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THE LORD CHANCELLORS, LORD KEEPERS, and
LORDS COMMISSIONERS of ENGLAND

1693 to 1801

1693–1700.	John Lord Somers, Lord Keeper (1693–1697), Lord Chancellor (1697–1700).
1700–1705.	Sir John Holt, Knt., Sir George Treby, Knt., Sir Edward Ward, Knt.,	$\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}$ Lords Commissioners.
	Sir Nathan Wright, Lord Keeper (1710).
1705–1707.	William Cowper, Esq., afterwards Lord Cowper, Lord Keeper.
1707–1710.	William Lord Cowper, Lord Chancellor.
1710–1713.	Sir Thomas Trevor, Knt., afterwards Baron Trevor, Robert Tracey, Esq., John Scrope, Esq.,		$\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}$ Lords Commissioners.
	Sir Simon Harcourt, Lord Keeper (1710).
1713–1714.	Simon Lord Harcourt, Lord Chancellor (1713).
1714–1718.	William Lord Cowper, Lord Chancellor.
1718–1725.	Robert Tracey, Esq., Sir John Pratt, Knt., Sir James Montagu, Knt.,		$\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}$ Lords Commissioners.
	Thomas Parker, Earl of Macclesfield, Lord Chancellor (1718).
1725–1733.	Sir Joseph Jekyll, Knt., Sir Robert Raymond, Knt., afterwords Lord Raymond, Jeffrey Gilbert, Esq.,		$\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}$ Lords Commissioners.
	Peter Lord King, Lord Chancellor (1725).
1733–1736.	Charles Lord Talbot, Lord Chancellor.
1736–1756.	Philip Yorke, Lord Hardwicke, Lord Chancellor.
1756–1757.	Sir John Willes, Knt., Sir S. S> Smythe, Knt., Sir J. E. Wilmot, Knt.,		$\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}$ Lords Commissioners.
1757–1766.	Sir Robert Henley, Knt., afterwards Earl of Northington, Lord Keeper; Lord Chancellor (1761–1766).
1766–1770.	Charles Lord Camden, Lord Chancellor.
1770–1771.	Charles Yorke, Esq., Lord Chancellor.
	Sir Richard Aston, Knt., Sir S. S. Smythe, Sir Henry Bathurst,		$\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}$ Lords Commissioners.
1771–1778.	Henry Bathurst, Lord Apsley, afterwards Earl Bathurst, Lord Chancellor.
1778–1783.	Edward Lord Thurlow, Lord Chancellor.
1783–1792.	Alexander Lord Loughborough, Sir W. H. Ashurst, Knt., Sir Beaumont Hotham, Knt., afterwards Lord Hotham,		$\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}$ Lords Commissioners.
	Edward Lord Thurlow, Lord Chancellor (1783).
1792–1801.	Sir James Eyre, Knt., Sir W. H. Ashurst, Knt., Sir James Wilson, Knt.,		$\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}$ Lords Commissioners.
	Alexander Lord Loughborough, afterwards Earl Rosslyn, Lord Chancellor (1793).