The chancellor Surname
chancellor Name Meaning and History
English and Scottish: status name for a secretary or administrative
official, from Old French chancelier, Late Latin
cancellarius ‘usher (in a law court)’. The King’s Chancellor
was one of the highest officials in the land, but the term was also
used to denote the holder of a variety of offices in the medieval
world, such as the secretary or record keeper in a minor manorial
household. In some cases the name undoubtedly originated as a nickname
or as an occupational name for someone in the service of such an
official.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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| CHANCELLOR Howard Blake 1889-1941 |
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