The Advocate-General of Madras was charged with advising the Government of the British administered Madras Presidency on legal matters. The Presidency existed from 1652 to 1950. Prior to 1858, when it was administered by the

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, the Advocate-General was the senior law officer of that company and also the Attorney-General of the Sovereign of Great Britain and an ''ex-officio'' member of the Madras Legislative Council.

List of Advocates-General

Madras Presidency

Alexander Anstruther Alexander William Anstruther (3 October 1846 – 18 October 1902) was an Indian-born Scottish first-class cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman who played first-class cricket for Marylebone Cricket Club and Sussex. He was born in Rajahmu ...

1803–?1812 *Sir Samuel Toller 1812–1821 * Herbert Abingdon Draper Compton 1822–1828 *George Norton 1828–>1839 *W. Bathie 1833–1834 (acting) * Thomas Sydney Smith 1861–1863 * John Bruce Norton 1863–1868 * John Dawson Mayne 1868–1872 (acting) *

Henry Stewart Cunningham Sir Henry Stewart Cunningham KCIE (1832–1920) was a British lawyer and writer who served as the Advocate-General of Madras Presidency from 1872 to 1877. Early life and education Cunningham was born in 1832 to Rev. John William Cunningham ...

1872–1877 *

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1877–1882 * Hale Horatio Shephard 1885–1887 * James Spring Branson 1887–1897 * V. Bhashyam Aiyangar 1897–1898 (acting) * Charles Arnold White 1898–1899 (afterwards

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, 1899) *V. Bhashyam Aiyangar 1899–1900 (acting) * John Edward Power Wallis 1900–1906 (later

, 1914) * C. Sankaran Nair 1906-1907 * P. S. Sivaswami Iyer 1907–1912 *

S. Srinivasa Iyengar Seshadri Srinivasa Iyengar CIE (11 September 1874 – 19 May 1941), also seen as Sreenivasa Iyengar and Srinivasa Ayyangar, was an Indian lawyer, freedom-fighter and politician from the Indian National Congress. Iyengar was the Advocate-Genera ...

1912–1920 *

C. P. Ramaswami Iyer Sir Chetput Pattabhiraman Ramaswami Iyer (12 November 1879 – 26 September 1966), popularly known as Sir C. P., was an Indian lawyer, administrator and politician who served as the Advocate-General of Madras Presidency from 1920 to 1923, Law m ...

1920–1923 * C. Madhavan Nair 1923-1924 *

T. R. Venkatarama Sastri Thiruvalangadu Raju Venkatarama Sastri CIE (6 February 1874 – 2 July 1953) was an Indian lawyer and politician who served as the Advocate-General for Madras Presidency from 1924 to 1928. He was also known as T.R.V.Sastri.Jagdish Saran Sharm ...

1924–1928 *

Alladi Krishnaswamy Iyer Dewan Bahadur Sir Alladi Krishnaswamy Iyer (14 May 1883 – 3 October 1953) was an Indian lawyer and member of the Constituent Assembly of India, which was responsible for framing the Constitution of India. He also served as the advocate gener ...

1929–1944 * P. V. Rajamannar 1944–1945 (later

, 1948) * K. Rajah Iyer 1945–1950

Madras State

* V. K. Thiruvenkatachari 1950 - 1964 *

N. Krishnaswami Reddy N. Krishnaswami Reddy (c. 1913 - 7 December 2002) was an Indian lawyer who served as Advocate-General of Madras State from 1964 to 1966 and later, as a judge of the Madras High Court. Early life Born in Reddypalayam in 1913, Krishnaswami Red ...

1964 - 1966 *

Mohan Kumaramangalam Surendra Mohan Kumaramangalam ( ta, சுரேந்திர மோகன் குமாரமங்கலம்) (1 November 1916 — 30 May 1973) was an Indian politician and communist theorist who was a member of the Communist Party of I ...

1966 - 1967

Tamil Nadu

Govind Swaminadhan Govind Swaminadhan (9 October 1909 – 30 September 2003) was an Indian lawyer who served as the Advocate-General of Tamil Nadu from 1969 to 1976. He also served as president of the Madras Bar Association. Early life and education Govind was ...

1967 - 1976 * K. Parasaran 1976 - 1977 * V. P. Raman 1977 - 1979 * R. Krishnamoorthy 1980 - 1989 * K. Subramaniam 1991 - 1994 * R. Krishnamoorthy 1994 - 1996 * K.V.Venkatapathi 1996 - 2001 * N. R. Chandran 2001 - 2006 * R. Viduthalai 2006 - 2007 * G. Masilamani 2007 - 2009 * P. S. Raman 2009 - 2011 * A. Navaneethakrishnan 2011 - 2013 * A. L. Somayaji 2013 - 2016 * R. Muthukumarasamy 2016-2017 * Vijay Narayan 2017-2021 * R. Shunmugasundaram 2021

References

{{Attorneys General of British overseas territories Madras Advocates General for Tamil Nadu