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 TolaneySonia Tolaney QC appointed Attorney General of the Duchy of Lancashire, oeclaw.co.uk. Accessed 13 January 2023.
References
History of Parliament Online Somerville Office-Holders in the Duchy and County Palatine of Lancaster from 1603 (1972)