Solicitor to the Admiralty

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Office of the Solicitor to the Admiralty
Queen-in-Council
Term lengthNot fixed
Inaugural holderE. Whittaker
Formation1692-1870

The Solicitor to the Admiralty was established in 1692 as the Solicitor for the Affairs of the Admiralty and Navy. In 1828 his responsibilities to the office were widened when the post was renamed as the Solicitor to the Admiralty. The Solicitor to the Admiralty was the

Department of Admiralty's chief legal adviser and legal practitioner who acted on its behalf until 1875 following the abolition of the High Court of the Admiralty.[1]

History

From 1673 and 1696 the

Admiralty Court became part of the Probate, Divorce and Admiralty Division of the new High Court of Justice, this office was abolished.[1] The office holder was part of the admiralty's Judicial Department
.

Office holders

Note: The office holder occasionally appears in official navy lists styled differently sometimes referred to as the Solicitor to the Naval Department. Comptroller of the Droits.

Solicitor for the Affairs of the Admiralty and Navy

Included:[1]

  1. 1692-1698, Edward Whittaker

Solicitor to the Admiralty and Navy

Included:[1]

  1. 1703-1718, John Warter
  2. 1718-1733, Thomas Jobber
  3. 1733-1747, Francis Winnington
  4. 1747-1749, Anthony Ryan
  5. 1749-1778, Samuel Seddon
  6. 1778-1796, James Dyson
  7. 1796-1828, Charles Bicknell [2]

Solicitor to the Admiralty

Included:[1]

  1. 1828-1843, Charles Jones [3]
  2. 1843-1862, William Frogatt Robson [4]
  3. 1862 Jan-May, Charles Fletcher Skirrow [5]
  4. 1862-1870, Alfred Rhodes Bristow

Citations

  1. ^ a b c d e Sainty, J.C. (1975). Office-Holders in Modern Britain: Volume 4, Admiralty Officials 1660-1870. London: University of London. p. 79.
  2. ^ Office, Admiralty (March 1828). The Navy List. London, England: John Murray. p. 118.
  3. ^ Office, Admiralty (March 1834). "Judicial Department". The Navy List. London, England: John Murray. p. 134.
  4. ^ Admiralty, Great Britain (1857). The Navy List. London, England: H.M. Stationery Office. p. 200.
  5. ^ The Solicitors' Journal and Reporter Volume VI. London, England: Law Newspaper Company. 10 May 1862. p. 502.

Sources

  1. Admiralty, Great Britain (1857). The Navy List. London, England: H.M. Stationery Office.
  2. Office, Admiralty (March 1834). "Judicial Department". The Navy List. London, England: John Murray.
  3. Sainty, J.C. (1975). Office-Holders in Modern Britain: Volume 4, Admiralty Officials 1660-1870. London: University of London.
  4. 'Solicitor 1692-1870', in Office-Holders in Modern Britain: Volume 4, Admiralty Officials 1660-1870, ed. J C Sainty (London, 1975), p. 79. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/office-holders/vol4/p79 [accessed 5 January 2019].
  5. The Solicitors' Journal and Reporter Volume VI. London, England: Law Newspaper Company. 10 May 1862.