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| | Lord Chancellors |
 | | Arfastus or Herefast, chaplain to the king (William the Conqueror) and bishop of Elmham, was lord chancellor in 1067. |
 | | William Cowper (died 1723, First Earl Cowper since 1718), lord keeper since 1705, created Chancellor1707, (1st Lord Chancellor of Great Britain, the Act of Union), until 1708, again 1714-18. |
 | | The signature on the left, by the way, is on an official document which is also signed by King George V. William Jowitt (1885-1957, created Lord Jowitt in 1945, Viscount 1947, Earl 1951), Lord Chancellor 1945-51. |
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