baron Lyttleton of Mounslow (1641–1642)
• Sir Richard Lane (1645–1653)
• Sir Edward Herbert (1653–1658)
• Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon (1658–1667)
• Orlando Bridgeman (1667–1672) (Lord Keeper)
• Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury (1672–1673)
• Heneage Finch, 1st Earl of Nottingham (1673–1682) (Lord Keeper to 1675)
• Francis North, 1st Baron Guilford (1682–1685) (Lord Keeper)
• George Jeffreys, 1st Baron Jeffreys (1685–1688)
• In Commission (1689–1693)
• John Somers, 1st Baron Somers (1693–1700) (Lord Keeper to 1697)
• Sir Nathan Wright (1700–1705) (Lord Keeper)
• William Cowper, 1st Baron Cowper (1705–1707) (Lord Keeper)

Lord High Chancellors and Lord Keepers of Great Britain, 1707–present

Notes:

¹: Yorke, who had been associated with the opposition, was persuaded to accept appointment as Lord Chancellor and was to have been created Baron Morden. However on meeting with his erstwhile opposition colleagues he became ashamed of his action. He refused to sign the patent conferring the peerage on himself and then committed suicide.

²: John Scott, who was made 1st Baron Eldon in 1799, was subsequently made 1st Earl of Eldon in 1821.

³: Hugh McCalmont Cairns, who was made 1st Baron Cairns in 1868, was subsequently made 1st Earl Cairns in 1878.

⁴: Roundell Palmer, who was made 1st Baron Selborne in 1872, was subsequently made 1st Earl of Selborne in 1882.

⁵: Hardinge Giffard, who was made 1st Baron Halsbury in 1885, was subsequently made 1st Earl of Halsbury in 1898.

⁶: Douglas Hogg, who was made 1st Baron Hailsham in 1928, was subsequently made 1st Viscount Hailsham in 1929.

⁷: Jack Straw is the first Member of Parliament to hold the post of Lord Chancellor.

See also

• Lord Chancellor

External links

• Department for Constitutional Affairs' list

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