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

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

this entity surface form: Lord High Chancellor of England