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Chancellors of the Duchy of Lancaster

  • Winston ChurchillOn the 30th of November 1874, Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill was born at his family's ancestral home, Blenheim Palace in Oxfordshire.
  • Clement AttleeClement Richard Attlee was born on the 3rd of January 1883 in Putney, Surrey. He grew up in a two-storey villa with a large garden and tennis court.
  • Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of SalisburyRobert Cecil stood barely five feet tall with a spine curved by scoliosis. Queen Elizabeth I called him my pygmy while King James I nicknamed him my little…
  • Thomas MoreThomas More entered the world on the 7th of February 1478 within the City of London. His father Sir John More was a successful lawyer who later became a…
  • Richard EmpsonRichard Empson was born about 1450 in Northamptonshire. His father Peter Empson held property at Towcester and Easton Neston.
  • Henry Vassall-Fox, 3rd Baron HollandHenry Richard Vassall-Fox entered the world at Winterslow House in Wiltshire on the 21st of November 1773. His father Stephen Fox, the 2nd Baron Holland…