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| List of Holders of the Office since 1559: | List of Holders of the Office since 1559: | ||
| *Sir Walter Mildmay 1559-1589 | *Sir ] 1559-1589 | ||
| *John Fortescue 1589-1603 | *] 1589-1603 | ||
| *Sir George Home, 1st Earl of Dunbar (1605) 1603-1606 | *Sir ] (1605) 1603-1606 | ||
| *Sir Julius Caesar 1606-1614 | *Sir Julius Caesar 1606-1614 | ||
| *Sir Fulk Greville 1614-1621 | *Sir ] 1614-1621 | ||
| *Sir Richard Weston 1621-1628 | *Sir ] 1621-1628 | ||
| *Edward Barrett, 1st Lord Barrett of Newburgh 1628-1629 | *], 1st Lord Barrett of Newburgh 1628-1629 | ||
| *Francis Cottington, 1st Lord Cottington (1631) 1629-1642 | *], 1st Lord Cottington (1631) 1629-1642 | ||
| *Sir John Culpeper 1642-1643 | *Sir ] 1642-1643 | ||
| *Sir ] 1643-1646 | *Sir ] 1643-1646 | ||
| *] 1661-1672 | *] 1661-1672 | ||
| *Sir John Duncombe 1672-1676 | *Sir ] 1672-1676 | ||
| *Sir John Ernley 1676-1689 | *Sir ] 1676-1689 | ||
| *Henry Booth, Lord Delamer 1689-1690 | *] 1689-1690 | ||
| *Richard Hampden 1690-1694 | *] 1690-1694 | ||
| *Charles Montagu 1694-1699 | *] 1694-1699 | ||
| *John Smith 1699-1701 | *John Smith 1699-1701 | ||
| *Henry Boyle 1701-1708 | *] 1701-1708 | ||
| *John Smith 1708-1710 | *John Smith 1708-1710 | ||
| *] 1710-1711 | *] 1710-1711 | ||
| *Robert Benson 1711-1713 | *] 1711-1713 | ||
| *Sir William Wyndham 1713-1714 | *Sir ] 1713-1714 | ||
| *Sir Richard Onslow 1714-1715 | *Sir ] 1714-1715 | ||
| *] 1715-1717 | *] 1715-1717 | ||
| *], 1st Viscount Stanhope (1717) 1717-1718 | *], 1st Viscount Stanhope (1717) 1717-1718 | ||
| *] 1718-1721 | *] 1718-1721 | ||
| *Sir John Pratt 1721 | *Sir ] 1721 | ||
| *] 1721-1741 | *] 1721-1741 | ||
| *] 1741-1742 | *] 1741-1742 | ||
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| *] 1828-1830 | *] 1828-1830 | ||
| *John Spencer, ] 1830-1834 | *John Spencer, ] 1830-1834 | ||
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*Sir ] 1834-1835 | ||
| *] 1835-1839 | *] 1835-1839 | ||
| * |
*Sir ] 1839-1841 | ||
| *] 1841-1846 | *] 1841-1846 | ||
| * |
*Sir ] 1846-1852 | ||
| *] 1852 | *] 1852 | ||
| *] 1852-1855 | *] 1852-1855 | ||
| * |
*Sir ] 1855-1858 | ||
| *] 1858-1859 | *] 1858-1859 | ||
| *] 1859-1866 | *] 1859-1866 | ||
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| *] 1868-1873 | *] 1868-1873 | ||
| *] 1873-1874 | *] 1873-1874 | ||
| * |
*Sir ] 1874-1880 | ||
| *] 1880-1882 | *] 1880-1882 | ||
| *] 1882-1885 | *] 1882-1885 | ||
| * |
*Sir ] 1885-1886 | ||
| *] 1886 | *] 1886 | ||
| *] 1886-1887 | *] 1886-1887 | ||
| *] 1887-1892 | *] 1887-1892 | ||
| * |
*Sir ] 1892-1895 | ||
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*Sir ] 1895-1902 | ||
| *] 1902-1903 | *] 1902-1903 | ||
| *] 1903-1905 | *] 1903-1905 | ||
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| *] 1916-1919 | *] 1916-1919 | ||
| *] 1919-1921 | *] 1919-1921 | ||
| * |
*Sir ] 1921-1922 | ||
| *] 1922-1923 | *] 1922-1923 | ||
| *] 1923-1924 | *] 1923-1924 | ||
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| *] 1929-1931 | *] 1929-1931 | ||
| *] 1931-1937 | *] 1931-1937 | ||
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*Sir ] 1937-1940 | ||
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*Sir ] 1940-1943 | ||
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*Sir ] 1943-1945 | ||
| *] 1945-1947 | *] 1945-1947 | ||
| *] 1947-1950 | *] 1947-1950 | ||
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| *] 1970-1974 | *] 1970-1974 | ||
| *] 1974-1979 | *] 1974-1979 | ||
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*Sir ] 1979-1983 | ||
| *] 1983-1989 | *] 1983-1989 | ||
| *] 1989-1990 | *] 1989-1990 | ||
Revision as of 21:28, 13 July 2003
In the UK, the Chancellor of the Exchequer is the government minister responsible for financial matters who heads the Exchequer. Historically these included monetary policy as well as fiscal policy, but this ended when the Bank of England was granted independence in 1997. The Chancellor (in consultation with the Prime Minister) frames the annual "Budget" and delivers it as a speech to Parliament (typically on a Tuesday in mid-March)
The Chancellor's department is the Treasury where she/he is supported by a political team of four junior ministers and by permanent Civil Servants. The most important junior minister is the Chief Secretary to the Treasury to whom the negotiations with other government departments on the details of government spending are delegated.
The official residence of the Chancellor of the Exchequer is 11 Downing Street, London - next door to the Prime Minister, due to his secondary role as Second Lord of the Treasury. However when Tony Blair became Prime Minister in 1997, he swapped residences with his Chancellor, Gordon Brown, because Number 11 is the larger residence (Blair had a family and Brown was at that time a bachelor).
List of Holders of the Office since 1559:
- Sir Walter Mildmay 1559-1589
- John Fortescue 1589-1603
- Sir George Home, 1st Earl of Dunbar (1605) 1603-1606
- Sir Julius Caesar 1606-1614
- Sir Fulk Greville 1614-1621
- Sir Richard Weston 1621-1628
- Edward Barrett, 1st Lord Barrett of Newburgh 1628-1629
- Francis Cottington, 1st Lord Cottington (1631) 1629-1642
- Sir John Culpeper 1642-1643
- Sir Edward Hyde 1643-1646
- Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Lord Ashley 1661-1672
- Sir John Duncombe 1672-1676
- Sir John Ernley 1676-1689
- Henry Booth, Lord Delamer 1689-1690
- Richard Hampden 1690-1694
- Charles Montagu 1694-1699
- John Smith 1699-1701
- Henry Boyle 1701-1708
- John Smith 1708-1710
- Robert Harley 1710-1711
- Robert Benson 1711-1713
- Sir William Wyndham 1713-1714
- Sir Richard Onslow 1714-1715
- Robert Walpole 1715-1717
- James Stanhope, 1st Viscount Stanhope (1717) 1717-1718
- John Aislabie 1718-1721
- Sir John Pratt 1721
- Sir Robert Walpole 1721-1741
- Sir Richard Onslow 1741-1742
- Samuel Sandys 1742-1743
- Henry Pelham 1743-1754
- Henry Bilson Legge 1754-1761
- Viscount Barrington 1761-1762
- Sir Francis Dashwood 1762-1763
- George Grenville 1763-1765
- William Dowdeswell 1765-1766
- Charles Townshend 1766-1767
- Frederick, Lord North 1767-1782
- Lord John Cavendish 1782
- William Pitt the Younger 1782-1783
- Lord John Cavendish 1783
- William Pitt the Younger 1783-1801
- Henry Addington 1801-1804
- William Pitt the Younger 1804-1806
- Henry, Lord Petty 1806-1807
- Spencer Perceval 1807-1812
- Nicholas Vansittart 1812-1823
- Frederick John Robinson 1823-1827
- George Canning 1827
- John Charles Herries 1827-1828
- Henry Goulburn 1828-1830
- John Spencer, Viscount Althorp 1830-1834
- Sir Robert Peel 1834-1835
- Thomas Spring Rice 1835-1839
- Sir F.T. Baring 1839-1841
- Henry Goulburn 1841-1846
- Sir Charles Wood 1846-1852
- Benjamin Disraeli 1852
- William Ewart Gladstone 1852-1855
- Sir George Cornewall Lewis 1855-1858
- Benjamin Disraeli 1858-1859
- William Ewart Gladstone 1859-1866
- Benjamin Disraeli 1866-1868
- George Ward Hunt 1868
- Robert Lowe 1868-1873
- William Ewart Gladstone 1873-1874
- Sir Stafford Northcote 1874-1880
- William Ewart Gladstone 1880-1882
- H.C.E. Childers 1882-1885
- Sir Michael Hicks Beach 1885-1886
- Sir William Vernon Harcourt 1886
- Lord Randolph Churchill 1886-1887
- George Goschen 1887-1892
- Sir William Vernon Harcourt 1892-1895
- Sir Michael Hicks Beach 1895-1902
- Charles Ritchie 1902-1903
- Austen Chamberlain 1903-1905
- Herbert Henry Asquith 1905-1908
- David Lloyd George 1908-1915
- Reginald McKenna 1915-1916
- Andrew Bonar Law 1916-1919
- Austen Chamberlain 1919-1921
- Sir Robert Stevenson Horne 1921-1922
- Stanley Baldwin 1922-1923
- Neville Chamberlain 1923-1924
- Philip Snowden 1924
- Winston Churchill 1924-1929
- Philip Snowden 1929-1931
- Neville Chamberlain 1931-1937
- Sir John Simon 1937-1940
- Sir Kingsley Wood 1940-1943
- Sir John Anderson 1943-1945
- Hugh Dalton 1945-1947
- Sir Stafford Cripps 1947-1950
- Hugh Gaitskell 1950-1951
- Richard Austen Butler 1951-1955
- Harold Macmillan 1955-1957
- Peter Thorneycroft 1957-1958
- Derick Heathcoat Amory 1958-1960
- Selwyn Lloyd 1960-1962
- Reginald Maulding 1962-1964
- James Callaghan 1964-1967
- Roy Jenkins 1967-1970
- Iain Macleod 1970
- Anthony Barber 1970-1974
- Denis Healey 1974-1979
- Sir Geoffrey Howe 1979-1983
- Nigel Lawson 1983-1989
- John Major 1989-1990
- Norman Lamont 1990-1993
- Kenneth Clarke 1993-1997
- Gordon Brown 1997-