Attorneys General, 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 1631-1634 Sir John Banks 1634-1641 Sir Edward Herbert 1641-1645 Thomas Gardiner (royalist) 1645-1649 Oliver St John (parliamentary) 1644-1649 William Steele (commonwealth) 1649 Edmund Prideaux (commonwealth) 1649-1659 Robert Reynolds (commonwealth) 1659-1660 Edward Herbert (in exile) 1649-1653 Sir 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 1754-1756 Sir Robert Henley 1756-1757 Sir Charles Pratt 1757-1762 Charles Yorke 1762-1763 Sir Fletcher Norton 1763-1765 Charles Yorke 1765-1766 William de Grey 1766-1771 Edward Thurlow 1771-1778 Alexander Wedderburn 1778-1780 James Wallace 1780-1782 Lloyd Kenyon 1782-1783 James Wallace 1783 John Lee 1783 Lloyd Kenyon 1783-1784 Richard 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 1802-1806 Sir 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 Allen Jowitt 1929-1932 Sir Thomas Inskip 1932-1936 Sir Donald Bradley Somervell 1936-1945 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 Sir Samuel Silkin 1974-1979 Sir 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 1999-2001 Peter Henry Goldsmith, Baron Goldsmith 2001-
