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Her Majesty's Attorney General for England and Wales , usually known as the Attorney General , is the chief legal adviser of the Crown in England and Wales. He represents the Queen and the Government in court, and has supervisory powers over prosecutions, which are the responsibility of the Director of Public Prosecutions and the Crown Prosecution Service . The Attorney General also represents the Crown in many judicial proceedings relating to the public interest, e.g. the administration of charities and income tax. He is assisted by the Solicitor General : both offices are filled by political appointees who must belong to either house of Parliament, but unlike in former times the Attorney General is not usually now a member of the Cabinet , but is called to advise it when necessary.
United Kingdom : see Law Officers of the Crown .
common law courts was the equivalent of a solicitor in the courts of equity ), are invariably barristers and Queen's Counsel . The Attorney General has precedence over all other barristers in the English Courts, and in the House of Lords has precedence over the Lord Advocate , even in Scottish cases. The Attorney General is addressed in court as "Mr Attorney".
Prince of Wales and an Attorney General to the Duchy of Lancaster . When there is a Queen consort or dowager , she also has an Attorney General, as did the late Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother .
Attorneys General of England (and Wales), 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 1631-1634Sir John Banks 1634-1641 Sir Edward Herbert 1641-1645 Thomas Gardiner (royalist) 1645-1649 Oliver St John (parliamentary) 1644-1649William Steele (commonwealth) 1649Edmund Prideaux (commonwealth) 1649-1659 Robert Reynolds (commonwealth) 1659-1660 Edward Herbert (in exile) 1649-1653Sir 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 1754-1756Sir Robert Henley 1756-1757 Sir Charles Pratt 1757-1762 Charles Yorke 1762-1763Sir Fletcher Norton 1763-1765 Charles Yorke 1765-1766William de Grey 1766-1771 Edward Thurlow 1771-1778Alexander Wedderburn 1778-1780James Wallace 1780-1782 Lloyd Kenyon 1782-1783James Wallace 1783 John Lee 1783 Lloyd Kenyon 1783-1784Richard 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 1802-1806Sir 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 Jowitt 1929-1932 Sir Thomas Inskip 1932-1936 Sir Donald Bradley Somervell 1936-1945 Sir David Maxwell Fyfe 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 Samuel Silkin 1974-1979Sir 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 1999-2001Peter Henry Goldsmith, Baron Goldsmith 2001-
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Attorney General - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (1932 words)
The Attorney General for England and Wales is similarly the chief law officer of the Crown in England and Wales, and advises and represents the Crown and government departments in court. The Attorney General's deputy is the Solicitor General for England and Wales. The Attorney General of the Duchy of Cornwall is the chief legal adviser to the Prince of Wales, and there is a separate Attorney General for the Duchy of Lancaster, an appointment that is held by the Crown .
Attorney-general - LoveToKnow 1911 (399 words)
ATTORNEY-GENERAL, in England , the chief law officer appointed to manage all the legal affairs and suits in which the crown is interested. His duties are in general to represent the federal government before the United States Supreme Court, to advise the president on questions of law, and to advise similarly the heads of the state departments with reference to matters affecting their department. He is generally elected by the people for the same term as the governor and on the same ticket.
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