Attorney-General for Ireland




This article is about the pre-independence office. For the modern office, see Attorney General of Ireland.







Michael Morris, later Lord Killanin, Attorney-General for Ireland from 1866 to 1867.





Philip Tisdall, Attorney General for Ireland from 1760 to 1777, portrait by Angelica Kauffmann


The Attorney-General for Ireland was an Irish and then (from the Act of Union 1800) United Kingdom government office-holder. He was senior in rank to the Solicitor-General for Ireland: both advised the Crown on Irish legal matters. With the establishment of the Irish Free State in 1922, the duties of the Attorney General and Solicitor General for Ireland were taken over by the Attorney General of Ireland. The office of Solicitor General for Ireland was abolished at the same time, for reasons of economy. This led to repeated complaints from the first Attorney General of Ireland, Hugh Kennedy, about the "immense volume of work" which he was now forced to deal with single-handed.[1]


The first record of the existence of the office of Attorney General in Ireland, some 50 years after the equivalent office was established in England, is in 1313 when Richard Manning was appointed King's Attorney (the title Attorney General was not widely used until the 1530s).[2] The Attorney General was, initially, junior to the serjeant-at-law, but since the titles King's Serjeant and King's Attorney were often used interchangeably, it can be difficult to establish who held which office at any given time.[3] From the early 1660s, due largely to the personal prestige of Sir William Domville, (AG 1660-1686), the Attorney General became the chief legal adviser to the Crown. In certain periods, notably during the reign of Elizabeth I, who thought poorly of her Irish-born law officers, the English Crown adopted a policy of choosing English lawyers for this office.[4]


The Attorney General was always a member of the Privy Council of Ireland, and a strong Attorney, like Philip Tisdall, William Saurin, or Francis Blackburne, could exercise great influence over the Dublin administration. Tisdall (AG 1760-1777), was for much of his tenure as Attorney General also the Government leader in the Irish House of Commons, and a crucial member of the Irish administration. Saurin (AG 1807-1822) was regarded for many years as the effective head of the Irish Government. In 1841 Blackburne (AG 1830-1834, 1841-1842), on being challenged about a proposed appointment within his own office, said firmly that he "would not tolerate a refusal to ratify the appointment".[5] The office of Attorney General was described as being "a great mixture of law and general political reasoning"".[6]




Contents






  • 1 Attorneys-General for Ireland, 1313–1922


    • 1.1 14th century


    • 1.2 15th century


    • 1.3 16th century


    • 1.4 17th century


    • 1.5 18th century


    • 1.6 19th century


    • 1.7 20th century




  • 2 References


  • 3 Further reading


  • 4 External links





Attorneys-General for Ireland, 1313–1922



14th century



  • Richard Manning: appointed "King's Attorney" for Ireland 1313[7][8]

  • William de Woodworth: c. 1327[9]

  • Thomas of Westham: 1334


  • William le Petit: 1343


  • Nicholas Lumbard, or Lombard: 1345


  • Robert Preston, 1st Baron Gormanston: 1355

  • John de Leycestre: 1357


  • Henry Mitchell: 1372


  • John Tirel c. 1373–6

  • Robert Hore: 1379, superseded

  • Thomas Malalo: 1381

  • Robert Hemynborgh: 1385



15th century




  • William Tynbegh: 1400

  • John Barry: 1401

  • John Whyte or White: 1422

  • Stephen Roche: 1441


  • William Sutton: 1444

  • Robert FitzRery: 1450


  • Thomas Dowdall:[10] 1463


  • Nicholas Sutton: 1473


  • Thomas Archbold: 1478


  • Thomas Cusacke: 1480


  • Walter St. Lawrence: 1491



16th century




  • Clement Fitzleones: 1502


  • John Barnewall, 3rd Baron Trimlestown 1504

  • Nicholas Fitzsimons: 1504


incomplete[11]




  • Thomas St. Lawrence: 1532


  • Robert Dillon: 1535


  • Barnaby Skurloke or Skurlog: 1554

  • James Barnewall: 1559


  • Lucas Dillon: 1566


  • Edward Fitz-Symon: 1570


  • John Bathe: 1574


  • Thomas Snagge: 1577

  • Christopher Flemyng: 1580

  • Edward Butler: 1582


  • Charles Calthorpe, afterwards Sir Charles: 1584



17th century




  • Sir John Davys or Davies: 1606


  • Sir William Ryves: 1619


  • Richard Osbaldeston of Gray's Inn: 1636


  • Thomas Tempest: 1640

  • William Basil: 1649, under the Protectorate

  • Sir Wiliam Domville: 1660

  • Sir Richard Nagle: December 1686


  • Sir John Temple: October 1690


  • Robert Rochfort, June 1695



18th century




  • Alan Brodrick: 12 June 1707


  • John Forster: 24 December 1709


  • Sir Richard Levinge, Bt: 4 June 1711


  • George Gore, 3 Nov 1714


  • John Rogerson, 14 May 1720


  • Thomas Marlay, 5 May 1727


  • Robert Jocelyn, 29 Sep 1730


  • John Bowes, 3 Sep 1739


  • St George Caulfeild, 23 Dec 1741


  • Warden Flood, 27 Aug 1751


  • Philip Tisdall, 31 July 1760


  • John Scott, 17 Oct 1777


  • Barry Yelverton: 2 July 1782


  • John Fitzgibbon, app 29 Nov 1783


  • Arthur Wolfe, app 16 July 1789


  • John Toler: 26 June 1798



19th century




  • John Stewart: 9 December 1800


  • Standish O'Grady: 28 May 1803[12]


  • William Plunket: 15 October 1805


  • William Saurin: 15 May 1807


  • William Plunket: 15 January 1822


  • Henry Joy: 18 June 1827


  • Edward Pennefather: 23 December 1830


  • Francis Blackburne: 11 January 1831


  • office vacant: 17 November 1834


  • Louis Perrin: 29 April 1835


  • Michael O'Loghlen: 31 August 1835


  • John Richards: 10 November 1836


  • Stephen Woulfe: 3 February 1837


  • Nicholas Ball: 11 July 1838


  • Maziere Brady: 23 February 1839


  • David Richard Pigot: 11 August 1840


  • Francis Blackburne: 23 September 1841


  • Thomas Berry Cusack Smith: 1 November 1842


  • Richard Wilson Greene: 2 February 1846


  • Richard Moore: 16 July 1846


  • James Henry Monahan: 21 December 1847


  • John Hatchell: 23 September 1850


  • Joseph Napier: February 1852


  • Abraham Brewster: April 1853


  • William Keogh: March 1855


  • John David Fitzgerald: March 1856


  • James Whiteside: February 1858


  • John David Fitzgerald: June 1859


  • Rickard Deasy: February 1860


  • Thomas O'Hagan: 1861


  • James Anthony Lawson: 1865


  • John Edward Walsh: 25 July 1866


  • Michael Morris: 1 November 1866


  • Hedges Eyre Chatterton: 1867


  • Robert Warren: 1867


  • John Thomas Ball: 1868


  • Edward Sullivan: 12 December 1868


  • Charles Robert Barry: 26 January 1870


  • Richard Dowse: 13 January 1872


  • Christopher Palles: 5 November 1872


  • Hugh Law: 1873 ??


  • John Thomas Ball: 12 March 1874


  • Henry Ormsby: 21 January 1875


  • George Augustus Chichester May: 27 November 1875


  • Edward Gibson: 15 February 1877


  • Hugh Law: 10 May 1880


  • William Moore Johnson: 17 November 1881


  • Andrew Marshall Porter: 3 January 1883


  • John Naish: 19 December 1883


  • Samuel Walker: 1885


  • Hugh Holmes: 3 July 1885


  • Samuel Walker: February 1886


  • Hugh Holmes: August 1886


  • John George Gibson: 1887


  • Peter O'Brien: 1888


  • Dodgson Hamilton Madden: 1890


  • John Atkinson: 1892[13]


  • The Macdermot: August 1892


  • John Atkinson: 8 July 1895



20th century




  • James Campbell: 4 December 1905


  • Richard Robert Cherry: 22 December 1905


  • Redmond Barry: 2 December 1909


  • Charles Andrew O'Connor: 26 September 1911


  • Ignatius O'Brien: 24 June 1912


  • Thomas Molony: 10 April 1913


  • John Moriarty: 20 June 1913


  • Jonathan Pim: 1 July 1914


  • John Gordon: 8 June 1915


  • James Campbell: 9 April 1916


  • James O'Connor: 8 January 1917


  • Arthur Samuels: 7 April 1918


  • Denis Henry: 6 July 1919


  • Thomas Brown: 5 August 1921


The office was vacant from 16 November 1921[14] and finally succeeded by the Attorney General of the Irish Free State on 31 January 1922.



References



  • Haydn's Book of Dignities (for pre-1691 names and dates)




  1. ^ McCullagh, David. The Reluctant Taoiseach: A Biography of John A Costello. Gill and MacMillan, Dublin, 2010. p. 48. Until 1929 the Attorney General had no full-time civil servants to assist him in giving legal advice, although there were a number of Parliamentary draughtsmen.


  2. ^ Casey, James The Irish Law Officers Round Hall Sweet and Maxwell 1996 p.7


  3. ^ Casey p.7


  4. ^ Casey "The Irish Law Officers"


  5. ^ Delaney, V. T. H. Christopher Palles. Allen Figgis and Co. Dublin, 1960. p. 60.


  6. ^ Delaney p.60


  7. ^ Hart, A.R. The History of the King's Serjeants at law in Ireland. Four Courts Press, 2000. p. 15.


  8. ^ Hart p. 15


  9. ^ Hart p. 15


  10. ^ Some sources refer to him as King's Serjeant, but the roles of Serjeant and Attorney were easily confused.


  11. ^ Smyth in his book Chronicle of the Irish Law Officers (1839) noted that the destruction of many State records made it impossible to compile a full list of holders of the office.


  12. ^ William Courthope, ed. (1838). Debrett's complete peerage of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (22nd ed.). p. 652. Retrieved 11 December 2009..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


  13. ^ T. C. Tobias, ‘Atkinson, John, Baron Atkinson (1844–1932)’, rev. Sinéad Agnew, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Oct 2006 accessed 17 Feb 2017


  14. ^ Butler & Butler, British Political Facts, 1900–1994, page 9




Further reading



  • Smyth, Constantine J. (1839). Chronicle of the law officers of Ireland . London: Henry Butterworth.


External links



  • Attorney-General for Ireland, list of office holders 1835–1921, with links to their Hansard contributions; from millbanksystems.com








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