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Vice-Chancellor of the County Palatine of Lancaster

Vice-Chancellor of the County Palatine of Lancaster

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The Vice-Chancellor of the County Palatine of Lancaster is an office of the Duchy of Lancaster. The vice-chancellor is appointed by the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster after consultation with the Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain.[1] Since 1987, the vice-chancellor has been a High Court judge of the Chancery Division with a term of approximately three years.

Lancashire County Palatine shown within England

The Vice-Chancellor of the County Palatine of Lancaster exercises general supervision over the conduct of Chancery division business in the North of England and is an ex-officio member of the court of Lancaster University.

Before the implementation of the Courts Act 1971, the appointment of the Vice-Chancellor of the County Palatine was controlled by section 14 of the Administration of Justice Act 1928 (repealed by Schedule 11, Part 2 of the Courts Act 1971). From 1973 to 1987, Andrew James Blackett-Ord, a circuit judge held the post.[2] Since then, the office has been held by a Justice of the High Court sitting in the Chancery Division.

List of vice-chancellors

Source: Somerville, Duchy of Lancaster Office Holders, (1871 onwards): Northern Circuit

  • 1649 and 1651 : Thomas Fell
  • ?–?1790 : William Swinnerton (served 33 years, died 1790)
  • 1791-1799 : James Allan Park
  • 1800-1815: Edward King[3]
  • 1815-1820: William David Evans
  • 1820-1822: Samuel Yate Benton
  • 1826-1844 :Francis Ludlow Holt
  • 1849–1851 : William Page Wood [4]
  • 1851–1852: Richard Bethell, 1st Baron Westbury
  • 1853–1868 : William Milbourne James
  • 1868–1871 : John Wickens
  • 1871–1881 : George Little
  • 1881–1893: Henry Fox Bristowe [5]
  • 1893–1895 : William Fothergill Robinson [6]
  • 1895–1905 : Sir Samuel Hall [7]
  • 1905–1912 : Octavius Leigh-Clare
  • 1912–1919 : Sir Dudley Stewart-Smith
  • 1919–1925 : Roger Bernard Lawrence
  • 1925–1936 : Sir (William) Courthope Townshend Wilson
  • 1936–1948 : Sir John Bennett
  • 1948–1963 : Sir (John) Leonard Stone
  • 1963–1973 : Sir Thomas Burgess
  • 1973–1987: Andrew James Blackett-Ord
Since 1987

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    "Welcome to our new Vice-Chancellor" (PDF). Duchy of Lancaster News. Spring 2012. p. 3. Retrieved 29 October 2012.
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