Lord Chancellor of England. In white wig, wearing gold-embroidered black robes over a black suit, and carrying a document.

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Lord Chancellor of England. In white wig, wearing gold-embroidered black robes over a black suit, and carrying a document. "The first lay person of the realm in all civil affairs." Handcolored copperplate from Charles Lamb's "A Book of the Ranks and Dignities of British Society" (1805).

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