The following is a list of lords chancellor and lords keeper of the Great Seal of England and Great Britain. It also includes a list of commissioners of Parliament's Great Seal during the English Civil War and Interregnum.
Lords chancellor and lords keeper of England, 1050–1707
From the House of Wessex (1050) to the Commonwealth (1646)
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|- style="height:2em"
! colspan=2 | Lord Chancellor and/or Lord Keeper
! colspan=2 | Term of office
! Monarch<br/>
|- style="height:2em"
| rowspan=3 |
| rowspan=3 | Regenbald
| rowspan=3 | 1050
| rowspan=3 | after 1066
! Edward the Confessor<br/>
|- style="height:2em"
! Harold II<br/>
|- style="height:2em"
! rowspan=5 | William I<br/>
|- style="height:2em"
|
| Herfast
| 1068
| 1070
|- style="height:2em"
|
| Saint Osmund,<br/>Count of Sées and Bishop of Salisbury
|
|
|- style="height:2em"
|
| Maurice,<br/>Archdeacon of Le Mans
|
|
|- style="height:2em"
| rowspan=2 |
| rowspan=2 | Gerard,<br/>Preceptor of Rouen, later Archbishop of York
| rowspan=2 | c. 1085
| rowspan=2 | before 1091
|- style="height:2em"
! rowspan=3 | William II<br/>
|- style="height:2em"
|
| Robert Bloet
| 1091
| 1094
|- style="height:2em"
| rowspan=2 |
| rowspan=2 | William Giffard
| rowspan=2 | 1094
| rowspan=2 | April 1101
|- style="height:2em"
! Henry I<br/>
|- style="height:2em"
|
| Roger of Salisbury
| 1101
| 1102
! rowspan=5 | Henry I<br/>
|- style="height:2em"
|
| Waldric
| 1102
| 1107
|- style="height:2em"
|
| Ranulf
| 1107
| 1123
|- style="height:2em"
|
| Geoffrey Rufus
| 1123
| 1133
|- style="height:2em"
|
| Robert de Sigello
| 1133
| 1135
|- style="height:2em"
|
| Roger le Poer
| 1135
| 1139
! rowspan=5 | Stephen<br/>
|- style="height:2em"
|
| Philip de Harcourt,<br/>Dean of Lincoln
| 1139
| 1140
|- style="height:2em"
|
| Robert of Ghent,<br/>Dean of York
| 1140
| 1141
|- style="height:2em"
|
| William FitzGilbert
| 1141
| 1142
|- style="height:2em"
|
| Robert of Ghent,<br/>Dean of York
| 1142
| 1154
|- style="height:2em"
|
| Thomas Becket,<br/>Archdeacon of Canterbury, later Archbishop of Canterbury
| 1155
| 1162
! rowspan=4 | Henry II<br/>
|- style="height:2em"
|
| Geoffrey Ridel,<br/>Archdeacon of Canterbury
| 1162
| 1173
|- style="height:2em"
|
| Ralph de Warneville,<br/>Treasurer of York
| 1173
| 1181
|- style="height:2em"
|
| Geoffrey, the Bastard,<br/>Archbishop of York
| 1181
| 1189
|- style="height:2em"
|
| William Longchamp,<br/>Bishop of Ely
| 1189
| 1197
! rowspan=3 | Richard I<br/>60px<br/>
|- style="height:2em"
|
| Eustace,<br/>Dean of Salisbury
| 1197
| 1199
|- style="height:2em"
|
| Eustace,<br/>Dean of Salisbury
| 1198
| 1199
|- style="height:2em"
|
| Hubert Walter,<br/>Archbishop of Canterbury
| 1199
| 1205
! rowspan=3 | John<br/>60px<br/>
|- style="height:2em"
|
| Walter de Gray,<br/>at various times Bishop of Lichfield, Bishop of Worcester, Archbishop of York
| 1205
| 1214
|- style="height:2em"
| rowspan=2 |
| rowspan=2 | Richard Marsh,<br/>later Bishop of Durham
| rowspan=2 |1214
| rowspan=2 |1226
|- style="height:2em"
! rowspan=22 | Henry III<br/>60px<br/>
|- style="height:2em"
|
| Ralph Neville,<br/>Bishop of Chichester
| 1226
| 1240
|- style="height:2em"
|
| Richard le Gras,<br/>Abbot of Evesham
| 1240
| 1242
|- style="height:2em"
|
| Ralph Neville,<br/>Bishop of Chichester
| 1242
| 1244
|- style="height:2em"
|
| Silvester de Everdon,<br/>Archdeacon of Chester
| 1244
| 1246
|- style="height:2em"
|
| John Maunsell,<br/>Provost of Beverley
| 1246
| 1247
|- style="height:2em"
|
| John Lexington
| 1247
| 1248
|- style="height:2em"
|
| John Maunsell
| 1248
| 1249
|- style="height:2em"
|
| John Lexington
| 1249
| 1253
|- style="height:2em"
|
| Eleanor of Provence,<br/>Queen Consort and Regent of England
| 1253
| 1254
|- style="height:2em"
|
| William of Kilkenny
| 1254
| 1255
|- style="height:2em"
|
| Henry Wingham,<br/>from 1259/1260 Bishop of London
| <br/>1255
| <br/>1260
|- style="height:2em"
|
| Nicholas of Ely,<br/>Archdeacon of Ely
| <br/>1260
| <br/>1261
|- style="height:2em"
|
| Walter de Merton,<br/>Archdeacon of Bath
| <br/>1261
| <br/>1263
|- style="height:2em"
|
| Nicholas of Ely,<br/>Archdeacon of Ely
| <br/>1263
| <br/>1263
|- style="height:2em"
|
| John Chishull,<br/>Archdeacon of London
| <br/>1263
| 1264
|- style="height:2em"
|
| Thomas Cantilupe,<br/>Archdeacon of Stafford
| 1264
| <br/>1265
|- style="height:2em"
|
| Ralph Sandwich
| <br/>1265
| <br/>1265
|- style="height:2em"
|
| Walter Giffard,<br/>Bishop of Bath and Wells
| <br/>1265
| 1266
|- style="height:2em"
|
| Godfrey Giffard,<br/>Archdeacon of Wells
| 1266
| 1268
|- style="height:2em"
|
| John Chishull,<br/>Dean of St Paul's
| <br/>1268
| <br/>1269
|- style="height:2em"
|
| Richard Middleton,<br/>Archdeacon of Northumberland
| <br/>1269
| <br/>1272
|- style="height:2em"
|
| Walter de Merton,<br/>Archdeacon of Bath
| <br/>1272
| <br/>1274
! rowspan=4 | Edward I<br/>60px<br/>
|- style="height:2em"
|
| Robert Burnell,<br/>Bishop of Bath
| <br/>1274
| <br/>1292
|- style="height:2em"
|
| Thomas Bek,<br/>Archdeacon of Dorset
| 1279
| 1279
|- style="height:2em"
|
| John Langton,<br/>Canon of Lincoln
| <br/>1292
| <br/>1302
|- style="height:2em"
|
| William Greenfield,<br/>Dean of Chichester
| <br/>1302
| <br/>1304
! rowspan=3 | Edward I<br/>60px<br/>
|- style="height:2em"
|
| William Hamilton,<br/>Dean of York
| <br/>1304
| <br/>1307
|- style="height:2em"
| rowspan=2 |
| rowspan=2 | Ralph Baldock,<br/>Bishop of London
| rowspan=2 | <br/>1307
| rowspan=2 | <br/>1307
|- style="height:2em"
! rowspan=8 | Edward II<br/>60px<br/>
|- style="height:2em"
|
| John Langton,<br/>Bishop of Chichester
| <br/>1307
| <br/>1310
|- style="height:2em"
|
| Walter Reynolds,<br/>Bishop of Worcester
| <br/>1310
| <br/>1314
|- style="height:2em"
|
| John Sandale,<br/>Canon of Lincoln
| <br/>1314
| <br/>1318
|- style="height:2em"
|
| John Hotham,<br/>Bishop of Ely
| <br/>1318
| <br/>1320
|- style="height:2em"
|
| John Salmon,<br/>Bishop of Norwich
| <br/>1320
| <br/>1323
|- style="height:2em"
|
| Robert Baldock,<br/>Archdeacon of Middlesex
| <br/>1323
| 1326
|- style="height:2em"
|
| William Ayermin,<br/>Bishop of Norwich
| 1326
| 1327
|- style="height:2em"
|
| John Hotham,<br/>Bishop of Ely
| <br/>1327
| <br/>1328
! rowspan=19 | Edward III<br/>60px<br/>
|- style="height:2em"
|
| Henry Burghersh,<br/>Bishop of Lincoln
| <br/>1328
| <br/>1330
|- style="height:2em"
|
| John de Stratford,<br/>Bishop of Winchester
| <br/>1330
| <br/>1334
|- style="height:2em"
|
| Richard Bury,<br/>Bishop of Durham
| <br/>1334
| <br/>1335
|- style="height:2em"
|
| John de Stratford,<br/>Archbishop of Canterbury
| <br/>1335
| <br/>1337
|- style="height:2em"
|
| Robert de Stratford,<br/>Bishop of Chichester
| <br/>1337
| <br/>1338
|- style="height:2em"
|
| Richard Bintworth,<br/>Bishop of London
| <br/>1338
| <br/>1339
|- style="height:2em"
|
| John de Stratford,<br/>Archbishop of Canterbury
| <br/>1340
| <br/>1340
|- style="height:2em"
|
| Robert de Stratford,<br/>Bishop of Chichester
| <br/>1340
| <br/>1340
|- style="height:2em"
|
| Robert Bourchier,<br/>Baron Bourchier
| <br/>1340
| <br/>1341
|- style="height:2em"
|
| Robert Parning
| <br/>1341
| <br/>1343
|- style="height:2em"
|
| Robert Sadington
| <br/>1343
| <br/>1345
|- style="height:2em"
|
| John de Ufford,<br/>Dean of Lincoln
| <br/>1345
| <br/>1349
|- style="height:2em"
|
| John Thoresby,<br/>Bishop of Worcester
| <br/>1349
| <br/>1356
|- style="height:2em"
|
| William Edington,<br/>Bishop of Winchester
| <br/>1356
| <br/>1363
|- style="height:2em"
|
| Simon Langham,<br/>Bishop of Ely
| <br/>1363
| <br/>1367
|- style="height:2em"
|
| William of Wykeham,<br/>Bishop of Winchester
| <br/>1367
| <br/>1371
|- style="height:2em"
|
| Robert Thorpe
| <br/>1371
| <br/>1372
|- style="height:2em"
|
| John Knyvet
| <br/>1372
| <br/>1377
|- style="height:2em"
|
| Adam Houghton,<br/>Bishop of St David's
| <br/>1377
| <br/>1378
! rowspan=13 | Richard II<br/>60px<br/>
|- style="height:2em"
|
| Richard Scrope,<br/>Baron Scrope of Bolton
| <br/>1378
| <br/>1380
|- style="height:2em"
|
| Simon Sudbury,<br/>Archbishop of Canterbury
| <br/>1380
| <br/>1381
|- style="height:2em"
|
| Hugh Segrave
| 1381
| 1381
|- style="height:2em"
|
| William Courtenay,<br/>Bishop of London
| <br/>1381
| <br/>1381
|- style="height:2em"
|
| Richard Scrope,<br/>Baron Scrope of Bolton
| <br/>1381
| <br/>1382
|- style="height:2em"
|
| Robert Braybrooke,<br/>Bishop of London
| <br/>1382
| <br/>1383
|- style="height:2em"
|
| Michael de la Pole,<br/>Baron de la Pole (later Earl of Suffolk)
| <br/>1383
| <br/>1386
|- style="height:2em"
| 75px
| Thomas Arundel,<br/>Bishop of Ely
| <br/>1386
| <br/>1389
|- style="height:2em"
|
| William of Wykeham,<br/>Bishop of Winchester
| <br/>1389
| <br/>1391
|- style="height:2em"
| 75px
| Thomas Arundel,<br/>Archbishop of York
| <br/>1391
| <br/>1396
|- style="height:2em"
|
| Edmund Stafford,<br/>Bishop of Exeter
| <br/>1396
| <br/>1399
|- style="height:2em"
| 75px
| Thomas Arundel,<br/>Archbishop of Canterbury
| <br/>1399
| 1399
|- style="height:2em"
|
| John Scarle,<br/>Archdeacon of Lincoln
| 1399
| <br/>1401
! rowspan=7 | Henry IV<br/>60px<br/>
|- style="height:2em"
| 75px
| Edmund Stafford,<br/>Bishop of Exeter
| <br/>1401
| <br/>1403
|- style="height:2em"
| 75px
| Henry Beaufort,<br/>Bishop of Lincoln
| <br/>1403
| <br/>1405
|- style="height:2em"
|
| Thomas Langley,<br/>Dean of York
| <br/>1405
| <br/>1407
|- style="height:2em"
| 75px
| Thomas Arundel,<br/>Archbishop of Canterbury
| <br/>1407
| <br/>1410
|- style="height:2em"
|
| Sir Thomas Beaufort
| <br/>1410
| <br/>1412
|- style="height:2em"
|
| Thomas Arundel,<br/>Archbishop of Canterbury
| <br/>1412
| <br/>1413
|- style="height:2em"
| 75px
| Henry Beaufort,<br/>Bishop of Winchester
| <br/>1413
| <br/>1417
! rowspan=2 | Henry V<br/>60px<br/>
|- style="height:2em"
| rowspan=2 |
| rowspan=2 | Thomas Langley,<br/>Bishop of Durham
| rowspan=2 | <br/>1417
| rowspan=2 | <br/>1424
|- style="height:2em"
! rowspan=9 | Henry VI<br/>60px<br/>
|- style="height:2em"
| 75px
| Henry Beaufort,<br/>Bishop of Winchester
| <br/>1424
| <br/>1426
|- style="height:2em"
| 75px
| John Kemp,<br/>Archbishop of York
| <br/>1426
| <br/>1432
|- style="height:2em"
|
| John Stafford,<br/>Bishop of Bath (later Archbishop of Canterbury)
| <br/>1432
| <br/>1450
|- style="height:2em"
| 75px
| John Kemp,<br/>Archbishop of York
| <br/>1450
| <br/>1454
|- style="height:2em"
| 75px
| Richard Neville,<br/>Earl of Salisbury
| <br/>1454
| <br/>1455
|- style="height:2em"
| 75px
| Thomas Bourchier,<br/>Archbishop of Canterbury
| <br/>1455
| <br/>1456
|- style="height:2em"
| 75px
| William Waynflete,<br/>Bishop of Winchester
| <br/>1456
| <br/>1460
|- style="height:2em"
| rowspan=2 |
| rowspan=2 | George Neville,<br/>Bishop of Exeter
| rowspan=2 | <br/>1460
| rowspan=2 | <br/>1467
|- style="height:2em"
! rowspan=2 | Edward IV<br/>60px<br/>
|- style="height:2em"
|
| Robert Stillington,<br/>Bishop of Bath
| <br/>1467
| <br/>1470
|- style="height:2em"
|
| George Neville,<br/>Archbishop of York
| <br/>1470
| 1471
! Henry VI<br/>60px<br/>
|- style="height:2em"
|
| Robert Stillington,<br/>Bishop of Bath
| 1471
| <br/>1473
! rowspan=4 | Edward IV<br/>60px<br/>
|- style="height:2em"
|
| Laurence Booth,<br/>Bishop of Durham
| <br/>1473
| <br/>1474
|- style="height:2em"
| 75px
| John Alcock,<br/>Bishop of Rochester
| <br/>1475
| <br/>1475
|- style="height:2em"
| 75px
| Thomas Rotheram,<br/>Bishop of Lincoln
| <br/>1475
| <br/>1483
|- style="height:2em"
|
| John Russell,<br/>Bishop of Lincoln
| <br/>1483
| <br/>1485
! Richard III<br/>60px<br/>
|- style="height:2em"
| 75px
| Thomas Rotheram,<br/>Archbishop of York
| <br/>1485
| <br/>1485
! rowspan=3 | Henry VII<br/>60px<br/>
|- style="height:2em"
| 75px
| John Alcock,<br/>Bishop of Worcester
| <br/>1485
| <br/>1487
|- style="height:2em"
| 75px
| John Morton,<br/>Cardinal Archbishop of Canterbury
| <br/>1487
| <br/>1504
|- style="height:2em"
|
| Henry Deane,<br/>Archbishop of Canterbury
| <br/>1500
| <br/>1502
! rowspan=2 | Henry VII<br/>60px<br/>
|- style="height:2em"
| rowspan=2 | 75px
| rowspan=2 | William Warham,<br/>Archbishop of Canterbury
| rowspan=2 | <br/>1502
| rowspan=2 | <br/>1515
|- style="height:2em"
! rowspan=5 | Henry VIII<br/>60px<br/>
|- style="height:2em"
| 75px
| Thomas Wolsey,<br/>Cardinal Archbishop of York
| <br/>1515
| <br/>1529
|- style="height:2em"
| 75px
| Thomas More
| <br/>1529
| <br/>1532
|- style="height:2em"
! 75px
| Thomas Audley<br/>(Baron Audley of Walden from 1538)
| <br/>1533
| <br/>1544
|- style="height:2em"
| rowspan=2 | 75px
| rowspan=2 | Thomas Wriothesley, 1st Baron Wriothesley
| rowspan=2 | <br/>1544
| rowspan=2 | 1547
|- style="height:2em"
! rowspan=4 | Edward VI<br/>60px<br/>
|- style="height:2em"
| 75px
| William Paulet,<br/>Baron St John<br/>Keeper
| 1547
| <br/>1547
|- style="height:2em"
| 75px
| Richard Rich, 1st Baron Rich
| <br/>1547
| <br/>1552
|- style="height:2em"
| 75px
| Thomas Goodrich,<br/>Bishop of Ely
| <br/>1552
| <br/>1553
|- style="height:2em"
| 75px
| Stephen Gardiner,<br/>Bishop of Winchester
| <br/>1553
| <br/>1555
! rowspan=2 | Mary I<br/>60px<br/>
|- style="height:2em"
| 75px
| Nicholas Heath,<br/>Archbishop of York
| <br/>1555
| <br/>1558
|- style="height:2em"
|
| With the queen
| <br/>1558
| <br/>1558
! rowspan=8 | Elizabeth I<br/>60px<br/>
|- style="height:2em"
| 75px
| Nicholas Bacon,<br/>Lord Keeper
| <br/>1558
| <br/>1579
|- style="height:2em"
|
| With the queen
| <br/>1579
| <br/>1579
|- style="height:2em"
| 75px
| Thomas Bromley
| <br/>1579
| <br/>1587
|- style="height:2em"
| 75px
| Christopher Hatton
| <br/>1587
| <br/>1591
|- style="height:2em"
| 75px
| In commission:
- Commissioners of the Great Seal
- William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley
- Henry Carey, 1st Baron Hunsdon
- William Brooke, 10th Baron Cobham
- Thomas Sackville, 1st Baron Buckhurst
- Commissioners to hear causes
- Gilbert Gerard and others
| <br/>1591
| <br/>1592
|- style="height:2em"
| 75px
| John Puckering,<br/>Lord Keeper
| <br/>1592
| <br/>1596
|- style="height:2em"
| rowspan=2 | 75px
| rowspan=2 | Sir Thomas Egerton,<br/>Lord Keeper to 19 July 1603<br/>(Lord Ellesmere from 1603;<br/>Viscount Brackley from 1616)
| rowspan=2 | <br/>1596
| rowspan=2 | <br/>1617
|- style="height:2em"
! rowspan=4 | James I<br/>60px<br/>
|- style="height:2em"
| 75px
| Francis Bacon,<br/>Lord Keeper to 1618<br/>(Lord Verulam from 1618<br/>Viscount St Alban from 1621)
| <br/>1617
| <br/>1621
|- style="height:2em"
| 75px
| In commission:
- Commissioners to hear causes in the Court of Chancery
- Julius Caesar and others
- Commissioners to hear causes in the House of Lords
- James Ley and others
- Commissioners to use the Great Seal
- Henry Montagu, 1st Viscount Mandeville
- Ludovic Stewart, 2nd Duke of Lennox
- Thomas Howard, 21st Earl of Arundel
| <br/>1621
| <br/>1621
|- style="height:2em"
| rowspan=2 | 75px
| rowspan=2 | John Williams,<br/>Bishop of Lincoln, Lord Keeper
| rowspan=2 | <br/>1621
| rowspan=2 | <br/>1625
|- style="height:2em"
! rowspan=5 | Charles I<br/>60px<br/>
|- style="height:2em"
| 75px
| Thomas Coventry,<br/>Lord Keeper<br/>(Lord Coventry from 1628)
| 1625
| 1640
|- style="height:2em"
| 75px
| John Finch,<br/>Baron Finch, Lord Keeper
| 1640
| 1641
|- style="height:2em"
| 75px
| Edward Littleton, 1st Baron Lyttelton,<br/>Lord Keeper<br/>(Took Great Seal to the King in 1642)
| 1641
| 1645
|- style="height:2em"
| rowspan=2 |
| rowspan=2 | Richard Lane,<br/>Lord Keeper
| rowspan=2 | 1645
| rowspan=2 | 1650
|- style="height:2em"
! rowspan=3 | Charles II<br/>60px<br/>
|- style="height:2em"
| colspan=2 | Vacant
| 1650
| 1653
|- style="height:2em"
|
| Edward Herbert,<br/>Lord Keeper
| 1653
| 1654
|}
The Great Seal was captured and destroyed by Parliament on 11 August 1646.
Commissioners of Parliament's Great Seal 1643–1660
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|- style="height:2em"
! Name
! Term
|- style="height:2em"
| In commission:
- Henry Grey, 10th Earl of Kent
- Oliver St John, 1st Earl of Bolingbroke died July 1646
- Oliver St John
- John Wilde
- Samuel Browne
- Edmund Prideaux
- William Cecil, 2nd Earl of Salisbury replacing Bolingbroke
| Nov 1643 – Oct 1646
|- style="height:2em"
| In commission:
- William Cecil, 2nd Earl of Salisbury
- Edward Montagu, 2nd Earl of Manchester
- William Lenthall (as Speaker of the House of Commons)
| 1646–1648
|- style="height:2em"
| In commission:
- Henry Grey, 10th Earl of Kent
- William Grey, 1st Baron Grey of Werke
- Thomas Widdrington
- Bulstrode Whitelocke
| 1648–1649
|- style="height:2em"
| In commission:
- Bulstrode Whitelocke
- John Lisle
- Richard Keble
| 1649–1654
|- style="height:2em"
| In commission:
- Bulstrode Whitelocke
- Thomas Widdrington
- John Lisle
| 1654–1656
|- style="height:2em"
| In commission:
- Nathaniel Fiennes
- John Lisle
| 1656–1659
|- style="height:2em"
| In commission:
- Nathaniel Fiennes
- John Lisle
- Bulstrode Whitelocke
| January–June 1659
|- style="height:2em"
| In commission:
- John Bradshaw
- Thomas Tyrrell
- John Fountaine
| June 1659 – 1660
|- style="height:2em"
| In commission:
- William Lenthall
- Thomas Widdrington
- Thomas Tyrrell
- John Fountaine
- Edward Montagu, 2nd Earl of Manchester
| 1660–1660
|}
From the Restoration (1660) to the Act of Union (1707)
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|- style="height:1em"
! colspan=2 | Lord Chancellor and Lord Keeper
! colspan=2 | Term of office
! Other peerage(s)
! Monarch<br/>
|- style="height:1em"
| 75px
| Edward Hyde
| <br/>1658
| <br/>1667
| Baron Hyde in 1660<br/>Earl of Clarendon in 1661
! rowspan=5 style="background:#eaecf0" | Charles II<br/>60px<br/>
|- style="height:1em"
| 75px
| Orlando Bridgeman
| <br/>1667
| <br/>1672
| —
|- style="height:1em"
| 75px
| Anthony Ashley Cooper<br/>1st Earl of Shaftesbury
| <br/>1672
| <br/>1673
|
|- style="height:1em"
| 75px
| Heneage Finch<br/>Baron Finch<br/>(Lord Keeper until 1675)<br/>
| <br/>1673
| <br/>1682<sup>†</sup>
| Earl of Nottingham from 12 May 1681
|- style="height:1em"
| rowspan=2 | 75px
| rowspan=2 | Francis North
| rowspan=2 | <br/>1682
| rowspan=2 | <br/>1685<sup>†</sup>
| rowspan=2 | Baron Guilford in 1683
|- style="height:1em"
! rowspan=2 style="background:#eaecf0" | James II<br/>60px<br/>
|- style="height:1em"
| 75px
| George Jeffreys<br/>1st Baron Jeffreys
| <br/>1685
| <br/>1688
| —
|- style="height:1em"
| 75px
| In commission:
- John Maynard
- Anthony Keck
- William Rawlinson
| <br/>1689
| <br/>1690
| —
! rowspan=5 style="background:#eaecf0" | Mary II<br/>60px<br/><br/>&<br/>William III<br/>60px<br/>
|- style="height:1em"
| 75px
| In commission:
- John Trevor
- William Rawlinson
- George Hutchins
| <br/>1690
| <br/>1693
| —
|- style="height:1em"
| 75px
| John Somers (Lord Keeper until 1697)<br/>
| <br/>1693
| <br/>1700
| Baron Somers from 1697
|- style="height:1em"
| 75px
| In commission:
- John Holt,<br/>
- George Treby,<br/>
- Edward Ward,<br/>
| <br/>1700
| <br/>1700
| —
|- style="height:1em"
| rowspan=2 | 75px
| rowspan=2 | Nathan Wright
| rowspan=2 | <br/>1700
| rowspan=2 | <br/>1705
| rowspan=2 | —
|- style="height:1em"
! rowspan=2 style="background:#eaecf0" | Anne<br/>60px<br/>
|- style="height:1em"
| 75px
| William Cowper
| <br/>1705
| <br/>1707
| Baron Cowper in 1706
|}
Lords high chancellor and lords keeper of Great Britain (1707–present)
{| class="sortable wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|- style="height:1em"<!--to ensure row is non-zero height-->
! colspan=2 | High Chancellor and Lord Keeper
! colspan=2 | Term of office
! Party
! Ministry
! Other peerage(s)
! Monarch<br/>
|- style="height:1em"<!--to ensure row is non-zero height-->
| rowspan=2 | 75px
| rowspan=2 | William Cowper,<br/>1st Baron Cowper<br/>
| rowspan=2 | <br/>1707
| rowspan=2 | <br/>1710
| rowspan=2 | —
| | Godolphin–Marlborough
| rowspan=2 | see below
! rowspan=4 style="background:#eaecf0" | Anne<br/>60px<br/>
|- style="height:1em"<!--to ensure row is non-zero height-->
| rowspan=3 | Oxford–Bolingbroke
|- style="height:1em"<!--to ensure row is non-zero height-->
| 75px
| In commission:
- Thomas Trevor,<br/>
- Robert Tracy,<br/>
- John Scrope,<br/>
| <br/>1710
| <br/>1710
| —
| —
|- style="height:1em"<!--to ensure row is non-zero height-->
| 75px
| Simon Harcourt,<br/>1st Baron Harcourt
| <br/>1710
| <br/>1714
| | Tory
| Viscount Harcourt in 1721
|- style="height:1em"<!--to ensure row is non-zero height-->
| rowspan=2 | 75px
| rowspan=2 | William Cowper,<br/>1st Baron Cowper<br/>
| rowspan=2 | <br/>1714
| rowspan=2 | <br/>1718
| rowspan=2 | —
| | Townshend
| rowspan=2 | Earl Cowper in 1718
! rowspan=7 style="background:#eaecf0" | George I<br/>60px<br/>
|- style="height:1em"<!--to ensure row is non-zero height-->
| | Stanhope–Sunderland I
|- style="height:1em"<!--to ensure row is non-zero height-->
| 75px
| In commission:
- Robert Tracy,<br/>
- John Pratt,<br/>
- James Montagu,<br/>
| <br/>1718
| <br/>1718
| —
| rowspan=2 | Stanhope–Sunderland II
| —
|- style="height:1em"<!--to ensure row is non-zero height-->
| rowspan=2 | 75px
| rowspan=2 | Thomas Parker,<br/>1st Baron Parker
| rowspan=2 | <br/>1718
| rowspan=2 | <br/>1725
| rowspan=2 | Whig
| rowspan=2 | Earl of Macclesfield in 1721
|- style="height:1em"<!--to ensure row is non-zero height-->
| rowspan=4 | Walpole–Townshend
|- style="height:1em"<!--to ensure row is non-zero height-->
| 75px
| In commission:
- Joseph Jekyll,<br/>
- Jeffrey Gilbert,<br/>
- Robert Raymond,<br/>
| <br/>1725
| <br/>1725
| —
| —
|- style="height:1em"<!--to ensure row is non-zero height-->
| rowspan=3 | 75px
| rowspan=3 | Peter King,<br/>1st Baron King
| rowspan=3 | <br/>1725
| rowspan=3 | <br/>1733
| rowspan=3 | —
| rowspan=3 | —
|- style="height:1em"<!--to ensure row is non-zero height-->
! rowspan=10 style="background:#eaecf0" | George II<br/>60px<br/>
|- style="height:1em"<!--to ensure row is non-zero height-->
| rowspan=3 | Walpole
|- style="height:1em"<!--to ensure row is non-zero height-->
| 75px
| Charles Talbot,<br/>1st Baron Talbot
| <br/>1733
| <br/>1737<sup>†</sup>
| | —
| —
|- style="height:1em"<!--to ensure row is non-zero height-->
| rowspan=4 | 75px
| rowspan=4 | Philip Yorke,<br/>1st Baron Hardwicke
| rowspan=4 | <br/>1737
| rowspan=4 | <br/>1756
| rowspan=4 | Whig
| rowspan=4 | Earl of Hardwicke in 1754
|- style="height:1em"<!--to ensure row is non-zero height-->
| | Carteret
|- style="height:1em"<!--to ensure row is non-zero height-->
| | Broad Bottom<br/>
|- style="height:1em"<!--to ensure row is non-zero height-->
| | Newcastle I
|- style="height:1em"<!--to ensure row is non-zero height-->
| rowspan=2 | 75px
| rowspan=2 | In commission:
- John Willes,<br/>
- Sidney Stafford Smythe,<br/>
- John Eardley Wilmot,<br/>
| rowspan=2 | <br/>1756
| rowspan=2 | <br/>1757
| rowspan=2 | —
| | Pitt–Devonshire
| rowspan=2 | —
|- style="height:1em"<!--to ensure row is non-zero height-->
| | 1757 Caretaker
|- style="height:1em"<!--to ensure row is non-zero height-->
| rowspan=5 | 75px
| rowspan=5 | Robert Henley,<br/>1st Baron Henley
| rowspan=5 | <br/>1757
| rowspan=5 | <br/>1766
| rowspan=5 | Whig
| rowspan=2 | Pitt–Newcastle
| rowspan=5 | Earl of Northington in 1764
|- style="height:1em"<!--to ensure row is non-zero height-->
| rowspan=22 style="background:#eaecf0" | George III<br/>60px<br/><br/>
|- style="height:1em"<!--to ensure row is non-zero height-->
| | Bute
|- style="height:1em"<!--to ensure row is non-zero height-->
| | Grenville<br/>
|- style="height:1em"<!--to ensure row is non-zero height-->
| | Rockingham I
|- style="height:1em"<!--to ensure row is non-zero height-->
| rowspan=2 | 75px
| rowspan=2 | Charles Pratt,<br/>1st Baron Camden
| rowspan=2 | <br/>1766
| rowspan=2 | <br/>1770
| rowspan=2 | Whig
| | Chatham<br/>
| rowspan=2 | Earl Camden in 1786
|- style="height:1em"<!--to ensure row is non-zero height-->
| rowspan=2 | Grafton<br/>
|- style="height:1em"<!--to ensure row is non-zero height-->
| 75px
| Charles Yorke<br/>
| <br/>1770
| <br/>1770<sup>†</sup>
| | Whig
|
|- style="height:1em"<!--to ensure row is non-zero height-->
| 75px
| In commission:
- Sidney Stafford Smythe,<br/>
- Henry Bathurst,<br/>
- Richard Aston,<br/>
| <br/>1770
| <br/>1771
| —
| rowspan=3 | North
| —
|- style="height:1em"<!--to ensure row is non-zero height-->
| 75px
| Henry Bathurst,<br/>1st Baron Apsley
| <br/>1771
| <br/>1778
| | Tory
| Succeeded as Earl Bathurst in 1775
|- style="height:1em"<!--to ensure row is non-zero height-->
| rowspan=3 | 75px
| rowspan=3 | Edward Thurlow,<br/>1st Baron Thurlow<br/>
| rowspan=3 | <br/>1778
| rowspan=3 | <br/>1783
| rowspan=3 | Tory
| rowspan=3 | see below
|- style="height:1em"<!--to ensure row is non-zero height-->
| | Rockingham II
|- style="height:1em"<!--to ensure row is non-zero height-->
| | Shelburne<br/>
|- style="height:1em"<!--to ensure row is non-zero height-->
| 75px
| In commission:
- Alexander Wedderburn, 1st Baron Loughborough,<br/>
- William Henry Ashurst,<br/>
- Beaumont Hotham,<br/>
| <br/>1783
| <br/>1783
| —
| | Fox–North<br/>
| —
|- style="height:1em"<!--to ensure row is non-zero height-->
| 75px
| Edward Thurlow,<br/>1st Baron Thurlow<br/>
| <br/>1783
| <br/>1792
| | Tory
| rowspan=3 | Pitt I
| Baron Thurlow in 1792
|- style="height:1em"<!--to ensure row is non-zero height-->
| 75px
|In commission:
- James Eyre,<br/>
- William Henry Ashurst,<br/>
- John Wilson,<br/>
| <br/>1792
| <br/>1793
| —
| —
|- style="height:1em"<!--to ensure row is non-zero height-->
| 75px
| Alexander Wedderburn,<br/>1st Baron Loughborough
| <br/>1793
| <br/>1801
| | —
| Earl of Rosslyn in 1801
|- style="height:1em"<!--to ensure row is non-zero height-->
| rowspan=2 | 75px
| rowspan=2 | John Scott,<br/>1st Baron Eldon<br/>
| rowspan=2 | <br/>1801
| rowspan=2 | <br/>1806
| rowspan=2 | Tory
| | Addington
| rowspan=2 | see below
|- style="height:1em"<!--to ensure row is non-zero height-->
| | Pitt II
|- style="height:1em"<!--to ensure row is non-zero height-->
| 75px
| Thomas Erskine,<br/>1st Baron Erskine
| <br/>1806
| <br/>1807
| | Whig
| | All the Talents<br/>
| —
|- style="height:1em"<!--to ensure row is non-zero height-->
| rowspan=4 | 75px
| rowspan=4 | John Scott,<br/>1st Baron Eldon<br/>
| rowspan=4 | <br/>1807
| rowspan=4 | <br/>1827
| rowspan=4 | Tory
| | Portland II
| rowspan=4 | Earl of Eldon in 1821
|- style="height:1em"<!--to ensure row is non-zero height-->
| | Perceval
|- style="height:1em"<!--to ensure row is non-zero height-->
| rowspan=2 | Liverpool
|- style="height:1em"<!--to ensure row is non-zero height-->
! rowspan=4 style="background:#eaecf0" | George IV<br/>60px<br/>
|- style="height:1em"<!--to ensure row is non-zero height-->
| rowspan=4 | 75px
| rowspan=4 | John Copley,<br/>1st Baron Lyndhurst<br/>
| rowspan=4 | <br/>1827
| rowspan=4 | <br/>1830
| rowspan=4 | Tory
| | Canning<br/>
| rowspan=4 | —
|- style="height:1em"<!--to ensure row is non-zero height-->
| | Goderich<br/>
|- style="height:1em"<!--to ensure row is non-zero height-->
| rowspan=2 | WellingtonPeel
|- style="height:1em"<!--to ensure row is non-zero height-->
! rowspan=7 style="background:#eaecf0" | William IV<br/>60px<br/>
|- style="height:1em"<!--to ensure row is non-zero height-->
| rowspan=2 | 75px
| rowspan=2 | Henry Brougham,<br/>1st Baron Brougham and Vaux
| rowspan=2 | <br/>1830
| rowspan=2 | <br/>1834
| rowspan=2 | Whig
| | Grey
| rowspan=2 | Baron Brougham and Vaux in 1860
|- style="height:1em"<!--to ensure row is non-zero height-->
| | Melbourne I
|- style="height:1em"<!--to ensure row is non-zero height-->
| rowspan=2 | 75px
| rowspan=2 | John Copley,<br/>1st Baron Lyndhurst<br/>
| rowspan=2 | <br/>1834
| rowspan=2 | <br/>1835
| rowspan=2 | Conservative
| | Wellington Caretaker
| rowspan=2 | —
|- style="height:1em"<!--to ensure row is non-zero height-->
| | Peel I
|- style="height:1em"<!--to ensure row is non-zero height-->
| 75px
| In commission:
- Charles Pepys,<br/>
- Lancelot Shadwell,<br/>
- John Bosanquet,<br/>
| <br/>1835
| <br/>1836
| —
| rowspan=3 | Melbourne II
| —
|- style="height:1em"<!--to ensure row is non-zero height-->
| rowspan=2 | 75px
| rowspan=2 | Charles Pepys,<br/>1st Baron Cottenham<br/>
| rowspan=2 | <br/>1836
| rowspan=2 | <br/>1841
| rowspan=2 | Whig
| rowspan=2 | see below
|- style="height:1em"<!--to ensure row is non-zero height-->
! rowspan=25 style="background:#eaecf0" | Victoria<br/>60px<br/>
|- style="height:1em"<!--to ensure row is non-zero height-->
| 75px
| John Copley,<br/>1st Baron Lyndhurst<br/>
| <br/>1841
| <br/>1846
| | Conservative
| | Peel II
| —
|- style="height:1em"<!--to ensure row is non-zero height-->
| 75px
| Charles Pepys,<br/>1st Baron Cottenham<br/>
| <br/>1846
| <br/>1850
| | Whig
| rowspan=3 | Russell I
| Earl of Cottenham in 1850
|- style="height:1em"<!--to ensure row is non-zero height-->
| 75px
| In commission:
- Henry Bickersteth, 1st Baron Langdale,<br/>
- Lancelot Shadwell,<br/>
- Robert Rolfe,<br/>
| <br/>1850
| <br/>1850
| —
| —
|- style="height:1em"<!--to ensure row is non-zero height-->
| 75px
| Thomas Wilde,<br/>1st Baron Truro
| <br/>1850
| <br/>1852
| | Whig
| —
|- style="height:1em"<!--to ensure row is non-zero height-->
| 75px
| Edward Sugden,<br/>1st Baron St Leonards
| <br/>1852
| <br/>1852
| | Conservative
| | Who? Who?
| —
|- style="height:1em"<!--to ensure row is non-zero height-->
| rowspan=2 | 75px
| rowspan=2 | Robert Rolfe,<br/>1st Baron Cranworth<br/>
| rowspan=2 | <br/>1852
| rowspan=2 | <br/>1858
| rowspan=2 | Whig
| | Aberdeen<br/>
| rowspan=2 | —
|- style="height:1em"<!--to ensure row is non-zero height-->
| | Palmerston I
|- style="height:1em"<!--to ensure row is non-zero height-->
| 75px
| Frederic Thesiger,<br/>1st Baron Chelmsford<br/>
| <br/>1858
| <br/>1859
| | Conservative
| | DerbyDisraeli II
| —
|- style="height:1em"<!--to ensure row is non-zero height-->
| 75px
| John Campbell,<br/>1st Baron Campbell
| <br/>1859
| <br/>1861
| | Liberal
| rowspan=3 | Palmerston II
| —
|- style="height:1em"<!--to ensure row is non-zero height-->
| 75px
| Richard Bethell,<br/>1st Baron Westbury
| <br/>1861
| <br/>1865
| | Liberal
| —
|- style="height:1em"<!--to ensure row is non-zero height-->
| rowspan=2 | 75px
| rowspan=2 | Robert Rolfe,<br/>1st Baron Cranworth<br/>
| rowspan=2 | <br/>1865
| rowspan=2 | <br/>1866
| rowspan=2 | Liberal
| rowspan=2 | —
|- style="height:1em"<!--to ensure row is non-zero height-->
| | Russell II
|- style="height:1em"<!--to ensure row is non-zero height-->
| 75px
| Frederic Thesiger,<br/>1st Baron Chelmsford<br/>
| <br/>1866
| <br/>1868
| | Conservative
| rowspan=2 | DerbyDisraeli III
| —
|- style="height:1em"<!--to ensure row is non-zero height-->
| 75px
| Hugh Cairns,<br/>1st Baron Cairns<br/>
| <br/>1868
| <br/>1868
| | Conservative
|see below
|- style="height:1em"<!--to ensure row is non-zero height-->
| 75px
| William Wood,<br/>1st Baron Hatherley
| <br/>1868
| <br/>1872
| | Liberal
| rowspan=2 | Gladstone I
| —
|- style="height:1em"<!--to ensure row is non-zero height-->
| 75px
| Roundell Palmer,<br/>1st Baron Selborne<br/>
| <br/>1872
| <br/>1874
| | Liberal
|see below
|- style="height:1em"<!--to ensure row is non-zero height-->
| 75px
| Hugh Cairns,<br/>1st Baron Cairns<br/>
| <br/>1874
| <br/>1880
| | Conservative
| | Disraeli II
| Earl Cairns in 1878
|- style="height:1em"<!--to ensure row is non-zero height-->
| 75px
| Roundell Palmer,<br/>1st Baron Selborne<br/>
| <br/>1880
| <br/>1885
| | Liberal
| | Gladstone II
| Earl of Selborne in 1882
|- style="height:1em"<!--to ensure row is non-zero height-->
| 75px
| Hardinge Giffard,<br/>1st Baron Halsbury<br/>
| <br/>1885
| <br/>1886
| | Conservative
| | Salisbury I
|see below
|- style="height:1em"<!--to ensure row is non-zero height-->
| 75px
| Farrer Herschell,<br/>1st Baron Herschell<br/>
| <br/>1886
| <br/>1886
| | Liberal
| | Gladstone III
| —
|- style="height:1em"<!--to ensure row is non-zero height-->
| 75px
| Hardinge Giffard,<br/>1st Baron Halsbury<br/>
| <br/>1886
| <br/>1892
| | Conservative
| | Salisbury II
| —
|- style="height:1em"<!--to ensure row is non-zero height-->
| rowspan=2 | 75px
| rowspan=2 | Farrer Herschell,<br/>1st Baron Herschell<br/>
| rowspan=2 | <br/>1892
| rowspan=2 | <br/>1895
| rowspan=2 | Liberal
| | Gladstone IV
| rowspan=2 | —
|- style="height:1em"<!--to ensure row is non-zero height-->
| | Rosebery
|- style="height:1em"<!--to ensure row is non-zero height-->
| rowspan=3 | 75px
| rowspan=3 | Hardinge Giffard,<br/>1st Baron Halsbury<br/>
| rowspan=3 | <br/>1895
| rowspan=3 | <br/>1905
| rowspan=3 | Conservative
| rowspan=2 | Salisbury<br/><br/>
| rowspan=3 | Earl of Halsbury in 1898
|- style="height:1em"<!--to ensure row is non-zero height-->
! rowspan=4 style="background:#eaecf0" | Edward VII<br/>60px<br/>
|- style="height:1em"<!--to ensure row is non-zero height-->
| | Balfour<br/>
|- style="height:1em"<!--to ensure row is non-zero height-->
| rowspan=3 | 75px
| rowspan=3 | Robert Reid,<br/>1st Baron Loreburn
| rowspan=3 | <br/>1905
| rowspan=3 | <br/>1912
| rowspan=3 | Liberal
| | Campbell-Bannerman
| rowspan=3 | Earl Loreburn in 1911
|- style="height:1em"<!--to ensure row is non-zero height-->
| rowspan=3 | Asquith<br/>
|- style="height:1em"<!--to ensure row is non-zero height-->
! rowspan=14 style="background:#eaecf0" | George V<br/>60px<br/>
|- style="height:1em"<!--to ensure row is non-zero height-->
| 75px
| Richard Haldane,<br/>1st Viscount Haldane<br/>
| <br/>1912
| <br/>1915
| | Liberal
| —
|- style="height:1em"<!--to ensure row is non-zero height-->
| 75px
| Stanley Buckmaster,<br/>1st Baron Buckmaster
| <br/>1915
| <br/>1916
| | Liberal
| | Asquith Coalition<br/>
| Viscount Buckmaster in 1933
|- style="height:1em"<!--to ensure row is non-zero height-->
| 75px
| Robert Finlay,<br/>1st Baron Finlay
| <br/>1916
| <br/>1919
| | Conservative
| rowspan=2 | Lloyd George<br/><br/>
| Viscount Finlay in 1919
|- style="height:1em"<!--to ensure row is non-zero height-->
| 75px
| F. E. Smith,<br/>1st Baron Birkenhead
| <br/>1919
| <br/>1922
| | Conservative
| Viscount Birkenhead in 1921<br/>Earl of Birkenhead in 1922
|- style="height:1em"<!--to ensure row is non-zero height-->
| rowspan=2 | 75px
| rowspan=2 | George Cave,<br/>1st Viscount Cave<br/>
| rowspan=2 | <br/>1922
| rowspan=2 | <br/>1924
| rowspan=2 | Conservative
| | Law
| rowspan=2 | —
|- style="height:1em"<!--to ensure row is non-zero height-->
| | Baldwin I
|- style="height:1em"<!--to ensure row is non-zero height-->
| 75px
| Richard Haldane,<br/>1st Viscount Haldane<br/>
| <br/>1924
| <br/>1924
| | Labour
| | MacDonald I
| —
|- style="height:1em"<!--to ensure row is non-zero height-->
| 75px
| George Cave,<br/>1st Viscount Cave<br/>
| <br/>1924
| <br/>1928
| | Conservative
| rowspan=2 | Baldwin II
| —
|- style="height:1em"<!--to ensure row is non-zero height-->
| 75px
| Douglas Hogg,<br/>1st Baron Hailsham<br/>
| <br/>1928
| <br/>1929
| | Conservative
| Viscount Hailsham in 1929
|- style="height:1em"<!--to ensure row is non-zero height-->
| rowspan=3 | 75px
| rowspan=3 | John Sankey,<br/>1st Baron Sankey
| rowspan=3 | <br/>1929
| rowspan=3 | <br/>1935
| | Labour
| | MacDonald II
| rowspan=3 | Viscount Sankey in 1932
|- style="height:1em"<!--to ensure row is non-zero height-->
| rowspan=2 | National Labour
| | National I<br/>
|- style="height:1em"<!--to ensure row is non-zero height-->
| | National II<br/>
|- style="height:1em"<!--to ensure row is non-zero height-->
| rowspan=3 | 75px
| rowspan=3 | Douglas Hogg,<br/>1st Viscount Hailsham<br/>
| rowspan=3 | <br/>1935
| rowspan=3 | <br/>1938
| rowspan=3 | Conservative
| rowspan=2 | National III<br/>
| rowspan=3 | —
|- style="height:1em"<!--to ensure row is non-zero height-->
| style="background:#eaecf0" | Edward VIII<br/>60px<br/>
|- style="height:1em"<!--to ensure row is non-zero height-->
| rowspan=2 | National IV<br/>
! rowspan=7 style="background:#eaecf0" | George VI<br/>60px<br/>
|- style="height:1em"<!--to ensure row is non-zero height-->
| 75px
| Frederic Maugham,<br/>Baron Maugham
| <br/>1938
| <br/>1939
| | Conservative
| Viscount Maugham in 1939
|- style="height:1em"<!--to ensure row is non-zero height-->
| 75px
| Thomas Inskip,<br/>1st Viscount Caldecote
| <br/>1939
| <br/>1940
| | Conservative
| | Chamberlain War<br/>
| —
|- style="height:1em"<!--to ensure row is non-zero height-->
| rowspan=2 | 75px
| rowspan=2 | John Simon,<br/>1st Viscount Simon
| rowspan=2 | <br/>1940
| rowspan=2 | <br/>1945
| rowspan=2 | National Liberal
| | Churchill War<br/>
| rowspan=2 | —
|- style="height:1em"<!--to ensure row is non-zero height-->
| | Churchill Caretaker<br/>
|- style="height:1em"<!--to ensure row is non-zero height-->
| 75px
| William Jowitt,<br/>1st Baron Jowitt
| <br/>1945
| <br/>1951
| | Labour
| | Attlee<br/>
| Viscount Jowitt in 1947<br/>Earl Jowitt in 1951
|- style="height:1em"<!--to ensure row is non-zero height-->
| rowspan=2 |
| rowspan=2 | Gavin Simonds,<br/>Baron Simonds
| rowspan=2 | <br/>1951
| rowspan=2 | <br/>1954
| rowspan=2 | Conservative
| rowspan=3 | Churchill III
| rowspan=2 | Baron Simonds in 1952<br/>Viscount Simonds in 1954
|- style="height:1em"<!--to ensure row is non-zero height-->
! rowspan=31 style="background:#eaecf0" | Elizabeth II<br/>60px<br/>
|- style="height:1em"<!--to ensure row is non-zero height-->
| rowspan=3 | 75px
| rowspan=3 | David Maxwell Fyfe,<br/>1st Viscount Kilmuir
| rowspan=3 | <br/>1954
| rowspan=3 | <br/>1962
| rowspan=3 | Conservative
| rowspan=3 | Earl of Kilmuir in 1962
|- style="height:1em"<!--to ensure row is non-zero height-->
| | Eden
|- style="height:1em"<!--to ensure row is non-zero height-->
| rowspan=2 | Macmillan<br/>
|- style="height:1em"<!--to ensure row is non-zero height-->
| rowspan=2 | 75px
| rowspan=2 | Reginald Manningham-Buller,<br/>1st Baron Dilhorne
| rowspan=2 | <br/>1962
| rowspan=2 | <br/>1964
| rowspan=2 | Conservative
| rowspan=2 | Viscount Dilhorne in 1962
|- style="height:1em"<!--to ensure row is non-zero height-->
| | Douglas-Home
|- style="height:1em"<!--to ensure row is non-zero height-->
| 75px
| Gerald Gardiner,<br/>Baron Gardiner
| <br/>1964
| <br/>1970
| | Labour
| | Wilson<br/>
| —
|- style="height:1em"<!--to ensure row is non-zero height-->
| 75px
| Quintin Hogg,<br/>Baron Hailsham of St Marylebone<br/>
| <br/>1970
| <br/>1974
| | Conservative
| | Heath
| —
|- style="height:1em"<!--to ensure row is non-zero height-->
| rowspan=2 | 75px
| rowspan=2 | Frederick Elwyn Jones,<br/>Baron Elwyn-Jones
| rowspan=2 | <br/>1974
| rowspan=2 | <br/>1979
| rowspan=2 | Labour
| | Wilson<br/>
| rowspan=2 | —
|- style="height:1em"<!--to ensure row is non-zero height-->
| | Callaghan
|- style="height:1em"<!--to ensure row is non-zero height-->
| rowspan=2 | 100x100px
| rowspan=2 | Quintin Hogg,<br/>Baron Hailsham of St Marylebone<br/>
| rowspan=2 | <br/>1979
| rowspan=2 | <br/>1987
| rowspan=2 | Conservative
| | Thatcher I
| rowspan=2 | —
|- style="height:1em"<!--to ensure row is non-zero height-->
| | Thatcher II
|- style="height:1em"<!--to ensure row is non-zero height-->
|
| Michael Havers,<br/>Baron Havers
| <br/>1987
| <br/>1987
| | Conservative
| rowspan=2 | Thatcher III
| —
|- style="height:1em"<!--to ensure row is non-zero height-->
| rowspan=3 | 100x100px
| rowspan=3 | James Mackay,<br/>Baron Mackay of Clashfern
| rowspan=3 | <br/>1987
| rowspan=3 | <br/>1997
| rowspan=3 | Conservative
| rowspan=3 | —
|- style="height:1em"<!--to ensure row is non-zero height-->
| | Major I
|- style="height:1em"<!--to ensure row is non-zero height-->
| | Major II
|- style="height:1em"<!--to ensure row is non-zero height-->
| rowspan=2 | 75px
| rowspan=2 | Derry Irvine,<br/>Baron Irvine of Lairg
| rowspan=2 | <br/>1997
| rowspan=2 | <br/>2003
| rowspan=2 | Labour
| | Blair I
| rowspan=2 | —
|- style="height:1em"<!--to ensure row is non-zero height-->
| rowspan=2 | Blair II
|- style="height:1em"<!--to ensure row is non-zero height-->
| rowspan=2 | 96x96px
| rowspan=2 | Charlie Falconer,<br/>Baron Falconer of Thoroton
| rowspan=2 | <br/>2003
| rowspan=2 | <br/>2007
| rowspan=2 | Labour
| rowspan=2 | —
|- style="height:1em"<!--to ensure row is non-zero height-->
| | Blair III
|- style="height:1em"<!--to ensure row is non-zero height-->
| 75px
| Jack Straw<br/>
| <br/>2007
| <br/>2010
| | Labour
| | Brown
| —
|- style="height:1em"<!--to ensure row is non-zero height-->
| 100x100px
| Kenneth Clarke<br/>
| <br/>2010
| <br/>2012
| | Conservative
| rowspan=2 | Cameron–Clegg<br/>
| Baron Clarke of Nottingham for Life in 2020
|- style="height:1em"<!--to ensure row is non-zero height-->
| 90x90px
| Chris Grayling<br/>
| <br/>2012
| <br/>2015
| | Conservative
| Baron Grayling for Life in 2024
|- style="height:1em"<!--to ensure row is non-zero height-->
| 100x100px
| Michael Gove<br/>
| <br/>2015
| <br/>2016
| | Conservative
| | Cameron II
| Baron Gove for Life in 2025
|- style="height:1em"<!--to ensure row is non-zero height-->
| 102x102px
| Liz Truss<br/>
| <br/>2016
| <br/>2017
| | Conservative
| | May I
| —
|- style="height:1em"<!--to ensure row is non-zero height-->
| 75px
| David Lidington<br/>
| <br/>2017
| <br/>2018
| | Conservative
| rowspan=2 | May II
| —
|- style="height:1em"<!--to ensure row is non-zero height-->
| 100x100px
| David Gauke<br/>
| <br/>2018
| <br/>2019
| | Conservative
| —
|- style="height:1em"<!--to ensure row is non-zero height-->
| rowspan=2 | 100x100px
| rowspan=2 | Robert Buckland<br/>
| rowspan=2 | <br/>2019
| rowspan=2 | <br/>2021
| rowspan=2 | Conservative
| | Johnson I
| rowspan=2 | —
|- style="height:1em"<!--to ensure row is non-zero height-->
| rowspan=2 | Johnson II
|- style="height:1em"<!--to ensure row is non-zero height-->
| 99x99px
| Dominic Raab<br/><br/>
| <br/>2021
| <br/>2022
| | Conservative
| —
|- style="height:1em"<!--to ensure row is non-zero height-->
| rowspan=2 | 99x99px
| rowspan=2 | Brandon Lewis<br/>
| rowspan=2 | <br/>2022
| rowspan=2 | <br/>2022
| rowspan=2 | Conservative
| rowspan=2 | Truss
| rowspan=2 | —
|- style="height:1em"<!--to ensure row is non-zero height-->
| rowspan=5 style="background:#eaecf0" | Charles III<br/>60px<br/>
|- style="height:1em"<!--to ensure row is non-zero height-->
| 100x100px
| Dominic Raab<br/><br/>
| <br/>2022
| <br/>2023
| | Conservative
| rowspan=2 | Sunak
| —
|- style="height:1em"<!--to ensure row is non-zero height-->
| 99x99px
| Alex Chalk<br/>
| <br/>2023
| <br/>2024
| | Conservative
| —
|- style="height:1em"<!--to ensure row is non-zero height-->
| 75px
| Shabana Mahmood<br/>
| <br/>2024
| <br />2025
| | Labour
| Rowspan="2" | Starmer
| —
|- style="height:1em"
| 98x98px
| David Lammy
| <br />2025
| Incumbent
| | Labour
| —
|}
Timeline since the Acts of Union
Notes
References
Sources
- John Haydn and Horace Ockerby, The Book of Dignities, third edition, W.H. Allen and Co. Ltd, London 1894, reprinted Firecrest Publishing Limited, Bath 1969, p. 352–358
- John Lord Campbell (1845) Lives of the Lords Chancellors and Keepers of the Great Seal of England. 5th ed. (1868) London: Murray, vol. 10
External links
- Department for Constitutional Affairs' list
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