Attorney-General

Name 	Began 	Ended 	Party 	Notes
Sir Geoffrey Palmer, Bt. 	31 May 1660 	10 May 1670 	 	
Sir Heneage Finch 	110 may 1670 	12 November 1673 	 	
Sir Francis North 	12 November 1673 	25 January 1675 	 	
Sir William Jones 	25 January 1675 	27 October 1679 	 	
Sir Creswell Levinge 	27 October 1679 	24 February 1681 	 	
Sir Robert Sawyer 	24 February 1681 	13 December 1687 	 	
Sir Thomas Powis 	13 December 1687 	11 December 1688 	 	
Sir Henry Pollexfen 	March 1689 	4 May 1689 	 	
Sir George Treby 	4 May 1689 	3 May 1692 	Whig 	
Sir John Somers 	3 May 1692 	30 March 1693 	Whig 	
Sir Edward Ward 	30 March 1693 	8 June 1695 	Whig 	
Sir Thomas Trevor 	8 June 1695 	28 June 1701 	Whig 	
Sir Edward Northey 	28 June 1701 	26 April 1707 	Tory 	
Sir Simon Harcourt 	26 April 1707 	22 October 1708 	Tory 	
Sir James Montagu 	22 October 1708 	19 September 1710	Whig 	
Sir Simon Harcourt 	19 September 1710	19 October 1710 	Tory 	
Sir Edward Northey 	19 October 1710 	18 March 1718 	Tory 	
Sir Nicholas Lechmere 	18 March 1718 	7 May 1720 	Whig 	
Sir Robert Raymond 	7 May 1720 	1 February 1724 	Whig 	
Sir Philip Yorke 	1 February 1724 	January 1734 	Whig 	
Sir John Willes 	January 1734 	28 January 1737 	Whig 	
Sir Dudley Ryder 	28 January 1737 	May 1754 	Whig 	
William Murray 	May 1754 	3 November 1756 	Whig 	
Sir Robert Henley 	3 November 1756 	1 July 1757 	Whig 	
Sir Charles Pratt 	1 July 1757 	25 January 1762 	Whig 	
Charles Yorke 	25 January 1762 	16 December 1763 	Whig 	
Sir Fletcher Norton 	16 December 1763 	17 September 1765	Whig 	
Charles Yorke 	17 September 1765	6 August 1766 	Whig 	
William de Grey 	6 August 1766 	26 January 1771 	Whig 	
Edward Thurlow 	26 January 1771 	11 June 1778 	Tory 	
Alexander Wedderburn 	11 June 1778 	21 July 1780 	Tory 	
James Wallace 	21 July 1780 	18 April 1782 	Tory 	
Lloyd Kenyon 	18 April 1782 	2 May 1783 	Whig 	
James Wallace 	2 May 1783 	16 November 1783 	Tory 	
John Lee 	22 November 1783 	19 December 1783 	Whig 	
Lloyd Kenyon 	26 December 1783 	31 March 1784 	Whig 	
Richard Arden 	31 March 1784 	28 June 1788 	Tory 	
Sir Archibald Macdonald 	28 June 1788 	14 February 1793 	Tory 	
Sir John Scott 	14 February 1793 	18 July 1799 	Tory 	
Sir John Mitford 	18 July 1799 	14 February 1801 	Tory 	
Sir Edward Law 	14 February 1801 	15 April 1802 	Tory 	
Spencer Perceval 	15 April 1802 	12 February 1806 	Tory 	
Sir Arthur Piggott 	12 February 1806 	1 April 1807 	Whig 	
Sir Vicary Gibbs 	1 April 1807 	26 June 1812 	Tory 	
Sir Thomas Plumer 	26 June 1812 	4 May 1813 	Tory 	
Sir William Garrow 	4 May 1813 	7 May 1817 	Tory 	
Sir Samuel Shepherd 	7 May 1817 	24 July 1819 	Tory 	
Sir Robert Gifford 	24 July 1819 	9 January 1824 	Tory 	
Sir John Singleton Copley 	9 January 1824 	20 September 1826	Tory 	
Sir Charles Wetherell 	20 September 1826	27 April 1827 	Tory 	
Sir James Scarlett 	27 April 1827 	19 February 1828 	Tory 	
Sir Charles Wetherell 	19 February 1828 	29 June 1829 	Tory 	
Sir James Scarlett 	29 June 1829 	19 November 1830 	Tory 	
Sir Thomas Denman 	24 November 1830 	26 November 1832 	Whig 	
Sir William Horne 	26 November 1832 	1 March 1834 	Whig 	
Sir John Campbell 	1 March 1834 	14 November 1834 	Whig 	
Sir Frederick Pollock, Bt. 	17 December 1834 	8 April 1835 	Conservative 	
Sir John Campbell 	30 April 1835 	3 July 1841 	Whig 	
Sir Thomas Wilde 	3 July 1841 	30 August 1841 	Whig 	
Sir Frederick Pollock, Bt. 	6 September 1841 	15 April 1844 	Conservative 	
Sir William Webb Follett 	15 April 1844 	29 June 1845 	Conservative 	
Sir Frederic Thesiger 	29 June 1845 	29 June 1846 	Conservative 	
Sir Thomas Wilde 	7 July 1846 	17 July 1846 	Liberal 	
Sir John Jervis 	17 July 1846 	11 July 1850 	Liberal 	
Sir John Romilly 	11 July 1850 	28 March 1851 	Liberal 	
Sir Alexander Cockburn, Bt. 	28 March 1851 	21 February 1852 	Liberal 	
Sir Frederic Thesiger 	27 February 1852 	17 December 1852 	Conservative 	
Sir Alexander Cockburn, Bt. 	28 December 1852 	15 November 1856 	Liberal 	
Sir Richard Bethell 	15 November 1856 	21 February 1858 	Liberal 	
Sir Fitzroy Kelly 	26 February 1858 	11 June 1859 	Conservative 	
Sir Richard Bethell 	18 June 1859 	4 July 1861 	Liberal 	
Sir William Atherton 	4 July 1861 	2 October 1863 	Liberal 	
Sir Roundell Palmer 	2 October 1863 	26 June 1866 	Liberal 	
Sir Hugh Cairns 	10 July 1866 	29 October 1866 	Conservative 	
Sir John Rolt 	29 October 1866 	18 July 1867 	Conservative 	
Sir John Burgess Karslake 	18 July 1867 	1 December 1868 	Conservative 	
Sir Robert Collier 	12 December 1868 	10 November 1871 	Liberal 	
Sir John Coleridge 	10 November 1871 	20 November 1873 	Liberal 	
Sir Henry James 	20 November 1873 	17 February 1874 	Liberal 	
Sir John Burgess Karslake 	27 February 1874 	20 April 1874 	Conservative 	
Sir Richard Baggallay 	20 April 1874 	25 November 1875 	Conservative 	
Sir John Holker 	25 November 1875 	21 April 1880 	Conservative 	
Sir Henry James 	3 May 1880 	9 June 1885 	Liberal 	
Sir Richard Webster 	27 July 1885 	28 January 1886 	Conservative 	
Sir Charles Russell 	9 February 1886 	20 July 1886 	Liberal 	
Sir Richard Webster 	5 August 1886 	11 August 1892 	Conservative 	
Sir Charles Russell 	20 August 1892 	3 May 1894 	Liberal 	
Sir John Rigby 	3 May 1894 	24 October 1894 	Liberal 	
Sir Robert Threshie Reid 	24 October 1894 	21 June 1895 	Liberal 	
Sir Richard Webster 	8 July 1895 	11 May 1900 	Conservative 	
Sir Robert Finlay 	11 May 1900 	4 December 1905 	Liberal Unionist 	
Sir John Lawson Walton 	12 December 1905 	28 January 1908 	Liberal 	
Sir William Robson 	28 January 1908 	7 October 1910 	Liberal 	
Sir Rufus Isaacs 	7 October 1910 	19 October 1913 	Liberal 	entered cabinet 4 June 1912
Sir John Simon 	19 October 1913 	25 May 1915 	Liberal 	in cabinet
Sir Edward Carson 	25 May 1915 	3 November 1915 	Unionist 	in cabinet
Sir F. E. Smith 	3 November 1915 	10 January 1919 	Unionist 	in cabinet to 5 December 1916
Sir Gordon Hewart 	10 January 1919 	6 March 1922 	Liberal 	in cabinet from 7 November 1921
Sir Ernest Pollock 	6 March 1922 	19 October 1922 	Conservative 	
Sir Douglas Hogg 	24 October 1922 	22 January 1924 	Conservative 	
Sir Patrick Hastings 	23 January 1924 	3 November 1924 	Labour 	
Sir Douglas Hogg 	6 November 1924 	28 March 1928 	Conservative 	in cabinet
Sir Thomas Inskip 	28 March 1928 	4 June 1929 	Conservative 	
Sir William Jowitt 	7 June 1929 	26 January 1932 	Labour/National Labour	
Sir Thomas Inskip 	26 January 1932 	18 March 1936 	Conservative 	
Sir Donald Somervell 	18 March 1936 	23 May 1945 	Conservative 	
Sir David Maxwell Fyfe 	25 May 1945 	26 July 1945 	Conservative 	
Sir Hartley Shawcross 	4 August 1945 	24 April 1951 	Labour 	
Sir Frank Soskice 	24 April 1951 	26 October 1951 	Labour 	
Sir Lionel Heald 	3 November 1951 	18 October 1954 	Conservative 	
Sir Reginald Manningham-Buller 	18 October 1954 	16 July 1962 	Conservative 	
Sir John Hobson 	16 July 1962 	16 October 1964 	Conservative 	
Sir Elwyn Jones 	18 October 1964 	19 June 1970 	Labour 	
Sir Peter Rawlinson 	23 June 1970 	4 March 1974 	Conservative 	
Sir Samuel Silkin 	4 March 1974 	4 May 1979 	Labour 	
Sir Michael Havers 	6 May 1979 	11 June 1987 	Conservative 	
Sir Patrick Mayhew 	11 June 1987 	9 April 1992 	Conservative 	
Sir Nicholas Lyell 	9 April 1992 	2 May 1997 	Conservative 	
Sir John Morris 	2 May 1997 	29 July 1999 	Labour 	
The Lord Williams of Mostyn 	29 July 1999 	8 June 2001 	Labour 	
The Lord Goldsmith 	8 June 2001 	27 June 2007 	Labour 	
The Baroness Scotland of Asthal	28 June 2007 	11 May 2010 	Labour 	
Dominic Grieve 	12 May 2010 	 	Conservative