1841, Sept. 3, 1845, Dec. 23, 1846, July 6,

1852, Feb. 27,

Dec. 28,

Right Hon. William Huskisson.
Sir George Murray.
Viscount Goderich.

Right Hon. Edward-G. Stanley.
Right Hon. Thomas-Spring Rice.
Earl of Aberdeen.
Right Hon. Charles Grant.
Marquess of Normanby.
Lord John Russell.

Lord Stanley.

Right Hon. William- Ewart Gladstone.
Earl Grey.

Right Hon. Sir John-S. Pakington, bart.
Duke of Newcastle.

[1854, June 10.-The Departments were divided.]

1880, April

Earl of Morley.

Sir A.-D. Hayter, bart. (Financial.)

Sir R-.W. Thompson, K.C.B. (Permanent.)

Secretaries of State for the Colonies Department.
Right Hon. Sir George Grey, bart.
Lord John Russell.

1854, June 10,

1855, May 15, July 21,

Nov. 17,

1858, Feb. 26, May 31,

1859, June 18,

1864, April 7,

1866, July 10,

1867,

1868, Dec. 10,

Right Hon. Sir William Molesworth, bart.
Right Hon. Henry Labouchere.
Right Hon. Lord Stanley.

Right Hon. Sir Edward Lytton-Bulwer, bart.
Duke of Newcastle.

Right Hon. Edward Cardwell.
Earl of Carnarvon.

Duke of Buckingham and Chandos.
Earl Granville.

Earl of Kimberley.

Earl of Carnarvon.

Right Hon. Sir M. Hicks-Beach, bart.

Earl of Kimberley.

1882, Dec.

1880, April

Earl of Derby.

Under Secretaries of State for the Colonies Department.

Hon. Evelyn Ashley.

Mr. R.-G.-W. Herbert, C. B. (Permanent.)

The Board of Control, now Styled

THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR INDIA.

1843, May 17,

1846, July 6, 1852, Feb. 5, Feb. 27, Dec. 28, 1855, Feb. 28, 1858, Feb. 26, May 31,

1858, Sept. 2,

1859, June 18, 1866, Feb. 16, July 6,

1867,

Earl of Ripon.

Lord Broughton.
Right Hon. Fox Maule.
Right Hon. John-Charles Herries.
Right Hon. Sir Charles Wood, bart.
Right Hon. Robert-Vernon Smith.
Right Hon. Earl of Ellenborough.
Right Hon. Lord Stanley.

[By Act of Parliament, Session 1858.]

Right Hon. Lord Stanley, Secretary of State for India.
Right Hon. Sir Charles Wood, bart.

The Earl De Grey and Ripon.

Right Hon. Lord Cranborne.

Right Hon. Sir Stafford-H. Northcote, bt.

1868, Dec. 10, Duke of Argyll.

Marquis of Salisbury.

Right Hon. Viscount Cranbrook.
Marquis of Hartington.

1874,

1878,

1880, April

1882, Dec.

Earl of Kimberley.

Under-Secretaries.

1883. Jen.

Mr. J.-K. Cross.

1880, May 6,

Mr. J. A. Godley, C. B. (Permanent.)

GOVERNOR-GENERAL OF INDIA.
Marquis of Ripon.

THE COMMISSIONERS OF ROYAL PARKS, PALACES, WORKS, AND PUBLIC BUILDINGS.

1850, Mar. 22,

1852, Feb. 27, Dec. 28,

1855, July 21,

1858, Feb. 26,

1859, June 18,

1860, Feb. 9,

1866, July 6,

1868, Dec. 9,

1869, Nov. 12,

1873, Aug. 11,

1874,

1876,

1880,

Right Hon. Lord Seymour.

Lord John Manners.

Right Hon. Sir William Molesworth, bart.
Sir Benjamin Hall, bart.

Right Hon. Lord John-James-Robert Manners.
Right Hon. Henry Fitzroy.

Right Hon. Francis-William Cowper.
Right Hon. Lord John-James-R. Manners.
Right Hon. Austen-Henry Layard.
Right Hon. Acton-Smee Ayrton.

Right Hon. William-Patrick Adam.
Right Hon. Lord Henry Lennox.
Right Hon. Gerard-J. Noel.
Right Hon. G.-J. Shaw-Leferve.

THE COMMISSIONERS OF WOODS, FORESTS, AND LAND

REVENUES.

1850, Aug. 10, Hon. Charles-Alexander Gore.

Sir H.-B. Loch, K.C.B.

THE LORD CHANCELLOR

Keeps the Great Seal, not to judge according to the common law, as other courts do, but to dispense with such parts as seem in some cases to oppress the subject; and to judge according to equity, conscience, and reason. Wherefore he is said to have two powers; one absolute, the other ordinary; the meaning of which is, he must observe the form of proceeding in other courts; yet, in his absolute power, he is not limited by the written law, but in conscience and equity. He may issue writs of habeas corpus at all times. He has power to collate to all ecclesiastical benefices in the Queen's gift, rated under 201. per annum in the Queen's Books. His oath :-To do justice to all persons, poor and rich; the Queen truly to counsel, and to keep the Queen's counsel, and not to suffer the rights of the Crown to be any ways diminished.

[The Lord Chancellor and Lord Keeper are the same in power and precedence. Both are appointed by the Queen's delivery of the Great Seal; they differ only in this:-the Lord Chancellor has also letters patent, the Lord Keeper has none.]

1793, Jan. 28,

Earl of Rosslyn.

1801, Mar. 14,

Earl of Eldon.

1806, Feb. 7,

Lord Erskine.

1807, April 1, 1827, May 1, 1830, Nov. 22, 1834, Nov. 21, 1836, Jan. 19, 1841, Sept. 2, 1846, July 3, 1850, July 13, 1852, Feb. 27, Dec. 28,

1857, Feb. 27, 1859, June 18, 1861, June 26, 1865, July 7, 1866, July 6, 1868,

Dec. 11, 1872, Oct. 15. 1874,

1830, April

Earl of Eldon.
Lord Lyndhurst.
Lord Brougham.
Lord Lyndhurst.
Earl of Cottenham.
Lord Lyndhurst
Earl of Cottenham.
Lord Truro.
Lord St. Leonard's.
Right Hon. Lord Cranworth.
Right Hon. Lord Chelmsford.
Right Hon. Lord Campbell.
Right Hon. Lord Westbury.
Right Hon. Lord Cranworth.
Right Hon. Lord Chelmsford.
Right Hon. Lord Cairns.

Right Hon. Lord Hatherley.
Right Hon. Lord Selborne.

Right Hon. Lord Cairns, (now Earl Cairns.)

Right Hon. Lord Selborne (now Earl of Selborne).

THE MASTER OF THE ROLLS.

Right Hon. Sir William Grant.

Lord Gifford.

Sir John-Singleton Copley.
Sir John Leach.

Sir Charles-Christopher Pepys.
Right Hon. Henry Bickersteth.
Right Hon. Sir John Romilly.
Right Hon. Sir George Jessel.
Right Hon, Sir W.-B. Brett.

1799,

1801,

1802,

THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL.

Sir John Mitford, knt.

Sir Edward Law, knt.
Hon. Spencer Perceval.

1806, Feb. 12, Sir Arthur Pigott, knt.

1807,
1812, Sept. 8,
1813, May 4,
1817,

1819, July 20,
1824, January,
1828, Feb.
1829,

1830, Nov. 23, 1832, Nov. 1834, Dec. 17,

1835, April 18,

1841, Sept. 6, 1844, April 15,

1845, July 1,

1846, July 7,

1850, July 12,

1851, Mar. 25, 1852, Feb. 27, Dec. 28,

1856, Nov. 15, 1858, Feb. 27, 1859, June 18, 1861, July 1,

1863, Oct. 2, 1866, July 6, Oct. 29,

1867, July 22, 1868, Dec. 11,

1871, Nov. 10,

1873, Nov. 20,

1874,

1875, Nov. 25, 1880, April

Sir Vicary Gibbs, knt.
Sir Thomas Plumer, knt.
Sir William Garrow, knt.
Sir Samuel Shepherd, knt.
Sir Robert Gifford, knt.
Sir John-Singleton Copley, knt.
Sir Charles Wetherell, knt.
Sir James Scarlett, knt.
Sir Thomas Denman, knt.
Sir William Horne, knt.
Sir Frederick Pollock, knt.
Sir John. Campbell, knt.
Sir Frederick Pollock, bart.
Sir William-Webb Follett.
Sir Frederick Thesiger.
Sir John Jervis.
Sir John Romilly.

Sir Alexander-James-Edmund Cockburn.
Sir Frederick Thesiger.

Sir Alexander-James-Edmund Cockburn.
Sir Richard Bethell.
Sir F. Kelly.
Sir Richard Bethell.
Sir William Atherton.
Sir Roundell Palmer.
Sir Hugh-M Calmont Cairns.
Sir John Rolt.

Sir John-Burgess Karslake.
Sir Robert-P. Collier.
Sir J.-D. Coleridge.

Sir Henry James.

Sir Richard Baggallay.

Sir John Holker.
Sir Henry James.