List of chancellors of Durham

This is a list of those who have served as Chancellor of County Durham:

• 1655–?: Thomas Widdrington
• 1787–1788: John Scott
• 1788–1791: Sir John Mitford
• 1791–1798: Sir Thomas Manners-Sutton
• 1798–1818: Samuel Romilly
• 1818–1835: Robert Hopper Williamson
• 1835–1846: Sir Charles Wetherell
• 1847–1851: Richard Torin Kindersley
• 1851–1871: Christopher Temple[1]
• 1871–1887: James Fleming[2]
• 1887–1892: Gainsford Bruce[3]
• 1892–1905: Thomas Milvain[4]
• 1905–1915: John Scott Fox[5]
• 1915–1930: Edward Tindal Atkinson
• 1930–1936: Sir Henry Arthur Colefax[6]
• 1936–1950: Charles Paley Scott[7]
• 1950–1958: John Charlesworth[8]
• 1958–1959: James Neville Gray[9]
• 1959–1960: Arthur Geoffrey Neale Cross[10]
• 1960–1969: Henry Edwin Salt[11]
• 1969–1971: Hugh Elvet Francis[12]