The Lord Chancellor of Scotland was a Great Officer of State in the Kingdom of Scotland.. Holders of the office are known from 1123 onwards, but its duties were occasionally performed by an official of lower status with the title of Keeper of the Great Seal.From the 15th century, the Chancellor was normally a Bishop or a Peer.. At the Union, the Lord Keeper of the Great Seal …

The Lord Mayor of London is the mayor of the City of London and the leader of the City of London Corporation.Within the City, the Lord Mayor is accorded precedence over all individuals except the sovereign and retains various traditional powers, rights, and privileges, including the title and style The Right Honourable Lord Mayor of London.. One of the world's oldest …

William Crichton, 1st Lord Crichton (died 1454) was an important political figure in the late medieval Kingdom of Scotland Life. The son of Sir John Crichton of Crichton, William ... In 1437 Crichton, as Keeper of Edinburgh, had control of the six-year-old James II and by 1439 had himself proclaimed Lord Chancellor of Scotland.

Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer, KG PC FRS (5 December 1661 – 21 May 1724) was an English and later British statesman of the late Stuart and early Georgian periods. He began his career as a Whig, before defecting to a new Tory ministry. He was raised to the peerage of Great Britain as an earl in 1711. Between 1711 and 1714 he served as Lord High …

The Lord Steward or Lord Steward of the Household is an official of the Royal Household in England.He is always a peer.Until 1924, he was always a member of the Government. [citation needed] Until 1782, the office was one of considerable political importance and carried Cabinet rank.The Lord Steward receives his appointment from the Sovereign in person and bears a …

In 1752, Rockingham was appointed Lord of the Bedchamber to George II and married Mary Bright. In 1753 the Rockingham Club was formed, containing the first Rockingham Whigs. Rockingham hired James Stuart, of whom he was a patron, to paint portraits of William III and George II for the club rooms. The club held monthly meetings and a list written in June 1754 …

Early life: 1830–1852. Lord Robert Cecil was born at Hatfield House, the third son of the 2nd Marquess of Salisbury and Frances Mary, née Gascoyne. He was a patrilineal descendant of Lord Burghley and the 1st Earl of Salisbury, chief ministers of Elizabeth I.The family owned vast rural estates in Hertfordshire and Dorset.This wealth increased sharply in 1821, when his father …

Frederick John Robinson, 1st Earl of Ripon, PC (1 November 1782 – 28 January 1859), styled The Honourable F. J. Robinson until 1827 and known between 1827 and 1833 as The Viscount Goderich (pronounced / ˈ ɡ oʊ d r ɪ tʃ / GOHdrich), the name by which he is best known to history, was a British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1827 to 1828.

Edward Thurlow, 1st Baron Thurlow, PC, KC (9 December 1731 – 12 September 1806), was a British lawyer and Tory politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1765 to 1778 when he was raised to the peerage as Baron Thurlow.He served as Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain for fourteen years and under four Prime Ministers.

Earl of Derby (/ ˈ d ɑːr b i / DAR-bee) is a title in the Peerage of England.The title was first adopted by Robert de Ferrers, 1st Earl of Derby, under a creation of 1139.It continued with the Ferrers family until the 6th Earl forfeited his property toward the end of the reign of Henry III and died in 1279. Most of the Ferrers property and (by a creation in 1337) the Derby title were then ...