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Chancellor of the Exchequer

Chancellor of the Exchequer
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InsigniaRoyal Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom (HM Government).svg
InsigniacaptionArms of Her Majesty's Government
DepartmentHer Majesty's Treasury
PostChancellor of the Exchequer
IncumbentGeorge Osborne
Incumbentsince11 May 2010
AppointerThe Prime Minister
StyleThe Right Honourable
Residence11 Downing Street
London, England, United Kingdom
GovernorPrime Minister
InauguralHervey de Stanton
(England only)
Formation22 June 1316

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The Chancellor of the Exchequer is the title held by the British Cabinet minister who is responsible for all economic and financial matters. Often simply called the Chancellor, the office-holder controls HM Treasury and plays a role akin to the posts of Minister of Finance or Secretary of the Treasury in other nations. The position is considered one of the four Great Offices of State and in recent times has come to be the most powerful office in British politics after the Prime Minister. It is the only office of the four Great Offices not to have been occupied by a woman.

The Chancellor of the Exchequer is now always Second Lord of the Treasury as one of the Lords Commissioners for executing the office of Lord High Treasurer. In the 18th and early 19th centuries it was common for the Prime Minister to also serve as Chancellor of the Exchequer if he sat in the Commons; the last Chancellor who was simultaneously Prime Minister & Chancellor of the Exchequer was Stanley Baldwin in 1923. Formerly, in cases when the Chancellorship was vacant, the Lord Chief Justice of the King's Bench would act as Chancellor pro tempore. The last Lord Chief Justice to serve in this way was Lord Denman in 1834.

The Chancellor is the third-oldest major state office in English and British history, one which originally carried responsibility for the Exchequer, the medieval English institution for the collection of royal revenues, The Exchequer dates from the time of Henry I. The Chancellor controlled monetary policy as well as fiscal policy until 1997, when the Bank of England was granted independent control of its interest rates. The Chancellor also has oversight of public spending across Government departments.

The office should not be confused with those of the Lord Chancellor or the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, both Cabinet posts, the Chancellor of the High Court, a senior judge, or the Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer, a defunct judicial office.

The current Chancellor of the Exchequer is George Osborne.

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Chancellors of the Exchequer of England, 1316-c. 1558 :
Name Portrait Took office Left office
Hervey de Stanton 1316 1327
William Catesby 1483
Thomas Cromwell, 1st Earl of Essex 1533 1540

Chancellors of the Exchequer of England, c. 1558-1708 :
Name Portrait Took office Left office
Sir John Baker c. 1558 c. 1559
Sir Richard Sackville c. 1559 1566
Sir Walter Mildmay 1566 1589
Sir John Fortescue 1589 1603
The Earl of Dunbar 1603 1606
Sir Julius Caesar 1606 1614
Sir Fulke Greville 1614 1621
Sir Richard Weston 1621 1628
The Lord Barrett of Newburgh 1628 1629
The Lord Cottington 1629 1642
Sir John Colepeper 1642 1643
Sir Edward Hyde 19 July 1642 1646
The Lord Ashley 13 May 1661 22 November 1672
Sir John Duncombe 22 November 1672 2 May 1676
Sir John Ernle 2 May 1676 9 April 1689
The Lord Delamere 9 April 1689 18 March 1690
Richard Hampden 18 March 1690 10 May 1694
Charles Montagu 10 May 1694 2 June 1699
John Smith 2 June 1699 27 March 1701
Henry Boyle 27 March 1701 22 April 1708

Chancellors of the Exchequer of Great Britain, 1708-1817 :
Name Portrait Took office Left office Political party Prime Minister
Sir John Smith 22 April 1708 11 August 1710 Whig
Robert Harley 11 August 1710 4 June 1711 Tory
Robert Benson 4 June 1711 21 August 1713 Tory
Sir William Wyndham, Bt 21 August 1713 13 October 1714 Tory
Sir Richard Onslow, Bt 13 October 1714 12 October 1715 Whig
Robert Walpole 12 October 1715 15 April 1717 Whig
The Viscount Stanhope 15 April 1717 20 March 1718 Whig
John Aislabie 20 March 1718 23 January 1721 Whig
Sir John Pratt
(interim)
2 February 1721 3 April 1721 Whig
Sir Robert Walpole 3 April 1721 12 February 1742 Whig Sir Robert Walpole
Samuel Sandys 12 February 1742 12 December 1743 Whig The Earl of Wilmington
Henry Pelham 12 December 1743 8 March 1754 Whig Henry Pelham
Sir William Lee
(interim)
8 March 1754 6 April 1754 Whig The Duke of Newcastle
Henry Bilson Legge 6 April 1754 25 November 1755 Whig
Sir George Lyttelton, Bt 25 November 1755 16 November 1756 Whig
Henry Bilson Legge 16 November 1756 13 April 1757 Whig The Duke of Devonshire
The Lord Mansfield
(interim)
13 April 1757 2 July 1757 Whig The Duke of Newcastle
Henry Bilson Legge 2 July 1757 19 March 1761 Whig
The Viscount Barrington 19 March 1761 29 May 1762 Whig
Sir Francis Dashwood, Bt 29 May 1762 16 April 1763 Tory The Earl of Bute
George Grenville 16 April 1763 16 July 1765 Whig George Grenville
William Dowdeswell 16 July 1765 2 August 1766 Whig The Marquess of Rockingham
Charles Townshend 2 August 1766 4 September 1767 (died) Whig The Earl of Chatham
Lord North 11 September 1767 27 March 1782 Tory The Duke of Grafton
Lord North
Lord John Cavendish 27 March 1782 10 July 1782 Whig The Marquess of Rockingham
William Pitt the Younger 10 July 1782 31 March 1783 Whig The Earl of Shelburne
Lord John Cavendish 2 April 1783 19 December 1783 Whig
(Fox-North Coalition)
The Duke of Portland
William Pitt the Younger 19 December 1783 14 March 1801 Tory William Pitt the Younger
Henry Addington 14 March 1801 10 May 1804 Tory Henry Addington
William Pitt the Younger 10 May 1804 23 January 1806 (died) Tory William Pitt the Younger
Lord Henry Petty 5 February 1806 26 March 1807 Whig
(Ministry of All the Talents)
Lord Grenville
Spencer Perceval 26 March 1807 12 May 1812 (died) Tory The Duke of Portland
Spencer Perceval
Nicholas Vansittart 12 May 1812 12 July 1817 Tory Lord Liverpool

Chancellors of the Exchequer of the United Kingdom, 1817-1902 :
Name Portrait Took office Left office Political party Prime Minister
Nicholas Vansittart 12 July 1817 31 January 1823 Tory Lord Liverpool
F. J. Robinson 31 January 1823 20 April 1827 Tory
George Canning 20 April 1827 8 August 1827 (died) Tory George Canning
The Lord Tenterden
(interim)
8 August 1827 3 September 1827 Tory The Viscount Goderich
John Charles Herries 3 September 1827 26 January 1828 Tory
Henry Goulburn 26 January 1828 22 November 1830 Tory The Duke of Wellington
Viscount Althorp 22 November 1830 14 November 1834 Whig The Earl Grey
The Viscount Melbourne
The Lord Denman 14 November 1834 15 December 1834 Whig
(Conservative Provisional Government)
The Duke of Wellington
Sir Robert Peel, Bt 15 December 1834 8 April 1835 Conservative Sir Robert Peel, Bt
Thomas Spring Rice 18 April 1835 26 August 1839 Whig The Viscount Melbourne
Francis Baring 26 August 1839 30 August 1841 Whig
Henry Goulburn 3 September 1841 27 June 1846 Conservative Sir Robert Peel, Bt
Sir Charles Wood, Bt 6 July 1846 21 February 1852 Whig Lord John Russell
Benjamin Disraeli 27 February 1852 17 December 1852 Conservative The Earl of Derby
William Ewart Gladstone 28 December 1852 28 February 1855 Peelite
(Coalition)
The Earl of Aberdeen
Sir George Cornewall Lewis, Bt 28 February 1855 21 February 1858 Whig The Viscount Palmerston
Benjamin Disraeli 26 February 1858 11 June 1859 Conservative The Earl of Derby
William Ewart Gladstone 18 June 1859 26 June 1866 Liberal The Viscount Palmerston
The Earl Russell
Benjamin Disraeli 6 July 1866 29 February 1868 Conservative The Earl of Derby
George Ward Hunt 29 February 1868 1 December 1868 Conservative Benjamin Disraeli
Robert Lowe 9 December 1868 11 August 1873 Liberal William Ewart Gladstone
William Ewart Gladstone 11 August 1873 17 February 1874 Liberal
Sir Stafford Northcote, Bt 21 February 1874 21 April 1880 Conservative Benjamin Disraeli
William Ewart Gladstone 28 April 1880 16 December 1882 Liberal William Ewart Gladstone
Hugh Childers 16 December 1882 9 June 1885 Liberal
Sir Michael Hicks Beach, Bt 24 June 1885 28 January 1886 Conservative The Marquess of Salisbury
Sir William Vernon Harcourt
6 February 1886 20 July 1886 Liberal William Ewart Gladstone
Lord Randolph Churchill 3 August 1886 22 December 1886 Conservative The Marquess of Salisbury
George Goschen 14 January 1887 11 August 1892 Liberal Unionist
Sir William Vernon Harcourt 18 August 1892 21 June 1895 Liberal William Ewart Gladstone
The Earl of Rosebery
Sir Michael Hicks Beach, Bt 29 June 1895 11 August 1902 Conservative The Marquess of Salisbury

Chancellors of the Exchequer of the United Kingdom, 1902 to date :
Name Portrait Took office Left office Political party Prime Minister
Charles Ritchie 11 August 1902 9 October 1903 Conservative Arthur Balfour
Austen Chamberlain 9 October 1903 4 December 1905 Liberal Unionist
H. H. Asquith 10 December 1905 12 April 1908 Liberal Henry Campbell-Bannerman
David Lloyd George 12 April 1908 25 May 1915 Liberal H. H. Asquith
Reginald McKenna 25 May 1915 10 December 1916 Liberal
(Coalition)
Andrew Bonar Law 10 December 1916 10 January 1919 Conservative
(Coalition)
David Lloyd George
Austen Chamberlain 10 January 1919 1 April 1921
Sir Robert Horne 1 April 1921 19 October 1922
Stanley Baldwin 27 October 1922 27 August 1923 Conservative Andrew Bonar Law
Stanley Baldwin
Neville Chamberlain 27 August 1923 22 January 1924 Conservative
Philip Snowden 22 January 1924 3 November 1924 Labour Ramsay MacDonald
Winston Churchill 6 November 1924 4 June 1929 Conservative Stanley Baldwin
Philip Snowden 7 June 1929 24 August 1931 Labour Ramsay MacDonald
24 August 1931 5 November 1931 National Labour
(National Government)
Neville Chamberlain 5 November 1931 28 May 1937 Conservative
(National Government)
Stanley Baldwin
Sir John Simon 28 May 1937 12 May 1940 Liberal National
(National Government;
War Government)
Neville Chamberlain
Sir Kingsley Wood 12 May 1940 21 September 1943 (died) Conservative
(Coalition)
Winston Churchill
Sir John Anderson 24 September 1943 26 July 1945 National Independent
(Coalition)
Hugh Dalton 27 July 1945 13 November 1947 Labour Clement Attlee
Sir Stafford Cripps 13 November 1947 19 October 1950 Labour
Hugh Gaitskell 19 October 1950 26 October 1951 Labour
R. A. Butler 26 October 1951 20 December 1955 Conservative Sir Winston Churchill
Harold Macmillan 20 December 1955 13 January 1957 Conservative Sir Anthony Eden
Peter Thorneycroft 13 January 1957 6 January 1958 Conservative Harold Macmillan
Derick Heathcoat-Amory 6 January 1958 27 July 1960 Conservative
Selwyn Lloyd 27 July 1960 13 July 1962 Conservative
Reginald Maudling 13 July 1962 16 October 1964 Conservative
Sir Alec Douglas-Home
James Callaghan 16 October 1964 30 November 1967 Labour Harold Wilson
Roy Jenkins 30 November 1967 19 June 1970 Labour
Iain Macleod 20 June 1970 20 July 1970 (died) Conservative Edward Heath
Anthony Barber 25 July 1970 28 February 1974 Conservative
Denis Healey 1 March 1974 4 May 1979 Labour Harold Wilson
James Callaghan
Sir Geoffrey Howe 4 May 1979 11 June 1983 Conservative Margaret Thatcher
Nigel Lawson 11 June 1983 26 October 1989 Conservative
John Major 26 October 1989 28 November 1990 Conservative
Norman Lamont 28 November 1990 27 May 1993 Conservative John Major
Kenneth Clarke 27 May 1993 2 May 1997 Conservative
Gordon Brown 2 May 1997 27 June 2007 Labour Tony Blair
Alistair Darling 28 June 2007 11 May 2010 Labour Gordon Brown
George Osborne 11 May 2010 incumbent Conservative
(Coalition)
David Cameron

Chancellors of the Exchequer

of EnglandGiffard * Stanton * Catesby * Berners * Baker * Mildmay * Fortescue * Dunbar * Caesar * Brooke * Portland * Barrett * Cottington * Colepeper * Clarendon * Shaftesbury * Duncombe * Ernle * Warrington * Hampden * Halifax * Smith * Carleton
of Great BritainCarleton * Smith * Oxford/Mortimer * Bingley * Wyndham * Onslow * Walpole * Stanhope * Aislabie * Pratt * Walpole * Sandys * Pelham * Lee * Bilson-Legge * Lyttelton * Bilson-Legge * Mansfield * Bilson-Legge * Barrington * le Despencer * Grenville * Dowdeswell * Townshend * North * Cavendish * Pitt * Cavendish * Pitt * Sidmouth * Pitt * Lansdowne * Perceval * Bexley
of the
United Kingdom
Bexley * Goderich * Canning * Tenterden * Herries * Goulburn * Spencer * Denman * Peel * Monteagle * Northbrook * Goulburn * Halifax * Disraeli * Gladstone * Lewis * Disraeli * Gladstone * Disraeli * Hunt * Sherbrooke * Gladstone * Iddesleigh * Gladstone * Childers * St Aldwyn * Harcourt * R Churchill * Goschen * Harcourt * St Aldwyn * Ritchie * A Chamberlain * Asquith * Lloyd George * McKenna * Bonar Law * A Chamberlain * Horne * Baldwin * N Chamberlain * Snowden * W Churchill * Snowden * N Chamberlain * Simon * K Wood * Waverley * Dalton * Cripps * Gaitskell * Butler * Macmillan * Thorneycroft * Amory * Lloyd * Maudling * Callaghan * Jenkins * Macleod * Barber * Healey * Howe * Lawson * Major * Lamont * Clarke * Brown * Darling * Osborne

Great Offices of State of the United Kingdom

Prime Minister
David Cameron
Chancellor of the Exchequer
George Osborne
Foreign Secretary
William Hague
Home Secretary
Theresa May

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