Solicitor General for England and Wales Totally Explained

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Her Majesty's Solicitor General for England and Wales, often known as the Solicitor General, is one of the Law Officers of the Crown, and the deputy of the Attorney General, whose duty is to advise the Crown and Cabinet on the law. He can exercise the powers of the Attorney General in the Attorney General's absence. There is also a Solicitor General for Scotland, who is the deputy of the Lord Advocate. As well as the Sovereign's Solicitor General, the Prince of Wales and a Queen consort (when the Sovereign is male) are also entitled to have an Attorney and Solicitor General, though the present Prince of Wales has only an Attorney General and no Solicitor General.
The Solicitor General is addressed in court as "Mr Solicitor". Despite the title, the position is usually held by a barrister.

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

15th century

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Richard Fowler 1461-1470
Richard Page 1470-1483
Thomas Lynom 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 Gosnel 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

Robert Heath 1621-1625

Sir Richard Sheldon 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

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 Powis 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 1726-1734

Sir Dudley Ryder 1726-1734

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

Sir 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 Singleton Copley 1819-1824

Sir Charles Wetherell 1824-1826

Sir Nicholas Conyngham Tindal 1826-1829

Sir Edward Burtenshaw Sugden 1829-1830

Sir William Horne 1830-1832

Sir John Campbell 1832-1834

Sir Charles Christopher Pepys 1834

Sir Robert Monsey Rolfe 1834

Sir William Webb Follett 1834-1835

Sir Robert Monsey 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 Archibald Stuart-Wortley 1856-1857

Sir Henry Singer Keating 1857-1858

Sir Hugh McCalmont Cairns 1858-1859

Sir Henry Singer Keating 1859

Sir William Atherton 1859-1861

Sir Roundell Palmer 1861-1863

Sir Robert Porrett Collier 1863-1866

Sir William Bovill 1866

Sir John Burgess Karslake 1866-1867

Sir Charles Jasper Selwyn 1867-1868

Sir William Baliol Brett 1868

Sir Richard Baggallay 1868

Sir John Duke Coleridge 1868-1871

Sir George Jessel 1871-1873

Sir Henry James 1873

Sir William Vernon 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 George Clarke 1886-1892

Sir John Rigby 1892-1894

Sir Robert Threshie Reid 1894

Sir Frank Lockwood 1894-1895

Sir Robert Finlay 1895-1900

20th century

Sir Edward Carson (May 7, 1900 - December 4, 1905)

Sir William Robson (December 12, 1905 - January 28, 1908)

Sir Samuel Thomas Evans (January 28, 1908 - March 6, 1910)

Sir Rufus Isaacs (March 6, 1910 - October 7, 1910)

Sir John Simon (October 7, 1910 - October 19, 1913)

Sir Stanley Buckmaster (October 19, 1913 - June 2, 1915)

Sir F. E. Smith (June 2, 1915 - November 8, 1915)

Sir George Cave (November 8, 1915 - December 10, 1916)

Sir Gordon Hewart (December 10, 1916 - January 10, 1919)

Sir Ernest Pollock (January 10, 1919 - March 6, 1922)

Sir Leslie Scott (March 6, 1922 - October 19, 1922)

Sir Thomas Inskip (October 31, 1922 - January 22, 1924)

Sir Henry Slesser (January 23, 1924 - November 3, 1924)

Sir Thomas Inskip (November 11, 1924 - March 28, 1928)

Sir Frank Merriman (March 28, 1928 - June 5, 1929)

Sir James Melville (June 7, 1929 -October 22, 1930)

Sir Stafford Cripps (October 22, 1930 - August 24, 1931)

Sir Thomas Inskip (September 3, 1931 - January 26, 1932)

Sir Frank Merriman (January 26, 1932 - September 29, 1933)

Sir Donald Somervell (September 29, 1933 - March 19, 1936)

Sir Terence O'Connor (March 19, 1936 - May 7, 1940) (died in office)

Sir William Jowitt (May 15, 1940 - March 4, 1942)

Sir David Maxwell-Fyfe (March 4, 1942 - May 25, 1945)

Sir Walter Monckton (May 25, 1945 - July 26, 1945)

Sir Frank Soskice (August 4, 1945 - April 24, 1951)

Sir Lynn Ungoed-Thomas (April 24, 1951 - October 26, 1951)

Sir Reginald Manningham-Buller (November 3, 1951 - October 18, 1954)

Sir Harry Hylton-Foster (October 18, 1954 - October 22, 1959)

Sir Jocelyn Simon (October 22, 1959 - February 8, 1962)

Sir John Hobson (February 8, 1962 - July 19, 1962)

Sir Peter Rawlinson (July 19, 1962 - October 16, 1964)

Sir Dingle Foot (October 18, 1964 - August 24, 1967)

Sir Arthur Irvine (August 24, 1967 - June 19, 1970)

Sir Geoffrey Howe (June 23, 1970 - November 5, 1972)

Sir Michael Havers (November 5, 1972 - March 4, 1974)

Peter Archer (March 7, 1974 - May 4, 1979)

Sir Ian Percival (May 5, 1979 - June 13, 1983)

Sir Patrick Mayhew (June 13, 1983 - June 13, 1987)

Sir Nicholas Lyell (June 13, 1987 - April 15, 1992)

Sir Derek Spencer (April 15, 1992 - May 2, 1997)

Lord Falconer of Thoroton (May 6, 1997 - July 28, 1998)

Ross Cranston (July 28, 1998 - June 11, 2001)

21st century

Harriet Harman (June 11, 2001 - 10 May 2005)

Mike O'Brien (May 11, 2005 - June 29, 2007)

Vera Baird (June 29, 2007 -

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