Attorney-General of the Duchy of Lancaster
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The Attorney-General of the Duchy of Lancaster is the law officer of the Crown for matters arising in the Duchy of Lancaster
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Duchy of Lancaster
The Duchy of Lancaster is one of the two royal duchies in England, the other being the Duchy of Cornwall. It is held in trust for the Sovereign, and is used to provide income for the use of the British monarch...
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Attorneys-General
- 1478–1483: Richard EmpsonRichard EmpsonSir Richard Empson , minister of Henry VII, King of England, was a son of Peter Empson, an influential inhabitant of Towcester....
- 1519–1522: John Hales
- 1522–1526: Edmund Knightley
- 1526–1531: Thomas AudleyThomas Audley, 1st Baron Audley of WaldenThomas Audley, 1st Baron Audley of Walden, KG, PC, KS , Lord Chancellor of England, born in Earls Colne, Essex, the son of Geoffrey Audley, is believed to have studied at Buckingham College, Cambridge...
- 1531–1535: Robert WrothRobert Wroth (Middlesex MP)-Life:Robert, born in Middlesex about 1540, was eldest son of Sir Thomas Wroth by his wife Mary, daughter of Richard, Lord Rich. He was admitted a pensioner of St. John's College, Cambridge, on 21 April 1553, but, owing to the religious changes consequent on the accession of Mary, Queen of Scots,...
- 1535–1536: John Baker
- 1538–1540: William ConingsbyWilliam ConingsbySir William Coningsby, , King's Justice, of Lynne , and Eston Hall, nr. Wallington, Hertfordshire, where he died. He is said to have been born in London....
- 1544–1566: John Caryll
- 1566–1580: George Bromley
- 1580–1613: Sir John BrograveJohn BrograveSir John Brograve was an English lawyer and politician. He was the Member of Parliament for Preston on several occasions, and once for Boroughbridge.-Life:...
- 1614–1638: Sir Edward MosleyEdward MosleyEdward Mosley was the second major American trader to arrive in Kansas in the late 1850s, following the arrival of A. J. Greenway in 1852. Mosley arrived with a companion surnamed Moxley, and the two built a trading "ranche" near the intersection of the Osage Trail and the Big Arkansas River, 14...
- 1638–1644: Sir Thomas Bedingfield
- 1644–1649: Bulstrode WhitelockeBulstrode WhitelockeSir Bulstrode Whitelocke was an English lawyer, writer, parliamentarian and Lord Keeper of the Great Seal of England.- Biography :...
- 1649–1654: Bartholomew Hall
- 1654–1660: Nicholas LechmereNicholas LechmereSir Nicholas Lechmere , of Hanley Castle in Worcestershire, was an English Judge and Member of Parliament.A nephew of Sir Thomas Overbury, Lechmere was educated at Wadham College, Oxford, and called to the bar as a member of Middle Temple in 1641. On the outbreak of the Civil War, he sided with...
- 1660–1688: John Heath
- 1689–1714: Edward Northey
- 1714–1722: Alexander Denton
- 1727–1728: Spencer CowperSpencer CowperSpencer Cowper, MP and barrister was born in 1670, the second son of Sir William Cowper, 2nd Baronet of Hertford, and his wife, Lady Sarah Cowper, the diarist, and the daughter of Samuel Holled, a London merchant...
- 1733–1736?: Thomas AbneyThomas Abney (judge)Sir Thomas Abney was an English barrister and later judge. He was the younger son of Sir Edward Abney , by his second wife, Judith, daughter and co-heir of Peter Barr, of London)...
- 1758–1763: Fletcher NortonFletcher Norton, 1st Baron GrantleyFletcher Norton, 1st Baron Grantley PC was an English politician.He was the eldest son of Thomas Norton of Grantley, Yorkshire. He became a barrister in 1739, and, after a period of inactivity, built up a profitable practice, becoming a King's Counsel in 1754, and later attorney-general for the...
- 1770–1777: John Skynner
- 1777–1810: John Ord
- fl. 1840: William Russell
- 1869: Park
- 1893–1895: Samuel Hall
- fl. 1931: Sir Herbert Cunliffe
- 1946–1947: David JenkinsDavid Jenkins, Baron JenkinsDavid Llewelyn Jenkins, Baron Jenkins PC was a British judge.-Background:Born in Exmouth, he was the third son of Sir John Lewis Jenkins and his wife Florence Mildred, second daughter of Sir Arthur Trevor. Jenkins was educated at Charterhouse School and fought then with the 12th Battalion, Rifle...
- 1947–1951: Gerald UpjohnGerald Upjohn, Baron UpjohnBrigadier Gerald Ritchie Upjohn, Baron Upjohn CBE, PC, DL was a British soldier and judge.The younger son of William Henry Upjohn served in the Welsh Guards during the Second World War, reaching the rank of brigadier. In 1948, he sat with Sir George Lynskey and Sir Godfrey Vick on the Lynskey...
- 1951–1969: Sir Milner Holland
- 1969–1970: John BrightmanJohn Brightman, Baron BrightmanJohn Anson Brightman, Baron Brightman was an English Chancery barrister and judge, ultimately of the House of Lords.-Early life and career:...
- 1970–1972: Sydney TemplemanSydney Templeman, Baron TemplemanSydney William Templeman, Baron Templeman, MBE, PC, is a former British judge. He served as a Lord of Appeal in Ordinary from 1982 to 1995 in the House of Lords and was created a life peer as Baron Templeman, of White Lackington in the County of Somerset....
- 1972–1975: Christopher Slade
- 1976–1980: Thomas BinghamThomas Bingham, Baron Bingham of CornhillThomas Henry Bingham, Baron Bingham of Cornhill, KG PC QC FBA , was a British judge and jurist. He served in the highest judicial offices of the United Kingdom as Master of the Rolls, Lord Chief Justice and as Senior Law Lord before his retirement, when he focused his work as a teacher and lecturer...
- 1980–1983: Richard ScottRichard Scott, Baron Scott of FoscoteRichard Rashleigh Folliott Scott, Baron Scott of Foscote PC, QC , is a British judge, who formerly held the office of Lord of Appeal in Ordinary.-Early life:...
- 1991–1993: Mary ArdenMary Arden (judge)Mary Howarth Arden, Baroness Mance, DBE , styled The Rt Hon. Lady Justice Arden, is a British judge.She was born in Liverpool. Her grandfather was a partner in Gamon Arden and Co., a Liverpool firm of solicitors. Her father and brother, Roger, joined the family firm which merged with Hill Dickinson...
- 1993–1996?: Timothy LloydTimothy LloydSir Timothy Andrew Wigram Lloyd , styled The Rt Hon. Lord Justice Lloyd, is an English judge, a member of the Court of Appeal....
- fl. 1997: Richard McCombe
- 2001–present?: Michael BriggsMichael Briggs (judge)Sir Michael Townley Featherstone Briggs , styled The Hon. Mr Justice Briggs, is a Justice of the High Court.-Work:He was called to the bar at Lincoln's Inn in 1978 and was the Junior Counsel to Crown Chancery from 1990-94. He took silk in 1994. He has been a Bencher of Lincoln's Inn, an Attorney...