Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
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| Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster | |
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 Arms of the Duchy of Lancaster | |
 Incumbent David Lidington since 8 January 2018 | |
| Style | The Right Honourable |
| Appointer | The Sovereign on advice of the Prime Minister |
| Inaugural holder | Sir Henry de Haydock |
| Formation | 1361 |
| Website | www.duchyoflancaster.co.uk |
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The Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster is a ministerial office[1] in the Government of the United Kingdom that includes as part of its duties, the administration of the estates and rents of the Duchy of Lancaster.[2] The Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster is appointed by the Sovereign on the advice of the Prime Minister.[3][4]
The Chancellor is answerable to Parliament for the governance of the Duchy.[5] However, the involvement of the Chancellor in the running of the day-to-day affairs of the Duchy is slight, and the office is held by a senior politician whose main role is usually quite different. The position is currently held by David Lidington.
Contents
1 History
2 Modern times
3 See also
4 Notes
History[edit]
Originally, the Chancellor was the chief officer in the daily management of the Duchy of Lancaster and the County Palatine of Lancaster (a county palatine merged into the Crown in 1399), but that estate is now run by a deputy, leaving the Chancellor as a member of the Cabinet with little obligation in regard to the Chancellorship. The position has often been given to a junior Cabinet minister with responsibilities in a particular area of policy for which there is no department with an appropriate portfolio.
In 1491, the office of Vice-Chancellor of the County Palatine of Lancaster was created. The position is now held by a judge of the Chancery Division of the High Court of Justice, who sits in the north west of England, and no longer appointed to that position as legal officer of the Duchy.
Modern times[edit]
In recent times, the Chancellor's duties (administrative, financial, and legal) have been said to occupy an average of one day a week. Under the Promissory Oaths Act 1868, the Chancellor is required to take the oath of allegiance and the Official Oath.[6] The holder of the sinecure is a minister without portfolio; Oswald Mosley, for example, focused on unemployment after being appointed to the position in 1929 during the second MacDonald ministry.[7]
The Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster is entitled to a salary under the Ministerial and other Salaries Act 1975, but section 3 of the Act provides that the salary "shall be reduced by the amount of the salary payable to him otherwise than out of moneys so provided in respect of his office".[8] The Office of the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster is part of the Cabinet Office.[9]
From 1997 until 2009, the holder of the title also served as the Minister for the Cabinet Office. This applied in the case of Alan Milburn, who was given the title by Prime Minister Tony Blair in 2004 and at the same time rejoined the Cabinet. However, in the reshuffle of 5 June 2009, the Chancellorship went to the Leader of the House of Lords, the Baroness Royall. In David Cameron's first cabinet, announced on 12 May 2010, the Chancellorship remained with the Leader of the House of Lords.
The position is currently held by David Lidington following a Cabinet reshuffle on 8 January 2018. The previous holder of the post was Patrick McLoughlin who was given the post following Theresa May's appointment as Prime Minister. Before this the holder of the post was Oliver Letwin, who was appointed in July 2014 when he was also Minister for Government Policy (2010–2015); following the 2015 general election, he was also given overall responsibility for the Cabinet Office and made a full member of the Cabinet.
See also[edit]
- List of Chancellors of the Duchy of Lancaster
- County Palatine of Lancaster
Notes[edit]
^
House of Commons Disqualification Act 1975 c. 24, Schedule 2
^ Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster - Glossary page - UK Parliament Archived 6 November 2010 at the Wayback Machine.. Parliament.uk (21 April 2010). Retrieved 30 September 2011.
^ FAQs, duchyoflancaster.co.uk. Archived 2009-09-01 on the Internet Archive.
^ The Government, Prime Minister and Cabinet: Directgov - Government, citizens and rights Archived 21 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine.. Direct.gov.uk. Retrieved on 30 September 2011.
^ Vernon Bogdanor. The Monarchy and the Constitution. p. 188. . (Citing House of Commons Debates 17 November 1987 col 11, Standing Committee G.)
^ Promissory Oaths Act 1868 section 5 and Schedule
^ Gunther, John (1940). Inside Europe. New York: Harper & Brothers. pp. 363–364.
^ Ministerial and other Salaries Act 1975 sections 1 & 3 and Schedule 1
^ Appropriation Act 2010 Schedule 2 Part 2
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