of petitions only complaints of special importance where reserved for parliament. Furthermore‚ “if a bill was asserted to become statues private suits were more often dealt with by the council or delegated to individual councillors such as the Chancellor or Admiral”. However‚ out of
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power equally‚ before 2005‚ the Lord Chancellor of the Exchequer had influence in all areas of government: the executive‚ the legislature and the judiciary. This meant that the possibility of corruption within the UK government was to a high degree‚ as he/she had had a say in every aspect of governing. However the Constituitional Reform Act in 2005 solved this issue; the Lord Chancellor of the Exchequer retained his title but no longer presided over the House of
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Ministers like Margaret Thatcher‚ with the resulting negatives against the conservative party. The relationship between United Kingdom and Europe has never amicable‚ so it looks like a marriage of convenience. Nowadays‚ Cameron and his chancellor of the exchequer‚ George Osborne‚ have put British economy’s lack of growth down to the European sovereign debt crisis not his own government’s problems. That’s the one reason why many British people are in favor of leaving the EU. However‚ the author says
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educated and he graduated from Christ Church‚ one of Oxford’s most prestigious schools‚ with a bachelor’s of medicine in 1674. Early in his medical studies Locke became a personal physician for Lord Ashley‚ who later became the chancellor of the Exchequer. Working for a chancellor had a great affect on his political views. He became a highly influential philosopher‚ writing about such topics as political philosophy and education. His most famous piece of writing was "Two Treatises of Government" which
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Winston Churchill Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill was born on November 30‚ 1874 ("Winston Churchill Biography"). He grew up in Dublin‚ Ireland where his father was employed by his grandfather ("Winston Churchill Biography"). Churchill was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1940 to 1945 and from 1951 to 1955 (Draper‚ Ben‚ and Jak Brown). He was the Prime Minister during WWII. He is most recognized for his speeches and his persistence (“Winston Churchill”). He has made a strong impact
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Based on market exchange rates the UK is today the sixth-largest economy in the world and the third-largest in Europe after Germany and France‚ having fallen behind France for the first time in over a decade in 2008. HM Treasury‚ led by the Chancellor of the Exchequer‚ is responsible for developing and executing the British government’s public finance policy and economic policy. The Bank of England is the UK’s central bank and is responsible for issuing notes and coins in the nation’s currency‚ the pound
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DOB: (unsure but sometime in 1475) DOD: 29 November 1530 Nationality: English Married: 11 June 1509 Religion: Catholic Role: Cardinal‚ statesman‚ Henry VIII’s lord chancellor and one of the last churchmen to play a dominant role in English political life. Responsibilities to Henry: lord chancellor‚ englands foreign policy‚ arranging the field of the cloth of gold‚ henry wanted him to ask the pope for an annulment to his marriage to Catherine of Aragon‚ as he wanted to remarry
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series of military and political crises led to his replacement in late 1916 by David Lloyd George. His falling out with Lloyd George played a major part in the downfall of the Liberal Party. Before his term as Prime Minister he served as Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1905 to 1908 and as Home Secretary from 1892 to 1895. During his lifetime he was known as H. H. Asquith before his accession to the peerage and as Lord Oxford afterwards. Asquith was elected to Parliament in 1886 as the Liberal representative
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Saint Thomas More was one of those people. Saint Thomas was a lawyer‚ author‚ and a statesman. Born in 1478‚ More served under King Henry VIII. He became Undersheriff of the City of London‚ Under-Treasurer of the Exchequer‚ Master of Requests‚ High Steward of Oxford and Cambridge‚ Lord Chancellor of the Realm‚ and Speaker of the House of Commons. He is known for writing the fiction Utopia in 1516 and his brave death in 1535. Saint Thomas had many attributes that people strive for today. Thomas More was
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The Townshend Acts In 1767 Charles Townshend who was the chancellor of the exchequer‚ created the Townshend Acts . The Townshend Acts were approved by British Parliament on June 26-June 2‚ 1767 and were repealed April 12‚ 1770. Charles Townshend proposed the program in order to raise 40‚000 pounds a year so that the English parliament could cut the british land tax and this would also raise money to pay for the salaries of governors and judges. Some of the things that
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