This article is about the office based in Great Britain. For the former office based in Ireland, see Clerk of the Crown and Hanaper.
Clerk of the Crown in Chancery in Great Britain
Incumbent Antonia Romeo since 18 January 2021
Ministry of Justice
Appointer
The Monarch on advice of the Prime Minister
Inaugural holder
Benedict Normanton
Formation
occ. 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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