The Attorney General of the United Kingdom is the chief lawyer of the crown, and as such acts as prosecutor in criminal cases.

Attorneys General from 1660

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  • 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 1900-1906
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  • Peter Henry Goldsmith, Baron Goldsmith 2001-