The Admiralty Advocate was one of the Law Officers of the Crown. He represented the Crown in the High Court of Admiralty from 1661 to 1867. He was also known as the Advocate for the Affairs of the Admiralty.
History The post was first established in 1661 with the post holder representing the Crown in the High Court of Admiralty. After 1875, when the Admiralty Court became part of the Probate, Divorce and Admiralty Division of the new High Court of Justice, the office became obsolete.
Admiralty Advocates after 1660 Source unless otherwise specified: 1660: T. HydeWalker, David M., The Oxford Companion to Law, Appendix I, Admiralty Advocates, 1660–1870, pp. 1340–1341. 29 October 1661: William Turner c.1670: Sir Walter Walker 19 May 1674: Richard Lloyd 13 September 1685: Thomas Pinfold 17 July 1686: William Oldiss 17 September 1693: Fisher Littleton 26 January 1694: Henry Newton (temporarily during the illness of Littleton) 16 March 1697: Henry Newton (permanently) 15 November 1704: Nathaniel Lloyd (deputy during the absence of Newton) 28 October 1714: Henry Penrice 15 August 1715: Richard Fuller 30 March 1727: Exton Sayer 1 October 1731: Edmund Ishan 20 March 1741: William Strahan (1742 according to Walker) 9 August 1748: Thomas Salusbury 14 November 1751: Charles Pinfold, junior 15 February 1756: John Bettesworth 14 June 1764: George Harris 1 May 1782: William Scott 4 September 1788: Thomas Bever 12 November 1791: William Battine 1 March 1801: Sir Christopher Robinson (omitted in Walker) 25 November 1811: James Henry Arnold (omitted in Walker) 11 March 1829: John Dodson 25 October 1834: Joseph Phillimore 1855: Robert Joseph Phillimore 1862: Travers Twiss 1867: James Parker Deane (1868 according to Walker)
Citations
Sources Office, Admiralty (March 1828). "Judicial Department". The Navy List. London, England: John Murray. Haydn, Joseph; Ockerby, Horace (1969). The Book of Dignities (1894) (Reprint ed.). London, England: W. H. Allen & Co.
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