List of peerages created for lord chancellors and lord keepers

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Template:SHORTDESC: This page lists all peerages held by the Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain and Lord Keeper of the Great Seal, whether created or inherited before or after their Lord Chancellorship. Extant titles are in bold.

Peerages created for lord high chancellors of Great Britain

  Created for their respective Lord Chancellorships
  Created before their respective Lord Chancellorships
Title Created Lord Chancellor Current status Notes Ref

Reign of Queen Anne, 1707–1714

Baron Cowper 14 December 1706 William Cowper Extinct
18 July 1905 		Created Before Lord Chancellorship
Created Earl Cowper in 1718 		LG
Baron Harcourt 3 September 1711 Sir Simon Harcourt Extinct
17 June 1830 		During Chancellorship LG

Reign of King George I, 1714–1727

Baron Parker 10 March 1716 Sir Thomas Parker Extant Created Before Lord Chancellorship
Created Earl of Macclesfield in 1721 		LG
Viscount Harcourt 24 July 1721 The 1st Baron Harcourt Extinct
17 June 1830 		2nd Viscount created Earl Harcourt in 1749 LG
Earl of Macclesfield 15 November 1721 The 1st Baron Parker Extant During Chancellorship LG
Baron King 29 May 1725 Sir Peter King Extinct
31 January 2018 		8th Baron created Earl of Lovelace in 1838 [1]

Reign of King George II, 1727–1760

Baron Hardwicke 23 November 1733 Sir Philip Yorke Extant LG
Baron Talbot 5 December 1733 Charles Talbot Extant[lower-alpha 1] 2nd Baron created Earl Talbot in 1761. 3rd Baron in turn created Earl Talbot in 1784. LG
Earl of Hardwicke 2 April 1754 The 1st Baron Hardwicke Extant During Chancellorship [2]
Baron Henley 27 May 1760 Sir Robert Henley Extinct
5 July 1786 		During Chancellorship [3]

Reign of King George III, 1760–1820

Earl of Northington 19 May 1764 The 1st Baron Henley Extinct
5 July 1786 		During Chancellorship [4]
Baron Camden 17 July 1765 Sir Charles Pratt Extant [5]
Baron Apsley 24 January 1771 Henry Bathurst Extant Succeeded as 2nd Earl Bathurst in 1775 [6]
Baron Thurlow 3 June 1778 Edward Thurlow Extinct
12 September 1806 		[7]
Baron Loughborough 17 June 1780 Alexander Wedderburn Extinct
2 January 1805 		[8]
Earl Camden 13 May 1786 The 1st Baron Camden Extant 2nd Earl created Marquess Camden in 1812 [9]
Baron Thurlow 11 June 1792 The 1st Baron Thrlow Extant [lower-alpha 2] [10]
Baron Loughborough 31 October 1795 The 1st Baron Loughborough Extant During Chancellorship [11]
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Baron Eldon 18 July 1799 Sir John Scott Extant [12]
Earl of Rosslyn 21 April 1801 The 1st Baron Loughborough Extant Retirement Honour [13]
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Baron Erskine 10 February 1806 Thomas Erskine Extant[lower-alpha 3] [14]
On 5 February 1811, George Prince of Wales became the Prince Regent

Reign of King George IV, 1820–1830

Earl of Eldon
Viscount Encombe 		7 July 1821 The 1st Baron Eldon Extant During Chancellorship [15]
Baron Lyndhurst 25 April 1827 Sir John Copley Extinct
12 October 1863 		[16]

Reign of King William IV, 1830–1837

Baron Brougham and Vaux 22 November 1830 Henry Brougham Extinct
7 May 1868 		[17]
Baron Cottenham 20 January 1836 Sir Charles Pepys Extant [18]

Reign of Queen Victoria, 1837–1901

Baron Campbell 30 June 1841 Sir John Campbell Extant[lower-alpha 4] [19]
Earl of Cottenham
Viscount Crowhurst 		11 June 1850 The 1st Baron Cottenham Extant Retirement Honour [20]
Baron Truro 15 July 1850 Sir Thomas Wilde Extinct
8 March 1899 		[21]
Baron Cranworth 20 December 1850 Sir Robert Rolfe Extinct
26 July 1868 		[22]
Baron St Leonards 1 March 1852 Sir Edward Sugden Extinct
1 June 1985 		[23]
Baron Chelmsford 1 March 1858 Sir Frederic Thesiger Extant 3rd Baron created Viscount Chelmsford in 1921 [24]
Baron Brougham and Vaux 22 March 1860 The 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux Extant [lower-alpha 2] [25]
Baron Westbury 27 June 1861 Sir Richard Bethell Extant [26]
Baron Cairns 27 February 1867 Sir Hugh Cairns Extant [27]
Baron Hatherley 9 December 1868 Sir William Wood Extinct
10 July 1881 		[28]
Baron Selborne 23 October 1872 Sir Roundell Palmer Extant [29]
Earl Cairns
Viscount Garmoyle 		27 September 1878 The 1st Baron Cairns Extant During Chancellorship [30]
Earl of Selborne
Viscount Wolmer 		30 December 1882 The 1st Baron Selborne Extant During Chancellorship [31]
Baron Halsbury 26 June 1885 Sir Hardinge Giffard Extinct
31 December 2010 		[32]
Baron Herschell 8 February 1886 Sir Farrer Herschell Extinct
26 October 2008 		[33]
Earl of Halsbury
Viscount Tiverton 		19 January 1898 The 1st Baron Halsbury Extinct
31 December 2010 		During Chancellorship [34]

Reign of King Edward VII, 1901–1910

Baron Loreburn 8 January 1906 Sir Robert Reid Extinct
30 November 1923 		[35]

Reign of King George V, 1910–1936

Viscount Haldane 27 March 1911 Richard Haldane Extinct
19 August 1928 		[36]
Earl Loreburn 4 July 1911 The 1st Baron Loreburn Extinct
30 November 1923 		During Chancellorship [37]
Baron Buckmaster 14 June 1915 Sir Stanley Buckmaster Extant [38]
Baron Finlay 19 December 1916 Sir Robert Finlay Extinct
30 June 1945 		[39]
Viscount Cave 14 November 1918 Sir George Cave Extinct
29 March 1928 		[40]
Baron Birkenhead 3 February 1919 Sir F. E. Smith, Bt. Extinct
16 February 1985 		[41]
Viscount Finlay 27 March 1919 The 1st Baron Finlay Extinct
30 June 1945 		Retirement Honour [42]
Viscount Birkenhead 15 June 1921 The 1st Baron Birkenhead Extinct
16 February 1985 		During Chancellorship [43]
Earl of Birkenhead
Viscount Furneaux 		28 November 1922 The 1st Viscount Birkenhead Extinct
16 February 1985 		Retirement Honour [44]
Baron Hailsham 5 April 1928 Sir Douglas Hogg Extant [45]
Baron Sankey 21 June 1929 Sir John Sankey Extinct
6 February 1948 		[46]
Viscount Hailsham 4 July 1929 The 1st Baron Hailsham Extant Retirement Honour [47]
Viscount Sankey 30 January 1932 The 1st Baron Sankey Extinct
6 February 1948 		During Chancellorship [48]
Viscount Buckmaster 24 February 1933 The 1st Baron Buckmaster Extant [49]
Baron Maugham 7 October 1935 Sir Frederic Maugham Extinct
23 March 1958 		Law Lord [50]

Reign of King Edward VIII, 1936

no peerage creations for Lord Chancellors

Reign of King George VI, 1936–1952

Viscount Caldecote 6 September 1939 Sir Thomas Inskip Extant [51]
Viscount Maugham 22 September 1939 The Baron Maugham Extinct
1981 		Retirement Honour [52]
Viscount Simon 20 May 1940 Sir John Simon Extinct
15 August 2021 		[53]
Baron Simonds 18 April 1944 Sir Gavin Simonds Extinct
28 June 1971 		Law Lord [54]
Baron Jowitt 2 August 1945 Sir William Jowitt Extinct
16 August 1957 		[55]
Viscount Jowitt 20 January 1947 The 1st Baron Jowitt Extinct
16 August 1957 		During Chancellorship [56]
Earl Jowitt
Viscount Stevenage 		24 December 1951 The 1st Viscount Jowitt Extinct
16 August 1957 		Retirement Honour [57]

Reign of Queen Elizabeth II, 1952–2022

Baron Simonds 24 June 1952 The Baron Simonds Extinct
28 June 1971 		During Chancellorship [58]
Viscount Simonds 18 October 1954 The 1st Baron Simonds Extinct
28 June 1971 		Retirement Honour [59]
Viscount Kilmuir 19 October 1954 Sir David Maxwell Fyfe Extinct
27 January 1967 		[60]
Baron Dilhorne 17 July 1962 Sir Reginald Manningham-Buller, Bt. Extant [61]
Earl of Kilmuir
Baron Fyfe of Dornoch 		20 July 1962 The 1st Viscount Kilmuir Extinct
27 January 1967 		Retirement Honour [62]
Baron Gardiner 15 January 1964 Gerald Gardiner Extinct
7 January 1990 		Life peerage [63]
Viscount Dilhorne 7 December 1964 The 1st Baron Dilhorne Extant Retirement Honour [64]
Baron Hailsham of St Marylebone 30 June 1970 Quintin Hogg Extinct
12 October 2001 		Life peerage [65]
Baron Elwyn-Jones 11 March 1974 Sir Elwyn Jones Extinct
4 December 1989 		Life peerage [66]
Baron Mackay of Clashfern 6 July 1979 James Mackay Extant Life peerage [67]
Baron Irvine of Lairg 25 March 1987 Derry Irvine Extant Life peerage [68]
Baron Havers 22 June 1987 Sir Michael Havers Extinct
1 April 1992 		Life peerage [69]
Baron Falconer of Thoroton 14 May 1997 Charlie Falconer Extant Life peerage [70]
Baron Clarke of Nottingham 4 September 2020 Kenneth Clarke Extant Life peerage

Reign of King Charles III, 2022–present

Baron Grayling 20 August 2024 Chris Grayling Extant Life peerage [71]

Lord chancellors without peerages

  Eligible for Peerage
Lord Chancellor Notes Constituency Related peerage
Charles Yorke, KC Died before being created a Peer Reigate His male line descendants from his sons Philip and Joseph have held the Earldom of Hardwicke since 1790
Cambridge University
Jack Straw Currently living as a commoner Blackburn
Michael Gove Surrey Heath
Liz Truss South West Norfolk
Sir David Lidington Aylesbury
David Gauke South West Hertfordshire
Sir Robert Buckland, KC South Swindon
Dominic Raab Esher and Walton
Sir Brandon Lewis Great Yarmouth
Alex Chalk, KC Cheltenham
Shabana Mahmood Birmingham Ladywood

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ "No. 6377". The London Gazette. 1 June 1725. p. 1.
  2. ↑ "No. 9359". The London Gazette. 30 March 1754. p. 2.
  3. ↑ "No. 9986". The London Gazette. 29 March 1760. p. 1.
  4. ↑ "No. 10418". The London Gazette. 19 May 1764. p. 4.
  5. ↑ "No. 10539". The London Gazette. 16 July 1765. p. 1.
  6. ↑ "No. 11112". The London Gazette. 22 January 1771. p. 1.
  7. ↑ "No. 11880". The London Gazette. 2 June 1778. p. 1.
  8. ↑ "No. 12092". The London Gazette. 13 June 1780. p. 2.
  9. ↑ "No. 12750". The London Gazette. 13 May 1786. p. 201.
  10. ↑ "No. 13424". The London Gazette. 9 June 1792. p. 396.
  11. ↑ "No. 13823". The London Gazette. 17 October 1795. p. 1074.
  12. ↑ "No. 15160". The London Gazette. 16 July 1799. p. 717.
  13. ↑ "No. 15355". The London Gazette. 14 April 1801. p. 406.
  14. ↑ "No. 15887". The London Gazette. 4 February 1806. p. 160.
  15. ↑ "No. 17722". The London Gazette. 7 July 1821. p. 1410.
  16. ↑ "No. 18355". The London Gazette. 24 April 1827. p. 914.
  17. ↑ "No. 18748". The London Gazette. 23 November 1830. p. 2450.
  18. ↑ "No. 19348". The London Gazette. 19 January 1836. p. 100.
  19. ↑ "No. 19991". The London Gazette. 22 June 1841. p. 1621.
  20. ↑ "No. 21101". The London Gazette. 4 June 1850. p. 1568.
  21. ↑ "No. 21117". The London Gazette. 16 July 1850. p. 1995.
  22. ↑ "No. 21162". The London Gazette. 13 December 1850. p. 3388.
  23. ↑ "No. 21297". The London Gazette. 2 March 1852. p. 670.
  24. ↑ "No. 22106". The London Gazette. 2 March 1858. p. 1207.
  25. ↑ "No. 22367". The London Gazette. 16 March 1860. p. 1099.
  26. ↑ "No. 22524". The London Gazette. 28 June 1861. p. 2689.
  27. ↑ "No. 23222". The London Gazette. 22 February 1867. p. 951.
  28. ↑ "No. 23449". The London Gazette. 11 December 1868. p. 6591.
  29. ↑ "No. 23910". The London Gazette. 18 October 1872. p. 4937.
  30. ↑ "No. 24627". The London Gazette. 24 September 1878. p. 5263.
  31. ↑ "No. 25183". The London Gazette. 29 December 1882. p. 6649.
  32. ↑ "No. 25485". The London Gazette. 30 June 1885. p. 3000.
  33. ↑ "No. 25557". The London Gazette. 9 February 1886. p. 621.
  34. ↑ "No. 26930". The London Gazette. 18 January 1898. p. 299.
  35. ↑ "No. 27873". The London Gazette. 9 January 1906. p. 187.
  36. ↑ "No. 28480". The London Gazette. 28 March 1911. p. 2522.
  37. ↑ "No. 28514". The London Gazette. 18 July 1911. p. 5349.
  38. ↑ "No. 29193". The London Gazette. 15 June 1915. p. 5749.
  39. ↑ "No. 29870". The London Gazette. 19 December 1916. p. 12339.
  40. ↑ "No. 31013". The London Gazette. 15 November 1918. p. 13492.
  41. ↑ "No. 31162". The London Gazette. 4 February 1919. p. 1794.
  42. ↑ "No. 31271". The London Gazette. 4 April 1919. p. 4414.
  43. ↑ "No. 32360". The London Gazette. 17 June 1921. p. 4823.
  44. ↑ "No. 32776". The London Gazette. 12 December 1922. p. 8793.
  45. ↑ "No. 33374". The London Gazette. 10 April 1928. p. 2634.
  46. ↑ "No. 33508". The London Gazette. 21 June 1929. p. 4118.
  47. ↑ "No. 33515". The London Gazette. 9 July 1929. p. 4539.
  48. ↑ "No. 33795". The London Gazette. 2 February 1932. p. 703.
  49. ↑ "No. 33916". The London Gazette. 28 February 1933. p. 1355.
  50. ↑ "No. 34208". The London Gazette. 15 October 1935. p. 6470.
  51. ↑ "No. 34674". The London Gazette (2nd supplement). 8 September 1939. p. 6126.
  52. ↑ "No. 34694". The London Gazette. 26 September 1939. p. 6501.
  53. ↑ "No. 34854". The London Gazette. 21 May 1940. p. 3028.
  54. ↑ "No. 36481". The London Gazette. 21 April 1944. p. 1841.
  55. ↑ "No. 37208". The London Gazette. 3 August 1945. p. 3981.
  56. ↑ "No. 37860". The London Gazette. 21 January 1947. p. 411.
  57. ↑ "No. 39433". The London Gazette (Supplement). 1 January 1952. p. 136.
  58. ↑ "No. 39584". The London Gazette. 27 June 1952. p. 3520.
  59. ↑ "No. 40313". The London Gazette. 29 October 1954. p. 6124.
  60. ↑ "No. 40304". The London Gazette. 19 October 1954. p. 5913.
  61. ↑ "No. 42736". The London Gazette. 20 July 1962. p. 5807.
  62. ↑ "No. 42740". The London Gazette (Supplement). 24 July 1962. p. 5909.
  63. ↑ "No. 43222". The London Gazette. 17 January 1964. p. 467.
  64. ↑ "No. 43511". The London Gazette. 8 December 1964. p. 10447.
  65. ↑ "No. 45141". The London Gazette. 2 July 1970. p. 7302.
  66. ↑ "No. 46236". The London Gazette. 14 March 1974. p. 3303.
  67. ↑ "No. 47900". The London Gazette. 10 July 1979. p. 8714.
  68. ↑ "No. 50874". The London Gazette (1st supplement). 30 March 1987. p. 4265.
  69. ↑ "No. 50975". The London Gazette. 24 June 1987. p. 8059.
  70. ↑ "No. 54768". The London Gazette. 19 May 1997. p. 5853.
  71. ↑ https://www.thegazette.co.uk/notice/4690324

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  1. ↑ The title merged with the Earldom of Shrewsbury in 1849.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Peerage created with a special remainder.
  3. ↑ The title merged with the Earldom of Buchan in 1960.
  4. ↑ The title merged with the Barony of Stratheden in 1861.
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