''Note: Some of these offices were continued from the

Earldom of Cornwall The title of Earl of Cornwall was created several times in the Peerage of England before 1337, when it was superseded by the title Duke of Cornwall, which became attached to heirs-apparent to the throne. Condor of Cornwall * Condor of Cornwall, ...

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Offices

Lord Steward and Lord Warden of the Stannaries in Cornwall and Devon

*''See

Lord Warden of the Stannaries The Lord Warden of the Stannaries (from la, stannum for Tin, Sn) used to exercise judicial and military functions in Cornwall, England, and is still the official who, upon the commission of the monarch or Duke of Cornwall for the time being, h ...

Vice-Admiral of Cornwall

*''See List of Vice-Admirals of Cornwall''

High Sheriff of Cornwall

* ''See

High Sheriff of Cornwall Sheriffs and high sheriffs of Cornwall: a chronological list: The right to choose high sheriffs each year is vested in the Duchy of Cornwall. The Privy Council, chaired by the sovereign, chooses the sheriffs of all other English counties, ot ...

Chancellor and Keeper of the Great Seal (1476–1867?)

* 1476 Sir William Allington * 1490 John Arundell, Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield * 1502 Robert Frost * ? John Morton, Archbishop of Canterbury * 1610?–12?

Sir Henry Hobart, 1st Baronet Sir Henry Hobart, 1st Baronet (1 Jan 1560 – 29 December 1625), of Blickling Hall, was an English politician who succeeded Sir Edward Coke to become Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas. Background and education The son of Thomas H ...

* 1616?–17

Sir Francis Bacon Francis Bacon, 1st Viscount St Alban (; 22 January 1561 – 9 April 1626), also known as Lord Verulam, was an English philosopher and statesman who served as Attorney General and Lord Chancellor of England. Bacon led the advancement of both n ...

* 1617–?

* 17? –17?

Nicholas Lechmere, 1st Baron Lechmere Nicholas Lechmere, 1st Baron Lechmere (5 August 167518 June 1727) was an English lawyer and Whig politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1708 until 1721 when he was raised to the peerage as Baron Lechmere. He served as Attorney-General ...

* 1729–40 Alexander Denton * 1740–51: Sir Thomas Bootle * ''vacant'' * 1802 Thomas Erskine * 1806–15 William Adam * 1816–18? John Leach * 1843–67? Thomas Pemberton Leigh

Keeper of the Privy Seal (1846?–1933)

* 1846? Sir William Gibson-Craig, Bt * 1852

Marquess of Chandos Chandos may refer to: Titles * Duke of Chandos, and Baron Chandos, three English titles, all extinct * Viscount Chandos, a modern title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom Businesses * Chandos Records * Chandos Publishing Other uses * Chand ...

* 1853

Lord Alfred Hervey Lord Alfred Hervey (25 June 1816 – 15 April 1875), known before 1826 as Alfred Hervey, was a British politician. Biography Early life Alfred Hervey was born on 25 June 1816. He was the youngest son of Frederick Hervey, 1st Marquess of Bristo ...

* 1855 The Viscount Monck * 1858 Henry Brand * 1858 Henry Whitmore * 1859 Sir William Alexander, Bt * 1863 Sir William Dunbar, BtThe ''London Gazette'', issue 22702, 27 January 1863 * 1865

Herbert William Fisher Herbert William Fisher (30 July 1826 – 17 January 1903) was a British historian, best known for his book ''Considerations on the Origin of the American War'' (1865). Life He was born at Poulshot, Wiltshire, the son of Rev. William Fisher"The Pr ...

* 1870 The Earl of Leicester * 1901–06 The Earl Spencer * 1907 The Earl of Mount Edgcumbe * 1913–33 The Lord Clinton * ''see

since 1933''

Receiver-General (1400–present)

* 1400

John Waterton 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 * Second ...

* 1413 John Willecotes * 1422 John Copleston Jnr * 1422 Thomas Congreve * 1423 Lewis John * 1433 Robert Whittingham * 1439 Thomas Gloucester * 1444 John Brecknock * 1456 Robert Whittingham * 1461 William, Lord Hastings * 1473 Anthony Woodville, 2nd Earl Rivers * 1483 Sir John Sapcotes * 1485 Sir Robert Willoughby (later 1st Lord Willoughby de Broke) * 1503 Sir Richard Nanfan * 1507 Sir John Arundell * 1533 Sir Thomas Arundell * 1553 Sir Henry Gates * 1553 Sir Edward Waldegrave * 1553 John Coswarth * 1574 Thomas Cosoworth * 1586 Sir Francis Godolphin * 1604 Sir Richard Smith * 1618 Thomas Smyth * 1637 Sir David Cunningham * 1638 Robert Napier of Punknoll * 1643 Richard Nicholl * 1646 Arthur Upton * 1650 George Crompton * 1650 Gabriel Tailor * 1709–12 Robert Corker * 1715–20 Edward Eliot * 1720–31 Robert Corker * 1731–36 Edward Penrose of Penrose Law Suite 1749 * bef. 1740–48? Richard Eliot * 1751

Edward Craggs-Eliot, 1st Baron Eliot Edward Craggs-Eliot, 1st Baron Eliot (London, 8 July 1727 – 17 February 1804, Port Eliot, Cornwall) was an English official and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1748 to 1784, when he was raised to the peerage as Baron Elio ...

The ''London Gazette'', issue 9070, 25 June 1971 * 1804

Richard Brinsley Sheridan Richard Brinsley Butler Sheridan (30 October 17517 July 1816) was an Irish satirist, a politician, a playwright, poet, and long-term owner of the London Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. He is known for his plays such as ''The Rivals'', ''The Sc ...

* 1807 The Viscount Lake * 1808

* 1816

Sir John McMahon, 1st Baronet Colonel Sir John McMahon, 1st Baronet (c. 1754 – 12 September 1817) was an Irish-born politician and Private Secretary to the Sovereign 1811–1817. Biography He was born in Limerick, son of John MacMahon, comptroller of the port of Lime ...

* 1817

Lord William Gordon Lord William Gordon (1744–1823) was a Scottish nobleman. Background He was the second son of Cosmo Gordon, 3rd Duke of Gordon (1720–1752) and his wife Lady Catherine Gordon (1718 – 10 December 1779), daughter of William Gordon, 2nd Ear ...

* 1823 Sir William Knighton, Bt * 1830? Sir Henry Wheatley, Bt * 1849–62 Office abolished. * 1862 Sir Charles Beaumont Phipps * 1866 Sir Thomas Myddleton-Biddulph * 1878 Sir William Thomas Knollys * 1883 Sir John Rose, Bt * 1888 Sir Robert Kingscote * 1908 The Lord Revelstoke * 1929–36 Sir Edward Peacock * 1961–73 The Lord Ashburton * 1974 The Hon. Sir John Baring (later Lord Ashburton) * 1990 The Earl Cairns * 2000 The Hon. James Leigh-Pemberton

Attorney-General (1457–present)

* 1457 Thomas Throckmorton * 1472 Sir William Allington * 1477 John Twynho * 1490 John Mordaunt * 1511 William Esyngton * 1515 William Ruddall * 1515 Sir Robert Southwell * 1529 John Baldewyn * 1532 Sir Richard Riche * 1532 John Cocke * 1561 John Penne * 1567? Stephen Brente * 1599? Thomas Harrison * 1601 Hannibal Vivian * 1603 Gilbert Mitchell * 1604 Thomas Fleetwood * 1605 Thomas Stephens * 1615 Sir John Walter * 1632? William Noye * 1634 Sir John Bankes * 1635 Sir Richard Lane * 1643 Sir Robert Holborne * 1648? Francis Buller * 1698 Francis Pengelly * 1714

Spencer Cowper Spencer Cowper (23 February 1670 – 10 December 1728) was an English lawyer and politician who sat in the English House of Commons, English and British House of Commons between 1705 and 1727. Early life Cowper was the second son of Sir Willia ...

* 1728 William Lee * 1730 William Fortescue * 1736 Robert Pauncefort * 1748 Henry Bathurst * 1754 Robert Henley (later Earl of Northington) * 1756

Charles Pratt Charles Pratt (October 2, 1830 – May 4, 1891) was an American businessman. Pratt was a pioneer of the U.S. petroleum industry, and he established his kerosene refinery Astral Oil Works in Brooklyn, New York. He then lived with his growing fam ...

(later Earl Camden) * 1783 Thomas Erskine (later Lord Erskine) * 1793 Robert GrahamThe ''London Gazette'', issue 13497, 26 January 1793 * 1800 Vicary Gibbs * 1805 William AdamThe ''London Gazette'', issue 15778, 5 February 1805 * 1806

William Garrow Sir William Garrow (13 April 1760 – 24 September 1840) was an English barrister, politician and judge known for his indirect reform of the advocacy system, which helped usher in the adversarial court system used in most common law nations to ...

* 1812 Joseph JekyllThe ''London Gazette'', issue 16619, 30 June 1812 * 1816 William Draper Best * 1819

Charles Warren General Sir Charles Warren, (7 February 1840 – 21 January 1927) was an officer in the British Royal Engineers. He was one of the earliest European archaeologists of the Biblical Holy Land, and particularly of the Temple Mount. Much of his mi ...

* 1841 Thomas Pemberton (later Lord Kingsdown) * 1843 The Hon. John Chetwynd-Talbot * 1852 Sir Edward Smirke * 1863 Sir William Alexander, Bt * 1873

George Loch George Loch (1811 – 18 August 1887) was a Scottish Liberal Party politician. He was elected as the member of parliament (MP) for Wick at the 1868 general election, but resigned his seat on 6 February 1872 by becoming Steward of the Manor of Nor ...

* 1877

Alfred Henry Thesiger Alfred Henry Thesiger PC QC (15 July 1838 – 20 October 1880), styled The Hon. Alfred Thesiger from 1858 to 1877 and The Rt Hon. Lord Justice Thesiger from 1877, was a British lawyer and judge. Early life Thesiger was the third son of Lord Chan ...

* 1877 Sir Charles Hall * 1892 Sir Henry James (later Lord James of Hereford) * 1895

Charles Cripps Charles Alfred Cripps, 1st Baron Parmoor, (3 October 1852 – 30 June 1941) was a British politician who crossed the floor from the Conservative to the Labour Party and was a strong supporter of the League of Nations and of Church of England ...

(later Lord Parmoor) * 1914 George Cave (later Lord Cave) * 1915 Henry Duke (later Lord Merrivale) * 1920 Sir Douglas Hogg (later Viscount Hailsham) * 1923

Anthony Hawke Sir John Anthony Hawke (7 June 1869 – 30 October 1941), known as Anthony Hawke and later as Mr Justice Hawke, was a Unionist politician in England who served in the 1920s as Member of Parliament (MP) for St Ives in Cornwall, before becomin ...

* 1928 Geoffrey Lawrence (later Lord Trevethin and Oaksey) * 1932

Walter Monckton Walter Turner Monckton, 1st Viscount Monckton of Brenchley, (17 January 1891 – 9 January 1965) was a British lawyer and politician. Early years Monckton was born in the village of Plaxtol in north Kent. He was the eldest child of paper m ...

(later Lord Monckton of Brenchley) * 1951–60: Charles Russell (later Lord Russell of Killowen) * 1960 Sir Joseph Molony * 1969 Anthony Lloyd * 1978

Andrew Morritt Sir Robert Andrew Morritt, CVO (born 5 February 1938), is a former British judge who served as Chancellor of the High Court of England and Wales. Life and career Morritt was educated at Eton College and Magdalene College, Cambridge, and was ...

* 1988 Robert Carnwath * 1994 Sir Jeremy SullivanThe ''London Gazette'', issue 53809, 4 October 1994 * 1998

Nicholas Underhill Sir Nicholas Edward Underhill (born 12 May 1952), styled The Rt Hon. Lord Justice Underhill, is a British judge of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales. He was educated at Winchester College and New College, Oxford. Legal career Underhill ...

* 2006 Jonathan Crow

Surveyor-General (1747–1849)

* 1729–38 Richard Eliot * 1747 The Lord Baltimore * 1751 Edward Bayntun-Rolt * 1796? Sir John Morshead, Bt * 1808–29 Benjamin Tucker * 1833 Philip Sidney, 1st Baron De L'Isle and Dudley * 1849 James Robert Gardiner

Keeper of the Records (1843–present)

* 1843–49 James Robert Gardiner * ?–1873 Joshua Wigley Bateman * 1873 George Wilmshurst * 1886 Sir Maurice Holzmann, KCVO * 1908

Sir Walter Peacock Sir Walter Peacock (24 May 1871 – 24 February 1956) was a British Liberal Party politician and barrister who worked for the future King Edward VIII of the United Kingdom during the latter's tenure as Prince of Wales. Background He was the son ...

* 1930 Major Hilgrove McCormick * 1936–54 Sir Clive Burn * ?–1972 Sir Patrick Kingsley * 1972 Francis Anthony Gray * 1981 John Walter Yeoman Higgs * 1987 Sir David Landale * 1993 Sir John James * 1997 Sir Walter Ross, KCVO * 2013 Alastair Martin

Auditor (1509–1993)

* 1509 Hugh Molyneux * 1543? Robert Hennage * 1543 Thomas Mildmay * 1547 Walter Mildmay * 1567 John Conyers * 1574? William Neale * 1590? Robert Paddon * 1602 Nathaniel Fulwer * 1603 Richard Connock * 1622 Thomas Gewen * 1633 John Downes * 1645 William Loving * 1661 William Harbord * 1692

Philip Bertie Philip Bertie (c. 1665 – 15 April 1728) was an English courtier and politician, the third son of Robert Bertie, 3rd Earl of Lindsey. Bertie was educated at Trinity College, Oxford, from which he took a BA in 1685, and trained a company (milit ...

* 1704–23? Albemarle Bertie * 1735–51 Charles Montagu * 1751–67

William Trevanion William is a male given name of Germanic origin.Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, , p. 276. It became very popular in the English language after the Norman conquest of Engl ...

* 1768

Richard Hussey Richard is a male given name. It originates, via Old French, from Old Frankish and is a compound of the words descending from Proto-Germanic ''*rīk-'' 'ruler, leader, king' and ''*hardu-'' 'strong, brave, hardy', and it therefore means 'strong ...

* 1770 John Buller * 1783 Henry Lyte * 1791

John Willett Payne John Willett Payne (23 April 1752 – 17 November 1803) was an officer of the Royal Navy who also served as a close friend, advisor and courtier to Prince George before and during his first regency. Payne was notorious as a rake and scoundre ...

* 1796

Thomas Tyrwhitt Thomas Tyrwhitt (; 27 March 173015 August 1786) was an English classical scholar and critic. Life He was born in London, where he also died. He was educated at Eton College and Queen's College, Oxford. He was elected a fellow of Merton College ...

* 1803 Sir John McMahon, Bt * 1816 Sir Benjamin Bloomfield * 1817 Sir William Knighton, Bt * 1823–41

George Harrison George Harrison (25 February 1943 – 29 November 2001) was an English musician and singer-songwriter who achieved international fame as the lead guitarist of the Beatles. Sometimes called "the quiet Beatle", Harrison embraced Indian c ...

* 1843 Edward White * 1851 Sir William Anderson * 1891 Lesley Probyn * 1916–? Laurence Halsey * 1957–? Edmund Parker * 1971–93 Jeffery Bowman

Solicitor-General (1714–present)

* 1714 John Fortescue Aland * 1715

Laurence Carter Laurence is an English and French given name (usually female in French and usually male in English). The English masculine name is a variant of Lawrence and it originates from a French form of the Latin ''Laurentius'', a name meaning "man from L ...

* 1717 Charles Talbot * 1726 John Finch * 1729 William Fortescue * 1730 Robert Pauncefort * 1736 Richard Hollings * 1741 Alexander Hume Campbell * 1746 Henry Bathurst * 1748 Paul Joddrell * 1751 Robert Henley * 1754

Charles Yorke Charles Yorke Privy Council of the United Kingdom, PC (30 December 172220 January 1770) was briefly Lord Chancellor, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain. His father was also Lord Chancellor, and he began his career as a Member of Parliament. ...

* 1783 Sir Arthur Leary Piggott * 1793 John Anstruther * 1795 Vicary Gibbs * 1800

Thomas Manners-Sutton Thomas Manners-Sutton (6 August 1795 – 27 October 1844) was an English clergyman who served as Chaplain to the Speaker of the House of Commons. Manners-Sutton was the fourth son of Lieutenant-Colonel John Manners-Sutton (1752–1826), John Mann ...

* 1802 William Adam * 1805

Joseph Jekyll Sir Joseph Jekyll (166319 August 1738), of Westminster, was a British barrister, judge and Whig politician who sat in the English and British House of Commons for 40 years from 1697 to 1738. He became Master of the Rolls in 1717. Early lif ...

* 1812

Samuel Shepherd Sir Samuel Shepherd KS PC FRSE (6 April 1760 – 3 November 1840) was a British barrister, judge and politician who served as Attorney General for England and Wales and Lord Chief Baron of the Scottish Court of Exchequer. Early life and ...

* 1813 William Draper Best * 1816 William Harrison * 1841?

Edward Smirke Sir Edward Smirke (1795–1875) was an English lawyer and antiquary. Life The third son of Robert Smirke, and brother of Sir Robert Smirke, and of Sydney Smirke, he was born at Marylebone. He was educated privately and at St. John's College, Ca ...

* 1908 Robert Ernest Tucker * 1940 Sir Clive Burn * 1954 Brian Stopford * 1972 Joseph Frederick Burrell * 1976

Henry Boyd-Carpenter Sir (Marsom) Henry Boyd-Carpenter (born 11 October 1939) is a son of Francis Henry Boyd-Carpenter by his wife Nina (née Townshend). Nina Boyd-Carpenter's sister was the gardener and writer Margery Fish; Henry Boyd-Carpenter inherited his aunt's ho ...

* 1994 James Furber

Cornwall Herald

*1398-?: John Hilton, Harper

Chief Commissioner

*Francis Seymour-Conway, 3rd Marquess of Hertford

Havener (Keeper of the Havenary (Ports) of Cornwall and the Port of Plymouth, Devon (1337–1617)

* 1337 Thomas FitzHenry * 1373 Walter Bray * 1376 Thomas Asshenden * 1377–88 Richard Hampton * 1386–95 John Slegh * 1388–91 John Maudelyn * 1391–5 William Skelton * 1395 John Knyveton * 1395 Thomas Galy * 1397 Edward, Duke of Aumerle * 1399 John Norbury * 1404–7 John Snede * 1411 John Clink * 1415 Thomas Chaucer * 1426 Robert Treage * 1427 John Lawhier * 1431 Thomas Treffry * 1432 Thomas Est * 1454 John Delabere * 1455 Thomas Bodulgate (Joint) * 1455 Geoffrey Kidwelly (Joint) * 1461 Thomas Clemens (Joint) * 1461 Richard Edgcumbe (Joint) * 1461 Geoffrey Kidwelly (Joint) * 1461 Nicholas Loure * 1471 Sir Thomas Vaughan * 1472 William Richmond * 1477 Richard Holton * 1483 Sir James Tyrell * 1485 Robert Walshe * 1486 John Monkeley * ? Benedict Killegrew * 1502 Thomas Elyot * 1515 John Thomas * 1516? Henry Pennage * 1517 John Amodas * 1549? William Reskymer * 1552 Henry Killegrew * 1553 John Cliff * 1578? Peter Killigrew * 1601? Joseph Killegrew * 1616? Sir John Killigrew * 1626? Robert Longdon * 1617 William Roscarrock *

Thomas Gewen Thomas Gewen (1585 – November 1660) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1645 and 1660. He was the grandson of Thomas and the son of Christopher Gewen of Werrington. He was educated at the Queen's Colle ...

* Sir William Morrice *

Sir William Morice, 1st Baronet Sir William Morice, 1st Baronet (c. 1628 – 7 February 1690), of Werrington (then in Devon but now in Cornwall), was an English Member of Parliament. Origins Morice was the eldest son of Sir William Morice, a Member of Parliament who assis ...

Feodary (Escheator) in Cornwall and Devon (1403–1632)

* 1403 John Haweley Jnr * 1437 Michael Power * 1451 Edward Ellesmere * 1460 Avery Cornburgh * 1473 Sir John Fogge and John Fogge (son) * 1484 Thomas Sapcotes * 1485 Sir Richard Edgcumbe * 1489 Peter Edgcumbe * 1502 Sir Peter Edgcumbe (joint) * 1502–6 Roger Holland (joint) * 1539 Sir Hugh Trevanyon * 1551 Hugh Trevanyon * 1565–6 Richard Strode * 1574 Edward Trevanyon * 1576 Henry Carye * 1581? William Killigrew * 1604 Richard Billing * 1607 John Sorrell * 1626? Robert Langdon * 1632? Stephen Smyth * ? Henry Carew

President of the Council

Albert, Prince Consort Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (Franz August Karl Albert Emanuel; 26 August 1819 – 14 December 1861) was the consort of Queen Victoria from their marriage on 10 February 1840 until his death in 1861. Albert was born in the Saxon duch ...

References

Bibliography

For lists of the Duchy's officers (1337–1650): * . * . * . * . {{DEFAULTSORT:Office Holders Of The Duchy Of Cornwall History of Cornwall Duchy of Cornwall