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Also Known As	lord keeper of the great seal • lord high chancellor

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United Kingdom England chancellor judge lord privy seal lord high steward lord chief justice lord president of the council juge d’instruction rapporteur assessor justice of the peace kaziasker provost

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Charles Falconer, Lord Falconer of Thoroton

British politician