List of office holders of the Duchy of Cornwall

Note: Some of these offices were continued from the Earldom of Cornwall.

Offices

Lord Warden of the Stannaries

• See Lord Warden of the Stannaries

Vice-Admiral of Cornwall

• See List of Vice-Admirals of Cornwall

High Sheriff of Cornwall

• See High Sheriff of Cornwall

Lord, Chief or High Steward, or Seneschal, of Cornwall

• 1461: Humphrey Stafford, 1st Earl of Devon
• 1483-?: John Dynham, 1st Baron Dynham
• 1523-9 Dec. 1538: Henry Courtenay, 1st Marquess of Exeter^[1]
• 1539-?: John Russell, 1st Earl of Bedford
• 1585?-1603?: Sir Walter Raleigh
• 1604–1630: William Herbert, 3rd Earl of Pembroke
• 1630–1642: Philip Herbert, 4th Earl of Pembroke
• 1705-1708: Francis Godolphin, 2nd Earl of Godolphin
• Francis Seymour-Conway, 3rd Marquess of Hertford

Chancellor (Keeper of the Great Seal)

• 14?-14?: John Morton, Archbishop of Canterbury^[2]
• 1610?–1612?: Sir Henry Hobart, 1st Baronet
• 1616?–1617: Sir Francis Bacon
• 1617–?: Sir Henry Hobart, 1st Baronet
• 17?-17?: Nicholas Lechmere, 1st Baron Lechmere^[3]
• 1729–1740: Alexander Denton
• 1740–1751: Sir Thomas Bootle
• vacant
• 1802–1806: Thomas Erskine^[4]
• 1806–1815: William Adam^[5]
• 1816–1818?: John Leach^[6]
• vacant?
• 1843–1867?: Thomas Pemberton Leigh^[7]

Keeper of the Privy Seal

• 1846?–1852: Sir William Gibson-Craig, Bt
• 1852–1853: Marquess of Chandos^[8]
• 1853–1855: Lord Alfred Hervey^[9]
• 1855–1858: The Viscount Monck
• 1858–1858: Henry Brand^[10]
• 1858–1859: Henry Whitmore^[11]
• 1859–1863: Sir William Alexander, Bt^[12]
• 1863–1865: Sir William Dunbar, Bt^[13]
• 1865–1870: Herbert William Fisher^[14]
• 1870–1901: The Earl of Leicester^[15]
• 1901–1906: The Earl Spencer^[16]
• 1907–1913: The Earl of Mount Edgcumbe^[17]
• 1913–1933: The Lord Clinton
• see Lord Warden of the Stannaries since 1933

Receiver-General

• Sir John Arundell^[18]
• 1533–1550?: Sir Thomas Arundell^[18]
• -1553 Sir Henry Gates^[18]
• John Coswarth^[18]
• Sir Francis Godolphin
• Sir Richard Smith
• 1640s-1649; 1663-bef. 1686: Robert Napier of Punknoll^[19]
• 1715–1720: Edward Eliot
• 1731- 1736 Edward Penrose of Penrose Law Suite 1749
• bef. 1740–1748?: Richard Eliot
• 1751–1804: Edward Craggs-Eliot, 1st Baron Eliot^[20]
• 1804–1807: Richard Brinsley Sheridan^[21]
• 1807–1808: The Viscount Lake
• 1808–1816: Richard Brinsley Sheridan^[22]
• 1816–1817: Sir John McMahon, 1st Baronet
• 1817–1823: Lord William Gordon^[23]
• 1823–1830?: Sir William Knighton, Bt
• 1830?–1849: Sir Henry Wheatley, Bt
• abolished, then revived
• 1862–1866: Sir Charles Beaumont Phipps^[24]
• 1866–1878: Sir Thomas Myddleton-Biddulph^[25]
• 1878–1883: Sir William Thomas Knollys^[26]
• 1883–1888: Sir John Rose, Bt^[27]
• 1888–1908: Sir Robert Kingscote^[16][28]
• 1908–1929: The Lord Revelstoke^[29]
• 1929–1936: Sir Edward Peacock^[30]
• 1961–1973: The Lord Ashburton
• 1974–1990: The Hon. Sir John Baring (later Lord Ashburton)
• 1990–2000: The Earl Cairns^[31]
• 2000–present: The Hon. James Leigh-Pemberton

Attorney-General

• 1601–1603: Hannibal Vivian
• 1603–1613: Thomas Stephens
• 1613–?: Sir John Walter
• 1634–?: Sir Richard Lane
• 1643–1648?: Sir Robert Holborne
• ?–1698: Francis Buller
• 1698–1714: Francis Pengelly
• 1714–1727: Spencer Cowper
• 1728–1730: William Lee
• 1730–1736: William Fortescue
• 1736–1748: Robert Pauncefort
• 1748–1754: Henry Bathurst
• 1754–1756: Robert Henley (later Earl of Northington)
• 1756–1757: Charles Pratt (later Earl Camden)
• 1783–1793: Thomas Erskine (later Lord Erskine)
• 1793–1800: Robert Graham^[32]
• 1800–1805: Vicary Gibbs
• 1805–1806: William Adam^[33]
• 1806–1812: William Garrow^[5]
• 1812–1815: Joseph Jekyll^[34]
• 1816–1818: William Draper Best^[6]
• 1819–1820: Charles Warren^[35]
• vacant?
• 1841–1843: Thomas Pemberton (later Lord Kingsdown)
• 1843–1852: The Hon. John Chetwynd-Talbot^[7]
• 1852–1863: Sir Edward Smirke
• 1863–1873: Sir William Alexander, Bt^[13]
• 1873–1877: George Loch^[36]
• 1877–1877: Alfred Henry Thesiger^[37]
• 1877–1892: Sir Charles Hall^[38]
• 1892–1895: Sir Henry James^[39] (later Lord James of Hereford)
• 1895–1914: Charles Cripps^[16][40] (later Lord Parmoor)
• 1914–1915: George Cave (later Lord Cave)
• 1915–1916: Henry Duke^[41] (later Lord Merrivale)
• 1920–1922: Sir Douglas Hogg (later Viscount Hailsham)
• 1923–1928: Anthony Hawke^[42]
• 1928–1932: Geoffrey Lawrence^[43] (later Lord Trevethin and Oaksey)
• 1932–1951: Walter Monckton^[44] (later Lord Monckton of Brenchley)
• 1951–1960: Charles Russell (later Lord Russell of Killowen)
• 1960–1969: Sir Joseph Molony
• 1969–1977: Anthony Lloyd
• 1978–1988: Andrew Morritt
• 1988–1994: Robert Carnwath
• 1994–1997: Sir Jeremy Sullivan^[45]
• 1998–2006: Nicholas Underhill^[46]
• 2006–present: Jonathan Crow^[47]

Surveyor-General

• 1747–1751: The Lord Baltimore
• 1751–1796?: Edward Bayntun-Rolt^[48]
• 1796?–?: Sir John Morshead, Bt
• 1808–1829: Benjamin Tucker^[49]
• 1833–1849: Philip Sidney, 1st Baron De L'Isle and Dudley
• 1849–?: James Robert Gardiner^[50]

Keeper of the Records

• 1843–1849: James Robert Gardiner^[7]
• ?–1873: Joshua Wigley Bateman
• 1873–1886: George Wilmshurst^[51]
• 1886–1908: Sir Maurice Holzmann, KCVO^[16][52]
• 1908–1930: Sir Walter Peacock^[53]
• 1930–1936: Major Hilgrove McCormick^[54][55]
• 1936–1954: Sir Clive Burn
• ?–1972: Sir Patrick Kingsley
• 1972–1981: Francis Anthony Gray^[56]
• 1981–1986: John Walter Yeoman Higgs^[57]
• 1987–1993: Sir David Landale^[58]
• 1993–1997: Sir John James
• 1997-2013: Sir Walter Ross, KCVO^[59]
• 2013–present: Alastair Martin

Auditor

• 1661–1692: William Harbord
• 1692–1704: Philip Bertie
• 1704 – aft. 1723: Albemarle Bertie
• 1738–1749: Charles Montagu
• 1749–1751: Robert Andrews
• 1751–1767: William Trevanion^[20]
• 1768–1770: Richard Hussey
• 1770–1783: John Buller
• 1783–1791: Henry Lyte
• 1791–1796: John Willett Payne^[60]
• 1796–1803: Thomas Tyrwhitt
• 1803–1816: Sir John McMahon, Bt
• 1816–1817: Sir Benjamin Bloomfield
• 1817–1823: Sir William Knighton, Bt
• 1823–1841: George Harrison
• 1843–1851: Edward White^[7]
• 1851–1891: Sir William Anderson^[61]
• 1891–1916: Lesley Probyn^[16][62]
• 1916–?: Laurence Halsey^[63]
• 1957–?: Edmund Parker
• 1971–1993: Jeffery Bowman

Solicitor-General

• 1714–1715: John Fortescue Aland
• 1715–1717: Laurence Carter
• 1717–1726: Charles Talbot
• 1726–1727?: John Finch
• 1729–1730: William Fortescue
• 1730–1736: Robert Pauncefort
• 1736–1741: Richard Hollings
• 1741–1746: Alexander Hume Campbell
• 1746–1748: Henry Bathurst
• 1748–1751: Paul Joddrell
• 1751–1754: Robert Henley
• 1754–1756: Charles Yorke
• 1783–1792: Sir Arthur Leary Piggott
• 1793–1795: John Anstruther^[32]
• 1795–1800: Vicary Gibbs
• 1800–1802: Thomas Manners-Sutton
• 1802–1805: William Adam^[64]
• 1805–1812: Joseph Jekyll^[33]
• 1812–1813: Samuel Shepherd^[34]
• 1813–1816: William Draper Best^[65]
• 1816–1820?: William Harrison^[6]
• vacant
• 1841?–1852: Edward Smirke
• 1908–1940: Robert Ernest Tucker
• 1940–1954: Sir Clive Burn
• 1954–1972: Brian Stopford
• 1972–1976: Joseph Frederick Burrell
• 1976–1994: Henry Boyd-Carpenter^[66]
• 1994–present: James Furber^[45]

Cornwall Herald

• 1398-?: John Hilton, Harper^[67]

Chief Commissioner

• Francis Seymour-Conway, 3rd Marquess of Hertford^[68]

Havener (Keeper of the Ports, and of the Butlerage and Prisage)

• Benedict Killegrew
• John Thomas
• William Reskymer
• Henry Killegrew
• Joseph Killegrew
• William Roscarrock
• Robert Longdon
• Thomas Gewen
• Sir William Morrice
• Sir William Morice, 1st Baronet^[69]

President of the Council

• Albert, Prince Consort

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