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The post of Surveyor General of the Land Revenues of the Crown was an office under the English (later the United Kingdom) Crown, charged with the management of Crown lands. In 1810, by the Act 50 Geo III Cap 65, later amended by the Act 10 Geo IV Cap 50, the functions of the post were merged with those of the
Surveyor General of Woods, Forests, Parks, and Chases The post of Surveyor General of Woods, Forests, Parks and Chases was an office under the English (later the United Kingdom) Crown, charged with the management of Crown lands. The office was at one time divided between surveyors south and north of ...
and became the responsibility of a new body, the
Commissioners of Woods, Forests and Land Revenues The Commissioners of Woods, Forests and Land Revenues were officials under the United Kingdom Crown, charged with the management of Crown lands. Their office were customarily known as the Office of Woods. Under the Act of Parliament 14 and 15 Vict ...
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Surveyors General of the Land Revenues of the Crown

*1666 Sir Charles Harbord *1679 William Harbord *1692 William Tailer *1693
Samuel Travers Samuel ''Šəmūʾēl'', Tiberian: ''Šămūʾēl''; ar, شموئيل or صموئيل '; el, Σαμουήλ ''Samouḗl''; la, Samūēl is a figure who, in the narratives of the Hebrew Bible, plays a key role in the transition from the bi ...
*1710
John Manley John Paul Manley (born January 5, 1950) is a Canadian lawyer, businessman, and politician who served as the eighth deputy prime minister of Canada from 2002 to 2003. He served as Liberal Member of Parliament for Ottawa South from 1988 to 2 ...
*1714 Alexander Pendarves *1715 Hugh Cholmeley *1722
John Pulteney John Pulteney (before 1668 – 2 May 1726), of St James's, Westminster and Harefield, Middlesex, was an English lawyer and Whig politician who sat in the English and British House of Commons from 1695 to 1710. Early life Pulteney was the son ...
*1726
Phillips Gybbon Phillips Gybbon (11 October 1678 – 12 March 1762), of Hole Park, Rolvenden, in Kent, was an English Whig politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1707 and 1762. Gybbon was the son of Robert Gybbon of Hole Park, and his wife El ...
*1730
Exton Sayer Exton Sayer (c.1691-1731), of Doctors' Commons, London, was an English lawyer and Whig politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1726 to 1731. At his death he held several important legal positions. Sayer was the eldest son of George Sayer ...
*1732 Thomas Walker *1750
John Monckton, 1st Viscount Galway John Monckton (1695 – 15 July 1751) of Serlby, Nottinghamshire, was a British landowner and Whig politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1727 and 1751. He was elevated to the Irish peerage as the first Viscount Galway in 1727. Ear ...
*1751 Hon. Robert Sawyer Herbert *1769 Peter Burrell *1775 Hon. John St John *1784
George Augustus Selwyn George Augustus Selwyn (5 April 1809 – 11 April 1878) was the first Anglican Bishop of New Zealand. He was Bishop of New Zealand (which included Melanesia) from 1841 to 1869. His diocese was then subdivided and Selwyn was Metropolitan (later ...
*1794 John Fordyce *1809 James Pillar (acting)


References

*R.B. Pugh:
The Crown Estate The Crown Estate is a collection of lands and holdings in the United Kingdom belonging to the British monarch as a corporation sole, making it "the sovereign's public estate", which is neither government property nor part of the monarch's priva ...
– an Historical Essay, London, The Crown Estate, 1960 *Annual Report of Commissioners of Woods & Forests 1811 *The Crown Estate publication scheme: website consulted January 2007 Lists of British people Land management in the United Kingdom Defunct ministerial offices in the United Kingdom Defunct forestry agencies {{forestry-agency-stub