Chancellor of the Exchequer Lords, Tony Blair and Gordon Brown respectively, swapped apartments, as the Chancellor's apartment in No. 11 was bigger and thus better suited to the needs of Blair (who had children living with him, including one born during his tenure) than Brown who was at that stage unmarried. Dorneywood is the summer residence that is traditionally made available to the chancellor, though it is the prime minister who ultimately decides who may use it. Gordon Brown, on becoming chancellor in 1997, refused to use it and the house, which is set in of parkland, was allocated to Deputy Prime Minister John
Thomas Fanshawe (remembrancer of the exchequer) Alice, his eldest daughter by the second marriage, married Sir Christopher Hatton, a relative of the Lord Chancellor and favorite of Queen Elizabeth, Sir Christopher Hatton. Thomas Fanshawe's widow was buried at Ware on 30 May 1622. Thomas Fanshawe (remembrancer of the exchequer) Thomas Fanshawe (1533–1601), was a Member of the English Parliament during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I. He also held the civil service post of Queen's remembrancer of the exchequer. Fanshawe was the eldest son of John Fanshawe of Fanshawe Gate (near Holmesfield), Derbyshire, where he was born some time in the reign of Henry VIII, and