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Lord Privy Seal

Sinecure office of state in the UK

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Through Clement Attlee

Since the premiership of Clement Attlee, the position of lord privy seal has frequently been combined with that of leader of the House of Lords or leader of the House of Commons. The office of lord privy seal, unlike those of leader of the Lords or Commons, is eligible for a ministerial salary under the Ministerial and Other Salaries Act 1975. The office does not confer membership of the House of Lords, leading to Ernest Bevin's remark on holding this office that he was "neither a Lord, nor a Privy, nor a Seal".

During the reign of Edward I, prior to 1307, the privy seal was kept by the controller of the wardrobe. During the time that the Court of Requests existed, the lord privy seal was its president.

List of lord keepers of the privy seal

Lord keepers of the privy seal (c. 1307–1714)

Lord keepers of the privy seal (1714–present)

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