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The Attorney-General for Ireland was an Irish and then (from the

Act of Union 1800 The Acts of Union 1800 (sometimes incorrectly referred to as a single 'Act of Union 1801') were parallel acts of the Parliament of Great Britain and the Parliament of Ireland which united the Kingdom of Great Britain and the Kingdom of Irela ...

) United Kingdom government office-holder. He was senior in rank to the Solicitor-General for Ireland: both advised

the Crown The Crown is the state in all its aspects within the jurisprudence of the Commonwealth realms and their subdivisions (such as the Crown Dependencies, overseas territories, provinces, or states). Legally ill-defined, the term has differ ...

on Irish legal matters. With the establishment of the

Irish Free State The Irish Free State ( ga, Saorstát Éireann, , ; 6 December 192229 December 1937) was a state established in December 1922 under the Anglo-Irish Treaty of December 1921. The treaty ended the three-year Irish War of Independence between ...

in 1922, the duties of the Attorney-General and Solicitor-General for Ireland were taken over by the Attorney General ''of'' Ireland. The office of Solicitor-General for Ireland was abolished for reasons of economy. This led to repeated complaints from the first Attorney General of Ireland,

Hugh Kennedy Hugh Edward Kennedy (11 July 1879 – 1 December 1936) was an Irish Cumann na nGaedheal politician, barrister and judge who served as Chief Justice of Ireland from 1924 to 1936, a judge of the Supreme Court from 1924 to 1936 and Attorney Gener ...

, about the "immense volume of work" which he was now forced to deal with single-handedly.

History of the Office

The first record of the office of Attorney General for Ireland, some 50 years after the equivalent office was established in England, is in 1313, when Richard Manning was appointed King's Attorney (the title Attorney General was not used until the 1530s),Casey, James ''The Irish Law Officers'' Round Hall Sweet and Maxwell 1996 p.7 at a salary of 5 marks a year. The Attorney General was initially junior to the

serjeant-at-law A Serjeant-at-Law (SL), commonly known simply as a Serjeant, was a member of an order of barristers at the English and Irish Bar. The position of Serjeant-at-Law (''servientes ad legem''), or Sergeant-Counter, was centuries old; there are wri ...

, but since the titles of King's Serjeant and King's Attorney were often used interchangeably, it can be difficult to establish who held which office at any given time. Thomas Dowdall, for example, was called Serjeant-at-law and King's Attorney at almost the same time. Early holders of the office, including Manning, were also permitted to take private clients. Casey states that the records cast very little light on the duties of the Attorney-General in the early years, no doubt a reflection of his inferior status compared to the Serjeant-at-law. There are at least two references to a Deputy Attorney-General.Ball, F. Elrington ''The Judges in Ireland 1221-1921'' London John Murray 1926 p.220 The first was in 1385, when Robert Hemynborough, or de Hemynborgh, was appointed Attorney-General "with power to appoint a Deputy".Smyth ''Chronicle of the Law Officers of Ireland'' Henry Butterworth London 1839 Two centuries later, Edward Butler, who became Attorney-General in 1582, had already acted as Deputy from 1578 to 1580. Apart from these two examples, there is no evidence that the Deputy Attorney-General was a permanent position, nor do we know why it was considered necessary to appoint Butler to this office (pressure of work may be the explanation). It seems that early Attorneys-General might be licensed to appear in certain courts only. Both John de Leycestre (1357) and John Barry (1401) were given a

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to plead in the

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(Ireland) and the

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. John White was described in 1427 as "King's Attorney in the King's Bench and the Exchequer".''Close Roll 5 Henry VI'' The Serjeant-at-law, by contrast, was generally licensed to appear in all the Royal Courts, although John Haire in 1392 was described as "Serjeant-at-law of our Lord the King in the Common Pleas". Perhaps because the Attorney-General was in the earlier centuries junior to the Serjeant-at-law, some holders of the office may not have been as highly qualified.

Thomas Archbold Thomas Archbold, or Thomas Galmole (died after 1506) was a goldsmith and silver worker, who evidently qualified as a lawyer, and rose to become a senior Crown official and judge in Ireland in the late fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries. He wa ...

(or Galmole), appointed Attorney-General in 1478, was a

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by profession, and, perhaps more suitably, was also Master of the Royal Mint in Ireland.

The Attorney-General and the Serjeant-at-law

In 1537 there was a short-lived attempt, following the report of a royal commission, to expand the role of the Attorney General, which would have involved the abolition of the office of King's Serjeant. The proposal was defeated largely through the firm opposition of the Serjeant-at-law, Patrick Barnewall, who argued that arguing cases for the Crown was and always had been the proper task of the Serjeant-at-law: "the King's Serjeant has always used to maintain the Pleas.... for this two hundred years and more". Why the more junior office was favoured over the much longer established office of Serjeant is not clear From the early 1660s, due largely to the personal prestige of Sir

William Domville William Domville (or Domvile) (1609–1689) was a leading Irish politician, barrister and Constitutional writer of the Restoration era. Due to the great trust which the English Crown had in him, he served as Attorney General for Ireland through ...

(AG 1660-1686), the Attorney General became the chief legal adviser to the Crown. In certain periods, notably during the reign of

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, who thought poorly of her Irish-born law officers, the English Crown adopted a policy of choosing only English lawyers for this office, and also the Solicitor-General. Her successor King

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in 1620, on the appointment of Sir

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, noted that the Attorney-General and Solicitor-General "have always been of the King's choice and special nomination", and that they were the Crown servants in whom the King places, above his other learned

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and officers of the Court: "his more special trust regarding the preservation of his revenue and possessions". It is interesting that the King here seems to place the Attorney and the Solicitor above the Serjeant-at-law in importance.

The Attorney-General in politics

The Attorney-General, in later centuries at least, was always a member of the

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(in earlier centuries there were times when only the Serjeant-at-law attended the Council, but

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, Attorney General 1441-44, attended the Great Council of 1441). A strong Attorney, like

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, or

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, could exercise great influence over the Dublin administration. Tisdall (AG 1760-1777), was for much of his tenure as Attorney General also the Government leader in the

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, and a crucial member of the administration. Saurin (AG 1807-1822) was regarded for many years as the effective head of the Dublin Government, until his career was ended by his opposition to

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. In 1841 Blackburne (AG 1830-1834, 1841-1842), on being challenged about a proposed appointment within his own office, said firmly that he "would not tolerate a refusal to ratify the appointment".Delaney, V. T. H. ''Christopher Palles''. Allen Figgis and Co. Dublin, 1960. p. 60. The office of Attorney General was described as being "a great mixture of law and general political reasoning".

Attorneys-General for Ireland, 1313–1922

14th century

* Richard Manning: appointed "King's Attorney" for Ireland 1313. Hart, A.R. ''The History of the King's Serjeants at law in Ireland''. Four Courts Press, 2000. pp. 15, 20, 21. Still in office in 1327.

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''Officers in Ireland anno primo R. Edward III, with their yearly fees'' * William de Woodworth: c. 1327 * Thomas of Westham: 1334 *

William le Petit William le Petit, Petyt, or Lepetit (died after 1360) was an Irish judge who was very briefly Lord Chief Justice of Ireland. He is chiefly notable for having been pardoned for homicide. It is unclear if he had any connection to the Petit family ...

: 1343 * Nicholas Lumbard, or Lombard: 1345 *

Robert Preston, 1st Baron Gormanston Robert Preston, 1st Baron Gormanston (died 1396) was an Anglo-Irish nobleman, statesman and judge of the fourteenth century. He held several senior judicial offices including, for a brief period, that of Lord Chancellor of Ireland. He was the foun ...

: 1355 * John de Leycestre, or Lecestre: 1357 * Henry Mitchell: 1372 * Robert Hore: 1379, superseded 1381. In 1385 he was ordered not to "interefere" with the Office of Attorney-General any further.''Patent Roll 9 Richard II '' * Thomas Malalo: 1381 * Robert Hemynborgh or de Hemynborough: 1385. He had the power to appoint a Deputy.

15th century

William Tynbegh William Tynbegh, or de Thinbegh (c.1370-1424) was an Irish lawyer who had a long and distinguished career as a judge, holding office as Chief Justice of all three of the courts of common law and as Lord High Treasurer of Ireland. His career is unu ...

: 1400 * John Barry: appointed 1401; still in office in 1404 ''Patent Roll 5 Henry IV'' * John Whyte or White: appointed 1422; still in office 1426''Close Roll 5 Henry VI'' *

: 1441 * William Sutton: 1444 * Robert FitzRery: 1450 * Thomas Dowdall: 1463 * Nicholas Sutton: 1471 or 1472 *

: 1478 * Thomas Cusacke: 1480 * Walter St. Lawrence: 1491 *

Clement Fitzleones Clement Fitzleones, FitzLyons, or Leones (died c. 1509) was an Irish lawyer and judge. He held the offices of Serjeant-at-law (Ireland) and Attorney-General for Ireland and was briefly Deputy to the Chief Baron of the Irish Exchequer. Neither Bal ...

: 1499

16th century

* John Barnewall, 3rd Baron Trimlestown 1504 * Nicholas Fitzsimons: 1504 incomplete * Thomas St. Lawrence: 1532 * Robert Dillon: 1534 * Barnaby Skurloke or Skurlog: 1554 * James Barnewall: 1559 * Lucas Dillon: 1566 * Edward Fitz-Symon: 1570 * John Bathe: 1574 *

Thomas Snagge Thomas Snagge (1536–1593) was a Member of Parliament, barrister and landed gentry, landowner who served as List of Speakers of the House of Commons of England, Speaker of the English House of Commons, Attorney General for Ireland and as Queen's ...

: 1577 * Christopher Flemyng, or Fleming: 1580 * Edmund or Edward Butler: 1582 *

Charles Calthorpe Sir Charles Calthorpe (c.1540–1616 ) was an English-born Crown official and judge in Elizabethan and Jacobean Ireland. Prior to his appointment to the Irish High Court in 1606, he had been Attorney General for Ireland for more than 20 years, ...

, afterwards Sir Charles: 1584

17th century

* Sir John Davys or Davies: 1606 *

Sir William Ryves Sir William Ryves (1570–1647) was a barrister and judge , and a member of a distinguished Dorsetshire family. He enjoyed a successful legal career in Ireland, holding office as Attorney-General for Ireland and as a justice of the Court of Kin ...

: 1619 *

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of Gray's Inn: 1636 * Thomas Tempest: 1640 * William Basil: 1649, under the Protectorate *

Robert Shapcote Robert Shapcote, JP (born 1621, died 1689) was an English lawyer from Devon and four times Member of Parliament for Tiverton in 1646–1649, 1654, 1656 and 1660. He sat in the Irish House of Commons for Wicklow Borough from 1661 to 1665 and w ...

: 1660, under the Protectorate * Sir

Wiliam Domville William Domville (or Domvile) (1609–1689) was a leading Irish politician, barrister and Constitutional writer of the Restoration era. Due to the great trust which the English Crown had in him, he served as Attorney General for Ireland through ...

: 1660 * Sir

Richard Nagle Sir Richard Nagle (1636 – 6 April 1699) was an Irish Jacobite politician and lawyer. He held the positions of Attorney-General for Ireland, Speaker of the Irish House of Commons, Lord Justice of Ireland and Secretary of State and War for I ...

: December 1686 * Sir John Temple: October 1690 *

Robert Rochfort Robert Rochfort (9 December 1652 – 10 October 1727) was a leading Irish lawyer, politician and judge of the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries. He held office as Attorney General for Ireland, Chief Baron of the Irish Exchequer, a ...

, June 1695

18th century

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: 12 June 1707 * John Forster: 24 December 1709 * Sir Richard Levinge, Bt: 4 June 1711 *

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, 3 Nov 1714 * John Rogerson, 14 May 1720 *

Thomas Marlay Thomas Marlay (c.1680–1756) was an Irish politician and judge, who ended his career as Lord Chief Justice of Ireland. He is remembered chiefly for beginning the rebuilding of Celbridge Abbey, and as the grandfather of the statesman Henry Gratt ...

, 5 May 1727 * Robert Jocelyn, 29 Sep 1730 * John Bowes, 3 Sep 1739 * St George Caulfeild, 23 Dec 1741 *

Warden Flood Warden Flood (1694 – 16 April 1764) was an Irish judge who held office as Lord Chief Justice of Ireland, but is mainly remembered now as the natural father of the statesman Henry Flood. He was born at Burnchurch in County Kilkenny, son of Franc ...

, 27 Aug 1751 *

, 31 July 1760 * John Scott, 17 Oct 1777 * Barry Yelverton: 2 July 1782 * John Fitzgibbon, app 29 Nov 1783 * Arthur Wolfe, app 16 July 1789 *

John Toler John Toler, 1st Earl of Norbury PC, KC (3 December 1745 – 27 July 1831), known as The Lord Norbury between 1800 and 1827, was an Irish lawyer, politician and judge. A greatly controversial figure in his time, he was nicknamed the "Hanging Jud ...

: 26 June 1798

19th century

* John Stewart: 9 December 1800 * Standish O'Grady: 28 May 1803 * William Plunket: 15 October 1805 *

: 15 May 1807 * William Plunket: 15 January 1822 * Henry Joy: 18 June 1827 *

Edward Pennefather Edward Pennefather PC, KC (22 October 1774 – 6 September 1847) was an Irish barrister, Law Officer and judge of the Victorian era, who held office as Lord Chief Justice of Ireland. Early life Pennefather was born in Tipperary, the second ...

: 23 December 1830 *

: 11 January 1831 * ''office vacant'': 17 November 1834 *

Louis Perrin Louis Perrin (15 February 1782 – 7 December 1864) was an Irish barrister, politician and judge. Early life Perrin was born in Waterford, the son of Jean Baptiste Perrin. Jean Baptiste, a Frenchman, had come to Ireland to seek a living: he s ...

: 29 April 1835 *

Michael O'Loghlen Sir Michael O'Loghlen, 1st Baronet (6 October 1789 – 28 September 1842) was a distinguished Irish judge and politician. He was born at Port Ruan, Ennis, County Clare, the third son of Colman O'Loghlen and his second wife, Susannah Finucane ...

: 31 August 1835 * John Richards: 10 November 1836 *

Stephen Woulfe Stephen Woulfe (1787 – 2 July 1840) was an Irish barrister and Whig politician. He served as Solicitor-General for Ireland in 1836 and as Attorney-General for Ireland in 1838. He was the first Roman Catholic to be appointed Chief Baron of th ...

: 3 February 1837 * Nicholas Ball: 11 July 1838 *

Maziere Brady Sir Maziere Brady, 1st Baronet, PC (Ire) (20 July 1796 – 13 April 1871) was an Irish judge, notable for his exceptionally long, though not particularly distinguished tenure as Lord Chancellor of Ireland. Background Brady was born at his parents ...

: 23 February 1839 *

David Richard Pigot David Richard Pigot, PC, KC (c. 1796 – 22 December 1873) was one of the leading Irish judges of his time. His children included John Edward Pigot, a noted music collector and one of the founders of the National Gallery of Ireland. His grandc ...

: 11 August 1840 *

: 23 September 1841 * Thomas Berry Cusack Smith: 1 November 1842 *

Richard Wilson Greene Richard Wilson Greene PC, KC (1791–1861) was an Irish barrister and judge. He was born in Dublin, the son of Sir Jonas Greene, who was Recorder of Dublin from 1822 until his death in 1828, and his wife, the leading actress Marianne Hitch ...

: 2 February 1846 * Richard Moore: 16 July 1846 * James Henry Monahan: 21 December 1847 *

John Hatchell John Hatchell PC (1788–1870) was an Irish lawyer and politician. He was born in County Wexford, Ireland, to an old established family, the son of Henry Hatchell of Wexford and Mary Lambert. He was educated at the University of Dublin where ...

: 23 September 1850 * Joseph Napier: February 1852 *

Abraham Brewster Abraham Brewster PC (Ire) (April 1796 – 26 July 1874) was an Irish judge and Lord Chancellor of Ireland. Background and education Brewster was born at Ballinulta, the son of William Bagenal Brewster, of Ballinulta, County Wicklow, by his wife ...

: April 1853 *

William Keogh William Nicholas Keogh PC (1817– 30 September 1878) was an unpopular and controversial Irish politician and judge, whose name became a byword in Ireland for betraying one's political principles. Background He was born in Galway, son of Wil ...

: March 1855 *

John David Fitzgerald John David FitzGerald, Baron FitzGerald, PC, PC (Ire) (1 May 1816 – 16 October 1889) was an Irish judge and Liberal politician. Background Born in Dublin, he was the son of the merchant David FitzGerald and his wife Catherine, eldest daug ...

: March 1856 *

James Whiteside James Whiteside (12 August 1804 – 25 November 1876) was an Irish politician and judge. Background and education Whiteside was born at Delgany, County Wicklow, the son of William Whiteside, a clergyman of the Church of Ireland. His father w ...

: February 1858 *

: June 1859 * Rickard Deasy: February 1860 * Thomas O'Hagan: 1861 *

James Anthony Lawson James Anthony Lawson, Privy Council of Ireland, PC (Ire), Queen's Counsel, QC (1817–1887) was an Irish academic, lawyer and judge. Background and education Lawson was born in Waterford. He was the eldest son of James Lawson and Mary Anthony, da ...

: 1865 * John Edward Walsh: 25 July 1866 * Michael Morris: 1 November 1866 * Hedges Eyre Chatterton: 1867 * Robert Warren: 1867 *

John Thomas Ball John Thomas Ball QC (24 July 1815 – 17 March 1898) was an Irish barrister, judge and politician in the Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and Lord Chancellor of Ireland. Life He was born in Dundrum, Dublin, e ...

: 1868 * Edward Sullivan: 12 December 1868 * Charles Robert Barry: 26 January 1870 *

Richard Dowse Richard Dowse PC (1824 – 14 March 1890) was an Irish politician, barrister and judge, who was reputed to be the wittiest Parliamentary orator of his time. Background He was born in Dungannon, County Tyrone, eldest son of William Dowse ...

: 13 January 1872 *

Christopher Palles Christopher Palles (25 December 1831 – 14 February 1920) was an Irish barrister, Solicitor-General, Attorney-General and a judge for over 40 years. His biographer, Vincent Thomas Hyginus Delany, described him as "the greatest of the Irish judge ...

: 5 November 1872 * Hugh Law: 1873 ?? *

: 12 March 1874 * Henry Ormsby: 21 January 1875 *

George Augustus Chichester May Right Hon. George Augustus Chichester May PC, QC (1815 – 16 August 1892) was an Irish judge. Early life May was born in Belfast, the son of the Reverend Edward May and Elizabeth Sinclair. He was educated at Shrewsbury School and Magdalene Col ...

: 27 November 1875 *

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: 15 February 1877 * Hugh Law: 10 May 1880 *

William Moore Johnson Sir William Moore Johnson, 1st Baronet, KC, PC (1828 – 9 December 1918) was an Irish politician, barrister and judge. He was held in great affection by the Bar, despite a reputation for obtuseness which led to his nickname "Wooden-headed Bill ...

: 17 November 1881 *

Andrew Marshall Porter Sir Andrew Marshall Porter, 1st Baronet PC, QC (27 June 1837 – 9 January 1919) was an Irish lawyer and judge. Background and education Porter was born in Belfast, the son of Reverend John Scott Porter and his wife Margaret Marshall. He was ed ...

: 3 January 1883 * John Naish: 19 December 1883 * Samuel Walker: 1885 *

Hugh Holmes Hugh Holmes QC (17 February 1840 – 19 April 1916) was an Irish Conservative Party, then after 1886 a Unionist Member of Parliament (MP) in the United Kingdom Parliament and subsequently a Judge of the High Court and Court of Appeal in I ...

: 3 July 1885 * Samuel Walker: February 1886 *

: August 1886 * John George Gibson: 1887 * Peter O'Brien: 1888 *

Dodgson Hamilton Madden Dodgson Hamilton Madden (28 March 1840 – 6 March 1928) was an Irish Unionist Alliance Member of Parliament (MP) in the United Kingdom Parliament He was also a leading barrister, who held office as Serjeant-at-law, Attorney General for Irel ...

: 1890 * John Atkinson: 1892 * The Macdermot: August 1892 * John Atkinson: 8 July 1895

20th century

The office was vacant from 16 November 1921 and succeeded by the Attorney General of the Irish Free State on 31 January 1922.

References

* ''Haydn's Book of Dignities'' (for pre-1691 names and dates)

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