Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster

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United Kingdom ministerial office cabinet position

The Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster is a senior UK government ministerial post often given flexible responsibilities, frequently serving as a key adviser or coordinator within the Cabinet.

Aliases (1)

Lord Chancellor ×1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United Kingdom ministerial office → cabinet position →
appointedBy	Monarch of the United Kingdom →
appointedOnAdviceOf	Prime Minister of the United Kingdom →
canBeHeldBy	Member of Parliament → Member of the House of Lords →
country	United Kingdom →
evolvesInto	primarily political and coordinating role in modern times →
hasOfficeLocation	Cabinet Office, London →
hasTypeOfAppointment	political appointment →
historicalOrigin	medieval administration of the Duchy of Lancaster →
historicalRole	chief administrator of the Duchy of Lancaster →
isSeparateFrom	Chancellor of the Exchequer → Lord Chancellor →
jurisdiction	Duchy of Lancaster →
mayHoldAdditionally	Minister for the Cabinet Office → other senior government portfolios →
memberOf	Privy Council of the United Kingdom →
officeHoldersInclude	Damian Green → David Lidington → Edward Heath → Francis Maude → Herbert Morrison → Hilary Armstrong → Iain Macleod → Jeremy Quin → John Major → Kenneth Clarke → Kit Malthouse → Michael Gove → Nadhim Zahawi → Norman Tebbit → Oliver Dowden → Pat McFadden → Steve Barclay → Tony Newton → William Waldegrave →
partOf	Cabinet of the United Kingdom →
precedence	cabinet‑level →
rank	senior minister of the Crown →
reportsTo	Prime Minister of the United Kingdom →
residence	No. 10 Downing Street (for most incumbents as senior ministers) →
responsibleFor	advising the Sovereign in right of the Duchy of Lancaster → management of the estates and rents of the Duchy of Lancaster (formally) →
style	The Right Honourable →
termLength	serves at His or Her Majesty’s pleasure →
typicallyActsAs	Cabinet coordinator → senior adviser to the Prime Minister →
typicallyHolds	flexible cross‑government responsibilities →
usedFor	bringing senior politicians into Cabinet without specific departmental brief →

Referenced by (20)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
A. V. Alexander → Clement Attlee → David Lidington → David Lidington ("Lord Chancellor") → Duff Cooper → Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby → Oswald Mosley → Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool → Sir John Anderson → Spencer Perceval → Spencer Perceval → The Duke of Grafton → William Ewart Gladstone → William Maxwell Aitken →	positionHeld
Minister for the Civil Service →	canDelegateTo
Duchy of Lancaster →	governedBy
Cabinet Office →	hasMinisterialHead
Chancellor of the Order of the Garter →	isDistinctFrom
James Henry Thomas →	notableOffice
Minister for the Civil Service →	relatedPosition