Der Lordsiegelbewahrer (Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal oder kurz Lord Privy Seal) ist eines der ältesten Ämter in der britischen Regierung sowie im japanischen Hofamt. Ursprünglich war der Lordsiegelbewahrer für das private königliche, beziehungsweise kaiserliche Siegel verantwortlich. In England und dem Vereinigten Königreich ist der Lord Privy Seal der fünfte unter den Great Officers of State. Über ihm stehen nur mehr der Lord President of the Council (Präsident des Geheimen Rats), der Lord High Treasurer (Lordschatzmeister), der Lord High Chancellor (Lordkanzler) und ganz oben der Lord High Steward (Hofmarschall). Heute ist das Amt am ehesten dem eines Ministers ohne Geschäftsbereich vergleichbar.
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Britische Lordsiegelbewahrer, 1307-Heute
1307 bis 1523
- William Melton (1307-1312)
- Roger Northburgh (1312-1316)
- Thomas Charlton (1316-1320)
- Robert Baldock (1320-1323)
- Robert Wodehouse (1323)
- Robert Ayleston (1323-1324)
- William Airmyn (1324-1325)
- Henry Cliff (1325)
- William Herlaston (1325-1326)
- Robert Wyvell (1326-1327)
- Richard Airmyn (1327-1328)
- Adam Lymbergh (1328-1329)
- Richard Bury, Bischof von Durham (1329-1334)
- Robert Ayleston (1334)
- Robert Tawton (1334-1335)
- William de la Zouch (1335-1337)
- Richard Bintworth (1337-1338)
- William Kilsby (1338-1342)
- John Offord (1342-1344)
- Thomas Hatfield (1344-1345)
- John Thoresby (1345-1347)
- Simon Islip, Erzbischof von Canterbury (1347-1350)
- Michael Northburgh (1350-1354)
- Thomas Bramber (1354-1355)
- John Winwick (1355-1360)
- John Buckingham, Bischof von Lincoln (1360-1363)
- William of Wykeham (1363-1367)
- Peter Lacy (1367-1371)
- Nicholas Carew (1371-1377)
- John Fordham (1377-1381)
- William Dighton (1381-1382)
- Walter Skirclaw, Bischof von Coventry und Lichfield (1382-1386)
- John Waltham, Bischof von Salisbury (1386-1389)
- Edmund Stafford, Bischof von Exeter (1389-1396)
- Guy Mone (1396-1397)
- Richard Clifford (1397-1401)
- Thomas Langley (1401-1405)
- Nicholas Bubwith (1405-1406)
- John Prophet (1406-1415)
- John Wakering, Bischof von Norwich (1415-1416)
- Henry Ware (1416-1418)
- John Kemp, Bischof von Rochester (1418-1412)
- John Stafford (1421-1422)
- William Alnwick, Bischof von Norwich (1422-1432)
- William Lyndwood, Bischof von St David's (1432-1443)
- Thomas Beckington, Bischof von Bath und Wells (1443-1444)
- Adam Moleyns, Bischof von Chichester (1444-1450)
- Andrew Holes (1450-1452)
- Thomas Lisieux (1452-1456)
- Laurence Booth, Bischof von Durham (1456-1460)
- Robert Stillington, Bischof von Bath und Wells (1460-1467)
- Thomas Rotheram, Bischof von Rochester (1467-1470)
- John Hales, Bischof von Coventry und Lichfield (1470-1471)
- Thomas Rotheram, Bischof von Rochester (1471-1474)
- John Russell, Bischof von Rochester, später Bischof von Lincoln (1473-1483)
- John Gunthorp (1483-1485)
- Peter Courtenay, Bischof von Exeter (1485-1487)
- Richard Fox, Bischof von Exeter, später Bischof von Bath und Wells, Bischof von Durham und Bischof von Winchester (1487-1516)
- Thomas Ruthall, Bischof von Durham (1516-1523)
1523 bis 1852
- Henry Marny, 1. Baron Marny (1523)
- Cuthbert Tunstall, Bischof von London (1523-1530)
- Thomas Boleyn, 1. Earl of Wiltshire (1530-1536)
- Thomas Cromwell, 1. Earl of Essex 1536-1540)
- William Fitzwilliam, 1. Earl of Southampton (1540-1542)
- John Russell, 1. Earl of Bedford (1542-1555)
- William Paget, 1. Baron Paget (1555-1558)
- William Cecil, 1. Baron Burghley (1571-1572)
- William Howard, 1. Baron Howard of Effingham (1572-1573)
- Sir Thomas Smith (1573-1576)
- Francis Walsingham (1576-1590)
- William Cecil, 1. Baron Burghley (1590-1598)
- Robert Cecil, 1. Earl of Salisbury (1598-1608)
- Henry Howard, 1. Earl of Northampton (1608-1614)
- Robert Carr, 1. Earl of Somerset (1614-1616)
- Edward Somerset, 4. Earl of Worcester (1616-1625)
- Sir John Coke (1625-1628)
- Sir Robert Naunton (1628)
- Henry Montagu, 1. Earl of Manchester (1628-1642)
- Lucius Cary, 2. Viscount Falkland (1643)
- Sir Edward Nicholas (1643-1644)
- Henry Bourchier, 5. Earl of Bath (1644-1654)
- John Robartes, 2. Baron Robartes (1661-1673)
- Arthur Annesley, 1. Earl of Anglesey (1673-1682)
- George Savile, 1. Marquess of Halifax (1682-1685)
- Henry Hyde, 2. Earl of Clarendon (1685-1687)
- Henry Arundell, 3. Baron Arundell of Wardour (1687-1688)
- George Savile, 1. Marquess of Halifax (1689-1690)
- In Commission 1690-1692
- Thomas Herbert, 8. Earl of Pembroke (1692-1699)
- John Lowther, 1. Viscount Lonsdale (1699-1700)
- Ford Grey, 1.. Earl of Tankerville (1700-1701)
- In Commission 1701-1702
- John Sheffield, 1. Duke of Buckingham and Normanby (1702-1705)
- John Holles, 1. Duke of Newcastle (1705-1711)
- John Robinson, Bischof von Bristol (1711-1713)
- William Legge, 1. Earl of Dartmouth (1713-1714)
- Thomas Wharton, 1. Marquess of Wharton (1714-1715)
- In Commission 1715
- Charles Spencer, 3. Earl of Sunderland (1715-1716)
- Evelyn Pierrepont, 1. Duke of Kingston (1716-1719)
- Henry Grey, 1. Duke of Kent (1719-1720)
- Evelyn Pierrepont, 1. Duke of Kingston (1720-1726)
- Thomas Trevor, 1. Baron Trevor (1726-1730)
- Spencer Compton, 1. Earl of Wilmington (1730-1731)
- In Commission 1731
- William Cavendish, 3. Duke of Devonshire (1731-1733)
- Henry Lowther, 3. Viscount Lonsdale (1733-1735)
- Francis Godolphin, 2. Earl of Godolphin (1735-1740)
- John Hervey, 2. Baron Hervey of Ickworth (1740-1742)
- John Leveson-Gower, 2. Baron Gower (1742-1743)
- George Cholmondeley, 3. Earl of Cholmondeley (1743-1744)
- John Leveson-Gower, 1. Earl Gower (1744-1755)
- Charles Spencer, 3. Duke of Marlborough (1755)
- Granville Leveson-Gower, 2. Earl Gower (1755-1757)
- Richard Grenville-Temple, 2. Earl Temple (1757-1761)
- In Commission 1761
- John Russell, 4. Duke of Bedford (1761-1763)
- George Spencer, 4. Duke of Marlborough (1763-1765)
- Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1. Duke of Newcastle (1765-1766)
- William Pitt, 1. Earl of Chatham (1766-1768)
- George William Hervey, 5. Earl of Bristol (1768-1770)
- George Montague-Dunk, 2. Earl of Halifax (1770-1771)
- Henry Howard, 12. Earl of Suffolk (1771)
- Augustus Henry Fitzroy, 3. Duke of Grafton (1771-1775)
- William Legge, 2. Earl of Dartmouth (1775-1782)
- Augustus Henry FitzRoy, 3. Duke of Grafton (1782-1783)
- Frederick Howard, 5. Earl of Carlisle (1783)
- Charles Manners, 4. Duke of Rutland (1783-1784)
- In Commission 1784
- Granville Leveson-Gower, 1. Marquess of Stafford (1784-1794)
- George John Spencer, 2. Earl Spencer (1794)
- John Pitt, 2. Earl of Chatham (1794-1798)
- John Fane, 10. Earl of Westmorland (1798-1806)
- Henry Addington, 1. Viscount Sidmouth (1806)
- Henry Richard Vassall-Fox, 3. Baron Holland (1806-1807)
- John Fane, 10. Earl of Westmorland (1807-1827)
- William Cavendish-Scott-Bentinck, 4. Duke of Portland (1827)
- George Howard, 6. Earl of Carlisle (1827-1828)
- Edward Law, 2. Baron Ellenborough (1828-1829)
- James St Clair-Erskine, 2. Earl of Rosslyn (1829-1830)
- John George Lambton, 1. Baron Durham (1830-1833)
- Frederick John Robinson, 1. Earl of Ripon (1833-1834)
- George Howard, 6. Earl of Carlisle (1834)
- Constantine Henry Phipps, 2. Earl of Mulgrave (1834)
- James Stuart-Wortley-Mackenzie, 1. Baron Wharncliffe (1834-1835)
- John William Ponsonby, Viscount Duncannon (1835-1840)
- George William Frederick Villiers, 4. Earl of Clarendon (1840-1841)
- Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville, 2. Duke of Buckingham and Chandos (1841-1842)
- Walter Francis Montagu-Douglas-Scott, 5. Duke of Buccleuch (1842-1846)
- Thomas Hamilton, 9. Earl of Haddington (1846)
- Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 2. Earl of Minto (1846-1852)
1852 bis 1919
- James Brownlow William Gascoyne-Cecil, 2. Marquess of Salisbury (1852)
- George Douglas Campbell, 8. Duke of Argyll (1853-1855)
- Dudley Ryder, 2. Earl of Harrowby (1855-1858)
- Ulick John de Burgh, 1. Marquess of Clanricarde (1858)
- Charles Philip Yorke, 4. Earl of Hardwicke (1858-1859)
- George Douglas Campbell, 8. Duke of Argyll (1859-1866)
- James Howard Harris, 3. Earl of Malmesbury (1866-1868)
- John Wodehouse, 1. Earl of Kimberley (1868-1870)
- Charles Wood, 1. Viscount Halifax (1870-1874)
- James Howard Harris, 3. Earl of Malmesbury (1874-1876)
- Benjamin Disraeli, 1. Earl of Beaconsfield (1876-1878)
- Algernon George Percy, 6. Duke of Northumberland (1878-1880)
- George Douglas Campbell, 8. Duke of Argyll (1880-1881)
- Chichester Parkinson-Fortescue, 1. Baron Carlingford (1881-1885)
- Archibald Primrose, 5. Earl of Rosebery (1885)
- Dudley Ryder, 3. Earl of Harrowby (1885-1886)
- William Ewart Gladstone (1886)
- George Henry Cadogan, 5. Earl Cadogan (1886-1892)
- William Ewart Gladstone (1892-1894)
- Edward Marjoribanks, 2. Baron Tweedmouth (1894-1895)
- Richard Assheton Cross, 1. Viscount Cross (1895-1900)
- Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil, 3. Marquess of Salisbury (1900-1902)
- Arthur Balfour (1902-1903)
- James Edward Hubert Gascoyne-Cecil, 4. Marquess of Salisbury (1903-1905)
- George Frederick Samuel Robinson, 1. Marquess of Ripon (1905-1908)
- Robert Crewe-Milnes, 1. Earl of Crewe (1908-1911)
- Charles Robert Wynn Carrington, 1. Earl Carrington (1911-1912)
- Robert Crewe-Milnes, 1. Marquess of Crewe (1912-1915)
- George Nathaniel Curzon, 1. Earl Curzon (1915-1916)
- David Lindsay, 27. Earl of Crawford (1916-1919)
1919 bis 1945
- Andrew Bonar Law (1919-1921)
- Austen Chamberlain (1921-1922)
- Robert Cecil, 1. Viscount Cecil of Chelwood (1922-1924)
- John Robert Clynes (1924)
- James Edward Hubert Gascoyne-Cecil, 4. Marquess of Salisbury (1924-1929)
- James Henry Thomas (1929-1930)
- Vernon Hartshorn (1930-1931)
- Thomas Johnston (1931)
- William Wellesley Peel, 1. Earl Peel (1931)
- Philip Snowden, 1. Viscount Snowden (1931-1932)
- Stanley Baldwin (1932-1934)
- Anthony Eden (1934-1935)
- Charles Vane-Tempest-Stewart, 7. Marquess of Londonderry (1935)
- Edward Frederick Lindley Wood, 3. Viscount Halifax (1935-1937)
- Herbrand Sackville, 9. Earl De La Warr (1937-1938)
- Sir John Anderson (1938-1939)
- Sir Samuel Hoare, 1. Viscount Templewood (1939-1940)
- Sir Kingsley Wood (1940)
- Clement Attlee (1940-1942)
- Sir Stafford Cripps (1942)
- Robert Arthur James Gascoyne-Cecil, Viscount Cranborne (1942-1943)
- William Maxwell Aitken, 1. Baron Beaverbrook (1943-1945)
1945 bis 1982
- Arthur Greenwood (1945-1947)
- Philip Inman, 1. Baron Inman (1947)
- Christopher Addison, 1. Viscount Addison (1947-1951)
- Ernest Bevin (1951)
- Richard Stokes (1951)
- Robert Arthur James Gascoyne-Cecil, 5. Marquess of Salisbury (1951-1952
- Harry Crookshank (1952-1955)
- Rab Butler (1955-1959)
- Quintin McGarel Hogg, 2. Viscount Hailsham (1959-1960)
- Edward Heath (1960-1963)
- Selwyn Lloyd (1963-1964)
- Francis Aungier Pakenham, 7. Earl of Longford (1964-1965)
- Sir Frank Soskice (1965-1966)
- Francis Aungier Pakenham, 7. Earl of Longford (1966-1968)
- Edward Shackleton, Baron Shackleton]] (1968)
- Fred Peart (1968)
- Edward Shackleton, Baron Shackleton]] (1968-1970)
- George Jellicoe, 2. Earl Jellicoe (1970-1973)
- David Hennessy, 3. Baron Windlesham (1973-1974)
- Malcolm Shepherd, 2. Baron Shepherd (1974-1976)
- Fred Peart, Baron Peart]] (1976-1979)
- Sir Ian Gilmour (1979-1981)
- Humphrey Atkins (1981-1982)
1982 bis heute
- Janet Young, Baroness Young (1982-1983)
- John Biffen (1983-1987)
- John Wakeham (1987-1988)
- John Ganzoni, 2. Baron Belstead (1988-1990)
- David Waddington, Baron Waddington (1990-1992)
- John Wakeham, Baron Wakeham (1992-1994)
- Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, Viscount Cranborne (1994-1997)
- Ivor Richard, Baron Richard (1997-1998)
- Margaret Jay, Baroness Jay of Paddington (1998-2001)
- Gareth Wyn Williams, Baron Williams of Mostyn (2001-2003)
- Peter Hain (2003-2005)
- Geoff Hoon (2005-2006)
- Jack Straw (2006- )
Japanische Lordsiegelbewahrer
| Name | Amtszeit |
|---|---|
| Sanjo Sanetomi | 22. Dezember 1885 – 18. Februar 1891 |
| Tokudaiji Sanenori | 21. Februar 1891 – 12. August 1912 |
| Katsura Taro | 21. August 1912 – 21. Dezember 1912 |
| Fushimi Sadanaru | 21. Dezember 1912 – 13. Januar 1915 |
| Oyama Iwao | 23. April 1915 – 10. Dezember 1916 |
| Matsukata Masayoshi | 2. Mai 1917 – 18. September 1922 |
| Hirata Tosuke | 19. September 1922 – 30. Mai 1925 |
| Hamao Arata | 30. März 1925 – 30. März 1925 |
| Makino Nobuaki | 30. März 1925 – 26. Februar 1935 |
| Saito Makoto | 26. Februar 1935 – 26. Februar 1936 |
| Ikki Kitokuro | 6. März 1936 - 6. März 1936 |
| Yuasa Kurahei | 6. März 1936 – 1. Juni 1940 |
| Kido Kōichi | 1. Juni 1940 – 24. November 1945 |