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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
fl. 1840:
William Russell
1869: Park
1893–1895:
Samuel Hall
1921– :
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–present:
Robert Miles
