Great Offices of State
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The Great Offices of State are senior political offices in important ministerial portfolios in the UK government. They are the Prime Minister, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Foreign Secretary, a
Prime Minister Andy Burnham portrait
John Healey Official Cabinet Portrait, July 2024 2
Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero Ed Miliband
Shabana Mahmood Official Cabinet Portrait, July 2024 2
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
Great Offices of State
…State are senior political offices in important ministerial portfolios in the UK government. They are (in order of seniority) the Prime Minister, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Foreign Secretary, and the Home Secretary. The Great Offices of State are derived from the most senior positions in the Royal Household – the Great…
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