Attorney-General of the Duchy of Lancaster

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^[1]

References

1. Sonia Tolaney QC appointed Attorney General of the Duchy of Lancashire, oeclaw.co.uk. Accessed 13 January 2023.

• History of Parliament Online
• Somerville Office-Holders in the Duchy and County Palatine of Lancaster from 1603 (1972)