Chancellor of the Exchequer
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The chancellor of the exchequer, often abbreviated to chancellor, is a senior minister of the Crown within the Government of the United Kingdom, and the head of His Majesty's Treasury. As one of the f
John Healey Official Cabinet Portrait, July 2024
Budget box or Gladstone box, c. 1860
Chancellor of the Exchequer's robe now at Hughenden Manor. (Reputedly made for Pitt the Younger, it was handed down to each of his successors but kept by Disraeli, forcing Gladstone to purchase a replacement).
Bishop Walter Stapledon Exeter Cathedral
HM Treasury
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His Majesty's Treasury is the Government of the United Kingdom’s economic and finance ministry, managing the United Kingdom's public spending and setting its economic policy.
Chancellor of the Exchequer
…Majesty’s exchequer), often abbreviated to chancellor, is a senior minister of the Crown within the Government of the United Kingdom, and the head of His Majesty's Treasury. As one of the four Great Offices of State, the chancellor is a high-ranking member of the British Cabinet. Responsible for all economic and financial…
1 Horse Guards Road in Westminster, London
Wooden tally sticks used by the Normans as receipts for money.
Whitehall Palace seen from the Thames in the mid-1600s.
Kent's Treasury is the squared stone building in the middle.