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Lord Chancellor
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The lord chancellor, formally titled Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain, is a senior minister of the Crown within the Government of the United Kingdom. The lord chancellor is the minister of justic
UK Minister for Border Security and Asylum, Alex Norris
UK Minister for Border Security and Asylum, Alex Norris
The Lord High Chancellor (Viscount Hailsham), as depicted on a cigarette card produced for the Coronation of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth in 193
The Lord High Chancellor (Viscount Hailsham), as depicted on a cigarette card produced for the Coronation of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth in 1937. His ceremonial purse would once have contained the Great Seal of the Realm.
The Lord High Chancellor (Shabana Mahmood) wearing full ceremonial dress at the 2024 State Opening of Parliament, preceded by her purse-bearer and a s
The Lord High Chancellor (Shabana Mahmood) wearing full ceremonial dress at the 2024 State Opening of Parliament, preceded by her purse-bearer and a serjeant-at-arms.
Heraldic banner of Cardinal Thomas Wolsey, who was the archbishop of York and lord chancellor, showing the arms of the See of York impaling his person
Heraldic banner of Cardinal Thomas Wolsey, who was the archbishop of York and lord chancellor, showing the arms of the See of York impaling his personal arms, with a cardinal's hat above. The griffin supporter holds the lord chancellor's mace.
Thomas Wolsey
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Thomas Wolsey was an English statesman and Catholic cardinal. When Henry VIII became King of England in 1509, Wolsey became the king's almoner. Wolsey's affairs prospered and by 1514 he had become the
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…known as the "keeper of the king's conscience". Churchmen continued to dominate the chancellorship until the 16th century. In 1529, after Cardinal Thomas Wolsey, who was Lord Chancellor and Archbishop of York, was dismissed for failing to procure the annulment of Henry VIII's marriage to Catherine of Aragon…
Portrait at Trinity College, Cambridge, c. 1585–1596
Portrait at Trinity College, Cambridge, c. 1585–1596
Thomas Wolsey by an unknown artist c. 1520 held in the National Portrait Gallery, London
Thomas Wolsey by an unknown artist c. 1520 held in the National Portrait Gallery, London
Queen Catherine of Aragon, by an unknown artist
Queen Catherine of Aragon, by an unknown artist