List of office holders of the Duchy of Cornwall

Note: Some of these offices were continued from the Earldom of Cornwall.

Offices

Lord Steward and Lord Warden of the Stannaries in Cornwall and Devon See Lord Warden of the Stannaries

Vice-Admiral of Cornwall See List of Vice-Admirals of Cornwall

High Sheriff of Cornwall See High Sheriff of Cornwall

Chancellor and Keeper of the Great Seal (1476–1867?)

1476 Sir William Allington 1490 John Arundell, Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield 1502 Robert Frost ? John Morton, Archbishop of CanterburyThe Globe encyclopaedia of universal information, ed. by J. M. Ross, 1878 1610?–12? Sir Henry Hobart, 1st Baronet 1616?–17 Sir Francis Bacon 1617–? Sir Henry Hobart, 1st Baronet 17? –17? Nicholas Lechmere, 1st Baron LechmereThe Parliamentary history of England from the earliest period to the year 1803: from which last-mentioned epoch it is continued downwards in the work entitled "Hansard's Parliamentary Debates." v. 1-36; 1066/1625-1801/03, Volume 8 1729–40 Alexander Denton 1740–51: Sir Thomas Bootle vacant 1802 Thomas Erskine 1806–15 William Adam 1816–18? John Leach 1843–67? Thomas Pemberton Leigh

Keeper of the Privy Seal (1846?–1933)

1846? Sir William Gibson-Craig, Bt 1852 Richard Temple-Grenville, 3rd Duke of Buckingham and Chandos 1853 Lord Alfred HerveyThe London Gazette, issue 21408, 4 February 1853 1855 Charles Monck, 4th Viscount Monck 1858 Henry Brand, 1st Viscount HampdenThe London Gazette, issue 22097, 16 February 1858 1858 Henry WhitmoreThe London Gazette, issue 22116, 23 March 1858 1859 Sir William Alexander, 3rd BaronetThe London Gazette, issue 22281, 1 July 1859 1863 Sir William Dunbar, 7th BaronetThe London Gazette, issue 22702, 27 January 1863 1865 Herbert William FisherThe London Gazette, issue 22991, 14 July 1865 1870 Thomas Coke, 2nd Earl of LeicesterThe London Gazette, issue 23672, 28 October 1870 1901–06 John Spencer, 5th Earl Spencer 1907 William Edgcumbe, 4th Earl of Mount EdgcumbeThe London Gazette, issue 28004, 15 March 1907 1913–33 Charles Hepburn-Stuart-Forbes-Trefusis, 21st Baron Clinton see Lord Warden of the Stannaries since 1933

Receiver-General (1400–present)

1400 John Waterton 1413 John Willecotes 1422 John Copleston Jnr 1422 Thomas Congreve 1423 Lewis John 1433 Robert Whittingham 1439 Thomas Gloucester 1444 John Brecknock 1456 Robert Whittingham 1461 William, Lord Hastings 1473 Anthony Woodville, 2nd Earl Rivers 1483 Sir John Sapcotes 1485 Sir Robert Willoughby (later 1st Lord Willoughby de Broke) 1503 Sir Richard Nanfan 1507 Sir John Arundell 1533 Sir Thomas Arundell 1553 Sir Henry Gates 1553 Sir Edward Waldegrave 1553 John Coswarth 1574 Thomas Cosoworth 1586 Sir Francis Godolphin 1604 Sir Richard Smith 1618 Thomas Smyth 1637 Sir David Cunningham 1638 Robert Napier of Punknoll 1643 Richard Nicholl 1646 Arthur Upton 1650 George Crompton 1650 Gabriel Tailor 1709–12 Robert Corker 1715–20 Edward Eliot 1720–31 Robert Corker 1731–36 Edward Penrose of Penrose Law Suite 1749 bef. 1740–48? Richard Eliot 1751 Edward Craggs-Eliot, 1st Baron EliotThe London Gazette, issue 9070, 25 June 1971 1804 Richard Brinsley SheridanThe London Gazette, issue 15679, 28 February 1804 1807 Gerard Lake, 1st Viscount Lake 1808 Richard Brinsley SheridanThe London Gazette, issue 16140, 26 April 1808 1816 Sir John McMahon, 1st Baronet 1817 Lord William GordonThe London Gazette, issue 17289, 27 September 1817 1823 Sir William Knighton, Bt 1830? Sir Henry Wheatley, Bt 1849–62 Office abolished. 1862 Sir Charles Beaumont PhippsThe London Gazette, issue 22629, 27 May 1862 1866 Sir Thomas Myddleton-BiddulphThe London Gazette, issue 23097, 6 April 1866 1878 Sir William Thomas KnollysThe London Gazette, issue 24633, 15 October 1878 1883 Sir John Rose, 1st BaronetThe London Gazette, issue 25253, 24 July 1883 1888 Sir Robert KingscoteThe London Gazette, issue 25868, 23 October 1888 1908 John Baring, 2nd Baron RevelstokeThe London Gazette, issue 28190, 30 October 1908 1929–36 Sir Edward PeacockThe London Gazette, issue 33520, 26 July 1929 1961–73 The Lord Ashburton 1974 Sir John Baring (later Lord Ashburton) 1990 Simon Cairns, 6th Earl CairnsThe London Gazette, issue 52356, 6 December 1990 2000 James Leigh-Pemberton 2022 Edward Harley

Attorney-General (1457–present)

1457 Thomas Throckmorton 1472 Sir William Allington 1477 John Twynho 1490 John Mordaunt 1511 William Esyngton 1515 William Ruddall 1515 Sir Robert Southwell 1529 John Baldewyn 1532 Sir Richard Riche 1532 John Cocke 1561 John Penne 1567? Stephen Brente 1599? Thomas Harrison 1601 Hannibal Vivian 1603 Gilbert Mitchell 1604 Thomas Fleetwood 1605 Thomas Stephens 1615 Sir John Walter 1632? William Noye 1634 Sir John Bankes 1635 Sir Richard Lane 1643 Sir Robert Holborne 1648? Francis Buller 1698 Francis Pengelly 1714 Spencer Cowper 1728 William Lee 1730 William Fortescue 1736 Robert Pauncefort 1748 Henry Bathurst 1754 Robert Henley (later Earl of Northington) 1756 Charles Pratt (later Earl Camden) 1783 Thomas Erskine (later Lord Erskine) 1793 Robert GrahamThe London Gazette, issue 13497, 26 January 1793 1800 Vicary Gibbs 1805 William AdamThe London Gazette, issue 15778, 5 February 1805 1806 William Garrow 1812 Joseph JekyllThe London Gazette, issue 16619, 30 June 1812 1816 William Draper Best 1819 Charles WarrenThe London Gazette, issue 17481, 29 May 1819 1841 Thomas Pemberton (later Lord Kingsdown) 1843 The Hon. John Chetwynd-Talbot 1852 Sir Edward Smirke 1863 Sir William Alexander, Bt 1873 George LochThe London Gazette, issue 23968, 18 April 1873 1877 Alfred Henry ThesigerThe London Gazette, issue 24502, 11 September 1877 1877 Sir Charles HallThe London Gazette, issue 24523, 20 November 1877 1892 Sir Henry JamesThe London Gazette, issue 26259, 19 February 1892 (later Lord James of Hereford) 1895 Charles CrippsThe London Gazette, issue 26644, 16 July 1895 (later Lord Parmoor) 1914 George Cave (later Lord Cave) 1915 Henry DukeThe London Gazette, issue 29398, 10 December 1915 (later Lord Merrivale) 1920 Sir Douglas Hogg (later Viscount Hailsham) 1923 Anthony HawkeThe London Gazette, issue 32803, 6 March 1923 1928 Geoffrey LawrenceThe London Gazette, issue 33403, 13 June 1928 (later Lord Trevethin and Oaksey) 1932 Walter MoncktonThe London Gazette, issue 33821, 29 April 1932 (later Lord Monckton of Brenchley) 1951–60: Charles Russell (later Lord Russell of Killowen) 1960 Sir Joseph Molony 1969 Anthony Lloyd 1978 Andrew Morritt 1988 Robert Carnwath 1994 Sir Jeremy SullivanThe London Gazette, issue 53809, 4 October 1994 1998 Nicholas UnderhillThe London Gazette, issue 55140, 29 May 1998 2006 Jonathan CrowThe London Gazette, issue 58161, 23 November 2006 2020 Sharif Shivji

Surveyor-General (1747–1849)

1729–38 Richard Eliot 1747 Charles Calvert, 5th Baron Baltimore 1751 Sir Edward Bayntun-Rolt, 1st BaronetThe London Gazette, issue 9070, 25 June 1751 1794 Sir John Morshead, Bt 1808–29 Benjamin TuckerThe London Gazette, issue 16158, 28 June 1808 1833 Philip Sidney, 1st Baron De L'Isle and Dudley 1849 James Robert GardinerThe London Gazette, issue 20961, 27 March 1849

Keeper of the Records (1843–present)

1843–49 James Robert Gardiner ?–1873 Joshua Wigley Bateman 1873 George WilmshurstThe London Gazette, issue 23990, 20 June 1873 1886 Sir Maurice HolzmannThe London Gazette, issue 25635, 19 October 1886 1908 Sir Walter PeacockThe London Gazette, issue 28122, 24 March 1908 1930 Major Hilgrove McCormick 1936–54 Sir Clive Burn ?–1972 Sir Patrick Kingsley 1972 Francis Anthony GrayThe London Gazette, issue 45663, 4 May 1972 1981 John Walter Yeoman HiggsThe London Gazette, issue 48565, 26 March 1981 1987 Sir David LandaleThe London Gazette, issue 50714, 12 November 1986 1993 Sir John James 1997 Sir Walter RossLondon Gazette, Issue no. 60009, 31 December 2011 New Year Honours List 2012 2013 Alastair Martin 2024 William Bax

Auditor (1509–1993)

1509 Hugh Molyneux 1543? Robert Hennage 1543 Thomas Mildmay 1547 Walter Mildmay 1567 John Conyers 1574? William Neale 1590? Robert Paddon 1602 Nathaniel Fulwer 1603 Richard Connock 1622 Thomas Gewen 1633 John Downes 1645 William Loving 1661 William Harbord 1692 Philip Bertie 1704–23? Albemarle Bertie 1735–51 Charles Montagu 1751–67 William Trevanion 1768 Richard Hussey 1770 John Buller 1783 Henry Lyte 1791 John Willett PayneThe London Gazette, issue 13362, 15 November 1791 1796 Thomas Tyrwhitt 1803 Sir John McMahon, 1st Baronet 1816 Benjamin Bloomfield 1817 Sir William Knighton, 1st Baronet 1823–41 George Harrison 1843 Edward White 1851 Sir William AndersonThe London Gazette, issue 21214, 30 May 1851 1891 Lesley ProbynThe London Gazette, issue 26143, 13 March 1891 1916–? Laurence HalseyThe London Gazette, issue 29434, 11 January 1916 1957–? Edmund Parker 1971–93 Jeffery Bowman

Solicitor-General (1714–present)

1714 John Fortescue Aland 1715 Laurence Carter 1717 Charles Talbot 1726 John Finch 1729 William Fortescue 1730 Robert Pauncefort 1736 Richard Hollings 1741 Alexander Hume Campbell 1746 Henry Bathurst 1748 Paul Joddrell 1751 Robert Henley 1754 Charles Yorke 1783 Sir Arthur Leary Piggott 1793 John Anstruther 1795 Vicary Gibbs 1800 Thomas Manners-Sutton 1802 William AdamThe London Gazette, issue 15478, 8 May 1802 1805 Joseph Jekyll 1812 Samuel Shepherd 1813 William Draper BestThe London Gazette, issue 16826, 18 December 1813 1816 William Harrison 1841? Edward Smirke 1908 Robert Ernest Tucker 1940 Sir Clive Burn 1954 Brian Stopford 1972 Joseph Frederick Burrell 1976 Henry Boyd-CarpenterThe London Gazette, issue 46943, 24 June 1976 1994 James Furber

Cornwall Herald

1398-?: John Hilton, HarperFrancis Jones, The Princes and principality of Wales, University of Wales Press, 1969

Chief Commissioner

Francis Seymour-Conway, 3rd Marquess of HertfordThe Court, Lady's magazine, monthly critic and museum, Dobbs and co, 1842

Havener (Keeper of the Havenary (Ports) of Cornwall and the Port of Plymouth, Devon) (1337–1617)

1337 Thomas FitzHenry 1373 Walter Bray 1376 Thomas Asshenden 1377–88 Richard Hampton 1386–95 John Slegh 1388–91 John Maudelyn 1391–5 William Skelton 1395 John Knyveton 1395 Thomas Galy 1397 Edward, Duke of Aumerle 1399 John Norbury 1404–7 John Snede 1411 John Clink 1415 Thomas Chaucer 1426 Robert Treage 1427 John Lawhier 1431 Thomas Treffry 1432 Thomas Est 1454 John Delabere 1455 Thomas Bodulgate (Joint) 1455 Geoffrey Kidwelly (Joint) 1461 Thomas Clemens (Joint) 1461 Richard Edgcumbe (Joint) 1461 Geoffrey Kidwelly (Joint) 1461 Nicholas Loure 1471 Sir Thomas Vaughan 1472 William Richmond 1477 Richard Holton 1483 Sir James Tyrell 1485 Robert Walshe 1486 John Monkeley ? Benedict Killegrew 1502 Thomas Elyot 1515 John Thomas 1516? Henry Pennage 1517 John Amodas 1549? William Reskymer 1552 Henry Killegrew 1553 John Cliff 1578? Peter Killigrew 1601? Joseph Killegrew 1616? Sir John Killigrew 1626? Robert Longdon 1617 William Roscarrock Thomas Gewen Sir William Morrice Sir William Morice, 1st Baronet

1867 Edmund Chase Marriott, Esq. (Havenor and Keeper of the Ports and Foreshores of the Duchy of Cornwall, in the counties of Cornwall and Devon)

Feodary (Escheator) in Cornwall and Devon (1403–1632)

1403 John Haweley Jnr 1437 Michael Power 1451 Edward Ellesmere 1460 Avery Cornburgh 1473 Sir John Fogge and John Fogge (son) 1484 Thomas Sapcotes 1485 Sir Richard Edgcumbe 1489 Peter Edgcumbe 1502 Sir Peter Edgcumbe (joint) 1502–6 Roger Holland (joint) 1539 Sir Hugh Trevanyon 1551 Hugh Trevanyon 1565–6 Richard Strode 1574 Edward Trevanyon 1576 Henry Carye 1581? William Killigrew 1604 Richard Billing 1607 John Sorrell 1626? Robert Langdon 1632? Stephen Smyth ? Henry Carew

President of the Council Albert, Prince Consort

References

Bibliography For lists of the Duchy's officers (1337–1650): . . . .