Lord Chancellor of England

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government position judicial office political office

The Lord Chancellor of England was one of the highest-ranking officials in the English government, historically serving as the monarch’s chief legal advisor, head of the judiciary, and presiding officer of the House of Lords.

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Observed surface forms (11)

Surface form	Occurrences
Lord Chancellor	24
Lord Chancellor of Great Britain	4
Lord Chancellor of the United Kingdom	4
Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain	3
Lord High Chancellor of England	2
UK Lord Chancellor	2
English Lord Chancellor	1
Lord Chancellor (as presiding officer of the House of Lords)	1
Lord Chancellor (historically)	1
Lord Chancellor (in modern practice)	1
Lord High Chancellor	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	government position ⓘ judicial office ⓘ political office ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	England ⓘ
appointedBy	monarch of England ⓘ
associatedWithInstitution	Court of Chancery ⓘ House of Lords ⓘ
associatedWithLegalSystem	English law ⓘ
associatedWithSymbol	Great Seal of England ⓘ
country	Kingdom of England ⓘ
followedBy	Lord Chancellor of England self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain
hasAlternativeName	Lord Chancellor of England ⓘ surface form: English Lord Chancellor Lord Chancellor of England ⓘ surface form: Lord High Chancellor of England
hasJurisdiction	appeals from common law courts ⓘ chancery ⓘ equity ⓘ
hasRole	chief equity judge ⓘ chief legal advisor to the monarch ⓘ head of the judiciary ⓘ keeper of the Great Seal of England ⓘ presiding officer of the House of Lords ⓘ senior officer of state ⓘ
historicalFunction	advising the monarch on legal matters ⓘ custody of the Great Seal ⓘ oversight of royal courts ⓘ presiding over the House of Lords in its judicial capacity ⓘ presiding over the House of Lords in its legislative capacity ⓘ
memberOf	Cabinet of England ⓘ Privy Council ⓘ surface form: Privy Council of England
nominatedBy	monarch of England ⓘ
officeCreatedInCentury	11th century ⓘ
officeEvolvedInto	Lord Chancellor of England self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Lord Chancellor of the United Kingdom Lord Chancellor of England self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain
officeHeldByHeadOf	Court of Chancery ⓘ English judiciary ⓘ
officeHeldByPresidingOfficerOf	House of Lords ⓘ
officeType	great office of state ⓘ
partOf	English government ⓘ English judiciary ⓘ
positionHierarchy	one of the highest-ranking officials in the English government ⓘ
residence	City of Westminster ⓘ surface form: Westminster
seat	Palace of Westminster ⓘ
subordinateTo	monarch of England ⓘ
typicalBackground	senior judge ⓘ senior lawyer ⓘ senior statesman ⓘ
usedTitle	Lord Chancellor of England self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Lord High Chancellor of England

Referenced by (51)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Manx judiciary → advisedByOnAppointments → Lord Chancellor of England ⓘ

this entity surface form: UK Lord Chancellor

Secretary of State for Justice → alsoHoldsOfficeOf → Lord Chancellor of England ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lord Chancellor (in modern practice)

Attorney General for the Isle of Man (on advice) → appointedOnAdviceOf → Lord Chancellor of England ⓘ

subject surface form: Attorney General for the Isle of Man

this entity surface form: UK Lord Chancellor

President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom → appointedOnAdviceOf → Lord Chancellor of England ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lord Chancellor

judiciary of England and Wales → appointmentsRecommendedBy → Lord Chancellor of England ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lord Chancellor

Woolsack → associatedWithOffice → Lord Chancellor of England ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lord Chancellor

Her Grace The Duchess of York → fatherOccupation → Lord Chancellor of England ⓘ

subject surface form: Anne Hyde

Lord Chancellor of England → followedBy → Lord Chancellor of England self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain

Lord Chancellor of England → hasAlternativeName → Lord Chancellor of England ⓘ

this entity surface form: English Lord Chancellor

Lord Chancellor of England → hasAlternativeName → Lord Chancellor of England ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lord High Chancellor of England

Great Officer of State → hasPart → Lord Chancellor of England ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lord High Chancellor

Great Officers of State of the United Kingdom → hasPart → Lord Chancellor of England ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain

William of Wykeham → hasTitle → Lord Chancellor of England ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lord Chancellor

Second Baldwin government → includesOffice → Lord Chancellor of England ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lord Chancellor

Chancellor of the Order of the Garter → isDistinctFrom → Lord Chancellor of England ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lord Chancellor of the United Kingdom

Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster → isSeparateFrom → Lord Chancellor of England ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lord Chancellor

Lord Advocate → isSeparateFrom → Lord Chancellor of England ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lord Chancellor

36th United Kingdom Parliament → lordsSpeaker → Lord Chancellor of England ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lord Chancellor

Judicial Appointments Commission → makesRecommendationsTo → Lord Chancellor of England ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lord Chancellor

Ministry of Justice → ministerialHeadAlsoHoldsTitle → Lord Chancellor of England ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lord Chancellor

An Act to make provision for modifying the office of Lord Chancellor, and to make provision relating to the functions of that office; to make provision for and in connection with a Supreme Court of the United Kingdom and the transfer to that Court of the appellate jurisdiction of the House of Lords and the devolution jurisdiction of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council; to make provision about the jurisdiction of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council; to make provision about the selection of judges, their terms of office and discipline; and for connected purposes. → modifiesOffice → Lord Chancellor of England ⓘ

subject surface form: Constitutional Reform Act 2005

this entity surface form: Lord Chancellor

Lord Speaker of the House of Lords → notTheSameAs → Lord Chancellor of England ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lord Chancellor

Lord Chancellor of England → officeEvolvedInto → Lord Chancellor of England self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain

Lord Chancellor of England → officeEvolvedInto → Lord Chancellor of England self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lord Chancellor of the United Kingdom

Hyde family → officeHeld → Lord Chancellor of England ⓘ

subject surface form: Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon

Lord Clarendon → positionHeld → Lord Chancellor of England ⓘ

subject surface form: Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon

Francis Bacon → positionHeld → Lord Chancellor of England ⓘ

Bacon → positionHeld → Lord Chancellor of England ⓘ

subject surface form: Francis Bacon

Baron Verulam → positionHeld → Lord Chancellor of England ⓘ

subject surface form: Francis Bacon, 1st Baron Verulam

Henry Brougham → positionHeld → Lord Chancellor of England ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lord Chancellor of Great Britain

Kenneth Clarke → positionHeld → Lord Chancellor of England ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lord Chancellor

Lord Irvine of Lairg → positionHeld → Lord Chancellor of England ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lord Chancellor

Lord Selborne → positionHeld → Lord Chancellor of England ⓘ

subject surface form: Roundell Palmer, 1st Earl of Selborne

this entity surface form: Lord Chancellor

Lord Selborne → positionHeld → Lord Chancellor of England ⓘ

subject surface form: Roundell Palmer, 1st Earl of Selborne

this entity surface form: Lord Chancellor of Great Britain

1st Earl of Selborne → positionHeld → Lord Chancellor of England ⓘ

subject surface form: Roundell Palmer, 1st Earl of Selborne

this entity surface form: Lord Chancellor

Sir Charles Yorke → positionHeld → Lord Chancellor of England ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lord Chancellor of Great Britain

Sir John Copley → positionHeld → Lord Chancellor of England ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lord Chancellor of the United Kingdom

Sir John Copley → positionHeld → Lord Chancellor of England ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lord Chancellor

Sir John Simon → positionHeld → Lord Chancellor of England ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lord Chancellor of Great Britain

Saint Thomas Becket → positionHeld → Lord Chancellor of England ⓘ

subject surface form: Thomas Becket

subject surface form: Constitutional Reform Act 2005

this entity surface form: Lord Chancellor

Lord Privy Seal → relatedTo → Lord Chancellor of England ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lord Chancellor

Lord Speaker → replaces → Lord Chancellor of England ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lord Chancellor (as presiding officer of the House of Lords)

Criminal Cases Review Commission → reportsTo → Lord Chancellor of England ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lord Chancellor

Judicial Appointments Commission → reportsTo → Lord Chancellor of England ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lord Chancellor

Lord of Appeal in Ordinary → subordinateTo → Lord Chancellor of England ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lord Chancellor (historically)

Her Majesty's Courts and Tribunals Service → supervisingAuthority → Lord Chancellor of England ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lord Chancellor

Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales → tookOverFunctionsFrom → Lord Chancellor of England ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lord Chancellor

Woolsack → usedBy → Lord Chancellor of England ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lord Chancellor of the United Kingdom

Lord → usedInTitle → Lord Chancellor of England ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lord Chancellor