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Clerk of the Crown in Chancery
in Great Britain
Incumbent
Antonia Romeo
since 18 January 2021
Ministry of Justice
AppointerThe Monarch
on advice of the Prime Minister
Inaugural holderBenedict Normanton
Formationocc. 1331
Deputy
Ceri King
Deputy Clerk of the Crown in Chancery

The Clerk of the Crown in Chancery in Great Britain is a senior civil servant who is the head of the Crown Office.

The Crown Office, a section of the Ministry of Justice, has custody of the Great Seal of the Realm, and has certain administrative functions in connection with the courts and the judicial process, as well as functions relating to the electoral process for House of Commons elections, to the keeping of the Roll of the Peerage, and to the preparation of royal documents such as warrants required to pass under the royal sign-manual, fiats, letters patent, etc.

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The Clerk of the Crown in Chancery in Great Britain is a senior civil servant who is the head of the Crown Office. The Crown Office, a section of the...

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Crown Office

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under the royal sign-manual, fiats, letters patent, etc. In legal documents, the Crown Office refers to the office of the Clerk of the Crown in Chancery. The...

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Clerk of the Crown

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the office of the Clerk of the Crown in Chancery, though the office has undergone different titles throughout history. Clerk of the Crown in Chancery...

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Antonia Romeo

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serving as the permanent secretary at the Ministry of Justice and Clerk of the Crown in Chancery. She was the permanent secretary at the Department for...

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Richard Heaton

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servant who was the Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Justice and Clerk of the Crown in Chancery from September 2015 until resigning in August 2020....

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by the Crown Office, itself based in the House of Lords. The Clerk of the Crown in Chancery also has various other responsibilities, including the State...

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Secretary of the Lord Chancellor's Department and Clerk of the Crown in Chancery, United Kingdom (1989–98). Legg was born in London on 13 August 1935, the son...

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Suma Chakrabarti

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Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Justice and Clerk of the Crown in Chancery from late 2007 until 2012. Chakrabarti was born in 1959 in Jalpaiguri, West...

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Great Seal of the Realm

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to the Lord Chancellor. The Clerk of the Crown in Chancery, who is also Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Justice, heads His Majesty's Crown Office...

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III as Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George (GCMG). "The Coronation Roll". Clerk of the Crown in Chancery. 6 May 2023. Retrieved 29...

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1875 Quebec general election

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of Quebec, setting the date for nomination of candidates. The date was the same for all constituencies. The provincial Clerk of the Crown in Chancery...

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1878 Quebec general election

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results of the election, along with his return of the writ, and forward it all to the Clerk of the Crown in Chancery. The election resulted in a hung parliament:...

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Writ of election

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the Crown in Chancery. They are then formally issued by the monarch. (When the Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011 was in effect, writs were issued by the lord...

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Ursula Brennan

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former Permanent Secretary at the United Kingdom's Ministry of Justice where she was also the Clerk of the Crown in Chancery. Since 1975, Brennan has worked...

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The Clerk of the Crown and Hanaper was a civil servant within the Irish Chancery in the Dublin Castle administration. His duties corresponded to the offices...

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Registrar of the Peerage

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which has always been the Deputy Clerk of the Crown in Chancery, and has been held in conjunction to that of Registrar of the Baronetage. There is also...

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Clerk of the Parliaments

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the titles of bills and the responses from Parliament. In later parliaments starting with those under Richard II, the Clerk of the Crown in Chancery would...

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Hanaper

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under the great seal. The British office was abolished in 1852. In Ireland the office of the Clerk of the Crown and Hanaper within the Irish Chancery persisted...

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1867 Quebec general election

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stating the name of the candidate they voted for. The election process began with writs of election issued by the Clerk of the Crown in Chancery, one for...

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1871 Quebec general election

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the election closed. The Returning Officer would then send a report of the election with the return of the writ to the Clerk of the Crown in Chancery...

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Peerages in the United Kingdom

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