The Chancellor surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,147 people carried this name — #7,974 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 70,900 people counted. That is up 2% from 4,072 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Chancellor surname

As an English and Welsh surname

Bardsley classes it as a name of office: ‘the chancellor’.

An early record he cites: Willelmus del Chaincery, 1379 — Poll Tax, West Riding of Yorkshire.

His entry covers Chancellor, Cancellor and Chancery.

From Charles W. Bardsley, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames, with Special American Instances (London: Henry Frowde, 1901), p. 170 · public domain.

In print

Chancellor in American newspapers,
1876–1917.

Newspaper page from Evening Public Ledger carrying the name Chancellor
Evening Public Ledger 1917-09-18
Newspaper page from The Daily Clarion carrying the name Chancellor
The Daily Clarion 1876-03-16

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain.

In print

Chancellor in Australian newspapers,
1820s–1990s.

15,128 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Chancellor. The most, 2,594, date from the 1900s. New South Wales has the most articles, but weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, the name stands out most in the Northern Territory, at 3.1 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 3,670
Queensland 3,237
Victoria 3,078
Tasmania 2,976
South Australia 1,356
Western Australia 668
Northern Territory 63
ACT (Canberra) 62

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Chancellor.

Who carried it

People named Chancellor,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Richard Chancellor
    Richard Chancellor 1521–1556 · diplomat
  • Frederic Chancellor
    Frederic Chancellor 1825–1918 · architect
  • Emily Smyth d. 1890
  • Marion Stow d. 1876
  • Margaret Rosa Pasea d. 1945
  • Alexander Chancellor 1707–1770

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Chancellor,
in the records of 4 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States241 records

241 records of the Chancellor name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 143
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 56
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 20
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 16
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 4
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Jesse Chancellor

    Born 1906 in Mississippi. Enlisted 1943 at Jefferson Barracks, Missouri; garage worker. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1996, buried at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, Missouri.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Richard Chancellor

    Arrived at New York in 1856 aboard the Excelsior from Liverpool, aged 18; watchman. From Ireland.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
  3. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Thomas L. Chancellor

    Born 1931; from Wichita Falls, Texas. U.S. Marine Corps; killed in action 1953 in Korea.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)

Showing 3 of 241 records for Chancellor in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain).

Australia184 records

184 records of the Chancellor name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 82
  • Tasmanian Names Index 56
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 39
  • NSW convict, estate and railway indexes 4
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 3
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Mary Ann Harriett Chancellor

    Born 1865 in Hobart, Tasmania. Died 1927 in Tasmania, aged 62.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Frederick Edgar Chancellor

    Born 1878 in Hobart, Tasmania. Died 1939 in Tasmania, aged 60. Will registered in Tasmania in 1939.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Arthur Edward Chancellor

    Born 1860 in Hobart, Tasmania. Married 1887 in Hobart, Tasmania, aged 27. Died 1914 in Tasmania, aged 55.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 184 records for Chancellor in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0) · Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY) · Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain); Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain).

Canada4 records

4 records of the Chancellor name in Canada
  • City of Calgary cemetery records 2
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 1
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 1
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Harold M. Chancellor

    Buried in 1914 at Union Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta.

    City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary.
  2. A Canadian First World War grave register card for a soldier who died of wounds in 1917
    Example: Canadian war grave register, 1917
    War record Leslie Thomas Chancellor

    Died in service in 1946.

    Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada.
  3. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Samuel Chancellor

    Married 1765 in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.

Showing 3 of 4 records for Chancellor in Canada.

Counts: City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. · Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. · Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0); Canadian First World War circumstances-of-death register (scan by Scottgraham87 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0); Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain).

United Kingdom3 records

3 records of the Chancellor name in the United Kingdom
  • St James's burial ground, Euston (London), 1789–1853 2
  • War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead 1
  1. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record H. E. Chancellor

    Second Lieutenant. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1918.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)

Showing 1 of 3 records for Chancellor in the United Kingdom.

Counts: MOLA and HS2, St James's burial ground data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. · National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: C. & E. Morton Ltd roll of honour, 1914–1919, photo by Adrian S Pye via Geograph (CC BY-SA 2.0).

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