Originally, the three high Common Law courts, the Court Of Common Pleas , the Court Of The King's (or Queen's) Bench , and the Court Of The Exchequer , each had their own Chief Justice. That of the Exchequer Court was styled as the Lord Chief Baron Of The Exchequer , and that of the Common Pleas was Chief Justice Of The Court Of Common Pleas , leaving the head of the King's (or Queen's) Bench to be known simply as the Lord Chief Justice. The courts, however, were combined in 1875, leaving a single Chief Justice.
There is also a Lord Chief Justice Of Northern Ireland . The Lord Chief Justice's equivalent in Scotland is the Lord President Of The Court Of Session , who also holds the post of Lord Justice-General in the High Court Of Justiciary .
Presently the Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales is the Lord Phillips Of Worth Maltravers , who succeeded Lord Woolf on October 1 , 2005 .
- Robert De Brus ( 1268 - c. 1274 )
- Ralph De Hengham (c. 1274 - 1290 )
- Gilbert De Thornton ( 1290 - 1296 )
- Roger Le Brabazon ( 1296 - March 1316 )
- William Inge (judge) (March 1316 - June 15 , 1317 )
- Henry Le Scrope ( June 15 , 1317 - September 1323 )
- Hervey De Staunton (September 1323 - March 21 , 1324 )
- Geoffrey Le Scrope ( March 21 , 1324 - May 1 , 1329 )
- Robert De Malberthorp ( May 1 , 1329 - October 28 , 1329 )
- Henry Le Scrope ( October 28 , 1329 - December 19 , 1330 )
- Geoffrey Le Scrope ( December 19 , 1330 - March 28 , 1332 )
- Richard De Wyllughby ( March 28 , 1332 - September 20 , 1332 )
- Geoffrey Le Scrope ( September 20 , 1332 - September 10 , 1333 )
- Richard De Wyllughby ( September 10 , 1333 - 1337 )
- Geoffrey Le Scrope ( 1337 - October 1338 )
- Richard De Wyllughby (October 1338 - July 21 , 1340 )
- Sir Robert Parning ( July 21 , 1340 - January 8 , 1341 )
- Sir William Scot ( January 8 , 1341 - November 26 , 1346 )
- Sir William De Thorpe ( November 26 , 1346 - October 26 , 1350 )
- Sir William De Shareshull ( October 26 , 1350 - July 5 , 1357 )
- Sir Thomas De Seton ( July 5 , 1357 - May 24 , 1361 )
- Sir Henry Greene ( May 24 , 1361 - October 29 , 1365 )
- Sir John Knivet ( October 29 , 1365 - July 15 , 1372 )
- John De Cavendish ( July 15 , 1372 - June 14 , 1381 ) (murdered in the Peasants' Revolt )
- Sir Robert Tresylian ( June 22 , 1381 - January 31 , 1388 )
- Sir Walter De Cloptone ( January 31 , 1388 - November 15 , 1400 )
- Sir William Gascoigne ( November 15 , 1400 - March 29 , 1413 )
- Sir William Hankford ( March 29 , 1413 - January 21 , 1424 )
- Sir William Cheyne ( January 21 , 1424 - January 20 , 1439 )
- Sir John Ivyn ( January 20 , 1439 - April 13 , 1440 )
- Sir John Hody ( April 13 , 1440 - January 25 , 1442 )
- Sir John Fortescue ( January 25 , 1442 - May 13 , 1461 )
- Sir John Markham ( May 13 , 1461 - January 23 , 1469 )
- Sir Thomas Billing ( January 23 , 1469 - May 7 , 1481 )
- Sir William Huse ( May 7 , 1481 - November 24 , 1495 )
- Sir John Fineux ( November 24 , 1495 - January 23 , 1526 )
- Sir John Fitz-James ( January 23 , 1526 - January 21 , 1539 )
- Sir Edward Montagu ( January 21 , 1539 - November 9 , 1545 )
- Sir Richard Lyster ( November 9 , 1545 - March 21 , 1552 )
- Sir Roger Chomeley ( March 21 , 1552 - October 4 , 1553 )
- Sir Thomas Bromley ( October 4 , 1553 - June 11 , 1555 )
- Sir William Portman ( June 11 , 1555 - May 8 , 1557 )
- Sir Edward Saunders ( May 8 , 1557 - January 22 , 1559 )
- Sir Robert Catlyn ( January 22 , 1559 - November 8 , 1574 )
- Sir Christopher Wray ( November 8 , 1574 - June 2 , 1592 )
- Sir John Popham ( June 2 , 1592 - June 25 , 1607 )
- Sir Thomas Fleming ( June 25 , 1607 - October 25 , 1613 )
- Sir Edward Coke ( October 25 , 1613 - November 16 , 1616 )
- Sir Henry Montagu ( November 16 , 1616 - January 29 , 1621 )
- Sir James Ley ( January 29 , 1621 - January 26 , 1625 )
- Sir Ranulph Crewe ( January 26 , 1625 - February 5 , 1627 )
- Sir Nicholas Hyde ( February 5 , 1627 - October 24 , 1631 )
- Sir Thomas Richardson ( October 24 , 1631 - April 14 , 1635 )
- Sir John Brampston ( April 14 , 1635 - October 31 , 1642 )
- Sir Robert Heath ( October 31 , 1642 - October 1645)
- Henry Rolle ( October 12 , 1648 - June 15 , 1655 )
- John Glyn ( June 15 , 1655 - January 17 , 1660 )
- Sir Richard Newdigate ( January 17 , 1660 - October 1 , 1660 )
- Sir Robert Foster ( October 1 , 1660 - October 19 , 1663 )
- Sir Robert Hyde ( October 19 , 1663 - November 21 , 1665 )
- Sir John Kelynge ( November 21 , 1665 - May 18 , 1671 )
- Sir Matthew Hale ( May 18 , 1671 - April 12 , 1676 )
- Sir Richard Raynsford ( April 12 , 1676 - May 31 , 1678 )
- Sir William Scroggs ( May 31 , 1678 - April 11 , 1681 )
- Sir Fraser Pemberton ( April 11 , 1681 - September 28 , 1683 )
- George Jeffreys, 1st Baron Jeffreys ( September 28 , 1683 - October 23 , 1685 )
- Sir Edward Herbert ( October 23 , 1685 - April 22 , 1687 )
- Sir Robert Wright ( April 22 , 1687 - April 17 , 1689 )
- Sir John Holt ( April 17 , 1689 - March 11 , 1710 )
- John Parker, 1st Baron Parker ( March 11 , 1710 - May 15 , 1718 )
- Sir John Pratt ( May 15 , 1718 - March 2 , 1725 )
- Sir Robert Raymond ( March 2 , 1725 - October 31 , 1733 )
- Philip Yorke, 1st Baron Hardwicke ( October 31 , 1733 - June 8 , 1737 )
- Sir William Lee (UK) ( June 8 , 1737 - May 2 , 1754 )
- Sir Dudley Ryder ( May 2 , 1754 - November 8 , 1756 )
- William Murray ( November 8 , 1756 - June 4 , 1788 ) ( Earl Of Mansfield from 1776)
- Lloyd Kenyon, 1st Baron Kenyon ( June 4 , 1788 - April 11 , 1802 )
- Edward Law, 1st Baron Ellenborough ( April 11 , 1802 - November 2 , 1818 )
- Charles Abbott, 1st Baron Tenterden ( November 2 , 1818 - November 4 , 1832 )
- Thomas Denman, 1st Baron Denman ( November 4 , 1832 - March 5 , 1850 )
- John Campbell, 1st Baron Campbell Of St Andrews ( March 5 , 1850 - June 24 , 1859 )
- Sir Alexander Cockburn, 12th Baronet ( June 24 , 1859 - November 1 , 1875 )
- Sir Alexander Cockburn, 12th Baronet ( November 1 , 1875 - November 20 , 1880 ) (died in office)
- John Duke Coleridge, 1st Baron Coleridge ( November 29 , 1880 - June 14 , 1894 ) (died in office)
- Charles Russell, Baron Russell Of Killowen ( July 11 , 1894 - August 10 , 1900 ) (died in office)
- Richard Everard Webster, 1st Viscount Alverstone ( October 24 , 1900 - October 21 , 1913 )
- Rufus Isaacs, 1st Earl Of Reading ( October 21 , 1913 - March 8 , 1921 )
- Alfred Tristram Lawrence, 1st Baron Trevethin ( April 15 , 1921 - March 2 , 1922 )
- Gordon Hewart, 1st Viscount Hewart ( March 8 , 1922 - October 12 , 1940 )
- Thomas Walker Hobart Inskip, 1st Viscount Caldecote ( October 14 , 1940 - January 23 , 1946 )
- Rayner Goddard, Baron Goddard ( January 23 , 1946 - September 29 , 1958 )
- Hubert Lister Parker, Baron Parker Of Waddington ( September 29 , 1958 - April 20 , 1971 )
- John Passmore Widgery, Baron Widgery ( April 20 , 1971 - April 15 , 1980 )
- Geoffrey Dawson Lane, Baron Lane ( April 15 , 1980 - April 27 , 1992 )
- Peter Murray Taylor, Baron Taylor Of Gosforth ( April 27 , 1992 - June 4 , 1996 )
- Thomas Henry Bingham, Baron Bingham Of Cornhill ( June 4 , 1996 - June 6 , 2000 )
- Harry Woolf, Baron Woolf ( June 6 , 2000 - September 30 , 2005 )
- Nicholas Addison Phillips, Baron Phillips Of Worth Matravers ( September 30 , 2005 - present)
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