Talk:Thomas Beckett

I thought we might be able to do a category for Lords Chancellor, but we can't. All we've got are Beckett here and Burleigh. There were a bunch of Nevilles in the fifteenth century, including a Richard; but he wasn't our Richard.

More surprisingly, I thought that the Lord Chancellor was for front-benchers of the Government party these days (meaning that we'd be able to shake a few loose from the prime ministers who usually work their way up through the front-bench ranks before winning election as party leaders). It is, but "these days" only go back to 2007. It was reserved for the House of Lords right up until the Blair Government ended. Given that the title is "Lord Chancellor," I should maybe have expected that. Turtle Fan 16:36, February 1, 2011 (UTC)