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Although the Kingdoms of Ireland and Great Britain merged in 1801 their Exchequers remained separate until consolidated with effect from 1817. Nicholas Vansittart, already British chancellor since 1812 and Irish chancellor since 1816, continued in office for six more years.

Chancellors of the Exchequer in the 19th Century

Image	Name of Chancellor and heraldic blazon
	Nicholas Vansittart (later Baron Bexley), Chancellor 1817-1823 Escutcheon: Ermine an eagle displayed Sable on a chief Gules a ducal coronet or between two crosses patée Argent. Crest: 1st, A Beehive beset with Bees volant proper (Petty). 2nd, A Centaur drawing a Bow and Arrow proper, the part below the waist Argent (FitzMaurice). Supporters: Dexter a horse regardant Argent gorged with a ducal coronet Or and pendent therefrom by a gold chain a shield Sable charged with an ostrich feather Argent quilled and escrolled Gold (allusive to the badge or cognizance of John of Gaunt, duke of Lancaster). Sinister an eagle regardant wings elevated and displayed Sable gorged with a ducal coronet and pendent therefrom a portcullis Or. Motto: Grata Quies (Grateful Repose)
	Frederick Robinson (later Earl of Ripon), Chancellor 1823-1827 Escutcheon: Vert a chevron between three bucks at gaze Or.
	George Canning, Chancellor 1827 Escutcheon: Argent three Moors' heads in profile two and one couped Proper wreathed about the temples of the first and Azure Crest: A demi-lion rampant Argent charged with three trefoils Vert holding in its dexter paw an arrow pointing downwards pheoned and flighted Proper shaft Or. Motto: Ne Cede Malis Ced Contra ("Yield Not To Misfortunes But Counter Them")
	John Charles Herries, Chancellor 1827-1828 No arms known
	Henry Goulburn, Chancellor 1828-1830 and 1841-1846 No arms known
	John Spencer, 3rd Earl Spencer, Chancellor 1830-1834 Escutcheon: Quarterly Argent and Gules in the 2nd and 3rd quarters a fret Or over all on a bend Sable three escallops of the first. Crest: Out of a ducal coronet Or a griffin's gead Azure gorged with a bar gemelle Gules between two wings expanded of the second. Supporters: Dexter a griffin per fess Ermine and Erminois gorged with a collar Sable the edges flory-counterflory and chained of the last and on the collar three escallops Argent sinister a wyvern erect on his tail Ermine similarly collared and chained. Motto: Dieu Defend Le Droit (God Defend The Right)
	Sir Robert Peel, Chancellor 1834-1835 Escutcheon: Argent three sheaves of as many arrows two and one Proper banded Gules on a chief Azure a Bee volant Or with the mark of a baronet for difference (not shown here). Crest: A demi-lion rampant Argent gorged with a collar Azure charged with three bezants holding between the paws a shuttle Or. Motto: Industria
	Thomas Spring Rice (later Baron Monteagle of Brandon), Chancellor 1835-1839 Escutcheon: Quarterly 1st & 4th per pale indented Argent and Gules (Rice) 2nd Azure a lion rampant Or (Meredyth) 3rd Argent on a chevron between three mascles Gules as many cinquefoils Argent. Crest: A leopard’s face Gules ducally crowned Or. Motto: Fides Non Timet (Faith Not Fear)
	Francis Baring (later Baron Northbrook), Chancellor 1839-1841 Blazon not available
	Sir Charles Wood (later Viscount Halifax), Chancellor 1846-1852 Escutcheon: Quarterly: 1st & 4th, Azure, three naked Savages ambulant in fess proper, in the dexter hand of each a Shield Argent, charged with a Cross Gules, and in the sinister a Club resting on the shoulder proper, on a Canton Ermine, three Lozenges conjoined in fess Sable (Wood); 2nd & 3rd, Paly bendy Or and Azure, a Canton Ermine (Buck). Crest: A naked Savage ambulant proper, in the dexter hand a Shield Sable, charged with a Griffin’s Head erased Argent and in the sinister a Club resting on the shoulder proper. Supporters: On either side a Griffin Sable, gorged with a Collar, pendant therefrom a Portcullis Or. Motto: I Like My Choice
	Benjamin Disraeli (later Earl of Beaconsfield), Chancellor 1852, 1858-1859 and 1866-1868 Escutcheon: Per saltire Gules and Argent a castle triple-towered in chief of the last two lions rampant in fess Sable and an eagle displayed in base Or. Crest: Issuant from a wreath of oak Proper a castle triple-towered Argent. Supporters: On the dexter side an eagle Or and on the sinister side a lion also Or each gorged with a collar Gules pendant therefrom an inescutcheon of the last charged with a tower Argent. Motto: Forti Nihil Difficile (Power Overcomes Difficulty)
	William Ewart Gladstone, Chancellor 1852–1855, 1859–1866, 1873-1874 and 1880-1882 Escutcheon: Argent a savage's head affronté gutté de sang wreathed about the temples with holly Proper within an orle flory Gules all within an orle of martlets Sable. Crest: Issuant from a wreath of holly Vert a demi-griffin Sable supporting between the claws a sword the blade enfiled by a bonnet of holly and bay also Vert. Motto: Fide Et Virtute (By Faith And Valour)
	Sir George Cornewall Lewis, Chancellor 1855-1858 Blazon not available.
	George Ward Hunt, Chancellor 1868 No arms known
	Robert Lowe (later Viscount Sherbrooke), Chancellor 1868-1873 Escutcheon: Gules three mullets fesswise Argent pierced of the field between two wolves passant of the second. Crest: In front a wolf’s head erased Proper gorged with a collar gemel Or two mullets also Or pierced Gules. Supporters: On the dexter side a wolf Proper and on the sinister side a bay horse each gorged with a chain and therefrom suspended a portcullis Or. Motto: Ne Quid Nimis
	Sir Stafford Northcote (later Earl of Iddesleigh), Chancellor 1874-1880 Escutcheon: Argent three crosses crosslet in bend Sable. Crest: On a chapeau Gules turned up Ermine a stag trippant Argent. Supporters: On either side a stag proper suspended from the neck by a chain or an escutcheon Ermine charged with a pine cone Or. Motto: Christi Crux Est Mea Lux (The Cross Of Christ Is My Light)
	Hugh Childers, Chancellor 1882-1885 No arms known
	Sir Michael Hicks Beack (later Earl St Aldwyn), Chancellor 1885-1886 and 1895-1902 Escutcheon: Quarterly: 1st & 4th, Vair Argent and Gules, a Canton Azure, charged with a Pile Or (Beach); 2nd & 3rd, Gules, a Fess wavy, between three Fleurs-de-lis Or (Hicks). Crests: 1st: a Demi-Lion rampant Argent, ducally gorged Or, holding in the paws an Escutcheon Azure, charged with a Pile Or (Beach). 2nd: a Buck’s Head couped at the neck Or, gorged with a wreath of Laurel proper (Hicks). Supporters: Dexter: a Knight armed cap-à-pie in English armour of the 14th century, his jupon charged with the arms of ‘Beach’. Sinister: a Knight armed cap-à-pie in English armour of the 14th century, his jupon charged with the arms of ‘Hicks’. Motto: Tout En Bon Heure (All In Good Time)
	Sir William Harcourt, Chancellor 1886 and 1892-1895 No arms known
	Lord Randolph Churchill, Chancellor 1886 Escutcheon: Quarterly: 1st and 4th, Sable a lion rampant Argent, on a canton of the second a cross Gules (Churchill); 2nd and 3rd, quarterly Argent and Gules, in the 2nd and 3rd quarters a fret Or, over all on a bend Sable three Escallops of the first (Spencer); over all in the centre chief point (as an augmentation of honour) an escutcheon Argent charged with the cross of Saint George surmounted by an inescutcheon Azure charged with three fleurs-de-lys Or, two over one Crests: 1st: a lion couchant guardant Argent supporting a banner Gules charged with a dexter hand couped Argent (Churchill) 2nd: out of a ducal coronet Or a griffin's head between two wings expanded Argent gorged with a collar gemel and armed Gules (Spencer) Motto: Fiel Pero Desdichado (Faithful Though Disinherited) The arms of his father John Spencer-Churchill, 7th Duke of Marlborough
	George Goschen (later Viscount Goschen), Chancellor 1887-1892 Escutcheon: Argent a heart Gules flamant and transfixed by an arrow bendwise point upwards Proper two anchors erect in chief Sable. Motto: Pacem (For Peace)

Chancellors of the Exchequer in the 20th Century

Image	Name of Chancellor and heraldic blazon
	Charles Ritchie (later Baron Ritchie of Dundee), Chancellor 1902-1903 Escutcheon: Argent an anchor Sable on a chief of the last three lions' heads erased of the first. Crest: Out of an Eastern Crown Or a unicorn's head Argent armed of the first and charged on the neck with an anchor Sable Supporters: On either side an unicorn Gules gorged with an Eastern Crown Or the dexter charged on the shoulder with a purse Or and the sinister with a balance also Or Motto: Virtute Acquiritur Honos (Honor Is Acquired By Virtue)
	Austen Chamberlain, Chancellor 1903-1905 and 1919-1921 Escutcheon: Gules a key in bend between two lions rampant Or.
	Herbert Henry Asquith (later Earl of Oxford and Asquith), Chancellor 1905-1908 Escutcheon: Sable on a fess between three cross-crosslets Argent a portcullis of the field. Crest: Issuant out of clouds Proper a mascle Gules. Supporters: On either side a lion purpure each charged on the shoulder with an open book Argent edged Or. Motto: Sine Macula Macla (Immaculate)
	David Lloyd George (later Earl Lloyd-George of Dwyfor), Chancellor 1908-1915 Escutcheon: Azure over water barry wavy in base a bridge of one arch Proper on a chief Argent a portcullis Sable between two daffodils stalked and leaved also Proper. Crest: A demi-dragon gules holding between the claws a portcullis Sable. Supporters: Dexter a dragon sinister an eagle wings addorsed Or each gorged with a collar Vert. Motto: Y Qwir Yn Erbyn Y Byd (Truth Against The World)
	Reginald McKenna, Chancellor 1915-1916 No arms known
	Andrew Bonar Law, Chancellor 1916-1919 Escutcheon: Argent a saltire Azure between four cocks Proper. Crest: Issuant from a chaplet of maple leaves a demi-salmon Proper.
	Sir Robert Horne (later Viscount Horne of Slamannan), Chancellor 1924 and 1929-1931 No arms known
	Stanley Baldwin (later Earl Baldwin of Bewdley), Chancellor 1923-1924 and 1931-1937 Escutcheon: Argent on a saltire Sable a quatrefoil Or. Crest: A cockatrice sejant wings addorsed Argent combed wattled and beaked Or gorged with a crown vallary lined and reflexed over the back also Or and charged on the shoulder with a rose Gules barbed and seeded Proper. Supporters: On either side a white owl Proper that on the sinister holding in the beak a sprig of broom also Proper. Motto: Per Deum Meum Transilio Murum (By God I Can Scale Any Wall)
	Neville Chamberlain, Chancellor 1923-1924 and 1931-1937 Escutcheon: Gules eight cinquefoils in orle Or. Crest: Out of a mural coronet a demi-lion Gules holding a key Or. Motto: Je Tiens Ferme (I Hold Fast)
	Philip Snowden (later Viscount Snowden), Chancellor 1924 and 1929-1931 No arms known
	Winston Churchill, Chancellor 1924-1929 Escutcheon: Quarterly 1st and 4th Sable a lion rampant Argent on a canton of the second a cross Gules (Churchill) 2nd and 3rd quarterly Argent and Gules a fret Or on a bend Sable three escallops of the first (Spencer); over all in centre chief point an inescutcheon by augmentation of honour Argent charged with the Cross of St George surmounted by another escutcheon Azure charged with three fleurs-de-lis two and one Or. Crests: 1st a lion couchant guardant Argent supporting a banner Gules charged with a dexter hand couped Argent (Churchill) 2nd out of a ducal coronet Or a griffin's head between two wings expanded Argent gorged with a collar gemelle and armed Gules (Spencer). Motto: Fiel Pero Desdichado (Faithful Though Disinherited) The arms of his grandfather John Spencer-Churchill, 7th Duke of Marlborough without supporters.
	Sir John Simon (later Viscount Simon), Chancellor 1937-1940 Escutcheon: Gules three lotus flowers in pale Proper between two flaunches Or each charged with a lion rampant of the field. Crest: Upon a well Proper an eagle rising Or. Supporters: Dexter a Guillemot sinister a Monal Proper. Motto: J'ai Ainsi Mon Nom
	Sir Kingsley Wood, Chancellor 1940-1943 No arms known
	John Anderson (later Viscount Waverley), Chancellor 1943-1945 Escutcheon: Argent a saltire engrailed between a mullet in chief and a lotus flower in base and in each flank a crescent Gules on a chief Sable three martlets of the field. Crest: A demi lion rampant Or armed and langued Azure holding in his dexter forepaw a branch of olive Proper. Supporters: On either side a horse Argent crined and unguled Or. Motto: Beati Pacifi (Blessed Are The Peacemakers)
	Hugh Dalton (later Baron Dalton), Chancellor 1945-1947 Escutcheon: Azure semḗe of cross crosslets a lion rampant guardant Or. Crest: A griffin or demi-dragon issuant Vert wings ouvert. Motto: Inter Cruces Triumphans In Cruce
	Stafford Cripps, Chancellor 1947-1950 No arms known
	Hugh Gaitskell, Chancellor 1950-1951 No arms known
	Rab Butler (later Baron Butler of Saffron Walden), Chancellor 1951-1957 Escutcheon: Gules on a chevron cottised between three covered cups all Or a cross couped Azure. Crest: A falcon rising belled and jessed the dexter leg resting on a covered cup all Or. Supporters: Dexter a falcon belled Or, sinister an eagle Proper, each standing on a book Or. Motto: Audentior
	Harold Macmillan (later Earl of Stockton), Chancellor 1955-1957 Escutcheon: Argent a chief Or overall between three open books Proper edged Or and bound Azure those in chief inscribed respectively in letters Sable "Miseres" and "Discere" and that in base also in Letters Sable inscribed "Succo" and as many mullets Azure a lion rampant Sable. Crest: Within sprigs of oak fructed Or a dexter cubit arm and a sinister arm embowed both Proper the dexter hand gauntleted Or and with the other brandishing a Two-handed Sword Proper Hilt Pommel and Quillons Sable. Supporters: On the dexter side a lion rampant Gules and on the sinister side an American bald-headed eagle Proper both standing upon a compartment comprising a crenelated wall Proper in the portal thereof an anchor Azure and jointed on either side by two bars wavy Azure to a grassy mount growing from that on the dexter a long branch and from that on the sinister a Thistle both Proper.
	Peter Thorneycroft (later Baron Thorneycroft), Chancellor 1957-1958 No arms known
	Derick Heathcoat-Amory (later Viscount Amory), Chancellor 1958-1960 Escutcheon: Quarterly 1st and 4th Argent two bars Gules on a bend engrailed with plain cottices Sable two annulets of the field (Amory) 2nd and 3rd Vert three piles Or one reversed in base between the others issuant from the chief each charged with a pomme thereon a cross of the second (Heathcoat). Crests: 1st the battlements of a tower Or therefrom issuant a talbot's head Azure charged with two annulets fesswise and interlaced Gold (Amory) 2nd Upon a mount Vert between two roses springing from the same Gules stalked and leaved Proper a pomme charged with a cross Or (Heathcoat). Motto: Amore Non Vi
	Selwyn Lloyd (later Baron Selwyn-Lloyd), Chancellor 19601-962 Blazon not available
	Reginald Maudling, Chancellor 1962-1964 No arms known
	James Callaghan (later Baron Callaghan of Cardiff), Chancellor 1964-1967 Escutcheon: Quarterly Vert and Azure in the former a portcullis chained Or in the latter a lymphad with an anchor at its prow and masted also Or the sail set Argent and pennants flying Gules over all a fess Or to the sinister thereof a grassy mount thereon a hurst of oak trees and issuing therefrom passant to the dexter a wolf all Proper. Crest: A sea-dragon sejant Gules langued and scaled Or its tail Or scaled Gules the dorsal fin Gules gorged with a mural crown Or masoned Gules supporting to the front with the fin of the dexter foreleg a Portcullis Or. Motto: Malo Laborare Quam Langure(I Had Rather Labour Than Be Idle)
	Roy Jenkins (later Baron Jenkins of Hillhead), Chancellor 1967-1970 No arms known
	Iain Macleod, Chancellor 1970 No arms known
	Anthony Barber (later Baron Barber), Chancellor 1970-1974 No arms known
	Denis Healey (later Baron Healey), Chancellor 1974-1979 No arms known
	Geoffrey Howe (later Baron Howe of Aberavon), Chancellor 1989-1990 Escutcheon: Chequy Or and Azure on a Chief per pale Vert and Gules a Portcullis chained Or. Crest: Upon a Howe turfed proper a Wolf courant Sable mantled with a Fleece of a Sheep sans head holding in its mouth a Remnant of Cloth Gules. Supporters: Dexter: a Dragon Gules armed and langued Azure gorged with a Collar compony Sable and Argent the sable charged with a Crescent Ermine the Argent with a Rose Gules barbed and seeded proper holding in its exterior foreclaw a Sword erect Argent Hilt Pommel and Quillons Or; Sinister: a winged Lion Or armed and langued Gules similarly gorged and resting its interior hind leg upon a Clarion also Gold. Motto: Tibi Fidelis (To Yourself Be True)
	Nigel Lawson (later Baron Lawson of Blaby), Chancellor 1983-1989 No arms known
	John Major, Chancellor 1989-1990 Escutcheon: Chequy Vert and Azure over all a Portcullis Or in chief three Torteaux Gules. Crest: A Demi-stag Gules attired and unguled Or langued Azure holding between its forelegs a double-warded Key Or wards ’M’ upwards and ribboned Gules Azure and Argent. Motto: Adeste Comites (Rally Round Comrades)
	Norman Lamont (later Baron Lamont of Lerwick), Chancellor 1990-1993 No arms known
	Kenneth Clarke (later Baron Clarke of Nottingham), Chancellor 1993-1997 No arms known
	Gordon Brown, Chancellor 1997-2007 No arms known

Chancellors of the Exchequer in the 21st century

Image	Name of Chancellor and heraldic blazon
	Alistair Darling (later Baron Darling of Roulanish), Chancellor 2007-2010 No arms known
	George Osborne, Chancellor 2010-2016 Escutcheon: Gules on a fess or cotised Argent two fountains Proper over all a bend of the last. Crest: A sea lion sejant Proper holding the dexter paw a trident Sable headed Or. Motto: Pax In Bello (Peace In War) Osborne is the eldest son and heir apparent of Sir Peter Osborne, 17th Baronet. He will not use the Red Hand of Ulster during his father's lifetime.
	Philip Hammond (later Baron Hammond of Runnymede), Chancellor 2016-2019 No arms known
	Sajid Javid, Chancellor 2019-2020 No arms known
	Rishi Sunak, Chancellor 2020–present No arms known