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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 (died 1540)|John Hales]]
*1522–1526: [[Edmund Knightley]]
*1526–1531: [[Thomas Audley, 1st Baron Audley of Walden|Thomas Audley]]
*1531–1535: [[Robert Wroth (Middlesex MP)|Robert Wroth]]
*1535–1536: [[John Baker (died 1558)|John Baker]]
*1538–1540: [[William Coningsby]]
*1544–1566: [[John Caryll (MP)|John Caryll]]
*1566–1580: [[George Bromley (politician)|George Bromley]]
*1580–1613: [[John Brograve|Sir John Brograve]]
*1614–1638: [[Edward Mosley (MP for Preston)|Sir Edward Mosley]]
*1638–1644: [[Thomas Bedingfield (judge)|Sir Thomas Bedingfield]]
*1644–1649: [[Bulstrode Whitelocke]]
*1649–1654: [[Bartholomew Hall]]
*1654–1660: [[Nicholas Lechmere (politician, died 1701)|Nicholas Lechmere]]
*1660–1688: [[John Heath (MP)|John Heath]]
*1689–1714: [[Edward Northey (barrister)|Edward Northey]]
*1714–1722: [[Alexander Denton (judge)|Alexander Denton]]
*1727–1728: [[Spencer Cowper]]
*1733–1736?: [[Thomas Abney (judge)|Thomas Abney]]
*1758–1763: [[Fletcher Norton, 1st Baron Grantley|Fletcher Norton]]
*1770–1777: [[John Skynner]]
*1777–1810: [[John Ord]]
*1810-1833: William Walton
*1833-1839: [[Lord William Russell|William Russell]]
*1839-1861: Thomas Flower Ellis
*1861-1893: [[Henry Wyndham West]]
*1893–1895: [[Samuel Hall (lawyer)|Samuel Hall]]
*1895-1899: William Ambrose
*1899-1921: Robert Alfred McCall
*1921–1946: [[Joseph Herbert Cunliffe|Sir Joseph Herbert Cunliffe]]
*1946–1947: [[David Jenkins, Baron Jenkins|David Jenkins]]
*1947–1951: [[Gerald Upjohn, Baron Upjohn|Gerald Upjohn]]
*1951–1969: [[Milner Holland|Sir Milner Holland]]
*1969–1970: [[John Brightman, Baron Brightman|John Brightman]]
*1970–1972: [[Sydney Templeman, Baron Templeman|Sydney Templeman]]
*1972–1975: [[Christopher Slade]]
*1976–1980: [[Thomas Bingham, Baron Bingham of Cornhill|Thomas Bingham]]
*1980–1984: [[Richard Scott, Baron Scott of Foscote|Richard Scott]]
*1984-1986: [[John Leonard Knox|John Knox]]
*1986-1989: [[Donald Rattee]]
*1989-1991: [[Jonathan Parker]]
*1991–1993: [[Mary Arden (judge)|Mary Arden]]
*1993–1996: [[Timothy Lloyd]]
*1996–2001: [[Richard McCombe]]
*2001–2006: [[Michael Briggs (judge)|Michael Briggs]]
*2006–2012: [[Robert Hildyard (judge)|Robert Hildyard]]
*2012–2020: [[Robert Miles (judge)|Robert Miles]]
*2020–present [[Sonia Tolaney]]<ref>[https://www.oeclaw.co.uk/news/view/sonia-tolaney-qc-appointed-attorney-general-of-the-duchy-of-lancaster Sonia Tolaney QC appointed Attorney General of the Duchy of Lancashire], oeclaw.co.uk. Accessed 13 January 2023.</ref>
==References==
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*[http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/ History of Parliament Online]
*Somerville Office-Holders in the Duchy and County Palatine of Lancaster from 1603 (1972)
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