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{{Short description|Lead minister of His Majesty's Treasury}}
The '''Chancellor of the Exchequer''' is the ancient title held by the British cabinet minister whose responsibilities are akin to the posts of ''Minister for Finance'' or ''Secretary of the Treasury'' in other jurisdictions. The third oldest major state office in English and ]<sup>1</sup> history, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, (often simply called ''The Chancellor'') is the cabinet minister responsible for all financial matters. Historically the ] included monetary policy as well as fiscal policy, but this ended when the ] was granted independence from government in ]. One of the Chancellor's key roles involves the framing of the annual "Budget", which is revealed in a speech to the ]. Traditionally the budget speech was delivered on a ] (although not always) in March, as Britain's ''tax year'' follows the ]. From 1993 the Budget was merged with the annual 'Autumn Statment' which outlined government spending and the Budget was moved to ]. The ], ], ] and ] Budgets were delivered on a ].
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The '''chancellor of the exchequer''', often abbreviated to '''chancellor''',<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2016/07/13/who-is-philip-hammond-britains-new-chancellor-and-what-are-like/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2016/07/13/who-is-philip-hammond-britains-new-chancellor-and-what-are-like/ |archive-date=11 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Who is Philip Hammond, Britain's new Chancellor, and what are likely to be his first steps?|first=Ben|last=Martin|newspaper=The Telegraph|date=13 July 2016|via=www.telegraph.co.uk}}{{cbignore}}</ref> is a senior ] within the ], and ]. As one of the four ], the chancellor is a high-ranking member of the ].
The holder of the office of Chancellor is ''ex-officio'' '''Second Lord of the Treasury'''. As Second Lord, his official residence in Number 11 ] in ], next door to the residence of the ] (a post usually though not always held by the ]), who resides in 10 ]. While in the past both houses were private residences, today they serve as interlinked offices, with the occupant living in a small apartment made from attic rooms previously resided in by servants. In 1997, the current First and Second Lords, ] and ], swapped apartments, as the Chancellor's apartment in No. 11 was bigger and thus better suited to the needs of Blair (who had children) than Brown who was at that stage unmarried. So though no 11 is still ''officially'' Browne's residence, he actually residences in the apartment in the attic of No. 10, with Blair though ''officially'' residing in No. 10 actually lives in the attic apartment of No. 11.


Responsible for all economic and financial matters, the role is equivalent to that of a ] in other countries. The chancellor is now always '''second lord of the Treasury''' as one of at least six ], responsible for executing the office of the ]{{snd}} the others are the prime minister and Commons government whips. In the 18th and early 19th centuries, it was common for the prime minister also to serve as Chancellor of the Exchequer if he sat in the Commons; the last Chancellor who was simultaneously prime minister and Chancellor of the Exchequer was ] in 1923. Formerly, in cases when the chancellorship was vacant, the ] would act as chancellor ''pro tempore''.<ref></ref> The last lord chief justice to serve in this way was ] in 1834.
The Chancellor is also obliged to be a member of the Privy Council, and thus is ] the ] (Rt. Hon.)


The chancellor is the third-oldest major state office in ] and ] history, and in recent times has come to be the most powerful office in British politics after the prime minister. It originally carried responsibility for the ], the medieval English institution for the collection and auditing of royal revenues. The earliest surviving ] which are the results of the exchequer's audit date from 1129 to 1130 under King ] and show continuity from previous years.<ref name="Chrimes62">Chrimes, ''Administrative History'', pp. 62–63.</ref> The chancellor has oversight of ], therefore of ] and ] across ]. It previously controlled ] as well until 1997, when the ] was granted independent control of its interest rates.
The Chancellor's department is officially called the ] where she/he is supported by a political team of four junior ministers and by permanent Civil Servants. The most important junior minister is the ] to whom the negotiations with other government departments on the details of government spending are delegated.


Since 1718, all chancellors of the exchequer, except at times the ] as interim holders, have been ], with ] being the last chancellor from the ].


The office holder works alongside the other ] and the ]. The corresponding ] is the ], and the chancellor is also scrutinised by the ] and the ].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.itv.com/news/update/2012-03-27/george-osborne-gives-evidence-on-budget-to-the-treasury-select-committee/ |title=George Osborne gives evidence on Budget to the Treasury Select Committee |work=ITV.COM |access-date=25 April 2022 |quote=Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne gives evidence to the Treasury Select Committee.}}</ref>
List of Holders of the Office since 1559:


The current chancellor is ].
*Sir ] 1559-1589

*] 1589-1603
== Second Lord of the Treasury ==
*Sir ] (1605) 1603-1606
The holder of the office of chancellor of the exchequer is '']'' second lord of the Treasury as a ] exercising the ancient office of ].<ref name=Sainty>{{cite book |last1=Sainty |first1=John Christopher |title=Office-Holders in Modern Britain: Volume 1, Treasury Officials 1660–1870 |date=1972 |publisher=University of London |location=London |isbn=0485171414 |pages=16–25 |url=https://www.british-history.ac.uk/office-holders/vol1/pp16-25 |access-date=19 October 2021}}</ref> As second lord, her official residence is ] in London, next door to the residence of the ] (a title that has for many years been held by the ]), who resides in ]. While in the past both houses were private residences, today they serve as interlinked offices, with the occupant living in an apartment made from attic rooms previously resided in by servants.
*Sir Julius Caesar 1606-1614

*Sir ] 1614-1621
Since 1827, the chancellor has always simultaneously held the office of second lord of the Treasury when that person has not also been the prime minister.
*Sir ] 1621-1628

*], 1st Lord Barrett of Newburgh 1628-1629
==Roles and responsibilities==
*], 1st Lord Cottington (1631) 1629-1642
A previous chancellor, ], described the office in the following terms in the House of Commons, on 11 April 1870: "The Chancellor of the Exchequer is a man whose duties make him more or less of a taxing machine. He is entrusted with a certain amount of misery which it is his duty to distribute as fairly as he can."
*Sir ] 1642-1643

*Sir ] 1643-1646
===Fiscal policy===
*] 1661-1672
The chancellor has considerable control over other departments as it is the Treasury that sets Departmental Expenditure Limits. The amount of power this gives to an individual chancellor depends on their personal forcefulness, their status within their party and their relationship with the prime minister. ], who became chancellor when Labour came into Government in 1997, had a large personal power base in the party. Perhaps as a result, ] chose to keep him in the same position throughout his ten years as prime minister; making Brown an unusually dominant figure and the longest-serving chancellor since the Reform Act of 1832.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Gordon Brown: Chancellor of the Exchequer |url=http://www.experiencefestival.com/a/Gordon_Brown_-_Chancellor_of_the_Exchequer/id/1434949 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121102215246/http://www.experiencefestival.com/a/Gordon_Brown_-_Chancellor_of_the_Exchequer/id/1434949 |archive-date=2 November 2012 |access-date=2 May 2010 |website=Encyclopedia II |publisher=Experiencefestival.com }}</ref> This has strengthened a pre-existing trend towards the chancellor occupying a clear second position among government ministers, elevated above their traditional peers, the ] and ].
*Sir ] 1672-1676

*Sir ] 1676-1689
One part of the chancellor's key roles involves the framing of the annual year ]. As of 2017, the first is the ], also known as ] which forecasts government spending in the next financial year and also announces new financial measures. The second is a ], also known as a "mini-Budget". Britain's ] has retained the old ] end of year: 24 March (Old Style) / 5 April (New Style, i.e. Gregorian). From 1993, the Budget was in spring, preceded by an annual autumn statement. This was then called ]. The Autumn Statement usually took place in November or December. The 1997, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2006, ], ], ] and ]s were all delivered on a Wednesday, summarised in a speech to the ].
*] 1689-1690

*] 1690-1694
The budget is a state secret until the chancellor reveals it in the speech given to Parliament. ], on his way to giving the budget speech in 1947, inadvertently blurted out key details to a newspaper reporter, and they appeared in print before he made his speech. Dalton was forced to resign.<ref>Ben Pimlott, ''Hugh Dalton'' (1985) pp 524–48.</ref>
*] 1694-1699

*John Smith 1699-1701
===Monetary policy===
*] 1701-1708
Although the ] is responsible for setting interest rates, the chancellor also plays an important part in the monetary policy structure. They set the inflation target which the Bank must set interest rates to meet. Under the ] the chancellor has the power of appointment of four out of nine members of the Bank's ] – the so-called 'external' members. They also have a high level of influence over the appointment of the Bank's Governor and Deputy Governors, and has the right of consultation over the appointment of the two remaining MPC members from within the Bank.<ref>{{Cite web |date=6 May 1997 |title=Monetary Policy &#124; Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) &#124; Framework |url=http://www.bankofengland.co.uk/monetarypolicy/framework.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100508103201/http://www.bankofengland.co.uk/monetarypolicy/framework.htm |archive-date=8 May 2010 |access-date=2 May 2010 |publisher=Bank of England }}</ref> The Act also provides that the Government has the power to give instructions to the Bank on interest rates for a limited period in extreme circumstances. This power has never been officially used.
*John Smith 1708-1710

*] 1710-1711
===Ministerial arrangements===
*] 1711-1713
At ] the chancellor is supported by a political team of four junior ministers and by permanent ]. The most important junior minister is the ], a member of the Cabinet, to whom the negotiations with other government departments on the details of government spending are delegated, followed by the ], the ] and the ]. Whilst not continuously in use, there can also be appointed a ] and an ]. Two other officials are given the title of a ], although neither is a government minister in the Treasury: the ] is the Government ] in the ]; the ] is not a ] but the senior civil servant in the Treasury.
*Sir ] 1713-1714

*Sir ] 1714-1715
The chancellor is obliged to be a member of the ], and thus is ] the ] (Rt. Hon.). Because the ] is excluded from financial matters by tradition confirmed by the ], the office is effectively limited to members of the House of Commons; apart from the occasions when the ] has acted as interim Chancellor. The last peer to hold the office was ] (created Earl of Warrington shortly after leaving office) from 9 April 1689 to 18 March 1690. The chancellor holds the formerly independent office of ] as a subsidiary office.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Owen |first=James |date=19 December 2012 |title=Sir Isaac Newton – did you know? |url=http://blog.royalmint.com/sir-isaac-newton-did-you-know-this-about-him/ |access-date=6 June 2017 |publisher=The Royal Mint |archive-date=1 June 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170601112601/http://blog.royalmint.com/sir-isaac-newton-did-you-know-this-about-him/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*] 1715-1717

*], 1st Viscount Stanhope (1717) 1717-1718
==Perquisites of the office==
*] 1718-1721

*Sir ] 1721
===Official residence===
*] 1721-1741
The chancellor of the Exchequer has no official London residence as such but since 1828 in their role as Second Lord of the Treasury they live in the second lord's official residence, No. ].<ref>{{Cite web |title=History of Number 11 Downing Street |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/history/11-downing-street |access-date=16 October 2014 |publisher=UK Government}}</ref> In 1997, the then first and second Lords, ] and ] respectively, swapped apartments, as the chancellor's larger apartment in No. 11 better accommodated Blair's substantial family (besides himself and his wife, he had three children under 18 upon taking office, and a fourth was born in 2000); meanwhile, Brown was then unmarried and had no children.
*] 1741-1742

*] 1742-1743
===Dorneywood===
*] 1743-1754
{{Main|Dorneywood}}
*] 1754-1761

*] 1761-1762
Dorneywood is the summer residence that is traditionally made available to the chancellor, though it is the prime minister who ultimately decides who may use it. ], on becoming chancellor in 1997, refused to use it and the house, which is set in {{convert|215|acre|ha}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Local History |url=http://www.burnhamparish.gov.uk/local_history.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111001081608/http://www.burnhamparish.gov.uk/local_history.htm |archive-date=1 October 2011 |publisher=Burnham Parish Council }}</ref> of parkland, was allocated to ] ]. In 2007, it reverted to the then-chancellor, ].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article2532776.ece|title=Reluctant Chancellor makes a move to keep his mansion out of reach|access-date=24 March 2010|archive-date=5 June 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110605000042/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article2532776.ece|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*] 1762-1763

*] 1763-1765
===Budget box===
*] 1765-1766
]
*] 1766-1767
The chancellor traditionally carries his or her ] to the House of Commons in a particular ]. The so-called ‘Budget Box’ is identical to the cases used by all other government ministers (known as ministerial boxes or "despatch boxes") to transport their official papers, but is better known because the chancellor traditionally displays the box, containing the budget speech, to the press before leaving 11 Downing Street for the House of Commons.
*Frederick, ] 1767-1782

*] 1782
The original budget box was first used by ] in 1853 and continued in use until 1965 when ] was the first chancellor to break with tradition when he used a newer box. Prior to Gladstone, a generic red despatch box of varying design and specification was used. The practice is said to have begun in the late 16th century, when Queen ]'s representative ] presented the Spanish Ambassador, ], with a specially constructed red briefcase filled with ]s.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/uk-news/what-budget-box-red-21981804|title=What is the Budget Box? Why is it red?|date=27 October 2021|newspaper=Birmingham Mail|access-date=4 February 2022}}</ref>
*] 1782-1783

*] 1783
In July 1997, Gordon Brown became the second chancellor to use a new box for the Budget. Made by industrial trainees at Babcock Rosyth Defence Ltd ship and submarine dockyard in Fife, the new box is made of yellow pine, with a brass handle and lock, covered in scarlet leather and embossed with the Royal cypher and crest and the chancellor's title. In his ], in March 2008, Alistair Darling reverted to using the original budget box and his successor, George Osborne, continued this tradition for his first budget, before announcing that it would be retired due to its fragile condition.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.theguardian.com/uk/2011/mar/21/budget-chancellors-red-box|title=Bye-bye budget box, hello backpack|date=21 March 2011|website=The Guardian}}</ref> The key to the original budget box has been lost.<ref>{{cite book |first=Alistair |last=Darling |title=Back from the Brink |year=2011}}</ref>
*] 1783-1801

*] 1801-1804
===Budget tipple===
*] 1804-1806
By tradition, the chancellor has been allowed to drink whatever they wish while making the annual budget speech to Parliament. This includes alcohol, which is otherwise banned under parliamentary rules.
*Henry, ] 1806-1807

*] 1807-1812
Previous chancellors have opted for whisky (]), gin and tonic (]), brandy and water (] and ]), spritzer (]) and sherry and beaten egg (]).<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Budget and Parliament |url=https://www.parliament.uk/about/how/role/check-and-approve-government-spending-and-taxation/the-budget-and-parliament/ |access-date=2024-12-12 |website=www.parliament.uk |language=en}}</ref>
*] 1812-1823

*] 1823-1827
The chancellors after Clarke, ], ], ] and ],<ref>{{Cite news |last=Lydall |first=Ross |date=6 March 2008 |title=Chancellor names his preferred Budget tipple&nbsp;– a glass of plain London tap water |work=The Scotsman |url=http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/politics/Chancellor--names-his-preferred.3848558.jp |access-date=2 May 2010}}</ref> opted for water. In fact Darling drank what was named "Standard Water" in reference to, and support of, the London ''Evening Standard'' newspaper's campaign to have plain tap water available in restaurants at no charge to customers.<ref name="test">{{Cite web |last=Murphy |first=Joe |date=5 March 2008 |title=Darling chooses tap water for Budget Day to support Standard campaign |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/darling-chooses-tap-water-for-budget-day-to-support-standard-campaign-6636142.html |access-date=9 February 2012 |website=London Evening Standard}}</ref>
*] 1827

*] 1827-1828
===Robe of office===
*] 1828-1830
The chancellor, as ], has a robe of office,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/news-photo/november-sir-john-anderson-the-chancellor-of-the-exchequer-news-photo/79028205|title=November, 1943. Sir John Anderson, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, wearing traditional robes and holding his red budget box. |website=Getty Images |access-date=18 February 2015|archive-date=18 February 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150218121135/http://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/news-photo/november-sir-john-anderson-the-chancellor-of-the-exchequer-news-photo/79028205|url-status=dead}}</ref> similar to that of the lord chancellor (as seen in several of the portraits depicted below). In recent times, it has only regularly been worn at ], but some chancellors (at least until the 1990s) have also worn it when attending the ] as Master of the Mint. According to George Osborne, the robe (dating from Gladstone's time in office, and worn by the likes of ] and ])<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://nttreasurehunt.wordpress.com/2012/12/04/politics-roses-and-butterflies/getmedia-2/|title=Portrait of Churchill in the robes of wearing his robes as Chancellor of the Exchequer, by John Singer Sargent, 1929. © National Trust Collections|date=4 December 2012}}</ref> 'went missing' during Gordon Brown's time as chancellor.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Vina |first=Gonzalo |date=10 December 2010 |title=www.bloomberg.com |work=Bloomberg |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2010-12-10/iconic-red-budget-box-has-been-locked-and-empty-for-years-osborne-says}}</ref>
*John Spencer, ] 1830-1834

*Sir ] 1834-1835
==List of chancellors of the exchequer==
*] 1835-1839

*Sir ] 1839-1841
=== England ({{Circa|1221}} – {{Circa|1558}}) ===
*] 1841-1846
{{Incomplete list|date=January 2011}}
*Sir ] 1846-1852

*] 1852
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
*] 1852-1855
|- style="height:1em"
*Sir ] 1855-1858
! colspan=2 | Chancellor of the Exchequer
*] 1858-1859
! colspan=2 | Term of office
*] 1859-1866
! colspan=2 | Monarch<br/>{{Small|(Reign)}}
*] 1866-1868

*] 1868
|- style="height:1em"
*] 1868-1873
| ]
*] 1873-1874
| ''']'''<br/>{{Small|]}}
*Sir ] 1874-1880
| {{Circa|1221}}
*] 1880-1882
| {{N/a}}
*] 1882-1885
! scope=row rowspan=11 style="text-align:center" | ''']'''<br/>]<br/>{{Small|(])}}
*Sir ] 1885-1886

*] 1886
|- style="height:1em"
*] 1886-1887
| ]
*] 1887-1892
| ''']'''<br/>{{Small|]}}
*Sir ] 1892-1895
| {{Circa|1234}}
*Sir ] 1895-1902
| {{N/a}}
*] 1902-1903

*] 1903-1905
|- style="height:1em"
*] 1905-1908
|
*] 1908-1915
| ]
*] 1915-1916
| colspan=2 | before 1248
*] 1916-1919

*] 1919-1921
|- style="height:1em"
*Sir ] 1921-1922
|
*] 1922-1923
| ]
*] 1923-1924
| 1248
*] 1924
| {{N/a}}
*] 1924-1929

*] 1929-1931
|- style="height:1em"
*] 1931-1937
|
*Sir ] 1937-1940
| ]
*Sir ] 1940-1943
| colspan=2 | before 1263
*Sir ] 1943-1945

*] 1945-1947
|- style="height:1em"
*] 1947-1950
| ]
*] 1950-1951
| ''']'''<br/>{{Small|]{{Refn|Served until 1264.|group=1221}}}}
*] 1951-1955
| 1263
*] 1955-1957
| 1265
*] 1957-1958

*] 1958-1960
|- style="height:1em"
*] 1960-1962
| ]
*] 1962-1964
| ''']'''<br/>{{Small|]}}
*] 1964-1967
| 1265
*] 1967-1970
| 1266
*] 1970

*] 1970-1974
|- style="height:1em"
*] 1974-1979
| ]
*Sir ] 1979-1983
| ''']'''<br/>{{Small|]}}
*] 1983-1989
| 1266
*] 1989-1990
| 1268
*] 1990-1993

*] 1993-1997
|- style="height:1em"
*] 1997-
| ]
| ''']'''<br/>{{Small|]}}
| 1268
| 1269

|- style="height:1em"
| ]
| ''']'''<br/>{{Small|]}}
| 1269
| 1272{{Ref|Died|†}}

|- style="height:1em"
| rowspan=2 |
| ]
| colspan=2 rowspan=2 | before 1283

|- style="height:1em"
| ]
! scope=row rowspan=3 style="text-align:center" | ''']'''<br/>]<br/>{{Small|(1272–1307)}}

|- style="height:1em"
|
| ]
| 1283
| 1305

|- style="height:1em"
| ]
| ''']'''<br/>{{Small|]}}
| 1305
| 1306

|- style="height:1em"
| ]
| ''']'''<br/>{{Small|]}}
| class=nowrap | {{Small|{{Circa|July}}}}<br/>1307
| 1308
! scope=row rowspan=6 style="text-align:center" | ''']'''<br/>]<br/>{{Small|(1307–1327)}}

|- style="height:1em"
|
| ]
| 1309
| 1312

|- style="height:1em"
| ]
| ]<br/>{{Small|]}}
| 1312
| 1316

|- style="height:1em"
| ]
| ''']'''
| 1316
| {{Circa|1323}}

|- style="height:1em"
| ]
| ''']'''<br/>{{Small|]}}
| 1323
| {{Circa|1324}}

|- style="height:1em"
| ]
| ''']'''<br/>{{Small|]}}
| 1324
| class=nowrap | {{Small|{{Circa|January}}}}<br/>1327

|- style="height:1em"
| ]
| ''']'''
| class=nowrap | {{Small|{{Circa|January}}}}<br/>1327
| 1330
! scope=row rowspan=7 style="text-align:center" | ''']'''<br/>]<br/>{{Small|(1327–1377)}}<br/>{{Refn|] served as Regent of England during the minority of Edward III.|group=1221}}

|- style="height:1em"
| ]
| ''']'''
| 1330
| 1331

|- style="height:1em"
| ]
| ''']'''<br/>{{Small|]}}
| 1331
| 1334

|- style="height:1em"
|
| ]
| {{Circa|1338}}
| {{N/a}}

|- style="height:1em"
|
| ]
| 1341
| {{N/a}}

|- style="height:1em"
|
| ]<br/>{{Small|]}}
| 1363
| {{N/a}}

|- style="height:1em"
| ]
| ''']'''
| 1375
| class=nowrap | {{Small|{{Circa|June}}}}<br/>1377

|- style="height:1em"
|
| ]
| class=nowrap | {{Small|{{Circa|June}}}}<br/>1377
| class=nowrap | {{Small|{{Circa|September}}}}<br/>1399
! scope=row style="text-align:center" | ''']'''<br/>]<br/>{{Small|(1377–1399)}}

|- style="height:1em"
| style="border: none" rowspan=2 | ]
| rowspan=3 | ''']'''<br/>{{Small|MP for ]}}
| rowspan=3 | 1410
| rowspan=3 | 1437
! scope=row style="text-align:center" | ''']'''<br/>]<br/>{{Small|(1399–1413)}}
|- style="height:1em"
! scope=row style="text-align:center" | ''']'''<br/>]<br/>{{Small|(1413–1422)}}
|- style="height:1em"
| style="border: none" |{{Zwsp}}
! rowspan=4 scope=row style="text-align:center" | ''']'''<br/>]<br/>{{Small|(1422–1461)}}<br/>{{Refn|The ] led by the Regency Council governed England during the minority of Henry VI.|group=1221}}

|- style="height:1em"
| ]
| ''']'''
| 1441
| 1447

|- style="height:1em"
| ]
| ]<br/>{{Small|MP for ]}}
| 1440?
| 1450?

|- style="height:1em"
| ]
| ''']'''
| 1454
| {{N/a}}

|- style="height:1em"
| ]
| ''']'''
| class=nowrap | {{Small|{{Circa|March}}}}<br/>1461
| {{N/a}}
! scope=row rowspan=3 style="text-align:center" | ''']'''<br/>]<br/>{{Small|(1461–1470)}}

|- style="height:1em"
| ]
| ''']'''
| 1465
| 1469

|- style="height:1em"
| style="border: none" |{{Zwsp}}
| rowspan=2 | ]
| rowspan=2 | 1469
| class=nowrap rowspan=2 | {{Small|{{Circa|April}}}}<br/>1471
|- style="height:1em"
| style="border: none" |
! scope=row style="text-align:center" | ''']'''<br/>]<br/>{{Small|(1470–1471)}}

|- style="height:1em"
| ]
| ''']'''<br/>{{Small|]}}
| class=nowrap | {{Small|{{Circa|April}}}}<br/>1471
| class=nowrap | {{Small|{{Circa|April}}}}<br/>1483
! scope=row style="text-align:center" | ''']'''<br/>]<br/>{{Small|(1471–1483)}}
|- style="height:1em"
| rowspan=2 | ]
| rowspan=2 | ''']'''<br/>{{Small|]}}
| class=nowrap rowspan=2 | {{Small|{{Circa|April}}}}<br/>1483
| rowspan=2 | {{Circa|1484}}
! scope=row style="text-align:center" | ''']'''<br/>]<br/>{{Small|(])}}<br/>{{Refn|The ] served as Regent of England during the reign of Edward V.|group=1221}}
|- style="height:1em"
! scope=row style="text-align:center" | ''']'''<br/>]<br/>{{Small|(1483–1485)}}

|- style="height:1em"
| style="border: none" | ]
| rowspan=2 | ''']'''<br/>{{Small|]{{Refn|Served until 1488.|group=1221}}}}
| rowspan=2 class=nowrap | {{Small|{{Circa|August}}}}<br/>1485
| rowspan=2 | 1524
! scope=row style="text-align:center" | ''']'''<br/>]<br/>{{Small|(])}}
|- style="height:1em"
| style="border: none" |{{Zwsp}}
! rowspan=5 scope=row style="text-align:center" | ''']'''<br/>]<br/>{{Small|(1509–1547)}}<br/>{{Refn|] served as Regent of England during the minority of Henry VIII.|group=1221}}

|- style="height:1em"
| ]
| ]
| 1524
| 1533?

|- style="height:1em"
| ]
| ]<br/>]
| class=nowrap | {{Small|12 April}}<br/>1533
| class=nowrap | {{Small|10 June}}<br/>1540

|- style="height:1em"
| style="border: none" |{{Zwsp}}
| rowspan=4 | ]<br/>{{Small|MP for ]}}
| rowspan=4 | 1545
| class=nowrap rowspan=4 | {{Small|{{Circa|November}}}}<br/>1558
|- style="height:1em"
| style="border: none" rowspan=3 | ]
|- style="height:1em"
! scope=row style="text-align:center" | ''']'''<br/>]<br/>{{Small|(1547–1553)}}<br/>{{Refn|The ] and ] served as Regent of England successively during the reign of Edward VI.|group=1221}}
|- style="height:1em"
! scope=row style="text-align:center" | ''']'''<br/>]<br/>{{Small|(1553–1558)}}

|}

{{Refbegin}}
: {{Note|Died|†}} Died in office.
{{Refend}}
{{Reflist|group=1221}}

=== England ({{Circa|1558}} – 1708) ===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
! colspan=2 | Chancellor of the Exchequer{{Efn|Including constituencies for ].|name="Name"}}
! colspan=2 | Term of office
! colspan=2 | Monarch<br/>{{Small|(Reign)}}

|- style="height:1em"
| ]
| ]<ref name="gov.uk">{{Cite web |title=Past Chancellors of the Exchequer |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/history/past-chancellors |access-date=7 September 2017 |website=] |publisher=Government of the United Kingdom}}</ref><br/>{{Small|MP for ]}}
| class=nowrap | {{Small|February}}<br/>1559
| class=nowrap | {{Small|21 April}}<br/>1566{{Ref|Died|†}}
! scope=row colspan=2 rowspan=3 style="text-align:center" | ''']'''<br/>]<br/>{{Small|(])}}

|- style="height:1em"
| ]
| ''']'''{{R|gov.uk}}<br/>{{Small|MP for ]}}
| class=nowrap | 1566
| class=nowrap | {{Small|31 May}}<br/>1589{{Ref|Died|†}}

|- style="height:1em"
| ]
| ''']'''{{R|gov.uk}}<br/>{{Smalldiv|{{Longitem|MP for ]{{Refn|Served until 1589 during the ].|group=1558}} →]{{Refn|Served from 1601 prior to the ].|group=1558}}}}}}
| 1589
| 1603

|- style="height:1em"
| ]
| ]{{R|gov.uk}}
| class=nowrap | {{Small|24 May}}<br/>1603
| class=nowrap | {{Small|April}}<br/>1606
! scope=row colspan=2 rowspan=4 style="text-align:center" | ''']'''<br/>]<br/>{{Small|(])}}

|- style="height:1em"
| ]
| ]{{R|gov.uk}}<br/>{{Small|MP for ]}}
| class=nowrap | {{Small|11 April}}<br/>1606
| class=nowrap | 1614

|- style="height:1em"
| ]
| ]{{R|gov.uk}}<br/>{{Small|MP for ]{{Refn|Served during the ] in 1621.|group=1558}}}}
| class=nowrap | {{Small|15 October}}<br/>1614
| class=nowrap | 1621

|- style="height:1em"
| rowspan=2 | ]
| rowspan=2 | ]{{R|gov.uk}}<br/>{{Small|MP for 7 constituencies successively}}
| rowspan=2 | {{Small|29 January}}<br/>1621
| rowspan=2 | {{Small|15 July}}<br/>1628
|- style="height:1em"
! scope=row colspan=2 rowspan=5 style="text-align:center" | ''']'''<br/>]<br/>{{Small|(])}}

|- style="height:1em"
| ]
| ]{{R|gov.uk}}
| class=nowrap | {{Small|14 August}}<br/>1628
| class=nowrap | 1629

|- style="height:1em"
| ]
| ]{{R|gov.uk}}
| class=nowrap | {{Small|18 April}}<br/>1629
| class=nowrap | {{Small|6 January}}<br/>1642

|- style="height:1em"
| ]
| ]{{R|gov.uk}}<br/>{{Small|MP for ]}}
| class=nowrap | {{Small|6 January}}<br/>1642
| class=nowrap | {{Small|22 February}}<br/>1643

|- style="height:1em"
| ]
| ]{{R|gov.uk}}
| class=nowrap | {{Small|February}}<br/>1643
| class=nowrap | 1646

|- style="height:1em"
! colspan=7 | Vacancy during the ]

|- style="height:1em"
! colspan=2 | Chancellor of the Exchequer{{Efn|name="Name"}}
! colspan=2 | Term of office
! Ministry
! Monarch<br/>{{Small|(Reign)}}

|- style="height:1em"
| ]
| ]{{R|gov.uk}}
| class=nowrap | 1660
| class=nowrap | {{Small|13 May}}<br/>1661
| rowspan=2 | ]
! scope=row style="text-align:center" rowspan=8 | ''']'''<br/>]<br/>{{Small|(])}}

|- style="height:1em"
| rowspan=2 | ]
| rowspan=2 | ]{{R|gov.uk}}
| rowspan=2 class=nowrap | {{Small|13 May}}<br/>1661
| rowspan=2 class=nowrap | {{Small|22 November}}<br/>1672
|- style="height:1em"
| rowspan=2 | ]

|- style="height:1em"
| rowspan=2 | ]
| rowspan=2 | ]{{R|gov.uk}}<br/>{{Small|MP for ]}}
| rowspan=2 class=nowrap | {{Small|22 November}}<br/>1672
| rowspan=2 class=nowrap | {{Small|2 May}}<br/>1676
|- style="height:1em"
| rowspan=2 | ]

|- style="height:1em"
| style="border:none" |{{Zwsp}}
| rowspan=5 | ''']'''{{R|gov.uk}}<br/>{{Small|MP for 4 constituencies successively}}
| rowspan=5 class=nowrap | {{Small|2 May}}<br/>1676
| rowspan=5 class=nowrap | {{Small|9 April}}<br/>1689
|- style="height:1em"
| style="border: none" |
| ]
|- style="height:1em"
| style="border: none" |{{Zwsp}}
| rowspan=3 | ]
|- style="height:1em"
| style="border: none" |
! scope=row style="text-align:center" | ''']'''<br/>]<br/>{{Small|(1685–])}}
|- style="height:1em"
| style="border: none" |{{Zwsp}}
! rowspan=4 scope=row style="text-align:center" | ''']'''<br/>&<br/>''']'''<br/>]<br/>{{Small|(1689–1694)}}

|- style="height:1em"
| ]
| ]{{R|gov.uk}}
| class=nowrap | {{Small|9 April}}<br/>1689
| class=nowrap | {{Small|18 March}}<br/>1690
| ]

|- style="height:1em"
| ]
| ''']'''{{R|gov.uk}}<br/>{{Small|MP for ]}}
| class=nowrap | {{Small|18 March}}<br/>1690
| class=nowrap | {{Small|10 May}}<br/>1694
| ]

|- style="height:1em"
| rowspan=2 | ]
| rowspan=2 | ]{{R|gov.uk}}<br/>{{Smalldiv|{{Longitem|MP for ] → ]{{Refn|Elected to a new constituency in the ].|group=1558}}}}}}
| class=nowrap rowspan=2 | {{Small|10 May}}<br/>1694
| class=nowrap rowspan=2 | {{Small|31 May}}<br/>1699
| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Whigs}} | ]
|- style="height:1em"
! rowspan=3 scope=row style="text-align:center" | ''']'''<br/>]<br/>{{Small|(1694–1702)}}

|- style="height:1em"
| ]
| ]{{R|gov.uk}}<br/>{{Small|MP for ]}}
| class=nowrap | {{Small|31 May}}<br/>1699
| class=nowrap | {{Small|23 March}}<br/>1701
| rowspan=2 | ]

|- style="height:1em"
| style="border: none" | {{Zwsp}}
| rowspan=2 | ]{{R|gov.uk}}<br/>{{Smalldiv|{{Longitem|MP for ] → ]{{Refn|Elected to a new constituency in the ].|group=1558}}}}}}
| rowspan=2 class=nowrap | {{Small|27 March}}<br/>1701
| rowspan=2 class=nowrap | {{Small|22 April}}<br/>1708
|- style="height:1em"
| style="border: none" | ]
| {{Party shading/Coalition (UK)}} | ]<br/>{{Small|('']–]'')}}
! style="text-align:center" | ]<br/>]<br/>{{Small|(1702–1714)}}

|}

{{Reflist|group=1558}}

=== Great Britain (1708–1817) ===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
! colspan=3 | Chancellor of the Exchequer{{Efn|name="Name"}}
! colspan=2 | Term of office
! Party
! Ministry
! Monarch<br/>{{Small|(Reign)}}

|- style="height:1em"
| style="background-color:{{Party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" |
| ]
| ]{{R|gov.uk}}<br/>{{Small|MP for ]}}
| class=nowrap | {{Small|22 April}}<br/>1708
| class=nowrap | {{Small|11 August}}<br/>1710
| {{Party shading/Whigs}} | ]
| {{Party shading/Coalition (UK)}} | ]<br/>{{Small|('']–]'')}}
! scope=row style="text-align:center" rowspan=4 | ''']'''<br/>]<br/>{{Small|(1702–1714)}}

|- style="height:1em"
| style="background-color:{{Party color|Tories (British political party)}}" |
| ]
| ]{{R|gov.uk}}<br/>{{Small|MP for ]}}
| class=nowrap | {{Small|11 August}}<br/>1710
| class=nowrap | {{Small|4 June}}<br/>1711
| {{Party shading/Tories}} | ]
| {{Party shading/Tories}} rowspan=4 | ]

|- style="height:1em"
| style="background-color:{{Party color|Tories (British political party)}}" |
| ]
| ]{{R|gov.uk}}<br/>{{Small|MP for ]}}
| class=nowrap | {{Small|4 June}}<br/>1711
| class=nowrap | {{Small|21 August}}<br/>1713
| {{Party shading/Tories}} | ]

|- style="height:1em"
| style="background-color:{{Party color|Tories (British political party)}}; border-bottom:none" |
| rowspan=2 | ]
| rowspan=2 | ]{{R|gov.uk}}<br/>{{Small|MP for ]}}
| class=nowrap rowspan=2 | {{Small|21 August}}<br/>1713
| class=nowrap rowspan=2 | {{Small|13 October}}<br/>1714
| {{Party shading/Tories}} rowspan=2 | ]

|- style="height:1em"
| style="background-color:{{Party color|Tories (British political party)}}; border-top:none" |
! scope=row style="text-align:center" rowspan=7 | ''']'''<br/>]<br/>{{Small|(])}}<br/>{{Refn|] served as Regent of Great Britain from 1 August to 18 September 1714.|group=1708}}

|- style="height:1em"
| style="background-color:{{Party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" |
| ]
| ]{{R|gov.uk}}<br/>{{Small|MP for ]}}
| class=nowrap | {{Small|13 October}}<br/>1714
| class=nowrap | {{Small|12 October}}<br/>1715
| {{Party shading/Whigs}} | ]
| {{Party shading/Whigs}} rowspan=2 | ]

|- style="height:1em"
| style="background-color:{{Party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" |
| ]
| ''']'''{{R|gov.uk}}<br/>{{Small|MP for ]}}
| class=nowrap | {{Small|12 October}}<br/>1715
| class=nowrap | {{Small|15 April}}<br/>1717
| {{Party shading/Whigs}} | ]

|- style="height:1em"
| style="background-color:{{Party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" |
| ]
| ]{{R|gov.uk}}
| class=nowrap | {{Small|15 April}}<br/>1717
| class=nowrap | {{Small|20 March}}<br/>1718
| {{Party shading/Whigs}} | ]
| {{Party shading/Whigs}} | ]

|- style="height:1em"
| style="background-color:{{Party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" |
| ]
| ''']'''{{R|gov.uk}}<br/>{{Small|MP for ]}}
| class=nowrap | {{Small|20 March}}<br/>1718
| class=nowrap | {{Small|23 January}}<br/>1721
| {{Party shading/Whigs}} | ]
| {{Party shading/Whigs}} rowspan=2| ]

|- style="height:1em"
| style="background-color:{{Party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" |
| ]
| ]{{R|gov.uk}}<br/>{{Small|] (''interim'')}}
| class=nowrap | ''{{Small|2 February}}<br/>1721''
| class=nowrap | ''{{Small|3 April}}<br/>1721''
| {{Party shading/Whigs}} | ]

|- style="height:1em"
| height=20 style="background-color:{{Party color|Whigs (British political party)}}; border-bottom: none" |
| rowspan=3 | ]
| rowspan=3 class=nowrap | ]{{R|gov.uk}}<br/>MP for ]{{Refn|Elevated to the ] on 6 February 1742.|group=1708}}
| rowspan=3 class=nowrap | {{Small|3 April}}<br/>1721
| rowspan=3 class=nowrap | {{Small|12 February}}<br/>1742
| rowspan=3 {{Party shading/Whigs}} | ]
| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Whigs}} | ]

|- style="height:1em"
| height=20 style="background-color:{{Party color|Whigs (British political party)}}; border: none" |
! scope=row style="text-align:center" rowspan=12 | ''']'''<br/>]<br/>{{Small|(1727–1760)}}

|- style="height:1em"
| height=20 style="background-color:{{Party color|Whigs (British political party)}}; border: none" |
| {{Party shading/Whigs}} | ]

|- style="height:1em"
| style="background-color:{{Party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" |
| ]
| ]{{R|gov.uk}}<br/>{{Small|MP for ]}}
| class=nowrap | {{Small|12 February}}<br/>1742
| class=nowrap | {{Small|12 December}}<br/>1743
| {{Party shading/Whigs}} | ]
| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Whigs}} | ]

|- style="height:1em"
| style="background-color:{{Party color|Whigs (British political party)}}; border:none" |{{Zwsp}}
| rowspan=2 | ]
| rowspan=2 | ''']'''{{R|gov.uk}}<br/>{{Small|MP for ]}}
| rowspan=2 class=nowrap | {{Small|12 December}}<br/>1743
| rowspan=2 class=nowrap | {{Small|8 March}}<br/>1754{{Ref|Died|†}}
| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Whigs}} | ]

|- style="height:1em"
| style="background-color:{{Party color|Whigs (British political party)}}; border:none" |
| {{Party shading/Whigs}} | ]

|- style="height:1em"
| style="background-color:{{Party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" |
| ]
| ]{{R|gov.uk}}<br/>{{Small|] (''interim'')}}
| class=nowrap | ''{{Small|8 March}}<br/>1754''
| class=nowrap | ''{{Small|6 April}}<br/>1754''
| {{Party shading/Whigs}} | ]
| rowspan=3 {{Party shading/Whigs}} | ]

|- style="height:1em"
| style="background-color:{{Party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" |
| ]
| ''']'''{{R|gov.uk}}<br/>{{Small|MP for ]}}
| class=nowrap | {{Small|6 April}}<br/>1754
| class=nowrap | {{Small|25 November}}<br/>1755
| {{Party shading/Whigs}} | ]

|- style="height:1em"
| style="background-color:{{Party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" |
| ]
| ]{{R|gov.uk}}<br/>{{Small|MP for ]}}
| class=nowrap | {{Small|25 November}}<br/>1755
| class=nowrap | {{Small|16 November}}<br/>1756
| {{Party shading/Whigs}} | ]

|- style="height:1em"
| style="background-color:{{Party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" |
| ]
| ''']'''{{R|gov.uk}}<br/>{{Small|MP for ]}}
| class=nowrap | {{Small|16 November}}<br/>1756
| class=nowrap | {{Small|13 April}}<br/>1757
| {{Party shading/Whigs}} | ]
| {{Party shading/Whigs}} rowspan=2 | ]

|- style="height:1em"
| rowspan=2 style="background-color:{{Party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" |
| rowspan=2 | ]
| rowspan=2 | ]{{R|gov.uk}}<br/>] (''interim'')
| class=nowrap rowspan=2 | ''{{Small|13 April}}<br/>1757''
| class=norwap rowspan=2 | ''{{Small|2 July}}<br/>1757''
| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Whigs}} | ]
|- style="height:1em"
| {{Party shading/Whigs}} | ]

|- style="height:1em"
| style="background-color:{{Party color|Whigs (British political party)}}; border-bottom:none" |
| rowspan=2 | ]
| rowspan=2 | ''']'''{{R|gov.uk}}<br/>{{Smalldiv|{{Longitem|MP for ] → ]{{Refn|Elected to a new constituency in the ].|group=1708}}}}}}
| class=nowrap rowspan=2 | {{Small|2 July}}<br/>1757
| class=nowrap rowspan=2 | {{Small|19 March}}<br/>1761
| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Whigs}} | ]
| rowspan=3 {{Party shading/Whigs}} | ]

|- style="height:1em"
| style="background-color:{{Party color|Whigs (British political party)}}; border-top:none" |
! scope=row style="text-align:center" rowspan=20 | ''']'''<br/>]<br/>{{Small|(1760–])}}<br/>{{Refn|The ] served as ] from 5 February 1811.|group=1708}}

|- style="height:1em"
| style="background-color:{{Party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" |
| ]
| ]{{R|gov.uk}}<br/>{{Small|MP for ]}}
| class=nowrap | {{Small|19 March}}<br/>1761
| class=nowrap | {{Small|29 May}}<br/>1762
| {{Party shading/Whigs}} | ]

|- style="height:1em"
| style="background-color:{{Party color|Tories (British political party)}}" |
| ]
| ]{{R|gov.uk}}<br/>MP for ]
| class=nowrap | {{Small|29 May}}<br/>1762
| class=nowrap | {{Small|16 April}}<br/>1763
| {{Party shading/Tories}} | ]
| {{Party shading/Coalition (UK)}} | ]<br/>{{Small|('']–]'')}}

|- style="height:1em"
| style="background-color:{{Party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" |
| ]
| ''']'''{{R|gov.uk}}<br/>{{Small|MP for ]}}
| class=nowrap | {{Small|16 April}}<br/>1763
| class=nowrap | {{Small|16 July}}<br/>1765
| {{Party shading/Whigs}} | ]
| {{Party shading/Coalition (UK)}} | ]<br/>{{Small|('']–]'')}}

|- style="height:1em"
| style="background-color:{{Party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" |
| ]
| ]{{R|gov.uk}}<br/>{{Small|MP for ]}}
| class=nowrap | {{Small|16 July}}<br/>1765
| class=nowrap | {{Small|2 August}}<br/>1766
| {{Party shading/Whigs}} | ]
| {{Party shading/Whigs}} | ]

|- style="height:1em"
| style="background-color:{{Party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" |
| ]
| ''']'''{{R|gov.uk}}<br/>{{Small|MP for ]}}
| class=nowrap | {{Small|2 August}}<br/>1766
| class=nowrap | {{Small|4 September}}<br/>1767{{Ref|Died|†}}
| {{Party shading/Whigs}} | ]
| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Coalition (UK)}} | ]<br/>{{Small|('']–]'')}}

|- style="height:1em"
| style="background-color:{{Party color|Tories (British political party)}}; border:none" |{{Zwsp}}
| rowspan=3 | ]
| rowspan=3 | ]{{R|gov.uk}}<br/>{{Small|MP for ]}}
| rowspan=3 class=nowrap | {{Small|11 September}}<br/>1767
| rowspan=3 class=nowrap | {{Small|27 March}}<br/>1782
| rowspan=3 {{Party shading/Tories}} | ]

|- style="height:1em"
| rowspan=2 style="background-color:{{Party color|Tories (British political party)}}; border:none" |
| {{Party shading/Coalition (UK)}} | ]
|- style="height:1em"
| {{Party shading/Tories}} | ]

|- style="height:1em"
| style="background-color:{{Party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" |
| ]
| ]{{R|gov.uk}}<br/>{{Small|MP for ]}}
| class=nowrap | {{Small|27 March}}<br/>1782
| class=nowrap | {{Small|10 July}}<br/>1782
| {{Party shading/Whigs}} | ]
| {{Party shading/Whigs}} | ]

|- style="height:1em"
| style="background-color:{{Party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" |
| ]
| ]{{R|gov.uk}}<br/>{{Small|MP for ]}}
| class=nowrap | {{Small|10 July}}<br/>1782
| class=nowrap | {{Small|31 March}}<br/>1783
| {{Party shading/Whigs}} | ]
| {{Party shading/Coalition (UK)}} | ]<br/>{{Small|('']–]'')}}

|- style="height:1em"
| style="background-color:{{Party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" |
| ]
| ]{{R|gov.uk}}<br/>{{Small|MP for ]}}
| class=nowrap | {{Small|2 April}}<br/>1783
| class=nowrap | {{Small|19 December}}<br/>1783
| {{Party shading/Whigs}} | ]
| {{Party shading/Coalition (UK)}} | ]

|- style="height:1em"
| style="background-color:{{Party color|Tories (British political party)}}" |
| ]
| ]{{R|gov.uk}}<br/>{{Smalldiv|{{Longitem|MP for ] → ]{{Refn|Elected to a new constituency in the ].|group=1708}}}}}}
| class=nowrap | {{Small|19 December}}<br/>1783
| class=nowrap | {{Small|14 March}}<br/>1801
| {{Party shading/Tories}} | ]
| {{Party shading/Tories}} | ]

|- style="height:1em"
| style="background-color:{{Party color|Tories (British political party)}}" |
| ]
| ]{{R|gov.uk}}<br/>{{Small|MP for ]}}
| class=nowrap | {{Small|14 March}}<br/>1801
| class=nowrap | {{Small|10 May}}<br/>1804
| {{Party shading/Tories}} | ]
| {{Party shading/Tories}} | ]

|- style="height:1em"
| style="background-color:{{Party color|Tories (British political party)}}" |
| ]
| ]{{R|gov.uk}}<br/>{{Small|MP for ]}}
| class=nowrap | {{Small|10 May}}<br/>1804
| class=nowrap | {{Small|23 January}}<br/>1806{{Ref|Died|†}}
| {{Party shading/Tories}} | ]
| {{Party shading/Tories}} | ]

|- style="height:1em"
| style="background-color:{{Party color|Tories (British political party)}}" |
| ]
| ]{{R|gov.uk}}<br/>] (''interim'')
| class=nowrap | ''{{Small|23 January}}<br/>1806''
| class=nowrap | ''{{Small|5 February}}<br/>1806''
| {{Party shading/Tories}} | ]
| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Coalition (UK)}} | ]<br/>{{Small|('']–]'')}}

|- style="height:1em"
| style="background-color:{{Party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" |
| ]
| ]{{R|gov.uk}}<br/>{{Small|MP for ]}}
| class=nowrap | {{Small|5 February}}<br/>1806
| class=nowrap | {{Small|26 March}}<br/>1807
| {{Party shading/Whigs}} | ]

|- style="height:1em"
| rowspan=2 style="background-color:{{Party color|Tories (British political party)}}" |
| rowspan=2 | ]
| rowspan=2 | ''']'''{{R|gov.uk}}<br/>{{Small|MP for ]}}
| class=nowrap rowspan=2 | {{Small|26 March}}<br/>1807
| class=nowrap rowspan=2 | ]{{Ref|Died|†}}
| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Tories}} | ]
| {{Party shading/Tories}} | ]
|- style="height:1em"
| {{Party shading/Tories}} | ]

|- style="height:1em"
| style="background-color:{{Party color|Tories (British political party)}}" |
| ]
| ]<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=16611 |date=9 June 1812 |page=1111 }}</ref><br/>{{Smalldiv|{{Longitem|MP for ] → ]{{Refn|Elected to a new constituency in the ].|group=1708}}}}}}
| class=nowrap | {{Small|9 June}}<br/>1812
| class=nowrap | {{Small|12 July}}<br/>1817
| {{Party shading/Tories}} | ]
| {{Party shading/Tories}} | ]

|}

{{Reflist|group=1708}}

=== United Kingdom (1817–present) ===
Although the Kingdoms of ] and ] had been united by the ], the Exchequers of the two Kingdoms were not consolidated until 1817 under the ] (]. c. 98).<ref name="CA1816">{{Cite act |title=Consolidated Fund Act 1816 |title-link=Consolidated Fund Act 1816 |orig-section=c. 98 |year = 1816 |orig-date=Regnal 56 Geo. 3 |pinpoint= <!-- access-date=18 November 2016 -->}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/bookofdignitiesc00haydrich |title=The Book of Dignities |publisher=W. H. Allen & Co. |year=1890 |editor-last=Haydn |editor-first=Joseph |location=London |page= |chapter=X (Ireland) |ol=13505280M |editor-last2=Ockerby |editor-first2=Horace |ol-access=free}}</ref> For the holders of the Irish office before this date, see ].

{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
! colspan=3 | Chancellor of the Exchequer{{Efn|name="Name"}}
! colspan=2 | Term of office
! Party
! Ministry
! Monarch<br/>{{Small|(Reign)}}

|- style="height:1em"
| style="background-color:{{Party color|Tories (British political party)}}; border-bottom: none" |
| rowspan=2 | ]
| rowspan=2 | ]{{R|gov.uk}}<br/>{{Small|MP for ]}}
| rowspan=2 | 12 July 1817
| rowspan=2 | 31 January 1823
| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Tories}} | ]
| {{Party shading/Tories}} rowspan=3 | ]
! scope=row style="text-align:center" | ''']'''<br/>]<br/>{{Small|(1760–])}}<br/>{{Refn|The ] served as ] from 5 February 1811.|group=1817}}

|- style="height:1em"
| style="background-color:{{Party color|Tories (British political party)}}; border-top: none" |
! scope=row style="text-align:center" rowspan=6 | ''']'''<br/>]<br/>{{Small|(1820–1830)}}

|- style="height:1em"
| style="background-color:{{Party color|Tories (British political party)}}" |
| ]
| ]<ref>{{London Gazette |issue = 17893 |date = 4 February 1823 |page = 193 }}</ref><br/>{{Small|MP for ]}}
| 31 January 1823
| 27 April 1827
| {{Party shading/Tories}} | ]

|- style="height:1em"
| style="background-color:{{Party color|Tories (British political party)}}" |
| ]
| ''']'''<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=18356 |date=27 April 1827 |page=937 }}</ref><br/>{{Small|MP for ]}}
| 27 April 1827
| 8 August 1827{{Ref|Died|†}}
| {{Party shading/Tories}} | ]
| {{Party shading/Coalition (UK)}} | ]<br/>{{Small|('']–]'')}}

|- style="height:1em"
| style="background-color:{{Party color|Tories (British political party)}}" |
| ]
| ]<br/>{{Small|] (''interim'')}}
| ''8 August 1827''
| ''5 September 1827''
| {{Party shading/Tories}} | ]
| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Coalition (UK)}} | ]

|- style="height:1em"
| style="background-color:{{Party color|Tories (British political party)}}" |
| ]
| ''']'''<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=18394 |date=7 September 1827 |page=1892 }}</ref><br/>{{Small|MP for ]}}
| 5 September 1827
| 26 January 1828
| {{Party shading/Tories}} | ]

|- style="height:1em"
| style="background-color:{{Party color|Tories (British political party)}}; border-bottom:none" |
| rowspan=2 | ]
| rowspan=2 | ''']'''{{R|gov.uk}}<br/>{{Small|MP for ]}}
| rowspan=2 | 26 January 1828
| rowspan=2 | 22 November 1830
| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Tories}} | ]
| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Tories}} | ]

|- style="height:1em"
| style="background-color:{{Party color|Tories (British political party)}}; border-top:none" |
! scope=row style="text-align:center" rowspan=6 | ''']'''<br/>]<br/>{{Small|(1830–1837)}}

|- style="height:1em"
| rowspan=2 style="background-color:{{Party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" |
| rowspan=2 | ]
| rowspan=2 | ]{{R|gov.uk}}<br/>{{Smalldiv|{{Longitem|MP for ] →<br/>]{{Refn|Elected to a new constituency in the ].|group=1817}}}}}}
| rowspan=2 | 22 November 1830
| rowspan=2 | 14 November 1834
| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Whigs}} | ]
| {{Party shading/Whigs}} | ]
|- style="height:1em"
| {{Party shading/Whigs}} | ]

|- style="height:1em"
| style="background-color:{{Party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" |
| ]
| ]<br/>{{Small|] (''interim'')}}
| ''14 November 1834''
| ''15 December 1834''
| {{Party shading/Whigs}} | ]
| {{Party shading/Tories}} | ]

|- style="height:1em"
| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| ]
| ''']'''{{R|gov.uk}}<br/>MP for ]
| 15 December 1834
| 8 April 1835
| {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | ]
| {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | ]

|- style="height:1em"
| style="background-color:{{Party color|Whigs (British political party)}}; border-bottom:none" |
| rowspan=2 | ]
| rowspan=2 | ]{{R|gov.uk}}<br/>{{Small|MP for ]}}
| rowspan=2 | 18 April 1835
| rowspan=2 | 26 August 1839
| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Whigs}} | ]
| rowspan=3 {{Party shading/Whigs}} | ]

|- style="height:1em"
| style="background-color:{{Party color|Whigs (British political party)}}; border-top:none" |
! scope=row style="text-align:center" rowspan=24 | ''']'''<br/>]<br/>{{Small|(])}}

|- style="height:1em"
| style="background-color:{{Party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" |
| ]
| ]{{R|gov.uk}}<br/>{{Small|MP for ]}}
| 26 August 1839
| 30 August 1841
| {{Party shading/Whigs}} | ]

|- style="height:1em"
| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| ]
| ''']'''{{R|gov.uk}}<br/>{{Small|MP for ]}}
| 3 September 1841
| 27 June 1846
| {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | ]
| {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | ]

|- style="height:1em"
| style="background-color:{{Party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" |
| ]
| ]{{R|gov.uk}}<br/>{{Small|MP for ]}}
| 6 July 1846
| 21 February 1852
| {{Party shading/Whigs}} | ]
| {{Party shading/Whigs}} | ]

|- style="height:1em"
| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| ]
| ''']'''{{R|gov.uk}}<br/>{{Small|MP for ]}}
| 27 February 1852
| 17 December 1852
| {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | ]
| {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | ]

|- style="height:1em"
| style="background-color:{{Party color|Peelite}}" |
| ]
| ''']'''{{R|gov.uk}}<br/>{{Small|MP for ]}}
| 28 December 1852
| 28 February 1855
| {{Party shading/Peelite}} | ]
| {{Party shading/Coalition (UK)}} | ]<br/>{{Small|('']–]'')}}

|- style="height:1em"
| style="background-color:{{Party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" |
| ]
| ''']'''{{R|gov.uk}}<br/>{{Small|MP for ]}}
| 28 February 1855
| 21 February 1858
| {{Party shading/Whigs}} | ]
| {{Party shading/Whigs}} | ]

|- style="height:1em"
| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| ]
| ''']'''{{R|gov.uk}}<br/>{{Small|MP for ]}}
| 26 February 1858
| 11 June 1859
| {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | ]
| {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | ]

|- style="height:1em"
| rowspan=2 style="background-color:{{Party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" |
| rowspan=2 | ]
| rowspan=2 | ''']'''{{R|gov.uk}}<br/>{{Smalldiv|{{Longitem|MP for ] →<br/>]{{Refn|Elected to a new constituency in the ].|group=1817}}}}}}
| rowspan=2 | 18 June 1859
| rowspan=2 | 26 June 1866
| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Liberal (UK)}} | ]
| {{Party shading/Liberal (UK)}} | ]
|- style="height:1em"
| {{Party shading/Liberal (UK)}} | ]

|- style="height:1em"
| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| ]
| ''']'''{{R|gov.uk}}<br/>{{Small|MP for ]}}
| 6 July 1866
| 29 February 1868
| {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | ]
| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | ]

|- style="height:1em"
| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| ]
| ''']'''{{R|gov.uk}}<br/>{{Small|MP for ]}}
| 29 February 1868
| 1 December 1868
| {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | ]

|- style="height:1em"
| style="background-color:{{Party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" |
| ]
| ''']'''{{R|gov.uk}}<br/>{{Small|MP for ]}}
| 9 December 1868
| 11 August 1873
| {{Party shading/Liberal (UK)}} | ]
| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Liberal (UK)}} | ]

|- style="height:1em"
| style="background-color:{{Party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" |
| ]
| ''']'''{{R|gov.uk}}<br/>{{Small|MP for ]}}
| 11 August 1873
| 17 February 1874
| {{Party shading/Liberal (UK)}} | ]

|- style="height:1em"
| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| ]
| ]{{R|gov.uk}}<br/>{{Small|MP for ]}}
| 21 February 1874
| 21 April 1880
| {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | ]
| {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | ]

|- style="height:1em"
| style="background-color:{{Party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" |
| ]
| ''']'''{{R|gov.uk}}<br/>{{Small|MP for ]}}
| 28 April 1880
| 16 December 1882
| {{Party shading/Liberal (UK)}} | ]
| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Liberal (UK)}} | ]

|- style="height:1em"
| style="background-color:{{Party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" |
| ]
| ''']'''{{R|gov.uk}}<br/>{{Small|MP for ]}}
| 16 December 1882
| 9 June 1885
| {{Party shading/Liberal (UK)}} | ]

|- style="height:1em"
| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| ]
| ]{{R|gov.uk}}<br/>{{Small|MP for ]}}
| 24 June 1885
| 28 January 1886
| {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | ]
| {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | ]

|- style="height:1em"
| style="background-color:{{Party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" |
| ]
| ]{{R|gov.uk}}<br/>{{Small|MP for ]}}
| 6 February 1886
| 20 July 1886
| {{Party shading/Liberal (UK)}} | ]
| {{Party shading/Liberal (UK)}} | ]

|- style="height:1em"
| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| ]
| ]{{R|gov.uk}}<br/>{{Small|MP for ]}}
| 3 August 1886
| 22 December 1886
| {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | ]
| {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} rowspan=2 | ]

|- style="height:1em"
| style="background-color:{{Party color|Liberal Unionist Party}}" |
| ]
| ]{{R|gov.uk}}<br/>{{Small|MP for ]}}
| 14 January 1887
| 11 August 1892
| {{Party shading/Liberal Unionist}} | ]

|- style="height:1em"
| rowspan=2 style="background-color:{{Party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" |
| rowspan=2 | ]
| rowspan=2 | ]{{R|gov.uk}}<br/>{{Small|MP for ]}}
| rowspan=2 | 18 August 1892
| rowspan=2 | 21 June 1895
| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Liberal (UK)}} | ]
| {{Party shading/Liberal (UK)}} | ]
|- style="height:1em"
| {{Party shading/Liberal (UK)}} | ]

|- style="height:1em"
| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}; border-bottom:none" |
| rowspan=2 | ]
| rowspan=2 | ]{{R|gov.uk}}<br/>{{Small|MP for ]}}
| rowspan=2 | 29 June 1895
| rowspan=2 | 11 August 1902
| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | ]
| {{Party shading/Coalition (UK)}} rowspan=2 | ]<br/>{{Small|('']–]'')}}

|- style="height:1em"
| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}; border-top:none" |
! scope=row style="text-align:center" rowspan=5 | ''']'''<br/>]<br/>{{Small|(])}}

|- style="height:1em"
| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| ]
| ]{{R|gov.uk}}<br/>{{Small|MP for ]}}
| 11 August 1902
| 9 October 1903
| {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | ]
| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Coalition (UK)}} | ]

|- style="height:1em"
| style="background-color:{{Party color|Liberal Unionist Party}}" |
| ]
| ''']'''{{R|gov.uk}}<br/>{{Small|MP for ]}}
| 9 October 1903
| 4 December 1905
| {{Party shading/Liberal Unionist}} | ]

|- style="height:1em"
| style="background-color:{{Party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" |
| ]
| ]{{R|gov.uk}}<br/>{{Small|MP for ]}}
| 10 December 1905
| 16 April 1908
| {{Party shading/Liberal (UK)}} | ]
| {{Party shading/Liberal (UK)}} | ]

|- style="height:1em"
| style="background-color:{{Party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}; border-bottom:none" |
| rowspan=2 | ]
| rowspan=2 | ''']'''<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=28129 |date=17 April 1908 |page=2937 }}</ref><br/>{{Small|MP for ]}}
| rowspan=2 | 16 April 1908
| rowspan=2 | 25 May 1915
| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Liberal (UK)}} | ]
| {{Party shading/Liberal (UK)}} rowspan=2 | ]

|- style="height:1em"
| style="background-color:{{Party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}; border-top:none" |
! scope=row style="text-align:center" rowspan=14 | ''']'''<br/>]<br/>{{Small|(1910–1936)}}

|- style="height:1em"
| style="background-color:{{Party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" |
| ]
| ''']'''{{R|gov.uk}}<br/>{{Small|MP for ]}}
| 25 May 1915
| 10 December 1916
| {{Party shading/Liberal (UK)}} | ]
| {{Party shading/Coalition (UK)}} | ]<br/>{{Small|('']–]–et al.'')}}

|- style="height:1em"
| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| ]
| ''']'''{{R|gov.uk}}<br/>{{Smalldiv|{{Longitem|MP for ] →<br/>]{{Refn|Elected to a new constituency in the ].|group=1817}}}}}}
| 10 December 1916
| 10 January 1919
| {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | ]
| {{Party shading/Coalition (UK)}} rowspan=3 | ]

|- style="height:1em"
| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| ]
| ''']'''{{R|gov.uk}}<br/>{{Small|MP for ]}}
| 10 January 1919
| 1 April 1921
| {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | ]

|- style="height:1em"
| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| ]
| ]{{R|gov.uk}}<br/>{{Small|MP for ]}}
| 1 April 1921
| 19 October 1922
| {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | ]

|- style="height:1em"
| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}; border:none" |
| rowspan=2 | ]
| rowspan=2 | ''']'''{{R|gov.uk}}<br/>{{Small|MP for ]}}
| rowspan=2 | 27 October 1922
| rowspan=2 | 27 August 1923
| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | ]
| {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | ]

|- style="height:1em"
| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}; border:none" |{{Zwsp}}
| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | ]

|- style="height:1em"
| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| ]
| ''']'''{{R|gov.uk}}<br/>{{Small|MP for ]}}
| 27 August 1923
| 22 January 1924
| {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | ]

|- style="height:1em"
| style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| ]
| ]{{R|gov.uk}}<br/>{{Small|MP for ]}}
| 22 January 1924
| 3 November 1924
| {{Party shading/Labour}} | ]
| {{Party shading/Labour}} | ]

|- style="height:1em"
| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| ]
| ''']'''{{R|gov.uk}}<br/>{{Small|MP for ]}}
{{small|'']''}}
| 6 November 1924
| 4 June 1929
| {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | ]
| {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | ]

|- style="height:1em"
| style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| rowspan=2 | ]
| rowspan=2 | ]{{R|gov.uk}}<br/>{{Small|MP for ]}}
| rowspan=2 | 7 June 1929
| rowspan=2 | 5 November 1931
| {{Party shading/Labour}} | ]
| {{Party shading/Labour}} | ]

|- style="height:1em"
| style="background-color:{{Party color|National Labour Organisation}}" |
| {{Party shading/National Labour}} | ]
| {{Party shading/Coalition (UK)}} | ]<br/>{{Small|('']–]–et al.'')}}

|- style="height:1em"
| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}; border: none" |
| rowspan=4 | ]
| rowspan=4 | ''']'''{{R|gov.uk}}<br/>{{Small|MP for ]}}
| rowspan=4 | 5 November 1931
| rowspan=4 | 28 May 1937
| rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | ]
| {{Party shading/Coalition (UK)}} | ]

|- style="height:1em"
| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}; border: none" |{{Zwsp}}
| rowspan=3 {{Party shading/Coalition (UK)}} | ]<br/>{{Small|('']–]–et al.'')}}

|- style="height:1em"
| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}; border: none" |
! scope=row style="text-align:center" | ''']'''<br/>]<br/>{{Small|(])}}

|- style="height:1em"
| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}; border: none" |{{Zwsp}}
! scope=row style="text-align:center" rowspan=10 | ''']'''<br/>]<br/>{{Small|(1936–1952)}}

|- style="height:1em"
| rowspan=2 style="background-color:{{Party color|National Liberal Party (UK, 1931)}}" |
| rowspan=2 | ]
| rowspan=2 | ]{{R|gov.uk}}<br/>{{Small|MP for ]}}
| rowspan=2 | 28 May 1937
| rowspan=2 | 12 May 1940
| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Liberal National}} | ]
| {{Party shading/Coalition (UK)}} | ]
|- style="height:1em"
| {{Party shading/Coalition (UK)}} | ]

|- style="height:1em"
| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| ]
| ''']'''{{R|gov.uk}}<br/>{{Small|MP for ]}}
| 12 May 1940
| 21 September 1943{{Ref|Died|†}}
| {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | ]
| {{Party shading/Coalition (UK)}} rowspan=2 | ]<br/>{{Small|(''All parties'')}}

|- style="height:1em"
| style="background-color:{{Party color|National Government (United Kingdom)}}; border:none" |{{Zwsp}}
| rowspan=2 | ]
| rowspan=2 | ]{{R|gov.uk}}<br/>{{Small|MP for ]}}
| rowspan=2 | 24 September 1943
| rowspan=2 | 26 July 1945
| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Coalition (UK)}} | ]<br/>{{Small|(])}}

|- style="height:1em"
| style="background-color:{{Party color|National Government (United Kingdom)}}; border:none" |
| {{Party shading/Coalition (UK)}} | ]<br/>{{Small|('']–]'')}}

|- style="height:1em"
| style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| ]
| ''']'''{{R|gov.uk}}<br/>{{Small|MP for ]}}
| 27 July 1945
| 13 November 1947
| {{Party shading/Labour}} | ]
| rowspan=3 {{Party shading/Labour}} | ]

|- style="height:1em"
| style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| ]
| ''']'''{{R|gov.uk}}<br/>{{Smalldiv|{{Longitem|MP for ] →<br/>]{{Refn|Elected to a new constituency in the ].|group=1817}}}}}}
| 13 November 1947
| 19 October 1950
| {{Party shading/Labour}} | ]

|- style="height:1em"
| style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| ]
| ''']'''{{R|gov.uk}}<br/>{{Small|MP for ]}}
| 19 October 1950
| 26 October 1951
| {{Party shading/Labour}} | ]

|- style="height:1em"
| height=20 style="background-color: {{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}; border-bottom:none" |
| rowspan=3 | ]
| rowspan=3 | ''']'''{{R|gov.uk}}<br/>{{Small|MP for ]}}
| rowspan=3 | 26 October 1951
| rowspan=3 | 20 December 1955
| rowspan=3 {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | ]
| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | ]

|- style="height:1em"
| height=20 style="background-color: {{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}; border:none" |
! scope=row style="text-align:center" rowspan=32 | ''']'''<br/>]<br/>{{Small|(1952–2022)}}

|- style="height:1em"
| height=20 style="background-color: {{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}; border-top:none" |
| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | ]

|- style="height:1em"
| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| ]
| ''']'''{{R|gov.uk}}<br/>{{Small|MP for ]}}
| 20 December 1955
| 13 January 1957
| {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | ]

|- style="height:1em"
| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| ]
| ''']'''{{R|gov.uk}}<br/>{{Small|MP for ]}}
| 13 January 1957
| 6 January 1958
| {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | ]
| rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | ]

|- style="height:1em"
| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| ]
| ]{{R|gov.uk}}<br/>{{Small|MP for ]}}
| 6 January 1958
| 27 July 1960
| {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | ]

|- style="height:1em"
| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| ]
| ''']'''{{R|gov.uk}}<br/>{{Small|MP for ]}}
| 27 July 1960
| ]
| {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | ]

|- style="height:1em"
| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}; border:none" |{{Zwsp}}
| rowspan=2 |
| rowspan=2 | ''']'''<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=42733 |date=17 July 1962 |page=5731 }}</ref><br/>{{Small|MP for ]}}
| rowspan=2 | 16 July 1962
| rowspan=2 | 16 October 1964
| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | ]

|- style="height:1em"
| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}; border:none" |
| {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | ]

|- style="height:1em"
| style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| ]
| ''']'''<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=43470 |date=23 October 1964 |page=9014 }}</ref><br/>{{Small|MP for ]}}
| 17 October 1964
| 29 November 1967
| {{Party shading/Labour}} | ]
| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Labour}} | ]

|- style="height:1em"
| style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| ]
| ''']'''<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=44469 |date=5 December 1967 |page=13287 }}</ref><br/>{{Small|MP for ]}}
| 29 November 1967
| 19 June 1970
| {{Party shading/Labour}} | ]

|- style="height:1em"
| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| ]
| ''']'''{{R|gov.uk}}<br/>{{Small|MP for ]}}
| 20 June 1970
| 20 July 1970{{Ref|Died|†}}
| {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | ]
| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | ]

|- style="height:1em"
| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
|
| ''']'''{{R|gov.uk}}<br/>{{Small|MP for ]}}
| 25 July 1970
| 4 March 1974
| {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | ]

|- style="height:1em"
| rowspan=2 style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| rowspan=2 | ]
| rowspan=2 | ''']'''{{R|gov.uk}}<br/>{{Small|MP for ]}}
| rowspan=2 | 5 March 1974
| rowspan=2 | 4 May 1979
| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Labour}} | ]
| {{Party shading/Labour}} | ]
|- style="height:1em"
| {{Party shading/Labour}} | ]

|- style="height:1em"
| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| ]
| ''']'''{{R|gov.uk}}<br/>{{Small|MP for ]}}
| 4 May 1979
| 11 June 1983
| {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | ]
| {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | ]

|- style="height:1em"
| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}; border:none" |
| rowspan=2 | ]
| rowspan=2 | ''']'''{{R|gov.uk}}<br/>{{Small|MP for ]}}
| rowspan=2 | 11 June 1983
| rowspan=2 | 26 October 1989
| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | ]
| {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | ]

|- style="height:1em"
| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}; border:none" |{{Zwsp}}
| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | ]

|- style="height:1em"
| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| ]
| ''']'''{{R|gov.uk}}<br/>{{Small|MP for ]}}
| 26 October 1989
| 28 November 1990
| {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | ]

|- style="height:1em"
| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}; border:none" |
| rowspan=2 | ]
| rowspan=2 | ''']'''{{R|gov.uk}}<br/>{{Small|MP for ]}}
| rowspan=2 | 28 November 1990
| rowspan=2 | 27 May 1993
| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | ]
| {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | ]

|- style="height:1em"
| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}; border:none" |{{Zwsp}}
| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | ]

|- style="height:1em"
| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| ]
| ''']'''{{R|gov.uk}}<br/>{{Small|MP for ]}}
| 27 May 1993
| 2 May 1997
| {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | ]

|- style="height:1em"
| style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| ]
| ''']'''{{R|gov.uk}}<br/>{{Smalldiv|{{Longitem|MP for ] →<br/>]{{Refn|Elected to a new constituency in the ].|group=1817}}}}}}
{{small|'']''}}
| 2 May 1997
| 27 June 2007
| {{Party shading/Labour}} | ]
| {{Party shading/Labour}} | Blair<br/>{{Small|(], ] & ])}}

|- style="height:1em"
| style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| ]
| ''']'''<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=58389 |date=11 July 2007 |page=9979 }}</ref><br/>{{Small|MP for ]}}
| 28 June 2007
| 11 May 2010
| {{Party shading/Labour}} | ]
| {{Party shading/Labour}} | ]

|- style="height:1em"
| rowspan=2 style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| rowspan=2 | ]
| rowspan=2 | ''']'''<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=59425 |date=21 May 2010 |page=9405 }}</ref><br/>{{Small|MP for ]}}
{{small|'']''}}
| rowspan=2 | 11 May 2010
| rowspan=2 | 13 July 2016
| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | ]
| {{Party shading/Coalition (UK)}} | ]<br/>{{Small|('']–]'')}}
|- style="height:1em"
| {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | ]

|- style="height:1em"
| rowspan=2 style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| rowspan=2 | ]
| rowspan=2 | ''']'''<ref>{{Cite news |date=13 July 2016 |title=Philip Hammond appointed chancellor |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-36789689 |access-date=7 July 2017}}</ref><br/>{{Small|MP for ]}}
| rowspan=2 | 13 July 2016
| rowspan=2 | 24 July 2019
| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | ]
| {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | ]
|- style="height:1em"
| {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | ]

|- style="height:1em"
| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}; border:none" |
| rowspan=2 | ]
| rowspan=2 | ''']'''<ref>{{Cite news |date=24 July 2019 |title=Sajid Javid confirmed as chancellor |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/live/2019/jul/24/boris-johnson-prepares-to-enter-downing-st-and-name-cabinet-theresa-may-prime-minister-live-news?page=with:block-5d3896fd8f0845f89e313ac8#block-5d3896fd8f0845f89e313ac8 |access-date=24 July 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=13 February 2020 |title=Sajid Javid resigns as chancellor |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-51491662 |access-date=13 February 2020}}</ref><br/>{{Small|MP for ]}}
| rowspan=2 | 24 July 2019
| rowspan=2 | ]
| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | ]
| {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | ]

|- style="height:1em"
| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}; border:none" |{{Zwsp}}
| rowspan=3 {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | ]

|- style="height:1em"
| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| ]
| ''']'''<ref>{{Cite news |date=13 February 2020 |title=Who is Rishi Sunak? Meet Sajid Javid's replacement as Chancellor |language=en-GB |work=Evening Standard |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/politics/rishi-sunak-sajid-javid-replacement-chancellor-about-a4361256.html |access-date=13 February 2020}}</ref><br/>{{Small|MP for ]}}
{{small|'']''}}
| 13 February 2020
| ]
| {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | ]

|- style="height:1em"
| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| ]
| ''']'''<ref>{{Cite news |date=5 July 2022 |title=Nadhim Zahawi made chancellor after Rishi Sunak resigns - as Steve Barclay replaces Sajid Javid as health secretary |language=en-GB |work=Sky News |url=https://news.sky.com/story/nadhim-zahawi-made-chancellor-after-rishi-sunak-resigns-as-steve-barclay-replaces-sajid-javid-as-health-secretary-12646552 |access-date=5 July 2022}}</ref><br/>{{Small|MP for ]}}

| 5 July 2022
| 6 September 2022
| {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | ]

|- style="height:1em"
| style="background-color: {{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}; border: none" |{{Zwj}}
| rowspan=2 | ]
| rowspan=2 | ''']'''<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-09-06 |title=Kwasi Kwarteng is the UK's new chancellor |url=https://www.politico.eu/article/kwasi-kwarteng-is-the-uks-new-chancellor/ |access-date=2022-09-28 |website=POLITICO |language=en-US}}</ref><br/>{{Small|MP for ]}}

| rowspan=2 | 6 September 2022
| rowspan=2 | ]
| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | ]
| rowspan=3 {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | ]

|- style="height:1em"
| style="background-color: {{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}; border: none" |
! rowspan=4 scope=row style="text-align:Center" | ''']'''<br/>]<br/>{{Small|(2022–present)}}

|- style="height:1em"
| style="background-color: {{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}; border: none" |
| rowspan=2 | ]
| rowspan=2 | ''']'''<ref>{{Cite news |title=Jeremy Hunt made chancellor after Liz Truss sacks Kwasi Kwarteng |url=https://news.sky.com/story/jeremy-hunt-made-chancellor-after-liz-truss-sacks-kwasi-kwarteng-12720267 |access-date=14 October 2022 |work=Sky News |date=14 October 2022 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-politics-63375473?ns_mchannel=social&ns_source=twitter&ns_campaign=bbc_live&ns_linkname=6357d50a92171f0e39be96a4%26Jeremy%20Hunt%20to%20remain%20as%20Chancellor%262022-10-25T14%3A45%3A11.335Z&ns_fee=0&pinned_post_locator=urn:asset:5c63253f-485f-4f8b-a9df-b51788cf7fd9&pinned_post_asset_id=6357d50a92171f0e39be96a4&pinned_post_type=share|title=Jeremy Hunt to remain as Chancellor|website=BBC News|last=Giles|first=Chris|date=25 October 2022|access-date=25 October 2022}}</ref><br/>{{Small|MP for ]}}
{{small|'']''}}
| rowspan=2 | 14 October 2022
| rowspan=2 | 5 July 2024
| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | ]

|- style="height:1em"
| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}; border:none" |{{Zwsp}}
| rowspan=1 {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | ]

|- style="height:1em"
| style="background-color: {{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| ]
| ''']'''<br/>{{Small|MP for ]}}
{{small|'']''}}
| 5 July 2024
| Incumbent
| {{Party shading/Labour Party (UK)}} | ]
| {{Party shading/Labour Party (UK)}} | ]
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==See also==
{{Portal|Politics|United Kingdom}}
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== Notes ==
{{Notelist}}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

==Further reading==
* Barber, Stephen. "'Westminster's wingman'? Shadow chancellor as a strategic and coveted political role." ''British Politics'' 11.2 (2016): 184–204.
* Baxter, Stephen B. ''The Development of the Treasury, 1660–1702'' (1957)
* Browning, Peter. ''The Treasury and Economic Policy: 1964–1985'' (Longman, 1986).
* Dell, Edmund. ''The Chancellors: A History of the Chancellors of the Exchequer, 1945–90'' (HarperCollins, 1997) 619pp; 17 chapters covering the terms of each chancellor.
* Holt, Richard. ''Second Amongst Equals: Chancellors of the Exchequer and the British Economy'' (Profile Books, 2001).
* Jenkins, Roy. ''The Chancellors'' (1998); 497pp; covers entire career as well as term in office of 19 chancellors from 1886 to 1947.
* ]. ''The chancellor of the exchequer'' (T. Dalton, 1980).
* Peden, G. C. ''The Treasury and British Public Policy, 1906–1959'' (Oxford UP, 2000).
* Seldon, Anthony. ''The Impossible Office? The History of the British Prime Minister'' (2021) major scholarly history. Covers the relations with Prime Minister in Chapter 9.
* Vincent, Nicholas C. "The Origins of the Chancellorship of the Exchequer." ''English Historical Review'' 108.426 (1993): 105–121.
* Woodward, Nicholas. ''The management of the British economy, 1945–2001'' (Manchester University Press, 2004).

== External links ==
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* {{Official website}}

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Lead minister of His Majesty's Treasury For the historic position in Ireland, see Chancellor of the Exchequer of Ireland. For the 1983 simulation game, see Chancellor of the Exchequer (video game). Not to be confused with Lord Chancellor, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, Chancellor of the High Court, or Chief Baron of the Exchequer.

United Kingdom
Chancellor of the Exchequer
Second Lord of the Treasury
Royal Arms of His Majesty's Government
Incumbent
Rachel Reeves
since 5 July 2024
His Majesty's Treasury
StyleThe Chancellor
(informal)
The Right Honourable
(within the UK and Commonwealth)
TypeMinister of the Crown
StatusGreat Office of State
Member of
Reports toFirst Lord of the Treasury
(Prime Minister of the United Kingdom)
Residence11 Downing Street
SeatWestminster
NominatorThe Prime Minister
AppointerThe Monarch
(on the advice of the Prime Minister)
Term lengthAt His Majesty's pleasure
Formationc. 1221
First holderEustace of Fauconberg
(in the Kingdom of England only)
DeputyChief Secretary to the Treasury
Salary£163,891 per annum (2024)
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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 head of 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 matters, the role is equivalent to that of a finance minister in other countries. The chancellor is now always second lord of the Treasury as one of at least six lords commissioners of the Treasury, responsible for executing the office of the Treasurer of the Exchequer – the others are the prime minister and Commons government whips. In the 18th and early 19th centuries, it was common for the prime minister also to serve as Chancellor of the Exchequer if he sat in the Commons; the last Chancellor who was simultaneously prime minister and Chancellor of the Exchequer was Stanley Baldwin in 1923. Formerly, in cases when the chancellorship was vacant, the lord chief justice of the King's Bench would act as chancellor pro tempore. The last lord chief justice to serve in this way was Lord Denman in 1834.

The chancellor is the third-oldest major state office in English and British history, and in recent times has come to be the most powerful office in British politics after the prime minister. It originally carried responsibility for the Exchequer, the medieval English institution for the collection and auditing of royal revenues. The earliest surviving records which are the results of the exchequer's audit date from 1129 to 1130 under King Henry I and show continuity from previous years. The chancellor has oversight of fiscal policy, therefore of taxation and public spending across government departments. It previously controlled monetary policy as well until 1997, when the Bank of England was granted independent control of its interest rates.

Since 1718, all chancellors of the exchequer, except at times the lord chief justice as interim holders, have been members of the House of Commons, with Lord Stanhope being the last chancellor from the House of Lords.

The office holder works alongside the other Treasury ministers and the permanent secretary to the Treasury. The corresponding shadow minister is the shadow chancellor of the Exchequer, and the chancellor is also scrutinised by the Liberal Democrat Treasury spokesperson and the Treasury Select Committee.

The current chancellor is Rachel Reeves.

Second Lord of the Treasury

The holder of the office of chancellor of the exchequer is ex officio second lord of the Treasury as a member of the commission exercising the ancient office of treasurer of the exchequer. As second lord, her official residence is 11 Downing Street in London, next door to the residence of the first lord of the Treasury (a title that has for many years been held by the prime minister), who resides in 10 Downing Street. While in the past both houses were private residences, today they serve as interlinked offices, with the occupant living in an apartment made from attic rooms previously resided in by servants.

Since 1827, the chancellor has always simultaneously held the office of second lord of the Treasury when that person has not also been the prime minister.

Roles and responsibilities

A previous chancellor, Robert Lowe, described the office in the following terms in the House of Commons, on 11 April 1870: "The Chancellor of the Exchequer is a man whose duties make him more or less of a taxing machine. He is entrusted with a certain amount of misery which it is his duty to distribute as fairly as he can."

Fiscal policy

The chancellor has considerable control over other departments as it is the Treasury that sets Departmental Expenditure Limits. The amount of power this gives to an individual chancellor depends on their personal forcefulness, their status within their party and their relationship with the prime minister. Gordon Brown, who became chancellor when Labour came into Government in 1997, had a large personal power base in the party. Perhaps as a result, Tony Blair chose to keep him in the same position throughout his ten years as prime minister; making Brown an unusually dominant figure and the longest-serving chancellor since the Reform Act of 1832. This has strengthened a pre-existing trend towards the chancellor occupying a clear second position among government ministers, elevated above their traditional peers, the foreign secretary and home secretary.

One part of the chancellor's key roles involves the framing of the annual year budget. As of 2017, the first is the Autumn Budget, also known as Budget Day which forecasts government spending in the next financial year and also announces new financial measures. The second is a Spring Statement, also known as a "mini-Budget". Britain's tax year has retained the old Julian end of year: 24 March (Old Style) / 5 April (New Style, i.e. Gregorian). From 1993, the Budget was in spring, preceded by an annual autumn statement. This was then called Pre-Budget Report. The Autumn Statement usually took place in November or December. The 1997, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2012 and 2016 budgets were all delivered on a Wednesday, summarised in a speech to the House of Commons.

The budget is a state secret until the chancellor reveals it in the speech given to Parliament. Hugh Dalton, on his way to giving the budget speech in 1947, inadvertently blurted out key details to a newspaper reporter, and they appeared in print before he made his speech. Dalton was forced to resign.

Monetary policy

Although the Bank of England is responsible for setting interest rates, the chancellor also plays an important part in the monetary policy structure. They set the inflation target which the Bank must set interest rates to meet. Under the Bank of England Act 1998 the chancellor has the power of appointment of four out of nine members of the Bank's Monetary Policy Committee – the so-called 'external' members. They also have a high level of influence over the appointment of the Bank's Governor and Deputy Governors, and has the right of consultation over the appointment of the two remaining MPC members from within the Bank. The Act also provides that the Government has the power to give instructions to the Bank on interest rates for a limited period in extreme circumstances. This power has never been officially used.

Ministerial arrangements

At HM Treasury the chancellor is supported by a political team of four junior ministers and by permanent civil servants. The most important junior minister is the chief secretary to the Treasury, a member of the Cabinet, to whom the negotiations with other government departments on the details of government spending are delegated, followed by the paymaster general, the financial secretary to the Treasury and the economic secretary to the Treasury. Whilst not continuously in use, there can also be appointed a commercial secretary to the Treasury and an exchequer secretary to the Treasury. Two other officials are given the title of a secretary to the Treasury, although neither is a government minister in the Treasury: the parliamentary secretary to the Treasury is the Government Chief Whip in the House of Commons; the permanent secretary to the Treasury is not a minister but the senior civil servant in the Treasury.

The chancellor is obliged to be a member of the Privy Council, and thus is styled the Right Honourable (Rt. Hon.). Because the House of Lords is excluded from financial matters by tradition confirmed by the Parliament Acts, the office is effectively limited to members of the House of Commons; apart from the occasions when the lord chief justice of the King's Bench has acted as interim Chancellor. The last peer to hold the office was Henry Booth, 2nd Baron Delamer (created Earl of Warrington shortly after leaving office) from 9 April 1689 to 18 March 1690. The chancellor holds the formerly independent office of Master of the Mint as a subsidiary office.

Perquisites of the office

Official residence

The chancellor of the Exchequer has no official London residence as such but since 1828 in their role as Second Lord of the Treasury they live in the second lord's official residence, No. 11 Downing Street. In 1997, the then first and second Lords, Tony Blair and Gordon Brown respectively, swapped apartments, as the chancellor's larger apartment in No. 11 better accommodated Blair's substantial family (besides himself and his wife, he had three children under 18 upon taking office, and a fourth was born in 2000); meanwhile, Brown was then unmarried and had no children.

Dorneywood

Main article: Dorneywood

Dorneywood is the summer residence that is traditionally made available to the chancellor, though it is the prime minister who ultimately decides who may use it. Gordon Brown, on becoming chancellor in 1997, refused to use it and the house, which is set in 215 acres (87 ha) of parkland, was allocated to Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott. In 2007, it reverted to the then-chancellor, Alistair Darling.

Budget box

Budget box or Gladstone box, c. 1860

The chancellor traditionally carries his or her budget speech to the House of Commons in a particular red despatch box. The so-called ‘Budget Box’ is identical to the cases used by all other government ministers (known as ministerial boxes or "despatch boxes") to transport their official papers, but is better known because the chancellor traditionally displays the box, containing the budget speech, to the press before leaving 11 Downing Street for the House of Commons.

The original budget box was first used by William Ewart Gladstone in 1853 and continued in use until 1965 when James Callaghan was the first chancellor to break with tradition when he used a newer box. Prior to Gladstone, a generic red despatch box of varying design and specification was used. The practice is said to have begun in the late 16th century, when Queen Elizabeth I's representative Francis Throckmorton presented the Spanish Ambassador, Bernardino de Mendoza, with a specially constructed red briefcase filled with black puddings.

In July 1997, Gordon Brown became the second chancellor to use a new box for the Budget. Made by industrial trainees at Babcock Rosyth Defence Ltd ship and submarine dockyard in Fife, the new box is made of yellow pine, with a brass handle and lock, covered in scarlet leather and embossed with the Royal cypher and crest and the chancellor's title. In his first Budget, in March 2008, Alistair Darling reverted to using the original budget box and his successor, George Osborne, continued this tradition for his first budget, before announcing that it would be retired due to its fragile condition. The key to the original budget box has been lost.

Budget tipple

By tradition, the chancellor has been allowed to drink whatever they wish while making the annual budget speech to Parliament. This includes alcohol, which is otherwise banned under parliamentary rules.

Previous chancellors have opted for whisky (Kenneth Clarke), gin and tonic (Geoffrey Howe), brandy and water (Benjamin Disraeli and John Major), spritzer (Nigel Lawson) and sherry and beaten egg (William Gladstone).

The chancellors after Clarke, Philip Hammond, George Osborne, Alistair Darling and Gordon Brown, opted for water. In fact Darling drank what was named "Standard Water" in reference to, and support of, the London Evening Standard newspaper's campaign to have plain tap water available in restaurants at no charge to customers.

Robe of office

The chancellor, as Master of the Mint, has a robe of office, similar to that of the lord chancellor (as seen in several of the portraits depicted below). In recent times, it has only regularly been worn at coronations, but some chancellors (at least until the 1990s) have also worn it when attending the Trial of the Pyx as Master of the Mint. According to George Osborne, the robe (dating from Gladstone's time in office, and worn by the likes of Lloyd George and Churchill) 'went missing' during Gordon Brown's time as chancellor.

List of chancellors of the exchequer

England (c. 1221 – c. 1558)

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (January 2011)
Chancellor of the Exchequer Term of office Monarch
(Reign)
Eustace of Fauconberg
Bishop of London 		c. 1221 — Henry III

(1216–1272)
John Maunsell
Secretary of State 		c. 1234 —
Ralph de Leicester before 1248
Edward of Westminster 1248 —
Albric de Fiscamp before 1263
John Chishull
Lord Chancellor 		1263 1265
Walter Giffard
Bishop of Bath and Wells 		1265 1266
Godfrey Giffard
Lord Chancellor 		1266 1268
John Chishull
Lord Chancellor 		1268 1269
Richard of Middleton
Archdeacon of Northumberland 		1269 1272
Roger de la Leye before 1283
Geoffrey de Neuband Edward I

(1272–1307)
Philip de Willoughby 1283 1305
John Benstead
Secretary of State 		1305 1306
John Sandale
Bishop of Winchester 		c. July
1307 		1308 Edward II

(1307–1327)
John of Markenfield 1309 1312
John Hotham
Bishop of Ely 		1312 1316
Hervey de Stanton 1316 c. 1323
Walter Stapledon
Lord High Treasurer 		1323 c. 1324
Hervey de Stanton
Chief Justice of the Common Pleas 		1324 c. January
1327
Adam de Harvington c. January
1327 		1330 Edward III

(1327–1377)
Robert Wodehouse 1330 1331
Robert de Stratford
Bishop of Chichester 		1331 1334
John Hildesle c. 1338 —
William de Everdon 1341 —
William Askeby
Archdeacon of Northampton 		1363 —
Robert de Ashton 1375 c. June
1377
Sir Walter Barnham c. June
1377 		c. September
1399 		Richard II

(1377–1399)
Henry Somer
MP for Middlesex 		1410 1437 Henry IV

(1399–1413)
Henry V

(1413–1422)
​ Henry VI

(1422–1461)
John Somerset 1441 1447
Thomas Browne
MP for Dover 		1440? 1450?
Thomas Witham 1454 —
Thomas Thwaites c. March
1461 		— Edward IV

(1461–1470)
Thomas Witham 1465 1469
​ Richard Fowler 1469 c. April
1471
Henry VI

(1470–1471)
Thomas Thwaites
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 		c. April
1471 		c. April
1483 		Edward IV

(1471–1483)
William Catesby
Speaker of the House of Commons 		c. April
1483 		c. 1484 Edward V

(1483)
Richard III

(1483–1485)
Thomas Lovell
Speaker of the House of Commons 		c. August
1485 		1524 Henry VII

(1485–1509)
​ Henry VIII

(1509–1547)
John Bourchier
2nd Baron Berners 		1524 1533?
Thomas Cromwell
1st Earl of Essex
Secretary of State 		12 April
1533 		10 June
1540
​ John Baker
MP for Kent 		1545 c. November
1558
Edward VI

(1547–1553)
Mary I

(1553–1558)
^† Died in office.
  1. Served until 1264.
  2. Lord Lancaster served as Regent of England during the minority of Edward III.
  3. The Regency government led by the Regency Council governed England during the minority of Henry VI.
  4. The Duke of Gloucester served as Regent of England during the reign of Edward V.
  5. Served until 1488.
  6. Margaret Beaufort served as Regent of England during the minority of Henry VIII.
  7. The Duke of Somerset and Duke of Northumberland served as Regent of England successively during the reign of Edward VI.

England (c. 1558 – 1708)

Chancellor of the Exchequer Term of office Monarch
(Reign)
Richard Sackville
MP for Sussex 		February
1559 		21 April
1566 		Elizabeth I

(1558–1603)
Walter Mildmay
MP for Northamptonshire 		1566 31 May
1589
John Fortescue
MP for Buckinghamshire →Middlesex 		1589 1603
George Home
1st Earl of Dunbar 		24 May
1603 		April
1606 		James I

(1603–1625)
Julius Caesar
MP for Middlesex 		11 April
1606 		1614
Fulke Greville
MP for Warwickshire 		15 October
1614 		1621
Richard Weston
MP for 7 constituencies successively 		29 January
1621 		15 July
1628
Charles I

(1625–1649)
Edward Barrett
1st Lord Barrett of Newburgh 		14 August
1628 		1629
Francis Cottington
1st Baron Cottington 		18 April
1629 		6 January
1642
John Colepeper
MP for Kent 		6 January
1642 		22 February
1643
Edward Hyde February
1643 		1646
Vacancy during the Interregnum (1649–1660)
Chancellor of the Exchequer Term of office Ministry Monarch
(Reign)
Edward Hyde
1st Baron Hyde 		1660 13 May
1661 		Clarendon Charles II

(1660–1685)
Anthony Ashley Cooper
1st Baron Ashley 		13 May
1661 		22 November
1672
Cabal
John Duncombe
MP for Bury St Edmunds 		22 November
1672 		2 May
1676
Danby I
​ John Ernle
MP for 4 constituencies successively 		2 May
1676 		9 April
1689
Privy Council
​ Chits
James II

(1685–1688)
​ William III
&
Mary II

(1689–1694)
Henry Booth
2nd Baron Delamer 		9 April
1689 		18 March
1690 		Carmarthen–Halifax
Richard Hampden
MP for Buckinghamshire 		18 March
1690 		10 May
1694 		Carmarthen
Charles Montagu
MP for Maldon → Westminster 		10 May
1694 		31 May
1699 		Whig Junto I
William III

(1694–1702)
John Smith
MP for Andover 		31 May
1699 		23 March
1701 		Pembroke
​ Henry Boyle
MP for Cambridge University → Westminster 		27 March
1701 		22 April
1708
Godolphin–Marlborough
(Tory–Whig) 		Anne

(1702–1714)
  1. Served until 1589 during the 9th Parliament of Queen Elizabeth I.
  2. Served from 1601 prior to the Golden Speech.
  3. Served during the 3rd Parliament of King James I in 1621.
  4. Elected to a new constituency in the 1695 general election.
  5. Elected to a new constituency in the 1705 general election.

Great Britain (1708–1817)

Chancellor of the Exchequer Term of office Party Ministry Monarch
(Reign)
John Smith
MP for Andover 		22 April
1708 		11 August
1710 		Whig Godolphin–Marlborough
(Tory–Whig) 		Anne

(1702–1714)
Robert Harley
MP for Radnor 		11 August
1710 		4 June
1711 		Tory Oxford–Bolingbroke
Robert Benson
MP for York 		4 June
1711 		21 August
1713 		Tory
William Wyndham
MP for Somerset 		21 August
1713 		13 October
1714 		Tory
George I

(1714–1727)
Richard Onslow
MP for Surrey 		13 October
1714 		12 October
1715 		Whig Townshend
Robert Walpole
MP for King's Lynn 		12 October
1715 		15 April
1717 		Whig
James Stanhope
1st Earl Stanhope 		15 April
1717 		20 March
1718 		Whig Stanhope–Sunderland I
John Aislabie
MP for Ripon 		20 March
1718 		23 January
1721 		Whig Stanhope–Sunderland II
John Pratt
Lord Chief Justice (interim) 		2 February
1721 		3 April
1721 		Whig
Robert Walpole
1st Earl of Orford
MP for King's Lynn 		3 April
1721 		12 February
1742 		Whig Walpole–Townshend
George II

(1727–1760)
Walpole
Samuel Sandys
MP for Worcester 		12 February
1742 		12 December
1743 		Whig Carteret
​ Henry Pelham
MP for Sussex 		12 December
1743 		8 March
1754 		Whig
Broad Bottom
(I & II)
William Lee
Lord Chief Justice (interim) 		8 March
1754 		6 April
1754 		Whig Newcastle I
Henry Bilson-Legge
MP for Orford 		6 April
1754 		25 November
1755 		Whig
George Lyttelton
MP for Okehampton 		25 November
1755 		16 November
1756 		Whig
Henry Bilson-Legge
MP for Orford 		16 November
1756 		13 April
1757 		Whig Pitt–Devonshire
William Murray
1st Earl of Mansfield
Lord Chief Justice (interim) 		13 April
1757 		2 July
1757 		Whig
1757 Caretaker
Henry Bilson-Legge
MP for Orford → Hampshire 		2 July
1757 		19 March
1761 		Whig Pitt–Newcastle
George III

(1760–1820)
William Barrington
2nd Viscount Barrington
MP for Plymouth 		19 March
1761 		29 May
1762 		Whig
Francis Dashwood
MP for Weymouth and Melcombe Regis 		29 May
1762 		16 April
1763 		Tory Bute
(Tory–Whig)
George Grenville
MP for Buckingham 		16 April
1763 		16 July
1765 		Whig Grenville
(Whig–Tory)
William Dowdeswell
MP for Worcestershire 		16 July
1765 		2 August
1766 		Whig Rockingham I
Charles Townshend
MP for Harwich 		2 August
1766 		4 September
1767 		Whig Chatham
(Whig–Tory)
​ Frederick North
Lord North
MP for Banbury 		11 September
1767 		27 March
1782 		Tory
Grafton
North
Lord John Cavendish
MP for York 		27 March
1782 		10 July
1782 		Whig Rockingham II
William Pitt the Younger
MP for Appleby 		10 July
1782 		31 March
1783 		Whig Shelburne
(Whig–Tory)
Lord John Cavendish
MP for York 		2 April
1783 		19 December
1783 		Whig Fox–North
William Pitt the Younger
MP for Appleby → Cambridge University 		19 December
1783 		14 March
1801 		Tory Pitt I
Henry Addington
MP for Devizes 		14 March
1801 		10 May
1804 		Tory Addington
William Pitt the Younger
MP for Cambridge University 		10 May
1804 		23 January
1806 		Tory Pitt II
Edward Law
1st Baron Ellenborough
Lord Chief Justice (interim) 		23 January
1806 		5 February
1806 		Tory All the Talents
(Whig–Tory)
Lord Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice
MP for Cambridge University 		5 February
1806 		26 March
1807 		Whig
Spencer Perceval
MP for Northampton 		26 March
1807 		11 May
1812 		Tory Portland II
Perceval
Nicholas Vansittart
MP for East Grinstead → Harwich 		9 June
1812 		12 July
1817 		Tory Liverpool
  1. Lord Parker served as Regent of Great Britain from 1 August to 18 September 1714.
  2. Elevated to the Peerage of Great Britain on 6 February 1742.
  3. Elected to a new constituency in the Hampshire by-election.
  4. The Prince of Wales served as prince regent from 5 February 1811.
  5. Elected to a new constituency in the 1784 general election.
  6. Elected to a new constituency in the 1812 general election.

United Kingdom (1817–present)

Although the Kingdoms of Great Britain and Ireland had been united by the Acts of Union 1800, the Exchequers of the two Kingdoms were not consolidated until 1817 under the Consolidated Fund Act 1816 (56 Geo. 3. c. 98). For the holders of the Irish office before this date, see Chancellor of the Exchequer of Ireland.

Chancellor of the Exchequer Term of office Party Ministry Monarch
(Reign)
Nicholas Vansittart
MP for Harwich 		12 July 1817 31 January 1823 Tory Liverpool George III

(1760–1820)
George IV

(1820–1830)
Frederick John Robinson
MP for Ripon 		31 January 1823 27 April 1827 Tory
George Canning
MP for Seaford 		27 April 1827 8 August 1827 Tory Canning
(Canningite–Whig)
Charles Abbott
1st Baron Tenterden
Lord Chief Justice (interim) 		8 August 1827 5 September 1827 Tory Goderich
John Charles Herries
MP for Harwich 		5 September 1827 26 January 1828 Tory
Henry Goulburn
MP for Armagh 		26 January 1828 22 November 1830 Tory Wellington–Peel
William IV

(1830–1837)
John Spencer
Viscount Althorp
MP for Northamptonshire →
South Northamptonshire 		22 November 1830 14 November 1834 Whig Grey
Melbourne I
Thomas Denman
1st Baron Denman
Lord Chief Justice (interim) 		14 November 1834 15 December 1834 Whig Wellington Caretaker
Robert Peel
MP for Tamworth 		15 December 1834 8 April 1835 Conservative Peel I
Thomas Spring Rice
MP for Cambridge 		18 April 1835 26 August 1839 Whig Melbourne II
Victoria

(1837–1901)
Francis Baring
MP for Portsmouth 		26 August 1839 30 August 1841 Whig
Henry Goulburn
MP for Cambridge University 		3 September 1841 27 June 1846 Conservative Peel II
Charles Wood
MP for Halifax 		6 July 1846 21 February 1852 Whig Russell I
Benjamin Disraeli
MP for Buckinghamshire 		27 February 1852 17 December 1852 Conservative Who? Who?
William Ewart Gladstone
MP for Oxford University 		28 December 1852 28 February 1855 Peelite Aberdeen
(Peelite–Whig)
George Cornewall Lewis
MP for Radnor 		28 February 1855 21 February 1858 Whig Palmerston I
Benjamin Disraeli
MP for Buckinghamshire 		26 February 1858 11 June 1859 Conservative Derby–Disraeli II
William Ewart Gladstone
MP for Oxford University →
South Lancashire 		18 June 1859 26 June 1866 Liberal Palmerston II
Russell II
Benjamin Disraeli
MP for Buckinghamshire 		6 July 1866 29 February 1868 Conservative Derby–Disraeli III
George Ward Hunt
MP for North Northamptonshire 		29 February 1868 1 December 1868 Conservative
Robert Lowe
MP for London University 		9 December 1868 11 August 1873 Liberal Gladstone I
William Ewart Gladstone
MP for Greenwich 		11 August 1873 17 February 1874 Liberal
Stafford Northcote
MP for North Devonshire 		21 February 1874 21 April 1880 Conservative Disraeli II
William Ewart Gladstone
MP for Midlothian 		28 April 1880 16 December 1882 Liberal Gladstone II
Hugh Childers
MP for Pontefract 		16 December 1882 9 June 1885 Liberal
Michael Hicks Beach
MP for Bristol West 		24 June 1885 28 January 1886 Conservative Salisbury I
William Harcourt
MP for Derby 		6 February 1886 20 July 1886 Liberal Gladstone III
Lord Randolph Churchill
MP for Paddington South 		3 August 1886 22 December 1886 Conservative Salisbury II
George Goschen
MP for St George Hanover Square 		14 January 1887 11 August 1892 Liberal Unionist
William Harcourt
MP for Derby 		18 August 1892 21 June 1895 Liberal Gladstone IV
Rosebery
Michael Hicks Beach
MP for Bristol West 		29 June 1895 11 August 1902 Conservative Salisbury
(III & IV)
(Con.–Lib.U.)
Edward VII

(1901–1910)
Charles Ritchie
MP for Croydon 		11 August 1902 9 October 1903 Conservative Balfour
Austen Chamberlain
MP for East Worcestershire 		9 October 1903 4 December 1905 Liberal Unionist
Herbert Henry Asquith
MP for East Fife 		10 December 1905 16 April 1908 Liberal Campbell-Bannerman
David Lloyd George
MP for Caernarvon Boroughs 		16 April 1908 25 May 1915 Liberal Asquith
(I–III)
George V

(1910–1936)
Reginald McKenna
MP for North Monmouthshire 		25 May 1915 10 December 1916 Liberal Asquith Coalition
(Lib.–Con.–et al.)
Bonar Law
MP for Bootle →
Glasgow Central 		10 December 1916 10 January 1919 Conservative Lloyd George
(I & II)
Austen Chamberlain
MP for Birmingham West 		10 January 1919 1 April 1921 Conservative
Robert Horne
MP for Glasgow Hillhead 		1 April 1921 19 October 1922 Conservative
Stanley Baldwin
MP for Bewdley 		27 October 1922 27 August 1923 Conservative Law
​ Baldwin I
Neville Chamberlain
MP for Birmingham Ladywood 		27 August 1923 22 January 1924 Conservative
Philip Snowden
MP for Colne Valley 		22 January 1924 3 November 1924 Labour MacDonald I
Winston Churchill
MP for Epping

Chancellorship

6 November 1924 4 June 1929 Conservative Baldwin II
Philip Snowden
MP for Colne Valley 		7 June 1929 5 November 1931 Labour MacDonald II
National Labour National I
(N.Lab.–Con.–et al.)
Neville Chamberlain
MP for Birmingham Edgbaston 		5 November 1931 28 May 1937 Conservative National II
​ National III
(Con.–N.Lab.–et al.)
Edward VIII

(1936)
​ George VI

(1936–1952)
John Simon
MP for Spen Valley 		28 May 1937 12 May 1940 Liberal National National IV
Chamberlain War
Kingsley Wood
MP for Woolwich West 		12 May 1940 21 September 1943 Conservative Churchill War
(All parties)
​ John Anderson
MP for Combined Scottish Universities 		24 September 1943 26 July 1945 Independent
(National)
Churchill Caretaker
(Con.–Lib.N.)
Hugh Dalton
MP for Bishop Auckland 		27 July 1945 13 November 1947 Labour Attlee
(I & II)
Stafford Cripps
MP for Bristol East →
Bristol South East 		13 November 1947 19 October 1950 Labour
Hugh Gaitskell
MP for Leeds South 		19 October 1950 26 October 1951 Labour
Richard Austen Butler
MP for Saffron Walden 		26 October 1951 20 December 1955 Conservative Churchill III
Elizabeth II

(1952–2022)
Eden
Harold Macmillan
MP for Bromley 		20 December 1955 13 January 1957 Conservative
Peter Thorneycroft
MP for Monmouth 		13 January 1957 6 January 1958 Conservative Macmillan
(I & II)
Derick Heathcoat-Amory
MP for Tiverton 		6 January 1958 27 July 1960 Conservative
Selwyn Lloyd
MP for Wirral 		27 July 1960 13 July 1962 Conservative
​ Reginald Maudling
MP for Barnet 		16 July 1962 16 October 1964 Conservative
Douglas-Home
James Callaghan
MP for Cardiff South East 		17 October 1964 29 November 1967 Labour Wilson
(I & II)
Roy Jenkins
MP for Birmingham Stechford 		29 November 1967 19 June 1970 Labour
Iain Macleod
MP for Enfield West 		20 June 1970 20 July 1970 Conservative Heath
Anthony Barber
MP for Altrincham and Sale 		25 July 1970 4 March 1974 Conservative
Denis Healey
MP for Leeds East 		5 March 1974 4 May 1979 Labour Wilson
(III & IV)
Callaghan
Geoffrey Howe
MP for East Surrey 		4 May 1979 11 June 1983 Conservative Thatcher I
Nigel Lawson
MP for Blaby 		11 June 1983 26 October 1989 Conservative Thatcher II
​ Thatcher III
John Major
MP for Huntingdon 		26 October 1989 28 November 1990 Conservative
Norman Lamont
MP for Kingston-upon-Thames 		28 November 1990 27 May 1993 Conservative Major I
​ Major II
Kenneth Clarke
MP for Rushcliffe 		27 May 1993 2 May 1997 Conservative
Gordon Brown
MP for Dunfermline East →
Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath

Chancellorship

2 May 1997 27 June 2007 Labour Blair
(I, II & III)
Alistair Darling
MP for Edinburgh South West 		28 June 2007 11 May 2010 Labour Brown
George Osborne
MP for Tatton

Chancellorship

11 May 2010 13 July 2016 Conservative Cameron–Clegg
(Con.–L.D.)
Cameron II
Philip Hammond
MP for Runnymede and Weybridge 		13 July 2016 24 July 2019 Conservative May I
May II
Sajid Javid
MP for Bromsgrove 		24 July 2019 13 February 2020 Conservative Johnson I
​ Johnson II
Rishi Sunak
MP for Richmond (Yorks)

Chancellorship

13 February 2020 5 July 2022 Conservative
Nadhim Zahawi
MP for Stratford-on-Avon 		5 July 2022 6 September 2022 Conservative
‍ Kwasi Kwarteng
MP for Spelthorne 		6 September 2022 14 October 2022 Conservative Truss
Charles III

(2022–present)
Jeremy Hunt
MP for South West Surrey

Chancellorship

14 October 2022 5 July 2024 Conservative
​ Sunak
Rachel Reeves
MP for Leeds West and Pudsey

Chancellorship

5 July 2024 Incumbent Labour Starmer
  1. The Prince of Wales served as prince regent from 5 February 1811.
  2. Elected to a new constituency in the 1832 general election.
  3. Elected to a new constituency in the 1865 general election.
  4. Elected to a new constituency in the 1918 general election.
  5. Elected to a new constituency in the 1950 general election.
  6. Elected to a new constituency in the 2005 general election.

Timeline

1817–present

Rachel ReevesJeremy HuntKwasi KwartengNadhim ZahawiRishi SunakSajid JavidPhilip HammondGeorge OsborneAlistair DarlingGordon BrownKenneth ClarkeNorman LamontJohn MajorNigel LawsonGeoffrey HoweDenis HealeyAnthony BarberIain MacleodRoy JenkinsJames CallaghanReginald MaudlingSelwyn LloydDerick Heathcoat-AmoryPeter ThorneycroftHarold MacmillanRab ButlerHugh GaitskellStafford CrippsHugh DaltonJohn Anderson, 1st Viscount WaverleyKingsley WoodJohn Simon, 1st Viscount SimonWinston ChurchillPhilip SnowdenNeville ChamberlainStanley BaldwinRobert Horne, 1st Viscount Horne of SlamannanBonar LawReginald McKennaDavid Lloyd GeorgeH. H. AsquithAustin ChamberlainCharles Ritchie, 1st Baron Ritchie of DundeeGeorge Goschen, 1st Viscount GoschenLord Randolph ChurchillWilliam Hardcourt (politician)Michael Hicks Beach, 1st Earl St AldwynHugh ChildersStafford NorthcoteRobert LoweGeorge Ward HuntGeorge Cornewall LewisWilliam Ewart GladstoneBenjamin DisraeliCharles Wood, 1st Viscount HalifaxFrancis Baring, 1st Baron NorthbrookThomas Spring Rice, 1st Baron Monteagle of BrandonRobert PeelThomas Denman, 1st Baron DenmanJohn Spencer, 3rd Earl SpencerHenry GoulburnJohn Charles HerriesCharles Abbott, 1st Baron TenterdenGeorge CanningFrederick John RobinsonNicholas Vansittart

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Including constituencies for elected MPs.

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Further reading

  • Barber, Stephen. "'Westminster's wingman'? Shadow chancellor as a strategic and coveted political role." British Politics 11.2 (2016): 184–204.
  • Baxter, Stephen B. The Development of the Treasury, 1660–1702 (1957) online
  • Browning, Peter. The Treasury and Economic Policy: 1964–1985 (Longman, 1986).
  • Dell, Edmund. The Chancellors: A History of the Chancellors of the Exchequer, 1945–90 (HarperCollins, 1997) 619pp; 17 chapters covering the terms of each chancellor.
  • Holt, Richard. Second Amongst Equals: Chancellors of the Exchequer and the British Economy (Profile Books, 2001).
  • Jenkins, Roy. The Chancellors (1998); 497pp; covers entire career as well as term in office of 19 chancellors from 1886 to 1947.
  • Kynaston, David. The chancellor of the exchequer (T. Dalton, 1980).
  • Peden, G. C. The Treasury and British Public Policy, 1906–1959 (Oxford UP, 2000). online
  • Seldon, Anthony. The Impossible Office? The History of the British Prime Minister (2021) excerpt major scholarly history. Covers the relations with Prime Minister in Chapter 9.
  • Vincent, Nicholas C. "The Origins of the Chancellorship of the Exchequer." English Historical Review 108.426 (1993): 105–121. in JSTOR
  • Woodward, Nicholas. The management of the British economy, 1945–2001 (Manchester University Press, 2004).

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