The Recorder of Liverpool or, since 1971, the Honorary Recorder of Liverpool is an ancient legal office in the City of Liverpool, England. The

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is appointed by

the Crown The Crown is the state in all its aspects within the jurisprudence of the Commonwealth realms and their subdivisions (such as the Crown Dependencies, overseas territories, provinces, or states). Legally ill-defined, the term has different ...

. The Recorder of Liverpool is also a Senior Circuit Judge of the

Liverpool Crown Court The Queen Elizabeth II Law Courts, in Derby Square, Liverpool, are operated by His Majesty's Courts and Tribunals Service. The building is used by the Crown Court, the Magistrates' Court, Liverpool District Probate Registry and the Liverpool Yout ...

in the North West Circuit. They are addressed in court as "My Lord" or "My Lady"

List of Recorders of Liverpool

* Alexander Rughleye (1541–) * Henry Halsall (1572–) * Edward Halsall (c.1579) * Sir Thomas Hesketh (died 1602) * Leonard Chorley (1602–1608) (died 1608) * Edward Halsall * Thomas Molyneux (1620–) * Hugh Rigby (1634–) * William Langton ( mid-1600s - died 1659) * John Lightbourne * John Entwisle (1662–1709) * Bertin Entwisle (1709–1722) *

Owen Salusbury Brereton Owen Salusbury Brereton, (1715 – 8 September 1798), born Owen Brereton, was an English antiquary. Life Brereton was born in London in 1715, the son of Thomas Brereton, M.P. for Liverpool, by his first wife, Miss Trelawney. His father had inher ...

(1742–1798) *

Francis Hargrave Francis Hargrave (c.1741–1821) was an English lawyer and antiquary. He was the most prominent of the five advocates who appeared on behalf of James Somersett in the case which determined, in 1772, the legal status of slaves in England. Although t ...

(1798–c1806) * James Clarke (c.1815-1844) * Gilbert Henderson (1844–c.1855) (died 1861) * John Bridge Aspinall (1862–1886) *

Charles Henry Hopwood Charles Henry Hopwood KC (20 July 1829 – 14 October 1904) was a British politician and judge. He was educated at King's College School and at King's College London. He was admitted to the Middle Temple on 2 November 1850 and was Called to th ...

(1886–1904)Northern Circuit Directory
northerncircuit.org.uk * Sir

William Pickford, 1st Baron Sterndale William Pickford, 1st Baron Sterndale, (1 October 1848 – 17 August 1923) was a British lawyer and judge. He served as a Lord Justice of Appeal between 1914 and 1918, as President of the Probate, Divorce and Admiralty Division between 1918 and ...

(1904–1907) * Henry Gordon Shee (1907–1909) *

Edward Hemmerde Edward George Hemmerde, KC (13 November 1871 – 24 May 1948) was an English rower, barrister, politician, and Georgist. Education, the Law and family Hemmerde was born at Peckham, south London, the son of James Godfrey Hemmerde and his wife ...

(1909–1948) * Sir William Gorman (1948–1950) * Harry Ince Nelson (1950–1954) * Graham Rogers (1954–1956) *

Neville Laski Neville Jonas Laski (18 December 1890 – 24 March 1969) was an English judge and leader of Anglo-Jewry. Family Laski came from a distinguished family. His father was Nathan Laski (1863-1941), a Lithuanian Jewish Manchester cotton merchant an ...

(1956–1963) * Sir Stephen Chapman (1963–1966) * Sir William Gerard Morris (1966–1967) * Sir

Ralph Kilner Brown Sir Ralph Kilner Brown, OBE, TD, DL (28 August 1909 – 15 June 2003), was a British hurdling athlete, Liberal Party politician and judge. Background He was born in Calcutta, the son of Rev. A. E. Brown. He was educated at Kingswood School, ...

(1967–1969) * Sir Rudolph Lyons (1970–1971)

Honorary Recorders of Liverpool

* Sir Rudolph Lyons (1972–1977) * Sir Ernest Sanderson Temple (1978–1991) * William Rayley Wickham (1992–1997) * Sir David Clive Clarke (1997–2003) * Sir Henry Globe (2003–2011) * Clement Goldstone (3 October 2011 to 8 April 2019) * Andrew Menary, KC (9 April 2019 – present)

References

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Liverpool Liverpool is a city and metropolitan borough in Merseyside, England. With a population of in 2019, it is the 10th largest English district by population and its metropolitan area is the fifth largest in the United Kingdom, with a popul ...

Lawyers from Liverpool