The recorder of Nottingham is the highest appointed legal officer of the Crown within the

Nottingham Nottingham ( , East Midlands English, locally ) is a City status in the United Kingdom, city and Unitary authorities of England, unitary authority area in Nottinghamshire, East Midlands, England. It is located south-east of Sheffield and nor ...

City and

Nottinghamshire Nottinghamshire (; abbreviated ''Notts.'') is a ceremonial county in the East Midlands of England. The county is bordered by South Yorkshire to the north-west, Lincolnshire to the east, Leicestershire to the south, and Derbyshire to the west. Th ...

County areas of England. Judge Gregory Dickinson KC was appointed

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of Nottingham in 2016.

List of recorders of Nottingham

*Sir Thomas Babington 1492 - 1519 *Radus Barton *Richard Parkyns * Henry Pierrepont appointed 1603 *Wills Fletcher * John Holles, 2nd Earl of Clare appointed 1642 *

Henry Pierrepont, 1st Marquess of Dorchester Henry Pierrepont, 1st Marquess of Dorchester, PC, FRSFRCP (March 16068 December 1680) was an English peer. He was the son of Robert Pierrepont, 1st Earl of Kingston-upon-Hull, and his wife, the former Gertrude Talbot, daughter of George Ta ...

1666 - (d. 1680) *

Henry Cavendish, 2nd Duke of Newcastle-upon-Tyne Henry Cavendish, 2nd Duke of Newcastle upon Tyne, KG, PC (24 June 1630 – 26 July 1691), styled Lord Henry Cavendish until 1659 and Viscount Mansfield from 1659 to 1676, was an English politician. He sat in the House of Commons from 1660 unt ...

1688 - *

William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Devonshire William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Devonshire (25 January 164018 August 1707) was an English Whig politician who sat in the House of Commons of England from 1661 until 1684 when he inherited his father's peerage as Earl of Devonshire and took ...

1690 - (d. 1707) *

Evelyn Pierrepont, 1st Duke of Kingston-upon-Hull Evelyn Pierrepont, 1st Duke of Kingston-upon-Hull, ( 16655 March 1726) was an English aristocrat. He was born at West Dean, Wiltshire, the third son of Robert Pierrepont of Thoresby, Nottinghamshire (son of William Pierrepont ), and h ...

- 1726 *

Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle-upon-Tyne Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle upon Tyne, 1st Duke of Newcastle-under-Lyne (21 July 1693 – 17 November 1768) was an English Whig statesman who served as Prime Minister of Great Britain, and whose official life extended througho ...

1726 - *Edward Bigland *

William Bentinck, 2nd Duke of Portland William Bentinck, 2nd Duke of Portland (1 March 1709 – 1 May 1762), styled Viscount Woodstock from 1709 to 1716 and Marquess of Titchfield from 1716 to 1726, was a British peer and politician. Early life Portland was the son of Henry ...

Evelyn Pierrepont, 2nd Duke of Kingston-upon-Hull Evelyn Pierrepont, 2nd Duke of Kingston-upon-Hull, KG (171123 September 1773) was an English nobleman and landowner, a member of the House of Lords. Early life He was the only son of William Pierrepont, Earl of Kingston-upon-Hull (1692– ...

1769 - *

Henry Pelham-Clinton, 2nd Duke of Newcastle-under-Lyne "The Return From Shooting" (1788) by Sir Francis Wheatley depicting The Duke of Newcastle, his friend Colonel Litchfield and the Duke's gamekeeper, Mansell along with four Clumber Spaniels. Henry Fiennes Pelham-Clinton, 2nd Duke of Newcastle-u ...

1773-1794 *

William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland William Henry Cavendish Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland (14 April 173830 October 1809) was a British Whigs (British political party), Whig and then a Tories (British political party), Tory politician during the late Georgian era. He s ...

1794–1809 * Henry Richard Vassall Fox, 3rd Lord Holland (died 1840)An Itinerary of Nottingham
online at nottshistory.org.uk, accessed 4 July 2008. *Richard Wildman 1837 - 1881 *

Edward Chandos Leigh Sir Edward Chandos Leigh (22 December 1832 – 18 May 1915) was a British aristocrat of the Victorian era, a barrister by profession, and a first-class cricketer. He served as President of MCC for 1887–88. Background Born at Stoneleigh Ab ...

1881 - 1909 *Judge Henry Yorke Stanger 1909 - 1911 *Sir

William Ryland Dent Adkins Sir William Ryland Dent Adkins (11 May 1862 – 30 January 1925) was an English barrister, judge and Liberal Party politician. Family and education Ryland Adkins, as he was known at least professionally, was the son of William Adkins JP of Spr ...

1911 - 1920 *Hugo J. Young 1920 - 1927 *Henry Holmes Joy 1927 - 1934 * John Frederick Eales 1934 - 1936 *Sir Albion Richardson 1936 - 1950 * Christopher Nyholm Shawcross 1950 - 1961 *Anthony Leonard Cripps 1961 - 1971 *Arthur Ellis 1974 -1991 *Judge Michael Stokes QC 2007 - 2016 *Judge Gregory Dickinson QC 2016 - 2022 *Her Honour Judge Nirmal Shant KC 2022 -

References

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