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8 unusual facts about Chancellor of the Exchequer


Bond Minicar

In response, Tom Gratrix, head of Sharp's sent a telegram to the Chancellor warning that unless a similar tax cut were given to the purchase tax rate for three-wheelers, there would be 300 redundancies and possibly the closure of the Sharp's factory.

Constitutional conventions of the United Kingdom

The Lords claimed that the Commons broke this Convention in Chancellor of the Exchequer David Lloyd George's budget, justifying the Lords' rejection of the budget.

Francis Crick Institute

On 20 October 2010, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne, confirmed that the British Government would be contributing £200 million towards the capital cost of the Centre.

Jeff Randall Live

The show features interviews with some of the UK's leading business, financial and political figures, with past guests including the billionaire tycoon Philip Green, and former Chancellor Alistair Darling.

Le Cercle

The group's current chairman is Norman Lamont, former British Chancellor of the Exchequer.

Markenfield Hall

A licence to crenellate was issued for Markenfield in 1310, the same year that John was appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer.

Thomas Witham

Thomas Witham (or Wytham; c. 1420 – 15 April 1489) was an English Chancellor of the Exchequer under Kings Henry VI and Edward IV.

Viscount Waverley

It was created in 1952 for the civil servant and politician Sir John Anderson, who served variously as Governor of Bengal, Member of Parliament, Lord Privy Seal, Home Secretary, Lord President of the Council and Chancellor of the Exchequer.


2007 Legislative Programme

The discrepancy between the 29 proposed bills in the Legislative Programme and the 30 bills listed below is caused by the Banking (Special Provisions) Act 2008, which was introduced as emergency legislation by Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling in February 2008 in order to nationalise Northern Rock.

2008 United Kingdom bank rescue package

Paul Krugman the Nobel Prize winner for Economics stated in his New York Times column that "Mr Brown and Alistair Darling, the Chancellor of the Exchequer have defined the character of the worldwide rescue effort, with other wealthy nations playing catch-up."

Anglo-Soviet Trade Agreement

It was signed by Robert Horne, Chancellor of the Exchequer and Leonid Krasin, People's Commissar of Foreign Trade.

Autumn Statement

In 1993, Conservative Chancellor Kenneth Clarke combined the announcement of spending with the Budget, merging tax and spending announcements.

Bhimgithe

Norman Lamont, former British Conservative Party Chancellor of the Exchequer lives in Bhimgithe, where he is worshipped as a tribal god.

Brockham

Christ Church, the parish church is relatively recent in origin, having been commissioned in 1847 by Sir Henry Goulburn, who served as both Chancellor of the Exchequer and Home Secretary.

Civil list

The abolition of the Civil List was announced in the spending review statement to the House of Commons on 20 October 2010 by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne.

Edinburgh Labour Students

Past speakers include the former UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown along with members of the Shadow Cabinet Ian Murray and Douglas Alexander, all former members of the Club and University alumni, as well as ex-Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling, leader of the Scottish Labour Party Johann Lamont, Kezia Dugdale MSP and Andrew Burns, leader of Edinburgh City Council.

Edmund Pery, 1st Earl of Limerick

One of Pery's daughters married the Whig politician and Chancellor of the Exchequer, Lord Monteagle of Brandon.

First Whig Junto

Having slowly risen to government ascendancy in the person of Lord Danby (1st Earl) who had held office through three shortly-spaced changes of Sovereign (dating to the Royal-dominated ministries of Charles II), the Whig elite established dominance in 1694 with the appointment of Sir Charles Montagu as Chancellor of the Exchequer.

Frances Lloyd George, Countess Lloyd-George of Dwyfor

In 1911 Lloyd George, then Chancellor of the Exchequer, hired Stevenson as a governess for his youngest daughter Megan.

Hendrie Oakshott, Baron Oakshott

He was then succeeded as MP by the future Chancellor and Foreign Secretary, Geoffrey Howe.

Henry Pelham

For the first year of Pelham's premiership, real power was held by the Secretary of State for the Northern Department, Lord Carteret, who headed the Carteret Ministry (Pelham was First Lord of the Treasury, Chancellor of the Exchequer and Leader of the House of Commons).

Imperial War Cabinet

Other eminent imperial statesmen in the Imperial War Cabinet were Lord Curzon, the Leader of the House of Lords and a former Viceroy of India, and Andrew Bonar Law, the Chancellor of the Exchequer and Leader of the House of Commons (and future British Prime Minister).

J. C. C. Davidson, 1st Viscount Davidson

In this post he was forced to deal with cuts in naval expenditure proposed by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Winston Churchill, especially regarding the construction of new cruisers.

John Barrington, 1st Viscount Barrington

William, the eldest, became Chancellor of the Exchequer; John was a Major-General in the British Army; Daines was a lawyer, antiquarian and naturalist; Samuel was a Rear-Admiral in the Royal Navy; and Shute became Bishop of Salisbury and Bishop of Durham.

Justine Thornton

Thornton is a close friend of Frances Osborne, the wife of current Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne, whom she met at university and travelled across America with.

Kazakhstan–United Kingdom relations

President Nazarbayev, along with several Kazakh business leaders, met with Evans, British Prime Minister Tony Blair, Queen Elizabeth II, Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown, Lord Mayor John Stuttard and Jean Lemierre, the President of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, in London, England on 21 and 22 November 2006.

Lewis baronets

His son, the second Baronet, was a distinguished statesman who served as both Chancellor of the Exchequer and Home Secretary.

Limehouse Town Hall

On 30 July 1909 the Chancellor of the Exchequer David Lloyd George made a polemical speech in the assembly room, attacking the House of Lords for its opposition to his "People's Budget".

Lyons Inquiry

Appointed jointly by the Chancellor of the Exchequer (Gordon Brown) and the Deputy Prime Minister (John Prescott) in the summer of 2004, Sir Michael Lyons produced several reports over the next 3 years, culminating in a final report on the future of local government published alongside the Chancellor's Budget in March 2007.

M4 relief road

In December 2011, the UK Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne, announced that he would discuss options for improvements to the M4 with the Welsh Government, including the provision of additional finance which, it has been reported, could lead to the re-emergence of plans for a new M4 relief road.

Municipal Borough of Bexley

Gold apples stood for traditional fruit-growing and the eagle came from the arms of Nicholas Vansittart, 1st Baron Bexley, one time chancellor of the exchequer.

Pasty tax

Pasty tax was a popular phrase used by the British press to describe a proposal made by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Conservative MP George Osborne, in the 2012 United Kingdom budget to simplify the tax treatment of “hot takeaway food” so that Value Added Tax (VAT) would be charged at 20% in all cases.

S4C Authority

In the spending review which he presented to the House of Commons on 20 October 2010, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne, announced that part of the responsibility for funding S4C was to be transferred to the BBC.

Slamannan

After study at the University of Glasgow, he became a successful QC and was elected to represent Glasgow Hillhead in Parliament, and served as Minister of Labour, President of the Board of Trade and Chancellor of the Exchequer under Lloyd George after the First World War.

Stafford Northcote, 1st Earl of Iddesleigh

He served as Chancellor of the Exchequer between 1874 and 1880 and as Foreign Secretary between 1885 and 1886, and was one of only two people to hold the office of First Lord of the Treasury without being Prime Minister.

Stephanie von Hohenlohe

Her close friends included Lady Margot Asquith, the widow of the former prime minister Herbert Henry Asquith, Lady Ethel Snowden, the wife of a former Chancellor of the Exchequer, and Lady Londonderry and her husband Charles Vane-Tempest-Stewart, 7th Marquess of Londonderry.

Sustainability metrics and indices

This report, commissioned by former UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown (and UK Prime Minister, 2007–2010), on the economics of global climate change, estimated that 1% of GDP now must be invested to save 20% of GDP, because of failures by most global market sectors to integrate sustainability in the metrics they have governed with.

Tormato

It features a satirical voice-over by Wakeman pretending to be Denis Healey, Labour Chancellor of the Exchequer 1974–9 and disliked by more than one successful rock musician for his policies of high taxation rates for the wealthy.

Turra Coo

Under the Liberal government of the 1910s, the Chancellor of the Exchequer David Lloyd George introduced a scheme whereby National Insurance contributions (by employer) became compulsory for all workers between the ages of 16 and 70.

UK Film Council

-- The British term uses "the" in the official title -->the British Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne in August 2010 to protest the decision to close the Council.

Varsity Line

In his autumn 2011 budget statement of November 2011, the Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne announced that the government would fund the re-opening of the rail link from Oxford via Milton Keynes as far as Bedford.

Warden of the Mint

The most illustrious holder of the office of Warden of the Mint was Isaac Newton, who was warranted to this position on the recommendation of his friend, Montagu, Chancellor of the Exchequer in 1698.


see also

Bexley Township

His cousin, Nicholas Vansittart, Chancellor of the Exchequer - known commonly as Lord or Baron Bexley - was a colleague of John Scott, 1st Earl of Eldon, after whom Eldon Township is named.

Chris Gent

From October 2005 to October 2006 he served on the Tax Reform Commission, established by the then Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne MP.

Conservative Research Department

Former CRD advisers in the Cabinet include Prime Minister, David Cameron, Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne, Oliver Letwin and Health Secretary Andrew Lansley.

Despencer

Francis Dashwood, 15th Baron le Despencer (1708–1781), English rake, politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer, founder of the Hellfire Club

Dorneywood

In 2010, George Osborne, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, took occupancy of the house.

Edwin Brooks

At the 1964 general election he was Labour candidate for the Bebington constituency on the Wirral Peninsula in Cheshire, losing to future Chancellor of the Exchequer and Foreign Secretary Geoffrey Howe.

Forrest Capie

In 1999, Capie was appointed by Francis Maude

Ian Bancroft, Baron Bancroft

He was Principal Private Secretary to the Chancellor of the Exchequer Reginald Maudling in 1964, continuing under James Callaghan until 1966, when he became an Under-Secretary to the Treasury.

In My Time of Dying

"In My Time of Dying" was played during Led Zeppelin's 1975 and 1977 concert tours, where Robert Plant sarcastically dedicated the song to the British Labour Party's Chancellor of the Exchequer, Denis Healey, for the tax exile issues the band was facing.

IR35

On 15 June 2009 in the House of Commons Labour MP Terry Rooney (Bradford North) asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer "how many investigations concerning IR35 were launched in each of the last five years; and how many of them resulted in

James Gascoyne-Cecil, 4th Marquess of Salisbury

Salisbury was part of two parliamentary deputations which called on the Prime Minister, Stanley Baldwin, and the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Neville Chamberlain, in the autumn of 1936 to remonstrate with them about the slow pace of British rearmament in the face of the growing threat from Nazi Germany.

John Fortescue

John Fortescue of Salden (1531/1533–1607), third Chancellor of the Exchequer of England

Lindi St Clair

In June 1991, she was involved in a controversy when Norman Lamont, the then Chancellor of the Exchequer, was investigated for using taxpayers' money to handle the fall-out from press stories concerning Miss Whiplash, who was using a flat he owned (the Treasury contributed £4,700 of the £23,000 bill which had been formally approved by the Head of the Civil Service and the Prime Minister).

M4 relief road

On 2 April 2013 it was reported that the Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne was likely to give support to the scheme in the Autumn Statement and various newspapers reporting that it would be tolled.

Michael Hicks Beach

Michael Hicks Beach, 1st Earl St Aldwyn (1837–1916), 9th Baronet, Chancellor of the Exchequer 1885–1886 & 1895–1902, Conservative leader in the House of Commons 1885–1886

Number 11

11 Downing Street, the residence of the British Chancellor of the Exchequer

Richard Onslow

Richard Onslow, 1st Baron Onslow (1654–1717), Speaker of the House of Commons and Chancellor of the Exchequer, grandson of the above

Swaran Singh

He was a member of the eminent persons group on South Africa sponsored by the Commonwealth Institute that consisted of Malcolm Fraser who had been Prime Minister of Australia for eight years, General Obasanjo of Nigeria, Lord Barber who had been Edward Heath's Chancellor of the Exchequer and was also chairman of the Standard Chartered Bank, Dame Nita Barrow, Reverend Scott and John Malecela, a Tanzanian former government minister.

Tim Spanton

The British Chancellor of the Exchequer, Gordon Brown, invited Spanton to his home near Edinburgh and later wrote an article for The Sun in which he praised Spanton's efforts and those of other supporters of Live 8(2).

Treasury view

In the United Kingdom, the staff of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, notably Ralph George Hawtrey and Frederick Leith-Ross, argued against increased spending by putting forward the "Treasury view".

Walter Cunliffe, 1st Baron Cunliffe

Something of his style is conveyed by the following anecdote from Geoffrey Madan's Notebooks:Lord Cunliffe, giving evidence before a Royal Commission, at the special request of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, would only say that the Bank of England reserves were "very, very considerable".

William Barrington

William Barrington, 2nd Viscount Barrington (1717–1793), British MP for Berwick and for Plymouth, Secretary at War and Chancellor of the Exchequer

William Wyndham

Sir William Wyndham, 3rd Baronet (1687–1740), of Orchard Wyndham, English politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer, 1713–1714, Member of Parliament for Somerset, 1710–1740