This is a list of those who have served as Solicitor-General of
County Durham
County Durham ( ), officially simply Durham,UK General Acts 1997 c. 23Lieutenancies Act 1997 Schedule 1(3). From legislation.gov.uk, retrieved 6 April 2022. is a ceremonial county in North East England.North East Assembly â€About North East E ...
*1795–?: Sir Alan Chambre
*bef. 1833–1834:
David Francis Atcherley (formerly D.F. Jones)
*1834–1842:
Sir Cresswell Cresswell
*1855–1862:
John Leycester Adolphus
John Leycester Adolphus (1795–1862) was an English lawyer, jurist and author.
Life
He was the son of Martha Elizabeth née Leycester (1765-1842) and John Adolphus (1768–1845), a well-known London barrister who wrote ''A History of England ...
*1862–1872:
John Archibald Russell
John is a common English name and surname:
* John (given name)
* John (surname)
John may also refer to:
New Testament
Works
* Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John
* First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John
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*1872–1878:
Joseph Kay
*1879–1886:
Gainsford Bruce
Sir Gainsford Bruce (1834 – 24 February 1912) was a British politician and judge.
Bruce was born in 1835 in Newcastle upon Tyne, the son of the Reverend Dr. Collingwood Bruce, a proprietor of a private school, and his wife Charlotte (née Ga ...
*1886–1887:
John Forbes
*1887–1901:
Edward Tindal Atkinson
Major Sir Edward Hale Tindal Atkinson, Order of the Bath, KCB, Order of the British Empire, CBE (19 September 1878 – 26 December 1957) was a British barrister and judge who served as the Director of Public Prosecutions (England and Wales), Dire ...
*1901–1905:
John Scott Fox
*1905–1915:
Herbert Francis Manisty
*1915–1921?:
Arthur William Bairstow
*1921?–1930:
Henry Arthur Colefax
*1930–1932:
Edward Alfred Mitchell-Innes Edward Alfred Mitchell-Innes, CBE, KC (21 December 1863 – 6 March 1932) was a British barrister. He was Chairman of the General Council of the Bar from 1931 until his death the following year.
Born into a prominent Scottish family, he was the so ...
*1932–1939:
James Willoughby Jardine
His Honour Willoughby Jardine KC (29 October 1879 – 15 October 1945), was a British Judge and Liberal Party politician.
Background
Jardine was born the eldest son of James Jardine, KC. He was educated at Eton School and King's College, Cambri ...
*1939–1941:
Geoffrey Hugh Benbow Streatfeild
*1946–1947?:
Christian Bedford Fenwick
*1950–1956:
Harold Richard Bowman Shepherd
*1956–1957:
Geoffrey de Paiva Veale
*1957–1961:
George Stanley Waller
*1961–1965:
Rudolph Lyons
*1965–1971:
Peter Stanley Price
References
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Solicitors-General