Solicitor General for England and Wales

Solicitors-General of England (and Wales), 1461–present

15th century

incomplete

• Richard Fowler 1461–1470
• Richard Page 1470-1483
• Thomas Lynon 1483–1485
• Andrew Dimmock 1485–1503

16th century

• Thomas Lucas 1503–1507
• John Ernley 1507–1514
• John Port 1514–1521
• Richard Lyster 1521–1525
• Christopher Hales 1525–1531
• Baldwin Mallet 1531–1533
• Richard Rich 1533–1536
• William Whorwood 1536–1540
• Henry Bradshaw 1540–1545
• Edward Griffin 1545–1552
• John Gosnold 1552–1553
• William Cordell 1553–1557
• Richard Weston 1557–1559
• William Rosewell 1559–1566
• Richard Onslow 1566–1569
• Sir Thomas Bromley 1569–1579
• Sir John Popham 1579–1581
• Sir Thomas Egerton 1581–1592
• Sir Edward Coke 1592–1594
• Thomas Fleming 1595–1604

17th century

• Sir John Doderidge 1604–1607
• Sir Francis Bacon 1607–1613
• Henry Yelverton 1613–1617
• Sir Thomas Coventry 1617–1621
• Sir Robert Heath 1621–1625
• Sir Richard Shelton 1625–1634
• Sir Edward Littleton 1634–1640
• Sir Edward Herbert 1640–1641
• Oliver St John 1641–1643 (continued to 1648 under parliament)
• Sir Thomas Gardiner 1643–1645
• Sir Geoffrey Palmer 1645–1649
• Edmund Prideaux 1648–1649
• John Cooke 1649–1650
• Robert Reynolds 1650–1654
• William Ellis 1654–1660
• Sir Heneage Finch 1660–1670
• Sir Edward Turnor 1670–1671
• Sir Francis North 1671–1673
• Sir William Jones 1673–1674
• Sir Francis Winnington 1674–1679
• Heneage Finch 1679–1686
• Sir Thomas Powys 1686–1687
• Sir William Williams 1687–1689
• Sir George Treby 1689
• Sir John Somers 1689–1692
• Sir Thomas Trevor 1692–1695
• Sir John Hawles 1695–1702

18th century

• Sir Simon Harcourt 1702–1707
• Sir James Montagu 1707–1708
• Robert Eyre 1708–1710
• Sir Robert Raymond 1710–1714
• Nicholas Lechmere 1714–1715
• John Fortescue Aland 1715–1717
• Sir William Thomson 1717–1720
• Sir Philip Yorke 1720–1724
• Sir Clement Wearg 1724–1725
• Charles Talbot 1726–1733
• Sir Dudley Ryder 1733–1737
• John Strange 1737–1742
• William Murray 1742–1754
• Sir Richard Lloyd 1754–1756
• Charles Yorke 1756–1762
• Sir Fletcher Norton 1762–1763
• William de Grey 1763–1766
• Edward Willes 1766–1768
• John Dunning 1768–1770
• Edward Thurlow 1770–1771
• Alexander Wedderburn 1771–1778
• James Wallace 1778–1780
• James Mansfield 1780–1782
• John Lee 1782
• Richard Pepper Arden 1782–1783
• John Lee 1783
• James Mansfield 1783
• Richard Pepper Arden 1783–1784
• Archibald Macdonald 1784–1788
• Sir John Scott 1788–1793
• Sir John Mitford 1793–1799
• William Grant 1799–1801

19th century

• Spencer Perceval 1801–1802
• Sir Thomas Manners-Sutton 1802–1805
• Sir Vicary Gibbs 1805–1806
• Sir Samuel Romilly 1806–1807
• Sir Thomas Plumer 1807–1812
• Sir William Garrow 1812–1813
• Sir Robert Dallas 1813
• Sir Samuel Shepherd 1813–1817
• Sir Robert Gifford 1817–1819
• Sir John Copley 1819–1824
• Sir Charles Wetherell 1824–1826
• Sir Nicholas Conyngham Tindal 1826–1829
• Sir Edward Sugden 1829–1830
• Sir William Horne 1830–1832
• Sir John Campbell 1832–1834
• Sir Charles Pepys 1834
• Sir Robert Rolfe 1834
• William Webb Follett 1834–1835
• Robert Rolfe 1835–1839
• Sir Thomas Wilde 1839–1841
• Sir William Webb Follett 1841–1844
• Sir Frederic Thesiger 1844–1845
• Sir Fitzroy Kelly 1845–1846
• John Jervis 1846
• Sir David Dundas 1846–1848
• Sir John Romilly 1848–1850
• Sir Alexander Cockburn 1850–1851
• Sir William Page Wood 1851–1852
• Sir Fitzroy Kelly 1852
• Sir Richard Bethell 1852–1856
• James Stuart-Wortley 1856–1857
• Sir Henry Singer Keating 1857–1858
• Sir Hugh Cairns 1858–1859
• Sir Henry Singer Keating 1859
• Sir William Atherton 1859–1861
• Sir Roundell Palmer 1861–1863
• Sir Robert Collier 1863–1866
• Sir William Bovill 1866
• Sir John Burgess Karslake 1866–1867
• Sir Charles Jasper Selwyn 1867–1868
• Sir William Brett 1868
• Sir Richard Baggallay 1868
• Sir John Coleridge 1868–1871
• Sir George Jessel 1871–1873
• Sir Henry James 1873
• Sir William Harcourt 1873–1874
• Sir Richard Baggallay 1874
• Sir John Holker 1874–1875
• Sir Hardinge Giffard 1875–1880
• Sir Farrer Herschell 1880–1885
• Sir John Eldon Gorst 1885–1886
• Sir Horace Davey 1886
• Sir Edward Clarke 1886–1892
• Sir John Rigby 1892–1894
• Sir Robert Reid 1894
• Sir Frank Lockwood 1894–1895
• Sir Robert Finlay 1895–1900

20th century

2001–present

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References

References

1. (15 December 2022). "Salaries of Members of His Majesty's Government – Financial Year 2022–23".
2. "Pay and expenses for MPs".
3. "Solicitor General - gov.scot".
4. {{London Gazette. (1 June 1945)
5. "Rt Hon Harriet Harman QC MP".
6. "Rt Hon Mike O'Brien".
7. (2019-05-13). "PCC appointed as victims' commissioner".
8. "Sir Edward Garnier QC – GOV.UK".
9. "About Sir Oliver".
10. Bet, Martina. (2019-06-14). "How John Bercow's 'Brexit betrayal is absurd contradiction of democracy' – David Starkey".
11. "New Solicitor General appointed".