The Commissioners of Woods, Forests and Land Revenues were established in the

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in 1810 by merging the former offices of

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and Surveyor General of the Land Revenues of the Crown into a three-man commission. The name of the commission was changed in 1832 to the Commissioners of Woods, Forests, Land Revenues, Works and Buildings. The hereditary land revenues of the Crown in Scotland, formerly under the management of the

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, were transferred to the Commissioners of Woods, Forests, Land Revenues, Works and Buildings and their successors under the Crown Lands (Scotland) Act 1832, the Crown Lands (Scotland) Act 1833 and the Crown Lands (Scotland) Act 1835. The Crown Lands Act 1851 replaced the Commissioners with two separate commissions, the

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and the

Commissioners of Woods, Forests and Land Revenues The Commissioners of Woods, Forests and Land Revenues were officials under the United Kingdom Crown, charged with the management of Crown lands. Their office were customarily known as the Office of Woods. Under the Crown Lands Act 1851 ( 14 & 15 ...

dividing between them the public and the commercial functions of the Crown lands.

Commissioners of Woods and Forests, 1810-1851

First Commissioners are followed by the names of their co-commissioners

References

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, year=1960 *Annual Report of Commissioners of Woods & Forests 1811 *The Crown Estate publication scheme: website consulted January 2007 Lists of British people Land management in the United Kingdom Defunct ministerial offices in the United Kingdom Forest law Defunct forestry agencies 1810 establishments in the United Kingdom 1851 disestablishments in the United Kingdom