Clerk of the Crown in Chancery
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The Clerk of the Crown in Chancery in Great Britain is a senior civil servant who is the head of the Crown Office.
The Crown Office, a section of the Ministry of Justice, has custody of the Great Seal of the Realm, and has certain administrative functions in connection with the courts and the judicial process, as well as functions relating to the electoral process for House of Commons elections, to the keeping of the Roll of the Peerage, and to the preparation of royal documents such as warrants required to pass under the royal sign-manual, fiats, letters patent, etc.
History
The position evolved from the mediaeval office of the Chancery. The first individual known to be designated as Clerk of the Crown in Chancery was Benedict Normanton in 1331. After 1384, it became common for two persons to hold the clerkship in two separate offices, and in some cases two persons held one of the offices in survivorship.[1]
From 1885 onwards, the office of Clerk of the Crown in Chancery has always been held by the Permanent Secretary to the Lord Chancellor's Department (now the Ministry of Justice). The Clerk of the Crown is formally appointed by the monarch under the royal sign-manual;[2] they must take an oath before assuming the office, which is now administered by the Lord Chancellor.
Responsibilities
Since 1885, the office of Clerk of the Crown in Chancery has been combined with that of Permanent Secretary to the Lord Chancellor's Department (now the Ministry of Justice). The Clerk of the Crown in Chancery is appointed by the Monarch under the royal sign-manual.[2]
All formal royal documents (such as warrants to be signed by the monarch; letters patent, both those that are signed by the King himself and those that are approved by warrant; and royal charters) are prepared by the Crown Office.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
The Crown Office is also responsible for sealing with the Great Seal of the Realm all documents that need to pass under that seal, once the authority for the use of the seal is signified by the Sovereign (authorisation to use the Seal is granted either by the monarch signing a warrant that approves the draft text of letters patent, directs that they be prepared and authorises them to be sealed and issued; or by the Sovereign directly signing the letters patent that are to pass under the great seal, as is necessary in some cases, such as with letters patent that grant Royal Assent to bills passed by Parliament and with instruments of consent relating to royal marriages).Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
The Clerk of the Crown in Chancery discharges his or her functions regarding the use of the Great Seal and the preparation of royal warrants, letters patent, etc., under the direction of the Lord Chancellor, who is the keeper of the Great Seal of the Realm.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
The Crown Office is also responsible for maintaining and updating the Roll of the Peerage. The Secretary of State for Justice is the keeper of the Peerage Roll, and his duties in that regard are daily discharged by a Registrar of the Peerage and a Deputy Registrar, who work within the Crown Office and are therefore under the supervision of the Clerk of the Crown in Chancery. The duties of the Ministry of Justice regarding the keeping and maintenance of the Roll of the Peerage are discharged in collaboration with the Garter King of Arms and Lord Lyon King of Arms, regarding their respective heraldic jurisdictions. The Crown Office also compiles the Official Roll of the Baronetage.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
The Crown Office also has duties relating to the elections for the House of Commons. The Clerk of the Crown in Chancery initiates a parliamentary election in a constituency by sending an election writ to the returning officer of the constituency, and historically received all ballot papers and ballot stubs after the election was complete[3] though they are now kept locally by the registration officer for each area (and retained for a year).[4]
The Clerk issues election writs to all constituencies whenever the King makes a proclamation summoning a new parliament, and issues an election writ to a specific constituency whenever that constituency's seat is certified as vacant. The Clerk of the Crown in Chancery also prepares a Return Book, listing the names of all those who are returned as members of the House of Commons in a general election, and delivers that book to the Clerk of the House of Commons on the first day of a new parliament.
List of Clerks of the Crown
| # | Portrait | NameTemplate:Efn-ua (BirthTemplate:NdashDeath)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
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| 1 | File:No image.svg | Benedict Normanton (n/a)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />occ.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".4 AugustScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1331 |
1350 | Clerk of the Crown in Chancery in EnglandScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
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| 2 | File:No image.svg | John (de) Tamworth (died Template:Circa 1374)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
20 FebruaryScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1350 |
1374Template:Ndash1376 | Clerk of the Crown in Chancery in EnglandScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Template:Efn-lr |
— | [1][5] |
| 3 | File:No image.svg | Geoffrey Martin (n/a)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
1 JanuaryScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1376 |
1396 | Clerk of the Crown in Chancery in EnglandScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
— | [1] |
| 4 | File:No image.svg | Edmund Brudenell (n/a)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
30 JulyScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1380 |
1385 | Clerk of the Crown in Chancery in EnglandScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
— | |
| 10 AprilScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1384 |
1385 | Clerk of the Crown in Chancery in EnglandScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |||||
| 5 | File:No image.svg | James (de) Billingford (died 1409)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
2 DecemberScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1385 |
13 MarchScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1396 |
Clerk of the Crown in Chancery in EnglandScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
— | |
| 13 MarchScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1396 |
1409<templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>[†] | Chief Clerk of the Crown in Chancery in EnglandScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |||||
| 6 | File:No image.svg | John Clerk (n/a)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
Secondary Clerk of the Crown in Chancery in EnglandScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
— | |||
| 6 FebruaryScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1409 |
17 OctoberScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1415 |
Clerks of the Crown in Chancery in EnglandScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Template:Efn-lr | |||||
| 7 | File:No image.svg | William Champneys (n/a)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
1415 | — | |||
| 8 | File:No image.svg | Richard Sturgeon (n/a)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
8 AprilScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1415 |
17 OctoberScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1415 |
Clerk of the Crown in Chancery in EnglandScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Template:Efn-lr |
— | |
| 17 OctoberScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1415 |
12 AugustScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1449 |
Clerks of the Crown in Chancery in EnglandScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Template:Efn-lr | |||||
| 9 | File:No image.svg | Sir Thomas Haseley<templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>[‖] (died 1449)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
24 DecemberScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1448 |
— | |||
| 24 DecemberScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1448 |
23 MayScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1449<templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>[†] |
Clerk of the Crown in Chancery in EnglandScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Template:Efn-lr | |||||
| 10 | File:No image.svg | Thomas Ive (n/a)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
20 AprilScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1461 |
— | |||
| 20 AprilScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1461 |
21Template:Ndash23 MayScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1481<templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>[†] |
Clerk of the Crown in Chancery in EnglandScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |||||
| 11 | File:No image.svg | William Rous (died 1470)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
12 AugustScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1449 |
12 OctoberScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1470<templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>[†] |
Clerk of the Crown in Chancery in EnglandScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Template:Efn-lr |
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| 12 | File:No image.svg | John Bagot (n/a)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
12 OctoberScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1470 |
1499 | Clerk of the Crown in Chancery in EnglandScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Template:Efn-lr |
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| 13 | File:No image.svg | Richard Ive (died 1487)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
21 MayScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1481 |
19 SeptemberScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1485 |
Clerk of the Crown in Chancery in EnglandScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Template:Efn-lr |
— | |
| 19 SeptemberScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1485 |
10 NovemberScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1487<templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>[†] |
Clerk of the Crown in Chancery in EnglandScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Template:Efn-lr | |||||
| 14 | File:No image.svg | Gilbert Bacheler (died 1500)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
1485 | — | |||
| 10 NovemberScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1487 |
29 OctoberScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1500 |
Clerk of the Crown in Chancery in EnglandScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Template:Efn-lr | |||||
| 15 | File:No image.svg | Clement Clerk (died 1504)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
1504 | — | |||
| 16 | File:No image.svg | William Porter (died 1522)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
12 NovemberScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1504 |
4 MarchScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1522<templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>[†] |
Clerk of the Crown in Chancery in EnglandScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
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| 17 | File:No image.svg | Ralph Pexall (died 1537)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
6 MarchScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1522 |
15Template:Ndash16 JulyScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1537<templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>[†] |
Clerk of the Crown in Chancery in EnglandScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
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| 18 | File:No image.svg | Sir Thomas Pope (Template:CircaTemplate:Ndash1559)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
15Template:Ndash16 JulyScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1537 |
26 FebruaryScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1538 |
Clerk of the Crown in Chancery in EnglandScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Template:Efn-lr |
— | |
| 28 FebruaryScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1538 |
1544 | Clerks of the Crown in Chancery in EnglandScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Template:Efn-lr | |||||
| 19 | File:No image.svg | John Lucas (died 1556)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
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| 20 | File:No image.svg | Edmund Martin (n/a)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
9 AprilScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1544 |
20 JulyScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1546 |
Clerk of the Crown in Chancery in EnglandScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
— | |
| 20 JulyScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1546 |
1579<templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>[†] | Clerks of the Crown in Chancery in EnglandScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Template:Efn-lrTemplate:Efn-lrTemplate:Efn-lr | |||||
| 21 | File:No image.svg | Thomas Powle (I) (1514Template:Ndash1601)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
26 JulyScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1601<templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>[†] |
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| 22 | File:No image.svg | Sir George Coppin (died 1620)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
26 JulyScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1601 |
1 MarchScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1620<templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>[†] |
Clerk of the Crown in Chancery in EnglandScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Template:Efn-lrTemplate:Efn-lr |
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| 23 | File:No image.svg | Sir Thomas Edmondes (1563Template:Ndash1639)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
1 MarchScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1620 |
11 JuneScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1629 |
Clerk of the Crown in Chancery in EnglandScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Template:Efn-lrTemplate:Efn-lr |
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| 24 | File:No image.svg | Thomas Willis (1576Template:Ndash1656)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
13 JuneScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1629 |
<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />occ.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1646 | Clerk of the Crown in Chancery in EnglandScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Template:Efn-lrTemplate:Efn-lrTemplate:Efn-lr |
— | |
| 25 | File:No image.svg | John Bolles (n/a)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
12 DecemberScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1643 |
<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />occ.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". AprilScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1654 |
Clerk of the Crown in Chancery in EnglandScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Template:Efn-lr |
— | [6][1] |
| 26 | File:No image.svg | Nathaniel Taylor (n/a)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
15 NovemberScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1655 |
1659Template:Ndash1660 | Clerk of the Commonwealth | — | |
| 27 | File:No image.svg | Valentine Willis (n/a)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
10 FebruaryScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1660 |
AprilScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1660 |
Clerk of the CommonwealthTemplate:Efn-lr | — | |
| AprilScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1660 |
30 JuneScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1660 |
Clerk of the Crown in Chancery in EnglandScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Template:Efn-lr | |||||
| 28 | File:No image.svg | Henry Barker (n/a)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
19 JulyScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1660 |
22 FebruaryScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1692 |
Clerk of the Crown in Chancery in EnglandScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Template:Efn-lr |
— | |
| 29 | File:No image.svg | Thomas Chute (died 1701)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
22 FebruaryScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1692 |
17 MayScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".1701 | Clerk of the Crown in Chancery in EnglandScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
— | |
| 30 | File:No image.svg | George Wright (n/a)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
17 MayScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1701 |
6 MarchScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1725<templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>[†] |
Clerk of the Crown in Chancery in England (until 1707)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
— | |
| Clerk of the Crown in Chancery in Great Britain (after 1707)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |||||||
| 31 | File:No image.svg | Stephen Bisse (died 1746)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
6 MarchScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1725 |
9 SeptemberScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1746<templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>[†] |
Clerk of the Crown in Chancery in Great BritainScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Template:Efn-lr |
— | |
| 32 | File:No image.svg | Thomas Bray (died 1737)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
1737<templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>[†] | ||||
| 33 | File:Charles Yorke by Thomas Hudson.jpg | [[Charles Yorke|The Right HonourableScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Charles Yorke Template:Gaps]] MP for Reigate→ Cambridge UniversityScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".<templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>[‡] (1722Template:Ndash1770)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
9 SeptemberScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1746 |
20 JanuaryScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1770<templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>[†] |
Clerk of the Crown in Chancery in Great BritainScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Template:Efn-lr |
Template:Bulleted list | [7] |
| 34 | File:John Yorke (1728–1801).jpg | The HonourableScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". John Yorke MP for Higham Ferrers→ ReigateScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".<templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>[‡] (1728Template:Ndash1801)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
4 SeptemberScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1801<templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>[†] |
— | [1] | ||
| 35 | File:Henry Bathurst, 3rd Earl Bathurst by William Salter.jpg | [[Henry Bathurst, 3rd Earl Bathurst|The Right HonourableScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Henry Bathurst 3rd Earl Bathurst Template:Gaps]] (1762Template:Ndash1834)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
4 SeptemberScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1801 |
27 JulyScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1834<templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>[†] |
Clerk of the Crown in Chancery in Great BritainScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Template:Efn-lrTemplate:Efn-lr |
Template:Bulleted list | [1] |
| 36 | File:No image.svg | The HonourableScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Apsley Bathurst (1769Template:Ndash1816)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
24 JanuaryScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1816<templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>[†] |
— | [8][1] | ||
| 37 | File:No image.svg | Sir Denis Le Marchant 1st BaronetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". (1795Template:Ndash1874)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
30 JulyScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1834 |
1834 | Clerk of the Crown in Chancery in Great BritainScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
— | [9] |
| 38 | File:No image.svg | Leonard Edmunds in Great BritainScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". (died 1887)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
15 NovemberScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1834 |
1848 | Clerk of the Crown | — | [10][1] |
| 39 | File:No image.svg | The HonourableScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Charles Edward Pepys Viscount CrowhurstTemplate:Efn-lr died 1863Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
14 MarchScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1848 |
1851 | Clerk of the Crown in Chancery in Great BritainScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
— | [11][1] |
| 40 | File:No image.svg | Charles Romilly (died 1887)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
11 JulyScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1851 |
1880 | Clerk of the Crown in Chancery in Great BritainScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
— | [12][1] |
| 41 | File:No image.svg | Ralph Charlton Palmer (died 1923)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
18 SeptemberScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1880 |
1885 | Clerk of the Crown in Chancery in Great BritainScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
— | [13][1] |
| 42 | File:Kenneth Augustus Muir-Mackenzie.jpg | [[Kenneth Muir Mackenzie, 1st Baron Muir Mackenzie|Sir Kenneth Muir Mackenzie Template:Gaps]]<templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>[§] (1845Template:Ndash1930)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
17 FebruaryScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1885 |
1915 | Clerk of the Crown in Chancery in Great BritainScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
Permanent Secretary to the Lord Chancellor's OfficeScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
[14] |
| 43 | File:Claud Schuster.jpg | [[Claud Schuster, 1st Baron Schuster|Sir Claud Schuster Template:Gaps]]<templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>[§] (1869Template:Ndash1956)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
5 JulyScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1915 |
21 AugustScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1944 |
Clerk of the Crown in Chancery in Great BritainScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
[15] | |
| 44 | File:No image.svg | [[Albert Napier|The HonourableScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Sir Albert Napier Template:Gaps]] (1881Template:Ndash1973)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
2 JulyScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1944 |
1954 | Clerk of the Crown in Chancery in Great BritainScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
— | |
| 45 | [[George Coldstream|The HonourableScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Sir George Coldstream Template:Gaps]] (1907Template:Ndash2004)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
4 JuneScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1954 |
1968 | Clerk of the Crown in Chancery in Great BritainScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
[16] | ||
| 46 | File:No image.svg | [[Denis Dobson|Sir Denis Dobson Template:Gaps]] (1908Template:Ndash1995)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
1 AprilScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1968 |
1977 | Clerk of the Crown in Chancery in Great BritainScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
[17] | |
| 47 | File:No image.svg | [[Wilfrid Bourne|Sir Wilfrid Bourne Template:Gaps]] (1922Template:Ndash1999)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
12 AprilScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1977 |
1982 | Clerk of the Crown in Chancery in Great BritainScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
[18] | |
| 48 | File:No image.svg | [[Derek Oulton|Sir Derek Oulton Template:Gaps]] (1927Template:Ndash2016)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
1 OctoberScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1982 |
1989 | Clerk of the Crown in Chancery in Great BritainScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
[19] | |
| 49 | File:No image.svg | [[Thomas Legg|Sir Thomas Legg Template:Gaps]] (born 1935)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
18 SeptemberScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1989 |
1998 | Clerk of the Crown in Chancery in Great BritainScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
[20] | |
| 50 | File:No image.svg | [[Hayden Phillips|Sir Hayden Phillips Template:Gaps]] (born 1943)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
11 AprilScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1998 |
2004 | Clerk of the Crown in Chancery in Great BritainScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
[21] | |
| Permanent Secretary to the Department for Constitutional AffairsScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |||||||
| 51 | File:No image.svg | [[Alex Allan|The HonourableScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Sir Alexander Allan Template:Gaps]] (born 1951)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
2 AugustScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 2004 |
15 NovemberScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 2007 |
Clerk of the Crown in Chancery in Great BritainScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Template:Efn-lr |
[22] | |
| 52 | File:SirSuma.jpg | [[Suma Chakrabarti|Sir Suma Chakrabarti Template:Gaps]] (born 1959)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
19 DecemberScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 2007 |
2012 | Clerk of the Crown in Chancery in Great BritainScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of JusticeScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
[23] |
| 53 | File:Ursula Brennan DCB.jpg | [[Ursula Brennan|Dame Ursula Brennan Template:Gaps]] (born 1952)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
12 JulyScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 2012 |
JulyScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 2015 |
Clerk of the Crown in Chancery in Great BritainScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
[24] | |
| 54 | File:Sir Richard Heaton (cropped).jpg | [[Richard Heaton|Sir Richard Heaton Template:Gaps]] (born 1965)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
1 SeptemberScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 2015 |
AugustScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 2020 |
Clerk of the Crown in Chancery in Great BritainScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
[25] | |
| — | Ceri King | SeptemberScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 2020 |
DecemberScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 2020 |
Acting Clerk of the Crown in Chancery in Great BritainScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Template:Efn-lr |
Template:Bulleted list | — | |
| 55 | File:Antonia Romeo (cropped).jpg | [[Antonia Romeo|Dame Antonia Romeo Template:Gaps]] (born 1974)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
18 JanuaryScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 2021 |
11 AprilScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 2025 |
Clerk of the Crown in Chancery in Great BritainScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of JusticeScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
[26] |
| — | Amy Rees | 11 AprilScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 2025 |
present | Acting Clerk of the Crown in Chancery in Great BritainScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
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Canadian Clerk of the Crown in Chancery
The office of Clerk of the Crown in Chancery was carried over to Canada. From 1791 to 1866, there were Clerks for both Lower Canada and Upper Canada. They carried out electoral functions similar to the British Clerk. Following Confederation in 1867, the federal government established the position of Clerk of the Crown to oversee elections. The office was amalgamated into the position of Chief Electoral Officer in 1920.[27]
Notes
References
External links
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- Parliamentary Archives, Records of the Clerk of the Crown
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- ↑ a b Great Seal (Offices) Act 1874, section 8
- ↑ Memorandum on Electoral Law and Administration
- ↑ Representation of the People Act 1983, Schedule 1, rule 55
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