Attorney General for England and Wales
The Attorney General of the United Kingdom is the chief lawyer of the crown, and as such acts as prosecutor in criminal cases.
Attorneys General from 1660
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- 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
- ? 1894-1895
- Sir Richard Everard Webster 1895-1900
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