Attorney-General of the Duchy of Lancaster
Introduction The '''Attorney-General of the Duchy of Lancaster''' is the law officer of the Crown for matters arising in the Duchy of Lancaster.
Attorneys-General *1478–1483: Richard Empson*1519–1522: John Hales*1522–1526: Edmund Knightley*1526–1531: Thomas Audley*1531–1535: Robert Wroth*1535–1536: John Baker*1538–1540: William Coningsby*1544–1566: John Caryll*1566–1580: George Bromley*1580–1613: Sir John Brograve*1614–1638: Sir Edward Mosley*1638–1644: Sir Thomas Bedingfield*1644–1649: Bulstrode Whitelocke*1649–1654: Bartholomew Hall*1654–1660: Nicholas Lechmere*1660–1688: John Heath*1689–1714: Edward Northey*1714–1722: Alexander Denton*1727–1728: Spencer Cowper*1733–1736? : Thomas Abney*1758–1763: Fletcher Norton*1770–1777: John Skynner*1777–1810: John Ord*1810-1833: William Walton*1833-1839: William Russell*1839-1861: Thomas Flower Ellis*1861-1893: Henry Wyndham West*1893–1895: Samuel Hall*1895-1899: William Ambrose*1899-1921: Robert Alfred McCall*1921–1946: Sir Joseph Herbert Cunliffe*1946–1947: David Jenkins*1947–1951: Gerald Upjohn*1951–1969: Sir Milner Holland*1969–1970: John Brightman*1970–1972: Sydney Templeman*1972–1975: Christopher Slade*1976–1980: Thomas Bingham*1980–1984: Richard Scott*1984-1986: John Knox*1986-1989: Donald Rattee*1989-1991: Jonathan Parker*1991–1993: Mary Arden*1993–1996: Timothy Lloyd*1996–2001: Richard McCombe*2001–2006: Michael Briggs*2006–2012: Robert Hildyard*2012–2020: Robert Miles*2020–present Sonia Tolaney
References * History of Parliament Online*Somerville Office-Holders in the Duchy and County Palatine of Lancaster from 1603 (1972)