List of Chancellors of Durham

Historical offices of Durham
Lieutenancies
Lord Lieutenant Vice-Lieutenant Deputy Lieutenant
Judicial
High Sheriff Attorney-General Solicitor-General Chancellor Custos Rotulorum
Military
Vice-Admiral

Not to be confused with the Chancellor of the University of Durham

This is an incomplete list of those who have served as Chancellor of County Durham:

• 1655–?: Thomas Widdrington
• 1787–1788: John Scott
• 1788–1791: Sir John Mitford
• 1791–1798: Sir Thomas Manners-Sutton
• 1798–1818: Samuel Romilly
• 1818–1835: Robert Hopper Williamson
• 1835–1846: Sir Charles Wetherell
• 1847–1851: Richard Torin Kindersley
• 1851–1871: Christopher Temple^[1]
• 1871–1887: James Fleming^[2]
• 1887–1892: Gainsford Bruce^[3]
• 1892–1905: Thomas Milvain^[4]
• 1905–1915: John Scott Fox^[5]
• 1915–1930: Edward Tindal Atkinson
• 1930–1936: Sir Henry Arthur Colefax^[6]
• 1936–1950: Charles Paley Scott^[7]
• 1950–1958: John Charlesworth^[8]
• 1958–1959: James Neville Gray^[9]
• 1959–1960: Arthur Geoffrey Neale Cross^[10]
• 1960–1969: Henry Edwin Salt^[11]
• 1969–1971: Hugh Elvet Francis^[12]

References

1. The London Gazette: no. 21263. p. 2975. 14 November 1851.
2. The London Gazette: no. 23718. p. 1492. 21 March 1871.
3. The London Gazette: no. 25734. p. 4695. 30 August 1887.
4. The London Gazette: no. 26312. p. 4375. 2 August 1892.
5. The London Gazette: no. 27849. p. 7248. 31 October 1905.
6. The London Gazette: no. 33623. p. 4268. 8 July 1930.
7. The London Gazette: no. 34270. p. 2156. 3 April 1936.
8. The London Gazette: no. 38873. p. 1543. 28 March 1950.
9. The London Gazette: no. 41388. p. 3090. 16 May 1958.
10. The London Gazette: no. 41761. p. 4404. 10 July 1959.
11. The London Gazette: no. 41966. p. 1452. 26 February 1960.
12. The London Gazette: no. 44824. p. 3747. 10 April 1969.