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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All labels observed (13)

Label Occurrences
Lord Chancellor 61
Lord Chancellor of England canonical 29
Lord Chancellor of Great Britain 16

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 (135)

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

Francis Bacon → positionHeld → Lord Chancellor of England ⓘ
Secretary of State for Justice → alsoHoldsOfficeOf → Lord Chancellor of England ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lord Chancellor (in modern practice)
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
Ministry of Justice → ministerialHeadAlsoHoldsTitle → Lord Chancellor of England ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lord Chancellor
Lord Privy Seal → relatedTo → 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
Lord → usedInTitle → 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)
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
Second Baldwin government → includesOffice → 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
Bacon → positionHeld → Lord Chancellor of England ⓘ
subject surface form: Francis Bacon
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 → 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
Lord Chancellor of England → usedTitle → Lord Chancellor of England self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lord High Chancellor of England
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
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
Judicial Appointments Commission → reportsTo → Lord Chancellor of England ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lord Chancellor
Judicial Appointments Commission → makesRecommendationsTo → Lord Chancellor of England ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lord Chancellor
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
Lord Clarendon → positionHeld → Lord Chancellor of England ⓘ
subject surface form: Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon
William of Wykeham → hasTitle → Lord Chancellor of England ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lord Chancellor
President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom → appointedOnAdviceOf → Lord Chancellor of England ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lord Chancellor
Lord Advocate → isSeparateFrom → Lord Chancellor of England ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lord Chancellor
Criminal Cases Review Commission → reportsTo → Lord Chancellor of England ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lord Chancellor
Lord Speaker of the House of Lords → notTheSameAs → 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
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
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster → isSeparateFrom → Lord Chancellor of England ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lord Chancellor
1st Earl of Selborne → positionHeld → Lord Chancellor of England ⓘ
subject surface form: Roundell Palmer, 1st Earl of Selborne
this entity surface form: Lord Chancellor
Woolsack → usedBy → Lord Chancellor of England ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lord Chancellor of the United Kingdom
Woolsack → associatedWithOffice → Lord Chancellor of England ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lord Chancellor
Saint Thomas Becket → positionHeld → Lord Chancellor of England ⓘ
subject surface form: Thomas Becket
Hyde family → officeHeld → Lord Chancellor of England ⓘ
subject surface form: Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon
Her Grace The Duchess of York → fatherOccupation → Lord Chancellor of England ⓘ
subject surface form: Anne Hyde
Lord of Appeal in Ordinary → subordinateTo → Lord Chancellor of England ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lord Chancellor (historically)
Lord Irvine of Lairg → positionHeld → Lord Chancellor of England ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lord Chancellor
Kenneth Clarke → positionHeld → Lord Chancellor of England ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lord Chancellor
Great Officers of State of the United Kingdom → hasPart → Lord Chancellor of England ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain
Sir John Simon → positionHeld → Lord Chancellor of England ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lord Chancellor of Great Britain
Great Officer of State → hasPart → Lord Chancellor of England ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lord High 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
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. → relatedTo → Lord Chancellor of England ⓘ
subject surface form: Constitutional Reform Act 2005
this entity surface form: Lord Chancellor