The Admiralty Advocate was one of the
Law Officers of the Crown
The law officers are the senior legal advisors to His Majesty's Government of the United Kingdom and devolved governments of Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales. They are variously referred to as the Attorney General, Solicitor General, Lord Ad ...
. He represented the Crown in the
High Court of Admiralty
Admiralty courts, also known as maritime courts, are courts exercising jurisdiction over all maritime contracts, torts, injuries, and offenses.
United Kingdom England and Wales
Scotland
The Scottish court's earliest records, held in West R ...
from 1661 to 1867. He was also known as the Advocate for the Affairs of the Admiralty.
History
The post was first established in 1661 with the post holder representing the Crown in the
High Court of Admiralty
Admiralty courts, also known as maritime courts, are courts exercising jurisdiction over all maritime contracts, torts, injuries, and offenses.
United Kingdom England and Wales
Scotland
The Scottish court's earliest records, held in West R ...
. After 1875, when the Admiralty Court became part of the
Probate, Divorce and Admiralty Division of the new
High Court of Justice
The High Court of Justice in London, known properly as His Majesty's High Court of Justice in England, together with the Court of Appeal (England and Wales), Court of Appeal and the Crown Court, are the Courts of England and Wales, Senior Cour ...
, the office became obsolete.
Admiralty Advocates after 1660
Source unless otherwise specified:
* 1660: T. Hyde
[Walker, David M., The Oxford Companion to Law, Appendix I, Admiralty Advocates, 1660–1870, pp. 1340–1341.]
* 29 October 1661: William Turner
* c.1670: Sir Walter Walker
* 19 May 1674:
Richard Lloyd
* 13 September 1685:
Thomas Pinfold
* 17 July 1686:
William Oldiss
* 17 September 1693:
Fisher Littleton
* 26 January 1694: Henry Newton (temporarily during the illness of Littleton)
* 16 March 1697: Henry Newton (permanently)
* 15 November 1704:
Nathaniel Lloyd (deputy during the absence of Newton)
* 28 October 1714:
Henry Penrice
* 15 August 1715: Richard Fuller
* 30 March 1727:
Exton Sayer
* 1 October 1731:
Edmund Ishan
* 20 March 1741:
William Strahan (1742 according to Walker
)
* 9 August 1748: Thomas Salusbury
* 14 November 1751:
Charles Pinfold, junior
* 15 February 1756: John Bettesworth
* 14 June 1764: George Harris
* 1 May 1782:
William Scott
* 4 September 1788:
Thomas Bever
* 12 November 1791:
William Battine
* 1 March 1801: Sir Christopher Robinson (omitted in Walker
)
* 25 November 1811:
James Henry Arnold (omitted in Walker
)
* 11 March 1829:
John Dodson
* 25 October 1834:
Joseph Phillimore
Joseph Phillimore (1775–1855) was an English civil lawyer and politician, Regius Professor of Civil Law at Oxford from 1809.
Life
The eldest son of Joseph Phillimore, vicar of Orton on the Hill, Leicestershire, by Mary, daughter of John Mach ...
* 1855:
Robert Joseph Phillimore
* 1862:
Travers Twiss
Sir Travers Twiss QC FRS (19 March 1809 in London – 14 January 1897 in London) was an English jurist. He had a distinguished academic and legal career culminating in his appointment as Queen's Advocate-General. Twiss was particularly noted f ...
* 1867:
James Parker Deane (1868 according to Walker
)
Citations
Sources
* Office, Admiralty (March 1828). "Judicial Department". The Navy List. London, England: John Murray.
* Haydn, Joseph; Ockerby, Horace (1969). The Book of Dignities (1894) (Reprint ed.). London, England: W. H. Allen & Co.
External links
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Law officers of the Royal Navy
Courts of England and Wales
High Court of Justice
English maritime law
Maritime law in the United Kingdom
Law officers of the Crown in the United Kingdom