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The '''Chancellor of the Exchequer''' was the title given to the minister in charge of all economic and financial matters in the [[United Kingdom]]. | The '''Chancellor of the Exchequer''' was the title given to the minister in charge of all economic and financial matters in the [[United Kingdom]]. | ||
== History == | |||
[[Sir]] [[Francis Dashwood]] was Chancellor of the Exchequer during the reign of [[King]] [[George III]]. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Minuet in Hell (audio story)}}) | [[Sir]] [[Francis Dashwood]] was Chancellor of the Exchequer during the reign of [[King]] [[George III]]. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Minuet in Hell (audio story)}}) | ||
[[David Lloyd George]] ([[1863]]-[[1945]]), [[Liberal Party|Liberal]] [[MP]] for [[Caernarvon]], served as Chancellor of the Exchequer amongst other positions before becoming [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]]. Lloyd George was an aggressive campaigner against [[alcohol]], famously declaring that Britain had three [[enemy|enemies]]: "[[Germany]], [[Austria]] and [[Drink]]; as far as I can see, the greatest of these three deadly [[foe]]s is Drink." His attempt, as Chancellor, to ban alcohol entirely led to the introduction of [[licensing law]]s to increase [[tax]]es on alcohol and to restrict its [[sale]] and the [[opening hour]]s of [[public house]]s. In [[privacy|private]], however, ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Time Traveller's Almanac (reference book)}}) he drank the [[Ninth Doctor]] under the [[table]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Aliens of London (TV story)}}) | [[David Lloyd George]] ([[1863]]-[[1945]]), [[Liberal Party|Liberal]] [[MP]] for [[Caernarvon]], served as Chancellor of the Exchequer amongst other positions before becoming [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]]. Lloyd George was an aggressive campaigner against [[alcohol]], famously declaring that Britain had three [[enemy|enemies]]: "[[Germany]], [[Austria]] and [[Drink]]; as far as I can see, the greatest of these three deadly [[foe]]s is Drink." His attempt, as Chancellor, to ban alcohol entirely led to the introduction of [[licensing law]]s to increase [[tax]]es on alcohol and to restrict its [[sale]] and the [[opening hour]]s of [[public house]]s. In [[privacy|private]], however, ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Time Traveller's Almanac (reference book)}}) he drank the [[Ninth Doctor]] under the [[table]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Aliens of London (TV story)}}) | ||
[[Winston Churchill]] was the Chancellor of the Exchequer in [[1924]], when he deflated the [[economy]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Torchwood: The Encyclopedia (reference book)}}) | |||
Following the victory of the [[Labour Party]] in the general election in [[October]] [[1964]], [[James Callaghan]] was appointed Chancellor by [[Harold Wilson]], the new [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|Prime Minister]]. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|State of Emergency (audio story)}}) Callaghan later served as Prime Minister himself from [[1976]] to [[1979]]. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Oseidon Adventure (audio story)}}) | Following the victory of the [[Labour Party]] in the general election in [[October]] [[1964]], [[James Callaghan]] was appointed Chancellor by [[Harold Wilson]], the new [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|Prime Minister]]. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|State of Emergency (audio story)}}) Callaghan later served as Prime Minister himself from [[1976]] to [[1979]]. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Oseidon Adventure (audio story)}}) | ||
