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The lord chancellor, formally titled Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain, is a senior minister of the Crown within the Government of the United Kingdom. The lord chancellor is the minister of justice for England and Wales and the highest-ranking Great Officer of State in Scotland and England, formally although not substantively outranking the prime minister. The lord chancellor is appointed and dismissed by the sovereign on the advice of the prime minister. Prior to the union of England and Scotland into the Kingdom of Great Britain, there were separate lord chancellors for the Kingdom of England (including Wales) and the Kingdom of Scotland. Likewise, the Lordship of Ireland and its successor states (the Kingdom of Ireland and United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland) maintained the ...
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05/09/2025. London, United Kingdom. David Lammy is appointed as Secretary of State for Justice and D...
05/09/2025. London, United Kingdom. David Lammy is appointed as Secretary of State for Justice and D...
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British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw meets with Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld in the Penta...
British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw meets with Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld in the Penta...
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Official Parliamentary photograph taken at the State Opening, 2024
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Player's cigarettes. Coronation series, ceremonial dress
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From Catalogue of sels in the department of mnuscripts in the British Museum", vol. 1, p. 214. Seal...
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Banner of the arms of Cardinal Cardinal Thomas Wolsey, Archbishop of York and Lord Chancellor of Eng...
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