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Attorneys-General

*1478–1483:

Richard Empson Sir Richard Empson (c. 1450 – 17 August 1510), minister of Henry VII, was a son of Peter Empson. Educated as a lawyer, he soon attained considerable success in his profession, and in 1491 was a Knight of the shire for Northamptonshire in Par ...

*1519–1522:

John Hales John Hales may refer to: *John Hales (theologian) (1584–1656), English theologian * John Hales (bishop of Exeter) from 1455 to 1456 * John Hales (bishop of Coventry and Lichfield) (died 1490) from 1459 to 1490 * John Hales (died 1540), MP for Cant ...

*1522–1526: Edmund Knightley *1526–1531: Thomas Audley *1531–1535: Robert Wroth *1535–1536: John Baker *1538–1540:

William Coningsby Sir William Coningsby ( – September 1540) was an English Member of Parliament and a Justice of the King's Bench. Biography William Coningsby was born by 1483, the son of Sir Humphrey Coningsby of Aldenham, Hertfordshire. He was educated at ...

*1544–1566: John Caryll *1566–1580: George Bromley *1580–1613: Sir John Brograve *1614–1638: Sir Edward Mosley *1638–1644: Sir Thomas Bedingfield *1644–1649: Bulstrode Whitelocke *1649–1654: Bartholomew Hall *1654–1660: Nicholas Lechmere *1660–1688: John Heath *1689–1714: Edward Northey *1714–1722: Alexander Denton *1727–1728: Spencer Cowper *1733–1736?: Thomas Abney *1758–1763:

Fletcher Norton Fletcher Norton, 1st Baron Grantley, PC (23 June 1716 – 1 January 1789) was an English lawyer and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1756 to 1782 when he was raised to the peerage as Baron Grantley. Life Norton was the eldest s ...

*1770–1777: John Skynner *1777–1810: John Ord *fl. 1840: William Russell *1869: Park *1893–1895: Samuel Hall *1921– : Sir Joseph Herbert Cunliffe *1946–1947: David Jenkins *1947–1951: Gerald Upjohn *1951–1969: Sir Milner Holland *1969–1970: John Brightman *1970–1972: Sydney Templeman *1972–1975:

Christopher Slade Sir Christopher John Slade (2 June 1927 – 7 February 2022) was a British judge who was a Lord Justice of Appeal from 1982 to 1991. Personal life His father was George Penkivil Slade. He had two brothers (Adrian and Julian), as well as a ...

*1976–1980: Thomas Bingham *1980–1984: Richard Scott *1984-1986:

John Knox John Knox ( gd, Iain Cnocc) (born – 24 November 1572) was a Scottish minister, Reformed theologian, and writer who was a leader of the country's Reformation. He was the founder of the Presbyterian Church of Scotland. Born in Giffordgat ...

*1986-1989:

Donald Rattee Donald is a masculine given name derived from the Gaelic name ''Dòmhnall''.. This comes from the Proto-Celtic *''Dumno-ualos'' ("world-ruler" or "world-wielder"). The final -''d'' in ''Donald'' is partly derived from a misinterpretation of the ...

*1989-1991:

Jonathan Parker Sir Jonathan Frederic Parker (born 8 December 1937) is a retired British Lord Justice of Appeal. Education Sir Jonathan was born in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, the son of Sir Edmund Parker (1908–1981) and Elizabeth Mary Butterfield ...

*1991–1993: Mary Arden *1993–1996:

Timothy Lloyd Sir Timothy Andrew Wigram Lloyd, Privy Council of the United Kingdom, PC (born 30 November 1946) is an English former judge who was a member of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales, Court of Appeal. Lloyd was educated at Winchester College an ...

*1996–2001:

Richard McCombe Sir Richard George Bramwell McCombe, PC (born 23 September 1952), is an English barrister and former member of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales. McCombe attended Sedbergh School and Downing College, Cambridge. He was called to the Bar i ...

*2001–2006: Michael Briggs *2006–2012: Robert Hildyard *2012–2020:

Robert Miles Roberto Concina (3 November 1969 – 9 May 2017), known professionally as Robert Miles, was an Italian record producer, composer, musician and DJ. His 1995 composition "Children (composition), Children" sold more than 5 million copies and topp ...

*2020–present Sonia Tolaney

References

History of Parliament Online
Duchy of Lancaster Law Officers of the Crown in the United Kingdom