United Kingdom Attorney General

Attorneys General, 1277-present

• William de Boneville 1277-1278
• William de Giselham 1278-1279
• Gilbert de Thornton 1279-1280
• Alanus de Walkingham 1280-1281
• John le Fawconer 1281-1284
• William de Selby 1284-1286
• Gilbert de Thornton 1286-1287
• William Inge 1287-1289
• John de Bosco 1289-1290
• Nicholas de Warwick 1290
• John de Haydell 1290-1291
• Richard de Breteville 1291-1292
• Hugh de Louther 1292-1293
• Roger de Hegham 1293-1294
• John de Mutford 1294-1300
• John de Chester 1300-1302
• John de Mutford 1302-1304
• John de Drokenesford 1304-1307
• John de Chester 1307-1309
• Matthew de Scaccario 1309-1312
• John de Norton 1312-1315
• William de Langeley 1315-1318
• Adam de Fyncham 1318-1320
• Geoffrey le Scrope 1320-1322
• Geoffrey de Fyngale 1322-1325
• Adam de Fycnham 1325-1327
• Alexander de Hadenham 1327
• William de Merston 1327-1329
• Richard de Aldeburgh 1329-1334
• Simon de Trewythosa 1334
• William de Hepton 1334-1338
• John de Lincoln 1338
• John de Clone 1338
• William de Merington 1338-1339
• John de Clonse 1339-1342
• William de Thorpe 1342-1343
• John de Lincoln 1343-1349
• Simon de Kegworth 1349-1353
• Henry de Greystok 1353-1356
• John de Gaunt 1356-1360
• Richard de Fryseby 1360-1362
• William de Pleste 1362-1363
• William de Nessefield 1363-1366
• Thomas de Shardelow 1366-1367
• John de Ashwell 1367
• Michael Skilling 1367-1378
• Thomas de Shardelow 1378-1381
• William Ellis 1381
• Laurence Dru 1381-1384
• William de Horneby 1384-1386
• Edmund Brudnell 1386-1398
• Thomas Coveley 1398-1399
• William de Lodington 1399-1401
• Thomas Coveley 1401-1407
• Thomas Dereham 1407
• Roger Hunt 1407-1410
• Thomas Tickhill 1410-1414
• William Babington 1414-1420
• William Babthorpe 1420-1429
• John Vampage 1429-1452
• William de Nottingham 1452-1461
• John Herbert 1461
• Henry Sothill 1461-1471
• William Husee 1471-1481
• William Huddersfield 1481-1483
• Morgan Kydwelly 1483-1485
• William Hody 1485-1486
• Jacob Hubbard 1486-1509
• John Ernley 1509-1518
• John Fitz-James 1518-1522
• John Roper 1522-1524
• Ralph Swillington 1524-1525
• Richard Lyster 1525-1529
• Christopher Hales 1529-1535
• Sir John Baker 1535-1540
• William Whorwode 1540-1545
• Henry Bradshaw 1545-1552
• Edward Griffin 1552-1559
• Sir Gilbert Gerrard 1559-1581
• Sir John Popham 1581-1592
• Sir Thomas Egerton 1592-1594
• Sir Edward Coke 1594-1606
• Sir Henry Hobart 1606-1613
• Sir Francis Bacon 1613-1617
• Sir Henry Yelverton 1617-1621
• Sir Thomas Coventry 1621-1625
• Sir Robert Heath 1625-1631
• William Noy 1631-1634
• Sir John Banks 1634-1641
• Sir Edward Herbert 1641-1645
• Thomas Gardiner (royalist) 1645-1649
• Oliver St John (parliamentary) 1644-1649
• William Steele (commonwealth) 1649
• Edmund Prideaux (commonwealth) 1649-1659
• Robert Reynolds (commonwealth) 1659-1660
• Edward Herbert (in exile) 1649-1653
• Sir Geoffrey Palmer 1660-1670
• Sir Heneage Finch 1670-1673
• Sir Francis North 1673-1675
• Sir William Jones 1675-1679
• Sir Creswell Levinge 1679-1681
• Sir Robert Sawyer 1681-1687
• Sir Thomas Powis 1687-1688
• Sir Henry Pollexfen 1689
• Sir George Treby 1689-1692
• Sir John Somers 1692-1693
• Sir Edward Ward 1693-1695
• Sir Thomas Trevor 1695-1701
• Sir Edward Northey 1701-1707
• Sir Simon Harcourt 1707-1708
• Sir James Montague 1708-1710
• Sir Simon Harcourt 1710
• Sir Edward Northey 1710-1718
• Sir Nicholas Lechmere 1718-1720
• Sir Robert Raymond 1720-1724
• Sir Philip Yorke, 1st Earl of Hardwicke 1724-1734
• Sir John Willes 1734-1737
• Sir Dudley Ryder 1737-1754
• William Murray 1754-1756
• Sir Robert Henley 1756-1757
• Sir Charles Pratt 1757-1762
• Charles Yorke 1762-1763
• Sir Fletcher Norton 1763-1765
• Charles Yorke 1765-1766
• William de Grey 1766-1771
• Edward Thurlow 1771-1778
• Alexander Wedderburn 1778-1780
• James Wallace 1780-1782
• Lloyd Kenyon 1782-1783
• James Wallace 1783
• John Lee 1783
• Lloyd Kenyon 1783-1784
• Richard Pepper Arden 1784-1788
• Sir Archibald Macdonald 1788-1793
• Sir John Scott 1793-1799
• Sir John Mitford 1799-1801
• Sir Edward Law 1801-1802
• Spencer Perceval 1802-1806
• Sir Arthur Piggott 1806-1807
• Sir Vicary Gibbs 1807-1812
• Sir Thomas Plumer 1812-1813
• Sir William Garrow 1813-1817
• Sir Samuel Shepherd 1817-1819
• Sir Robert Gifford 1819-1824
• Sir John Singleton Copley 1824-1826
• Sir Charles Wetherell 1826-1827
• Sir James Scarlett 1827-1828
• Sir Charles Wetherell 1828-1829
• Sir James Scarlett 1829-1830
• Sir Thomas Denman 1830-1832
• Sir William Horne 1832-1834
• Sir John Campbell 1834
• Sir Frederick Pollock 1834-1835
• Sir John Campbell 1835-1841
• Sir Thomas Wilde 1841
• Sir Frederick Pollock 1841-1844
• Sir William Webb Follett 1844-1845
• Sir Frederic Thesiger 1845-1846
• Sir Thomas Wilde 1846
• Sir John Jervis 1846-1850
• Sir John Romilly 1850-1851
• Sir Alexander Cockburn 1851-1852
• Sir Frederic Thesiger 1852
• Sir Alexander Cockburn 1852-1856
• Sir Richard Bethell 1856-1858
• Sir Fitzroy Kelly 1858-1859
• Sir Richard Bethell 1859-1861
• Sir William Atherton 1861-1863
• Sir Roundell Palmer 1863-1866
• Sir Hugh McCalmont Cairns 1866
• Sir John Rolt 1866-1867
• Sir John Burgess Karslake 1867-1868
• Sir Robert Porrett Collier 1868-1871
• Sir John Duke Coleridge 1871-1873
• Sir Henry James 1873-1874
• Sir John Burgess Karslake 1874
• Sir Richard Baggallay 1874-1875
• Sir John Holker 1875-1880
• Sir Henry James 1880-1885
• Sir Richard Everard Webster 1885-1886
• Sir Charles Arthur Russell 1886
• Sir Richard Everard Webster 1886-1892
• Sir Charles Arthur Russell 1892-1894
• Sir John Rigby 1894
• Sir Robert Threshie Reid 1894-1895
• Sir Richard Everard Webster 1895-1900
• Sir Robert Bannatyne Finlay 1900-1905
• Sir John Lawson Walton 1905-1908
• Sir William Snowdon Robson 1908-1910
• Sir Rufus Isaacs 1910-1913
• Sir John Allsebrook Simon 1913-1915
• Sir Edward Carson 1915
• Sir Frederick Smith 1915-1919
• Sir Gordon Hewart 1919-1922
• Sir Ernest Pollock 1922
• Sir Douglas Hogg 1922-1924
• Sir Patrick Hastings 1924
• Sir Douglas Hogg 1924-1928
• Sir Thomas Inskip 1928-1929
• Sir William Allen Jowitt 1929-1932
• Sir Thomas Inskip 1932-1936
• Sir Donald Bradley Somervell 1936-1945
• Sir Hartley Shawcross 1945-1951
• Sir Lionel Heald 1951-1954
• Sir Reginald Manningham-Buller 1954-1962
• Sir John Hobson 1962-1964
• Sir Frederick Elwyn Jones 1964-1970
• Sir Peter Rawlinson 1970-1974
• Sir Samuel Silkin 1974-1979
• Sir Michael Havers 1979-1987
• Sir Patrick Mayhew 1987-1992
• Sir Nicholas Lyell 1992-1997
• Sir John Morris 1997-1999
• Gareth Wyn Williams, Baron Williams of Mostyn 1999-2001
• Peter Henry Goldsmith, Baron Goldsmith 2001-

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